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TOCA Driver 2 Demo First Impressions

7 posts by 5 people · 25 Apr 2004 16:17 UTC - 28 Apr 2004 00:53 UTC

Darf 25 Apr 2004 16:17 UTC#39287
Driving the V8 at Philip Island, I find that when set to Simulation, the feel is very arcade, grip is unrealistic, car feels far too forgiving. When Set to Pro, I found the car is virtually undrivable. brakes tend to lock very easily, and the car looses grip far too easily. Just wondering if any of you guys have fixed this by car setup? Can you give me your opinions on this Sim / Game? Darf
cronik 25 Apr 2004 23:48 UTC↳ reply to Darf#39104
"Darf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<408be47d$0$12481$[email hidden]>...
Quoted text (10 lines)> Driving the V8 at Philip Island, I find that when set to Simulation, the > feel is very arcade, grip is unrealistic, > car feels far too forgiving. > When Set to Pro, I found the car is virtually undrivable. > brakes tend to lock very easily, and the car looses grip far too easily. > Just wondering if any of you guys have fixed this by car setup? > Can you give me your opinions on this Sim / Game? > > > Darf
What are you expecting from a console arcade racer ported to the PC? Codemasters have never produced anything even remotely resembling a simulation so if you are expecting Papyrus grade physics you will be sorely disappointed.
jbodin 26 Apr 2004 01:21 UTC↳ reply to Darf#39108
If you're using a wheel, set the controller selection to "Pad" rather than "Wheel," and see if things get more driveable in Pro-Sim mode. This has helped a LOT of other people. Check the Blackhole Motorsports "Files" area for lots of downloads, utilities, and such . . . quite a few things for the demos, too. The "Active Cockpit Camera" ("ACC") utility is a must-have, IMO. -- JB "Darf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<408be47d$0$12481$[email hidden]>...
Quoted text (10 lines)> Driving the V8 at Philip Island, I find that when set to Simulation, the > feel is very arcade, grip is unrealistic, > car feels far too forgiving. > When Set to Pro, I found the car is virtually undrivable. > brakes tend to lock very easily, and the car looses grip far too easily. > Just wondering if any of you guys have fixed this by car setup? > Can you give me your opinions on this Sim / Game? > > > Darf
this game is more for the console gamer with no driving skills. But the graphics are nice. "Darf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:408be47d$0$12481$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (12 lines)> Driving the V8 at Philip Island, I find that when set to Simulation, the > feel is very arcade, grip is unrealistic, > car feels far too forgiving. > When Set to Pro, I found the car is virtually undrivable. > brakes tend to lock very easily, and the car looses grip far too easily. > Just wondering if any of you guys have fixed this by car setup? > Can you give me your opinions on this Sim / Game? > > > Darf > >
Yeah, you're probably right about this -- which is probably why I'm really enjoying RD2 right now. :-/ <PLONK> -- JB GPLRank: +2.889 Race Handicap: +45.440 Monster Rank: +293.649 Challenge Rank: +131.648 http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/php-pub/user.php?showDriver=424 "news.verizon.net" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<z_gjc.27044$[email hidden]>...
Quoted text (19 lines)> this game is more for the console gamer with no driving skills. But the > graphics are nice. > > > > "Darf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:408be47d$0$12481$[email hidden]... > > Driving the V8 at Philip Island, I find that when set to Simulation, the > > feel is very arcade, grip is unrealistic, > > car feels far too forgiving. > > When Set to Pro, I found the car is virtually undrivable. > > brakes tend to lock very easily, and the car looses grip far too easily. > > Just wondering if any of you guys have fixed this by car setup? > > Can you give me your opinions on this Sim / Game? > > > > > > Darf > > > >
On 27 Apr 2004 10:09:51 -0700, [email hidden] (jbodin) wrote: >Yeah, you're probably right about this -- which is probably why I'm >really enjoying RD2 right now. Yes but you liked Ford Racing too, you're 'special' remember ;) Seriously, plonking someone for having an opinion? Andre >:-/ > ><PLONK> > >-- JB
I ONLY "liked" Ford Racing in passing -- I still think there might have been decent physics therein, and the tracks WERE glorious to behold, but they really bungled two critical areas: Sounds and controls. ;-) The "plonk" might have been a little over-the-top, but as a fairly serious sim racer who happens to enjoy RD2, the "opinion" felt a little offensive. And, in this case, I don't think I'm all that "special" -- there are lots of other serious sim folks over on the RaceSim Central forums who are enjoying RD2 as well. Ah, what the heck heck -- I admit it . . . I AM "special." :-D -- JB Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Quoted text (15 lines)> On 27 Apr 2004 10:09:51 -0700, [email hidden] (jbodin) wrote: > > >Yeah, you're probably right about this -- which is probably why I'm > >really enjoying RD2 right now. > > Yes but you liked Ford Racing too, you're 'special' remember ;) > Seriously, plonking someone for having an opinion? > > Andre > > >:-/ > > > ><PLONK> > > > >-- JB

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