rec.autos.simulators

tank simulator

Bill Jone

tank simulator

by Bill Jone » Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Did anyone watch the Joan Lunden "Behind Closed Doors" show on (US) ABC TV
last night, where she drove a US Army tank?  Before she drove the real tank,
she drove a simulator at the Army's tank school in Fort Knox, Kentucky.  I
was surprised that the graphics (at least on TV) did not come across as that
great.  I'm sure many members of this newsgroup would say that the graphics
in N3 or GPL are better!  But the "force-feedback" is another story - she
was in a hydraulic***pit that was jumping all over the place.  In one
sequence she was going downhill and the terrain suddenly leveled out and
started uphill.  The movements in the***pit seemed extremely realistic.

Wonder if something like that will ever be affordable for the average home
user?

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Crash

tank simulator

by Crash » Sat, 18 Dec 1999 04:00:00

No, but look at M1 Tank Platoon 2
Crash

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