Carl_gpgames Wrote:
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> Good evening everybody,
>
> I allow myself to ask a few questions that came up
> recently when i found myself driving some
> full-length races while my wife was out with
> friends and the kid was sleeping already.
>
> 1. Mechanical failures
> 1.1) Which of them are actually related to the
> driving behaviour and which of them come up just
> randomy? I know that it is possible to blow the
> enigne when hitting the rev to hard, but how is it
> about the others?
> 1.2) Is it possible to tweak the effect of a
> puncture? I'm not Lewis Hamilton but the effect on
> the cars behaviour seems to be a bit strong. It
> becomes nearly undrivable and with traction
> control enabled the max. speed is about 70 kph.
> 1.3) A gearbox issue can easy be fixed by hitting
> the rev counter until the engine blows and the
> gears will come back magicaly. Is GP4 limited to
> have only 1 mechanical failure at the same time?
>
> 2. Pit stops
> 2.1) Is there a tweak to disable the steering- and
> braking help when entering and leaving the pits
> (except for the speed limiter tweak)? The same
> happens at some mechanical failures; The car will
> break automatically.
> 2.2) The pitstop-tweak doesn't work for me even
> though it's enabled in gp4tweak.ini. For example i
> would like to extend the time needed to fix a
> broken car.
> 2.3) If i enable the pit speed limiter manually
> (didn't get that to work yet, see 3.1), is there a
> penalty for speeding in the pits? I'm asking
> because there is a sample called "PP_SLOW_DOWN_"
> and "PP_WATCH_YOUR_SPEED" inside
> "PitProblem_eng.bnk" that i actually never heard
> ingame.
>
> 3. Tweaker
> 3.1) To be honest, i don't understand how to use
> the tweaker key bindings. What exactly is a
> "virtual keyboard" and how can i use it? i would
> like to bind some of these keys to my steering
> wheel (f.e. the pit limiter)
> 3.2) There seems to be a tweak to use individual
> cockpit mesh. Does it actually work and does it
> allow you to use different cockpit shapes at the
> same time?
>
> 4. Others
> 4.1) Is there a tweak to extend the time before
> that starting lights go on? I would like to have a
> 20-30 seconds break before the first one goes on.
>
> 4.2) Is it possible do start with a full tank
> (same amount of fuel laps as the race takes)? And
> if yes, is it possible for the AI as well?
> 4.3) Is there a guide available somwhere in how to
> set up a car? i did watch the gpaedia videos but i
> have never understood it completely.
> 4.4) I heard there is an f1graphics.cfg guide
> available. Would somebody be so kind to send it to
> me?
>
> I'm sure that most of this questions have been
> asked already but i couldn't find the right
> answers yet. my appologies for that and thank you
> in advance.
>
> Have a nice evening,
> Carl
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