rec.autos.simulators

> > This is a pretty damn fun game. I like the fact that the demo lets you
> > play for a while (5 laps at about 2 minutes per lap) rather than
> > limiting you to a short time. The graphics are very good. The sound is
> > just OK. The physics -- well, that's a good question. How many people
> > really know how these things are supposed to drive? They are very tail
> > happy which makes perfect sense since the front/back weight
> > distribution has to be about 80/20. The only thing that bothers me is
> > that when you steer, it seems as if the truck is rotating about a
> > vertical axis that goes right through the middle of it. Maybe this is
> > accurate but doesn't seem so. Also, the steering is much more
> > responsive than I would expect in a vehicle of this size and mass.

> > But it is quite a lot of fun to tailslide these monsters around the
> > track, tires smoking and brakes locking....might just have to purchase
> > this one.

> > TW

> > Todd Walker
> > twalker294 at earthlink.net

> A word about the tires smoking, in the real trucks and maybe the game too
> (not gonna call this one a sim) the brakes on the trucks (if I remember
> correctly) are water cooled and what you see in real life from the wheels is
> steam.  The brakes are cooled by spraying water on them during braking.

> G-Loc