F1RS Realism!

Like many people my F1RS racing follow the real F1 season. So I am racing at magny-cours, and can qualify at around 1.16.3 plenty good enough for getting pole at the "pro" level. I have problems at the last turn on the race track, which I take at around 115km/h, It is easy to loose the back end of the car trying to accelerate too fast out of that turn when trying for an extra-fast lap. It is really frustrating to loose completely the car just at the end..... Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at Magny-Cours. At the end Coulthard is trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which is second).....he lost the back of his car in that last turn in exactly the same way...... F1RS is not perfect, but in this case I think it's damn close! Jean-Marc

Like many people I follow the F1 seasons. So I am racing at magny-cours, and can qualify at around 1.16.3 plenty good enough for getting pole at the "pro" level. I have problems at the last turn on the race track, which I take at around 115km/h, It is easy to loose the back end of the car trying to accelerate too fast out of that turn when trying for an extra-fast lap. It is really frustrating to loose completely the car just at the end..... Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at Magny-Cours. At the end Coulthard is trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which is second).....he lost the back of his car in that last turn in exactly the same way...... F1RS is not perfect, but in this case I think it damn close! Jean-Marc

Like many people my F1RS racing follow the real F1 season. So I am racing at magny-cours, and can qualify at around 1.16.3 plenty good enough for getting pole at the "pro" level. I have problems at the last turn on the race track, which I take at around 115km/h, It is easy to loose the back end of the car trying to accelerate too fast out of that turn when trying for an extra-fast lap. It is really frustrating to loose completely the car just at the end..... Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at Magny-Cours. At the end Coulthard was trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which was second) and Hakkinen (first).....he lost the back of his car in that last turn in exactly the same way as I did twice in F1RS...... F1RS is not perfect, but in this case I think it's damn close! Jean-Marc

You *REALLY* like to drive your point home, don't you?! :o) > Like many people ..............etc. about 10 times!!! -- Regards, Bruce. ---------- The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/

Sorry for the repetitions. I tried to post this message several time, because the computer kept telling me, there was no contact with our mail server!

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> Like many people my F1RS racing follow the real F1 season. So I am > racing at magny-cours, > and can qualify at around 1.16.3 plenty good enough for getting pole at > the "pro" level. I have > problems at the last turn on the race track, which I take at around > 115km/h, It is easy to > loose the back end of the car trying to accelerate too fast out of that > turn when trying for an extra-fast lap. > It is really frustrating to loose completely the car just at the > end..... > Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at > Magny-Cours. At the end > Coulthard was trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which was second) > and Hakkinen (first).....he lost the > back of his car in that last turn in exactly the same way as I did twice > in F1RS...... > F1RS is not perfect, but in this case I think it's damn close! > Jean-Marc

Well, no point in posting it again as you should be using a NEWS server, not a mail server. Try news.newusers.questions for some common answers on the topic of usenet. BTW on the point of F1RS, I've been playing it for two weeks now, and I like the physics model more and more, but people, the menu system must have been designed by ***s on *** or something. Why the heck do I have to re-load the car setup if I go back to main menu, change some settings and re-enter the track? Why do I does the whole track have to be reloaded when changing the setup? Isn't a 200mhz CPU, 48MB of RAM and 250mb of hd space enough these days? Why is changing between menus so slow, let alone the replay so it's rendered near-useless? That's the only gripes I've had with F1RS so far, apart from that it's a great game. Cheers for now, Uwe. -- Spam-proof e-mail: Uwe Schuerkamp <hoover at telemedia . de> http://www.telemedia.de/~hoover ////// Phone: +49-5241-80-10-66 Best of Scottish Folk: http://home.pages.de/~nsg >>> Blue Ribbon Campaign: Support Free Speech on the Internet <<<

>Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at >Magny-Cours. At the end Coulthard is >trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which is second).....he lost the >back of his car in that last turn in exactly >the same way...... Correct. Anyone who says F1 cars do not fish tail, are full of ***and just trying to cause trouble. Check out Mika trying to pass Irvine on the last corner of the last lap... -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

% Correct. Anyone who says F1 cars do not fish tail, are full % of ***and just trying to cause trouble. Check out Mika % trying to pass Irvine on the last corner of the last lap... Alot of the "fishiness" in F1 today is due to the smaller/grooved tires. I recall Derek Bell saying early on this season how nice it was to see this "twitchiness" come back to F1. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Naaah sorry m8, F1RS isnt close to GP2... the car is too sluggish on handling, GP2 portrays the cars nervous characterisctics alot better..... Alan

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>>Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at >>Magny-Cours. At the end Coulthard is >>trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which is second).....he lost the >>back of his car in that last turn in exactly >>the same way...... >Correct. Anyone who says F1 cars do not fish tail, are full >of ***and just trying to cause trouble. Check out Mika >trying to pass Irvine on the last corner of the last lap... >-- >Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >>F1RS is not perfect, but in this case I think it damn close! >>Jean-Marc

What?? GP2 is like driving a semi that corners, F1RS is much tougher.... you changed any setups??

You must be joking,Gp2 handling is far easier than F1rs.....I could race fast with Gp2 with a joystick....F1rs is so real it needs a steering wheel....maybe Gp3 will be better...lets hope so becuase Gp2 is hoplessly out classed by F1rs....IMHO.

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>Naaah sorry m8, F1RS isnt close to GP2... the car is too sluggish on >handling, GP2 portrays the cars nervous characterisctics alot better..... >Alan >>>Well today (Saturday 27 June) I am watching the real qualifications at >>>Magny-Cours. At the end Coulthard is >>>trying to beat the time of Shumacher (which is second).....he lost the >>>back of his car in that last turn in exactly >>>the same way...... >>Correct. Anyone who says F1 cars do not fish tail, are full >>of ***and just trying to cause trouble. Check out Mika >>trying to pass Irvine on the last corner of the last lap... >>-- >>Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >>>F1RS is not perfect, but in this case I think it damn close! >>>Jean-Marc

If you don't like the user interface to F1RS (which I don't actually mind) what about GP2? That has the worst UI of any program (sim or otherwise) I have ever seen. The graphics are also appalling. But I take your point about reloading the settings - it catches me out every time. Install the large version to speed up menu and track loading, but I guess with only 250Mb of disk your a bit strapped. Nick it from a 286, did you? :-) PJ

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> >Sorry for the repetitions. I tried to post this message several time, > >because the > >computer kept telling me, there was no contact with our mail server! > Well, no point in posting it again as you should be using a NEWS > server, not a mail server. Try news.newusers.questions for some > common answers on the topic of usenet. > BTW on the point of F1RS, I've been playing it for two weeks now, and I like > the physics model more and more, but people, the menu system must have been > designed by ***s on *** or something. Why the heck do I have to > re-load the car setup if I go back to main menu, change some settings and > re-enter the track? Why do I does the whole track have to be reloaded when > changing the setup? Isn't a 200mhz CPU, 48MB of RAM and 250mb of hd space > enough these days? Why is changing between menus so slow, let alone the > replay so it's rendered near-useless? > That's the only gripes I've had with F1RS so far, apart from that it's > a great game. > Cheers for now, > Uwe. > -- > Spam-proof e-mail: Uwe Schuerkamp <hoover at telemedia . de> > http://www.telemedia.de/~hoover ////// Phone: +49-5241-80-10-66 > Best of Scottish Folk: http://home.pages.de/~nsg > >>> Blue Ribbon Campaign: Support Free Speech on the Internet <<<

>You must be joking,Gp2 handling is far easier than F1rs.....I could race >fast with Gp2 with a joystick....F1rs is so real it needs a steering >wheel....maybe Gp3 will be better...lets hope so becuase Gp2 is hoplessly >out classed by F1rs....IMHO. Christ, anyone listening to you lot would think you were real racing drivers ... AJL.

Are you French, Paul? -- mark "If you get to the point where you truly understand what the term 'controlled looseness' means, then, and only then, do you know what the term 'fast' means." F1RS - http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm Remove us here and there to mail me. If you don't like the user interface to F1RS (which I don't actually mind) what about GP2? That has the worst UI of any program (sim or otherwise) I have ever seen. The graphics are also appalling. But I take your point about reloading the settings - it catches me out every time. Install the large version to speed up menu and track loading, but I guess with only 250Mb of disk your a bit strapped. Nick it from a 286, did you? :-)

> Christ, anyone listening to you lot would think you were real racing drivers > ... Well I'm a red hot at Karting if that counts :) -- Andrew Fielden. UK.

No, why? PJ

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> Are you French, Paul? > -- > mark > "If you get to the point where you truly understand what the term > 'controlled looseness' means, then, and only then, do you know what > the term 'fast' means." F1RS - > http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm > Remove us here and there to mail me. > the user interface to F1RS (which I don't actually mind) > what > about GP2? That has the worst UI of any program (sim or > otherwise) I have ever > seen. The graphics are also appalling. But I take your point > about reloading the > settings - it catches me out every time. Install the large > version to speed up > menu and track loading, but I guess with only 250Mb of disk > your a bit strapped. > Nick it from a 286, did you? :-)

That's as racing as racing gets. 125 shifter here, how about you? (After the introduction we can shift to the "realism of sims" discussion. Hehehehe) -- mark "If you get to the point where you truly understand what the term 'controlled looseness' means, then, and only then, do you know what the term 'fast' means." F1RS - http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm Remove us here and there to mail me. > > Christ, anyone listening to you lot would think you were real racing drivers > ... Well I'm a red hot at Karting if that counts :) -- Andrew Fielden. UK.

I was goofing around, as I can't imagine for the life of me why they designed F1RS the way they did. Unless they just wanted to frustrate people. While GP2 seemed a bit funky at first, I know think it's one of the bet UI's I've seen. F1RS has gotten no better. "Different strokes... " , eh? -- mark "If you get to the point where you truly understand what the term 'controlled looseness' means, then, and only then, do you know what the term 'fast' means." F1RS - http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm Remove us here and there to mail me. No, why? PJ > Are you French, Paul? > > -- > > mark > "If you get to the point where you truly understand what the term > 'controlled looseness' means, then, and only then, do you know what > the term 'fast' means." F1RS - > http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm > Remove us here and there to mail me. > > the user interface to F1RS (which I don't actually mind) > what > about GP2? That has the worst UI of any program (sim or > otherwise) I have ever > seen. The graphics are also appalling. But I take your point > about reloading the > settings - it catches me out every time. Install the large > version to speed up > menu and track loading, but I guess with only 250Mb of disk > your a bit strapped. > Nick it from a 286, did you? :-) >