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GP3-Why it 'SHOULD' be harder than gpl to drive

Steve Ferguso

GP3-Why it 'SHOULD' be harder than gpl to drive

by Steve Ferguso » Thu, 20 Jan 2000 04:00:00

: Your right.  GP2 was actually tough.  Anybody remember your first experience
: ? Going to the software store a day during Spring ?  Trying to steer the car
: using AZ/<>, gamepad or joystick.  It was difficult, even with most of the
: help on.

Actually, I found my first experience with GP1 was the eye-opener,  partly
because I chose Monaco to start at, and the sterile graphics didn't really
give me a clue of where to go.  all I remember was a full day of going
"biff, biff, biff" of every single wall.  Somehow I had missed the
original "Indy500" game, so my experience with driving games was the Test
Drive series (TD3 was the highest at the time).  GP1 was a whole different
level of game, and the first one that I hung the "sim" label on.

Gp2, comparitively, was a cake walk to get up and running with.

Stephen

ymenar

GP3-Why it 'SHOULD' be harder than gpl to drive

by ymenar » Thu, 20 Jan 2000 04:00:00


Not playing the Devil's advocate, but any of you remember Ayrton Senna
driving a Rally car ? ouch!  ;)

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

μartij

GP3-Why it 'SHOULD' be harder than gpl to drive

by μartij » Thu, 20 Jan 2000 04:00:00

No, I don't. But from your remark, I cannot conclude whether he was very
good or very bad. Please enlighten me/us.

Rafe McAulif

GP3-Why it 'SHOULD' be harder than gpl to drive

by Rafe McAulif » Thu, 20 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Surely you mean GP2...

>its quite easy to drive racing cars slowly around circuits, the biggest
>problem people tend to have is misjudging how slowly they need to be going
>around corners, thats why so many people slide off in gpl and in gp2 etc.

>Real racing cars go faster when drifting slightly, how much slip angle
>depends on a lot of things, but its generally 5degrees for the front tires i
>think, and this is where modern f1 cars get ***, they dont have a
>progressive slip curve, so they snap quickly if you go a bit too far.

>Racing gp2 (hotlapping expecially) on the edge was quite difficult, but as
>eddie irvine said in his documentary, you dont go down the straights and
>then scream in the corners, its really quite relaxed, you build up rhythm,
>and pace.  Ive played gp3, and i did find it a bit more difficult to drive,
>but only because i had 4 laps and drove like a maniac on the streets of
>monaco.  You learn how much you can slip the cars, how much speed you can
>carry, and you go quickly.  It just takes a little practice.

GraDe

GP3-Why it 'SHOULD' be harder than gpl to drive

by GraDe » Thu, 20 Jan 2000 04:00:00

No, not always:-)


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