GT4 vs real world, again

Another of the video game vs the real world. This time Tiff Needell takes on a UK GT4 champ on track and in the game. Surprisingly close in both ... http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22750-2079708,00.html

Dave wrote: > Another of the video game vs the real world. This time Tiff Needell > takes on a UK GT4 champ on track and in the game. Surprisingly > close in both ... > > http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22750-2079708,00.html Good story. -Will

In article <ZNeVf.26543$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Another of the video game vs the real world. This time Tiff Needell > takes on a UK GT4 champ on track and in the game. Surprisingly > close in both ... > > http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22750-2079708,00.html > Interesting to see that traction control was required and that without it Tiff was able to push the car a whole lot faster. Wonder if Dave Baker would have been able to do the same? -- Pete Ives Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email

Peter wrote: > Interesting to see that traction control was required and that without > it Tiff was able to push the car a whole lot faster. Wonder if Dave > Baker would have been able to do the same? The thing that I noted was that Needell has real seat time at the track. They should have done the experiment at Nurburgring, the track Baker claimed to be great at. This way, both would be familiar with the track and its nuances. -Will

In article <[email hidden]>, William Bradshaw <[email hidden]> wrote: >The thing that I noted was that Needell has real seat time at the track. >They should have done the experiment at Nurburgring, the track Baker >claimed to be great at. This way, both would be familiar with the track >and its nuances. While the 'Ring is open to the public so every yahoo (including me!) can take a go, they'd have to be mighty careful about letting Baker shoot for a fast time on it. Just too many blind curves with little-to-no runoff. But I'm sure he would have jumped at the chance. Hopefully I'll get a shot at a few laps there on a biz trip next week. But I don't expect to compete with my GT4 times, no sir.

"Dave" wrote... >><snip> > <snip> > Hopefully I'll get a shot at a few laps there on a biz trip next > week. But I don't expect to compete with my GT4 times, > no sir. The things which catch out the roadgoing cars are the compressions at speed (Fuchsrohre, PflantzgartenII). Also, it may take longer than one might think to stabilise the car and slow it down effectively for the tighter sections. Other than that it's pretty safe if there aren't a miliion nutters on motorbikes around, IMO. Jan. =---

In article <12FVf.338916$[email hidden]>, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"Dave" wrote... >> Hopefully I'll get a shot at a few laps there on a biz trip next >> week. But I don't expect to compete with my GT4 times, >> no sir. > >The things which catch out the roadgoing cars are the compressions at speed >(Fuchsrohre, PflantzgartenII). Also, it may take longer than one might think >to stabilise the car and slow it down effectively for the tighter sections.

Do you mean the G-forces while going uphill, or the G unloading over the bumps, or ??? >Other than that it's pretty safe if there aren't a miliion nutters on >motorbikes around, IMO. Thanks. All tips appreciated :-)

In <BtDVf.18724$[email hidden]> [email hidden] (Dave) writes:

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> >They should have done the experiment at Nurburgring, the track Baker > >claimed to be great at. > > While the 'Ring is open to the public so every yahoo (including me!) > can take a go, they'd have to be mighty careful about letting Baker > shoot for a fast time on it. Just too many blind curves with > little-to-no runoff. But I'm sure he would have jumped at the > chance.

Sure about that. Who happens to know what that winning time was that Mr. Baker set at the Nurburgring in GT4 ? (was that a full lap or BTG?) Edwin -- Edwin Kremer <[email hidden]> http://www.xinu.nl/edwin/ pgp: BB70 549B C32B DFF9 03C5 7327 61FE AADC 17BF 2201 (KeyID: 0x17BF2201) ( plain text =non-HTML= PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated ) "XINU - Knowing UNIX backwards."