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Old January 10th 11, 11:59 AM posted to rec.autos.simulators
David G Fisher's Scrotum
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Default Anyone got any thoughts on PS3/GT5?

Andrew, where did you find the FFB adjustment? For the life of me, I just
can't find it!

"Andrew MacPherson" > wrote in message
...
> (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:
>
>> I'm also getting a little tired of the fact the G25's FFB isn't
>> adjustable.

>
> Correction, it is. I found a setting I'd missed and it's now on 1 instead
> of 4. And
> it is absolutely f*cking superb now! Light at low speeds, and just firm
> enough at
> high.
>
> It's still not brilliant in all cars at all tracks, all the time, but
> lapping the
> Ring in the Intermediate AMG Challenge is now a sublime sim experience.
> The weather
> is overcast, the colours muted, the mood bleak, but the handling.... this
> one car
> and track was easily, *easily* worth the week's wages it cost to
> experience. I must
> have put already put 10 hours into this one part of GT5 alone. Last night
> I was
> even anticipating getting back from work and being able to fire it up
> again... and
> that's something which hasn't happened to me for a long time.
>
> Maybe that just shows how sad my life is, but maybe it also says something
> about
> GT5. Of course the rest of GT5 is often annoying, often entertaining,
> sim-lite
> clutter which you need to get through to unlock the best bits. But it
> really is
> worth it.
>
> Of course I said something similar about NFS:Shift's Ring experience, so I
> have a
> record of poor judgement. But GT5 is way better than that. The track is
> perfectly
> re-created, and it feels as well mapped as any iRacing track I've ever
> lumbered
> round.
>
> Of course it's important to say that most of the GT5 tracks don't feel
> anything
> like as good as this, and a lot of the cars are really, really
> unsatisfying to
> drive. But somebody put their heart and soul into modelling this
> experience, and it
> shows in a big way.
>
> Any Nordschleife enthusiast is genuinely missing out if they haven't tried
> this. I
> promise. Honest!
>
> Andrew McP... sponsored by Sony. ;-)
>

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