Re: GPL-sticky grass patch

ymenard wrote in message <2qDM3.9171$[email hidden]>... >MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote >> The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's >> too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer >> moment. > >Isn't that what you should expect from a Formula 1 ? I think it is part of the "formula" :-) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

In article <7tu9s6$4qv$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Hi,I have seen a patch on the web that makes running on the grass not so > slow,cannot remember where???would someone kindly point me in the right The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer moment. I could live with that but the AI cars have "magic grip" which allows them to recover miraculously from grass-tracking incidents, and also "magic steering" which allows the cars to rotate as if pivoting about their centers. - Michael

Thanks JM,i read so much on the net,must of confused myself. Mtb7001 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > That patch isn't for GPL it's for SCGT > JM

Hi,I have seen a patch on the web that makes running on the grass not so slow,cannot remember where???would someone kindly point me in the right direction please.T.I.A.

That patch isn't for GPL it's for SCGT JM

MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote > The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's > too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer > moment. Isn't that what you should expect from a Formula 1 ? > I could live with that but the AI cars have "magic grip" which > allows them to recover miraculously from grass-tracking incidents, and > also "magic steering" which allows the cars to rotate as if pivoting > about their centers. Oh AI.... it's just so... <1996> ;-) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

That patch isn't for GPL it's for SCGT JM

[email hidden] (MichaelJP) writes: > > The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's > too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer > moment. Grass _is_ slippery as hell compared to the track, so instant oversteer with half a rear wheel on it is just what to expect if you are driving on the limit.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> [email hidden] (MichaelJP) writes: > > > > The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's > > too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer > > moment. > > Grass _is_ slippery as hell compared to the track, so instant oversteer > with half a rear wheel on it is just what to expect if you are driving > on the limit.

Oh - I agree it is realistic, if I get on the grass it is a problem, but one of my own making. I found after a while you find yourself making the opposite lock correction before the graphics even have time to show you sliding, because you *know* you're going to have to do it. It's easily done from the cockpit view, because the rears are wider than the fronts. - Michael

Bloody oath!! And not only on the race-track, either!! (Memories of a personal experience now causing me to break out in a cold sweat!!!) Mats Lofkvist <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> [email hidden] (MichaelJP) writes: > > > > The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's > > too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer > > moment. > > Grass _is_ slippery as hell compared to the track, so instant oversteer > with half a rear wheel on it is just what to expect if you are driving > on the limit.

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In article <[email hidden]>, MichaelJP <[email hidden]> writes

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>In article <7tu9s6$4qv$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] >says... >> Hi,I have seen a patch on the web that makes running on the grass not so >> slow,cannot remember where???would someone kindly point me in the right > >The problem with GPL in this area isn't that the grass is too slow, it's >too slippery. Just half a rear wheel on it means a nasty oversteer >moment. I could live with that but the AI cars have "magic grip" which >allows them to recover miraculously from grass-tracking incidents, and >also "magic steering" which allows the cars to rotate as if pivoting >about their centers. >

Try to put both wheels on the grass if you feel that you cannot avoid putting one of them on there. This will almost guarantee no spin outs and not much loss of speed. As far as the AI goes, they are amazing when it comes to steering off onto the grass and then back onto the circuit. They don't even have to point the car back towards the track and yet it still comes back on in a sideways kind of motion. ;-) -- Peter Ives