Just thought you'd want to hear some of this. GTR2002 should be out this
weekend!
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I always loved the Ferrari 360. Following Doug Arnao's (sir Doug?) instructions
I choose it for my first go on the track. The 3D model is really awesome, even
better than in the screenshots. Going through the various menu screens fast and
I'm inside the***pit... what a shock! The***pit is simply amazing, very
highly detailed and it doesn't look a bit like a plastic 3D triangle thing.
Very, very realistic. But my thoughts on the***pit quality are ***ly
interrupted from a very strong, *** and metallic sound, which I can't really
find the words to describe it in English! Never before heard a sound like this,
except when I heard the real thing!
"Come on Aris drive it!" I think and engage 1st gear... out of pits and 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 5th gear! What a mix of sounds! Engine, gearbox, wind, wheels,
everything is there and it's simply stunning! Speed sensation is very high too.
I was afraid that a NGT car would feel something like a F2 in GPL... Inside a
sim the sense of speed is usually much lower than in reality, especially in a
touring car. But fortunately this is not the case! You can feel the speed oh
yeah!
Anyway first turn is coming fast at me... so I think it's better to brake soon
for the first time, so I brake and brake and brake... geesh nothing happens!
This thing is not braking at all! I step on it and nothing. Doug Arnao worlds
are coming to my mind. "You have to warm up your brakes first", so this is what
I do and yes after 2 or 3 times the brakes start to grab very, very well and I
have to be careful to not block the wheels. Braking with GT RACING 2002 mod is
really great. You don't have to do strange things like accelerating while
braking (as in GPL) but it's not an easy thing to. Actually I swear I can feel
the tire moving (especially the unloaded rear ones) and giving me that
"instability" impression you have when you brake hard.
It's a top notch experience. The braking is over though and the really
interesting part is coming now... the curve! You can really feel the slow polar
inertia of the F360! It has an amazing turn in capacity and then it settles down
being very neutral with a tad of under steer through out the curve... on exit I
can feel the front end washing out but the right move is to step on the gas and
make the rear-end slip out a bit while pointing you straight ahead! You can
really feel the differential working as the rear wheels try to get the grip and
push the car straight! Excellent stuff! I got a bit over confidence on the way
the F360 handles... so on the next chicane I make a very fast enter and
amazingly the front end reacts perfectly, left, aaaaand right! The front end
tries to change direction for the second time and then is where I realize that I
overdid it. The cars looses grip on all four wheels without rotation and I slip
over without possibility to change the direction. The weight distribution is
such (center) that I just can't make the car change direction of travel... Only
possibility is block the wheels and wait... Amazing!
to be continued...