rec.autos.simulators

>Some of the items are (off the top of my head),
>- Sticky/Less sticky grass
>- Heavier cars (the cars seem very light in RC2000)

> > > >>I have the uk version orange box and is great. CMR the cars seem to
float on
> > > >>the track.

> > You think it is better than Colin McRae Rally?

> I've got both and I've been wondering this for a while.

> RC2000 is (probably?) the more realistic simulator. For example the stages
> are geniune rally stages and can take ages to complete. The car seems
> particularly difficult to handle at times - I'm almost convinced its
treating
> my steering wheel as a digital device - I assume it simply has a more
> realistic model that highlights my "ham fisted" approach. You can
certaintly
> chuck the car about a bit more in CMR (even the front wheel drive ones).

> I cannot help feeling that CMR is a bit more fun though,
> and the quality of the interface on CMR is much better. For example,
setting
> up a steering wheel in RC 2000 is a bit hit and miss, and the game does
> have long "loading" screens every time you touch a button.

> (Having just given up on "hidden and dangerous" due to the sheer number
> of bugs, I realise just what high quality products CMR and RC 2000 are).

> --
> Steven Dawkins - Research Assistant - University of York.

> >If you go to the rally championship2000 website, they have a patch that
> >addresses some of the physics issues.

> >Some of the items are (off the top of my head),
> >- Sticky/Less sticky grass
> >- Heavier cars (the cars seem very light in RC2000)

> Still too sticky, still too light(or rather, strange).

> >The steering sensitivity has to be turned way down, otherwise, your car
goes
> >all over the place.

> If you do that you won't be able to steer enough in corners.

> >I prefer colin mcrae, as it is more fun.
> >RC2000 seems more realistic?

> I don't know about that, exactly. It's still like driving a cardboard
> box. There is just *no* inertia! Actually that seems to have slipped
> by the physics programmer completely...

> *The car flips over way too easily.

> *The car stops on 20 metres from 160km/h....on gravel!!

> *There's no sliding whatsoever.(ok, a little... too little...)

> *The steering is *way* off mark. Realisticly, if you go down a gravel
> road 80km/h and steer quite a bit, the car won't move instantly off
> the road.

> >Some of the RC2000 tracks are way too long and too narrow...

> Actually, that's pretty realistic. However, as the car handles like it
> does it's pretty much impossible to drive on-road.

> >There's colin mcrae 2.0, coming out in apr/may as well.

> Tell me about it... ;)

> /Magnus

> > > > >>I have the uk version orange box and is great. CMR the cars
seem to
> float on
> > > > >>the track.

> > > You think it is better than Colin McRae Rally?

> > I've got both and I've been wondering this for a while.

> > RC2000 is (probably?) the more realistic simulator. For example
the stages
> > are geniune rally stages and can take ages to complete. The car
seems
> > particularly difficult to handle at times - I'm almost convinced
its
> treating
> > my steering wheel as a digital device - I assume it simply has a
more
> > realistic model that highlights my "ham fisted" approach. You can
> certaintly
> > chuck the car about a bit more in CMR (even the front wheel drive
ones).

> > I cannot help feeling that CMR is a bit more fun though,
> > and the quality of the interface on CMR is much better. For
example,
> setting
> > up a steering wheel in RC 2000 is a bit hit and miss, and the game
does
> > have long "loading" screens every time you touch a button.

> > (Having just given up on "hidden and dangerous" due to the sheer
number
> > of bugs, I realise just what high quality products CMR and RC 2000
are).

> > --
> > Steven Dawkins - Research Assistant - University of York.