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GPL: O-ring: Poles of Death!

8 posts by 6 people · 03 Feb 2000 - 04 Feb 2000

Hells bells! Dave has made those anti-curb-riding posts out of high tensile steel!! David....they were actually *** hose-pipe that was poked into a hole in the curb. Whilst certainly warding off any curb-riding tendencies they wouldn't have ripped out suspensions! :-) However....in GPL they certainly serve their purpose very well indeed. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----
Chris Bloom 03 Feb 2000#517797
Hehe.........I was also expecting *** poles like those in SCGT, I son found out they were made of something more substantial when I ended up a couple of wheels short. Chris
µartijn 03 Feb 2000#517798
I'm still in doubt whether these "***" poles are better, or worse than the tyres of Mexico. I think these are worse, as with a tyre, when you *juuuuust* slightly brush it, the car doesn't get that much upset (if you have enough rideheight). But these poles, you're immediately buried in them. By the way, I do not know of an example of the original tracks were these kinds of "semi-***" poles were used, so I find it pretty unique that they are on an add-on track. You would say that Dave was not able to add anything to the original game code, so this "script" (reaction, sound) was somewhere already.
> I'm still in doubt whether these "***" poles are better, or worse than > the tyres of Mexico. I think these are worse, as with a tyre, when you > *juuuuust* slightly brush it, the car doesn't get that much upset (if you > have enough rideheight). But these poles, you're immediately buried in > them. One thing I noticed between these tracks is that at Mexico, you can't really see the tires till you are right there. Where as O-Ring, you can see these poles well in the distance and can adjust your self to miss them. :) -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/ Racing online with the help of...... Race Communications Association Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)
Chris Cavin 03 Feb 2000#517800
The tires at Mexico are tied to the detail slider. Set the slider to minimum detail and the tires don't show up until you're on top of them. Set the slider to maximum detail and you see the tires a long ways off. I set the detail slider up several notches for this very reason when I race at Mexico. -Chris- > One thing I noticed between these tracks is that at > Mexico, you can't really see the tires till you are right > there. Where as O-Ring, you can see these poles well in > the distance and can adjust your self to miss them. :) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Arne Martin 03 Feb 2000#517801
> Hells bells! > Dave has made those anti-curb-riding posts out of high tensile steel!! > David....they were actually *** hose-pipe that was poked into a hole in > the curb. Whilst certainly warding off any curb-riding tendencies they > wouldn't have ripped out suspensions! :-) Actually I believe the posts at the ?sterreichring in the 70s were made by good, solid wood, and not those wimpy little ***/plastic things they use nowadays :-) Not something you want to hit :-) -- Arne Martin
(snip) ------------------------------------------- Huh? what do you mean, Michael? I've never had a problem being able to see those things from miles away. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----
Ouch!! Okay....I guess that not all circuits where these things were used were as wimpy as some others then! :-) Thanks Arne. (How's the Honda coming along?) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

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