rec.autos.simulators

by **Michael Urquiol** » Fri, 25 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Hi,

I play all kinds of games and have never tried many racing games. I
finally decided to give it a shot and bought a Thrustmaster Sprint wheel
and NFS III (don't laugh). While this has been fun, I find myself
playing the GPL demo more than NFS. I love the physics and challenge of
trying to keep one of these cars on the track, but I'm not sure I want
much more than the demo offers, I don't want to spend hours messing with
various settings on the car, nor spend weeks practicing to knock a few
seconds off my lap time.

I'm looking for a game with a fairly easy learning curve, but with
realistic physics (ala GPL, or as close as they come). Is this an
impossible comination ? Keep in mind I'm not a super hard core sim
driver like alot of the readers of this group. I want to be competitive
with the other AI cars after a few days. Given a choice between types of
cars I've always liked Formula 1 more than Nascar, but would easly get a
Nascar type of game if it met my criteria for a game better than an F1
type. I might even go for an off road type of game.

Summarize:
1) Good Physics
2) Not super complicated, or difficult to learn.
3) Graphics are not real important.
4) F1 prefered, but not critical.

Thanks see you on the roads,

Mike U.

by **Andy Thil** » Fri, 25 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Give Viper Racing a try. Very good physics, and the new demo has much
improved opponent AI.

by **David G Fishe** » Fri, 25 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Viper is a good choice but for F1 get MGPRS2. Turning a 1:37 in expert mode
at Suzuka will be almost impossible for most drivers, but MGPRS2 has
different skill settings and aids so you should be able to enjoy it no
matter what your skill level or practice time is. If you are in the U.S.,
you will have to order it from a web site like InteractCD.com since it won't
be released here until Feb.

David G Fisher

>Give Viper Racing a try. Very good physics, and the new demo has much
>improved opponent AI.

by **pqt2** » Fri, 25 Dec 1998 04:00:00

If you are real lucky you might be able to find a copy of Grand Prix II and
there are plenty of setups available on the web which will make you
competative after a couple of weeks especially with the driving aids
available in the sim. Paul

> Hi,

> I play all kinds of games and have never tried many racing games. I
> finally decided to give it a shot and bought a Thrustmaster Sprint wheel
> and NFS III (don't laugh). While this has been fun, I find myself
> playing the GPL demo more than NFS. I love the physics and challenge of
> trying to keep one of these cars on the track, but I'm not sure I want
> much more than the demo offers, I don't want to spend hours messing with
> various settings on the car, nor spend weeks practicing to knock a few
> seconds off my lap time.

> I'm looking for a game with a fairly easy learning curve, but with
> realistic physics (ala GPL, or as close as they come). Is this an
> impossible comination ? Keep in mind I'm not a super hard core sim
> driver like alot of the readers of this group. I want to be competitive
> with the other AI cars after a few days. Given a choice between types of
> cars I've always liked Formula 1 more than Nascar, but would easly get a
> Nascar type of game if it met my criteria for a game better than an F1
> type. I might even go for an off road type of game.

> Summarize:
> 1) Good Physics
> 2) Not super complicated, or difficult to learn.
> 3) Graphics are not real important.
> 4) F1 prefered, but not critical.

> Thanks see you on the roads,

> Mike U.

by **Edwin Solhei** » Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>Summarize:
>1) Good Physics
>2) Not super complicated, or difficult to learn.
>3) Graphics are not real important.
>4) F1 prefered, but not critical.

I belive the sim. you are looking for is called GPL... :-)

All the best,
Edwin Solheim **remove spamguard in address to reply**
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by **Bill Jone** » Sat, 26 Dec 1998 04:00:00

>>Summarize:
>>1) Good Physics
>>2) Not super complicated, or difficult to learn.
>>3) Graphics are not real important.
>>4) F1 prefered, but not critical.

>I belive the sim. you are looking for is called GPL... :-)

GPL is legendary (as everyone knows) in this newsgroup, but the thread
subject here is recommended racing games for newbies. GPL is not for
newbies. Viper Racing is much more enjoyable for a newbie as it's very easy
to get started with in terms of both user interface and driving learning
curve. GPL would be a lot more enjoyable after becoming a fairly competent
driver in VR, IMO.

My brother has never tried a racing sim, so yesterday I showed him Viper
Racing and let him try it. Within about two minutes he was driving around
the Silverdale track without crashing (using a TM Nascar Pro wheel). For
comparison, I showed him CART Precision Racing and let him try that on the
Miami oval, and it was a disaster. He couldn't control the car at all in
the limited time we had, and we were in Rookie mode with some of the driving
aids enabled. My brother applied too much throttle, too much steering
input, and not enough brakes. GPL would have been even worse.

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