GPL Drivers arms question.

Is there a way to still veiw the drivers arms on the wheel, but not have him actually working the shift lever? If you watch the supplied replays, none of the drivers arms leave the steering wheel, which allows you to better veiw the gearshift at all times. I just can't find the option. Any help is appreciated. Chris

> Is there a way to still veiw the drivers arms on the wheel, but not have him > actually working the shift lever? If you watch the supplied replays, none of > the drivers arms leave the steering wheel, which allows you to better veiw the > gearshift at all times. I just can't find the option. Any help is appreciated. > Chris If you are going to have the arms turned on while driving, why not go all the way and let those arms work the stick shift as well? I'd rather find out the opposite of what you want.. I want the replay to show the arms doing the shifting!

Afaik that's not possible, the arms not shifting during a replay is a bug. Andre

Hey, we like seeing the drivers arms working, he does some major contortions when you're on full opposite lock and you change gear:-) - Michael

I would turn off wheel and drivers arms ... I have my own wheel and arms myself - why should I need another wheel plus arms on the screen? ;-) Lio

I have the arms off when I am driving, but I would like them on during replay. Too bad that option doesn't exist. Russell Keating appreciated. <CUT>

Its for that asme reason I can't seem to learn to use the gear manulally, the driver keps blocking the stick so you can't see what gear your in or anything. Damn LCD's have spoiled us:-) > > Is there a way to still veiw the drivers arms on the wheel, but not have him > > actually working the shift lever? If you watch the supplied replays, none of > > the drivers arms leave the steering wheel, which allows you to better veiw the > > gearshift at all times. I just can't find the option. Any help is appreciated. > > Chris > If you are going to have the arms turned on while driving, why not go > all the way and let those arms work the stick shift as well? I'd rather > find out the opposite of what you want.. I want the replay to show the > arms doing the shifting!

>I have the arms off when I am driving, but I would like them on during >replay. Too bad that option doesn't exist. Surely you just have to turn them on in the options menu before you view the replay? Anyway, I have always thought that the moving arms are the most stupid things ever to occur in a Papy sim and I refuse to have them in my***pit. Like with the F10 view, you have to ask the honest but blunt question. Why? Chris >Russell Keating >> > Is there a way to still veiw the drivers arms on the wheel, but not have >him >> > actually working the shift lever? If you watch the supplied replays, >none of >> > the drivers arms leave the steering wheel, which allows you to better >veiw the >> > gearshift at all times. I just can't find the option. Any help is >appreciated. ><CUT> * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

For over a week now I have been driving with the arms OFF! For almost 18 months I used the arms religiously.......NOTHING would make me turn them off. Why the change of heart? I found that I was being distracted if the wheel was not "on centre"!! It would irritate the hell out of me to the extent that I was spending more time concerning myself about an out-of-kilter bloody wheel than was looking at the road ahead! So off went the arms and, to be honest, it took some sessions before I felt comfortable with this new, very bare-looking, cockpit. My driving hasn't improved but at least now I look at the road and not the bloody wheel :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3BFq4.37401$[email hidden]... > "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Anyway, I have always thought that the moving arms are the most > > stupid things ever to occur in a Papy sim and I refuse to have > > them in my cockpit. Like with the F10 view, you have to ask the > > honest but blunt question. Why? > > > You don't like the option, then you don't use them :) > > Personally I can't drive without the arms. They are very helpfull for small > tactical feedbacks, especially with a FF wheel. > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- 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. > > > -----------== 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 ==-----

Originally I drove with the arms off for framerates, but when I got my new PC I put them on because I thought it looked better. Changed them back about a week ago and my laptimes came down. Not much, but a few tenths a lap makes a difference! -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:15:13 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>For over a week now I have been driving with the arms OFF! > >For almost 18 months I used the arms religiously.......NOTHING would make me >turn them off. Why the change of heart? I found that I was being >distracted if the wheel was not "on centre"!! It would irritate the hell >out of me to the extent that I was spending more time concerning myself >about an out-of-kilter bloody wheel than was looking at the road ahead! > >So off went the arms and, to be honest, it took some sessions before I felt >comfortable with this new, very bare-looking, cockpit. My driving hasn't >improved but at least now I look at the road and not the bloody wheel :-)

I am in PRECISELY the same situation, except that driving without the arms HAS decreased my lap times. On some tracks by as much as 2 seconds. It's so less distracting! Neo

On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Bruce Kennewell wrote: > So off went the arms and, to be honest, it took some sessions before I felt > comfortable with this new, very bare-looking, cockpit. My driving hasn't > improved but at least now I look at the road and not the bloody wheel :-) Did the same myself, but in the interests of frame rate - well worth it in software. The arms didn't bother me either way, though one or two of my mates found the 'four arms and two wheels' thing off-putting! Jonny

You can switch arms on before watching a replay. Of course kinda annoying. Jens On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:14:21 -0600, "Russell Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I have the arms off when I am driving, but I would like them on during >replay. Too bad that option doesn't exist. > >Russell Keating --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address Visit my webpage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ for some serious stuff concerning: Radio controlled airplanes Racing simulation, esp. GPL Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor

Thinking back to my twitchy joystick, I needed the arms. Jens On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:22:22 -0800, Chris Bloom <[email hidden]> wrote: <snip>> >Anyway, I have always thought that the moving arms are the most >stupid things ever to occur in a Papy sim and I refuse to have >them in my cockpit. Like with the F10 view, you have to ask the >honest but blunt question. Why? > >Chris --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address Visit my webpage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ for some serious stuff concerning: Radio controlled airplanes Racing simulation, esp. GPL Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor

Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:15:13 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >For over a week now I have been driving with the arms OFF! > > > >For almost 18 months I used the arms religiously.......NOTHING would makeme > >turn them off. Why the change of heart? I found that I was being > >distracted if the wheel was not "on centre"!! It would irritate the hell > >out of me to the extent that I was spending more time concerning myself > >about an out-of-kilter bloody wheel than was looking at the road ahead! > > > >So off went the arms and, to be honest, it took some sessions before Ifelt

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> >comfortable with this new, very bare-looking, cockpit. My driving hasn't > >improved but at least now I look at the road and not the bloody wheel :-) > > I am in PRECISELY the same situation, except that driving without the > arms HAS decreased my lap times. On some tracks by as much as 2 > seconds. > > It's so less distracting! > > Neo

Same here guys. Joel Willstein [email hidden]

> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:15:13 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" > >For over a week now I have been driving with the arms OFF! > >For almost 18 months I used the arms religiously.......NOTHING would make me > >turn them off. Why the change of heart? I found that I was being > >distracted if the wheel was not "on centre"!! It would irritate the hell > >out of me to the extent that I was spending more time concerning myself > >about an out-of-kilter ***y wheel than was looking at the road ahead! > >So off went the arms and, to be honest, it took some sessions before I felt

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> >comfortable with this new, very bare-looking,***pit. My driving hasn't > >improved but at least now I look at the road and not the ***y wheel :-) > I am in PRECISELY the same situation, except that driving without the > arms HAS decreased my lap times. On some tracks by as much as 2 > seconds. > It's so less distracting! > Neo

Same here guys. Joel Willstein

Amazing, isn't it? Another week has gone past, I turned the arms on last night just to see what it was like and quickly turned them off again because I found them so ANNOYING!! Ha! I never thought I'd say that. :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Joel Willstein <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8947n5$bsp$[email hidden]... > > Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:15:13 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >For over a week now I have been driving with the arms OFF! > > > > > >For almost 18 months I used the arms religiously.......NOTHING would make > me > > >turn them off. Why the change of heart? I found that I was being > > >distracted if the wheel was not "on centre"!! It would irritate the hell > > >out of me to the extent that I was spending more time concerning myself > > >about an out-of-kilter bloody wheel than was looking at the road ahead! > > > > > >So off went the arms and, to be honest, it took some sessions before I > felt > > >comfortable with this new, very bare-looking, cockpit. My driving hasn't > > >improved but at least now I look at the road and not the bloody wheel :-) > > > > I am in PRECISELY the same situation, except that driving without the > > arms HAS decreased my lap times. On some tracks by as much as 2 > > seconds. > > > > It's so less distracting! > > > > Neo > > Same here guys. > > Joel Willstein > [email hidden] > -----------== 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 ==-----