Lepage, Skoty and I have been talking for several weeks about drivers who alter their stock.car file , and we have noticed that drivers who have the ability to alter this file have an unfair advantage over the rest of the field. Up to this point, there is no rule against this, until now.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, all drivers, in any NHRL league race are to use the original stock.car file that was on the manufacturer's original CD. I will also email a stock.car file out to everyone.
We have researched this extensively, and we are confident that we will detect altered stock.car files in a league race.
THE PENALTY:
First offense - the driver will not receive any points for the race when the cheating was detected, AND a three race suspension
Second offense - you will be banned from the NHRL
DETECTION:
Simply type "t" while the field starting grid is shown, and if there is an altered stock.car file, you will see a message, "server; numnuts may be cheating " . This method is VERY accurate with in the league server with the large amount of drivers we have. There are other methods also.
I am making this post in response to an email request from Lepage. When Lepage returns from vacation, he will amend the rules page of the NHRL, but this post will be enforced starting at this Friday's Busch race, 7-11-03.
To the drivers who haved used altered files in past races, there wil be no penalty, as I said earlier, there was no written rule against an altered stock.car file. I do recomend that you restore the original stock.car file in your Heat game. WE have been watching IRF, and league races, we know who has the ability to alter this file. IF you drivers do not comply, you will be dealt with harshly by the NHRL, and there might be repercussions in your IRF races also. I have been in contact with several experienced Heat racers, and we all feel that this is a very serious issue.
I will send out an email, and include my stock.car file. If you aren't sure about your game, you most likely are ok, you have to know what you are doing to alter this file, it does not happen by chance. If you still aren't sure about your file, go to your scheduled race early, we can run a few test races.
questions? email fatfreddy or SkotySpeed
Thank you,
freddy
Edited by: fatfreddy17 at: 7/9/03 6:38 pm
Rules change
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lepage71
Re: Rules change
Just as a follow up, I will mention that we have been doing testing on this stuff for over a month now, and with very accurate results.
Bottom line? The server can identify drivers with modified files...these are represented by those messages "So and so might be cheating" that come up on the server screen.
This message does not come up randomly, it comes up when there is an illegal alteration in the stock.car file. The detection works through IRF, and there is no way around it. We also know for sure that it does not wrongly detect anyone. We know various other components of the game can be modified (cockpit, wheel, coloring, etc)...IRF does NOT detect these type of modifications.
Over the past month we have been analyzing the replays, checking lap times, comparing them with the fuel windows, and we have found a couple cases that are very suspicious...furthermore, the server cheating messages back up our suspicions.
Unsure if you have an illegal file? Place your NASCAR Heat CD-ROM into your disk drive, and copy the stock.car file from there and put it in your NASCAR Heat Run or Data folder (or both, if you use both folders). If you want to make sure the cheating message does not come up for you, come to the server early to test it.
You can also email me at lepage71@aol.com and I will send you a copy of the original stock.car file. fatfreddy should have already sent out an email to everyone, so hopefully no one will need to do this.
Finally...we KNOW which drivers have tried this in a race already. Obviously this can have the potential to wreck some reputations if we start releasing names...please consider this your last warning, or you will be exposed.
Unfortunately, if we catch any drivers that continue to have this message, they will have to pay the consequences.
Bottom line? The server can identify drivers with modified files...these are represented by those messages "So and so might be cheating" that come up on the server screen.
This message does not come up randomly, it comes up when there is an illegal alteration in the stock.car file. The detection works through IRF, and there is no way around it. We also know for sure that it does not wrongly detect anyone. We know various other components of the game can be modified (cockpit, wheel, coloring, etc)...IRF does NOT detect these type of modifications.
Over the past month we have been analyzing the replays, checking lap times, comparing them with the fuel windows, and we have found a couple cases that are very suspicious...furthermore, the server cheating messages back up our suspicions.
Unsure if you have an illegal file? Place your NASCAR Heat CD-ROM into your disk drive, and copy the stock.car file from there and put it in your NASCAR Heat Run or Data folder (or both, if you use both folders). If you want to make sure the cheating message does not come up for you, come to the server early to test it.
You can also email me at lepage71@aol.com and I will send you a copy of the original stock.car file. fatfreddy should have already sent out an email to everyone, so hopefully no one will need to do this.
Finally...we KNOW which drivers have tried this in a race already. Obviously this can have the potential to wreck some reputations if we start releasing names...please consider this your last warning, or you will be exposed.
Unfortunately, if we catch any drivers that continue to have this message, they will have to pay the consequences.
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grovet
Re: Rules change
I thought this was handled very well administraters. Thx for your efforts.:ezboardtongue: