New sim

> wrote in message
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> Dave Henrie wrote:
> > Michael R Sisson > wrote in
> > news:MPG.1cda04044e900ca398980f@nntp:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > "Paulinho" > says...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> He said there's still about 70% left to do, but things like menus
> etc
> > >> etc would all drop into the SIM at the end.
> > >> He said he didn't mind me going public about it as there so close
> to
> > >> making an announcement that it wouldn't matter and the more hype
> they
> > >> can generate
> > >
> > > True or not, this would make a perfect April Fools Day post. I am
> > > copying it, spell/grammar checking it and maybe add to it a bit.
> April
> > > 1st 2006, lookout!
> > >
> > >
> > > MRSisson
> >
> > The thing that 'caught' my eye's attention was the mention that
> the
> > programmer had A) a huge plasma screen at home, and b) the exact same
> wheel
> > pedal kit as the poster. Mighty coincidental that two high end wheel
> pedal
> > combos are almost next-door neighbors.
> > curiouser and curiouser
> >
> > dave henrie
>
>
>
> It didn't say the programmer had a huge plasma screen at home. It was
> in the office where this supposed sim is being developed -- which is a
> bit more believable.
>
> -Patrick
>

Maybe, but the OP also praised the way the car drove, saying throttle
control was very demanding and that he crashed more times than he could
imagine, then followed in his next post by saying he'd only driven it for
"maybe 4 corners." Not to mention this bit; "Unlike most Sims it uses a new
4 wheel dynamic suspension system." Guess all those 4 wheel suspensions
from Papy, ISI, LFS, RBR and NK don't qualify as "dynamic" !

Gosh, we're a skeptical lot... ;-)

SB

Well there was know one there today.. does anyone know of any shows or major
meetings in london...

There not hard to miss as Andy Drives a gold scooby...? yeap gold, it's
brand new on a 54 plate. He's about 6Feet tall and slim with blonde hair...?
So thats about 20% of England I guess..?

The others ( sorry don't know there names ) are all about my age (34).. and
drive Audis and Mitsubishis, but there all top of the range sports cars..?

Maybe they all went to a track day... as he didn't mention that the other
day.

I'm working everyday next week so hopefully I will have some news...

As foe the comments about the four wheeled suspension, what he showed me was
a side diagram of a car going over a bump.. then over two bumps, shower how
the cars rebound and preload worked etc etc, but then he showed me a diagram
from an angle showing all four wheels...

As for the 4 corners.... there where long straights between them, the cars
felt twitchy not like GPL... those car although great still feel a little
railed ? this felt like I could feel camber pull and surface changes... like
GPL but multi ply that buy 100...

See I drive a Pug track car and a Yamaha 1002cc sports bike.. so these felt
real as I could imaging...

The throttle would spin up the rears if abused... but not in a lame kind of
canned spin F1 (EA) type of way..
You could pull away like Magnum in his Ferrari.. a controlled wheel spin...

"Paulinho" > wrote in message
...
> Well there was know one there today.. does anyone know of any shows or
major
> meetings in london...
>
> There not hard to miss as Andy Drives a gold scooby...? yeap gold, it's
> brand new on a 54 plate. He's about 6Feet tall and slim with blonde
hair...?
> So thats about 20% of England I guess..?
>
> The others ( sorry don't know there names ) are all about my age (34)..
and
> drive Audis and Mitsubishis, but there all top of the range sports cars..?
>
> Maybe they all went to a track day... as he didn't mention that the other
> day.
>
> I'm working everyday next week so hopefully I will have some news...

Look forward to it.

> As foe the comments about the four wheeled suspension, what he showed me
was
> a side diagram of a car going over a bump.. then over two bumps, shower
how
> the cars rebound and preload worked etc etc, but then he showed me a
diagram
> from an angle showing all four wheels...

That's a good thing, but nothing out of the ordinary for anything that calls
itself a sim nowadays. What happens at one corner affects all the others
and vice versa.

> As for the 4 corners.... there where long straights between them, the cars
> felt twitchy not like GPL... those car although great still feel a little
> railed ? this felt like I could feel camber pull and surface changes...
like
> GPL but multi ply that buy 100...

GPL cars are on rails, eh? Now that's not something you hear a lot of...
;-) What you mention does suggest a good tire model, though. You can
easily feel camber pull and surface changes in RBR, for instance. And
getting the tire model right is the big deal with a sim. Screw that up and
it doesn't matter what you do with the rest of it; it'll still feel like
junk.

>
> See I drive a Pug track car and a Yamaha 1002cc sports bike.. so these
felt
> real as I could imaging...
>
> The throttle would spin up the rears if abused... but not in a lame kind
of
> canned spin F1 (EA) type of way..

See above bit about screwing up the tire model. The F1C engine has issues
with low speed grip, even in it's latest GTR iteration. Not an easy thing
to get right, I gather.

> You could pull away like Magnum in his Ferrari.. a controlled wheel
spin...

Only if Higgins wasn't watching... ;-)

"Steve Blankenship" > wrote in message
...
> "Paulinho" > wrote in message
> > You could pull away like Magnum in his Ferrari.. a controlled wheel
> spin...
>
> Only if Higgins wasn't watching... ;-)

:-)

I still love that Ferrari.


--
David G Fisher

Cracking use of grammar and spelling

1: There not hard to miss
2: yeap gold,
3: but there all top of the range
4: As foe the comments
5: shower how the cars
6: those car although great
7: like GPL but multi ply
8: so these felt real as I could imaging

"Splat" > wrote in message
...
> Cracking use of grammar and spelling
>
> 1: There not hard to miss
> 2: yeap gold,
> 3: but there all top of the range
> 4: As foe the comments
> 5: shower how the cars
> 6: those car although great
> 7: like GPL but multi ply
> 8: so these felt real as I could imaging

Well, he already admitted crashing more times than he could imagine while
driving through only 4 corners, so obviously our man has some issues.

Cut him some slack... ;-)

"Steve Blankenship" > wrote in message
...
> "Splat" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cracking use of grammar and spelling
>>
>> 1: There not hard to miss
>> 2: yeap gold,
>> 3: but there all top of the range
>> 4: As foe the comments
>> 5: shower how the cars
>> 6: those car although great
>> 7: like GPL but multi ply
>> 8: so these felt real as I could imaging
>
> Well, he already admitted crashing more times than he could imagine while
> driving through only 4 corners, so obviously our man has some issues.
>
> Cut him some slack... ;-)
>
>

Ha Ha..... I happen to be very good at all sims, I'm just getting on abit at
34... as for the grammer.. I went to school,collage then uni.. but it
doesn't seem to help when I can't get my spell checker to work..

Paulinho wrote:
> Well there was know one there today.. does anyone know of any shows or major
> meetings in london...
> (...)
> Maybe they all went to a track day... as he didn't mention that the other
> day.

Oh no ! You scared them away ! Now the ultimate sim is gone. Forever.

Undoubtly these beings must have been aliens coding the ultimate sim for
a world on the other side of the galaxy. They had set their office in
Great Britain as it is generally accepted to be the holy place of
motorsports across the universe but you blew their cover off (although
the gold scooby was admittedly a pretty dumb move from their part) !

Oh, wait. Since they knew about the Tyrell, they can't be coming from
farther away than 29 light-years. Quick, let's re-task Hubble.

Mr. Sylvestre.

"Paulinho" wrote:

> as for the grammer.. I went to school,collage then uni.. but it
> doesn't seem to help when I can't get my spell checker to work..

lol - "grammer" - the irony