rec.autos.simulators

by **Ian Wrigh** » Fri, 27 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Try taking a break from the wacky baccy :)

by **Rccraze1** » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Two years ago when I got GP2, it was my first expirience on a real Sim. I
defenetlly felt the same way you do. I think that comes with practice and
making mistakes, after a while you will probably be able to feel, but more
inportatly, see what the car is doing. You will know that the car will slide
even before it happens. I thinl it is all expirience. Of course I still have
my off days, where I can't anything correctly.

Thank you

Steven

by **John Walla** » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> Is it just me or does everyone have their better driving days in GPL.

No, it's not just you.

Sometimes I have days where I feel "born to drive", and the car just
flows and oozes it's way around the circuit. Other days I fire up GPL
and fall off the track every other corner. I find on such occasions I
need to either switch the machine off and come back later or, if I
need to drive at that time (league race or whatever), start from the
basics, slow down, and work my way round the track. I will eventually
come back up to speed, although generally not as good as when it feels
right.

I've had this experience on track in real life as well, a couple of
days turning up at the track and winning every race I entered, and
even feeling like I knew I would win them. Other days just a
nightmare.

Take last night. I went for a few laps at Zandvoort in the Coventry,
and my best is a 1:27.8. Throwing the car around the track I managed a
1:30.1, which felt like a 1:26 with the effort I was putting in! C'est
la vie...

Cheers!
John

by **Tim** » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> Is it just me or does everyone have their better driving days in GPL.I dont
> know why but sometimes I can get on and actually picture what the car is
> doing at the tire contact patches and the relation of my steering inputs to
> the direction of travel(makes sense??).Its as if I knew exactly whats gonna
> happen when I lift off the throttle and jerk the wheel right,or how much grip
> I gained at the front compared to how much I lost at the rears when I
> brake,or how the car will react when it digs into the slight
> banking,etc...Last night I go tothe Ring and couldnt believe how I was
> driving.It was if mentally I was calculating how the car would react to my
> steering,brake,AND throttle inputs at lightning speeds.Come into a turn and
> lift the throttle slightly so the fronts grab better,then a touch of the
> brake pedal at that point where the banking goes away and the car swings out
> *BUT* I knew this would happen and I applied countersteer at just the amount
> that I visioned the front weels should be turned and then as I sensed the
> rears gaining more traction I slowly straightened out the wheel and powered
> to the next turn. Tonight I get back on and I cant do the same thing from the
> night before and back come the thought"I hate this game" instead of the
> previous night's "that was incredibly realistic".I was dumbfounded when the
> car would suddenly slide out and I couldnt even think to add throttle to
> catch it instaead applying more brake thinking that would help it.Last night
> I was actually feeling the car roll mentally and skipping across the road but
> tonight its just visuals on a computer screen.Is this all in my
> head?!?!?:))))Of course it is but I am getting mad that I cant FEEL this
> beautiful sim everynight.Is this point I am bringing up have to do with what
> sets apart the born to race guys from guys like me?I read this racing book
> that said in order to race cars well you cant just have quick reflexes and
> react to what you feel the car doing but you have to mentally
> picture(anticipate)what you want the car to do and then make it happen as all
> the pros do.Can someone with alot of sim experience or even real racing
> experience tell me if this is something that comes with time and practice or
> am I doomed to play Fallout2 type games for my leisure activities.

In sporting terms, it's called "the zone". You have amazing concentration and
focus on the task at hand, and perform remarkably better than usual. It comes and
goes for all of us, but through practise and training, it'll happen much more
often....

by **Andy Jone** » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> In sporting terms, it's called "the zone". You have amazing concentration and
> focus on the task at hand, and perform remarkably better than usual. It comes and
> goes for all of us, but through practise and training, it'll happen much more
> often....

And the saddest thing about being out of the zone is that it seems to
affect your favourite things the most. So driving GPL becomes a very
sensitive measure of how you are that day, overall. Maybe I should try
to persuade my boss to let me set up in the office so that when I've an
important decision to make I can run a few laps at Spa to see if its a
good day for decisions ;O)

Andy

by **Eldre** » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

>/Christer, the mind - easy to fool, hard to control

I've seen a very good book about this. Hold on....

The Inner Game of Tennis, by Timothy Gallwey.

A lot of what is discussed can also relate to many other things BESIDES tennis,
and it's fairly interesting.

Eldred

by **Ross Hendr** » Sun, 29 Nov 1998 04:00:00

I find that when im thinking about something else, say im playing gpl, but
theres a good tv programme on, i end up driving my personal best laps, i
think its to do with me concentrating on the tv programme and my brain knows
what i should be doing on the computer( i mean we all know how to do a good
lap but its hard to get EVERY corner right-you might get one corner right
one lap, get it wrong the next but get a different one right), and so my
brain links it all together and does all the perfect corners one after the
other, it also happens when im a bit tired, or talking to a m8 on the phone.
Ross Hendry

rec.autos.simulators

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((

Constant GPL brain fade:((