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by **Ashley McConnel** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 18:49:52

Amen brother Beckett :)

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> Get this!!

> Last night I span out in F12001, and ended up going backwards fast in about 4th gear. The engine stalled and I was leaving a huge trail of *** with the locked up rears. Recovering my wits, I pressed the clutch in, selected reverse, and let the clutch out again.

> To my amazement, the engine bump started!!!

> I quickly put the clutch back in, stopped, selected 1st, did a spin turn, and continued my race with a huge grin!! :-D

> Cool or WHAT!?

> R.

by **Pooya** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:22:08

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:31:02 -0000, "Richard S Beckett"

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>Get this!!

>Last night I span out in F12001, and ended up going backwards fast in about 4th gear. The engine stalled and I was leaving a huge trail of *** with the locked up rears. Recovering my wits, I pressed the clutch in, selected reverse, and let the clutch out again.

>To my amazement, the engine bump started!!!

>I quickly put the clutch back in, stopped, selected 1st, did a spin turn, and continued my race with a huge grin!! :-D

>Cool or WHAT!?

>R.

Yeah, doing that in F1 2001 is pretty cool, but not realistic, but
then most of the game is that way to.

by **Nocksto** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:03:32

Is the X-Box version or PC or ...

by **Nocksto** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:10:04

Saw a post by you later in the group so I suppose it answered my own
question.

Wonder how F1 is on the X-Box?

Anybody had any experience?

by **Da Ma** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:29:51

Go here:

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/0,11114,525035,00.html

for a review of F1 2001 on the XBox. Says it's just like the PS2 version
EXCEPT it can't use a steering wheel for control, which in my book is a
fatal flaw.

> Saw a post by you later in the group so I suppose it answered my own
> question.

> Wonder how F1 is on the X-Box?

> Anybody had any experience?

> > >>To my amazement, the engine bump started!!!

> > Is the X-Box version or PC or ...

by **Olav K. Malm** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 22:40:30

I don't think you can bump-start a F1 car because of all the
electronics involved and the high compression ratio.

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by **Douglas Elliso** » Sat, 15 Dec 2001 22:53:55

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about 4th gear. The engine stalled and I was leaving a huge trail of ***
with the locked up rears. Recovering my wits, I pressed the clutch in,
selected reverse, and let the clutch out again.

work.

Ever tried it in a formula one car ?

You've got two guesses

Doug

by **Joe Marque** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:01:37

Most of the game is NOT realistic? I could not disagree more. Feels pretty
realistic to me.
So I can better understand your perspective: other than GPL, what game to
you think is realistic? I'm excluding GPL since there is a consensus
regarding realism.

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Joe Marques

by **Douglas Elliso** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:08:05

Real compared to what - driven a 2001 F1 car have you.

i.m.o It's a very un-real experience to that of a racing car. It's sloppy,
slidey and unconvincing in every respect.

Doug

by **Jason Mond** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:12:02

I thought the slidey was pretty good. The drivers always complain about
lack of tire grip. You have to keep up the speed in order to use
benefits of downforce. Maybe the springy suspension could be fixed in
F1-2002, but that's a small thing.

If anyone is going to complain about F1-2001 please complain about the
internet play! Although it has improved from SCGT with the online
practice sessions, the actual number of players you can get driving is
still poor.

> i.m.o It's a very un-real experience to that of a racing car. It's sloppy,
> slidey and unconvincing in every respect.

> Doug

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by **Iain Mackenzi** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 01:33:58

Sure you're using decent setups? The default ones are crap. The whole
experience is transformed by good setups.
Iain

by **The Other Larr** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 02:52:56

That's very interesting that they put that in!

-Larry

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Get this!!

Last night I span out in F12001, and ended up going backwards fast in about
4th gear. The engine stalled and I was leaving a huge trail of *** with
the locked up rears. Recovering my wits, I pressed the clutch in, selected
reverse, and let the clutch out again.

To my amazement, the engine bump started!!!

I quickly put the clutch back in, stopped, selected 1st, did a spin turn,
and continued my race with a huge grin!! :-D

Cool or WHAT!?

R.

by **Don Burnett** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 08:52:46

Awesome, it is a great sim!!

Don Burnette

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Get this!!

Last night I span out in F12001, and ended up going backwards fast in about
4th gear. The engine stalled and I was leaving a huge trail of *** with
the locked up rears. Recovering my wits, I pressed the clutch in, selected
reverse, and let the clutch out again.

To my amazement, the engine bump started!!!

I quickly put the clutch back in, stopped, selected 1st, did a spin turn,
and continued my race with a huge grin!! :-D

Cool or WHAT!?

R.

by **Dave Henri** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 09:32:00

> > Most of the game is NOT realistic? I could not disagree more. Feels
> pretty
> > realistic to me.

> Real compared to what - driven a 2001 F1 car have you.

> i.m.o It's a very un-real experience to that of a racing car. It's sloppy,
> slidey and unconvincing in every respect.

> Doug

Perhaps we can word it differently, compared to other sims currently on
the market that focus on F1. F12001 is the best of the lot, as close to
real as we have gotten so far....
Clearly given hardware limitations etc we will be a long time before we
get a "real" sim...but at the moment....at this point in time...it seems F1
2001 is the clear choice for F1 simming.
dave henrie

by **Haqsa** » Sun, 16 Dec 2001 12:13:06

It doesn't say it can't use a wheel, it says it has no support for
external controllers, which led them to assume it can't use a wheel.
Since there aren't any Xbox wheels available quite yet, I'm not sure how
they can claim that. I would think any Xbox wheel would have to send
the same channels and control ranges as the gamepad in order to work at
all, in which case I don't know how any game would even know the
difference. Anyway I am crossing my fingers and hoping so, because I
already have F1 2001 for the Xbox. ;o)

OT: FWIW I like the PC version better. That guy who came around here a
few months ago flaming the PC version was just full of it, the only
thing better in the Xbox/PS2 version is the pit babes.

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