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I'm really disapointed.

I'm sure it's down to the default setups - but all the cars are just ***to
drive.

I played the V1 release for house on end.  2 laps of Hungary and half a lap
of Spa into V2 - and I'm figuring out how to go back to V1 again.

What HAVE you done to the setups. It's like driving on ice  with steel tyres

Doug

You can make some simple changes like putting on soft tires for hotlapping
and wing adjustments. Stiffen the suspension. Steering lock.

BTW, try the Porsche GT-2 Turbo and maybe use the easy setup. Handles the
best IMO.

David G Fisher

I've also popped a new Viper setup here:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

All the best

Ian

How on earth can someone complain about such an awesome piece of software
that quite obviously some people spent a ton of time developing, after only
running 2-1/2 laps....and getting for FREE?

Some people simply amaze me.

Bob G

Marc

Except for theGT2 Porsche Mark. The wings need to be set to 7/7 at most
tracks. it slipped through at 3/1 I believe....my***up

Thanks for the comments all :)

--Doug

Goddammit where did I put my dictionary?!?!?   ;o)

When I first loaded up this Mod I was a bit put off, the cars seemed a
bit impossible to drive (and this is from someone who has been driving
GPL for over  1.5 years) But once I got my wheel tweaked in via
deadzone and sensitivity,, then mucked with each car and setup for
another day, I finally clued in.

This sim really demands alot of you but pays off once you get the hang
of it.. these arean't 1967 era F1 cars and you shouldn't expect them
to drive as such. They are totally different beasts, IMHO heads above
SCGT, which was great for its time, but this is another level.

After about 36 hours of driving I can say this Mod is quite well
done,, bravo !!

PS: watch out for the Viper, some give it a bad name, sure it bites
with the least provocation but with the right caressing and soothing
it can be tamed (well atleast for a few laps, hahhaha)

cheers

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 00:46:08 -0000, "Douglas Ellison"

Ice D

first, I'd like to explicitely thank the makers of this mod for giving this
awesome piece of work to the public for free. This add on is better than
many commercial games I've purchased.

As for the setups - 2 laps at Hungary and half a lap at Spa aren't enough
for anything. Drive ~50 laps on various tracks - by that time you'll
understand what the car really does. Before
you've done that and reached that level of understanding, it's like these
cars speak a foreign language you don't understand. You don't understand
what they're doing, and that causes your problems.

You need to learn what the sim car is doing and how it expresses its
actions, instead of expecting the car to do what you expect it to do, and to
express itself how you'd expect it to express itself.

That's none different btw when you take a new real sportscar (or motorcycle)
to its limits. You need to gradually approach the limit, and it'll take
quite a bit of time to actually know the limit, to understand what the car
is doing, and to learn to feel and listen to the car. And of course to know
what to do to make the car do what you want.

You can trust Doug Arnao to have gotten the maximum possible realism out of
this sim's physics engine. He knows what he's doing.

Achim

Read my post you idiot.

I was not complaining about the product - I was complaining about the
changes from V1 to V2 - which in essence - are tweeked physics.  For me -
the physics have gone downhill.

Doug

Is there really any need to call people names Douglas? I don't think so. I
really wish more people would be more considerate of others............

You come out a blast the developers for their setups when you've only driven
a few laps.

So who is the idiot?  <VBG>

etc