rec.autos.simulators

by **Aitc** » Fri, 18 May 2001 03:06:06

Cool

by **Tim Vanhe** » Fri, 18 May 2001 18:58:50

You sound like a professional reviewer. :)

by **Andre Warrin** » Fri, 18 May 2001 22:54:09

On Thu, 17 May 2001 11:11:05 GMT, "Stephen Smith"

>Just for the record: I'm interested. I'll bet Doug Milliken (co-author with
>father Bill of "Vehicle Dynamics," the bible of the way cars handle...and an
>interested party in the now-departed Silicon Racetrack shake 'n bake NASCAR
>simulators) would be too.

>--Steve Smith (author of "Four-Wheel Drift," the strategy guide that shipped
>with GPL)

Hey that sig is a good idea Steve, saves us from the daily 'are you
the same Steve Smith who wrote..' question :)

Andre

by **Mike Whit** » Sat, 19 May 2001 04:23:13

I wonder how much of SMS's income went to insurance because of the "shake 'n
bake".

by **Doug Millike** » Tue, 22 May 2001 11:55:06

> > Just for the record: I'm interested. I'll bet Doug Milliken (co-author with
> > father Bill of "Vehicle Dynamics," the bible of the way cars handle...and an
> > interested party in the now-departed Silicon Racetrack shake 'n bake NASCAR
> > simulators) would be too.
> I wonder how much of SMS's income went to insurance because of the "shake 'n
> bake".

Don't have a $$ number on the insurance (probably not a major expense).
The SMS cars were designed with a lot of safety interlocks, and a strong
interest in safety overall. Afaik, no one was really hurt in any of them
(bad business to hurt your customers!), of course there were some customers
that did experience motion sickness, but I think (again, don't know for
sure) that this was a small minority. The development crew was headed by
some folks with a lot of experience in building things for use by the
general public, including Atari Hard Drivin' (with strong motor on the FF
steering wheel).

Just back from 4 days at the Formula SAE competition in Detroit -- what an
amazing event. Check the website under students at <http://www.sae.org>, I
heard (but haven't downloaded yet) that there is a sound clip from the
Western Washington Univ engine -- they made a V-8 engine that looks (and
sounds) a lot like a baby Cosworth DFV from the 1960's. Yes, made a V-8
engine (mostly CNC machined), uses heads and pistons from a motorcycle
engine, otherwise they made all the parts - crankcase, cylinders,
crankshaft, etc.

-- Doug
Douglas Milliken
Milliken Research Assoc. Inc.

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