NR2002 newbie questions

Just bought 2002 to get some of the tracks I didn't get with Heat. I can't drive the damn thing! (I can drive other games-even win now and then..).. The car is so touchy that the slightest bump has me doing donuts into the wall! I downloaded some set-ups and they helped a little. IS IT THE GAME OR IS IT ME? I would appreciate any idea's. Any suggestions as to where to download set-ups from? Are some better than others? Any suggestions as to how to set the options? ANY suggetsions appreciated...........................................TIA **** "Here we are on a planet moving and spinning though space at 500 miles per second...and look...my beer stays right there in the glass! Ain't that just the neatest thing?" - Bill 'Spaceman' Lee interviewed by Dick Schaap (quote approximate)

Well, N2002 (along with N4) are so realistic that they are actually hard to drive, and not as "arcadey" as other Nascar "sims." You're a long way from learning to set up the car. You have to learn to drive it first. The easiest way is to start out with the EASY setups included with the game. Learn to drive them without spinning at all. Then you can move up to Intermediate or Fast. You need to be able to drive the Fast setup, be fast, and not spin out ever! Then you can start working on your own setups. The Fast setups are pretty tight in general. The looser the setup, usually the faster the laptimes. Also, the harder to drive. So work on mastering driving with the fast setups before you start downloading setups (nearly anything you download will be somewhat looser than the Fast setups). I would recommend watching the driving lessons (especially the part about letting off smoothly going into the corners). Make a note of the part where they mention that if you let off the gas too fast, you will get loose and spin. There is a great driving guide here www.sportplanet.com/team-lightspeed and a great setup and driving guide here www.sascar.com Good luck, it will take you a few months to start getting decent :) I almost forgot the most important part: Don't play the game unless you are using a wheel/pedals combo. "TlgtrProd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just bought 2002 to get some of the tracks I didn't get with Heat. Ican't > drive the damn thing! (I can drive other games-even win now and then..)..The > car is so touchy that the slightest bump has me doing donuts into thewall! I > downloaded some set-ups and they helped a little. IS IT THE GAME OR IS ITME? > I would appreciate any idea's. Any suggestions as to where to downloadset-ups

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> from? Are some better than others? Any suggestions as to how to set the > options? ANY suggetsions > appreciated...........................................TIA > > > **** > "Here we are on a planet moving and spinning though space at 500 miles per > second...and look...my beer stays right there in the glass! Ain't that

just > the neatest thing?" - Bill 'Spaceman' Lee interviewed by Dick Schaap(quote > approximate) > >

Try to use the 'Easy' setups as Floyd suggested, enable all the driving aids in the Options/Controls screen within N2002, and make sure 'Arcade' mode is selected (not 'Simulation') before entering the track. You may also wish to try different settings of the 'Linearity' slider in the Options/Controls menu, and make sure the FF effects aren't too strong. Good luck! Achim "TlgtrProd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just bought 2002 to get some of the tracks I didn't get with Heat. Ican't > drive the damn thing! (I can drive other games-even win now and then..)..The > car is so touchy that the slightest bump has me doing donuts into thewall! I > downloaded some set-ups and they helped a little. IS IT THE GAME OR IS ITME? > I would appreciate any idea's. Any suggestions as to where to downloadset-ups

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> from? Are some better than others? Any suggestions as to how to set the > options? ANY suggetsions > appreciated...........................................TIA > > > **** > "Here we are on a planet moving and spinning though space at 500 miles per > second...and look...my beer stays right there in the glass! Ain't that

just > the neatest thing?" - Bill 'Spaceman' Lee interviewed by Dick Schaap(quote > approximate) > >

any place you would suggest to download set-ups from? i have seen several on the web...any idea who is best? **** "Here we are on a planet moving and spinning though space at 500 miles per second...and look...my beer stays right there in the glass! Ain't that just the neatest thing?" - Bill 'Spaceman' Lee interviewed by Dick Schaap (quote approximate)

"TlgtrProd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > any place you would suggest to download set-ups from? i have seen severalon > the web...any idea who is best? > There are no setups that are "BEST" But those that might fit your paticular style better than others. And that my friend is merely up to trial and error. Keep track of the names of the setup builders you try...when you find one you like...remember the name and try others by him. Good luck. dave henrie

At http://www.vehiclecraft.com/n4/ you'll find many setups. They were originally designed for N4, but work well for N2002 as well. Just maybe reduce the Camber settings at the front by -0.25 at the LF and +0.25 at the RF (i.e. less negative at the right front and a little less positive at the left front tire). Achim "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:t7vp8.164059$[email hidden]... > > "TlgtrProd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > any place you would suggest to download set-ups from? i have seenseveral

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> on > > the web...any idea who is best? > > > There are no setups that are "BEST" But those that might fit your > paticular style better than others. And that my friend is merely up to > trial and error. Keep track of the names of the setup builders you > try...when you find one you like...remember the name and try others by

him. > Good luck. > dave henrie > >