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GPL reverse lock - any use?

7 posts by 4 people · 22 Jul 1998 - 25 Jul 1998

Greg Sutto 22 Jul 1998#414618
I can't seem to get much effect from reverse lock to correct oversteer. Is it just my technique? It seems much harder than in real life. Is it that much more difficult in a GP3 on a race circuit than in a clapped out old Volvo on an oil-soaked skid-pan? Or am I just expecting too much? Greg.
Me 23 Jul 1998#414700
its called balance, and the cars in GPL have none :) its not just oversteer you've got to use to correct the slide, but also feathering the throttle. goto http://gpl.gamesats.com goto the fastlaps section and download some faslaps, listen to how their engine revs thru the corners etc etc. (Dont get too peeved if you cant do the times they are doing!)
You cant really compare it with your Volvo, even if you drove a real GP3 car, cause your Volvo has the ability to turn the wheels 45 degrees. I doubt a real GP3 car gets even close to that. This makes it of course much harder to use reverse lock to correct oversteer. The setup used in the demo is also not a very good setup, according to the beta testers. Also the physics has been fine tuned for the retail version, so I'm pretty sure reverse lock will work better in the retail version. Remember, it's a demo :o). I know it's one of the best demos ever released by any sim racing company and you can easily be fooled into believing it's not a demo :o). /Christer -- http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41236/ (Read all about the "Global online racing"-proposal under "For developers". Read it a couple of times, cause noone has understood it the first time they've read it yet :o) )
Greg Sutto 23 Jul 1998#414702
Yeah, that's what I thought .... I just wanted to check that it wasn't just me. Thanks, Greg.
Mike Laskey 24 Jul 1998#414782
Also make sure you have the fastest frame rate available, otherwise you will have obvious difficulty throttle balancing and steering slide control. Mike. >Yeah, that's what I thought .... > I just wanted to check that it wasn't just me. >Thanks, Greg.
Greg Sutto 24 Jul 1998#414783
Throttle balancing - no problem Opposite lock - no good One final thought... all the old racing film I've seen shows lots of opposite lock being used all the time, (well, going round corners anyway) so to be realistic I'd better get good at it. > Also make sure you have the fastest frame rate available, otherwise you will > have obvious difficulty throttle balancing and steering slide control. > Mike.
Mike Laskey 25 Jul 1998#414844
Throttle balancing - no worries. Opposite lock - easy life. :-) Mike.
Quoted text (11 lines)>Throttle balancing - no problem >Opposite lock - no good >One final thought... all the old racing film I've seen shows >lots of opposite lock being used all the time, (well, going >round corners anyway) so to be realistic I'd better get good at >it. >> Also make sure you have the fastest frame rate available, otherwise you
will >> have obvious difficulty throttle balancing and steering slide control. >> Mike.

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