rec.autos.simulators

>// Johan

> >I agree. The first time I saw a preview of CMR was in a magazine. The
> >cover said "The best, most realistic, rally game ever". So I read the
> >preview and liked it until the last sentence: "And if you still have
> >trouble keeping up... just drive trough the trees, they won't slow you
> >down much." This is when I decided NOT to buy it.

> >// Johan

> Silly, really, for if you had brought it, you'd know that doing this is champ
> modes cause damage which will render your car stuck in 2nd/3rd gear, and
> crawling.

> In any case, the increased driveable area is a good thing (remembering those
> "walls" in previous rally sims.)

> Mr Grist will let you know which corners not "to cut" anyway. He's welsh!
> welsh! i tell you ;) (suprised at all the magazine mentions of McRae voice
> overs, or the scottish co-driver mentions)

> Must say expert is very hard. Interrmediate was a little too easy.. but i
> relaise i'm going to have to wait for a decent wheel before i'm ball park in
> Expert mode.

> Still, it's your loss.

> CMR is the bee's knee's.

> Z.

> I know what you mean about Expert mode! I have a TSW wheel and its really a
>blast to try and stay ahead in Expert, though if you use one of the high-
>horsepower cars it is a little easier -but by no means a sure thing! But
>Codemasters should really get a little more serious about their work, because
>it seems like everything they put out has a bad arcade aftertaste in it
>somewhere. In the first stage of the Greek rally(for example) at the turns
>that come right after you start, if you stay flat-out and ignore the road and
>just drive right over the top of the areas to the side, and you can gain
>plenty of time. And in the 4th stage theres a place where you can drive right
>across country and still get a high-score code. This can be a problem in
>online racing, where you would prefer NOT to have temptations  ..especially
>ones that are impossible to check. There are plenty of things Codemasters
>could have done to prevent this, but they don't! Because they do want to
>scare the arcade drivers away. Mark.

>I mean, Rally is point to point, and the road or track is the assumed quickest
>route. But there is nothing to stop people cutting corners which is indeed
>done. All that i think Codemasters could have done for these section is hide
>holes? (causing damage) :)

>Hot lapping stages is really not the same thing though, as doing the
>championship, and worrying about dragging your car safely through the 6/7
>stages.

>I mean, imagine if they'd artificially slowed you down.... (all the F1RS
>critic's for this....)

>Really, it's no-win, in my mind.

>If anyone can offer a realistic solution, i'd be greatful to hear.....