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Gpl - turning haripins or riding walls!?!

3 posts by 2 people · 21 Jan 2000 - 22 Jan 2000

GraDee 21 Jan 2000#515456
Can anyone help me out here? I was informed of there being a way to set steering ratio differently for slow speeds. In Monaco and Mexico I'm ***ed of of riding the walls, since its unrealistic and does ***y well work. Any tips? -- GraDee ------------------------------------------------------------- Karting "3.65" www.esatclear.ie/~karting ------------------------------------------------------------- "The dozens and dozens........."
ymenard 21 Jan 2000#515457
To quote Randy Cassidy : "GPL automatically uses a faster steering ratio at low speeds (a faster (numerically smaller) steering ratio causes greater front wheel deflection for an equivalent amount of steering wheel rotation). This allows you to get out of your pit stall, and navigate hairpin corners more easily. This effect reduces as your speed increases, until reaching the steering ratio defined by the setup you have on the car." That effect is completely gone around 60mph he said also, and is really in effect at speeds around 15mph (it goes up in I would speculate a parabola/linear line until it is dissapeared around 50mph). Whatever the situation if you have it enabled (which it is in GPL unless you disable it on purpose) you will actually get more ratio because of that. I suggest you increase your steering ratio in the garage menu, since that help you have in GPL would make the hairpin turns and sharp corners -more- easy to get through. Some of us prefer to disable it for the sake of realism. If you want to disable the feature above, online you can do it on VROC when you join a race (it's in the option tabs), or else in your core.ini by adding this: [ Hack ] steer_ratio = 1 ; Enable low speed ratio override (note, Im not 100% sure about the above setting) For everybody else, there was some great stuff if you go to deja.com about "GPL steering ratio". Even Doug Milliken posted a very informative message about steering ratio. -- -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... "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."
GraDee 22 Jan 2000#515659
Thanks ymenard, I never turned it off on purpose, I'll go check the core.ini, I knew it was siometheing there but didn't know which one. -- GraDee ------------------------------------------------------------- Karting "3.65" www.esatclear.ie/~karting ------------------------------------------------------------- "The dozens and dozens........." > > I was informed of there being a way to set steering ratio differently for > > slow speeds. > To quote Randy Cassidy : > "GPL automatically uses a faster steering ratio at low speeds (a faster > (numerically smaller) steering ratio causes greater front wheel deflection > for an equivalent amount of steering wheel rotation). This allows you to > get out of your pit stall, and navigate hairpin corners more easily. This > effect reduces as your speed increases, until reaching the steering ratio > defined by the setup you have on the car." > That effect is completely gone around 60mph he said also, and is really in > effect at speeds around 15mph (it goes up in I would speculate a > parabola/linear line until it is dissapeared around 50mph). > Whatever the situation if you have it enabled (which it is in GPL unless you > disable it on purpose) you will actually get more ratio because of that. I > suggest you increase your steering ratio in the garage menu, since that help > you have in GPL would make the hairpin turns and sharp corners -more- easy > to get through. Some of us prefer to disable it for the sake of realism. > If you want to disable the feature above, online you can do it on VROC when > you join a race (it's in the option tabs), or else in your core.ini by > adding this: > [ Hack ] > steer_ratio = 1 ; Enable low speed ratio override > (note, Im not 100% sure about the above setting) > For everybody else, there was some great stuff if you go to deja.com about > "GPL steering ratio". Even Doug Milliken posted a very informative message > about steering ratio. > -- > -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > "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."

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