> >I don't know why so many sim drivers think
> > all cars should handle and stop like they're on ice. I expect the sim car to handle and stop better than my family sedan.
> > Slot
> You've hit on a key point. I also don't understand why some sim racers >think like they do (I have a theory though. Starts with G and ends in >L). I've been driving for 15 years and I've yet to lose control of a >car. :-)
> David G Fisher
When I had ICR1 it ruined me as a sim driver. Because it fairly
closely modeled the huge amount of downforce and grip that early '90's
Indycars produced, you could hold your braking until the apex was "past"
your nost and still cut inside another car for a pass. When ICR2 came
out I began slipping and sliding and I've never gotten the sucess I had
with ICR1. A sim doesn't have to slippery or spin prone, but if the car
chosen to model was a tempermental handful, then the sim should mimic
that.
I recently saw some magazine articles about Brian Redman, a very
accomplished road racer. He gave an interview and talked about the
Porche 917. (I grew up watching the blue and orange Gulf Porche's kick
***at Le Mans on ABC) but he said that 'legendary' car by that
accomplished car builder was an absolute horror on the track. Weaving
down the Mulsane straight with no idea where the car would wobble next.
I would hope that if someone did a historical LeMans sim then behavior
like that should be included.
That said...and in reference to your above statement. I have been
driving for 25 years and have spun both 180, and 360 degrees both on and
off road. I have broken my vertebrae twice, concussed myself on more
than one occasion and trashed several cars. Am I a good driver?
Probably better than the average American who thinks an Apex is a ski
resort, but I definately have a few shortcommings... :)
(oops off topic) I would love to see a gorgeous sim that models cars
that grip the pavement like a vise and spit out gobs of horsepower, and
controll that allows me to throw the thing around willynilly. But I
also enjoy the challenges, the accurate 'feeling' that comes from trying
to hang onto a car that just doesn't want to stay under my butt.
dave henrie