Although this isn't related to automobiles, has anyone tried Manx by Sega
or Moto Racer by EA? Are either worth buying? Thanks.
Scott Yu
Although this isn't related to automobiles, has anyone tried Manx by Sega
or Moto Racer by EA? Are either worth buying? Thanks.
Scott Yu
Neither one are 'sims'--they are arcade racers. For example, in Moto
Racer there is no variable braking. It is either on or off. And the
driving physics are wrong when it comes to cornering as it relates to
braking and acceleration. For example, if I were to shut off the
throttle on my Triumph while cornering I'd be thrown off the 'high
side'. No such *** things occur in Moto Racer. That said, Moto
Racer is a blast to play and I highly recommend it. Just remember, it
ain't a sim.
Dan P.
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> Although this isn't related to automobiles, has anyone tried Manx by Sega
> or Moto Racer by EA? Are either worth buying? Thanks.
> Scott Yu
Doug
I can second Dan's comments... Moto Racer is a bit "arcadish" (relative to
the top driving sims), but extremely fun! On a decent system, it's also
unbelievably fast! On a P2/300 with a 3dfx card, I'd say it produces the
greatest sensation of speed of any sim I've tried. It's simply amazing how
fast the bikes fly by in the replays!
At our last network *** party I convinced some guys to try it (we usually
stick with strategy or flight sims). Five of us started racing and we ended
up playing for hours! Everyone was really surprised at how much fun it was!
Supposedly it plays pretty good over the Internet, too. I would recommend it
to anyone, and if you like motorcycle racing, I'd say it's a "must".
FWIW, I've heard so many terrible things about Manx I haven't even bothered
to look at it...
Sean
> Scott Yu
I'll second that. On my P166MMX with a R3D it sometimes seems too fast,
especially when running at 514x384 resolution.
Regards
Andrew
> At our last network *** party I convinced some guys to try it (we usually
> stick with strategy or flight sims). Five of us started racing and we ended
> up playing for hours! Everyone was really surprised at how much fun it was!
> Supposedly it plays pretty good over the Internet, too. I would recommend it
> to anyone, and if you like motorcycle racing, I'd say it's a "must".
> FWIW, I've heard so many terrible things about Manx I haven't even bothered
> to look at it...
> Sean
> > Although this isn't related to automobiles, has anyone tried Manx by Sega
> > or Moto Racer by EA? Are either worth buying? Thanks.
> > Scott Yu
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Not sure that you would "high-side." Shutting the throttle in a corner
will throw the weight onto the front wheel and possibly cause it to
slide. (A low side.) Conceivably, this could "unweight" the rear end
and cause a slide, but I don't *think* this is a "high-side."
High-siding occurs under power. The rear end loses traction and then
regains grip. The energy from the sudden grip is transferred to the
suspension, which ***ly attempts to control the compression by
rebounding to the degree that the rear wheel is lifted off the ground.
I didn't think I was stupid enough to be riding fast enough on the
street to do this; alas, I am. A few years ago I high-sided on highway
one at about 65mph.
Mike
Ride safe.
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> >if I were to shut off the
> >throttle on my Triumph while cornering I'd be thrown off the 'high
> >side'. No such *** things occur in Moto Racer.
> Not sure that you would "high-side." Shutting the throttle in a corner
> will throw the weight onto the front wheel and possibly cause it to
> slide. (A low side.) Conceivably, this could "unweight" the rear end
> and cause a slide, but I don't *think* this is a "high-side."
> High-siding occurs under power. The rear end loses traction and then
> regains grip. The energy from the sudden grip is transferred to the
> suspension, which ***ly attempts to control the compression by
> rebounding to the degree that the rear wheel is lifted off the ground.
> I didn't think I was stupid enough to be riding fast enough on the
> street to do this; alas, I am. A few years ago I high-sided on highway
> one at about 65mph.
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>>if I were to shut off the
>>throttle on my Triumph while cornering I'd be thrown off the 'high
>>side'. No such *** things occur in Moto Racer.
>Not sure that you would "high-side." Shutting the throttle in a corner
>will throw the weight onto the front wheel and possibly cause it to
>slide. (A low side.) Conceivably, this could "unweight" the rear end
>and cause a slide, but I don't *think* this is a "high-side."
>High-siding occurs under power.
Perhaps, technically, you don't high side by turning the throttle off.
However, your bike does 'stand up' and centrifical force pushes you
'over' the bike unless you throttle up again and/or regain traction.
Fortunately, I've never high sided...but have come close. Sorry for
the off topic stuff :-)
Dan P.
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