Learning to Drive sim

My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there a drivers ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar....

"JimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M%FCb.76$[email hidden]... > My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there adrivers > ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar.... You could try a custom Autocross layout in lfs, it supports a clutch & shifter too if you want the full manual experience. I don't know of anything that will allow street signs & traffic lights though, unless you consider Midtown Madness or something. Malc.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:12:44 GMT, "JimC" <[email hidden]> wrote: >My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there a drivers >ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar.... > There is instructional software for learning to drive as I remember seeing it in Staples one day. I can't remember who mkaes it or the the name of the software, sorry. Try a Google search.

"JimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:M%FCb.76$[email hidden]... > My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there a drivers > ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar.... >' Drivers Ed '99 is the only one that I know of. You might try E-Bay for a copy. I know that it is VERY strict (ie, if you so much as TOUCH a white dotted line, it deducts for that, as well as just ONE MPH over the speed limit. :-)

JimC wrote: > My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there a drivers > ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar.... Oh yes - simply buy GPL, stick him in a BRM and tell him to beat the benchmark at the Nurburgring. (Evrything else is for wimps ;) That ought to keep 'im off the streets for a while - and when he's done he'll be ready for ANYTHING ;) Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -18)

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> "JimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:M%FCb.76$[email hidden]... > > My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there a > drivers > > ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar.... > > You could try a custom Autocross layout in lfs, it supports a clutch & > shifter too if you want the full manual experience. I don't know of > anything that will allow street signs & traffic lights though, unless you > consider Midtown Madness or something. > > Malc.

The cops in the game Mafia pay attention to traffic laws (at least to stop signs and lights and speed limits). If you are not in a mission, you can drive around to your heart's content. The car physics are adequate for learning the basic rules of the road, and how to recognize and read traffic signs. The other "drivers" are pretty good(?) at things like pulling out in front of you, changing lanes erratically, etc, so the kid will learn to anticipate dangerous situations. But only actual seat time will really train someone to drive. Find a big empty mall parking lot or industrial park and grin and bear it.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:21:54 GMT, "Bamboozled" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"JimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:M%FCb.76$[email hidden]... >> My son is coming of age and will strart driving soon. Is there a drivers >> ed. sim that is decent? Don't recommend Nascar.... >> >' >Drivers Ed '99 is the only one that I know of. You might try E-Bay for a >copy. I know that it is VERY strict (ie, if you so much as TOUCH a white >dotted line, it deducts for that, as well as just ONE MPH over the speed >limit. :-) > >

There's also a European (well, German, but they have versions in several languages, it seems) program called "3D-Fahrschule", or "3D Driving-School", which has had 2 versions at least. I've tried the demos, and it is very good. http://www.3d-fahrschule.de/uk_index.htm Update: I just noticed they've just released their version 3.0... http://www.3d-fahrschule.de/uk_shop.htm -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

farhen, farhen, farhen auf der autobahn...... (kraftwerk, my favorite) "machf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > There's also a European (well, German, but they have versions in several > languages, it seems) program called "3D-Fahrschule", or "3DDriving-School", > which has had 2 versions at least. I've tried the demos, and it is verygood.