rec.autos.simulators

How do you like this passage from the readme file of the GPL demo? :)

     iv.  Tire Temperatures and Pressure

        This demo does not include modelling of dynamic tire
        temperatures or tire pressure.  In other words, the
        tires are always at their optimum temperature and
        hot pressure as far as the driving model is
        concerned.  The final game will naturally include
        complete modelling of dynamic tire parameters.

I like the nonchalance of the usage of "naturally" in particular. :)
What sim could they be thinking of that didn't model tire temps...?

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Bart,

Last night I actually saw a magazine which reviewed Andretti Racing( Personal
note: How can thay call this Andretti Racing? Never once do you hear from the
announcer
 "...and it looks like Andretti is slowing on the Backstretch..." ) and CPR.
Both "games" were given 4 out of 5 stars. Compared to GPL these two don't even
register a blip. I'll bet there are a lot of software designers scratching
there heads this week, between laps that is!

Don

On 08 Apr 1998 13:01:09 EDT, Barton Spencer Brown

Cheers!
John

I think it depends on the how these *** magazines did their
scoring.

Just because they gave a driving game a 4 out of 5, doesn't
necessarily mean the reviewer thought the game was a realistic
simulation.  He may have given it a 4 simply because it was fun, and
had nice graphics and good options.

You have to see where the reviewer is coming from, because he may not
be measuring the amount of realism the simulation offers.  

Marc.
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