Re: GP500 Braking

JPRuddy <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8fi6ut$4cj2$[email hidden]... > Is it me or what, I am having a heck of a time trying to outbrake theother > riders. I have no help settings, manual brakes and shifting and I can'tseem > to stop at the same rate as the other bikes. I am using my CH pedals as > throttle and brakes. Whats the catch here, or is it just PRACTICE! I know it is the latter for me !! However, getting the body position for braking seems to help - I use the hat to sit-up and lean. It feels as if it is sensitive to body lean forward or backward in cornering too. Or at least, that is how I have explained away my many crashes :-) Try sitting up as you brake - only having one brake input is a bummer. Then the rear seems to provide more of the brake effort. Also, hard braking on a bike does NOT work. You only succeed in lifting the rear wheel - which then halves your contact with the road and braking !! This games really needs two brake pedals ( levers please :-) I want to dab the rear brake just a little to get the rear end moving then control the power to avoid high-siding it. Great game ! But I don't think a home setup can match the real thing and that will always be a limitation for bike sims. Shame :-( Peter

Phil Lee <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lI7T4.57$[email hidden]... > I find I can brake quicker by changing down through the gears quickly atthe > same time. So far I haven't wrecked the gearbox. yeh, gives good engine braking to rear wheel. But I've found it send the bike skidding if left to late. Anyone managed to rig a front/rear brake control ? Peter

Is it me or what, I am having a heck of a time trying to outbrake the other riders. I have no help settings, manual brakes and shifting and I can't seem to stop at the same rate as the other bikes. I am using my CH pedals as throttle and brakes. Whats the catch here, or is it just PRACTICE!

I find I can brake quicker by changing down through the gears quickly at the same time. So far I haven't wrecked the gearbox. Cheers Phil -- http://www.youpies.co.uk JPRuddy <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8fi6ut$4cj2$[email hidden]... > > Is it me or what, I am having a heck of a time trying to outbrake the other > riders. I have no help settings, manual brakes and shifting and I can't seem > to stop at the same rate as the other bikes. I am using my CH pedals as > throttle and brakes. Whats the catch here, or is it just PRACTICE! > >

glad you like the game, why not check out www.gp500.free-online.co.uk for extra skins\setups etc. Jim JPRuddy <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8fi6ut$4cj2$[email hidden]... > > Is it me or what, I am having a heck of a time trying to outbrake theother > riders. I have no help settings, manual brakes and shifting and I can'tseem > to stop at the same rate as the other bikes. I am using my CH pedals as > throttle and brakes. Whats the catch here, or is it just PRACTICE! > >

Exactly, I am trying different programming on my TM F16, and F22 to see if I can "Dab" the rear brake. I use the F16 TQS four way button to shift up and down, this works well. I just program the up and down buttons from the four way to emulate the J1 and J2 buttons on the joystick. Peter Locke <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:urEvrwOv$GA.226@cpmsnbbsa03...

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> > JPRuddy <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8fi6ut$4cj2$[email hidden]... > > Is it me or what, I am having a heck of a time trying to outbrake the > other > > riders. I have no help settings, manual brakes and shifting and I can't > seem > > to stop at the same rate as the other bikes. I am using my CH pedals as > > throttle and brakes. Whats the catch here, or is it just PRACTICE! > > I know it is the latter for me !! > > However, getting the body position for braking seems to help - I use the > hat to sit-up and lean. > It feels as if it is sensitive to body lean forward or backward in

cornering

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> too. > Or at least, that is how I have explained away my many crashes :-) > > Try sitting up as you brake - only having one brake input is a bummer. > Then the rear seems to provide more of the brake effort. > Also, hard braking on a bike does NOT work. > You only succeed in lifting the rear wheel - which then halves your

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> with the road and braking !! > This games really needs two brake pedals ( levers please :-) > I want to dab the rear brake just a little to get the rear end moving then > control the power to avoid high-siding it. > > Great game ! > But I don't think a home setup can match the real thing and that will

always > be a limitation for bike sims. > Shame :-( > > Peter > >

It does take some practice to get things right. I find the A1 riders can brake later than I can, If I began braking when they did I would be in the gravel every time.Pick your braking point ( as deep as you can ) and try to keep it smooth, sometimes slower into the corner can mean faster out. Also make sure you`ve got the smoothest line through the corner, I find I might not be first in but if my line is good I will pass on the exit, although they may pass me on the next of a tight series of turns in the same manner. You usually find a section of the track where your a little quicker and can capitalise on it. JPRuddy wrote in message <8fi6ut$4cj2$[email hidden]>... > >Is it me or what, I am having a heck of a time trying to outbrake the other >riders. I have no help settings, manual brakes and shifting and I can'tseem >to stop at the same rate as the other bikes. I am using my CH pedals as >throttle and brakes. Whats the catch here, or is it just PRACTICE! > >