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GTR Headlights?

Mitch_

GTR Headlights?

by Mitch_ » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:52:04

The headlight adjustment is all wrong.  I need to see further down the track
than the 10 ft it gives us.  A wider coverage would be more realistic as
well.  In the replays the lights look correct but in car they dont.

Anyone hear of any adjustments for the headlights?  Maybe a high beam switch
I missed?

Mitch

Chad Roger

GTR Headlights?

by Chad Roger » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:57:49

There is a patch somewhere for brighter headlights.  Check M4 driving.


Mitch_

GTR Headlights?

by Mitch_ » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:06:56

That should have been rFactor sorry for the confusion.

Mitch


> There is a patch somewhere for brighter headlights.  Check M4 driving.



>> The headlight adjustment is all wrong.  I need to see further down the
>> track than the 10 ft it gives us.  A wider coverage would be more
>> realistic as well.  In the replays the lights look correct but in car
>> they dont.

>> Anyone hear of any adjustments for the headlights?  Maybe a high beam
>> switch I missed?

>> Mitch

cosmo_kram..

GTR Headlights?

by cosmo_kram.. » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:40:38

That's funny.  My response to your GTR headlight problem was going to
be for you to run rFactor - as I think they (ISI) got it just about
right.  Are you running with DX9? (I don't know if the DX level makes a
difference with the headlights).

-Patrick

Mitch_

GTR Headlights?

by Mitch_ » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:33:14

DX9 full effects.  Its not bad for low beams but I obviously need high
beams.


ZZ Busc

GTR Headlights?

by ZZ Busc » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:49:56

Mitch spoke:
DX9 full effects.  Its not bad for low beams but I obviously need high
beams.
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Take your girlfriend out in chilly weather. ;-)

Or, don't overdrive your headlights.
I haven't driven that much at speed at night, but, (gasp) I agree it is
hard to see. Never haven driven a real race car at night, I have no idea
if it's truely that hard to see.
Maybe someone with night racing experience can clue us in.

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Tony Rickar

GTR Headlights?

by Tony Rickar » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 04:03:06


> Mitch spoke:
> DX9 full effects.  Its not bad for low beams but I obviously need high
> beams.
> ------------------------------------------------

> Take your girlfriend out in chilly weather. ;-)

> Or, don't overdrive your headlights.
> I haven't driven that much at speed at night, but, (gasp) I agree it is
> hard to see. Never haven driven a real race car at night, I have no idea
> if it's truely that hard to see.
> Maybe someone with night racing experience can clue us in.

Back in my younger day it was legal to rally on public roads after
midnight and before dawn (honest!). With uprated headlights and some
rather large Cibie Super Oscars you could see the whole road perfectly
for an enormous distance. The sight of a load of cars lights each a
minute apart roaring around the hilly country roads looked like an air raid!

On the basis you could see and be seen by other road users it is the
fastest way to drive safely on little used public roads. Sadly the
authorities didn't see it that way and road rallying as such was banned
in the mid eighties...

I don't know what the regulations are for race cars though in terms of
dazzling other drivers in their mirrors (they shouldn't be facing each
other after all).

Cheers
Tony

Mitch_

GTR Headlights?

by Mitch_ » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:10:53

That'll work :)

Most corners arent too bad but as an example Ill use the last right hander
before the front stretch at Toban.  Youre literally guessing when to turn
in.  No kind of visual cue at all when Im all the way to the left of the
track readying for the right hander.  Maybe if the illumination was wider I
could see something but I still think its too short both directions.

http://ras-factor.servebeer.com/ras-factor

Mitch



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