On Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:06:15 -0800, "Bob Heathcote"
>Compared to GP2, which I've been racing happily since its release with
>either a CH Virtual Pilot yoke or my V3 wheel, Grand Prix Legends is just
>undrivable; the steering control is way too sensitive.
>In GPL the cars drive like they're steering with the rear wheels.
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I was a long time GP2 pilot as well, and I can relate to what
you're saying Bob. I think the bigger isssue here is downforce,
actually lack thereof. As GP2 pilots we learned how to use
downforce to our advantage. To be fast in GP2, you must
understand your downforce situation at different speeds and
capitalize upon it. That downforce allows for lots of maneuvers
just not possible in a no/low downforce car. In GPL, it's a
whole new ballgame.
I actually stuck with it and it can become great fun attempting
to master a whole new driving style and horsepower management
style. The steering you will get used to, you may want to
fiddle with the controller settings, I had to fiddle for sometime
to get the car to settle down from minor twitches of the wheel.
The other poster was right too, some cars wander more than
others, the Ferrari particularly notorious for ponderous and
extensive travel (which actually makes it my favorite car, for
predictability purposes). A GP2 car, correctly setup in the
hands of an experienced pilot, has very little suspension travel
as it's pressed into the ground via downforce, and also has
underbody aerodynamics to help keep the car settled. These GPL
bad boys don't.
The real laugher is going back to GP2 after driving GPL for a
week or so. Holy cow, it's like I forgot how to drive a car with
downforce LOL. I found myself gingerly plodding through corners
I used to take at on-the-razor-edge-limit speed, and end up
laughing outloud. I lost about 12 seconds off my usual Spa times
in GP2 and it took me about a half hour and many fits of laughing
and mental adjustments to recover my Spa times in GP2. My mind
could not adust to the concept of having all that downforce at my
disposable, and the ability to smash the throttle to full on exit
from medium and fast speed corners. Very, very, very funny it
was. Complete brain-lock at times LOL.
Good luck. Give GPL a chance, it's great fun if/when you get
some things figured out.
-=Hammer
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