Best Car Sim??

Just thought i'd ask...what you think the best care sim of all time was.. Bernard -- " A bird is safer in the hand than one flying above "

> Just thought i'd ask...what you think the best care sim of all time was.. > Bernard > -- > " A bird is safer in the hand > than one flying above " I just got a very fast cpu, and GP2 is beautiful...I also enjoyed it more than the others on a p100. This was due to the fact that the AI drivers are more realistic. Steve

No question, GP2. Bearing in mind you asked which was the best CAR SIM, not the best graphics, or the best frame rates. Enough said!!!!!! d:~) #:~> **Peter** (Flame retardant suit at the ready)

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> >Just thought i'd ask...what you think the best care sim of all time was.. > >Bernard > >-- > >" A bird is safer in the hand > > than one flying above " > N2, ICR2 (if realism is the measurement) > GP2 (if you have a VERY powerful system to get a decent framerate) > NFS1 (not as realistic as the above, but VERY nice) > _________________________________________________________

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a TRUE car simulator, one that has scenery of streets and roadways, where there are traffic lights and other regular cars... Are there any of these out?

> No question, GP2. > Bearing in mind you asked which was the best CAR SIM, not the best > graphics, or the best frame rates. > Enough said!!!!!! No comment..... -DG-

On Sat, 03 May 1997 13:06:28 -0600, Steven Becker

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>> Just thought i'd ask...what you think the best care sim of all time was.. >> Bernard >> -- >> " A bird is safer in the hand >> than one flying above " >I just got a very fast cpu, and GP2 is beautiful...I also enjoyed it >more than the others on a p100. This was due to the fact that the AI >drivers are more realistic. Steve

The AI in NASCAR1/2 is much better than in GP2. GP2 is a poor simulation because the control lacks a lot. It's faster with steering help on than steering help off. And it's nearly impossible to drive with a joystick with steering help off.

Pole Position, definitely or maybe Spy Hunter Rae

Driving instructor <close...> will come out<from sierra> in a few months

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BC5995.F14102A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit GP2, followed by Nascar 2 -- Jim Dunphy My GP2 page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/4211/gp2.html home page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/4211/index.htm Racing Photos and Sims (Grand Prix 2,Nascar,Nascar 2,Indycar Racing 2) ------=_NextPart_000_01BC5995.F14102A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#C0C0C0"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial Narrow">GP2, followed by Nascar 2<br>-- = <br>Jim Dunphy<br><br>My GP2 page: <font = color=3D"#80FF80"><u>http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/4211/gp2.html</u>= <font color=3D"#000000"><br><br>home page: <font = color=3D"#80FF80"><u>http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/4211/index.htm</u= color=3D"#000000"><br><br>Racing Photos and Sims (Grand Prix = 2,Nascar,Nascar 2,Indycar Racing 2)<br><br><br></p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BC5995.F14102A0--

Did any of you REALLY read the question? he want's a SIM to allow him to drive a real in real world situtations. Stop lights, 4 way stops and etc. Although N2 or GP2 might seem like real world situations on some trips to work. :) -- Lannie Schafroth

I think that Sierra is coming out with some car sim, that can be even used for driver's ed.

Well, the very best drivers certainly don't have problems driving faster _without_ steering help. HOF2 proved that beyond doubt. Maybe you just aren't good enough to turn it off? JOH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Good. d:~) **Peter**

>I think that Sierra is coming out with some car sim, that can be even used >for driver's ed. Well isn't that just great They screwed us once with N2 and now they want to teach us how to drive. Not me brother I'll never buy another Sierra product again. NEVER

Probably The Need For Speed 1 or 2 is your best option, if thats what you are looking for. You can even get booked by the police for speeding!!!! d:~) **Peter**

Sorry mate. You're wrong. As a rule, you can be about 2 secs or more faster without steering help. All the top drivers in class C in LFRS are driving without SH, and it shows, particularly in their hotlaps. What's more, if you get your control settings right, it's not too hard to drive without SH after a little practise, although a wheel is the best choice. And if David Gary says anything about me sticking up for GP2 I'm going to ram his head up his own a*** :P -- Dave Bowers

What? Year right!!!! GP2 has the most adjustable control options screen ever! you can adjust just about everything. You can use a joystick with no problem at all if you set it up properly, and you can easily use either a digital, or an analogue joystick, you can set the sensitivity of the controls response, decrease sensitivity as speed increases, change the steering lock, adjust the low sensitivity zones, etc. The steering help is only useful if you are using a digital device, you should not have steering help on if you use an analogue device. You cannot say its faster with steering help on, steering help does just that, (help), only if you use a digital device to compensate for the non progressive control. If you use steering help with an analogue device you will be a lot slower, as you cannot turn in early or late as you wish, and taking the "set" line can be a lot slower? You will find on most of the GP2 web sites with hotlaps, etc, that there is a good mix of fast laps which are achieved by persons using both digital and analogue devices, and steering help, and no steering help. So your statement just does not stand up to scrutiny. If you must critisize try and be constructive? d:~) **Peter**

If you are willing to travel, check out: www.lbet.com They will be in Mall of America, Minneapolis, later this summer -- I think that their Silicon Motor Speedway is the best simulator currently available. It could easily be used for driver's ed, as could the previous work by most of the same team, the Atari Hard Drivin' / Race Drivin' arcade games (from the late 1980's). (sorry this is so late, I've currently got a very slow news feed...)

^^^^^^^^^^^ Alas, something good comes to the "Hinterland". I'll be lookin' forward to this ;-))). Not quite as good as living in Boston area code right now, but still will be worth a few smiles I'm sure. Happy Lappin' Wade Tschida