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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 19:51:24 +1000
From: Byron Forbes <hosh@ar.com.au>
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blue26 wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:44:49 +0800, Fuji Sartono
> <fuji@menard-cosmetics.com> wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've read numerous threads here suggesting that GPL is a little too
> >realistic and too hard to play.
> >
> >
> Yeah, it's kind of tough to learn, and right when you first go out and
> can't even keep the car on the road going in a straight f---ing LINE,
> for Chrissake, it can seem like a bit much. I have raced most of the
> good racing games and am a fairly hot stick on a good day, and this
> one knocked me on my butt at first. But if you give it a few good
> hours and pay attention to what the car wants to do, the lap times
> start dropping all by themselves and you start just driving fast.
> 

   Good points. Two things critical to good laps in GPL and consistant driving are never
applying full throttle unless the car is pointed straight, on smooth racetrack and in 2nd
gear or higher (and warmed up tyres). Also, DO NOT LOCK THE BRAKES! Particularly into that
friggin right hand hairpin at Rouen! :))
