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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:04:05 +1000
From: Byron Forbes <hosh@ar.com.au>
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Apart from the fact that some setups are very good in all peoples eyes and so the art
of setting a car up is an integral part of a true sim, the other major need for setup
options is to set the car up to suit your driving techniques in general and from track to
track. Funnily enough, I think most of our individual driving techniques are born from the
types of setups we use when we first start driving a new sim/track.

Paul Jones wrote:
> 
> This is something I've always felt. I find setups tedious and, frankly, I haven't
> got enough time to monkey with bump lengths even if I knew what they were. I just
> want to race. To have be at the top of some sims you need to be a driver and an
> engineer (though I think in reality most drivers do have an intricate
> understanding of how all this works). I've come to the conclusion that I don't
> care if people call this or that racing game a sim anymore. What matters to me is
> that I enjoy it which usually involves it being realistic as regards the car, the
> road, the weather and what ever else is involved in the actual driving (rather
> than racing) experience. I love your idea of simulated engineers and mecanics -
> nice one :-)
> Paul

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