rec.autos.simulators

Having found myself last off the line on so many starts I tried configuring a
button on my steering wheel for clutch control, as described in the supplied
book 'four wheel drift' but I find I can only use it if I select manual gear
changes, is this correct or am I missing something here. At the moment I'm still
using auto gear changes

Cheers
Pete

Dont worry.  Its not to hard.  I made the transition in like 2 days.  Well at
every track except the Ring.  I cant make a lap without using Shift-R there
WITH auto-shift.  Try Monza first since theres a minimal amount of gear changes
there.  Soon you'll be driving laps at all the tracks without auto-shift (the
Ring excluded...unless you have an amazing memory).

Chris

It doesn't need amazing memory - just a couple of slow trips around
looking at the way one section leads on the the next.  I know how to
drive my car up to London (live about 20miles outside) - or down to
the coast (30 miles the other way) - or to work.  After I've done it a
couple of times I can easily remember the way.  Going round the ring
is just the same.

The only part I had difficulty with was the section after the bit
after the first banked hairpin (I don't know the names of anywhere
round the track but I can remember each bit of road). There are a lot
of short bumpy sections with a right turn at the end and then another
short bit with a left turn and some trees on the right.  There are
four like that almost the same - the first one is harmless almost
straight on, the second is a bit worse, the turns are sharp nothing
more, the third I have to remember is a 1st (maybe 2nd gear) slow left
down hill so not to go in too fast and the last has a sharpish left,
then a right and then a sharp drop round a sharp left turn.  That was
the only bit I had to actually "learn"

Don't let its size put you off - I find it great fun to drive and to
explore each bit seeing were I can gain a bit of time.  I still need a
shift R (often several) on about 80% of the laps - but what the heck!

Alan

http://www.chandler.u-net.com

Kirk Lane

It doesn't need amazing memory - just a couple of slow trips around
looking at the way one section leads on the the next.  I know how to
drive my car up to London (live about 20miles outside) - or down to
the coast (30 miles the other way) - or to work.  After I've done it a
couple of times I can easily remember the way.  Going round the ring
is just the same.

The only part I had difficulty with was the section after the bit
after the first banked hairpin (I don't know the names of anywhere
round the track but I can remember each bit of road). There are a lot
of short bumpy sections with a right turn at the end and then another
short bit with a left turn and some trees on the right.  There are
four like that almost the same - the first one is harmless almost
straight on, the second is a bit worse, the turns are sharp nothing
more, the third I have to remember is a 1st (maybe 2nd gear) slow left
down hill so not to go in too fast and the last has a sharpish left,
then a right and then a sharp drop round a sharp left turn.  That was
the only bit I had to actually "learn"

Don't let its size put you off - I find it great fun to drive and to
explore each bit seeing were I can gain a bit of time.  I still need a
shift R (often several) on about 80% of the laps - but what the heck!

Alan

http://www.chandler.u-net.com

~daxe

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The most important points are:

- You have to know always what gear you're in, so you can downshift to
the gear you want without having to look at the shifter position.

- You have to lift the throttle a bit when shifting up. In novice mode
without damage model, it won't make much of a difference. But once you
proceed to the more "realistic" modes, overrevving will kill your
engine. Better learn to change gears the right way now.

- Brake first, downshift later. Again, overrevving is one part of the
problem. Another part is that you will unsettle the car if you
downshift too early.

Have fun!

--
Wolfgang Preiss   \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

Not a clutch as such, but in my automatic car I can select neutral and rev the
engine then put it into gear. That's if I want to break it. ; -)

I'm now running with manual gears and slowly making headway. dropping down the
box has been the hardest to master. but getting about 1.33 at Monza on a good
day.

Cheers
Pete

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:54:06 -0500, "Daxe Rexford"

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