rec.autos.simulators

I'm new to this newsgroup and GPL, what makes it so good?

Thanks

It's pretty poo, actually, but everyone here pretends to like it in order to
feel accepted.

Jan./give the public what they want, I say. ;-)
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*Peter* -  http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

Which to me proves that GPL is very close if not dead on to accuratly
simulating real world physics,, perfect ?  Nope,, but ***y close.

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There might be others that have say, better physics but suck at online play,
or better graphics but only 16-18 tracks etc..

Plus with the '67 era cars setup is, if not easy to get right, is at least
easier to understand then modern race cars with wings, ride height, traction
control etc..

As for the "arguably" part, wait for the flames....

Art.

-John

I think it is an important factor that the cars simulated by
GPL have very soft chassis compared to modern cars. This makes
everything in the dynamics happen a lot slower which reduces
the problems with the limitations in a PC simulation (low frame
rate, low resolution, high control delay etc).

In other words, a good model of an easy target makes an
excellent simulation.

Modern F1 (and even modern sports car) simulations have
a much harder problem to solve. It might even be impossible
to achieve the fidelity of GPL with a modern F1 simulation
on todays PCs.

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Mats Lofkvist

Chris

A man who wishes to remain anonymous, London

Peter H

Peter H