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> Subject: F1GP, no steering help and Oz advice
> Date: 17 Nov 1995 17:05:21 GMT
> Organization: Queen's University, Kingston
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> I have started playing F1GP without the steering help on. I am using a
> joystick, so this was frustrating at first, but as I praticed, things got
> better (I stopped making exaggerated steering inputs). In my opinion,
> F1GP without the steering help on is every bit as challenging as Indycar, and
> I certainly don't notice the absence of a "sophisticated" physical model.
> The one thing I like in F1GP now is the huge effect a kerb has on the car.
> Without steering help on, if you blow your apex and clout a kerb, you can
> kiss that corner goodbye, and if there are any walls on the outside of the
> corner, there goes the car.
> So now the game is still lots of fun, but even more of a challenge. However,
> I am nowhere near as competitive as I was before. I've lost about 5 seconds
> a lap by switching off the steering help. Will this get better with practice?
> Has anyone managed to get good enough, using a joystick and no steering help,
> to rival their best times with steering help on? Have you been able to run
> the same car setup as before? I find my old setups don't work for me, as the
> car is very sensitive to the twitchy steering inputs and I have to crank the
> back wing up to keep it stuck.
> Now my question about Australia. I find the left right chicane after the start
> finish to be very confusing. There is so much visual clutter on the road
> before it that I always miss my turn in point. This wasn't a problem with
> steering
> help on, but now... Does anyone have advice for a good visual clue for the
> turn-in point? And is it really a 5th gear chicane? If I come in that hot,
> I ALWAYS lose the back end on the exit.
> Just rambling...
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> Stephen Ferguson
the adelaide corner's you mentioned are indeed 5th gear (depending on your gear ratios) my technique is to go into
a corner in a lower gear and change up when I start to slide out, that way you can keep the throttle on all the time
(almost) and you will get a higher exit speed plus you do not need to change up a extra gear when you are entering
the straight therfore gaining a little on the competitiors.
Watch a computer car taking the tight corner's especially at Manaco hairpins, you will see they constantly try and
stay in a middle revving band, dont drive like this.
change up to a higher gear when sliding and entering corners, you regain grip and get faster lap times.
Dont drive out of corners with the car revs to 99% cos you will need to change up almost immediatly, change up in
the corner.
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Steve Hood
"Is this testing whether I'm a replicant, or a ***, Mr Deckard?"
"I'm not in the business... I am the business."
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