Freeshifting in GPL at last! (for me)

I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. The mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a faster way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? Thanks again, David

On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:41:20 GMT, "David Montani" <[email hidden]> wrote: Are you running the generic shifter patch that runs in the background? The best option is the patch that actually modifies the GPL executable (*JSJ*'s I think). If you're using patched GPL.EXE, one thing to note is that GPL no longer blips the throttle to rev-match on downshifts - it's a whole new level of challenge. It took me a while to figure out what was going on - my car kept getting tail-happy on corner entries until someone else posted this info and I realized I was totally unsettling the back end by just banging down through the gears. Great fun :)! Kendt

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>I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. The >mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting >program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly >frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's >cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to >being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a faster >way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? >Thanks again, >David > >

It won't blow the engine if you use it correctly. Don't just go from 5th to 3rd right away...wait until later in your brake zone. You will probably have to give the throttle a big blip to get the revs to match (unless you want the car to get real loose). I would recommend going 5th to 4th to 3rd...this will sort of keep the car steady in the brake zone and if you screw up blipping the throttle on a downshift, it won't be as bad as screwing one up from 5th to 3rd... I havn't played GPL with freeshifting...but I'm assuming that GPL models the shifting generally the same as in real life. JB "David Montani" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QTZo6.6131$[email hidden]... > I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ.The > mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting > program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly > frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's > cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to > being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this afaster > way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? > Thanks again, > David > >

Why not, it models everything else like real life. :) Russ "Wosco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:_P5p6.1639$[email hidden]... > It won't blow the engine if you use it correctly. Don't just go from 5thto

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> 3rd right away...wait until later in your brake zone. You will probably > have to give the throttle a big blip to get the revs to match (unless you > want the car to get real loose). I would recommend going 5th to 4th to > 3rd...this will sort of keep the car steady in the brake zone and if you > screw up blipping the throttle on a downshift, it won't be as bad as > screwing one up from 5th to 3rd... > > I havn't played GPL with freeshifting...but I'm assuming that GPL models

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> shifting generally the same as in real life. > > JB > > "David Montani" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QTZo6.6131$[email hidden]... > > I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. > The > > mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting > > program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly > > frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing!

It's > > cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting usedto > > being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a > faster > > way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realismsettings? > > Thanks again, > > David > > > > > >

Would it be possible to use the patch without Act-Labs shifter only to remove auto rev-matching? Jari Jokinen Kendt Eklund wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:41:20 GMT, "David Montani" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >Are you running the generic shifter patch that runs in the background? >The best option is the patch that actually modifies the GPL executable >(*JSJ*'s I think). >If you're using patched GPL.EXE, one thing to note is that GPL no >longer blips the throttle to rev-match on downshifts - it's a whole >new level of challenge. It took me a while to figure out what was >going on - my car kept getting tail-happy on corner entries until >someone else posted this info and I realized I was totally unsettling >the back end by just banging down through the gears. >Great fun :)! > >Kendt > >>I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ.

The >>mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting >>program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly >>frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's >>cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to >>being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this afaster >>way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? >>Thanks again, >>David >> >> >

All of the info is at the act labs web site (www.act-labs.com)... enjoy David

Hi JSJ, Nice work on this utility. Now how about Jari's question? Is it posible for you to code the removal of the auto-throttle-blip for those of us stuck with 2-button sequential shift? Removal of auto-throttle-blip on downshift is now an option in N4 and I love driving that way. Thanks, Pat 7471000 <[email hidden]> wrote in message ... Excuse my English.........I am Danish Hi Or go direct to my homepage, for it http://home.worldonline.dk/~7471000/ *JSJ* Slick Henry <[email hidden]> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:[email hidden]... I've never heard of this "freeshifter program" - doh! Please, where can one obtain the GPL.EXE patch version? David Montani wrote: I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. The mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a faster way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? Thanks again, David

Hi JSJ, Nice work on this utility. Now how about Jari's question? Is it posible for you to code the removal of the auto-throttle-blip for those of us stuck with 2-button sequential shift? Removal of auto-throttle-blip on downshift is now an option in N4 and I love driving that way. Thanks, Pat Excuse my English.........I am Danish Hi Or go direct to my homepage, for it http://home.worldonline.dk/~7471000/ *JSJ* I've never heard of this "freeshifter program" - doh! Please, where can one obtain the GPL.EXE patch version? I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. The mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly frustrating (and ***ive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a faster way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? Thanks again, David

Excuse my English.........I am Danish Hi Or go direct to my homepage, for it http://home.worldonline.dk/~7471000/ *JSJ* Slick Henry <[email hidden]> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:[email hidden]... I've never heard of this "freeshifter program" - doh! Please, where can one obtain the GPL.EXE patch version? David Montani wrote: I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. The mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a faster way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? Thanks again, David

Excuse my English.........I am Danish Hi There And Thanks I will look at it, but not now because of my work with a update of GPLshift for ACT LABS upcoming USB Shifter http://www.act-labs.com/access2.htm http://www.act-labs.com/ultimatebb/Forum10/HTML/001015.html http://www.act-labs.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=001036 *JSJ* patrick daly <[email hidden]> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:985061$[email hidden]... Hi JSJ, Nice work on this utility. Now how about Jari's question? Is it posible for you to code the removal of the auto-throttle-blip for those of us stuck with 2-button sequential shift? Removal of auto-throttle-blip on downshift is now an option in N4 and I love driving that way. Thanks, Pat 7471000 <[email hidden]> wrote in message ... Excuse my English.........I am Danish Hi Or go direct to my homepage, for it http://home.worldonline.dk/~7471000/ *JSJ* Slick Henry <[email hidden]> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:[email hidden]... I've never heard of this "freeshifter program" - doh! Please, where can one obtain the GPL.EXE patch version? David Montani wrote: I just wanted to pass on some special thanks to George Smiley and JPJ. The mirror tweaker patch gave me enough extra fps to run the freeshifting program for my Act labs shifter. GPL is now even more incredibly frustrating (and addictive) than before! The immersion is amazing! It's cost me about a second a lap at most tracks, but I'm still getting used to being able to go from 5th to 3rd with nothing in between. Is this a faster way to drive? Will this blow my engine on the advanced realism settings? Thanks again, David