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Doughnuts for Sir Jack

8 posts by 6 people · 29 Sep 1999 - 03 Oct 1999

(Brabham that is) I was wondering why I can't do consistent doughnuts in GPL. I've got all the helps off. Peg the throttle, crank the wheel, get about half a smoky doughnut and then it stops, or it wavers. Never a decent one. I can do nice figure 8s though. Somehow it's a lot like the "canned" spin-turns in GP2 or ICR2. I've tried modulating the throttle to no avail. Is it the differential? Zanardi could do multiple O's in a champ car, my delinquent neighbour can lay them down in his muscle car, so why can't I with the most sophisticated sim engine out there? And what's with the collision physics? It's interesting to sit up against a guardrail for a few seconds, then suddenly be sent flying across half the world. I'm sure this has been brought up before - I'm new to GPL. Stephen
> (Brabham that is) I was wondering why I can't do consistent > doughnuts in GPL. Either you lack stunt driving ability or you have the car setup wrong. Try balancing the car and then setting the ramp angles to 60/60 or 45/45. Now do you understand why we consider it the most sophisticated sim engine out there? - George
Not to mention Zanardi can completely turn on the brake bias to the front brakes of the CART car will sit and spin. :)
Quoted text (9 lines)> > (Brabham that is) I was wondering why I can't do consistent > > doughnuts in GPL. > Either you lack stunt driving ability or you have the car setup > wrong. Try balancing the car and then setting the ramp angles > to 60/60 or 45/45. Now do you understand why we consider > it the most sophisticated sim engine out there? > - George
T.Galvin 29 Sep 1999#496132
Quoted text (9 lines)>> (Brabham that is) I was wondering why I can't do consistent >> doughnuts in GPL. >Either you lack stunt driving ability or you have the car setup >wrong. Try balancing the car and then setting the ramp angles >to 60/60 or 45/45. Now do you understand why we consider >it the most sophisticated sim engine out there? > - George
Yup . I even saw a replay of a driver getting the honda up on 2 wheels and driving it along like a stunt car. From a slow speed he quickly turned the wheel which flicked the car up onto the 2 wheels. Buy the way Hitman I would really like to know what setup you used to do that.
> Not to mention Zanardi can completely turn on the brake bias > to the front brakes of the CART car will sit and spin. :) I'm not entirely sure about this. I seem to recall overhearing several car to team communications where the driver explains how he has set the bias all the way front and the rears are still locking. As for Zanardi, Mansell had him outclassed in the donuts department. I recall a CART test he did while at Newman Haas where he spent the better part of a minute ridding the track of mosquitos. :-) Do note that in GPL you can indeed set the car to either front or rear brakes only. Always fun to see how much heat one can get into the tires, I think my personal best is 401 degrees front, 399 rear. - George
I stand corrected! (and my intuition about the differential was perhaps correct). Back to the doughnuts. Stephen :> :> :>> (Brabham that is) I was wondering why I can't do consistent :>> doughnuts in GPL. :> :>Either you lack stunt driving ability or you have the car setup :>wrong. Try balancing the car and then setting the ramp angles :>to 60/60 or 45/45. Now do you understand why we consider :>it the most sophisticated sim engine out there? :> :> - George :> :> :> : Yup . I even saw a replay of a driver getting the honda up on 2 wheels and : driving it along like a stunt car. From a slow speed he quickly turned the : wheel which flicked the car up onto the 2 wheels. : Buy the way Hitman I would really like to know what setup you used to do : that.
m.seery 29 Sep 1999#496135
I believe the collision detection will be better in 1.2 Mark It's interesting to sit up against
EldredP 03 Oct 1999#497098
>I stand corrected! (and my intuition about the differential was perhaps >correct). Back to the doughnuts. >Stephen Doughnuts - NOW I'm hungry...<g> Eldred - off to the kitchen for a snack. ___ Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc If all the world's a stage, where is the audience sitting? Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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