F1CS question

Guys, I just bought this to fiddle around with, mainly a N4 guy and spent years with GPL. My question is are all of the cars the same??? I have seen some stuff about the all chassis patch, is that needed to make the Arrows different from the Mercedes etc??? Thanks in advance, Chad

Hey help me out!!! "Chad Rogers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:eB_h6.412319$[email hidden]... > Guys, > > I just bought this to fiddle around with, mainly a N4 guy and spent years > with GPL. My question is are all of the cars the same??? I have seensome

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> stuff about the all chassis patch, is that needed to make the Arrows > different from the Mercedes etc??? > > Thanks in advance, > > Chad > > >

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> Hey help me out!!! > > "Chad Rogers" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:eB_h6.412319$[email hidden]... > > Guys, > > > > I just bought this to fiddle around with, mainly a N4 guy and spent years > > with GPL. My question is are all of the cars the same??? I have seen > some > > stuff about the all chassis patch, is that needed to make the Arrows > > different from the Mercedes etc??? > >

While the cars are physically modeled differently, the underlying physics are largely the same. The All-Chassis Patch subtly changes the physics between each make of car, so that they handle and perform just a little differently. However, the true value of the patch is that alters the overall physics settings in the game (which were way too high) for more realistic performance and car handling.

Chad, In the stock, out-of-the-box game, all the chassis in F1CS are modeled the using exactly the same physics parameters, with different engine parameters for each team. This gives each team slightly different performance characteristics based on engine horsepower and torque, but the handling is essentially the same from a chassis to chassis standpoint. The All Chassis Patch gives you slightly different physics for each chassis to better reflect the variations in chassis from team to team. The All Chassis Patch also lowers the engine inertia, giving you a more rev-happy, less sluggish engine across the board; tire stiffness and friction values are also altered to give more realistic tire wear and grip levels. You can get the All Chassis Patch at the Blackhole Motorsports site (http://www.bhmotorsports.com/). Hope this helps! -- JB F1CS2K Rank 65.326 http://f1cs2krank.dhs.org/ P.S. Don't forget to check out the F1CS2K Rank site -- it's like an F1CS2K version of the GPLRank site. On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:46:18 GMT, "Chad Rogers" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Guys, > >I just bought this to fiddle around with, mainly a N4 guy and spent years >with GPL. My question is are all of the cars the same??? I have seen some >stuff about the all chassis patch, is that needed to make the Arrows >different from the Mercedes etc??? > >Thanks in advance, > >Chad > > >

Thanks John. "John Bodin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Chad, > > In the stock, out-of-the-box game, all the chassis in F1CS are modeled > the using exactly the same physics parameters, with different engine > parameters for each team. This gives each team slightly different > performance characteristics based on engine horsepower and torque, but > the handling is essentially the same from a chassis to chassis > standpoint. > > The All Chassis Patch gives you slightly different physics for each > chassis to better reflect the variations in chassis from team to team. > The All Chassis Patch also lowers the engine inertia, giving you a > more rev-happy, less sluggish engine across the board; tire stiffness > and friction values are also altered to give more realistic tire wear > and grip levels. > > You can get the All Chassis Patch at the Blackhole Motorsports site > (http://www.bhmotorsports.com/). > > Hope this helps! > > -- JB > F1CS2K Rank 65.326 > http://f1cs2krank.dhs.org/ > > P.S. Don't forget to check out the F1CS2K Rank site -- it's like an > F1CS2K version of the GPLRank site. > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:46:18 GMT, "Chad Rogers" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Guys, > > > >I just bought this to fiddle around with, mainly a N4 guy and spent years > >with GPL. My question is are all of the cars the same??? I have seen

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> >stuff about the all chassis patch, is that needed to make the Arrows > >different from the Mercedes etc??? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Chad > > > > > > >