"Lets bump fists to show our fans how hip and down with each other we are bro... What the.. You're doing it wrong!"
The Radical is the only car to me that feels spot on, although I haven't driven the Lotus in a long time so that could be up there now aswell. The Radical actually feels predictable though and does what you'd expect a car to do, like you're driving a real racing car on the limit. In comparison, the V8, although quite entertaining to drive (or rather, wrestle with it to keep it in a straight line) reminds me more than any other that I am playing a game on a computer. The sounds for it are great though. Formula Mazda engine sounds are still shite considering this is meant to be the cream of the crop of all racing sims available.
I bought a horse but ended up ditching it because I am enjoying going everywhere and admiring the scenery on foot! 
Also on a horse I kept running straight into bandits and wolves etc, when I find creeping up and firing an arrow through their skulls more fun. The archery on this game is great. A very satisfying thud as your arrow finds it's target.
Also on a horse I kept running straight into bandits and wolves etc, when I find creeping up and firing an arrow through their skulls more fun. The archery on this game is great. A very satisfying thud as your arrow finds it's target.
Anyone found the sightless pit? It's near Saarthal. There is a temple within it and it reminds me of Moria! I can't get back out of it because you have to jump down a pit which you cannot climb out of so the only way out is getting through to the end of it but it's tricky at a low level unless you lower the difficulty. Must have died about 8 times in there now and still going.
When my character's feet began to sink into the boulder I thought it'd probably be for the best to just take a quick screenie and move along. 
Quick video I made of a clean run through Bisanne in the Audi S1 Group B monster!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zbCas0ETA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zbCas0ETA
I recommend the most expensive card on the market. If only I was joking! Unless the last patch made HUGE optimisations. My card was decent for when the game was released and way above the minimum requirements and I still found it unplayable.
If it's not experienced in all mods, then it can't be the entire sim.
The cars in HistorX mod aren't setup to drift. They're classic racing cars. Why would racing cars be setup to rescue ridiculously angled slides with plastic rear tyres and flubber for the front tyres? They don't have 50 degrees of lock either. Of course I've seen drifting in real life, with cars setup to drift. Completely different to classic racing cars. The point is however, it is possible to drift if you want to. GTL on the other hand just feels totally wrong.
I don't even have rFactor installed as I have Netkar, Richard Burns Rally, Game Stock Car and Live For Speed on my harddrive. I agree that the rFactor physics engine has it's limitations, but to say HistorX is worse than GTL is hilarious. For the first time I also disagree with you Tristan because HistorX does feel good to drive. Unfortunately I just don't like rFactor because apart from the couple of LiDAR tracks created by Piddy, most of them look awful and feel awful to drive on.
"The first vid you posted apparently comes from Historix V2 and most likely with new physics."
- Maybe, but it's the same physics engine and you made the point of HistorX being influenced by "terrible rFactor physic". I'm pretty sure GTL uses the same physics engine aswell. I personally disagree with you though. HistorX is pretty much GTL but with more realistic car behaviour for the most part. GTL was fun but certainly didn't feel as good as HistorX does on the limit. As BigPeBe said, GTL doesn't feel natural. Each to their own I guess, but I feel the same about them as BigPeBe, you can't have set it up correctly if you are unable to control slides with HistorX. If you can control slides in LFS then there's no reason why you can't in HistorX.
If it bothers you so much that it has V2 in the title, this video is from the HistorX version currently available to all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tjlDvskAs
"And the second vid if its on the same engine as rfactor it doesnt mean it feels the same, even in rfactor there are mods that are pure pleasure to drive/drift etc most of the time its achieved by putting some unrealistic values that result in parameters close to reality.
So just because its same engine doesnt mean it will be just as unforgiving as rFactor, if they tweak it right it might be a pure pleasure to drive."
- This was exactly the point I was trying to make.. It's not the rFactor physics engine, it's the people who make the mods/games using the engine and what they do with it. Game Stock Car to me is the only thing that matches Netkar Pro in terms of pure pleasure and feeling when driving and that is using the Gmotor2 + Pmotor2 engine that is used for rFactor. HistorX was my favourite mod for rFactor and the majority of physics work was done by Niels Heusinkveld who also worked on Game Stock Car. Proof that you can consistently get realistic results if you know what you're doing.
- Maybe, but it's the same physics engine and you made the point of HistorX being influenced by "terrible rFactor physic". I'm pretty sure GTL uses the same physics engine aswell. I personally disagree with you though. HistorX is pretty much GTL but with more realistic car behaviour for the most part. GTL was fun but certainly didn't feel as good as HistorX does on the limit. As BigPeBe said, GTL doesn't feel natural. Each to their own I guess, but I feel the same about them as BigPeBe, you can't have set it up correctly if you are unable to control slides with HistorX. If you can control slides in LFS then there's no reason why you can't in HistorX.
If it bothers you so much that it has V2 in the title, this video is from the HistorX version currently available to all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tjlDvskAs
"And the second vid if its on the same engine as rfactor it doesnt mean it feels the same, even in rfactor there are mods that are pure pleasure to drive/drift etc most of the time its achieved by putting some unrealistic values that result in parameters close to reality.
So just because its same engine doesnt mean it will be just as unforgiving as rFactor, if they tweak it right it might be a pure pleasure to drive."
- This was exactly the point I was trying to make.. It's not the rFactor physics engine, it's the people who make the mods/games using the engine and what they do with it. Game Stock Car to me is the only thing that matches Netkar Pro in terms of pure pleasure and feeling when driving and that is using the Gmotor2 + Pmotor2 engine that is used for rFactor. HistorX was my favourite mod for rFactor and the majority of physics work was done by Niels Heusinkveld who also worked on Game Stock Car. Proof that you can consistently get realistic results if you know what you're doing.
You appear to have great potential. Here, take my card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ2ya1iwLss
Not driven by me but it doesn't need to be to show that slides are very recoverable.
Even the newly released F1 car on Game Stock Car using the same physics engine isn't unrecoverable. Twitchy car but if you catch it then you can keep it in line, much like the real thing! Go to 1:50 for proof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixHEzIFbd4g - alternatively watch the whole thing!
Not driven by me but it doesn't need to be to show that slides are very recoverable.
Even the newly released F1 car on Game Stock Car using the same physics engine isn't unrecoverable. Twitchy car but if you catch it then you can keep it in line, much like the real thing! Go to 1:50 for proof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixHEzIFbd4g - alternatively watch the whole thing!
Can't believe how cheap this gem of a sim is! If anyone was considering it, 100% worth it.
Have you truthfully tried it? HistorX mod feels a lot better than GTL and the slides are very controllable. Almost an LFS kind of feel but maybe a tad less forgiving, which is about right really. The physics engine can produce realistic results. Game Stock Car from Reiza Studios is one of the most realistic feeling sims right now in my opinion and it was created with the same physics engine as rFactor.
Run RichardBurnsRally_SSE.exe in your Richard Burns Rally folder. This will run the normal game. Change your controls and save onto the Mulligatawny profile. They should then stay that way whenever you play the game through RSRBR.
The default is the 2003 Impreza I believe Maggot.
I would just apply the patches and play the game vanilla, being able to go through entire rallies without any incidents. Then start looking around at mods. I would look at co-driver mods first though to enhance the immersion. The game is very realistic and unforgiving even in it's standard form.
I would just apply the patches and play the game vanilla, being able to go through entire rallies without any incidents. Then start looking around at mods. I would look at co-driver mods first though to enhance the immersion. The game is very realistic and unforgiving even in it's standard form.
I'm not a fan of rugby, but that there is a game I would definitely want to be a part of.
Chillin'
Out clubbing with my girlfriend. (It was rave in a rainforest night, so there were people doing facepainting there!)
Out clubbing with my girlfriend. (It was rave in a rainforest night, so there were people doing facepainting there!)
There are usually various little tweaks and changes with lots of people working on different aspects at the same time. I heard something about changes in the menu but I can't remember what it was and I can't be bothered to try and find it in the forum. I know they're working on the visual tyre deformation and I have seen a couple of screenshots. They're working on making the steering input totally lag free aswell, which I look forward to if they're successful.
I know they're working on the visual tyre deformation and I have seen a couple of screenshots. They're working on making the steering input totally lag free aswell, which I look forward to if they're successful. But your logic seems to be not to waste money on people/companies who have failed in the past. iRacing has had many failings but you've still thrown your money at them based on the fact that GPL was great for it's time.
It's the same reason I invested in C.A.R.S, because despite them maybe failing in the past, what they have to offer now is impressive and has a lot of potential. I want to see how it develops and enjoy the progress!
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