GPL Realism

Hi all, I just got back from DoktorB's website. (GREAT job, Doc!) I am troubled by one thing,however: I've been reading here, for months now, about how GPL has the best, most realistic physics engine ever imaginable on the face of the planet. On the Doktor's screenshot page are a couple shots showing the car at an apparent altitude of 200-300 feet in the air. Could someone please explain to me how such a "realistic" sim could allow for that? I have been a racing fan for almost 40yr., and 20ft. is about the max. I've ever seen in real life. Thanks, Bob

following around 12 Sep 1998 07:08:30 GMT,: Surely in real life they weren't doing their level best to hurl the car though. -------------------------------------------------- "That's not car control, that's crisis management"

Screen-shot = demo = developmental tool = nowhere near anything like 100% correct in 100% of all areas = cars 300 feet in the air and climbing!

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> Hi all, > I just got back from DoktorB's website. (GREAT job, Doc!) > I am troubled by one thing,however: I've been reading here, for months now, > about how GPL has the best, most realistic physics engine ever imaginable on > the face of the planet. On the Doktor's screenshot page are a couple shots > showing the car at an apparent altitude of 200-300 feet in the air. Could > someone please explain to me how such a "realistic" sim could allow for that? > I have been a racing fan for almost 40yr., and 20ft. is about the max. I've > ever seen in real life. > Thanks, > Bob

-- Regards, Bruce. ---------- The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/

Just wait till you see the BETA (warez copy).. I've got a nice replay of some cars "hanging out" 300ft up.. for over 30 seconds.. Whilst the crash modelling has been somewhat improved over earlier versions (from what I've heard), the BETA still has a few flaws. I swear.. two cars suddenly appeared over the main straight at Monza after coming THROUGH the pit STALL.... very strange.. I believe this problem has been fixed, though for the final version. (I would hope so!) Also a problem during Internet play, with cars "bouncing around like tennis balls" or "jumping beans"... I believe that too, is/was worked on. doktorB http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl For the GPL track files, FAQs (I've got them!), installation help, release date updates, poll-of-the week, pictures, and more! ** The "original" box cover has a run-away lead in my Poll-of-the-week, preferred 7 out of 10 votes! ------

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>Screen-shot = demo = developmental tool = nowhere near anything like >100% correct in 100% of all areas = cars 300 feet in the air and >climbing! >> Hi all, >> I just got back from DoktorB's website. (GREAT job, Doc!) >> I am troubled by one thing,however: I've been reading here, for months

now, >> about how GPL has the best, most realistic physics engine ever imaginable on >> the face of the planet. On the Doktor's screenshot page are a couple shots >> showing the car at an apparent altitude of 200-300 feet in the air. Could >> someone please explain to me how such a "realistic" sim could allow for that? >> I have been a racing fan for almost 40yr., and 20ft. is about the max. I've

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>> ever seen in real life. >> Thanks, >> Bob >-- >Regards, >Bruce. >---------- >The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- >http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/

Maybe it is a combo sim. Racing and flight sim.

Didnt you know that these cars had rocket engines in real life? ;-P It's a bug in the demo... there are a few spots where if you drive your car into them at high speed, it goes FLYING!!! Brian Short

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> Hi all, > I just got back from DoktorB's website. (GREAT job, Doc!) > I am troubled by one thing,however: I've been reading here, for months now, > about how GPL has the best, most realistic physics engine ever imaginable on > the face of the planet. On the Doktor's screenshot page are a couple shots > showing the car at an apparent altitude of 200-300 feet in the air. Could > someone please explain to me how such a "realistic" sim could allow for that? > I have been a racing fan for almost 40yr., and 20ft. is about the max. I've > ever seen in real life. > Thanks, > Bob

>Maybe it is a combo sim. Racing and flight sim. Oooooh....cool!!! Do we get heat-seeking missiles? Or at least a good 20mm cannon? <grin> THAT would slow those Lotus' (Loti?) down :-) Ken

> Didnt you know that these cars had rocket engines in real life? ;-P > It's a bug in the demo... there are a few spots where if you drive your car into > them at high speed, it goes FLYING!!! Yeah, a good one at Watkins Glen is to drive right at the guy who holds up the lap times board. He's right in front of a fence, there's a 2nd guy there next to him. Anyways, at high speed, drive right at them. You will go straight through the fencing and hit "something?" which then catapaults your car WAY up in the air. Most times when I try this the engine catches fire as well. Funny thing is, it catches fire at/near the top of the flight - you'd think it'd burst in to flames at the outset when you hit that "mystery barrier" or whatever it is behind the fence that shoots you straight up in to the air. Getting a replay of this is tough though, it seems to create a huge file which then usually locks up in replay.

LOL, geeze, I forgot about the invisible ramp they used to have at the 'Glen. Oh, well, like they say, "if you can remember the '60's, then you didn't live through them" :o) Hmmm, 300ft. with a '67 Lotus......Somebody get me a 917/40 -- let's go for some SERIOUS hang time. Specific glitches I can live with (like the pit wall at Surfer's Paridise), I was just concerned about if it was a general attribute of the sim's physics. Thanks to all for not flaming. Oh, by the way,,,anybody know if Papy's finally gonna give us rain? Love&Light Bob (a.k.a. Hi Im B0B)