F1RS Time Attack - Flawed or not?

Firstly may I say I love both GP2 and and F1RS - pick the bones out of that statement! Although GP2 had faults it was - no still is a very good sim. with some good attributes. F1RS is also a very good sim. with some equally good attributes, but............ Whilst I agree with all that's been said about this sim. in race mode, my preference is to run in Test mode i.e. like winter testing. I know I can do this in F1RS by using Time Attack but this has three big flaws: 1. I do not start in the pits nor do I finish in the pits (picky I Know) 2. I cannot alter the amount of fuel. (I want to see how the car handles on differing amounts of fuel outside of a race weekend) 3. This mode does not induce tyre wear. (I want to try different setups and monitor tyre wear with varying amounts of fuel also outside of a race weekend) As this game call's itself a sim the above points are rather a let down. All the teams are currently away testing and I'm sure experiencing tyre wear probably whilst trying various amounts of fuel. Does anybody else feel this way or is it just me?

It would have been nice to have these three items as a choice in Time Attack...I know that Time Attack is not supposed to be used to set the car up but thats what Im doing and it works great. Pierre Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Infamous Pink Flamingo Pilot...

>As this game call's itself a sim the above points are rather a let >down. All the teams are currently away testing and I'm sure >experiencing tyre wear probably whilst trying various amounts of fuel. But they are not using a ghost to do it. So the game is realistic in this regard, you just don't appreciate it :-) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

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>Whilst I agree with all that's been said about this sim. in race mode, >my preference is to run in Test mode i.e. like winter testing. I know >I can do this in F1RS by using Time Attack but this has three big >flaws: >1. I do not start in the pits nor do I finish in the pits (picky I >Know)

This allows you to pass the finish line at max speed, so your first lap will count. If you start in the pits, the time on your first lap is meaningless. This is correct. You can't do this without changing your setup fuel amount. True also. I believe the training option has fuel usage and tire wear, but I'm not sure. Also, I'm not sure if you get the nice lap time info in training mode. Definitely not a let down for me. A truly awesome sim. I haven't touched CPR since getting this sim. -- Kevin (Remove the "x-" prefix from my address in order to reply via email)

I, too, am frustrated by the inability to change fuel load or have tire wear in Time Attack mode. Maybe a "Winter Testing" option in the next patch, Ubi Soft? Alison [snip] Eagle Woman Remove the spam blocker NOSPAM to email me. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison