What do I have to do!!!!

gav Wrote:
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> The key to Grid's focus on fun is its Flashback
> feature

I'm trying to think, is that better or worse than EAs push to pass in NASCAR?

salvasirignano Wrote:
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> sasjag Wrote:
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> > > Oops, sorry, I should learn to read perhaps?
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> > > I've never played any game online, I realise
> it
> > is
> > > probably much better than racing AI.
> > > I'm still more Andrea de Cesaris than
> > Schumacher
> > > in all racing games I play, even the 65 mod,
> so
> > it
> > > may be best if I continue to refrain from
> > online
> > > racing, unless I learn to drive properly
> > sometime.
> >
> >
> > go online now - seriously
> >
> > you will progress MUCH faster, and you'll learn
> > from other people on how to improve. most of
> teh
> > GPL community are quite friendly and willing to
> > offer advice.
> >
> >
> > Unless your Gui
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> Right, I think i'll practice really quite a lot at
> the '67s this summer, and then in September when
> I'm back at uni with internet, I'll give it a go.
> The throttle pedal on my old wingman wheel is
> quite jumpy though, so it may have to go first.
> To be fair I do sometimes have the same as Gui,
> all the chairs I have are horrendously bad for
> playing racing games, I feel more comfortable
> being thrown around in a kart for an hour non stop


I just stupidly reinstalled the '67 version (supposed to be revising for an exam tomorrow), and I must say, it's more fun than '65 I think. I originally uninstalled it after about an hour because it was too hard for me, that was two years ago.
Just done ten laps round the Glen, and got a 1:09 dead in the Cooper on the only one i didn't spin on
I'll keep practising (not today though )

I suggest you practice on the Cooper, then the Brabham and then the Ferrari (passing on advice from top GPL guys!), no damage set.

And Gav, I swear that buying a very comfortable and decent quality chair is one of my priorities not only for my home in Ohio (for whenever I move in with my dad again), but for my apartment to-be later this month as well! Would be nice if you guys would also share some of your VT approved butt-holders here, but nothing in beige

Thanks for the advice Gui

Got a lovely chair (for the money) from Viking Direct, Gui, but I believe it's only available in countries where stabbing is a competitive sport.

Click here for a cow that's been scraped out and then stuffed! Click on Business or Personal at the first screen (depending on how you're ordering...) and it should redirect you after that.

Even if you can order from the States, because the dollar is so weak at the moment, you'll end up paying probably double what you'd normally do.

isnt that bloody annoying though a chair with wheels? i imagin the chair rolling away under driving and you not being able to reach the pedals comfortably anymore

Not really.

My bucket chair is ripped and patchy now, so I'm looking at a replacement like this at some point during the year.

[www.alt-gifts.com]

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hmmm...do want

Sim

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Iceman-Kimi Wrote:
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> isnt that bloody annoying though a chair with
> wheels? i imagin the chair rolling away under
> driving and you not being able to reach the pedals
> comfortably anymore

My previous chair I left the wheels off for this reason, but I've noticed no real difference as I put them on this one. I don't find myself slipping away suddenly, though I'll notice I'm a tiny bit further back and just shuffle myself an inch or 2 forward on a straight. It's entirely in the sub-conscience though - it's certainly not something that affects me. The 'legs' of the base are flat though, so you don't have to install the wheels.

Bloody good as a standard chair too. They had them on offer for around £20 (£23 I think it was - £17 for the beige one) a couple of months back, so I bought one for work too.

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> Not really.
>
> My bucket chair is ripped and patchy now, so I'm
> looking at a replacement like this at some point
> during the year.
>
> [www.alt-gifts.com]
> VC-bucket-seat-office-chair-with-chrome-base-4509.
> htm


Haha man that looks mint :D

I like the look of gavs chair, I'll probably go for that when I get round to it. I got a nice little cheap chair atm, but its not really that deep and most of the padding seems to have died now :\

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Gav, does this mean you replaced that silly plastic balancing act?

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DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Gav, does this mean you replaced that silly
> plastic balancing act?

Yeah :D

Best thing was, I've no idea how it ended up like that. I hadn't even noticed, then one day I realised I was sort of swinging around on the centre pole. :D

Had this thing for a year or 2 now.

Ooo, brand name noted in case I stumble across it here in the US, thanks! I don't have to worry about sliding off into the depths of a kitchen or bathroom because it's very common to have carpeting almost everywhere in an apartment or house (unfortunately, hardwood floors rock! My house in Ohio is like that :D) so I'll be standing still .

Dave, isn't that chair the one that Koop, Kipe or someone else from VT bought?

Guimengo Wrote:
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> I suggest you practice on the Cooper, then the
> Brabham and then the Ferrari (passing on advice
> from top GPL guys!), no damage set.
>
> And Gav, I swear that buying a very comfortable
> and decent quality chair is one of my priorities
> not only for my home in Ohio (for whenever I move
> in with my dad again), but for my apartment to-be
> later this month as well! Would be nice if you
> guys would also share some of your VT approved
> butt-holders here, but nothing in beige


you have been saying you need a chair since 2004

Grid aint that bad.

Depends what game you expect of it.

As an easy to play game i find it enjoyable.

If i wanted to sim race ild go on my pc.

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gav Wrote:
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> Best thing was, I've no idea how it ended up like
> that. I hadn't even noticed, then one day I
> realised I was sort of swinging around on the
> centre pole. :D


This makes it sound like you work in some sort of "Gentlemen's Club"



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NeilPearson Wrote:
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> Guimengo Wrote:
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> > I suggest you practice on the Cooper, then the
> > Brabham and then the Ferrari (passing on advice
> > from top GPL guys!), no damage set.
> >
> > And Gav, I swear that buying a very comfortable
> > and decent quality chair is one of my
> priorities
> > not only for my home in Ohio (for whenever I
> move
> > in with my dad again), but for my apartment
> to-be
> > later this month as well! Would be nice if you
> > guys would also share some of your VT approved
> > butt-holders here, but nothing in beige
>
>
> you have been saying you need a chair since 2004


This time is different! I will buy a new one, the current chairs shall be thrown away (I voted for burning them but stepmom didn't approve of it) and when I am moving in to my apartment I shall have a chair that will leave my butt delighted.

its going to be a centre pole only?

Nah, I don't need you to lend me your favorite chair. Though the director of the foreign language program at my former uni would love that

matt3454 Wrote:
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> Grid aint that bad.
>
> Depends what game you expect of it.
>
> As an easy to play game i find it enjoyable.
>
> If i wanted to sim race ild go on my pc.


Exactly... for them to say its a sim is wrong, but then who cares, me you and everyone else here knows its not and so will treat it that way. The only reason they say simulation is because of £, and if kids are stupid enough to buy because of that reason thats their problem. As a game I enjoy it alot but thats becaues like you said I dont expect it to be the top racing sim at all, I expect it to be fun. Same with the F1.06 for PS3, been playing that on a HD widescreen for a few weeks and its amazing fun. Exactly what it should be. Like I said for them to say its a sim is wrong but most of us are not stupid enough to believe it, and most of us know they say sim to sell.

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