gav Wrote:
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> Nah, I'm talking about the most recent release
> (which, rasterisers excluded, is still from, what
> 1999? 2000?). It's generally very realistic....
> except for the ride height. If you want to be
> competitive online, you have to use the lowest
> ride height you can get away with... which makes
> the car a real handful.
>
> The F1 cars of the 60s ran a full 2 inches (5cm)
> higher than we run in GPL. That, and the softer
> suspension you can use as a result, makes a huge
> difference to the handling. Seriously, try it -
> it's a piece of piss to drive the cars afterwards
> (though the balance does change a bit).
>
> It's the same with every game though. We can test
> at extremes that the real world wouldn't dream of,
> because if Stewart had left the pits with the
> extreme settings some of us try, he wouldn't make
> it back... as if the odds in the 60s weren't
> against you enough already.
>
> I wouldn't take much notice of Alison Hine. She
> was good in providing some solid, fairly reliable
> base setups, but I only know one person who can
> use them at all today. I'd be a couple of seconds
> a lap a slower using them. Rather than going
> against what she said, I just think the
> development team themselves didn't really
> understand the settings you could apply.
>
> If you were in any need of knowing how limited the
> knowledge of some of the developers was, take a
> look at Spa. The track isn't even nearly right.
> It's far too wide, the layout from Eau Rouge up
> Kemmel is completely wrong (it used to have slight
> curves in it) and Malmedy is just a layout they
> randomly plucked from the history books - it's
> horribly wrong too, and by a number of years. You
> contrast that with how accurate they made the
> Nurburgring (comparatively, given the length of
> the track) and it's like a completely different
> team was behind it.
Yes, I noticed the track inaccuracies as well, it really annoyed me. I would have liked to make Eau Rouge as it was back then in an 1967 car - that's why I created an 1979 version of Spa for GP4 and I could still run cars from the Sixties on it.
The Barbeque Bend in Kyalami and the Big Bend in Watkins Glen are a mess too.
Otherwise, thanks for the setup tips, I'll definitely try them out.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2012 02:29PM by Atticus..