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Where are the real physics in N4?

10 posts by 9 people · 12 Feb 2001 23:43 UTC - 14 Feb 2001 02:35 UTC

L_NiN0 12 Feb 2001 23:43 UTC#204332
Ok....I just got N4 and set it up and took a few laps. The physics felt like I was driving 'pole position'...ahh, check back in the controller section and I find some stuff to turn off antilock brakes and all that - so I head back out to try a few more laps. A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I missing something? -I can literally do 175 down the back stretch at Daytona and take the wheel and trust it right and into the wall. I get that silly little scraping noise and my car bounces right back. (yes, damage is set to real) -I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from side to side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't care how much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground like a slot car. -I can lay my car on the apron almost sideways coming out of the 4th turn at Charlotte or any other track for that mater and all I get is this silly slow down (hmmm, like MGPRS2's grass effect) and almost no bump or jarring. (oh, but I do get this bouncy bouncy bouncy ride on all the straight-aways.) Please someone tell me where are the other settings? This cannot be what you people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since it only has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time.
TimW 13 Feb 2001 00:14 UTC↳ reply to L_NiN0#204256
Sounds like you're set to arcade mode..... On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:43:55 GMT, "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (29 lines)>Ok....I just got N4 and set it up and took a few laps. The physics felt like >I was driving 'pole position'...ahh, check back in the controller section >and I find some stuff to turn off antilock brakes and all that - so I head >back out to try a few more laps. > >A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I >missing something? > >-I can literally do 175 down the back stretch at Daytona and take the wheel >and trust it right and into the wall. I get that silly little scraping noise >and my car bounces right back. (yes, damage is set to real) > >-I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from side to >side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't care how >much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground like a >slot car. > >-I can lay my car on the apron almost sideways coming out of the 4th turn at >Charlotte or any other track for that mater and all I get is this silly slow >down (hmmm, like MGPRS2's grass effect) and almost no bump or jarring. (oh, >but I do get this bouncy bouncy bouncy ride on all the straight-aways.) > >Please someone tell me where are the other settings? This cannot be what you >people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is >laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since it only >has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time. > > >
I think you might be in arcade mode. I can attest to the fact that turning the wheel side to side even slightly at 175mph will send you skidding off the track (and right into my own pit area, killing several of my pitcrew - funny, the others didnt even flinch!) NB > -I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from side to > side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't care how > much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground like a > slot car. >
lol Thanks, Aaron Markham *Kart44* --------------------------------------- Inaugural Talladega Tournament Champion Weekly Competitor at Amelia Motor Raceway *In Memory of Ayrton Senna* "NightBreed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:f20i6.224059$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (7 lines)> I think you might be in arcade mode. I can attest to the fact that turning > the wheel side to side even slightly at 175mph will send you skidding off > the track (and right into my own pit area, killing several of my pitcrew - > funny, the others didnt even flinch!) > NB > > > -I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from side
to > > side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't carehow > > much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground likea > > slot car. > > > > > >
when you click on testing or single race or whatever and you go to the track selection screen, on the upper left side you will see a choice between arcade and simulation ... "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%y_h6.117340$[email hidden]... > Ok....I just got N4 and set it up and took a few laps. The physics feltlike
Quoted text (8 lines)> I was driving 'pole position'...ahh, check back in the controller section > and I find some stuff to turn off antilock brakes and all that - so I head > back out to try a few more laps. > > A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I > missing something? > > -I can literally do 175 down the back stretch at Daytona and take the
wheel > and trust it right and into the wall. I get that silly little scrapingnoise
Quoted text (8 lines)> and my car bounces right back. (yes, damage is set to real) > > -I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from side to > side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't care how > much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground like a > slot car. > > -I can lay my car on the apron almost sideways coming out of the 4th turn
at > Charlotte or any other track for that mater and all I get is this sillyslow > down (hmmm, like MGPRS2's grass effect) and almost no bump or jarring.(oh, > but I do get this bouncy bouncy bouncy ride on all the straight-aways.) > > Please someone tell me where are the other settings? This cannot be whatyou > people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is > laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since it only > has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time. > > >
Are you running in sim or arcade mode??????????? This is weird....... CW "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:%y_h6.117340$[email hidden]... > Ok....I just got N4 and set it up and took a few laps. The physics feltlike
Quoted text (8 lines)> I was driving 'pole position'...ahh, check back in the controller section > and I find some stuff to turn off antilock brakes and all that - so I head > back out to try a few more laps. > > A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I > missing something? > > -I can literally do 175 down the back stretch at Daytona and take the
wheel > and trust it right and into the wall. I get that silly little scrapingnoise
Quoted text (8 lines)> and my car bounces right back. (yes, damage is set to real) > > -I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from side to > side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't care how > much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground like a > slot car. > > -I can lay my car on the apron almost sideways coming out of the 4th turn
at > Charlotte or any other track for that mater and all I get is this sillyslow > down (hmmm, like MGPRS2's grass effect) and almost no bump or jarring.(oh, > but I do get this bouncy bouncy bouncy ride on all the straight-aways.) > > Please someone tell me where are the other settings? This cannot be whatyou > people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is > laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since it only > has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time. > > >
Uhmmmm.... rrevved his handle was LNiN0 not buttwad. Did we forget our multi-vitamin this AM? or jsut a tough day trying to win Daytona? ed "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:43:55 GMT, "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Try simulation mode, not arcade mode... buttwad. > > >Ok....I just got N4 and set it up and took a few laps. The physics feltlike > >I was driving 'pole position'...ahh, check back in the controller section > >and I find some stuff to turn off antilock brakes and all that - so Ihead > >back out to try a few more laps. > > > >A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I > >missing something? > > > >-I can literally do 175 down the back stretch at Daytona and take thewheel > >and trust it right and into the wall. I get that silly little scrapingnoise > >and my car bounces right back. (yes, damage is set to real) > > > >-I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from sideto > >side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't carehow > >much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the ground likea > >slot car. > > > >-I can lay my car on the apron almost sideways coming out of the 4th turnat > >Charlotte or any other track for that mater and all I get is this sillyslow > >down (hmmm, like MGPRS2's grass effect) and almost no bump or jarring.(oh, > >but I do get this bouncy bouncy bouncy ride on all the straight-aways.) > > > >Please someone tell me where are the other settings? This cannot be whatyou > >people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is > >laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since it only > >has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time. > > > > >
L_NiN0 <[email hidden]> wrote in message > A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I > missing something? A great deal from where I'm standing! >This cannot be what you > people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is > laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since it only > has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time. Have your doctor change your medication. The MAO inhibitors aren't working ========================================= Mark McCuen #35 Hooters Monte Carlo//#35 F150 (TNT Series) www.hooters-racing.com =========================================
Sure looked like his email address is [email hidden] to me... -John On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:29:47 -0500, "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (12 lines)>Uhmmmm.... rrevved his handle was LNiN0 not buttwad. > >Did we forget our multi-vitamin this AM? or jsut a tough day trying to win >Daytona? > >ed >"rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:43:55 GMT, "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >> Try simulation mode, not arcade mode... buttwad. >>
Nope rrevved I was refering to his HANDLE not his email. Anyway, I didn't "find" your name anywhere -- Ed happens to be my name and I sign off all posts with it. Sorry to confuse. ed "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:29:47 -0500, "Ed Kloskowski"<[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Uhmmmm.... rrevved his handle was LNiN0 not buttwad. > > > >Did we forget our multi-vitamin this AM? or jsut a tough day trying towin
Quoted text (16 lines)> >Daytona? > > > >ed > > Maybe you should look more closely at his email address. > After all, you found my name 'Ed' from mine. > > Or don't. > > >"rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:[email hidden]... > >> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:43:55 GMT, "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> > >> Try simulation mode, not arcade mode... buttwad. > >> > >> >Ok....I just got N4 and set it up and took a few laps. The physics
felt > >like > >> >I was driving 'pole position'...ahh, check back in the controllersection
Quoted text (14 lines)> >> >and I find some stuff to turn off antilock brakes and all that - so I > >head > >> >back out to try a few more laps. > >> > > >> >A little better but this is no GPL - not even Heat if you ask me. Am I > >> >missing something? > >> > > >> >-I can literally do 175 down the back stretch at Daytona and take the > >wheel > >> >and trust it right and into the wall. I get that silly little scraping > >noise > >> >and my car bounces right back. (yes, damage is set to real) > >> > > >> >-I can do full speed down the straight away and rip the wheel from
side > >to > >> >side - yet the car never looses control or traction - and I don't care > >how > >> >much a race car is supposed to have grip it wouldn't hug the groundlike > >a > >> >slot car. > >> > > >> >-I can lay my car on the apron almost sideways coming out of the 4thturn > >at > >> >Charlotte or any other track for that mater and all I get is thissilly > >slow > >> >down (hmmm, like MGPRS2's grass effect) and almost no bump or jarring. > >(oh, > >> >but I do get this bouncy bouncy bouncy ride on all thestraight-aways.) > >> > > >> >Please someone tell me where are the other settings? This cannot bewhat > >you > >> >people are saying is the new king of sims. Even that cockpit view is > >> >laughable - I don't see why everyone is having fps problems since itonly > >> >has to draw about 1 freakin' 10 of the screen at a time. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >

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