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Its a PCM.daily racing game league
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:08
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(yet another) PCM.Daily Private League - This one is with cars!
Game of choice: BATracer (https://batracer.com/)
Everyone loves a good private league in a game no one really knows how to play. And ever since our beloved Xpert Eleven private league started quite some time ago, ive wanted to make another.
This time around we will be doing car racing. Except we wont really be racing ourselves, but will tell our virtual selves how to. Its a highly competitive game which im sure will fall into many peoples liking.
So what is BATracer? Its an old browser-based game (circa 3 years, that makes it old if you are a dog), based on the concept of simple racing. Like Xpert Eleven, its a simplified version of the sport it represents, but its the elements it leaves in place that makes it good. You will be doing practice laps to help finding an optimal setup for your car, you will be fiddling with a lot of sliders to make your driver go the fastest.
The game is a very fair game though. All the drivers' skill levels are exactly the same, and the cars closely enough matched so even the slowest of cars have a reasonable chance of winning the race. Especially in the car series i have chosen its possible for anyone to win despite what car, engine or driver speciality they have chosen.
The cars we will be racing is commonly known as "Sevens", all the bastard children of the old Lotus Seven. These cars are small, relatively cheap and with a big engine so they pack quite the speed. They are also incredibly simple. The tracks we are racing are also simple: its all small and large tracks around the British Isles.
All is not well though, there are a few things you need to know first:
The first game will last 24 days from when the season starts.
The game will require your interaction every day (or at least every other) for you to stay competitive. The good thing is that it will only cost you around five minutes a day. You spend more time on posting stupid things on PCM.Daily than you will on playing this game.
While its easy to play, mastering it will take time.
We will need at least 10 people to start
Oh god how do i join the game???
Step 1: https://batracer.com/
Step 2: Locate "Register" button
Step 3: Follow your instinct
Step 4: If it worked, go to next chapter. If not, go to step one again.
Oh god how do i join this private league?
Step 1: https://batracer.com/-cj?&D&35431 - make sure youre logged in first
Step 2: Clicking that should leave you at a screenc alled "Create a New Team" or a team selection screen.
Step 3: In either case, follow the instructions, make the choices you want to make. Whatever information you need about the choices should be present on the page.
Step 4: You reach a point where it asks for the name you will use in this particular game, your account password (perhaps a teamname) and a vague field just called "Password". This is the password so you can enter the game. The password is: mikesucks
Step 5: You should join the game. Read the next post in order to find out how to play the game. |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:09
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OH GOD HOW DO I PLAY THIS GAME????????????
Good question. First find the menu at the top of the page. Find the button that says "Garage". By putting your cursor over it, it should create a drop-down menu. Choose "Car Setup".
You will see a ton of sliders. Start looking at the "experimention" slider. It should be at 50, but i suggest you set it higher. Now click the "test" button somewhere under the slider and see what happens.
Look down the list of sliders. Does it say "Estimation Updated!" somewhere? Thats good, it might say "decrease setting?" under it. If it says that, decrease the slider by moving it to the left. If it says "increase setting?", move to the right.
Now keep clicking the test button and adjust all those sliders. Thats how you set-up your car. It should be said, you only have 8 of these test laps. These test laps also counts as qualifying in these series.
Q: Oi Waghlon, it says i crashed and/or were overly entusiastic and it didnt do any good.
A: Its a random but common event. Lower your experimentation slider and try again.
Once you have done all your laps. Click the "save" button next to the "test" that now isnt there anymore. If you are in a team, there is a message box thing under "Office" and "Team talk". Post your set-up so your teammate can use it to improve his set-up, so he can post his set-up, so you can improve your set-up. Thats called teamwork.
[b]Remember, you will most likely have to test your car everyday, so log back in everyday to make sure you do so.
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Okay, lets tell your driver how to race. Go to the "garage" tab at the top of the page and select "Driving Style".
It should be self explanatory actually. You have six sliders, putting them to the right makes your driver go faster, but also at a higher risk of crashing out. Putting them to the left makes them go slower but safer. Its your choice.
Now, lets go to "garage" again and pick "Race Strategy". This is a complicated place, but all you need to check is that your start tire is good for the the weather. The one picked by default is your main tyre for good weather. Its another drop down menu, and you will see other three tires. They are for worse rain. I will mention them if we get weather needs them.
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[b]There is without a shread of doubt something ive forgotten. Like what to do when it rains, or how to win races. But join up, and ask questions. This game aint rocket science. Its not even hard to figure out once you done it a few times.
Edited by Waghlon on 22-12-2008 18:09
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:09
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(this is a reserved post for fun)
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:10
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Oh dear god |
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:13
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Waghlon do you fill your life with these pointless games?
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:14
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@Deadpool: Exactly
@Justin: No, i only fill it with good pointless games.
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| untal |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:19
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Well. I'll try  |
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:25
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Batracer? Can we drive Batmobile in this game?
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:27
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@untal: Thank you
@Marco: If i say yes, will you play? 
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:28
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Waghlon wrote:
@Marco: If i say yes, will you play?
I will |
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:32
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Me 2! `Quickly, to the Batcave!´
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:37
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Yeeaah... Suuuuuuuure... You can play as a batmobile... *looks around nervously... did they take the bait? did they?*
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| MarcoPRT |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:49
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Waghlon wrote:
@Marco: If i say yes, will you play?
Sure.
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:54
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Do we have team corporation?
BenBarnes wrote:
Thor wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:55
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Waghlon wrote:
Yeeaah... Suuuuuuuure... You can play as a batmobile... *looks around nervously... did they take the bait? did they?*
No |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 18:57
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@Marco: Join us! We love you!
@Schleck93: Yes we do Klaus, but for you and who i think is Matt493, read the team talk, thats where i will post the set-up
@Deadpool: Yeah whatever. Go post somewhere else then.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:00
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Waghlon wrote:
@Deadpool: Yeah whatever. Go post somewhere else then.
I think not, I want to spread the holiday spirit |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:03
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I am a click and an ENTER away from an account
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:05
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Alex we love you, join us!
And we're currently up on 7 players (8 if Alex joins us). 3 in my team, and then in their own teams. It should be said that there is a max of 12 teams in the game.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 22-12-2008 19:07
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I know I know, you are dead without me but I don't understand nothing on that site I made an accout already and now looking better on the site
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