Re: Anyone with a negative GPLRank like GP3?

Dan Leach wrote: > > no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very well > will like it > > (unhappy gp3 buyer) I suck at driving GPL, but I love doing it. And I love driving GP3, too. Amazing, isn't it? You're really proud of your driving skills, aren't you? ;) -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

In article <4%eh5.13$[email hidden]>, "Dan Leach" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very well >will like it > >(unhappy gp3 buyer) > Dan Leach gplrank -49.6 >MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Just wondered, out of interest. >> >> - Michael >> >> GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, >> I was hoping for *so* much more. >> >> >

Generalizations again. Tsk, tsk... Wrong. There are some very good drivers who like it.... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +59.33 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

hey, i love it (have I said that before) ;-) cheers, Alexander Marx ------ GPLRank handicap -21.29 Honda handicap: -7,54

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:16:37 +0100, "Dan Leach" <[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons thus: >no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very well >will like it <grin> Well, that's me, then. I can't keep a car on any track in GPL for more than 2 corners... Martin D. Pay GPL would have been a really *great* piece of software if there had just been an 'easy' mode for those of us without the time/ability to drive at the top level...

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> >(unhappy gp3 buyer) > Dan Leach gplrank -49.6 >MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Just wondered, out of interest. >> >> - Michael >> >> GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, >> I was hoping for *so* much more. >> >> >

There is an easy mode in GPL... drive slowly! But that would probably clash with your idea of fun, right? Jan. =--- Martin D. Pay wrote...

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> <grin> Well, that's me, then. I can't keep a car on any track in > GPL for more than 2 corners... > > Martin D. Pay > GPL would have been a really *great* piece of software if there > had just been an 'easy' mode for those of us without the > time/ability to drive at the top level...

On Mon 31 Jul 2000 02:16:37pm, Dan Leach wrote: >no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games >very well will like it Hmmm. I think I am at least *reasonable* at GPL (Spa, anyway - into the 3:17s now :-) ), and I don't hate GP3. I don't like it as much as I wanted to - it's got clunky graphics, poor sound and no real advances over GP2 - but I won't be returning it. As I said elsewhere, I'd give it 75% or so, as it's a good game, but could (and should) have been a new benchmark. GPL2.5 is what it is. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -3.90) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Come and see us at http://vroc.net/ My ranking is -41 I think, I just > resubmitted. > > Johnny > Ackerman > What did you think of GP3 then, Johnny? - Michael

Just wondered, out of interest. - Michael GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, I was hoping for *so* much more.

What did you think of GP3 then, Johnny? - Michael

no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very well will like it (unhappy gp3 buyer) Dan Leach gplrank -49.6 MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Just wondered, out of interest. > > - Michael > > GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, > I was hoping for *so* much more. > >

Come and see us at http://vroc.net/ My ranking is -41 I think, I just resubmitted. Johnny Ackerman MichaelJP wrote: > Just wondered, out of interest. > > - Michael > > GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, > I was hoping for *so* much more.

Dan, I like it :) GPL rank -34 ish -- Ian Parker "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." <email invalid due to spam> Dan Leach <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4%eh5.13$[email hidden]... > no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very well > will like it > > (unhappy gp3 buyer) > Dan Leach gplrank -49.6 > MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Just wondered, out of interest. > > > > - Michael > > > > GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, > > I was hoping for *so* much more. > > > > > >

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:44:54 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons thus: >There is an easy mode in GPL... drive slowly! But that would probably clash >with your idea of fun, right? Somewhat, yes. A racing game is about racing... which is to say, driving fast enough to beat the other guy. And yes, I say 'game' quite deliberately. Everything I do on my PC is either a game - or work. Martin D. Pay As I've posted before, I have nothing against those who have time/skill enough to play GPL to the limit. But I don't have either, so I don't find it much fun...

>Just wondered, out of interest. -56.31, and I like it. Not as much as GPL though :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

In article <8m6j3v$su8$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Well Villeneuve has said that he could and did "for the laugh". Read > some interviews. Don't know if he has in the "grooved tyre" era - but > he certainly did in 97. I'm not sure why the journalists make such a big thing out of this. As you say, any driver who puts enough wing on can take Eau Rouge flat no problem. Exactly how much wing you would need to take off to make it a heroic feat would be difficult to say. Jacques obviously erred on the low side last year:-) - Michael

Martin D. Pay wrote in message ... >GPL would have been a really *great* piece of software if there >had just been an 'easy' mode for those of us without the >time/ability to drive at the top level... There is an easy mode: the basic trainer. And you can even race against basic trainers by tweaking a value in an ini file. Bendito;

AAaaarrrgghh!! i hate it even more-- i just did eau rouge, blanchimont, the last corner at spain and the 130r all flat out -- thats impossible --- silly bloody game :-((( dan leach Ian P <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8m4ek8$fke$[email hidden]...

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> Dan, I like it :) > GPL rank -34 ish > -- > Ian Parker > "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." > > <email invalid due to spam> > > > Dan Leach <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:4%eh5.13$[email hidden]... > > no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very > well > > will like it > > > > (unhappy gp3 buyer) > > Dan Leach gplrank -49.6 > > MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Just wondered, out of interest. > > > > > > - Michael > > > > > > GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big

disappointment,

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> > > I was hoping for *so* much more. > > > > > > > > > > > >

Dan Leach <[email hidden]> wrote: : AAaaarrrgghh!! i hate it even more-- i just did eau rouge, blanchimont, the : last corner at spain and the 130r all flat out -- thats impossible --- silly : bloody game : :-((( dan leach No it isn't impossible Dan - it's easy if you've got lots of wing on. All this stuff about "taking Eau Rouge flat" only applies to low downforce settings. If you have low downforce then it's tricky to take flat (but possible - villeneuve does it). -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

AAaaarrrgghh!! i hate it even more-- i just did eau rouge, blanchimont, the last corner at spain and the 130r all flat out -- thats impossible --- silly ***y game :-((( dan leach

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> Dan, I like it :) > GPL rank -34 ish > -- > Ian Parker > "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy." > <email invalid due to spam> > > no i hate it -- it sucks -- only ppl who cant drive computer games very > well > > will like it > > (unhappy gp3 buyer) > > Dan Leach gplrank -49.6 > > > Just wondered, out of interest. > > > - Michael > > > GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big

disappointment, > > > I was hoping for *so* much more.

no he doesnt -- he and zonta both tried it last year and are lucky to be alive.... its not really a downforce thing its more to do with the wieght transfer forward when you let off or brake. This allows the front wheels to get round without massive understeer--- I dont think an F1 car with almost full wing would do the 130r flat..... Dan Leach Richard G Clegg <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8m6avc$5cs$[email hidden]... > Dan Leach <[email hidden]> wrote: > : AAaaarrrgghh!! i hate it even more-- i just did eau rouge, blanchimont,the > : last corner at spain and the 130r all flat out -- thats impossible ---silly

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> : bloody game > : :-((( dan leach > > No it isn't impossible Dan - it's easy if you've got lots of wing on. > All this stuff about "taking Eau Rouge flat" only applies to low > downforce settings. If you have low downforce then it's tricky to take > flat (but possible - villeneuve does it). > > -- > Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving > Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group > Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York > UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

Dan Leach <[email hidden]> wrote: : no he doesnt -- he and zonta both tried it last year and are lucky to be : alive.... Villeneuve has taken Eau Rouge and 130R flat in previous seasons. And yes, he has also crashed trying it. But read some interviews with other drivers - some say they do regularly - some say they couldn't and it's impossible. : its not really a downforce thing its more to do with the wieght : transfer forward when you let off or brake. This allows the front wheels to : get round without massive understeer--- I dont think an F1 car with almost : full wing would do the 130r flat..... Well Villeneuve has said that he could and did "for the laugh". Read some interviews. Don't know if he has in the "grooved tyre" era - but he certainly did in 97. It's common sense to me - put more wing on and Eau Rouge flat isn't a problem - less and you'll spin off. -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > -56.31, and I like it. Not as much as GPL though :-) I take my hat off to your GPLRank:-) GP3's OK - but don't you think it spoils your GPL technique, which is far more about finesse, trail braking and throttle control, than the brute- force manhandling of the GP3 cars. - Michael GPLRank -3.23

I guess you forgot about Villeneuve last year in practice when he rolled his car at Eau Rouge. Flat out through that section is almost non existant. Richard G Clegg wrote:

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> Dan Leach <[email hidden]> wrote: > : AAaaarrrgghh!! i hate it even more-- i just did eau rouge, blanchimont, the > : last corner at spain and the 130r all flat out -- thats impossible --- silly > : bloody game > : :-((( dan leach > > No it isn't impossible Dan - it's easy if you've got lots of wing on. > All this stuff about "taking Eau Rouge flat" only applies to low > downforce settings. If you have low downforce then it's tricky to take > flat (but possible - villeneuve does it). > > -- > Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving > Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group > Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York > UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

Mrv <[email hidden]> wrote: : I guess you forgot about Villeneuve last year in practice when : he rolled his car at Eau Rouge. Flat out through that section : is almost non existant. No I didn't forget that - but Villeneuve actually made it in other years. And if he'd have (for whatever reason) stuffed loads of wing on to his car he could do it easily. :> No it isn't impossible Dan - it's easy if you've got lots of wing on. :> All this stuff about "taking Eau Rouge flat" only applies to low :> downforce settings. If you have low downforce then it's tricky to take :> flat (but possible - villeneuve does it). -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

Off topic naturally but I cannot seem to stay focused on newsgroups. Anyways....I have wanted to thank you for the setups you posted...they have helped me understand GPL a bit more than I did prior to using your setups. PAPA DOC > >-- >Cheers! >Graeme Nash Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Voodoo 5 vs Geforce 2 shootout... Flanker Target GPL Crash Dummy Video Card Wizard www.papadoc.net FALCON 4 Benchmarks Rants, Bullshit and Reviews

On Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:16:33 +0200, [email hidden] (Uwe Schuerkamp) mangled uncounted electrons thus:

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>In article <[email hidden]>, >Martin D. Pay <[email hidden]> wrote: >>On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:44:54 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" >><[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons >>thus: >> >>>There is an easy mode in GPL... drive slowly! But that would probably clash >>>with your idea of fun, right? >> >>Somewhat, yes. A racing game is about racing... which is to say, >>driving fast enough to beat the other guy. > >"Racing is not about going fast. It's about going slow enough to stay >on the track" ;-)

<grin> I tried Monaco in GPL last night, just to test out my new FF wheel. It's my least favourite circuit in any racing sim/game... I drove slowly enough to stay on the track, all right. My lap time was 2:36... :(:(:( I've never been able to see the appeal of Monaco as a venue. Martin D. Pay Who finds in general that a good FF wheel actually does make GPL slightly more manageable...

In article <[email hidden]>, Martin D. Pay <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:44:54 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" ><[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons >thus: > >>There is an easy mode in GPL... drive slowly! But that would probably clash >>with your idea of fun, right? > >Somewhat, yes. A racing game is about racing... which is to say, >driving fast enough to beat the other guy.

"Racing is not about going fast. It's about going slow enough to stay on the track" ;-) Cheers, uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp http://www.schuerkamp.de/ GnuPG Fingerprint: 2093 20B8 B861 9358 A356 B01A E145 9249 5D27 33EA PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

<Sigh> cannot vote :-( Jens On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:10:04 +0100, MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Just wondered, out of interest. > >- Michael > >GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, >I was hoping for *so* much more. >

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> <Sigh> > cannot vote :-( > > Jens > > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:10:04 +0100, MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Just wondered, out of interest. > > > >- Michael > > > >GPLRank -1.79 , and for the record, I think GP3 is a big disappointment, > >I was hoping for *so* much more. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: > http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ > > GPLRank: +1.80

Still - not long until you're negative:-) - Michael GPLRank: -3.23

If so, I will feel very positive ;-) Jens On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 14:04:43 +0100, MichaelJP <[email hidden]> wrote: >Still - not long until you're negative:-) > >- Michael >GPLRank: -3.23 > --------------------------------------------- LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ GPLRank: +1.80