always firmly planted in cheek.
David G Fisher
>Geez... ease up on the Prozac, David............
David G Fisher
Unless he's been impersonating my mother on the phone I think the only
place we've met is here. Probably just as well on current form :-)
Andrew McP
I've recently bucked the trend and won a couple of my Su27 ladder matches,
and -- although I'm no doubt shooting myself in the (lucky rabbit's) foot here
-- I think GPL's making me not only a better sim driver, but a better sim pilot
as well. It's taught me to concentrate properly... well, for longer maybe :-) An
average head to head guns encounter is perhaps five minutes unless
someone does something stupid (usually me). But five minutes total
concentration is nothing now... that's not even a decent practice session!
In the past I was too easily distracted by the simple fact I was enjoying
myself. Now the concentration required is merely one of the rules by which
you have to play, it's part of the experience and part of the fun.
Andrew McP
Wasn't attempting anything other than what I said. Which was, I believe...
I drove...make that steered, the original POD demo for a few minutes when it
first came out. Drove the 3dfx'd version for a few minutes more. That doesn't
make me an expert, but I know what I like, and arcade racing with flash
graphics isn't it. That doesn't mean others can't enjoy it -- I mean, some
gamblers will bet on rain trickling down a window -- but I want more from a
racing experience. That's my problem, not anyone else's. I don't believe I
said otherwise.
Andrew McP
Cheers!
--
Graeme Nash
You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"...
http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/
ICQ# 11257824
"!"
8-)
*Peter* #:-)
You were taking a lame shot at me and you know it. You're still trying, but
going nowhere.
David G Fisher
>> Only Andrew and I know what he was attempting to
>> say to me in his "P.S." line.
>Wasn't attempting anything other than what I said. Which was, I believe...
>> PS Yes, I know Pod's stable as a rock online. But I don't want to
>> "drive" Pod... no way, not *ever*, ok?
>I drove...make that steered, the original POD demo for a few minutes when
it
>first came out. Drove the 3dfx'd version for a few minutes more. That
doesn't
>make me an expert, but I know what I like, and arcade racing with flash
>graphics isn't it. That doesn't mean others can't enjoy it -- I mean, some
>gamblers will bet on rain trickling down a window -- but I want more from a
>racing experience. That's my problem, not anyone else's. I don't believe I
>said otherwise.
>Andrew McP
The ecstasy - Doing a 1m25.3
The agony - Not being able to string together all my best sectors so I
could hit that elusive 1m24 mark...
Cheers!
--
Graeme Nash
You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"...
http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/
ICQ# 11257824
"!"
"...he shoved the rabbit to fetch the carrot that wriggled and wriggled and
wriggled in his bum. maybe he'll die."
sigh.
> David G Fisher
> >Geez... ease up on the Prozac, David............
Dave, baby, you goin' places...backwards, fast!
Maybe you'll meet Jay's rabbit?!
Ben
I'm still struggling with the occasional 1:28. Must try something other than
the default setup.
Andrew McP
You don't have to paranoid to post here, but it helps.
Andrew McP
When the race started I was suddenly "on it" again, turning 1:27s and
1:28s chasing the leader. About 10 or 11 laps in the gap was about 5
seconds, and I came upon "the leader" spun in the middle of the road.
He was facing backwards so I figured easily 10 seconds lead by the
time he got going. With four laps to go the race was in the bag, just
bring it home. The instant I thought that and "relaxed" my driving, my
laptimes went all to hell. Touched the grass on the next lap for a
1:31, spun on the following lap for a 1:34, and then I noticed that my
pit board was telling me that I was still second - the spinner was a
backmarker and the leader was now 16 seconds up the road, probably
wondering what the heck I was doing. Chasing him for the last two laps
my times sharpened up, and all of a sudden I was doing 27s and 28s
again.
It was insteresting how the release of pressure totally messed up my
laptimes, especially when that is something I have always tried to
concentrate on in GPL - race as fast as it is possible to go while
absolutely not crashing. As Alison mentioned, any crash or spin in the
short races common online will almost certainly lose you the race. My
three week break allowed me to forget how important that concentration
is, and how you need to keep thinking your way round and setting goals
(or whatever you do) in order to keep your mind sharp during a race.
As you say, all part of the challenge!
Cheers!
John
Driving "slowly" is a bit of a sod after a few laps flat out. On the rare occasions I'm out front in a small race, I like to relax, take in the scenery, and give
someone a chance to catch up and make a race of it. Usually ends in tears, bend suspension, and flat tyres. That'll teach me not to be aggressive
enough.
Andrew McP
> > You were taking a lame shot at me and you know it.
> You don't have to paranoid to post here, but it helps.
> Andrew McP
*Peter* #:-)