little less nuts knowing I am not the only one that is going overboard for
this sim.
As an e-mail I received suggested, Here goes..........
Hi, I'm Turbojoe and I am a GPLaholic.
As an e-mail I received suggested, Here goes..........
Hi, I'm Turbojoe and I am a GPLaholic.
Consider this: the desire to try VROC got me, the most ardent
Windows/Microsoft Hater you'll find in this newsgroup, go through the
hassle of installing ISDN support for my tiny windows installation that I
have left to play GPL (everything else is Linux, of course). It took
me an hour, but it was damn well worth it. ;-)
Cheers,
Uwe
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> Geez! It is turning into a GPLholics Anonymous confession forum <G
> Nafi Coker
Man, I bought an Abit BH6 motherboard, new ATX case, Celeron 300A tested and
clocked to 450 mhz, new SB Live value pci soundcard, and 2 more speakers for
the rear, all for GPL and N99.
Goodness gracious, whow knows what the next 6 months will bring.
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Palmetto Racing
Dburn on Ten
> >Don't feel alone. New logitech wheel, pci usb card, subwoofer/speakers,
> >replacement sb16 after first one died, now sblive value since sb16 sucks,
> >17" monitor, more ram, new chair, and this fall a new cpu. Then I'll
have
> >to divide my time between n3 and gpl. It could be armaggedon day, and I
> >would still just drive to work, drive straight back home and play gpl,
> well,
> >maybe not if it's armaggedon......then I'd steal a hyperstimulator, take
it
> >home, and play gpl. Goodbye outside world.
> >Get this fork outta me, it's making it hard to steer!
> >Brian Fox
> >http://www.racesimcentral.net/~foxman
> >If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
> >>You know I played the demo for a week or two and thought hey this is
> pretty
> >>cool. Maybe I ought to get the full version so I can race with other
cars.
> >I
> >>did. $30 for the game. Then I thought hey this would look a lot better
> with
> >>a new video card. It did. $100 for the card. Hey maybe it will be better
> >>with a new wheel/pedals. It is.$100. Aside from trying to explain to my
> >wife
> >>why I spent this much money for support of a game (why can't women
> >>understand?) harder still is believing I just spent my entire day off
> >>running hot laps at Monza and the Glen and I am still 3 seconds off the
> >>pace. Is this an ***ion or what? I'm trying to figure out a way to
get
> >>out of work tomorrow so I can get in some more laps. Sanity(?) will
> prevail
> >>though because I have got to make the money to pay for the stuff I just
> >>bought. Man I have never felt so good to be so whacked out on something
> >like
> >>this.
> >>Stick a fork in me..... I'm done ;)
> >>Joe
All this and a car payment on a 99 Firebird. Can we say "deficiet spending"?
Chris
% Thanks for the info... I've checked out their web page and it looks alright.
% Glad to see it has paddles for gear shifts, since that was on my must list.
% Didn't notice anything about whether it had a split axis, which my
% flight-sim conditioned brain seems to think is separate controls for braking
% and acceleration, so that you can do both at the same time. Is this
% important? It would seem so, but I don't have $1000 burning a hole in my
% pocket for a ECC wheel setup. $80 US sounds about like my price range at
% the moment, but I might go a little higher. Later I expect this GPL
% ***ion will take control of my life and I'll probably start pawning my
% wife's jewelry and start selling crack on the street to support my habit.
% :-)
Yes, the SuperSport has separate axis for the pedals. The downside is
that it will only work with pure DOS games that support split axis.
However, for Windows based games, you can combine the pedals via the
setup applet for the wheel. The pedals have an excellent feel and
precision to them. Since 2/3'rds of the steering done in GPL is via the
pedals, I think having good pedals is important.
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Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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When I first tried GPL on my old pc (ATX m/b & K6 based) it just
wasn't good enough. So I went out and built me a whole new pc,
& 17" Monitor) mainly just for GPL (though I *do* use it for other
stuff occasionally too).
8-)
*Peter* #:-)
Neil M.
>I know how you feel, but VROC is awesome and has to be experienced to
>be believed. If you have good ping times racing is absolute fun, the
>best I've had on the machine in years.
>Consider this: the desire to try VROC got me, the most ardent
>Windows/Microsoft Hater you'll find in this newsgroup, go through the
>hassle of installing ISDN support for my tiny windows installation that I
>have left to play GPL (everything else is Linux, of course). It took
>me an hour, but it was damn well worth it. ;-)
>Yes, the SuperSport has separate axis for the pedals. The downside is
>that it will only work with pure DOS games that support split axis.
>However, for Windows based games, you can combine the pedals via the
>setup applet for the wheel. The pedals have an excellent feel and
>precision to them. Since 2/3'rds of the steering done in GPL is via the
>pedals, I think having good pedals is important.
I think that Thrustmaster owes you a commission! :-)
|Hey maybe we do need a GPL aholics Anonymous group. It does make me feel a
|little less nuts knowing I am not the only one that is going overboard for
|this sim.
|
|As an e-mail I received suggested, Here goes..........
|
|Hi, I'm Turbojoe and I am a GPLaholic.
|
|
The stainless steel shaft and bushing on the SuperSport should help it
last a long time. I was real tempted to get an ECCI wheel, or a TSW, but
I'll give this one a try first. An ECCI wheel would be worth more than
my car!
It will probably take days or weeks to get used to the paddle shifters,
since I'm so used to the stick shifter on the T1. But that is the price
of progress.
Roy Berube
> Without spending too much money on your habit, I would recommend the
> Thrustmaster SuperSport wheel/pedals combination ($79.95 msrp). If you
> really need to spend money, you can go up to the $1000+ range.
> --
> **************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
> Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=