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...heaven knows, this NG could do with a bit of light relief. Anyhow: how about a steam car sim? Don't laugh (much) - in the early years of the 20th C, they were forever breaking records - the "Jamais Contente" held the Land Speed Record for a while. Hey, just think, you could race around hotlapping[1] the Gordon Bennett tracks or summat... [1] Argh! I used the words "hotlapping" and "racing" in close proximity. I grovel in utter submission at my terrible act. -- "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted...

I agree with your idea of "exotic" sims but the jamais contente was electric and not steam, BTW it is the first car ever driven above 100 kph. "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> ...heaven knows, this NG could do with a bit of light relief. > > Anyhow: how about a steam car sim? Don't laugh (much) - in the early > years of the 20th C, they were forever breaking records - the "Jamais > Contente" held the Land Speed Record for a while. Hey, just think, you > could race around hotlapping[1] the Gordon Bennett tracks or summat... > > [1] Argh! I used the words "hotlapping" and "racing" in close > proximity. I grovel in utter submission at my terrible act. > > -- > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted... >

Jack W. Rocchio <[email hidden]> wrote on 19 Aug 2001: > I agree with your idea of "exotic" sims but the jamais contente was > electric and not steam, BTW it is the first car ever driven above > 100 kph. Oh damn. Exposed as a "look at one website and assume it's right" fool yet again... -- "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted...

Got a friend who's really keen on seeing a "train driving sim". I guess he doesn't want too much challenge in it :D Rafe Mc On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:59:51 GMT, "Jack W. Rocchio" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I agree with your idea of "exotic" sims but the jamais contente was electric >and not steam, BTW it is the first car ever driven above 100 kph. > > >"David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> ...heaven knows, this NG could do with a bit of light relief. >> >> Anyhow: how about a steam car sim? Don't laugh (much) - in the early >> years of the 20th C, they were forever breaking records - the "Jamais >> Contente" held the Land Speed Record for a while. Hey, just think, you >> could race around hotlapping[1] the Gordon Bennett tracks or summat... >> >> [1] Argh! I used the words "hotlapping" and "racing" in close >> proximity. I grovel in utter submission at my terrible act. >> >> -- >> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, >> really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. >> Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted... >> >

Microsoft recently releaased "Train Simulator". At least I thnk that's what it's called. Don't know much about it, but you're friend might be interested....... Rafe McAuliffe wrote:

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> Got a friend who's really keen on seeing a "train driving sim". I > guess he doesn't want too much challenge in it :D > > Rafe Mc > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:59:51 GMT, "Jack W. Rocchio" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I agree with your idea of "exotic" sims but the jamais contente was electric > >and not steam, BTW it is the first car ever driven above 100 kph. > > > > > >"David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:[email hidden]... > >> ...heaven knows, this NG could do with a bit of light relief. > >> > >> Anyhow: how about a steam car sim? Don't laugh (much) - in the early > >> years of the 20th C, they were forever breaking records - the "Jamais > >> Contente" held the Land Speed Record for a while. Hey, just think, you > >> could race around hotlapping[1] the Gordon Bennett tracks or summat... > >> > >> [1] Argh! I used the words "hotlapping" and "racing" in close > >> proximity. I grovel in utter submission at my terrible act. > >> > >> -- > >> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > >> really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > >> Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted... > >> > >

-- Bert

Microsoft train simulator dh "Rafe McAuliffe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Got a friend who's really keen on seeing a "train driving sim". I > guess he doesn't want too much challenge in it :D > > Rafe Mc > > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:59:51 GMT, "Jack W. Rocchio" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I agree with your idea of "exotic" sims but the jamais contente was

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> >and not steam, BTW it is the first car ever driven above 100 kph. > > > > > >"David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:[email hidden]... > >> ...heaven knows, this NG could do with a bit of light relief. > >> > >> Anyhow: how about a steam car sim? Don't laugh (much) - in the early > >> years of the 20th C, they were forever breaking records - the "Jamais > >> Contente" held the Land Speed Record for a while. Hey, just think, you > >> could race around hotlapping[1] the Gordon Bennett tracks or summat... > >> > >> [1] Argh! I used the words "hotlapping" and "racing" in close > >> proximity. I grovel in utter submission at my terrible act. > >> > >> -- > >> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > >> really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. > >> Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted... > >> > > >

BRH wrote: > > Microsoft recently releaased "Train Simulator". At least I thnk that's what it's > called. Don't know much about it, but you're friend might be interested....... Tried it......:-), kinda enjoyed it, driving the "Orient Express" through the Austrian Alps (that's the mountains for you geographically challenged :-) as well as the "Flying Scotsman".....somewhere :-) I can't really imagine shelling out 50+ dollars for this one though as there's very little to keep my interest going....I mean, how much can you shave off your lap times when you have a schedule to keep :-))), but you know me, if it's got wheels and I don't have to push it, I'll race it....or something Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke" --Groucho Marx--

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> > BRH wrote: > > > > Microsoft recently releaased "Train Simulator". At least I thnk that's what it's > > called. Don't know much about it, but you're friend might be interested....... > > Tried it......:-), kinda enjoyed it, driving the "Orient Express" > through the Austrian Alps (that's the mountains for you geographically > challenged :-) as well as the "Flying Scotsman".....somewhere :-)

M$TS is a real blast. It really seems to be drawing in a real cross-section of simmers too. I've seen quite a few Flight Simmers in the MSTS ranks as well as numerous racing sim folks, like Marc Nelson & Bruce Kennewell(!). I'd wondered what happened to 'ol Bruce. <g> I got it on sale the first week for $30, don't think I'd pay the MSRP of $54.99 either but 30 was well worth it. -- Fester

Well I'll let him know, he'd be pretty keen. What kind of setup options are available? Shock/spring setups? And is there an F10 view? Rafe Mc On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:36:47 GMT, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> > >Goy Larsen wrote: >> >> BRH wrote: >> > >> > Microsoft recently releaased "Train Simulator". At least I thnk that's what it's >> > called. Don't know much about it, but you're friend might be interested....... >> >> Tried it......:-), kinda enjoyed it, driving the "Orient Express" >> through the Austrian Alps (that's the mountains for you geographically >> challenged :-) as well as the "Flying Scotsman".....somewhere :-) > > >M$TS is a real blast. It really seems to be drawing in a real >cross-section of simmers too. I've seen quite a few Flight Simmers in >the MSTS ranks as well as numerous racing sim folks, like Marc Nelson & >Bruce Kennewell(!). I'd wondered what happened to 'ol Bruce. <g> I got >it on sale the first week for $30, don't think I'd pay the MSRP of >$54.99 either but 30 was well worth it.

Rafe McAuliffe wrote: > > Well I'll let him know, he'd be pretty keen. What kind of setup > options are available? Shock/spring setups? And is there an F10 view? Nah. I reckon the trains are IROC because they run fixed setup. <g> But you *do* have a timetable to meet with the passenger activities, and also plenty of freight switch & set out if your into the down & dirty stuff. More & more 3rd party skins & routes are coming out, and anyone with access to 3ds Max can design their own locomotive. If not, http://www.train-sim.com/msts/forum.htm has plenty of downloads available. (Free registration required) The sim comes with it's own track editor. Sure wish GPL/N4 did! -- Fester

If you wanted to (mis)spend far too much of your free time you could play around with the data files for the trains, etc. I saw one where the engine force had been upped by a factor of about 10^5 - the Flying Scotsman lived up to its name at that point! :) Rafe McAuliffe wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >Well I'll let him know, he'd be pretty keen. What kind of setup >options are available? Shock/spring setups? And is there an F10 view? <snip>

Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote on 19 Aug 2001: <snip> > I can't really imagine shelling out 50+ dollars for this one<snip> Huh - in the UK, MS Train Sim is 50 *pounds* - greatly overpriced, but it's still up there in the charts. Odd. -- "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh. Nominations for the rest of this sig are currently being accepted...

Hehehe, Flugplatz for trains, eh? Landing would be difficult tho I'm sure :D Rafe Mc On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:53:43 +0100, "Alan Stiles" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>If you wanted to (mis)spend far too much of your free time you could play >around with the data files for the trains, etc. I saw one where the engine >force had been upped by a factor of about 10^5 - the Flying Scotsman lived >up to its name at that point! :) > > >Rafe McAuliffe wrote in message ><[email hidden]>... >>Well I'll let him know, he'd be pretty keen. What kind of setup >>options are available? Shock/spring setups? And is there an F10 view? > <snip> >