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Koolbrown · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 895 Location: Canada

Please note, for both league members, and people just browsing the site looking for a place to race.

Cheating, in any form to gain an advantage, is not welcome here at FIHS, and will be dealt with swiftly, and harshly.

<Chev> clearly was cheating in Tuesday's race, and unfortunately I wasn't in the server when the Vehicle Mismatch was identified (Or if I was I simply missed it), and not only did he cheat, but he adversely affected the outcome of the race, and possibly the Championship with his on track driving actions.

<Chev>, You will not be welcome back to any Rfactor race run on my server, and I am sure I speak for others when I say you are not welcome to race in any FIHS sanctioned event, without at least some sort of explaination for your actions.

I apologize to everyone who ran on Tuesday that I didn't catch before the race, and want to assure everyone that I have closed the loophole that allowed <Chev> to remain in the room and race, even though he had a Vehicle Mismatch.

This is a perfect chance to remind everyone that there is no tolerance for blantant cheating, and Cheaters will not be welcome at FIHS sanctioned events.

In light of this I am making a few arbitrary rule changes for the remainder of this Series, and for any other series that follow in the Open League.

JohnW · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject:

It was weird. Just as we went to warmup, the guy got a mismatch, even though it seemed to pass muster during practise and qualifying. The message said the server would boot him from the race, but it did not do so. I can't recall the exact mismatch, but it was a new one for me. Busted noticed it too.

What was it ? Had he tweeked some file ?
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Hynee · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject:

He'd changed the Vehicle Collision Detection settings, but that doesn't automatically boot you in rFactor, apparently.
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JohnW · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:01 am Post subject:

That was it.

Does that make him undamagable without turning on Invulnerablity ?
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Steven_M · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:

And what did he do in the final laps that drew the ire of Leno and Kwik(I believe it was Kwik).

When the mismatch came out, it said he would not be allowed to race, but that happened obviously, so what makes you certain that he was cheating?
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JohnW · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

Did he edit his file after joining, and that's why the mismatch only showed up when we went to warmup ? So, he qualifed legal, then changed his file before warmup so he could take hits during the race without damage ? I'm just trying to understand what happened, and like Merlin, trying to see how we KNOW he cheated.
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Kwik · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 108

Actually what pissed me off was i was in 3rd pitted behind another car and then found he had the same pitstall.I was pissed at chev,I was stuck behind him for 7 laps i thought he was blocking and doing brake checks at the time.After watching the replay I'm not sure.How do we know he was cheating watch the start from chevs car,you'll see him pass cars like they were standing still.It was like he had nitrous.Also I had told one of the beta testers for Rfactor about what had happened and that is what he said.The guy was using a simple cheat.When using this simple cheat it causes very high pings which Busted and Paul and to a lesser extent myself saw.Busted and Paul had to drop out do to the high pings
I think he had the cheat on from the start,i don't think it would work if he changed it during a race weekend.

Steven_M · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

Kwik · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 108

Well I'm not an expert on cheats but a simple cheat I think is modifing the physics or something.Its not like a ram cheat that isn't detected at all unless the server is running a program like relay.

Koolbrown · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 895 Location: Canada

The setting on my server was incorrectly set to "0". That means that even though the game registered the mismatch, it didn't boot him.

I have corrected this to boot someone immediately if a mismatch is detected.
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Bustedknuckles5 · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 20 Location: Mesa AZ

Hynee · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:54 am Post subject:

I don't think that's politics Busted, I think you're saying that there's a pattern of first-time things that point to <chev> being a cheat.

Do these cheats that are around have blatant vehicle performance mismatches, but mask them as non-bootable mismatches? Can you just solve the problem by booting any mismatch?
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Pace Racing · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:21 am Post subject:

I watched chevs whole race. He seemd to lag through cars with no contact/damage. It was Leno who was super pissed, and after viewing the replay, I can see why. Chev went wide, lost ground to leno, then just cut back across the track to take him out rather then let him pass. It was a Doughnut move.
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JohnW · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

I would say <chev> should be denied , from here on. For ether applying some cheat or just wacked driving.
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Steven_M · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: