GPL - Ferrari

What are your guys thoughts on the Ferrari? I thought I'd ask this since it doesn't say anything about it in the Steve Smith book w/ the game, which I think is strange, since the Ferrari seems like an alright car, and the sound of that engine is awesome! -Joel Likness

The Ferrari is a pretty good car, with a great engine indeed.. About the guidebook found with GPL, the problem was that when the book was finished and shipped for the whole post-production process Scuderia Ferrari wasn't licensed yet into GPL. That's why they had to take off any mention of it inside the guidebook. Steve Smith still has wrote a continuation of the guidebook and talks about the Ferrari car on Alison's GPL website (she was a Papyrus beta tester) at this URL : http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison/gpl/index.htm Have a nice reading (and get those Coventry setups hehe) ;) - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard! - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

The Ferrari handles awesome, brakes awesome and I've never blown an engine. (Well shifting from 5th to reverse under speed does the trick ;) Oh yeah, the engine sound is -- awesome :) The only draw back is it's top speed. > What are your guys thoughts on the Ferrari? I thought I'd ask this > since it doesn't say anything about it in the Steve Smith book w/ the > game, which I think is strange, since the Ferrari seems like an alright > car, and the sound of that engine is awesome! > -Joel Likness -- Jason Monds Used to be "The Clapper" in GPL! theCLAPPER in Kali (Remove 'no spork' when replying)

>The Ferrari handles awesome, brakes awesome and I've never blown an >engine. (Well shifting from 5th to reverse under speed does the trick ;) Handles awesome?!? Ok, you're a better driver than *I* am. I can't get very far without mowing the lawn with it... Eldred

Well maybe 'tossable' is the word I was looking for. I find the Lotus not as 'tossable' for instance :) > >The Ferrari handles awesome, brakes awesome and I've never blown an > >engine. (Well shifting from 5th to reverse under speed does the trick ;) > Handles awesome?!? Ok, you're a better driver than *I* am. I can't get very > far without mowing the lawn with it... > Eldred -- -------- Jason Monds (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

I'm wondering if it's just my system, or.... But I've noticed a marked difference in the engine sound, volume, quality/stereo, depth etc... when running the Ferrari in Training mode Vs. during a race, have you? BTW, I'm running a PII 266, SoundBlaster AWE32, 64RAM, 4meg PCI, Riva128 based video card with the Beta2 OpenGL patch.

>What are your guys thoughts on the Ferrari? I thought I'd ask this >since it doesn't say anything about it in the Steve Smith book w/ the >game, which I think is strange, since the Ferrari seems like an alright >car, and the sound of that engine is awesome! > -Joel Likness I prefer it. It can be a handful, especially on cold tires, but the predictability of the (sometimes ponderous) suspension travel/balance/imbalance is required for my PATHETIC driving skills. I prefer it to the Lotus and Eagle because both of those cars are too twitch for my aformentioned pathetic driving. Gl. -=Hammer remove x fer email reply

The Ferrari is a good car. It's about a second or so slower than the Lotus or Eagle at Monza, but is a lot easier to handle. It has enough speed, and superior handling in the turns to keep a Lotus at bay, but will have trouble over-taking it. On the other hand, the Ferrari engine rarely goes boom. And the predictable handling means you aren't as likely to be flying of course - which is usually the difference in online racing. -MSM >What are your guys thoughts on the Ferrari? I thought I'd ask this >since it doesn't say anything about it in the Steve Smith book w/ the >game, which I think is strange, since the Ferrari seems like an alright >car, and the sound of that engine is awesome! > -Joel Likness

I find the Ferrari the most fun to drive and the handling most life-like (well, this an assumption of course). I find it predictable and gives good notice of a slide getting out of hand. Although it doesn't have great acceleration or impressive top speed, I can chuck it around a bit and it forgives me. It will rev almost off the scale and still stay in one piece. In short, it is a pleasure to drive, and you can't say that about the Lotus when you're twitching on a knife edge even in a straight line! Robert >What are your guys thoughts on the Ferrari? I thought I'd ask this >since it doesn't say anything about it in the Steve Smith book w/ the >game, which I think is strange, since the Ferrari seems like an alright >car, and the sound of that engine is awesome! > -Joel Likness

But why is it so hard to keep on track compared to Cooper or even Lotus? Does it come from the shorter distance between front and rear wheels? Arto

Ok, so I'm guessing the Eagle is in-between the two. I can't handle the Lotus EITHER... :)

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> (Hammer) writes: > >I prefer it. It can be a handful, especially on cold tires, but > >the predictability of the (sometimes ponderous) suspension > >travel/balance/imbalance is required for my PATHETIC driving > >skills. I prefer it to the Lotus and Eagle because both of those > >cars are too twitch for my aformentioned pathetic driving. > Ok, so I'm guessing the Eagle is in-between the two. I can't handle the Lotus > EITHER... :)

That's odd. I've found that the Lotus is more stable than either the Eagle or the Ferrari. Just requires a delicate touch and a heavy foot. ;-)

Try a different setup ... there's some good ones on the web in various places. Also don't assume *anything* based on the first lap. -MSM >>The Ferrari is a good car. It's about a second or so slower than the Lotus >>or Eagle at Monza, but is a lot easier to handle. It has enough speed, and >>superior handling in the turns to keep a Lotus at bay, but will have trouble

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>>over-taking it. >But why is it so hard to keep on track compared to Cooper or even >Lotus? Does it come from the shorter distance between front and rear >wheels? >Arto

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>(Hammer) writes: >>I prefer it. It can be a handful, especially on cold tires, but >>the predictability of the (sometimes ponderous) suspension >>travel/balance/imbalance is required for my PATHETIC driving >>skills. I prefer it to the Lotus and Eagle because both of those >>cars are too twitch for my aformentioned pathetic driving. >Ok, so I'm guessing the Eagle is in-between the two. I can't handle the Lotus >EITHER... :)

Too each his own, really. If you notice the following poster, he says he prefers the Lotus for exactly the same reasons I have trouble with it. It's a matter of driving style and skill, methinks. Yes, I would say for me the Eagle is between the Lotus and Ferrari (btw, these are the only 3 cars I have driven in GPL). Unfortunately for me, I suck so bad at GPL I have to reduce myself to one single car for now, in an effort to get completely comfortable enough to complete a 9 lap race. Once I can do that comfortably (not likely! LOL), I'll start experimenting more with other cars. The Eagle does have some inspiring traits, no doubt about it, I just can't handle it over the entire length of a 9 lap race at Spa. I'm just not a good enough pilot :(. -=Hammer remove x fer email reply

I find the Ferrari impossible to drive as with the Brabham. Frankly i think the Eagle is the most stable in the game but thats just my style. The BRM and Lotus are good for me too and the Honda is right there too. As for the Ferrari, Brabham, and Coventry...I find them decidely "twitchy" at speeds over 130MPH.

In my point of view, the Lotus is the car that handles best by far. The Brabham, Cooper, Honda and Eagle aren't bad either, but my laptimes are simply a one ore two seconds slower than those with the Lotus. The BRM handles well, but hasn't suitable (Torque,RPM) characteristics. The Ferrari is well suited for tracks with many slow corners, but it becomes instable under heavy braking and turning in at high speed, so it's not suited for the high-speed tracks such as Monza and Spa. Greetings, Han ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Als deze wedstrijd maatgevend is voor de kwaliteit van Twente en Willem II, dan is Twente beter dan Willem II" Co Adriaanse na de 5-1 nederlaag van Willem II bij Twente This message is transmitted on 100% recycled electrons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>The Ferrari handles awesome, brakes awesome and I've never blown an >>engine. (Well shifting from 5th to reverse under speed does the trick ;) >Handles awesome?!? Ok, you're a better driver than *I* am. I can't get very >far without mowing the lawn with it... >Eldred I have found that you a) need to get the wheels hot, and b) tweak the default setups to improve the tyre temperature profile Then I find it slides just beautifully under control and with that awesome sound I really like it. If I don't tweak or the tyres aren't hot I seem to find it pulls a bit to one side (causes me no end of problems at the end of the second fast straight at Watkins Glen - the one ending with the fast curve to the left and then the right hander) Top speed is a bit of a problem - but I am playing with Mosport and Zandvort and this doesn't really matter there. Magpie http://www.chandler.u-net.com