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From: Byron Forbes <hosh@ar.com.au>
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This is true until, unlike real drivers, we have done a zillion laps, spending mere
seconds making setup adjustments that take hours in real life, and know the sim and it's
tracks like the back of our hand. Not to mention the fact that we need not fear for our
lives, just our results! The ball may be in the real drivers court in the beginning, but
it's soon back in ours in a very big way IMO. Give me 100% accurate physics any day! :))
    While we're on this subject, while a real race team and driver are loading up semi
trailers with all their gear, transporting it, unloading it, assembling it, setting car
up, refueling, etc, etc, etc.......... then packing up, going home, unloading, testing,
etc, etc, etc....... we simmers are out on the track doing laps. We pull into the pits and
change motors, gearboxs, differentials, springs, shocks, etc, etc, etc.... in about 30
seconds flat. Come to think of it, I think the ball is always in our court. By the time
these guys get on the track we have already put down lap times that they will simply never
achieve! :)

Lawrence Edwards wrote:

> 
> In a real car there is additional feedback which lets you know when you are
> near the limit. Indeed - I think it says as much in Steve Smith's guide. I
> agree with his view that GPL will therefore seem more difficult to drive
> than a real car. This is my point - my perception is that the car is more
> difficult to drive around a circuit than a real car.

-- 
 Byron Forbes
 Captain of Team Lightning Bolt

 http://members.tripod.com/~HOSHUMUNGUS


    and

 http://www.frontiernet.net/~godsoe/bolt/home.htm
