rec.autos.simulators

N2002 using a keyboard......

Johnny Fiam

N2002 using a keyboard......

by Johnny Fiam » Tue, 05 Mar 2002 19:13:55

I know 99% of people here use a wheel but I downloaded the demo and have
been playing with it at work...... I sometimes use a keyboard at home so was
interested to see how it ran.

Unless I'm missing something I hardly seem to be controlling the car, I
tried doing a couple of laps at Atlanta not even using the steering and
apart from a 2 slight glances of the wall I could run fairly quickly just
using the throttle and brake.  WTF?!?

JohnnyF

Andre Warrin

N2002 using a keyboard......

by Andre Warrin » Tue, 05 Mar 2002 19:57:38

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:13:55 -0000, "Johnny Fiama"


>I know 99% of people here use a wheel but I downloaded the demo and have
>been playing with it at work...... I sometimes use a keyboard at home so was
>interested to see how it ran.

make that 99.999% (statistical research by Ymenard)

When you select keys, steering, throttle and brake help are on cause
it's impossible to do these things accurately with keys.

Andre

CarGu

N2002 using a keyboard......

by CarGu » Wed, 06 Mar 2002 02:05:21


> On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:13:55 -0000, "Johnny Fiama"

> >I know 99% of people here use a wheel but I downloaded the demo and have
> >been playing with it at work...... I sometimes use a keyboard at home so
was
> >interested to see how it ran.

> make that 99.999% (statistical research by Ymenard)

> >Unless I'm missing something I hardly seem to be controlling the car, I
> >tried doing a couple of laps at Atlanta not even using the steering and
> >apart from a 2 slight glances of the wall I could run fairly quickly just
> >using the throttle and brake.  WTF?!?
> >JohnnyF

> When you select keys, steering, throttle and brake help are on cause
> it's impossible to do these things accurately with keys.

> Andre

Andre is correct here poster, when using a keyboard, all the computer
'assists' are turned on and cannot be turned off. It was done for th benefit
of us online racers that invariably end up getting taken out of a race by
keyboard racers since there is no linearity with a keyboard. The commands
are on or off. Either full gas, full brake, full left or full right when
steering, no graduations like there are with potentiometers that are found
in racing wheels, which has many steps between off and full on.

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