rec.autos.simulators

did anyone notice that you can have a head on collision at 230mph with
another car(going 230 mph) and you only lose a wheel?  whats up with that?
maybe its in the patch.  can we have some more info on the patch?  please
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Joe,

I would like to see the patch improve some things too... but man, what
are you doing crashing head on into another car at 230mpg ???? ;)
You pretending to be Andretti ??

Scott B. Husted
http://home.ptd.net/~sbhusted

Scott B. Husted
http://home.ptd.net/~sbhusted

Geez, what kind of fuel milage are you getting out of that Reynard?!

:-D

-John :|:

i wanted to test the crashes i just got the game and wanted to see them.
you didn't try that even once?

*rofl* - I guess that teaches me a lesson!!  If your gonna bust on
someone, at least check your spelling and abbreviations!!  ;)

Scott B. Husted
http://home.ptd.net/~sbhusted

I think CPR has awesome potential...  If you're running on a fast machine and
don't do anything too wild, like deliberately wrecking or allowing
computer-controlled cars on the track <g>, the sim looks great (except for the
gamma problems), it "feels" right, and it gives THE best sensation of speed of
any racing sim!  It reminds me of the driver-perspective views I saw in an
IMAX presentation of Indycar Racing - scary stuff!

That said, a lot of things are pretty whacked in the game...  I showed this to
my cousin and younger brother over the holiday and tried to explain the
difference between a sim and a Nintendo game.  Nevertheless, they spun the car
around and started driving backwards around the track.  No matter how hard you
try, you lose the wings, wheels, and nose...that's it, if I recall.  Sometimes
the car would pirouette up into the air and seem to hang from its nose as if
caught in a tornado, spinning and spinning.  Even my 14-year old cousin said,
"That's supposed to be realistic physics?"  Oww!

I'm not into Destruction Derby so this stuff didn't bother me too much...
What did disturb me quite a bit was that oftentimes they would hit the
computer cars head-on and come to a dead stop, nose to nose.  The computer
cars would make no attempt to reverse out of the situation or go around, but
rather would try to drive straight through the player car.  I watched in
disbelief as several AI-controlled cars literally smoked their tires trying to
do this!  Combined with the number of times I've been hit while sitting on the
side of the track when a simple swerve would have avoided an incident, I'm
inclined to believe that the AI simply ignores the player.  I haven't done a
lot of driving in heavy traffic, but I haven't seen anything to indicate that
the computer knows I'm even on the track!

Sean

Don't worry, the patch fixes the AI problems. You'll be amazed at the
difference.
Dave

You all(I am guessing you are a beta tester) keep saying this and it is
getting me e***d again like I was for the first release.

But can the patch fix those ugly graphics.

that'd be cool to see your drive fly out of the car then get hit hehe(oh
thats not funny)