I just wish i had a faster puter to run it on! (currently got a 400mhz
Celeron. I think a 1.2Ghz Athlon would be nice! Pity i'm skint though)
So, what does everyone else think?
-
brian
I just wish i had a faster puter to run it on! (currently got a 400mhz
Celeron. I think a 1.2Ghz Athlon would be nice! Pity i'm skint though)
So, what does everyone else think?
-
brian
It's a great game once you turn off the speed limiter. Why that was
included, I'll never know ! And there is a handy benchmark tool thrown in as
a useful bonus.
- George
> > It's a great game once you turn off the speed limiter. Why that
> > was included, I'll never know!
> No mystery, just read the included manual. In real life the
> series limits top speed for safety reasons (imagine the forces
> generated when a 5000 kg vehicle running at 240 km/h
> runs into something).
Just a brief example....
energy = 1/2 * m * v^2
Formula 1 car at 300 kph (Beginning of Villeneuves crash on Sunday)
energy = 1/2 * 750 x 83.3 ^ 2 = 2,602,083
Truck only doing 100 kph
energy = 1/2 * 10000 (guesstimate) * 27.7 ^ 2 = 3,858,024
Truck doing 200 kph would be 15,432,096 joules. So a 125 mph truck crash,
is about 6 times more powerfull as a 190 mph F1 crash.... could job they
keep the speed down eh?
But yeah - as long as it's turn-on-and-off-able - then speed limiter is
alright - it's nice to open them up a little.
A GREAT game though, dont you think?!
Doug
> > WOW! what an amazing sim Mercedes-Benz truck racing is!
> > I just wish i had a faster puter to run it on! (currently got a 400mhz
> > Celeron. I think a 1.2Ghz Athlon would be nice! Pity i'm skint though)
> > So, what does everyone else think?
> It's a great game once you turn off the speed limiter. Why that was
> included, I'll never know ! And there is a handy benchmark tool thrown in
as
> a useful bonus.
Yes, I agree. And as I drive a truck for my living, I am aware that they are
governed. But the GAME is so slow in this mode. That is what I don't
understand.
- George
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- People think it must be fun to be a genius, but they don't realise how
hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Anyway, by turning OFF the limiter you are actually enabling the arcade
mode.
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- People think it must be fun to be a genius, but they don't realise how
hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
But it's realistic. This is not rec.autos.arcade, remember.
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- People think it must be fun to be a genius, but they don't realise how
hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
>> > It's a great game once you turn off the speed limiter. Why that
>> > was included, I'll never know!
>> No mystery, just read the included manual. In real life the
>> series limits top speed for safety reasons (imagine the forces
>> generated when a 5000 kg vehicle running at 240 km/h
>> runs into something).
>It is too slow, as a computer game, with the limiter ON. That is why there
>is an option to turn it OFF. The mystery is why, when the makers clearly
>realized this, did they bother having both options. Who the hell plays at
>the limited pace ?
Of course, some people would probably want F1 sims to have cars which go
at Mach 3.
-
brian
>By far, 2000 sim of the year. Others can't even touch it on about every
>aspect of the sim. Nobody wants to buy it, though and that's unfortunate.
-
brian
Doug
> >> So, what does everyone else think?
> >By far, 2000 sim of the year. Others can't even touch it on about every
> >aspect of the sim. Nobody wants to buy it, though and that's
unfortunate.
> Yeah, i suppose thats why it was reduced to 19.99 in a local Electronics
> Boutique!
> -
> brian
Well ,I'd buy it if I could even find it in this sleepy old Ontario town.
The demo sold me with its lumbering great trucks sliding around corners.
Unfortuneatly the local software stores seem to know nothing about the
title. Even the local EB, normally the best in this area, responded to my
enquiry with a "Its not on my list, Sir". Is it widely available in QC?
Maybe I should do an Ottawa -Hull run.
Dave-Erb
SLG
>> WOW! what an amazing sim Mercedes-Benz truck racing is!
>> I just wish i had a faster puter to run it on! (currently got a 400mhz
>> Celeron. I think a 1.2Ghz Athlon would be nice! Pity i'm skint though)
>> So, what does everyone else think?
>It's a great game once you turn off the speed limiter. Why that was
>included, I'll never know ! And there is a handy benchmark tool thrown in as
>a useful bonus.