GPL demo impressions

Hi! Can you compare a racing sim to sliced bread? ;^) This will be a time killer like few sims before... OTOH, there are two problems that I HAVE to mention: Sound: The engine sound is from Nascar2, I know, but when the car is stopped, I don't hear any engine sound! Controls: Unlike ICR2 and Nascar2 I cannot use the pedals on my TM GP1 for shifting gears, only the buttons are accepted in the control setup. This is VERY bad... When I heard about the 3D arms and steering wheel, I was very negative. After seeing the last AVI and now driving the demo I can only say: Eric T. Bush was right! It's really well done. Now I have to get back on the road, thank god I'm on vacation this week... ;^) (GPL, F15) l8er ronny -- How to get rid of censorship in German game releases <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

THIS IS A PRE-ALPHA DEMO!!!!

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> OTOH, there are two problems that I HAVE to mention: > Sound: > The engine sound is from Nascar2, I know, but when > the car is stopped, I don't hear any engine sound! > Controls: > Unlike ICR2 and Nascar2 I cannot use the pedals on > my TM GP1 for shifting gears, only the buttons are > accepted in the control setup. This is VERY bad...

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>Can you compare a racing sim to sliced bread? ;^) >This will be a time killer like few sims before... Same here. This is logical in a strange way, think about it: in a real car, if you are in first gear, the clutch is not depressed and the car is not moving - do you hear engine sound? No, since the engine would be off (unless you're doing a burn-out.) Try putting the shifter into neutral, or use the clutch (keyboard "delete" by default) and you will hear the engine idling. What's illogical is that the engine doesn't die if you stop with a gear engaged - and boy, am I happy for that! Imagine having to restart the engine each time you involuntarily leave the track. :) -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome. Uni des Saarlands \ and U.S. law. You have been warned.

>The engine sound is from Nascar2, I know, but when >the car is stopped, I don't hear any engine sound! True, but OH THE WIND in the GP car at speed is awesome! Another GP1er here. I had the same "problem", so I assigned the shifting to the buttons, and the clutch to the left flipper. My F1RS setup is to use the flippers for gear changes, my CH Pro Pedals handling accelerator and brakes, so naturally I anticipated a steep adjustment curve. However, I surprised myself by getting up to speed fairly quickly. Then it hit me today at work while daydreaming of being in a Lotus at the Glen on a sunny Spring day. All those years ridding motorcycles finally has a purpose. Dan Atlanta [languy at mindspring dot com]