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NRatings v3.2.0 new features video

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138 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey all,

With this little video I wanted to point out the changes that have been made in NRatings v3.2.0.

These changes mainly focus on formula development, and they provide some helpful features for easier formula development.

Watch the video here:

 

NRatings v3.2.0 released

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142 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey guys,

I happily announce the release of NRatings v3.2.0, with following changes:

  • Integration of loopdata and pitstopdata provided by Racing-Reference.info
  • User Interface to show loopdata and pitstopdata
  • Creation of new formula variables using this data
  • User Interface to inspect the calculated driver stats (=variables to be used in the formulas), and preview the calculated ratings according to the chosen formula
  • Reworked variable attribution code
  • For formula developers: variables must now be tested for NULL instead of -1 to check if they are filled in
  • Adapted included formulas to the above rule
  • In agreement with Snyderart, I slightly optimized his formula (now only one formula for all series)

As mentioned above, formula developers, please take extra care ! If you have created formulas with tests like “if(@avgFinish == -1)” or something similar, you must now convert this to “if(@avgFinish == null)” !!!

Grab the new version from the downloads page.

Mathieu

Would you be interested in loopdata in NRatings ?

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244 days
by in NRatings

Hey NRatings users,

Racing-reference.info has been publishing loopdata for the NASCAR races since a few months, and I was wondering if this could be useful to integrate into NRatings ?

Take a look at this example from the last race at Kansas

These are all parameters that possibly could be added to the NRatings formula parameter list, so it’s usable in the formulas.

I think especially the last column, “Driver Ratings”, can come in very handy, as this is a rating that racing-reference has already precalculated for us.

In this particular case, Kurt Bush ranks first for this race. He didn’t win, but he ran strong and at the front all day and only lost it due to fuel-mileage. This performance is something that is not easy to reflect in the current version of NRatings, but if we could start using this loop-data and use it in the formulas, then this might considerably improve the quality of the driver ratings.

What do you guys think about it ?

I’ve opened a topic in the forum under “Formula Discussions”. Feel free to discuss this there.

Mathieu

NRatings support forum moved to SMF

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244 days
by in NRatings

Hey all,

just a small notice to tell you that I have switched over to SMF for the forum software of my website.

This because I had too much troubles with getting bbpress to work correctly with the mailing system of my webhost.

The small little inconvenience is that there was not really an easy way to port all the users and posts from bbpress to SMF (I tried, but it failed on several occasions), so I decided to start from a clean sheet.

All the posts were NRatings support posts anyway, and they were all solved.

The only hassle for you guys is that you will have to re-register again for an account (there’s no bridge between wordpress and the SMF accounts) should you want to post something.

The URL hasn’t changed: http://www.tjeuten.be/forum

Sorry for the inconvenience, and let’s hope I have less troubles with SMF :)

Regards,

Mathieu

NRatings v3.1.1 released

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484 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey all,

NRatings v3.1.1 has just been released, addressing a few issues that slipped into v3.1.0.

Note that some server-side updates have been made too, meaning that v3.1.0 cannot communicate with the server any longer.

Please grab the new version from the NRatings page.

Regards,

Mathieu

NRatings users please check this

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492 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey guys,

I’ve noticed a strange thing when using NRatings v3.1.0 on a 64-bit machine (my system is Windows 7 64-bit, but this problem may probably apply to Vista-64 as well).

If you are using a 64-bit system too, I’d like you to check it out and confirm this for me. But also users with 32-bit systems, please check this. I don’t think 32-bit systems are affected with this (as I tested it on my laptop which is Win 7 32), but I’d like confirmation.

The problem

If you go to the Tools – Options screen to bring up the user settings screen, the red “X” is not available to click, even if you’ve selected a line in the above list. Thus, meaning there’s no way to remove an instance configuration. Check the screenshot.

(click image to enlarge)

 

So, please reply here what operating system (Windows XP, Vista, 7, …)  and which architecture (32, 64-bit) you are using NRatings with, and if you have this problem mentioned above.

Thanks and sorry for this inconvenience.

Mathieu

NRatings v3.1.0 released

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496 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development, Sports & Leisure

Hey simracers !

Happy to announce the release of NRatings v3.1.0. This is a mandatory update, as the server has been updated too, so v3.0 won’t work any longer.

Grab it from the NRatings page

Changelog:

  • The application now checks for NRatings related news on startup
  • The user can now manually map a “real driver” to a carfile by means of a drop-down menu
  • The user can now revert a car to its original values (right-click on a car)
  • The copy/paste ratings function has now been moved to the contextual menu (right-click on a car)
  • NRatings now detects your NR2003 installation path automatically (from the registry)
  • Some cosmetic improvements in displaying the data in the lists
  • Some minor bug-fixes

Mathieu

All data available for NRatings

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500 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey,

just to inform you that the NRatings database now contains all (well, most of) the racing-reference data again, as it was before the release of v3.0.0 !

I’ve also added the NASCAR North Tour series results to the database.

And there’s more: I will be releasing a new client version in the next couple of days which brings some enhancements to the user interface.

Happy simracing !

New seasons added to NRatings v3.0.0

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520 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey,

due to populare request, I’ve now added the seasons from 1990 to 1999 to the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series. Please let me know if you experience any drop of performance, as the database now holds a bit more data.

Meanwhile I’m still working on automating the dataparsing, and when that’s done you will be able to use all seasons from all available series again.

Stick around !

Mathieu

NRatings v3.0 is here ! Consider it beta

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531 days
by in NRatings, Simracing, Software Development

Hey all,

as promised, after a good amount of work in the last couple of weeks, split by some holidays too, I’m happy to present you with the release of NRatings v3.0 !

As mentioned in my previous post, the NRatings client you install is now without any local database (hence the much smaller download size too). It draws the data directly from my webserver, which in its turn has a process to connect to racing-reference.info to update the data. This process is not yet automated, but I’m working on it.

IMPORTANT: Please read the following very carefully:

As this release uses a whole new system to get the data, I consider it still a beta release, and bugs may (and probably will) come to surface.

Some notes for users who were used to the older versions:

  • The method to set the path to your NR2003 install has changed. You can now actually define multiple instances of NR2003 installs. Go to “Tools – Options” to define them. This is useful for people who use different instances (for example a separate instance for the Indycars mod).
  • The screen where you get the real-life data does not have a “Get New Data” button any longer. This is because you’re now directly connected to the webserver and see the latest data available there. No need to update anything yourself anymore.
  • The help is now online.

As said, this is a beta release, and please observe the following limitations and issues for now:

  • Only data for Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series is available, and only starting from season 2000 onwards. I still need to finetune and automate the data-updating process on the server, and once that is done, these limitations will be lifted. For now, please stick with it.
  • You can only span races over 5 seasons maximum, as there’s currently a datalength limit I haven’t been able to resolve yet. Will work on it too.
  • When you click the button “Import ratings from real life data”, and also when you change series and select seasons, the user interface might get a little unresponsive. This is because the forms are directly connected to the server, and there’s obviously a little connection lag. There will be a better UI responsiveness in next releases, but for now please don’t click 35 times on the button when it doesn’t respond in 3 or 4 seconds.

So, as you can see, it’s far from being finished, and there’s still a lot of work to be done, but at least it should get you all going again with using the data from the latest races.

SUPPORT FORUM

You may have noticed I have disactivated the comments on the NRatings page. Please, if you have any remarks or suggestion, and especially if you find a bug in NRatings, post it in the new NRatings support forum found at http://www.tjeuten.be/forum (registration required). It’s easier for me if all the issues and remarks are centralized in one place instead of being spread all over various other forums.

REQUIREMENTS BEFORE INSTALLING

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Grab it from the NRatings page

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