rec.autos.simulators

> well if you must know......i've driven a taxi for the past 20
> years...thru all conditions.....i must have at, the very moderate
> estimation,over 2 million miles...mostly in the city...stop and
> go....under my belt.and in those 2 million miles or so....i've yet to
> lose grip of any kind at 40 mph on dry pavement...even in tires i should

> guys...guys...guys....all i am saying is this...no car ever made......no
> car.....behaves like the ones do in GPL...it's a simple law of
> physics.....*** on asphalt at 40 mph does not lose grip .......no
> tire I KNOW of does that.....that's what i'm griping about.....and no
> matter how soft or how hard or whatever combination of settings I try
> and fool around with....the same thing happens.....spinout at 40
> mph...and not even my foot on the throttle....now you guys show me where
> in the heck on this god's green earth you can find me a car...ANY
> CAR...that behaves like that???
> you wont...end of story....

> guys...guys...guys....all i am saying is this...no car ever made......no
> car.....behaves like the ones do in GPL...it's a simple law of
> physics.....*** on asphalt at 40 mph does not lose grip .......no
> tire I KNOW of does that.....that's what i'm griping about.....and no
> matter how soft or how hard or whatever combination of settings I try
> and fool around with....the same thing happens.....spinout at 40
> mph...and not even my foot on the throttle....now you guys show me where
> in the heck on this god's green earth you can find me a car...ANY
> CAR...that behaves like that???
> you wont...end of story....

> > It takes extreme patience to learn to drive a GPL car correctly.
> > It took me some months before I felt totally at ease in the***pit.

> > However, once I came to grips (no pun intended) with the driving and physics
> > model, no other racing sim up to this time gives me the same enjoyment.
> > They all feel lifeless.

> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Bruce.
> > ======
> > The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff!
> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> > ===============================================

> > >probably because they realized the same thing I did over the
> > >weekend....the sim SUCKS!!!!!
> > >I've never played a more frustrating sim in my life.....when you cant
> > >even go around a corner at 40 mph without the rear end coming loose on
> > >you.....then your sim has serious problems........serious!!!

> > >> Why all the fuss because Papyrus are not using GPL for the next Nascar
> > sim.
> > >> I am sure that we have the  ability to make a realistic Nascar simulator
> > by
> > >> modifying GPL.
> > >> Papyrus will sell more copies of GPL to Nascar fans who can then download
> > >> all the patches from the internet, hopefully spurring them on to create
> > some
> > >> new masterpieces.
> > >> The tracks are already available, the physics will be more difficult to
> > get
> > >> right, but the
> > >> knowledge must be out there.

> well if you must know......i've driven a taxi for the past 20
> years...thru all conditions.....i must have at, the very moderate
> estimation,over 2 million miles...mostly in the city...stop and
> go....under my belt.and in those 2 million miles or so....i've yet to
> lose grip of any kind at 40 mph on dry pavement...even in tires i should
> have not been driving on...less than 1/32 of an inch of tread...(yea
> yea..i know...heh heh)....and i'm talkin police interceptors here
> guys......they make most of our fleet up due to thier hard-core heavy
> duty chassis and durable nature.....and in even icy roads i've held grip
> at that speed....so in a game like GPL..where you are on DRY pavement
> and no throttle(coasting into the corner)and with no brakes ,it really
> makes you wonder if this game is all it's cracked up to be when it comes
> to spouting off it's realism.

> funny....i'm looking at my sim collection...i dont see either one
> there......and as far as driving is concerned....i'd probably wipe your
> real life ***in anything with 4 wheels and a gas
> pedal.....probably?...no...let me re-phrase that.....i'd bet on
> it......(what do you expect from a turkey that doesnt have the balls to
> use his real e-mail address?.....nothing but hot air and a lot of
> neanderthal meanderings into the lobby of plagiarism)

>FYI,  The Pod Race in TPM  I will say is better than any race in movie
>history. Yes -even- the races in the movie Grand Prix.  Heck now we can
>connect Star Wars to racing :)

>guys...guys...guys....all i am saying is this...no car ever made......no
>car.....behaves like the ones do in GPL...it's a simple law of
>physics.....*** on asphalt at 40 mph does not lose grip .......no
>tire I KNOW of does that.....that's what i'm griping about.....and no
>matter how soft or how hard or whatever combination of settings I try
>and fool around with....the same thing happens.....spinout at 40
>mph...and not even my foot on the throttle....now you guys show me where
>in the heck on this god's green earth you can find me a car...ANY
>CAR...that behaves like that???
>you wont...end of story....

>> It takes extreme patience to learn to drive a GPL car correctly.
>> It took me some months before I felt totally at ease in the***pit.

>> However, once I came to grips (no pun intended) with the driving and
physics
>> model, no other racing sim up to this time gives me the same enjoyment.
>> They all feel lifeless.

>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Bruce.
>> ======
>> The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff!
>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>> ===============================================

>> >probably because they realized the same thing I did over the
>> >weekend....the sim SUCKS!!!!!
>> >I've never played a more frustrating sim in my life.....when you cant
>> >even go around a corner at 40 mph without the rear end coming loose on
>> >you.....then your sim has serious problems........serious!!!

>> >> Why all the fuss because Papyrus are not using GPL for the next Nascar
>> sim.
>> >> I am sure that we have the  ability to make a realistic Nascar
simulator
>> by
>> >> modifying GPL.
>> >> Papyrus will sell more copies of GPL to Nascar fans who can then
download
>> >> all the patches from the internet, hopefully spurring them on to
create
>> some
>> >> new masterpieces.
>> >> The tracks are already available, the physics will be more difficult
to
>> get
>> >> right, but the
>> >> knowledge must be out there.

>guys...guys...guys....all i am saying is this...no car ever made......no
>car.....behaves like the ones do in GPL...it's a simple law of
>physics.....*** on asphalt at 40 mph does not lose grip .......no
>tire I KNOW of does that.....that's what i'm griping about.....and no
>matter how soft or how hard or whatever combination of settings I try
>and fool around with....the same thing happens.....spinout at 40
>mph...and not even my foot on the throttle....now you guys show me where
>in the heck on this god's green earth you can find me a car...ANY
>CAR...that behaves like that???
>you wont...end of story....

>> It takes extreme patience to learn to drive a GPL car correctly.
>> It took me some months before I felt totally at ease in the***pit.

>> However, once I came to grips (no pun intended) with the driving and
physics
>> model, no other racing sim up to this time gives me the same enjoyment.
>> They all feel lifeless.

>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Bruce.
>> ======
>> The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff!
>> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>> ===============================================

>> >probably because they realized the same thing I did over the
>> >weekend....the sim SUCKS!!!!!
>> >I've never played a more frustrating sim in my life.....when you cant
>> >even go around a corner at 40 mph without the rear end coming loose on
>> >you.....then your sim has serious problems........serious!!!

>> >> Why all the fuss because Papyrus are not using GPL for the next Nascar
>> sim.
>> >> I am sure that we have the  ability to make a realistic Nascar
simulator
>> by
>> >> modifying GPL.
>> >> Papyrus will sell more copies of GPL to Nascar fans who can then
download
>> >> all the patches from the internet, hopefully spurring them on to
create
>> some
>> >> new masterpieces.
>> >> The tracks are already available, the physics will be more difficult
to
>> get
>> >> right, but the
>> >> knowledge must be out there.

>funny....i'm looking at my sim collection...i dont see either one
>there......and as far as driving is concerned....i'd probably wipe your
>real life ***in anything with 4 wheels and a gas
>pedal.....probably?...no...let me re-phrase that.....i'd bet on
>it......(what do you expect from a turkey that doesnt have the balls to
>use his real e-mail address?.....nothing but hot air and a lot of
>neanderthal meanderings into the lobby of plagiarism)

>> >probably because they realized the same thing I did over the
>> >weekend....the sim SUCKS!!!!!
>> >I've never played a more frustrating sim in my life.....when you cant
>> >even go around a corner at 40 mph without the rear end coming loose on
>> >you.....then your sim has serious problems........serious!!!

>> Are you speaking of GPL?

>> Stick with Daytona USA and Ultimate Race Pro if you can't handle GPL.
>> ;-)

>> Phoenix

>> "Phoenix - A fabulous bird, reborn from the ashes of its earlier life"
>>  ICQ# 39578846

>well if you must know......i've driven a taxi for the past 20

>Griffin, why are you still copying my name and signature?

> > How did you accomplish this, however?

> 1) By having a Collection worth over 3000$ in my house
> 2) By actually winning a prize of being able to talk to LucasFilm LTD
> representative
> 3) Actually knowing people working for that magazine (hehe)

> FYI,  The Pod Race in TPM  I will say is better than any race in movie
> history. Yes -even- the races in the movie Grand Prix.  Heck now we
can
> connect Star Wars to racing :)