Re: EASports Superbike Questions

I'm not sure about the replay question but to answer your class question,Ea's superbike game is based on the World Superbike class which has riders by the name of Fogarty,Slight,Edwards and so on.I believe that other Superbike game is just that as well.These bikes are the baddest of the bad,the big ones and the most prestigious to Europe.In america,theres AMA racing.A bunch of different classes but the big two are Supersport and Superbike.Superbikes consist of mostly 750cc bikes where the Sports consist of factory 600cc's.Riders like the Nicky Hayden,Hacking,Duhamel and Chandler are some of the riders.IMO most Americans like these tracks and riders more than the World circuit.Its sorta like comparing CART and F1.And finally GP500 is a World cycle series where the bikes are 500cc's.And you'll hear the name Doohan in this class.So I hope I've enlightened on this a bit:) Mark Saint19 wrote:

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> Hi, > > I have had this game for a while but never played it more than a few > minutes. Well I'm ready to give it a chance now..but I've lost my manual. > If I play arcade mode in a quick race I can get to a replay just by hitting > escape. But when playing in sim mode and practicing or racing...I can't. > What do I do to get it to pull up a replay of the race that I'm in? I've > tried hitting escape but that doesn't work...when I do that it says RESTART, > OK, or CANCEL. > > Also I'm not at all familiar with Motorcycle racing. What is the difference > between the leagues in these games AMA Superbikes, EASports Superbikes, and > GP500? I hear all these names and riders such as Foggy, and Doohan. But > I'm confused about the differences between the organizations they race for > as well? > > Thanx in advance. > > Saint19

Hi, I have had this game for a while but never played it more than a few minutes. Well I'm ready to give it a chance now..but I've lost my manual. If I play arcade mode in a quick race I can get to a replay just by hitting escape. But when playing in sim mode and practicing or racing...I can't. What do I do to get it to pull up a replay of the race that I'm in? I've tried hitting escape but that doesn't work...when I do that it says RESTART, OK, or CANCEL. Also I'm not at all familiar with Motorcycle racing. What is the difference between the leagues in these games AMA Superbikes, EASports Superbikes, and GP500? I hear all these names and riders such as Foggy, and Doohan. But I'm confused about the differences between the organizations they race for as well? Thanx in advance. Saint19

and may I add that the GP 500 is the baddest of all the bad... Running two-strokes pushing out 180-200 hp or something like that with the bikes sliding everywhere...... Reg Muckey <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm not sure about the replay question but to answer your classquestion,Ea's > superbike game is based on the World Superbike class which has riders bythe > name of Fogarty,Slight,Edwards and so on.I believe that other Superbikegame is > just that as well.These bikes are the baddest of the bad,the big ones andthe > most prestigious to Europe.In america,theres AMA racing.A bunch ofdifferent > classes but the big two are Supersport and Superbike.Superbikes consist of > mostly 750cc bikes where the Sports consist of factory 600cc's.Riders likethe > Nicky Hayden,Hacking,Duhamel and Chandler are some of the riders.IMO most > Americans like these tracks and riders more than the World circuit.Itssorta > like comparing CART and F1.And finally GP500 is a World cycle series wherethe > bikes are 500cc's.And you'll hear the name Doohan in this class.So I hopeI've

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> enlightened on this a bit:) > > Mark > > Saint19 wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have had this game for a while but never played it more than a few > > minutes. Well I'm ready to give it a chance now..but I've lost my

manual. > > If I play arcade mode in a quick race I can get to a replay just byhitting > > escape. But when playing in sim mode and practicing or racing...Ican't. > > What do I do to get it to pull up a replay of the race that I'm in?I've > > tried hitting escape but that doesn't work...when I do that it saysRESTART, > > OK, or CANCEL. > > > > Also I'm not at all familiar with Motorcycle racing. What is thedifference > > between the leagues in these games AMA Superbikes, EASports Superbikes,and > > GP500? I hear all these names and riders such as Foggy, and Doohan.But > > I'm confused about the differences between the organizations they racefor > > as well? > > > > Thanx in advance. > > > > Saint19 >

"Saint19" <[email hidden]> wrote: > But I'm confused about the differences between the organizations > they race for as well? GP[500, 250, 125] = FIM World Motorcycle Championship, this is the two wheel equivalent of F1. Three classes are run (with a fourth, sidecar racing existing in some sort of strange FIM sanctioning netherworld). The classes are distinguished by maximum displacement (the 500 = 500cc) and minimum weight allowed. Other than that, as in F1, it is a spend what you like to go as fast as you can. Like F1, GP motorcycle racing has a long and storied history dating back to 1949. Official links for finding out more are: http://www.dorna.com http://www.motograndprix.com WSBK = World Superbike Championship, this series is more akin to a touring car championship in that the motorcycles raced bear more than a passing resemblance to those that are available to the consumer. Four classes are run - Superbike, Supersport, Superstock, and Sidecar. The Superbike series is based on homologated production based machinery which then can be modified according to a fairly liberal rules set. Homologation is a strange rule where at least X (50?) bikes of the motorcycle in question have to be available for sale to the consumer by a certain date. I'm not entirely sure to the rules, but I believe they revolve around keeping the motor displacement constant and not touching the frame. The actual maximum allowable displacement for the engines is split according to the number of cylinders the bike has (four = 750cc, two = 1000cc, one = not likely to happen). Supersport is a junior class to Superbike where again the bikes run are based on production machinery. The modification rules are far more strict which means the bikes are far closer to what you can actually buy than the Superbikes are. The maximum allowable displacement for the engines are gain split according to cylinders (four = 600cc, two = 750cc). Not entirely sure about the rules, but I think you can blueprint the motor, replace the exhaust system, replace the bodywork, remove the lights, replace the rider subframe assembly, run different brake pads. They also run on non-slick tires and I think they don't run on race fuel. Superstock is a further tightening of the rules, but this time applied to larger displacement engines (four = 750cc, two = 1000cc). Sidecar is a creature entirely unto itself. Although the premise of racing tweaked out production machinery is not new, WSBK as a series is rather new with the first 'world' series taking place in 1988. The official link for finding out more is: http://www.worldsbk.com AMA SB = American Motorcyclist Association Superbike Championship The much longer running U.S. variant of WSBK. Pretty much the same concept as the 'borrowed' WSBK one described above. There are no real differences in the Superbikes, Supersport in the U.S. is slightly different in that race fuel is run but a few less overall modifications are allowed. The AMA also forces Supersport riders to run on D.O.T tires in the rain unlike the Europeans which allow the bikes to be run on purpose built rain tires. The Superstock class is renamed 750 Supersport in the U.S. and we ditch sidecars in favor of Formula Extreme (a run whatever you like fully tweaked production based series), 250 GP (similar to the FIM 250cc GP although quite a few rungs down the ladder), and Pro Thunder (or own beast entirely unto itself). The official link for finding out more is: http://www.ama-cycle.org/prorace/ Apologies in advance for any mistakes. - George

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Reg Muckey wrote: > I'm not sure about the replay question but to answer your class question,Ea's > superbike game is based on the World Superbike class which has riders by the > name of Fogarty,Slight,Edwards and so on.I believe that other Superbike game is > just that as well.These bikes are the baddest of the bad,the big ones and the > most prestigious to Europe.In america,theres AMA racing.A bunch of different Hmmm, no. Even if they are slightly smaller in cc, the 500cc champ bikes beat the crap out of any Superbikes. And they are considered a higher class anywhere you go. -- Toni Lassila [email hidden]

Well, thanx to those who answered my questions. I have finally found my book. Heh..we moved a little over a month ago and I had placed it in the wrong box. Anyways I found out about the replays. The book says it only does a completed action or sim race. So you have to wait until the end of the race to get the replay option. Too bad. But oh well. Saint19