rec.autos.simulators

by **Christer Andersso** » Mon, 13 Sep 1999 04:00:00

You're cursed, James ;o). Seriously, I believe there are people who whatever
they do sooner or later get bored by it, and that could be a curse. Personally
I've tried a lot of things in my 35 year old life; tennis, soccer, karate, golf,
swimming, skiing, sex... :o). Sooner or later I reach a point where I dont think
it's as fun as it used to be and later down the road I get bored. I wonder if I
have had a worse memory, so every time I did something it would be as fun as the
first time I did it, would be a better solution...

Perhaps you're now thinking I should start to do something new... Well, how long
can you do that before starting something new gets boring???

/Chrille, with a rant on life :o)

> I'm actually bored with it!!!!!!

> Yep.. not that it isn't a great sim.. but the fact that every single race
> is the same.. online, offline.. the same conditions.. same setup.. same ..
> SAME.. :-)

> I can't wait for GP3 where we will have dinamic weather.. where setup will
> actually be NEEDED!!!! and you will have to change the steup to suit the
> weather conditions..

> Pit stops.. etc.. just somthing different.. because I've just got sick
> of Legneds :-)

> Oh well.. too much of a good thing........

> James Pickard,
> Melbourne
> AUSTRALA
> GPL Australian Champion - Season 1

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by **Andrew MacPhers** » Mon, 13 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Get a job! :-)

Sorry, I'm just jealous of anyone that can get enough wheel time to get
bored! Actually that's not true. I have a dual GPL/flight sim ***ion so
I find the combination gives me more than enough variation. Every time I
take a break from GPL I'm always freshly impressed when I come back.

Andrew McP

by **Beeler** » Mon, 13 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Agreed!

Bob B.

by **Fredrik Th?rnel** » Tue, 14 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> James's problem may be that he's just too darn fast for his own good.
> While he can do 1:27s at Monza with defaults most of us can't. Many of
> us can't even do so with the most tweaked setups Internet time can
> ferret out. ( Heck James was still killing us when in the slower cars
> for heaven's sake ).

Damn, bored from being too good... Where can I find his replays? :D

Cheers
/ft, really slow and thus having a lot of fun, or something like that

by **Jan Hoviu** » Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Hello,

I have the game since april and only know two tracks now: Spa and Monza. I'm glad
there isn't an expiry date on this product :>)

Jan.

> That's what was thinking and, in fact, what I and a colleague have been
> discussing. he has had the sim for about 9 months and, apart from a quick
> "look" at all the tracks, he has not even practised at over half of them!
> Because he has had personal experience with Rouen and Monaco, they have been
> high on his list, but Spa has become his favourite, even though he hasn't
> completed a race there!

> > Agreed Bruce. The SLONG guys have just started racing at Spa! We are
> > loving it. We have mainly concentrated on WG, Monza, Silverstone. So
> > there is plenty more to be looked at. I cant remember a racing sim with
> > the longetvity that GPL has.

> > > My sentiments EXACTLY, Jan.

> > > It is coming up to the anniversary of when this game was released and I
> am
> > > as fascinated by it now as I was when the demo first appeared!

> > > Incidentally, I still have yet to run a race at Mexico City!

> > > > Guess your heart was never really in it. To me it gets more
> interesting
> > > all
> > > > the time. I'm very busy professionally at the moment and I begrudge
> not
> > > > being able to get the track time I want to be getting. Then again, I'm
> > > still
> > > > learning. GPL is the first "game" where, after more than a year, I
> can't
> > > see
> > > > the learning curve flattening out.

> > > > Jan.
> > > > ----

> > > > > I'm actually bored with it!!!!!!

> > > > > Yep.. not that it isn't a great sim.. but the fact that every
> single
> > > > race
> > > > > is the same.. online, offline.. the same conditions.. same setup..
> > > same
> > > > ..
> > > > > SAME.. :-)
> > > > <snip>

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by **Paul** » Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:00:00

GPL truly is a fascinating sim... a classic IMO. I have competed at all
the circuits, online, offline, and in online leagues, and I am at at
least as anxious to get home and run a few laps tonite as I was the day
I bought it!

Maybe part of it is due to the fact that my work and family obligations
restrict me from using GPL as much as I would like (sigh), but I usually
get in an hour a day at it, and it simply floors me...

I haven't delved deeply into the setups yet; I generally scavenge
others' and tweak them for balance, so there is plenty of leg room for
exploring the sim yet.

GPL will be on my hard drive for at least the next couple of years...

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by **Liutger Franze** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

me too :-)

I'd really like to have a kind of 'virtual mechanic' in a racing game.
after doing some laps he analyses your laps, asks you some questions and
you answer them or check something like "that *** is rolling into turn
2" or something and he then adjusts your setup. the reason that I did
not yet develop own setups is the taht I wanna waste my time with racing
only :-)

Lio

by **Don Scurlo** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

lightware.de>:

Excellent idea. And there's nothing un-sim like about it. Top level race
drivers don't have to deal with figuring out the mechanics of what to change.
They tell the mechanic/engineer what the cars doing or not doing and the
mechanics make the changes. It would be very realistic to have some kind of
multiple choice question/auto setup function.
--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.

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