Well, I don't think I've had a more satisfying feeling in racing sims
that lowering my time a few secs in GPL. I managed to drop from 1:45s
to low 1:42s in a BRM advanced trainer at Monza. Yahoo! I think I'm
finally beginning to understand what ramp angles/clutches and diff
angles mean. Nah, probably not. :>
Now if only someone could tell me if 1:42 is sorely lacking or if it's
time to move up to a BRM GP1 car.
Hoping Papy comes out with the following in a patch:
1. Variable weather. I don't mean animated rain drops or anything,
but why is Monza always sunny for example? Didn't weather extremes
(overcast/cold-sunny/warm) affect these old cars?
2. Overhead replay cam. Been in every Papy sim I know of. Why is it
missing now?
3. Able to load/save/delete replays from within the replay screen.
Annoying to have to go back to the main menu to load/delete replays.
4. A comment section in race setups ala N2.
BTW, what are most people using as an input driver - the DirectInput
or Generic driver? I'm using the DirectInput driver with the
Linearity slider set about 3/4s of the way to the right using a TSW
wheel. Wonder if changing the driver makes much of a diff.
Bill.
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% 3)It would be nice if at 0:00 on the practice clock, it would just click over
% to the starting grid without waiting for people to pit. If you didn't have
% enough time to complete a qualifying lap, that's your fault people shouldn't
% have to sit there and wait. And if you drive into the pit, it's easy to think
% you're off the track when actually you're not. At least make this an option in
% multiplayer.
In reality this does happen. It is not instantly, but eventually the
clock will automatically head to race time, even with cars on the track.
I think the delay is to give everyone a chance to check their race
setups just one more time for joining the grid. Be patient and it
happens. This happened last night on an unattended host, and a beta
tester also backed this up.
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I like this idea... People with cable-modems could host during the day,
while we're at work, to give everyone a good server to join.
> 2)It would also be nice if we could automate hosting. Maybe a host.ini file
> that would contain the list of tracks you'd like to rotate, length of practice
> for each track, type of race, novice, pro etc. This way, we could see full
> time servers pop up. Like quake has full time servers. Right now, the host
> has to be there to select tracks and move things along. Unattended hosting
> would be great, there would be a lot more servers around.
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(Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)
: Hoping Papy comes out with the following in a patch:
: 3. Able to load/save/delete replays from within the replay screen.
: Annoying to have to go back to the main menu to load/delete replays.
What I would like is, after saving a complete race, run a utility
(standalone or part of GPL) that plays a 2+ hour racing "show", complete
with commentary; intelligent use of camera angles, switching camera angles
once in a while and occasionally putting focus on the lead driver;
"instant replays", showcasing some cool manuevers once in a while for a
few seconds and then returns back to the race; and commercials. :)
Commercials include adverti***ts of old games, e.g. Indy 500 !!, recent
games, e.g. GPL -- advertise a game which you already have ;), and
upcoming, and "vaporware" games, e.g. Nascar 3, "Grand Prix Legends 7",
"Indy Car Racing 13", "Drag Strip Racing 2", and everyone's favorite, "Pit
Stop Challenge 2: Under 12 Seconds." :)
George
>Hoping Papy comes out with the following in a patch:
>1. Variable weather. I don't mean animated rain drops or anything,
>but why is Monza always sunny for example? Didn't weather extremes
>(overcast/cold-sunny/warm) affect these old cars?
I don't miss that one as much as other people seem to do.
I second that one. BTW, the cam is already there. You can select it as
the driver's perspective (pretty useless for driving, though:) when
you tweak one of the ini-files. The only reason for leaving it out I
can think of is that it allows looking behind the scenery at times.
Yes, why not.
If you compare "generic" and "DI" calibration, you'll see that generic
shows a much wider range of steps between full right and full left.
With a quality wheel such as your TSW, this should translate into more
precise steering.
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