"Enable Mission Changes" will certainly do it.
I think if you want to "game the system" and maybe reap the rewards (I can't say for sure) you need to go to your FSX Missions folder and find the race you want to enter say "Reno_Single_Player". Make a complete backup copy of this folder and label it something "orig_Reno_Single_Player" THEN:
- Find the .FLT file, in this case "Reno_Rwy_08.FLT"
- Do a Control F search for "Sim.0" and find the line that says "[Sim.0]"
- Below that you will see "Sim=P51 Racer 5"
- Replace that with "Sim=[title line from the L-39 you want to use in the L-39 aircraft.cfg file.] It must be the title line not the sim line!
For instance if I wanted to use Dino's T-45 in the race I would have:
[Sim.0]
Sim=Boeing T-45C 165629//P51 Racer 5
This would give me the VT-7, Eagles, NAS Meridan racing against the default P51 racers.
I imagine you could change the .FSR files for the AI aircraft you are racing against in that same mission folder and create your own L-39 class race.
Try opening the RenoSP-AIRacer-1.FLT file in wordpad and doing another Control F search for "Sim." and you will eventually find a line that says:
"[Sim.457]
Sim=P51 Racer 8"
again comment out (//) the P51 Racer 8 line and replace with an appropriate L-39 title line from a different paint scheme variant of your L-39 and see if that works. The major downside is that I would guess the AI racers are limited to P51 performance and speeds but maybe not.
Hope this helps.
Obie
BTW loved your site. Would like to take a hop in an L-39 next time I'm in Gadsden. Used to drive that highway between Atlanta and Tuscaloosa a lot.
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