F12002 Braking

1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a corner while downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower gears - I always end up spinning out. 2. What are some good sites with info, utilities, setups, mods etc? 3. Have people already learned how to cheat at this game? One guy did a burn out all the way down the front stretch at Spain (I was just racing online), and pulling away from everybody at a ridiculous rate! Thanks, CFster

"CFster" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:MBMg9.24840$[email hidden]: > 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a corner > while downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into > the lower gears - I always end up spinning out. > Try adding some gas while braking down through the gears where the car would like to swap ends -- does wonders for the stability! (This requires split axis controller for brake and gas, obviously... )

You are either downshifting too soon or too fast, or perhaps you are downshifting after turning in. Downshift while braking, not after, get into the correct gear before turning in. Downshift in a steady, smooth rhythm. Don't downshift any more than necessary. You do not need to have the revs up in the middle of the turn, in fact for low speed turns you get better traction if you are below the power band in the middle of the turn, and just coming back into it as you start to straighten the steering wheel for the exit. Take a look at the track maps in the game, IIRC they have recommended gears for each corner shown on them. You can also go into the telemetry tool and look at the gears used in the example lap for each track. "CFster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MBMg9.24840$[email hidden]... > 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a cornerwhile > downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into thelower > gears - I always end up spinning out.

> 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a cornerwhile > downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower > gears - I always end up spinning out. Make sure the revs are OK before you downshift. You need to downshift quite late in an F1 car and make sure that you don't shift down to a lower than necessary gear - especially if turning into a corner. > 2. What are some good sites with info, utilities, setups, mods etc? http://f12k2.relaygames.com/ is probably the best around.. > 3. Have people already learned how to cheat at this game? One guy did aburn > out all the way down the front stretch at Spain (I was just racingonline), > and pulling away from everybody at a ridiculous rate! I haven't witnessed any cheating, but I'd say that the game is quite easy to hack, so I wouldn't be surprised.

On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 20:02:52 GMT, "CFster" <[email hidden]> wrote: >1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a corner while >downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower >gears - I always end up spinning out. Try lengthening whatever gear you spin out in (second or whatever). It may be that gear is too short for the speed you're travelling at. >2. What are some good sites with info, utilities, setups, mods etc? http://f12k2.relaygames.com/ is all you'll really need. There are others, but the best stuff inevitably finds its way there...

"CFster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MBMg9.24840$[email hidden]... > 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a cornerwhile > downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower > gears - I always end up spinning out. Are you manually shifting or using the auto downshift? I tried using the auto function and got very similar results. I had to turn it off cuz I 'think' I was moving through the turns too slowly and it grabbed a lower gear(i.e. first gear) when I should have been using 2nd. So TRY the manual shifts and work on getting them done smoothly and before you begin turning...good luck/ dave henrie

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:56:41 GMT, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >"CFster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:MBMg9.24840$[email hidden]... >> 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a corner >while >> downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower >> gears - I always end up spinning out. > Are you manually shifting or using the auto downshift? I tried using the >auto function and got very similar results. I had to turn it off cuz I >'think' I was moving through the turns too slowly and it grabbed a lower >gear(i.e. first gear) when I should have been using 2nd. So TRY the manual >shifts and work on getting them done smoothly and before you begin >turning...good luck/ >dave henrie

Something else you can do is to lower the differential-lock. This will make the car more stable during turn in. That said the biggest difference I found was to go manual on the downshifts. This stopped the auto downshifts from happening at the wrong moments spinning me out.

Sounds like there is a way to cheat. I suppose it really comes down to what you want. Do you want to learn how to really drive, or just cheat and go fast. I learned real fast about braking and downshifting in a real racer. It is easy to get the car's back end out of shape, if most of your braking is not done before downshifting. If you are late and turning to the right, the rear wants to swing out to the left and vice versa. If this is happening to you, then the modeling is pretty good in that aspect and this can be a tool to help in learning to drive a race car. CFster wrote:

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> 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a corner while > downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower > gears - I always end up spinning out. > 2. What are some good sites with info, utilities, setups, mods etc? > 3. Have people already learned how to cheat at this game? One guy did a burn > out all the way down the front stretch at Spain (I was just racing online), > and pulling away from everybody at a ridiculous rate! > > Thanks, > > CFster > > > >

The 'cheater' was probably running an altered car. The smoke was not so much from a burnout as from tire skidding(probably caused by lag) (I've seen that without any cheaters...leaves a trail of smoke hundreds of feet behind the car. You keep thinking you'll be passing a smoking carcass any second... :0 One problem with the online code is the lack of much, if any, cheat protection. THe mods are especially vulnerable, a 190mph viper gets blown away by a 225mph F1 car. dave henrie "Stephen Staneland" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Sounds like there is a way to cheat. I suppose it really comes down to > what you want. Do you want to learn how to really drive, or just cheat > and go fast. I learned real fast about braking and downshifting in a > real racer. It is easy to get the car's back end out of shape, if most > of your braking is not done before downshifting. If you are late and > turning to the right, the rear wants to swing out to the left and vice > versa. If this is happening to you, then the modeling is pretty good in > that aspect and this can be a tool to help in learning to drive a race

car. > > CFster wrote: > > 1. I love this game accept for one little thing. Coming into a cornerwhile > > downshifting the rear wheels want to lock while shifting into the lower > > gears - I always end up spinning out. > > 2. What are some good sites with info, utilities, setups, mods etc? > > 3. Have people already learned how to cheat at this game? One guy did aburn > > out all the way down the front stretch at Spain (I was just racingonline),

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> > and pulling away from everybody at a ridiculous rate! > > > > Thanks, > > > > CFster > > > > > > > > >