rec.autos.simulators

Driving view in GPL

Steve

Driving view in GPL

by Steve » Wed, 26 May 1999 04:00:00

I don't think it would be considered realistic being anywhere
else except in the car when driving. I myself drive better
when in the car but for viewing i perfer the rollbar cam.
Steve!


Mario Morett

Driving view in GPL

by Mario Morett » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00

After months driving GPL i thinks that the Roll Bar view is the best :

Best vision of the track;
Best sense of speed
Best Frame rate
Best control of the car ( driving is a bit more easy than in***pit view)
instead the orrible F10 view why papy dont let us drive from roll bar with
mirror an dashboard??

Anyone agree?

Rob Adla

Driving view in GPL

by Rob Adla » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00

  Hope I'm not 'over-stepping' the mark by mentioning that we are able to
change the 'default' view by changing the drivingView setting in our
player.ini file.
  I think the rollbar view is  drivingView = 12... but don't quote me! :)
  Also don't flame me if you already knew this. Thanks.

--

     Rob.


>After months driving GPL i thinks that the Roll Bar view is the best :

>Best vision of the track;
>Best sense of speed
>Best Frame rate
>Best control of the car ( driving is a bit more easy than in***pit view)
>instead the orrible F10 view why papy dont let us drive from roll bar with
>mirror an dashboard??

>Anyone agree?

Woodie

Driving view in GPL

by Woodie » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00



>After months driving GPL i thinks that the Roll Bar view is the best :

>Best vision of the track;
>Best sense of speed
>Best Frame rate
>Best control of the car ( driving is a bit more easy than in***pit view)
>instead the orrible F10 view why papy dont let us drive from roll bar with
>mirror an dashboard??

>Anyone agree?

I have no idea, I can't even imagine why I would try this.  
Seems like cheating to me, but then again, I'm weird.

Don McCorkle
Libertarian Motorsports

ddjhenri

Driving view in GPL

by ddjhenri » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00




>>After months driving GPL i thinks that the Roll Bar view is the best :

>>Best vision of the track;
>>Best sense of speed
>>Best Frame rate
>>Best control of the car ( driving is a bit more easy than in***pit view)
>>instead the orrible F10 view why papy dont let us drive from roll bar with
>>mirror an dashboard??

>>Anyone agree?

>I have no idea, I can't even imagine why I would try this.
>Seems like cheating to me, but then again, I'm weird.

>Don McCorkle
>Libertarian Motorsports

  I agree with Don.   When I'm watching race footage, I really enjoy the
rollbar view,   you can see  hand technique, suspension flex and a
good deal of the track ahead.  But if I'm racing, I'm in the***pit.
  Why else did they put the seat in there?   I guess if John Barnard
or Patrick Head came up with a design that featured the seat up
on the roll bar, I'd try it...but.....
dave henrie

--
  On May 17, 1999 A Whale was killed off the coast of
Washington State.  The Whale was killed in the name of
Tradition.....I say....
   %&#& Tradition!

Simon Mallet

Driving view in GPL

by Simon Mallet » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00


NO I don't agree, I want to experience a simulation as if I am driving the
car from the***pit, so for me the***pit view is the best.

Stefan

Driving view in GPL

by Stefan » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00

Io, caro Mario, non sono daccordo su un punto fondamentale:
la visione dal rollbar non la pi realistica, e dato che siamo in un NG
sulle sim, credo che molti concorderanno con me - tanto in Italiano chi vuoi
che mi legga? - nel dire che una vera simulazione deve essere affrontata dal
punto di vista pi vicino alla realt, e cio dall'abitacolo!

Ti saluto!

Sefano


Jay Wolf

Driving view in GPL

by Jay Wolf » Thu, 27 May 1999 04:00:00


nope. i do, too. we suck, therefore we are.

* Leon

Driving view in GPL

by * Leon » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

YES

a resounding Yes



| After months driving GPL i thinks that the Roll Bar view
is the best :
|
| Best vision of the track;
| Best sense of speed
| Best Frame rate
| Best control of the car ( driving is a bit more easy than
in***pit view)
| instead the orrible F10 view why papy dont let us drive
from roll bar with
| mirror an dashboard??
|
| Anyone agree?
|
|
|

UnserFan

Driving view in GPL

by UnserFan » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

Hmm, am I the only person that HATES driving from the***pit on almost every
racing game?  I know it's more realistic BUT you don't have that handy perifial
vision on a computer screen, so it's harder to tell where you're at on the
track, where other cars are, etc.  So I always drive external view.

Dan Belcher
Team Racing Unlimited

Trey Beh

Driving view in GPL

by Trey Beh » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00


>>After months driving GPL i thinks that the Roll Bar view is the best :

>>Best vision of the track;
>>Best sense of speed
>>Best Frame rate
>>Best control of the car ( driving is a bit more easy than in***pit view)
>>instead the orrible F10 view why papy dont let us drive from roll bar with
>>mirror an dashboard??

>>Anyone agree?

I DO!

In both GPL and N99 I have found a much better awareness of competitors'
positions and track ahead with rollbar/external view. I don't believe it's any
less realistic than***pit view, which weirdly locks the driver's vision
straight ahead except for darting glances to either side (GPL) or "past-tense"
rear-view mirrors (N99).

As to the cheating issue, if a feature is part of the off-the-shelf sim, it
should be considered a useable racing tool. This is certainly no less fair than
doctoring files and begging for "cheats" in the newsgroups.

Trey Behan

Byron Forbe

Driving view in GPL

by Byron Forbe » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

Considering GPL's lack of peripheral vision and no compensating
feature in the mirrors like ICR2, your forgiven. :))

> Hmm, am I the only person that HATES driving from the***pit on almost every
> racing game?  I know it's more realistic BUT you don't have that handy perifial
> vision on a computer screen, so it's harder to tell where you're at on the
> track, where other cars are, etc.  So I always drive external view.

> Dan Belcher
> Team Racing Unlimited

Stefan

Driving view in GPL

by Stefan » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

Mario,
cosa ti avevo detto?

Stefano


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