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KeiichiRX7
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ah yes, i see someone has discovered Legends Cars. check out 600racing.com for more info on them.

If people are really interested I'll help with getting a petition to them.
2 New arenas for auto cross
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
I know that the title makes it sound like i just want more asphalt to play on (i do but not in this post). In fact this post is a call out for 2 completely different types of arena.

1) nice flat dirt stadium for the rally x guys to play in, maybe with placeable mounds of dirt if the devs see fit. Too few rally x courses for those who like rally X, and an all dirt course would make those knobby tires useful, since on all the other courses people just use hybrids

2) Frozen lake. Yes' im aware this would require new tires, but it's also for the rally x people.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
Actually i think ive got something to offer on this...

Sega GT 2002 had a "rally" course that was both downhill and uphill. at the bottom you just turned around and the uphill course ran right next to the downhill. As if they were one wide road with a barrier of sno and ice down the middle.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
that is why marshals should wear brown trousers
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
green is you yellow is agead and orange is behind. If you see a blue one dont bother appologizing to it if you hit it, its an ai
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
no, not really. I'm pretty sure ive put in more miles in a real car vs GT4 than you have given your age. While its cool at first i can tell you it's an OK sim not a great one. Some things are simply bollocks, but it hink it does better with car to car collisions that LFS right now
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
42, its my friend Justin Wilson's autocross number
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
i note how you didnt touch on the physics aspect, which is the very core of the sim. I'm sorry but GT4 just sucks. Every car ndersteers like it's front wheel drive, and the only cars that handle neutrally are the ones that would oversteer heavily IRL. as an example take the lotus Elise. A very very responsive car, bordering on twitchy. In GT4, very easy to drive and far too forgiving. in Enthusia, you ned to pay attention to your grip much more, as each tyre's grip is handled separately, it's easy to lock a rear tyre and turn it around.

Theres no need for 40 different skyline versions from various years, the top grades of each body style would hav been perfectly acceptable and not made finding the car you actually WANT in your list of cars harder. 600 different cars that all fall into maybe 16 different categories is un neccisary.

Enthusia's lack of a cash system frees you from the "buy car -> earn money -> buy parts -> buy faster car" monotony of the GT series. due to the level up system its possible to stick withone car youre comfortable with for most of the game.

since this has gotten off topic i'm going to just make my next point and then go back on topic.

You've managed to defend GT4's "flavor" thats all, the physics engine and handling dynamics are dumbed down to the point of being laughable once youve experienced a real sim. Once you go LFS you dont go back.

Even though i dont think any of the beginners would drive on it, i think mount panorama would be a great track for the sim. Its a challenge for the more advanced players.

Of course, I've been thinknig about driving up to Lexington with a petition to try to get the management of Mid Ohio Sports Car Course to allow a reproduction of thier course.

Anyone any good at amking a petition web page so that i could print it all off at once?
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
GT4 is no where near as good as enthusia or LFS.

Lets start with something simple. Hop into a 700 horsepower rear wheel drive car in GT4, take traction control off and slam the gas. The wheels spin and it takes off in a nice straight line. Do the same in Enthusia and youve gotta keep the rear end under control, because one tyre might lose grip before the other and the rear end will try to swap around on you.

Both have the Nordeschliefe, and people grumble because the version in Enthusia is not only more accurate but also beautiful, BECAUSE IT ISNT PERFECTLY SUNNY.

GT4's dumbed down. It's okay for cutting your teeth, but the real meat of sim racing isnt there. On the PS2 its Enthusia, and on the PC its LFS.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
i believe it's called "suede" (pronounced "swayd"
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
Quote from Sketchyrollin564 :Um, nurburgring is a famous track. Reguardless of playing GT4 or not, MANY people know of it. Same with laguna seca. Not so much Tsukuba, unless you live in japan.

And all 3 are present in a certain PS2 based racing sim that many poor souls claim to be the best racing game "evar". There was a joke involved, have a sense of humor.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
Quote from -M- :If cars are exactly the same... Why should they sound different?

because the cars of LFS present themselves an such a way that they are an "anycar", the XF GTi could be almost any hot hatch you can imagine it to be. As such it has a ery vague set of engine specs, a small displacement inline 4 is very common, so who's to say whether it's a Megane's inline for or a Civic's?

Beyond that, while some cars may run the same engine, thier intake and exhaust systems may be different, which results in different sounds. built to the same set of regulations doesnt neccisarily mean identical cars. Take BTCC for example. Every one of those cars is required to fall under the same restrictions.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
hmmm... Tsukuba, Laguna Seca, and Nurburgring....

Alex, What are three courses that you only know about because of gran turismo 4?

(those of you who get the joke, thank you, those who dont... dont)
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
a really really cool camera would be NASCAR's "Skeeter Cam".

Its an RC helecopter with a camera in the nose. The name came from when someone likened it to shoving a camera p a mosquito's nose.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
+1
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
loev the way the cameras pan tilt and zoom, like theres actually someone trying to keep an F1 car in frame rather than having it just mechanically home in on the cars
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
+1
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
Davo must have fallen into the 3rd category to be so offended...
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
Back on topic... i think the lag was aoriginally brought up as a trade-off for higher boost pressure.

in this case lower pressure = lower lag + lower increase ni HP + friendlier for tight courses.

high pressure = high lag = hgiher increase in HP = a right strong kick in the arse when it's properly spun up
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
that costs money
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
-10

Those of you that understand that you dont need skins bigger than 512,i applaude you.

THose of you that understand that your skins are stored in 1024 and available for you to redownload, double pat on the back, youve been paying attention.

THose of you who don't get the fact that the upload bandwidth FROM LFS world costs the devs money and would cost more with 1024 ingame downloads.... you're retarded. That cost would get passed along to us (more likely new users buying new liscences) making the sim less accessible.

If i had the option i might download even lower res skins so i dont have to clean out the skins x directory as often, and spend less time downloading when i get on a server. As long as i can tell the difference between liveries I am a happy man.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
Funny, i was hoping for an option like this, it would save me a great deal of trouble in a league I'm starting to organize. Instead of lengthy tech inspections and disqualifications after the race i could just flip a switch.
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
+1
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
So i take it thats a "no" on me needing to get in contact with my old racing buddies on the solar car team
KeiichiRX7
S2 licensed
nope, i wish. Ive got a text 8/8/8 Phidgets interface waiting for someone to program for it. I cant program and i have a hard time wrapping my head around anythign other than BASIC
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