HELP ME - Automatic Gearbox Trouble

Firstly I am an automatic gearbox racer. I have always done well with it. But what I cannot believe is that the old GP1 intermittent bug of getting stuck in 2nd gear and having to release the throttle to get it to change into third has found it's way into GP2. Typical ! However the big problem is 1st gear. As you know if you are anything but perfectly straight in 1st gear you will lose it if you floor it. With the automatic box you always drop to 1st on tight corners and so you lose time waiting to straighten out before you can accelarate. I have tried changing the ratios which has helped but I was wondering if anyone else has found an ideal solution. Aida is a nightmare. Ian.

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>Firstly I am an automatic gearbox racer. I have always >done well with it. But what I cannot believe is that the >old GP1 intermittent bug of getting stuck in 2nd gear and >having to release the throttle to get it to change into third >has found it's way into GP2. Typical ! >However the big problem is 1st gear. >As you know if you are anything but perfectly straight in 1st gear >you will lose it if you floor it. With the automatic box >you always drop to 1st on tight corners and so you lose time >waiting to straighten out before you can accelarate. I have >tried changing the ratios which has helped but I was wondering >if anyone else has found an ideal solution. Aida is a nightmare. >Ian.

And that's the way I do it also, change the ratios. I drove Hockenheim's Sachskurve in2nd gear and the Opelkurve in 3rd, while normally in the Opelkurve the normal ratios would be changing from 1 to 2 a couple of times. I won the race approx. 15 secs ! ahead of #2 gaining about 2 secs per lap. Greetings from Rob, All British F1 drivers fan.

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> Firstly I am an automatic gearbox racer. I have always > done well with it. But what I cannot believe is that the > old GP1 intermittent bug of getting stuck in 2nd gear and > having to release the throttle to get it to change into third > has found it's way into GP2. Typical ! > However the big problem is 1st gear. > As you know if you are anything but perfectly straight in 1st gear > you will lose it if you floor it. With the automatic box > you always drop to 1st on tight corners and so you lose time > waiting to straighten out before you can accelarate. I have > tried changing the ratios which has helped but I was wondering > if anyone else has found an ideal solution. Aida is a nightmare. > Ian.Ok, the word 'simulation' rears it's ugly head.

Try taking a 3 litre sporty hatchback with rear wheel drive. (perhaps a Mitsubishi 3000GT with no 4 wheel drive or traction control). Place said car on an ice rink. Turn the wheel 5 degrees to the left. Engage 1st, touch the accelarator. Now use a compass to find out which way you're pointing. This is what f1 driving is about. This is why the drivers in f1 are so good. Because they have superb control. We might say 'Hill's crap' or 'Schumacher's rubbish' or whatever. The fact is that these guys in the same car would probably lap within 2-3% of each others times. You, me, most other people (I did say most, before anyone flames me) would lap at maybe 75% of their speed. Tops. If we managed to get round the course at all. I've done some racing driving in f3000. That's bad enough. There's been a lot of discussion on this as to various factors of the game. I'd like to mention some points. 1) The game is hard. Harder than f1gp1. Good. If it was easy I'd have been disappointed at spending 30 quid on it. 2) Black Flags don't disqualify you. Good. It's tough enough getting through some of these chicanes anyway wihout having to restart the race every time. 3) Sand Traps don't stop you. See above. and so on. Some things are missing..painting, weather, IPX support...ok. fine. I hope they come in. I also hope they come in the form of a patch rather than an upgrade...At the moment however, I'm having problems getting round some of these courses as it is, let alone in the wet against 'real people'. Lets all give Mr. Crammond a big hearty round of applause for making one of the few games around that is both an excellent sim and an excellent game. Lets encourage him to perfect the package with these things that we know are 'nearly there', enjoy what we have and wait with eager anticipation for F1GP2.1, the greatest game ever. Mike