Re: thoughts on the MBTR demo

I thought the physics were a bit odd too until I started looking at the speedometer. The "in-sim" speed of the trucks is much faster than the "apparent" speed. Once I doped to this and backed off the throttle, MBTR took me immediately back to my days as a truck driver. One drives these beasts with a very light touch. Can't wait for the full game! On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:02:33 GMT, [email hidden] (Todd Walker) wrote:

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>This is a pretty damn fun game. I like the fact that the demo lets you >play for a while (5 laps at about 2 minutes per lap) rather than >limiting you to a short time. The graphics are very good. The sound is >just OK. The physics -- well, that's a good question. How many people >really know how these things are supposed to drive? They are very tail >happy which makes perfect sense since the front/back weight >distribution has to be about 80/20. The only thing that bothers me is >that when you steer, it seems as if the truck is rotating about a >vertical axis that goes right through the middle of it. Maybe this is >accurate but doesn't seem so. Also, the steering is much more >responsive than I would expect in a vehicle of this size and mass. > >But it is quite a lot of fun to tailslide these monsters around the >track, tires smoking and brakes locking....might just have to purchase >this one. > >TW > >Todd Walker >twalker294 at earthlink.net

Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> This is a pretty damn fun game. I like the fact that the demo lets you > play for a while (5 laps at about 2 minutes per lap) rather than > limiting you to a short time. The graphics are very good. The sound is > just OK. The physics -- well, that's a good question. How many people > really know how these things are supposed to drive? They are very tail > happy which makes perfect sense since the front/back weight > distribution has to be about 80/20. The only thing that bothers me is > that when you steer, it seems as if the truck is rotating about a > vertical axis that goes right through the middle of it. Maybe this is > accurate but doesn't seem so. Also, the steering is much more > responsive than I would expect in a vehicle of this size and mass. > > But it is quite a lot of fun to tailslide these monsters around the > track, tires smoking and brakes locking....might just have to purchase > this one. > > TW > > Todd Walker > twalker294 at earthlink.net

A word about the tires smoking, in the real trucks and maybe the game too (not gonna call this one a sim) the brakes on the trucks (if I remember correctly) are water cooled and what you see in real life from the wheels is steam. The brakes are cooled by spraying water on them during braking. G-Loc

Gotta say the track graphics are very cool, and it runs great on my celery @448 with v3 3000, 128mb ram awe 64 sys +) Martyn_D G-Loc wrote:

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> Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > This is a pretty damn fun game. I like the fact that the demo lets you > > play for a while (5 laps at about 2 minutes per lap) rather than > > limiting you to a short time. The graphics are very good. The sound is > > just OK. The physics -- well, that's a good question. How many people > > really know how these things are supposed to drive? They are very tail > > happy which makes perfect sense since the front/back weight > > distribution has to be about 80/20. The only thing that bothers me is > > that when you steer, it seems as if the truck is rotating about a > > vertical axis that goes right through the middle of it. Maybe this is > > accurate but doesn't seem so. Also, the steering is much more > > responsive than I would expect in a vehicle of this size and mass. > > > > But it is quite a lot of fun to tailslide these monsters around the > > track, tires smoking and brakes locking....might just have to purchase > > this one. > > > > TW > > > > Todd Walker > > twalker294 at earthlink.net > > A word about the tires smoking, in the real trucks and maybe the game too > (not gonna call this one a sim) the brakes on the trucks (if I remember > correctly) are water cooled and what you see in real life from the wheels is > steam. The brakes are cooled by spraying water on them during braking. > > G-Loc