rec.autos.simulators

> Page 18-19 in the manual (in the US/Canadian version anyway).

> > hi there.  i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game.  however,
> i'm
> > used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is
far
> > and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something about
> F12001
> > that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it.

> > bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so
> excuse
> > my ignornace.

> > when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself.  like, if
i
> > take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the
track,
> > gassing and braking as necessary.  what is this?  what's it called?  is
it
> > something that can be turned off?  i've checked through the manual and
> can't
> > seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what
it's
> > even called so i don't know what to look for.

> > confused.

> > --
> > semper fudge

> awesome.  thank you.

> > From the main menu go into the Difficulty settings (it's some completely
> > useless icon that looks sort of like a bar graph, so you might have to
> hold
> > your mouse over each icon to get a popup description of the icon). In
> there
> > you can turn off "steering assistance", "braking point assistance", etc.
> If
> > you turn them all off, you will then have to drive the car yourself.

> > Page 18-19 in the manual (in the US/Canadian version anyway).

> > > hi there.  i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game.
however,
> > i'm
> > > used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is
> far
> > > and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something about
> > F12001
> > > that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it.

> > > bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so
> > excuse
> > > my ignornace.

> > > when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself.  like,
if
> i
> > > take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the
> track,
> > > gassing and braking as necessary.  what is this?  what's it called?
is
> it
> > > something that can be turned off?  i've checked through the manual and
> > can't
> > > seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what
> it's
> > > even called so i don't know what to look for.

> > > confused.

> > > --
> > > semper fudge

>bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so excuse
>my ignornace.

>when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself.  like, if i
>take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the track,
>gassing and braking as necessary.  what is this?  what's it called?  is it
>something that can be turned off?  i've checked through the manual and can't
>seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what it's
>even called so i don't know what to look for.