"rcgldr" > wrote in
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>>> The physics is simplified, with peformance just a bit slower than
>>> Most Wanted or Carbon. One of the goals was to allow for keyboard
>>> or gamepad play, although normal controllers such as joysticks
>>> or wheels will also work.
>
>> That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
>
> I should have stated that digital control inputs are simplified, not
> the physics.
>
> The way this is done is to modulate control inputs based the frequency
> and duration of button presses. Some games implement the equivalent of
> a steering assist when a digital controller is used. Note that Live
> For Speed, a sim-oriented racing game, still supports keyboard play
> although a wheel and pedals are recommended. At one time, Live For
> Speed keyboard players had an advantage because the game's steering
> assist was too close to perfect.
>
So there are keyboard cheats in other words? Pass. If it involves
anything more complex than <- for left -> for right up for accelerate,
down for brake and separate keys for shifting up and down one gear, all
as non-repeating keys, it's not legit IMHO. I've used both and found
that a wheel *is* faster and easier than a keyboard without accelerators.
Time to give all keyboard users a Model T interface IMHO.<g>

> For most games, this is a front end process. Digital control inputs
> are filtered and "enhanced" via the equivalent of a steering assist,
> similar to the one in Nascar Racing Season 2003,

No idea what you're talking about there - I don't *do* NASCAR period.
Real life, simulation anything. (well *maybe* something like a Smurf
Massacre or Kill Saddam clone, but that's it).

define what you mean by "enhanced" please. That word in isolation has as
much meaning as "reform" does.

> before being fed into the
> physics engine, which is shared by both digital and analog control
> inputs.
>

Did you get this from their website itself or is this your own wording?