GPL Speedometer

When viewing the replay screen the speed is displayed at the top of the screen, can the speed be displayed while driving?

> When viewing the replay screen the speed is displayed at the top of the > screen, can the speed be displayed while driving? Not when you're driving from the in-cockpit view, but if you hit F10 and drive from the "above and behind" view you'll have a digital speed display at the lower right of the screen. Trips

When viewing a replay the speed is displayed at the top of the screen, can the speed be displayed while driving.

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:06:16 +1100, "Ben Coleman"

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>Apparently not while using the***pit view. The speedo was not used by the >drivers at the time. IMHO it is not needed by sim drivers today either, >it's just as easy to remember what revs you are using in each gear, and this >soon becomes as natural as watching a speedo, with the advantage that you >can hear where you're at. Your actual speed is kinda irrelevant, it's >whether you are pushing as hard as possible at each point that counts and >revs tell you this just as effectively as a speedo.

Could it have been that hard to give us the option to see.... Speed Place Lap time Fast Lap Etc...? We had it in nascar2. The purists out there could turn that "option" off. Why wasn't this "option" included? mike

Apparently not while using the***pit view. The speedo was not used by the drivers at the time. IMHO it is not needed by sim drivers today either, it's just as easy to remember what revs you are using in each gear, and this soon becomes as natural as watching a speedo, with the advantage that you can hear where you're at. Your actual speed is kinda irrelevant, it's whether you are pushing as hard as possible at each point that counts and revs tell you this just as effectively as a speedo. Ben >When viewing a replay the speed is displayed at the top of the screen, can >the speed be displayed while driving.

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>On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:06:16 +1100, "Ben Coleman" >>Apparently not while using the***pit view. The speedo was not used by the >>drivers at the time. IMHO it is not needed by sim drivers today either, >>it's just as easy to remember what revs you are using in each gear, and this >>soon becomes as natural as watching a speedo, with the advantage that you >>can hear where you're at. Your actual speed is kinda irrelevant, it's >>whether you are pushing as hard as possible at each point that counts and >>revs tell you this just as effectively as a speedo. >Could it have been that hard to give us the option to see.... >Speed >Place >Lap time >Fast Lap >Etc...? >We had it in nascar2. The purists out there could turn that "option" >off. Why wasn't this "option" included? >mike

S i m u l a t i o n. Current racing (N2) has telemetry,***pit radios, computers, etc. 1966 F1 had none of that. This is why your GPL pitboard is one lap behind... ah, you knew about that, right? <g> Not to worry, tho -- for the non-purists, there's NFS and F1RS (duck, run, and cover ;-). Rgds, Mark R.

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>S i m u l a t i o n. Current racing (N2) has telemetry,***pit >radios, computers, etc. 1966 F1 had none of that. This is why >your GPL pitboard is one lap behind... ah, you knew about that, >right? <g> >Not to worry, tho -- for the non-purists, there's NFS and F1RS >(duck, run, and cover ;-). >Rgds, >Mark R.

Maybe one of you purist could answer this for me... did those driver's have to compete with a letter box view? So in Nascar... they have on board telemetry that is "displayed" to the driver? Do real Nascar drivers view their world at 640x480 or 800x600? Do they have varying frame rates depending on how many cars are visible at the moment? Have the ability to choose the number of opponents they want to race against? It's a game! They could have put the option in. Better yet, they could have put all that black letter box area to use with race info. If you didn't like it... you wouldn't have to turn it on. Mike

I tend to agree because I can't read the tach to within 1000 RPM consistently. Makes it kind of hard to tell where I'm at if I have to do it all by ear... - Matt

I agree with the sim' aspect for during races. But for during practice, when you're trying to learn to drive a track or perfect a setup, it just wastes the player's time. -MSM >>On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:06:16 +1100, "Ben Coleman" >>>Apparently not while using the***pit view. The speedo was not used by the

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>>>drivers at the time. [...] >>Could it have been that hard to give us the option to see.... >>Speed >>[...] >S i m u l a t i o n. Current racing (N2) has telemetry,***pit >radios, computers, etc. 1966 F1 had none of that. This is why >your GPL pitboard is one lap behind... ah, you knew about that, >right? <g> [...]

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> S i m u l a t i o n. Current racing (N2) has telemetry,***pit > radios, computers, etc. 1966 F1 had none of that. This is why > your GPL pitboard is one lap behind... ah, you knew about that, > right? <g> > Not to worry, tho -- for the non-purists, there's NFS and F1RS > (duck, run, and cover ;-). > Rgds, > Mark R.

And the chase (external) view it's S i m u l a t i o n ? A Speedo will be less less cheating, because the tach in 640*480... Seb

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 01:05:50 -0600, "Matthew V. Jessick" >I tend to agree because I can't read the tach to within 1000 RPM >consistently. Makes it kind of hard to tell where I'm at if I have >to do it all by ear... >- Matt You want to try reading a tach in a kart pulling 15000 rpm at the end of the straight to get your gearing right.... don't underestimate the importance of your ears in a racing envrionment.