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- From: tax@tolsun.oulu.fi (Samuli Takala)
- Subject: Re: World Circuit - further discussion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.212730.24856@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
- Sender: news@ousrvr.oulu.fi
- Organization: University of Oulu, Finland
- References: <1993Jan7.191213.29560@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:27:30 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.191213.29560@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com> barnett@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Mark Barnett) writes:
- >To those of you with experience with World Circuit, I
- >have some questions, and would like to provoke some
- >dialogue so that I and other new users could get some
- >insight on this excellent simulation.
- >
- >My first question is about the various levels of help
- >available.
- >
- >Do you usually race/practice/qualify with steering help
- >on or off? Obviously the purists among you will disdain
- >any sort of help at all, but I wonder how the rest of
- >you get by. I tried practicing without steering help
- >after driving for about three or four hours over a couple
- >of days with help on and found myself hopelessly out of
- >control. I quickly turned the steering help back on,
- >although a little guiltily, since now I know how hard it
- >is (for me at least) to drive without it. I also now notice
- >just how much help I'm getting from the ghost driver - a
- >lot!
- I'm not using steering help because it makes the game too easy. After about
- four hours of gaming with steering help I could beat the opponents on
- pro level. I only had tried one track at that time though.
- After that I set steering help off. After a little over month playing I now
- can brake the track records without steering help but this needs quite a lot of
- testing various setups.
-
- >What about traction help? I didn't even bother trying to turn
- >this off, but I can imagine just how helplessly askew my car
- >will be at each corner without it.
- I suppose you are using joystick. I myself don't use traction help.
- In slower corners (1st,2nd or 3rd gear) push the stick just a little forward
- so your tires don't lose their grip. After you are on the straight you may
- push more throttle.
-
- >How about linear vs nonlinear steering?
- >Same question about linear vs nonlinear braking,
- >acceleration, etc. There are many possible configurations,
- >and they are poorly discussed in the documentation. I wanted
- >to get a feel for how people tend to run this simulation.
- Set the steering to nonlinear. At least I couldn't control the car when it was
- set to linear, the controls were far too sensitive.
- I cannot remember if I have linear or nonlinear braking & acceleration but
- I tested both of them and it is just a matter of taste I believe.
-
- >Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Either post
- >here or email me directly. Many thanks.
- >
- >Mark Barnett
- >mbarn@utrc.utc.com
-
- Samuli Takala, tax@tolsun.oulu.fi
- tax@rossy.oulu.fi
-