GTL + 'Ring = Nirvana

No, I don't mean you feel like shooting yourself after driving, I mean I've just had the most sim-driving fun I've had for years: a night race at the 'Ring against the AI in my little mini. You think you know the 'Ring? Ok, now turn the lights off and the headlights on! :-) I may have struggled to get satisfaction from LFS S2 and rFactor, but a few hours into my GTL experience I've already found an extremely broad grin that won't wear off. Thanks for those who pointed me in this direction. Andrew McP

> I may have struggled to get satisfaction from LFS S2 and rFactor, but a > few hours into my GTL experience I've already found an extremely broad > grin that won't wear off. Oh, I think we all have :-) It's not that accurate but it's still a hell of a lot more fun than driving GT4 around the 'ring. As much as I love Minis, I'm not sure they're the most fun car for that track. I'm totally captivated by driving the 911 around 'the mother' at the moment. =)

Oh and I've just discovered that turning off automatic clutch in GTL also disables auto-cut and auto-blip which makes it even more fun.

[email hidden] (Steve Simpson) wrote: > As much as I love Minis, I'm not sure they're the > most fun car for that track. So far I've resisted the "cheats" to get a little mileage out of the mini. But having won enough (at amateur level :-) to buy a Lotus Elan, it seems only fitting I should take that to the Ring... which I'm now seeing from all sorts of new angles, mainly sideways and upside down. I hope someone comes up with a hack for the very in your face '3, 2, 1... Go' start though. I really hate that. Andrew McP

Andrew MacPherson wrote: > I hope someone comes up with a hack for the very in your face '3, 2, 1... > Go' start though. I really hate that. Try this in your plr file: Race Start Countdown="0" Cheers Tony

[email hidden] (Tony Rickard) wrote: > Race Start Countdown="0" Excellent, thanks. I suppose if I'd done more than no research whatsoever I might have found it for myself. ;-) Andrew McP

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:33 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Andrew MacPherson wrote:

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> [email hidden] (Tony Rickard) wrote: > >> Race Start Countdown="0" > > Excellent, thanks. I suppose if I'd done more than no research whatsoever > I might have found it for myself. ;-) > > Andrew McP

I think there's also a GUI setting for that from which I managed to turn the countdown off. However I sometimes wish I hadn't esp. after skipping qualifying and going straight to the race in a 20-field cup race... very hard to see the starting lights from there, and I usually judge by the AI's brake lights (or lack thereof) when the flag has dropped. cheers, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Or watch the in car lap clock to go from dashes to numbers - that's easier for me than making out some of the smaller brake lights. Kendt

[email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> > No, I don't mean you feel like shooting yourself after driving, I mean > I've just had the most sim-driving fun I've had for years: a night > race at the 'Ring against the AI in my little mini. You think you know > the 'Ring? Ok, now turn the lights off and the headlights on! :-) > Andrew McP

I didn't really follow the development and release of this game too closely, err at all... so forgive me if this is a dumb question. Does the game come with the full Nordschleiffe by default? Thanks. -- Ped Xing

Err, nevermind, sorry. I just read a different message which answered my question. I have to remind myself not to post when I'm so tired... -- Ped Xing