FIRST LOOK - Lee USA Speedway for Sim Racing!

[Deryl Morley]

leeusaspeedway.com/Lee_Online_Pictures.htm

All you can do is look right now, but we will be posting some video footage in a few weeks :-)

[richl]

Looks good. Can't wait to try it. I have an earlier version of Lee (2007). But have problems with the car not turning left. Anyone interested in more local (Northeast) tracks let me know. They are out there. All for NASCAR Racing 2003.

White Mountain
Star
Oxford Plains
Beech Ridge
Thunder Road
Airborne (New York)
St Croix (Canada)
Thompson
Waterford

Plus I can provide some links to other sites with many more tracks built by guys like Mark

[myenginestillticks]

wow looks so real ............love the new sim racing features....................its great for all us race freaks

[danger]

the track done yet ?? if so can we get a download link
and more info on the winter series
Thanks
and if anyone needs there cars painted for the sim i might be able to help

[joey23]

How do we get to try this sim racing out? How do i paint a car up to?

[lkracing13]

Monadnock Speedway would be awsome for nr2k3. Ive raced there an watched racing over at MS for few years now. 1/4 mile paperclip oval. the bottom grove has 16 degree banking the 2nd and 3rd groves have 18 degrees. My first ever on track race was a spectator race, it hooked me SO HARD that i had to go out and buy a car. I raced Star Speedway's Halloween Howler 100 Enduro. Started on pole (luck), ran in the top 5 all night till getting spun out with 12 to go only to finish 11th. this year ill be running full time in the Enduro series at Monadnock and the 3 Enduros at Star.

Anyways This is the only vid i own of monadnock (dont wanna post anyone's with out permission)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8L9Y4ThJ7s

as you can see, when you get up in the 2nd grove you can realy make up time. I am in the 2WD 4 banger Green Colorado racing a 4WD V6 Ford Ranger

[nh3rd]

is the online racing version complete?

[Deryl Morley]

I am sending Mark an e-mail tonight. There was a black flag issue that would give you a black flag whenever you exit the pits.. I think it's because the pit road invisible line actually crossed itself, causing the issue. Hopefully we'll have a 100% functional version VERY soon.

[nh3rd]

any info yet on when it should be released? i cant wait any longer lol

[Deryl Morley]

I haven't heard anything from Mark yet. I'll call him soon

[nh3rd]

any news yet?

[Deryl Morley]

A call to Mark is on my list for tomorrow along with a web site update with news on Billy Osbourne's fund raiser and the monster truck show this July. One hint.... MORE TRUCKS THAN LAST YEAR...

[raceme5577]

Deryl, could I get a response to my email i sent to you soon?

[mroyer]

Hi Gentlemen,
Here's the status of Lee USA - online version.
I worked furiously on it all last summer and fall and got the graphics looking really sharp. Then I started working up the AI (AI is the online guys' term for Artificial Intelligence cars driven by the computer that you can race against.)

In late autumn, I had the AI racing pretty well - but all get out, I just couldn't get them to pit properly. I believe it has to do with the computer getting confused with the pit entrance being so close to the pit exit on the back stretch. (The sim software was written around NASCAR's CUP series, and that type of pit arrangement rarely happens there - Bristol is the only case I can think of).

Anyhow, I got frustrated and pretty much took half of November and all of December off. In January I brought a couple other guys from our tight track-building group into the project. These guys are experts at AI for the sim software and they've been attacking the problem.

At the moment, the track is in excellent shape graphics wise. The AI race well and we are nailing down the pitting issues. It looks like we will have over 25 pitstalls.

I'm looking forward to getting Lee USA out to all of you. Normally, it takes about 9 months for me to put together a track - but with the issues so far, Lee is pushing up on a year. I'm targetting to have it out by the opening of this season with the visit of the ACT tour.

-Mark Royer

[Deryl Morley]

Heidi, your update is happening TODAY. I hope to call you today or tomorrow. Sorry it has taken so long.

Mark, THANK you for posting on here so everyone can read it. I understand (and hopefully everyone else does as well) that these things take time and can be pretty frustrating for the builder. I certainly appreciate your efforts in bringing Lee USA Speedway racing into the online world. I can't wait for the project to be complete, I'm pretty quick there in a Late Model, not too shabby in a Modified.

I'll have to post some video if I can ever find time to do more than sneeze... AH.. CHOOO! Oh great, there goes having lunch today!