GTR2002: Improved Cockpit Views

Here's some improved cockpit views for this mod. The driver position is much closer to the wheel giving a more realistic view of the road. The views are similar to what you get in 'Live For Speed' and are much more 'drivable' IMO. However, the catch is that you need to use glance to look at the mirrors in most of the cars. A small glance angle of around 10 degrees works really well but this mod (of a mod) may not be for everybody... The 'TV Cockpit' view has also been replaced with a more useful hood view for those that crave even more road visibility. The glitch where skid marks appear in front of the cars has also been corrected. : ) http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/EnhancedCockpitViews.zip Just unzip to your F1 2002 folder with folder names. A fair bit of time went into making these so....enjoy. Cheers Damien

Damien - Would it be too much to ask for you to put up some screenshots somewhere? I've manually adjusted the 996 and Marcos, but I'd be interested to see what you've done. - Dave "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SjkJ9.466$[email hidden]...

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> Here's some improved cockpit views for this mod. The driver position is > much closer to the wheel giving a more realistic view of the road. The > views are similar to what you get in 'Live For Speed' and are much more > 'drivable' IMO. However, the catch is that you need to use glance to look > at the mirrors in most of the cars. A small glance angle of around 10 > degrees works really well but this mod (of a mod) may not be for > everybody... > > The 'TV Cockpit' view has also been replaced with a more useful hood view > for those that crave even more road visibility. > > The glitch where skid marks appear in front of the cars has also been > corrected. : ) > > http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/EnhancedCockpitViews.zip > > Just unzip to your F1 2002 folder with folder names. > > A fair bit of time went into making these so....enjoy. > > Cheers > Damien > > >

"Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SjkJ9.466$[email hidden]...

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> Here's some improved cockpit views for this mod. The driver position is > much closer to the wheel giving a more realistic view of the road. The > views are similar to what you get in 'Live For Speed' and are much more > 'drivable' IMO. However, the catch is that you need to use glance to look > at the mirrors in most of the cars. A small glance angle of around 10 > degrees works really well but this mod (of a mod) may not be for > everybody... > > The 'TV Cockpit' view has also been replaced with a more useful hood view > for those that crave even more road visibility. > > The glitch where skid marks appear in front of the cars has also been > corrected. : ) > > http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/EnhancedCockpitViews.zip > > Just unzip to your F1 2002 folder with folder names. > > A fair bit of time went into making these so....enjoy. > > Cheers > Damien

the cockpit view is actually playable for me now :) good work, thanks !

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:17:55 +0800, "lliimmpet" <[email hidden]> wrote something like this: > >"Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:SjkJ9.466$[email hidden]...<snip>

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>> http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/EnhancedCockpitViews.zip >> >> Just unzip to your F1 2002 folder with folder names. >> >> A fair bit of time went into making these so....enjoy. >> >> Cheers >> Damien > >the cockpit view is actually playable for me now :)

How about the mirrors? I'd really like to keep them visible while racing... -- - Igor -

> Would it be too much to ask for you to put up some screenshots somewhere? > I've manually adjusted the 996 and Marcos, but I'd be interested to seewhat > you've done. Ok. These should give you an idea of what I was trying to achieve... http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/CP1.jpg http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/CP2.jpg

> How about the mirrors? I'd really like to keep them visible while > racing... Well, any racer will tell you - you shouldn't pay *too* much attention to your mirrors ;) But yeah, it would be nice. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too....

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> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:56:51 +1000, "Damien Smith" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > >Well, any racer will tell you - you shouldn't pay *too* much attention to > >your mirrors ;) > > Really? I seem to remember that real racers look in the mirrors about > 2.5x per/sec. Or something like that. ;-)

No, that's just David Coulthard... Nick.

<snip> > Well, any racer will tell you - you shouldn't pay *too* much attention to > your mirrors ;) I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) (obscure movie reference off...) Bob

"RDS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > <snip> > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) > (obscure movie reference off...) > > Bob Gumball Rally ??? :-)

"RDS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > <snip> > > Well, any racer will tell you - you shouldn't pay *too* much attentionto

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> > your mirrors ;) > > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) > (obscure movie reference off...) > > Bob

Right! He was more interested in what was up front. ;o) Elrikk (fan of obscure b movies like GBR)

Gumball...Gumball...Gumball. G. "RDS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > <snip> > > Well, any racer will tell you - you shouldn't pay *too* much attentionto

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> > your mirrors ;) > > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) > (obscure movie reference off...) > > Bob

Hey Damien, Thanks Bro! I spend most of my time hot-lapping and your new cockpit view is just what the Doctor ordered!! I backed up the original folders so I can quickly switch when I'm ready for some bumber to bumber mahem!! I may not even switch come to think of it.....It's a known fact that looking behind you will slow you down...... Kudos SpeedRat

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> <snip> >> Well, any racer will tell you - you shouldn't pay *too* much >> attention to your mirrors ;) > > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) > (obscure movie reference off...) > > Bob

A bit like the three most unimportant figures in aviation: * Space above you * Runway behind you * Amount of fuel back home at the airfield...

"Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<FrzJ9.194254$[email hidden]>...

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> "RDS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > <snip> > > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his > > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) > > (obscure movie reference off...) > > > > Bob > > Gumball Rally ??? :-)

You know what we need? Need for Speed - Gumball Rally :). Kendt

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> Hey Damien, > > Thanks Bro! > > I spend most of my time hot-lapping and your new cockpit > view is just what the Doctor ordered!! I backed up the original > folders so I can quickly switch when I'm ready for some bumber to > bumber mahem!! I may not even switch come to think of it.....It's a > known fact that looking behind you will slow you down......

Thanks, I've had a lot of positive feedback from these. Here's a file which restores the default views quickly... http://www.users.bigpond.com/dtsmith77/RestoreDefaultViews.zip Cheers Damien

On 11 Dec 2002 14:38:37 -0800, [email hidden] (Kendt Eklund) wrote something like this:

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>"Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<FrzJ9.194254$[email hidden]>... >> "RDS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:[email hidden]... >> > <snip> >> > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his >> > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) >> > (obscure movie reference off...) >> > >> > Bob >> >> Gumball Rally ??? :-) > >You know what we need? Need for Speed - Gumball Rally :).

Gumball Rally with no point-2-point tracks? That might be fun... <g> . . . . . . (ok, I know there have been p2p tracks in the NFS series...) -- - Igor -

"Jussi 'Igor' Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On 11 Dec 2002 14:38:37 -0800, [email hidden] (Kendt Eklund) > wrote something like this: > > >"Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<FrzJ9.194254$[email hidden]>...

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> >> "RDS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >> news:[email hidden]... > >> > <snip> > >> > I believe it was Franco Bertollini who once said, while ripping his > >> > mirror off, "what is behind me does not matter" :^) > >> > (obscure movie reference off...) > >> > > >> > Bob > >> > >> Gumball Rally ??? :-) > > > >You know what we need? Need for Speed - Gumball Rally :). > > Gumball Rally with no point-2-point tracks? That might be fun... <g> > . > . > . > . > . > . > (ok, I know there have been p2p tracks in the NFS series...) > -- > - Igor -

The Gumball has been transformed slightly. It's now called something similar to: One Lap of America. It's run by Brock Yates of Road & Track magazin(or Car & Driver I can NEVER keep those two straight) What they do now is drive legally from point A to point B which is a racetrack. THEN they run timed sessions and the fastest cars get points of some sort. Next a nice stay at a Hotel and then drive to Point C. Another Track, another timed race. etc etc I forget how long it is now but 1500 miles is probably on the low side. dave henrie

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<w01K9.334609$WL3.107098@rwcrnsc54>... [snip]

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> The Gumball has been transformed slightly. It's now called something > similar to: One Lap of America. It's run by Brock Yates of Road & Track > magazin(or Car & Driver I can NEVER keep those two straight) > What they do now is drive legally from point A to point B which is a > racetrack. THEN they run timed sessions and the fastest cars get points of > some sort. Next a nice stay at a Hotel and then drive to Point C. Another > Track, another timed race. etc etc I forget how long it is now but 1500 > miles is probably on the low side. > dave henrie

Speaking of the original coast-coast Rally - has anyone read Brock Yates' new book on the Cannonball? I read about it in car mag, and was thinking of giving it as a Xmas gift - unless it sucks ;). Kendt