rec.autos.simulators

Is Laguna Seca really as bumpy as portrayed in the track?  I race it
in Superbike some, and it seems smooth.  On TV, it's hard to tell, but
it doesn't seem that bad.

Related to that, how do you set up your car?  I've been having real
trouble spinning out going into the carrousel, at the top of the hill.
I have a feeling my car is bottoming out, but how can you tell?  There
is also a huge bump at the turn before the carrousel, it throws the
car sideways.  I've been playing with a setup from Brazil, because I
figured it was as bumpy as F1 gets, without much success.

Any help would be much appreciated.

To check if you're bottoming out, watch the replay from the arcade chase
view. You can see sparks from the underside of your car (assuming you have
that graphic option turned on).

        ...Klinn

The***pit itself prone to the enhancement of going over bumps, so when you
race on a poor modeled track such as Laguna Seca it's even more apparent
than the other poor modeled tracks ;-)

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I don't know about that. I think most sims make the tracks too smooth.
If you look at onboard footage from the***pit of a real F1 car you
can see the vibration from the bumps. They are not big bumps, but I
don't think the tracks are as smooth as most/all sims have them.
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Nos

If you want an accurate version of Laguna Seca, try AMA Superbike ;-)

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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
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-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.