Okay, I have heard everything everyone is saying, but I would like to
see Papyrus/Sierra add one thing to NASCAR 2. I would like to have
the AI cars bump from the rear. ie...if I am going a little slower,
they bump to let me know they are there. Now that would be cool.
Heck, if that were in the game, I would actually slow down enough to
let them catch me....What do you think about that? Have very agressive
AI cars??? Let me know....
Lee Mills
Auburn University Aviation
> Okay, I have heard everything everyone is saying, but I would like to
> see Papyrus/Sierra add one thing to NASCAR 2. I would like to have
> the AI cars bump from the rear. ie...if I am going a little slower,
> they bump to let me know they are there. Now that would be cool.
> Heck, if that were in the game, I would actually slow down enough to
> let them catch me....What do you think about that? Have very agressive
> AI cars??? Let me know....
The one thing I really want is probably impossible to implement. Right
now, it is all but impossible to drive a very loose setup because of
certain missing feedback paths. For example, you can't feel impending
oversteer in your pants. By the time you see it on screen, it's too late
to correct.
I watched in envy as some of the AI drivers twitched their way around
Sonoma. It occurs to me that fly-by-wire systems allow dynamically
unstable aircraft to hold apparently steady flight paths. AI drivers
have the same advantage of near instantaneous reaction time and
digitally precise feedback.
I would like to see some indication of slip angle at each end of the
car, perhaps as color bars at the top of the screen. The top bar would
represent approximate slip angle at the front tires, the bottom the
rears. The larger the slip angle, the longer the color bar extends from
the center. Understeer would be visible as a long bar away from the
turn. Oversteer would also be a long bar away from the turn. A four
wheel drift would be both bars in proportion away from the turn.
Mike.
PS. While watching replays last night, I thought I saw the little dude's
hands moving on the wheel. I would swear I can see his little white
gloves turning the wheel to the right for right hand turns. A couple of
cameras at Sears Pt look almost straight down at the oncoming car as it
enters a turn. It might be track banking that causes this illusion, but
it looks for all the world like he was turning the wheel. Has anyone
else noticed this?
> PS. While watching replays last night, I thought I saw the little dude's
> hands moving on the wheel. I would swear I can see his little white
> gloves turning the wheel to the right for right hand turns. A couple of
> cameras at Sears Pt look almost straight down at the oncoming car as it
> enters a turn. It might be track banking that causes this illusion, but
> it looks for all the world like he was turning the wheel. Has anyone
> else noticed this?
Keith Speroni
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/2172
