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GP3 - Complaints about sudden loss of grip

2 posts by 2 people · 28 Jul 2000 - 29 Jul 2000 03:24 UTC

Dan Belcher 28 Jul 2000#248984
Hello everyone, I've heard people complaining about how you can't drive on the limit in GP3 because you can't tell where the limit is even. The breakaway between having grip and being over the edge and in a spin is too sudden. Haven't Formula One drivers been complaining the past few years that the grooved tires suddenly lose all grip when they get the least bit past the limit of adhesion? Seems to me like GP3 should be hard to drive on the limit therefore, considering it models grooved tires. Of course, I haven't gotten a chance to play GP3 yet (still waiting for it to arrive at my front door) so I could be totally wrong about how the car reacts, but this sounds like it's an attempt to model real life IMHO. ----------------------------------------- Dan Belcher Team Racing Unlimited http://simcrash.00game.com
Uwe Schuerkamp 29 Jul 2000 03:24 UTC#248706
On 28 Jul 2000 16:45:14 GMT, Dan Belcher <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hello everyone, >I've heard people complaining about how you can't drive on the limit in GP3 >grip and being over the edge and in a spin is too sudden. Haven't Formula One >drivers been complaining the past few years that the grooved tires suddenly >lose all grip when they get the least bit past the limit of adhesion? Seems to Haven't F1 drivers also been complaining about the fact that locking up constantly under braking doesnt create flat spots on these tyres any more (indeed this is the reason why you see all this blue smoke coming off JV's tyres these days, as you all know he uses racing sims extensively to prepare for race day and obviously he must have obtained an early preview copy), and all the fun of using tyres to your own advantage has been lost by putting some grooves into them? I think I heard something like that, and GP3 models that very well, too 8-( Uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) Ever wondered what's wrong with the world? http://bnetwork.com/ PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

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