new to F12001, got some questions

hi there. i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game. however, i'm used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is far and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something about F12001 that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it. bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so excuse my ignornace. when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself. like, if i take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the track, gassing and braking as necessary. what is this? what's it called? is it something that can be turned off? i've checked through the manual and can't seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what it's even called so i don't know what to look for. confused. -- semper fudge

From the main menu go into the Difficulty settings (it's some completely useless icon that looks sort of like a bar graph, so you might have to hold your mouse over each icon to get a popup description of the icon). In there you can turn off "steering assistance", "braking point assistance", etc. If you turn them all off, you will then have to drive the car yourself. Page 18-19 in the manual (in the US/Canadian version anyway). "j a m e s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YCAD7.116781$[email hidden]... > hi there. i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game. however,i'm > used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is far > and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something aboutF12001 > that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it. > > bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, soexcuse > my ignornace. > > when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself. like, if i > take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the track, > gassing and braking as necessary. what is this? what's it called? is it > something that can be turned off? i've checked through the manual andcan't

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> seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what it's > even called so i don't know what to look for. > > confused. > > > -- > semper fudge > >

awesome. thank you. "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jUAD7.61925$[email hidden]... > From the main menu go into the Difficulty settings (it's some completely > useless icon that looks sort of like a bar graph, so you might have tohold > your mouse over each icon to get a popup description of the icon). Inthere > you can turn off "steering assistance", "braking point assistance", etc.If

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> you turn them all off, you will then have to drive the car yourself. > > Page 18-19 in the manual (in the US/Canadian version anyway). > > "j a m e s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:YCAD7.116781$[email hidden]... > > hi there. i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game. however, > i'm > > used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is

far

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> > and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something about > F12001 > > that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it. > > > > bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so > excuse > > my ignornace. > > > > when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself. like, if

i > > take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around thetrack, > > gassing and braking as necessary. what is this? what's it called? isit > > something that can be turned off? i've checked through the manual and > can't > > seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea whatit's

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> > even called so i don't know what to look for. > > > > confused. > > > > > > -- > > semper fudge > > > > > >

However, some might say that the original settings were closer to the reality of modern F1 <g> "j a m e s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:p7BD7.116963$[email hidden]...

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> > awesome. thank you. > > > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:jUAD7.61925$[email hidden]... > > From the main menu go into the Difficulty settings (it's some completely > > useless icon that looks sort of like a bar graph, so you might have to > hold > > your mouse over each icon to get a popup description of the icon). In > there > > you can turn off "steering assistance", "braking point assistance", etc. > If > > you turn them all off, you will then have to drive the car yourself. > > > > Page 18-19 in the manual (in the US/Canadian version anyway). > > > > "j a m e s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:YCAD7.116781$[email hidden]... > > > hi there. i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game.

however,

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> > i'm > > > used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is > far > > > and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something about > > F12001 > > > that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it. > > > > > > bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so > > excuse > > > my ignornace. > > > > > > when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself. like,

if > i > > > take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the > track, > > > gassing and braking as necessary. what is this? what's it called?is

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> it > > > something that can be turned off? i've checked through the manual and > > can't > > > seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what > it's > > > even called so i don't know what to look for. > > > > > > confused. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > semper fudge > > > > > > > > > > > >

In article <YCAD7.116781$[email hidden]>, "j a m e s" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>hi there. i've picked up F12001, and it's a nice sweet game. however, i'm >used to racing NASCAR, specifically NASCAR 2000 (great game), which is far >and away less complicated than F12001.... and there's something about F12001 >that i don't understand and don't even know how to put a name to it. > >bear in mind i haven't played it too much and i'm new to F1 games, so excuse >my ignornace. > >when i play, it's almost as if the race is controlling itself. like, if i >take my hands off the wheel or gas, the car takes itself around the track, >gassing and braking as necessary. what is this? what's it called? is it >something that can be turned off? i've checked through the manual and can't >seem to find any mention of it, but like i said, i have no idea what it's >even called so i don't know what to look for.

It's called a "demo" :-) Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.