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It is much easier! GPL is very difficult to drive fast comfortably where
Viper it is not to hard to be comfortable in a few hours, GPL takes months.
As for the realism/physics model it is very much like GPL but the car feels
so much heavier and the cg is so different.
Just make sure you have a fast computer so you can get the full effect with
all the cars etc.
JM


Ato Wikla wrote:

> Hi sim racers
>
> I tried Viper Racing just for fun - I'm not especially interested
> in sports car racing - F1 rules... :)
>
> Anyhow, I think the graphics in VR are excellent, and user interface is
> well designed. Also the sense of driving feels quite good, the menus
> are attractive, etc... But is it really so easy to drive sports cars
> compared to F1's? I used the Simulation mode, damage enabled, AI skill
> "Normal", short "Sprint" race. And very soon in my first session of
> using the program, I could win a couple of races at the (simple) tarack
> of Dayton!
>
> Compared to the learning curve of GPL that seemed ridiculous. Can this
> VR really be consired as a simulator in the sense of GPL? Or perhaps
> I have already learned so much of racing car driving that a Viper
> would be easy to me? :-)
>
> Arto



