HI !
I am a GPL fan since that game has been issued, and nothing else matches it
since, IMHO.
I did not hear of CTFJ utility
Is this hardware or software ?
If it is software, where can I download it ?
Thanks for help
Hnic
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>> Using the CTFJ utility, I can set the brake travel such that
>> the brakes only lock up in the last mm of travel. A sorta
>> software version of the squash-ball (or tennisball) where
>> people cut up a squashball to block the final bit of brake
>> travel to control lockup.
This was what I said here on RAS more than a year ago, but Randy
Cassidy (himself :) then replied to my post, saying that this wasn't a
really good solution.
The problem is: Especially at non-flat circuits, like da Ring for
example, this doesn't work. When you have to brake when you are
driving up a hill, you have to press the pedal less far to brake than
when you have to brake when you are going down a hill.
So it's important to set the maximum lockup so that you can still
brake when you are going down a hill. But that means that for the rest
of the circuit the wheels will lock before you hit the braking pedal
at maximum travel.
So, it helps a bit, but it's still far from the perfect solution.
After reading that reply I bought myself some decent pedals (the CH
pro pedals), put a squashball under the braking pedal, and since then
I'm really in braking nirvana :)
Andre
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:56:27 +0100, "Hnic" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>HI !
Hey, wait a sec..
I remember talking about this more than a year ago here on RAS, And I
just remembered that the topic 'braking nirvanna!' was also the same..
Is this some kind of timewarp?
Andre
Andre,
This I don't understand.
I have the "pressure sensitive" setup myself, by putting in a rubber-doorstop
and tweaking the locking-point with a trimmer.
I can feel differences in tire-lock at:
different tire temperature and believe it or not:
different fuel loads
I cannot feel any difference when braking uphill or downhill.
Am I missing something?
JensSchumi
BTW: Extremely interesting that you can tweak the GPL-brake-travel with CTFJ. I
tried this with DxTweaks to get rid of my trimmer, but wasn't successful.
On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:39:57 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote:
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>This was what I said here on RAS more than a year ago, but Randy >Cassidy (himself :) then replied to my post, saying that this wasn't a >really good solution. >The problem is: Especially at non-flat circuits, like da Ring for >example, this doesn't work. When you have to brake when you are >driving up a hill, you have to press the pedal less far to brake than >when you have to brake when you are going down a hill. >So it's important to set the maximum lockup so that you can still >brake when you are going down a hill. But that means that for the rest >of the circuit the wheels will lock before you hit the braking pedal >at maximum travel.On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 01:22:46 GMT, [email hidden] (JS) wrote:
As an example I want to use on of the Ring corners, but I don't know
the name. I'll try to explain which corner I mean:
After the jump at Flugplatz, you have a full speed straight.
Then a sharp bend to the left.
Then a sharp bend to the right, after this corner you immediately
drive under a bridge.
Then you have a fast left-right-left section.
At the end of the corner is a fast lefthander, this is the corner I
mean.
Ok, you enter this corner at full speed in 5th gear. Since you're
going steeply uphill, you only have to press the braking pedal a
little bit. If you press further the wheels will lock up.
If you're braking on a downhill section you have to press the braking
pedal much further to lock the wheels.
So the 'tire-locking point' varies and using CTFJ isn't the perfect
solution for this.
Andre
