rec.autos.simulators

> You should take notice of the sit up feature. As soon as I turned it
> on my best A1-Ring time went from 1'31'01 to 1'28'66. And I was able
> to easily win a race, even though I didn't cut my best laps. I'm going
> to turn the auto-sit-up back off and learn how to do it manually.

> Frankly I'm somewhat concerned about this feature. I'm happy to be
> going faster of course, but my concern is that it makes the game too
> easy. The skill of braking is gone, other than just picking the right
> braking point (which isn't really a skill, it just means doing each
> track enough times to find the optimum points). You CAN'T throw the
> bike by braking too hard when you are sitting up.

> OTOH, not using situp isn't really an option because the computer
> riders use it (I was wondering how they could brake so much faster
> than me). So you really have to sit up to be competitive at the top
> realism setting.

> If it does become too easy, then the game's only hope for replay value
> is multiplay racing. But early reports are that the multiplay doesn't
> work that well (haven't tried it yet myself). And of course you can't
> run a full race with qualifying and so on in multiplay, so it loses
> some of it's sim aspect.

> Sorry if I just ruined the sim for you. Any thoughts on these issues?

> Joe

>>I totally disagree. It's very possible to upset the bike while sitting up,
>>under braking. Just not going straight, ie. at the end of a long
>>straightaway. But try going through S-turns, and after exiting the first
>>part, if you sit up braking into the second part, the rider's balance
>>still isn't perpendicular to the road and often times the bike will slide
>>out, or tip over the front wheel.
>>I've had the game for several months, and I can ride a 1:26:07 at A-1, so
>>hopefully I've spent enough time with this sim to judge it fairly.
>>I can't say how much I enjoy it!

>Are they charging full price for this game in the US and Canada?
>It's an absolute bargain here in Australia. The average price of a
>game here is between $69.95 and $89.95 and Superbikes is selling for
>$49.95 (about $31.68US).
>Keep up the great pricing EA :)
>Love the game too.

>Tony

>>>I totally disagree. It's very possible to upset the bike while sitting
up,
>>>under braking. Just not going straight, ie. at the end of a long
>>>straightaway. But try going through S-turns, and after exiting the first
>>>part, if you sit up braking into the second part, the rider's balance
>>>still isn't perpendicular to the road and often times the bike will slide
>>>out, or tip over the front wheel.
>>>I've had the game for several months, and I can ride a 1:26:07 at A-1, so
>>>hopefully I've spent enough time with this sim to judge it fairly.
>>>I can't say how much I enjoy it!

>>Are they charging full price for this game in the US and Canada?
>>It's an absolute bargain here in Australia. The average price of a
>>game here is between $69.95 and $89.95 and Superbikes is selling for
>>$49.95 (about $31.68US).
>>Keep up the great pricing EA :)
>>Love the game too.

>>Tony

> > Frankly I'm somewhat concerned about this feature. I'm happy to be
> > going faster of course, but my concern is that it makes the game too
> > easy. The skill of braking is gone, other than just picking the right
> > braking point (which isn't really a skill, it just means doing each
> > track enough times to find the optimum points). You CAN'T throw the
> > bike by braking too hard when you are sitting up.

> I totally disagree. It's very possible to upset the bike while sitting up,
> under braking. Just not going straight, ie. at the end of a long
> straightaway. But try going through S-turns, and after exiting the first
> part, if you sit up braking into the second part, the rider's balance
> still isn't perpendicular to the road and often times the bike will slide
> out, or tip over the front wheel.
> I've had the game for several months, and I can ride a 1:26:07 at A-1, so
> hopefully I've spent enough time with this sim to judge it fairly.
> I can't say how much I enjoy it!