Ah well then come here..........http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Crash damage on in all classes. Also try the Ace class where F helps are
auto gears and throttle help if you must. But really only intended for
keyboards Im sure. Also nice to note the Motorhome used to extract
submitted league results checking for accuracy and honesty.
> > Why? What's up with ICR2's constant 30fps. Or better still, how about
> >an option to disable trackside objects so as to try to achieve a
> >constant FR all around a given track ie each track disables certain
> >graphics options/objects to even out fps all around the track. Arguing
> >in the slow mo's favour is the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard of!
> I wasn't *defending* an architecture that has possible slow-mo as disadvantage.
> I'm just saying that if Crammond is able to exploit the speed of 3D cards fairly
> easy so that even mediocre machines can get 25fps, he might not bother about
> totally reworking the concept from scratch.
Hmmm, (fx: does mental calculation.....$50.00 = about 30.00)
yep, I have 30.00 sitting on top of mine too!!!!!
#:-)
*Peter* 8-)
Absolutely, but racing good simulations can develop good
understandings of the racing line, familiarity with tracks, the
effects of setup changes etc. A good sim can develop and reinforce
proper racing techniques. The difference is "traction sampling". You
only have audio and visual cues in a PC sim, wheras in real life, your
inner ear, the feel of the road through the wheel and the seat, and of
course the inevitable 'fear factor' will influence your ability to
apply the principles you've learned in the sim. Those barrieres can
only be overcome with seat time and good feedback. The force feedback
wheels may help with traction sampling by providing another input, but
short of expensive seats, there won't be anything soon that gives you
the remaining physical sensations. However, its also true that real
pilots do train using flight simulators, and real drivers do actually
use games like NASCAR 2 and Formula One to learn circuits, develop
rhythms and practice racing lines. So they do transcend a mere "game"
and become a valuable instructional tool.
Obviously there is a difference, but its not quite fair to simply say
"its a game -- no more", because it really is more than that, as I've
described above.
Actually, "talent" doesn't have as much to do with it as you think.
Read some good books by race instructors and they'll tell you a lot
about how important hard work is in developing a driver. Its seat
time, good instructor feedback, more seat time, etc. Michael Andretti
isn't great because he's talented (which he surely is), but because he
has been racing since he was a boy, and racing a LOT. He's got an
incredible amount of seat time, as do most professional racers. Its
that seat time which has given him a strong, almost unconscious
familiarity with how to drive a car at its limits, so he can do it
more easily than most of us who drive simulators can. We just don't
have the years of seat time he does, along with the training he has
had. I'm not saing talent doesn't exist or isn't important: it can
speed up the learning curve dramatically, but most race drivers are
made, not born.
Randy
Randy Magruder
Contributing Reviewer
Digital Sportspage
http://www.digitalsports.com
