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Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

Michael Youn

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by Michael Youn » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00


That's an easy one: sweet-red-candy at Spa, Mosport, the 'Ring, and Zandy,
in no particular order. At the other extreme: advanced pyorrhea, a prostate
biopsy, and anything at Mexico or Monaco, probably in that order.

Michael.

Doug Hoo

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by Doug Hoo » Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Which one is the one you keep gravitating back to time and time again? Look
to your left (in my case,maybe the right in yours) and look at all those
jewel cases calling to you "Play ME , Play ME !!!" GPL,SCGT,Viper
Racing,NFSPU, TOCA2, Nascar 3 Powerslide, DTR, NFS High Stakes, RC 2000,
Rally Masters, Midtown Madness, NFS3 Hot Pursuit, MTM2, NL, SODA
Offroad,Beetle Buggin'( my 10 year old daughters favorite) ,Christ I even
see Speed Busters-American Highways over there.  A fact I'm not proud of.

   After a hard day in the real world which car just lets you relax and
enjoy a dose of adrenaline?

  My tastes depend on my mood that day. For some reason the BMW'S of the
(sim) world always have attracted me. I think its the engine noise. I love
to blast around Normandy in a Boxster (again awesome engine sounds , I smell
a trend here) and Downtown Chicago in a City Bus.

But you can't beat screaming down the track at Spa in a Ferrari.  And I mean
SCREAMING. The original GPL Ferrari sound is by far the best engine sound
for a car in any sim I have ever played. Just knowing that one false move or
mistake You will be spinning off and wiping out some innocent bystanders or
an unsuspecting Marshall (which ,by the way , I don't mind because he is
usually waving a f***ing blue flag at me anyway!) is enough to give me
goosebumps, and quite a thrill too.

So there you have it. My ultimate sim thrill-ride. The Ferrari at Spa. (With
the Boxster a close second)

What about you?

tamp

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by tamp » Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:00:00

I like cruising around in SCGT in the BMW; GPL isnt very relaxing. I am
waiting for an NFS: Ferarri Unleashed.... now that would rock.




> > So there you have it. My ultimate sim thrill-ride. The Ferrari at Spa.
> (With
> > the Boxster a close second)

> That's an easy one: sweet-red-candy at Spa, Mosport, the 'Ring, and Zandy,
> in no particular order. At the other extreme: advanced pyorrhea, a
prostate
> biopsy, and anything at Mexico or Monaco, probably in that order.

> Michael.

Stephen Ferguso

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by Stephen Ferguso » Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Porsche 550A Spyder in the Pyrenees,***pit view.  I've elaborated on it in
my NFS:PU - the GPL Legacy thread.  Actually, any course in NFS:Porsche
would do, as they are all quite beautiful and have some interesting
challenges.  The car drifts nicely, the sounds are great (for the car and
period) and the***pit view adds to the immersion factor, while also adding
to the sphincter-puckering quality of blind crests.  Everything happens fast
enough to be exciting, but slow enough to really feel what the car is doing.
Minimal setup fuss means it is just a "get in and work with it" kind of car.
It also feels like something I could do in real life.  The roads around my
part of Switzerland are beautiful, and a Beck Spyder replica is not out of
reach for the average guy.

Honorable mention for sound goes to the GT3 in NFS:Porsche - it is
surprisingly hard-edged, considering all the other modern Porsches in the
game sound like vacuum cleaners.  But the driving experience isn't the same.

If I really am prepared to work for my enjoyment, then I also choose the
Ferrari at Spa.  I'd choose the Ring, but somehow it is depressing when you
have to drive 8+ minutes to correct one mistake.

Stephen

big..

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by big.. » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

No question about this for me.

Ferrari at Spa.
Why? Because it sounds _SO_ good :)


> Which one is the one you keep gravitating back to time and time again? Look
> to your left (in my case,maybe the right in yours) and look at all those
> jewel cases calling to you "Play ME , Play ME !!!" GPL,SCGT,Viper
> Racing,NFSPU, TOCA2, Nascar 3 Powerslide, DTR, NFS High Stakes, RC 2000,
> Rally Masters, Midtown Madness, NFS3 Hot Pursuit, MTM2, NL, SODA
> Offroad,Beetle Buggin'( my 10 year old daughters favorite) ,Christ I even
> see Speed Busters-American Highways over there.  A fact I'm not proud of.
>    After a hard day in the real world which car just lets you relax and
> enjoy a dose of adrenaline?
>   My tastes depend on my mood that day. For some reason the BMW'S of the
> (sim) world always have attracted me. I think its the engine noise. I love
> to blast around Normandy in a Boxster (again awesome engine sounds , I smell
> a trend here) and Downtown Chicago in a City Bus.
> But you can't beat screaming down the track at Spa in a Ferrari.  And I mean
> SCREAMING. The original GPL Ferrari sound is by far the best engine sound
> for a car in any sim I have ever played. Just knowing that one false move or
> mistake You will be spinning off and wiping out some innocent bystanders or
> an unsuspecting Marshall (which ,by the way , I don't mind because he is
> usually waving a f***ing blue flag at me anyway!) is enough to give me
> goosebumps, and quite a thrill too.
> So there you have it. My ultimate sim thrill-ride. The Ferrari at Spa. (With
> the Boxster a close second)
> What about you?

Thomas Soerense

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by Thomas Soerense » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

GPL Ferrari at the Ring

Nothing beats all the feathering around the ring and then
finishing off with a screaming trip down the straight only to
lift marginally and getting slightly sideways when going under
Antonius Brugge and catching air.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

BR
Thomas

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Simon Brow

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by Simon Brow » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Coventry in GPL, even though it's uncompetetive.
Eldre

Whats your favorite car to drive and why ? (all sims)

by Eldre » Sun, 09 Jul 2000 04:00:00



>That's an easy one: sweet-red-candy at Spa, Mosport, the 'Ring, and Zandy,
>in no particular order. At the other extreme: advanced pyorrhea, a prostate
>biopsy, and anything at Mexico or Monaco, probably in that order.

>Michael.

Hehe...  Someone ELSE who hates Mexico and Monaco in GPL...<g>

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