Driver Randomizer for IndyCar Racing 2

Brad's Driver Randomizer for IndyCar Racing 2

Here is a short introduction in Brad's own words for his Randomizer for ICR2/NASCAR:

Note: the attached files are for use with Indy Car Racing II from Papyrus. This program was originally designed for use with NASCAR Racing from Papyrus, but has been altered to work with ICR2. Since I don't know too much about ICR2 or Indy Car racing in general you'll find that the documenatation files are still explained using NASCAR terms and examples.

INTRODUCTION: Even the most consistent drivers have a bad day now and then, even though they may run up front 8 out of 9 races. NASCAR Racing from Papyrus allows you to set ranges for power, traction and drag, but, these ranges tend to be more random than the drivers are in real life.

For example, Dale Earnhardt generally runs up front, but once in a while you see him run 20th or so. If you want Dale to run up front in NASCAR Racing you edit your DRIVERS2.TXT file and set a higher range for power and traction and a lower range for drag. This does work to get Dale up front, but then he ALWAYS runs up front. If you widen the range to allow for him to run in the middle of the pack once in a while, he runs in the middle of the pack more often than he does in real life.

This same concept applies for those drivers who generally run in the middle of the pack, but really get hooked up once in a while and run up front. Bobby Hamilton and Michael Waltrip may be good examples.

It's pretty easy to manually change the settings because Papyrus kindly made it available to us in a text file. So, you could use your editor to change the file to make Dale run in mid pack for one race, and then change it back after the race, but if you do that for very many drivers it gets pretty time consuming.

So....why not do it automatically? That's what this program does. It's a simple BASIC program compiled using BASIC. It simply extracts the low and high power, traction and drag settings and adjusts them at random (you set the likelihood that it will happen) by a percentage value that you specify for each individual driver (including yourself). Agression settings are ignored because I think that reflects the driver's style more than how their car happens to be performing that day. I'm sure Earnhardt gives them the fender in the middle of the pack as much as he does when he's in 2nd place.

BRADBOY336@AOL.COM (I may change this in the future. Upon reflection, I think my address name is stupid). Also, please let me know if you find any bugs. I'll see what I can do to clean it up.

Hope you like it.

"Dependent people don't make independent decisions"

"Okay, this sounds interesting. Please send a copy of Brad's IndyCar Racing 2 version (INDYRND.ZIP) my way."

mcarver@kazart.com