rec.autos.simulators

> >Ok, I don't have an old F1 car nor an Indy car, so I can not comment on
> >those games. But I CAN comment on sports car games.

> >I have a 1998 Audi A4 1.8T (Turbo) FWD that came from the factory with:

> >sport suspension

> Whoa dude!

> >sport seats

> Whoa Dude.....That ought to add about 20hp!

> >and did these mods:
> >AMS (ABT) Stage II chip - 215HP
> >KingDragon air filter (K&N style)
> >KONI yellow sports shocks (fronts adjusted 1 full turn rebound)

> Whoa Yellow! Wow-We!
> >Eibach Pro-Kit springs
> >RONAL G1001 3 piece alloy 17X8.5 wheels

> 17" wheels on a tonka?

> >Toyo Proxy T1+ tires in 235/40/ZR17
> >eliminated the center resonator and replaced with small glasspack (saved
> >30lbs weight)
> >4" Suppertrapp rear muffler with no disks (on Dyno, was the best setup - and
> >also saved near 30lbs)

> Whoa Dude, What a badass car. A guenuine tonka 4 cyl hot rod!
> Get ya an American car with a V8 and be a real man. 4cyl foriegn
> rice burners are for ***s!!!!! Dont matter if they cost $30,000
> or not! Daddy must giva a big allowance huh kid?

> >I raced it this weekend at the track at Pahrump Jr. High, Nevada - 44 miles out of
> >Las Vegas.

> Should have raced further out of town where nobody could have seen ya!

> >Now, as for Sports Car GT, take the BMW M3, which is near an A4, yet this
> >car is FULLY race prepped! Yet in the game it slides all over the track! My
> >nearly stock Audi A4 and on STREET TIRES, was no where near as slippery as
> >that M3!

> Probally cause it would only go half as fast!

> > And yet the AI cars stick so much better. The same goes for Viper
> >Racing - the Viper is a much better car than my A4,

> Nah! No Shit?

> > yet in the game it
> >drives like shit. And we won't even TALK about Grand Touring, yech! Nor Gran
> >Turismo.

> >But now as for TOCA2, . . . . . I have to say that THIS game IS near like
> >what I was having happen to me while driving my real car.

> That game must suck as much as your car then!

> >I really get the
> >feel of being back on the track in this game! Just that I still have a gripe
> >with the damn AI cars not having to slow way down for the turns like they
> >should,

> Or like your weenie moblile has to!

> >and seem to have superhuman grip. But in respect to the car you are
> >driving, it is GREAT!

> >So for all you diehard armchair sim drivers, before you bash TOCA2, DRIVE A
> >REAL TRACK FIRST!!!!

> Na you need to drive a real car! Thats what your problem is!

> >Ok, I don't have an old F1 car nor an Indy car, so I can not comment on
> >those games. But I CAN comment on sports car games.

> >I have a 1998 Audi A4 1.8T (Turbo) FWD that came from the factory with:

> >sport suspension

> Whoa dude!

> >sport seats

> Whoa Dude.....That ought to add about 20hp!

> >and did these mods:
> >AMS (ABT) Stage II chip - 215HP
> >KingDragon air filter (K&N style)
> >KONI yellow sports shocks (fronts adjusted 1 full turn rebound)

> Whoa Yellow! Wow-We!
> >Eibach Pro-Kit springs
> >RONAL G1001 3 piece alloy 17X8.5 wheels

> 17" wheels on a tonka?

> >Toyo Proxy T1+ tires in 235/40/ZR17
> >eliminated the center resonator and replaced with small glasspack (saved
> >30lbs weight)
> >4" Suppertrapp rear muffler with no disks (on Dyno, was the best setup - and
> >also saved near 30lbs)

> Whoa Dude, What a badass car. A guenuine tonka 4 cyl hot rod!
> Get ya an American car with a V8 and be a real man. 4cyl foriegn
> rice burners are for ***s!!!!! Dont matter if they cost $30,000
> or not! Daddy must giva a big allowance huh kid?

> >I raced it this weekend at the track at Pahrump Jr. High, Nevada - 44 miles out of
> >Las Vegas.

> Should have raced further out of town where nobody could have seen ya!

> >Now, as for Sports Car GT, take the BMW M3, which is near an A4, yet this
> >car is FULLY race prepped! Yet in the game it slides all over the track! My
> >nearly stock Audi A4 and on STREET TIRES, was no where near as slippery as
> >that M3!

> Probally cause it would only go half as fast!

> > And yet the AI cars stick so much better. The same goes for Viper
> >Racing - the Viper is a much better car than my A4,

> Nah! No Shit?

> > yet in the game it
> >drives like shit. And we won't even TALK about Grand Touring, yech! Nor Gran
> >Turismo.

> >But now as for TOCA2, . . . . . I have to say that THIS game IS near like
> >what I was having happen to me while driving my real car.

> That game must suck as much as your car then!

> >I really get the
> >feel of being back on the track in this game! Just that I still have a gripe
> >with the damn AI cars not having to slow way down for the turns like they
> >should,

> Or like your weenie moblile has to!

> >and seem to have superhuman grip. But in respect to the car you are
> >driving, it is GREAT!

> >So for all you diehard armchair sim drivers, before you bash TOCA2, DRIVE A
> >REAL TRACK FIRST!!!!

> Na you need to drive a real car! Thats what your problem is!

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>> On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:32:30 -0700, "Mike Zamarocy"

>> >I have a 1998 Audi A4 1.8T (Turbo) FWD that came from the factory with:

>> Whoa Dude, What a badass car. A guenuine tonka 4 cyl hot rod!
>> Get ya an American car with a V8 and be a real man. 4cyl foriegn
>> rice burners are for ***s!!!!! Dont matter if they cost $30,000
>> or not! Daddy must giva a big allowance huh kid?

>Sorry to break this to you Doctor, . . . but an Audi is a GERMAN car,
>meaning it runs on sauerkraut and bratwurst    :)

>I have a 1998 Audi A4 1.8T (Turbo) FWD that came from the factory with:
>sport suspension
>sport seats

>Hmmm, is that all? Brace yourself, now you get the specs of a REAL
>car. Yup it's mine:

>SEAT Terra Vance special model '89 with windows at the back!
>Used to be white.
>Power almost too much to handle, i.e. 29 Bhp. The Horror!
>Top end: An astonishing 65 Mph. (With the wind in the back)
>Accel. 0-60 Mph. Sorry, battery of stopwatch died.
>Wheels: Special rustcoloured version.
>4 speed gearbox. First gear tops out at 15 Mph.
>Rear suspension: Sheet metall shocks.

>Fancy a race?

> >Hmmm, is that all? Brace yourself, now you get the specs of a REAL
> >car. Yup it's mine:

> >SEAT Terra Vance special model '89 with windows at the back!
> >Used to be white.
> >Power almost too much to handle, i.e. 29 Bhp. The Horror!
> >Top end: An astonishing 65 Mph. (With the wind in the back)
> >Accel. 0-60 Mph. Sorry, battery of stopwatch died.
> >Wheels: Special rustcoloured version.
> >4 speed gearbox. First gear tops out at 15 Mph.
> >Rear suspension: Sheet metall shocks.

> >Fancy a race?

> i'll take you on. i've got a 1960 american motors metropolitan. it is the
> high performance model, so it has a full 55 HP. 0-60 in just under 27
> seconds. 3-speed *** that gets me to third at about 35 MPH. i got going
> 67 down a hill in northern california once! suspension? what's that?

> Hmmm, is that all? Brace yourself, now you get the specs of a REAL
> car. Yup it's mine:

> SEAT Terra Vance special model '89 with windows at the back!
> Used to be white.
> Power almost too much to handle, i.e. 29 Bhp. The Horror!
> Top end: An astonishing 65 Mph. (With the wind in the back)
> Accel. 0-60 Mph. Sorry, battery of stopwatch died.
> Wheels: Special rustcoloured version.
> 4 speed gearbox. First gear tops out at 15 Mph.
> Rear suspension: Sheet metall shocks.

> Fancy a race?

> Remco

> >Ok, I don't have an old F1 car nor an Indy car, so I can not comment on
> >those games. But I CAN comment on sports car games.

> >I have a 1998 Audi A4 1.8T (Turbo) FWD that came from the factory with:

> >sport suspension

> Whoa dude!

> >sport seats

> Whoa Dude.....That ought to add about 20hp!

> >and did these mods:
> >AMS (ABT) Stage II chip - 215HP
> >KingDragon air filter (K&N style)
> >KONI yellow sports shocks (fronts adjusted 1 full turn rebound)

> Whoa Yellow! Wow-We!
> >Eibach Pro-Kit springs
> >RONAL G1001 3 piece alloy 17X8.5 wheels

> 17" wheels on a tonka?

> >Toyo Proxy T1+ tires in 235/40/ZR17
> >eliminated the center resonator and replaced with small glasspack (saved
> >30lbs weight)
> >4" Suppertrapp rear muffler with no disks (on Dyno, was the best setup - and
> >also saved near 30lbs)

> Whoa Dude, What a badass car. A guenuine tonka 4 cyl hot rod!
> Get ya an American car with a V8 and be a real man. 4cyl foriegn
> rice burners are for ***s!!!!! Dont matter if they cost $30,000
> or not! Daddy must giva a big allowance huh kid?

> >I raced it this weekend at the track at Pahrump Jr. High, Nevada - 44 miles out of
> >Las Vegas.

> Should have raced further out of town where nobody could have seen ya!

> >Now, as for Sports Car GT, take the BMW M3, which is near an A4, yet this
> >car is FULLY race prepped! Yet in the game it slides all over the track! My
> >nearly stock Audi A4 and on STREET TIRES, was no where near as slippery as
> >that M3!

> Probally cause it would only go half as fast!

> > And yet the AI cars stick so much better. The same goes for Viper
> >Racing - the Viper is a much better car than my A4,

> Nah! No Shit?

> > yet in the game it
> >drives like shit. And we won't even TALK about Grand Touring, yech! Nor Gran
> >Turismo.

> >But now as for TOCA2, . . . . . I have to say that THIS game IS near like
> >what I was having happen to me while driving my real car.

> That game must suck as much as your car then!

> >I really get the
> >feel of being back on the track in this game! Just that I still have a gripe
> >with the damn AI cars not having to slow way down for the turns like they
> >should,

> Or like your weenie moblile has to!

> >and seem to have superhuman grip. But in respect to the car you are
> >driving, it is GREAT!

> >So for all you diehard armchair sim drivers, before you bash TOCA2, DRIVE A
> >REAL TRACK FIRST!!!!

> Na you need to drive a real car! Thats what your problem is!