rec.autos.simulators

> id just like to say the motogp holds my interest above pretty much all
other
> racing at the moment, seeing guys slide bikes in the braking areas is
> amazing.

> pez

> > I know its very hard to simulate a bike sim because of the effect that
> rider
> > movement has on weight distribution, and that rider styles differ
greatly
> > from rider to rider.. but isnt it time for a proper assult on making a
> > realistic bike sim? As a professional bike racer in Australian, and
> someone
> > who has raced something on 2 wheels for 16 years i can honostly say that
> > there is nothing that comes close to midly attempting to be realistic
:).
> I
> > think if you could do things like change the weight of the rider, and
> select
> > a few different pre-set riding styles which also changes the bike
> handling,
> > along with real physics could make a really incredible game, especially
> with
> > motogp florishing like it is now... Please someone!

> > Cool Hand Luke

> SBK 2K1 is probably the best thing out there so far...or maybe GP500....

> Sean

> > id just like to say the motogp holds my interest above pretty much all
> other
> > racing at the moment, seeing guys slide bikes in the braking areas is
> > amazing.

> > pez

> > > I know its very hard to simulate a bike sim because of the effect that
> > rider
> > > movement has on weight distribution, and that rider styles differ
> greatly
> > > from rider to rider.. but isnt it time for a proper assult on making a
> > > realistic bike sim? As a professional bike racer in Australian, and
> > someone
> > > who has raced something on 2 wheels for 16 years i can honostly say
that
> > > there is nothing that comes close to midly attempting to be realistic
> :).
> > I
> > > think if you could do things like change the weight of the rider, and
> > select
> > > a few different pre-set riding styles which also changes the bike
> > handling,
> > > along with real physics could make a really incredible game,
especially
> > with
> > > motogp florishing like it is now... Please someone!

> > > Cool Hand Luke

> Sure its the best, but its no more realistic for bikes than NFS is for
> cars.. Iver never seen someone scape their knees on a straight before, or
> slammed the throttle on a GP bike (or any bike quicker than a supersport)
in
> the middle of a turn without being spat on their arse before they could
say
> oops.. Its just not there

> id just like to say the motogp holds my interest above pretty much all
other
> racing at the moment, seeing guys slide bikes in the braking areas is
> amazing.

> pez

> > I know its very hard to simulate a bike sim because of the effect that
> rider
> > movement has on weight distribution, and that rider styles differ
greatly
> > from rider to rider.. but isnt it time for a proper assult on making a
> > realistic bike sim? As a professional bike racer in Australian, and
> someone
> > who has raced something on 2 wheels for 16 years i can honostly say that
> > there is nothing that comes close to midly attempting to be realistic
:).
> I
> > think if you could do things like change the weight of the rider, and
> select
> > a few different pre-set riding styles which also changes the bike
> handling,
> > along with real physics could make a really incredible game, especially
> with
> > motogp florishing like it is now... Please someone!

> > Cool Hand Luke

>> Sure its the best, but its no more realistic for bikes than NFS is for
>> cars.. Iver never seen someone scape their knees on a straight before, or
>> slammed the throttle on a GP bike (or any bike quicker than a supersport)
>in
>> the middle of a turn without being spat on their arse before they could
>say
>> oops.. Its just not there

>Maybe the idea of a bike sim with that kind of realism doesn't appeal to the
>software companies, because it's such a physical sport, and that's hard to
>simulate if you're sitting behind a PC. To make it realistic, you'd have to
>construct a special controller to accommodate the body-physics part. I know
>there are bike-controllers that sort of aim for that, but it never really
>got off the ground, AFAICS (see:
>http://europe.thrustmaster.com/products/d_prd.php?p=T89&fam=4).

>So it could be that the lack of proper hardware has something to do with the
>bike sims being arcady. My 2 cents anyway.

>Ice D

> I know its very hard to simulate a bike sim because of the effect that rider
> movement has on weight distribution, and that rider styles differ greatly
> from rider to rider.. but isnt it time for a proper assult on making a
> realistic bike sim? As a professional bike racer in Australian, and someone
> who has raced something on 2 wheels for 16 years i can honostly say that
> there is nothing that comes close to midly attempting to be realistic :). I
> think if you could do things like change the weight of the rider, and select
> a few different pre-set riding styles which also changes the bike handling,
> along with real physics could make a really incredible game, especially with
> motogp florishing like it is now... Please someone!