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From: pjgtech@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Peter Gagg")
Subject: Re: Cheat Code In GPL (Yawn....)
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 23:26:11 GMT
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In article <78e5fp$4dk$1@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, 
chip@earthlink.net (Chipper) wrote:

> This was posted by Bill Tillman a bit ago: 
> "In Turn 1's forum a message was posted about Papy including a 
> hidden cheat
> code in GPL to make your car faster! Too bad if this is so because 
> a lot of
> Hot Lappers will have to do it all over again! Somehow when these 
> things are
> discouvered an unfair advantage exists for a while but the playing 
> field
> gets leveled again in short order."
> A few replied, making out like this was impossible and generally 
> making fun
> of the inquirey.
> Now listen up, as this happened last nite, and I was there and saw 
> it.
> I was hosting a kyalami race between 3 of us, not VROC. All logged 
> on and i
> and another racer had not yet pushed the green to go practice. ONE 
> racer
> did. He was waiting on us to enter so we could all start together.
> He started typing in chat to tell us to get our A** in. He never 
> finished.
> a second later, while the 2 of us were still "outside", A message 
> appears on
> the chat board to the effect " how do u stop it?" ????????, i asked 
> "stop
> what? " He said my car. It's running on auto.  It's driving its 
> self.
> FAST.....
> I replied that i had no idea to get out and see if that stopped it. 
> He let
> it drive itself a while longer. and got out and it quit and was not 
> in that
> mode when he re-entered.
> He said that the car drove itself, shifted at the proper points 
> braked at
> the proper points, and generally drove like hell, squealing the 
> tires around
> the corners, and generally eclipsing the world record. 
> THIS IS NO BS......I saw it and the fella don't BS around. 

He he, haven't laughed so much in ages...... You really expect anyone 
to believe this?

8-)

> Something took
> place. I saw it roar by on the replay screen. He was shaken and 
> astounded.
> He apparanly hit a sequence of keystrokes in typing in chat to 
> initiate
> this, and he has no idea what, as he wase'nt paying real good 
> attention.

Yeah right, so he cannot remember what message he was going to type, 
ahem!

8-)

> But its there, waiting to be found again, OR prehaps its allready 
> been found
> as the fella said u could'nt tell whether he was drivin or the 
> "robot".
> Like lookin for the lost dutchman i guess.
> This happened.....last nite...for reals.............
 
Of course it did, and we *really* believe you, honest......

8-)

*Peter*   #:-)
