I'm not sure why using the clutch for anything but moving off the starting
grid would help your lap times. GPL uses an automatic clutch when changing
gears (yes, even in manual transmission), so there's no need to manually
press the clutch when changing gears. In fact, it would only help to slow
you down because you'd have to let off the gas each time you press the
clutch - or risk damaging your engine.
You mean you don't lift off the gas when changing gear in GPL??? How does
your car survive????
I drive there around the 1:29...
But if you want to see the fasted lap times....
Have a look here: http://www.parc-ferme.de/fastlaps-.htm
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Groetjes Kees
>What sort of times are good for Monza?
> >I've been playing GPL for ages now, but no one had said anything about
> using
> >a clutch. I just realised that there was a button for a clutch so then I
> >started using it and the first race that I've done with the clutch I
> >qualified 2nd, with a 1:30.36 on Monza, then I finished 6th after being
> spun
> >on the first corner, so maybe it isn't as hard as I first thought, I can
> >accelerate a bit quicker but I can certainly brake a hell of a lot quicker.
> >What sort of times are good for Monza?
What sort of times are good for Monza?
Don't get me wrong, I'm still amazed by what a great piece of work GPL is.
Patrick
I wouldn't care for the clutch, but I would like to see double-clutching
simulated. Simply click once to shift down to neutral, blip, and then click
to shift down into the gear that matches your revs. Upshifts can and should
work as they are now. I guess the newbie market would require "shifting
help" instead of just "auto-***".
Every day. :-)
Michael.
> You're right Neo, that's the one thing I'd have Papy patch if they were
so
> inclined. GPL has an auto-throttle blip on downshifts to simulate the
> actual method of sequential downshift used by the drivers back then. It
> will still get your backend loose if you downshift too early but it will
> always allow you to get into gear. I guess Papy could argue that they
don't
> have an auto-clutch since in real life you don't physically need a clutch
if
> you lift on upshift and rev-match (throttle blip) on downshift (I can do
> this in my street car, and yes it is a shitbox so I don't care if I
crunch
> the gears). Now if they had modeled the gearbox/drive train to the point
> where you had to rev match or clutch to get in gear I would be in
> sim-heaven. Only as an option of course since not many folks have a
clutch
> pedal. I don't think it should be that hard to implement. They could
just
> add a gear-crunch noise and dump you into neutral if not in the
appropriate
> RPM range.
> Don't get me wrong, I'm still amazed by what a great piece of work GPL
is.
> Patrick
