GTR - Finally Flat...

through Eau Rouge!!! Third day with the demo, this thing ROCKS! I'm using an F16 Combatstick to steer and the keyboard for gas/brakes, I think I'm gonna need that wheel before it's released in the US. I can't shift it yet... it takes too much concentration just to keep it on line. With full driver aids the best I can get is a 2:19 and change. I am outbraking the AI bigtime though, that's the only thing that keeps them behind me. This is the best time I've had with a race sim in a long time.

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 02:38:36 GMT, "cGT" <[email hidden]> wrote something like:

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>through Eau Rouge!!! Third day with the demo, this thing ROCKS! I'm using an >F16 Combatstick to steer and the keyboard for gas/brakes, I think I'm gonna >need that wheel before it's released in the US. I can't shift it yet... it >takes too much concentration just to keep it on line. With full driver aids >the best I can get is a 2:19 and change. I am outbraking the AI bigtime >though, that's the only thing that keeps them behind me. This is the best >time I've had with a race sim in a long time.

I don't mean to put you down, but you're not really experiencing that much sim racing with the semi-pro mode, full driver aids and digital gas/brake... Buy that wheel, order the game from Germany (or eBay), go to the simulation mode, disable those driver aids, and then you have a race sim :) -- - Jussi Koukku -

"Jussi Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 02:38:36 GMT, "cGT" <[email hidden]> wrote > something like: > > >through Eau Rouge!!! Third day with the demo, this thing ROCKS! I'm usingan > >F16 Combatstick to steer and the keyboard for gas/brakes, I think I'mgonna > >need that wheel before it's released in the US. I can't shift it yet...it > >takes too much concentration just to keep it on line. With full driveraids

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> >the best I can get is a 2:19 and change. I am outbraking the AI bigtime > >though, that's the only thing that keeps them behind me. This is the best > >time I've had with a race sim in a long time. > > I don't mean to put you down, but you're not really experiencing that > much sim racing with the semi-pro mode, full driver aids and digital > gas/brake... Buy that wheel, order the game from Germany (or eBay), go > to the simulation mode, disable those driver aids, and then you have a > race sim :) > -- > - Jussi Koukku -

Well I guess I should of said "released in English". I don't know if I'll get bored with Spa & the Lister before then, but it could happen. If I do, I guess I'll have to deal with eBay and the English translation hack. Anyway, I can put up with the demo for now. I don't think I'll have much success turning off the aids though, not until I can get a descent wheel. I looked at a Logitech Driving Force Pro at Fry's today, 140USD... ouch that a little steep, I saw it online for 110USD. Unfortunately there wasn't a display model to look at. I'm going by BestBuy later this evening to see if they have one out of the box. The pic on the box showed what looked like there old style (read POS) desk clamp mechanism. I thought they'd gotten away from that. My past experience with it wasn't very good. It tended to "roll" off desks with radius edges. I hope this one is better b/c I'm using the same desk :^)

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:11:28 GMT, "cGT" <[email hidden]> wrote something like: >have one out of the box. The pic on the box showed what looked like there >old style (read POS) desk clamp mechanism. I thought they'd gotten away from >that. My past experience with it wasn't very good. It tended to "roll" off >desks with radius edges. I hope this one is better b/c I'm using the same >desk :^) Yeah, I have a desk like that too... but luckily my Momo Force came with an option to secure it to the desk with a bolt that goes through the desk. There was even a nice template in the box to mark the spot where you drill the hole. Needless to say I hardly ever take the wheel off the desk anymore <g> -- - Jussi Koukku -

Drill a hole through the desk? Hope it's a cheap desk. ;) -- ------------------ Morgan V. Wooten [email hidden] "Jussi Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:11:28 GMT, "cGT" <[email hidden]> wrote > something like: > >>have one out of the box. The pic on the box showed what looked like there >>old style (read POS) desk clamp mechanism. I thought they'd gotten away >>from >>that. My past experience with it wasn't very good. It tended to "roll" off >>desks with radius edges. I hope this one is better b/c I'm using the same >>desk :^) > > Yeah, I have a desk like that too... but luckily my Momo Force came > with an option to secure it to the desk with a bolt that goes through > the desk. There was even a nice template in the box to mark the spot > where you drill the hole. Needless to say I hardly ever take the wheel > off the desk anymore <g> > -- > - Jussi Koukku -