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There is a way to modify the camera location. I haven't used it so I don't know
how. But I'm sure it's somewhere in the over 100 GPL sites I have bookmarked,
I'll see if I can find it for you..... here it is. Paul Hoads GPL Track Editor
Project, go to news and scroll down to Jan 13th, that's as far as I went, I hope
it's what you want.
JM  >  I thought you didn't like GPL?

mark31600@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>   You have noticed that if a racing game has 5 possible views to drive out
> of, there is always one that seems to 'lock' your ability to feel what the
> car is doing -or about to do. I tried the GPL demo and it dosent have a 'nose
> view' ..does the full game have one? (thanks in advance)  For me the *least*
> informative view in any racer is the one from above and behind the car. From
> that location, even NFSIII steers like GPL! Once you get into the cockpit
> though, everything settles down, in every sim I have tried.  But my best
> feeling comes from driving with the 'road only' view, and I'm thinking GPL
> would be more in focus for me if it had/has one.  Right now, the cockpit view
> feels a little detached for my tastes.
>
> MR
>
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There is a way to modify the camera location. I haven't used it so I don't
know how. But I'm sure it's somewhere in the over 100 GPL sites I have
bookmarked, I'll see if I can find it for you..... here it is. <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/paulhoad/gpl/whatsnew.html">Paul
Hoads GPL Track Editor Project</A>, go to news and scroll down to Jan 13th,
that's as far as I went, I hope it's what you want.
<BR>JM&nbsp; >&nbsp; I thought you didn't like GPL?

<P>mark31600@my-dejanews.com wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>&nbsp; You have noticed that if a racing game has
5 possible views to drive out
<BR>of, there is always one that seems to 'lock' your ability to feel what
the
<BR>car is doing -or about to do. I tried the GPL demo and it dosent have
a 'nose
<BR>view' ..does the full game have one? (thanks in advance)&nbsp; For
me the *least*
<BR>informative view in any racer is the one from above and behind the
car. From
<BR>that location, even NFSIII steers like GPL! Once you get into the cockpit
<BR>though, everything settles down, in every sim I have tried.&nbsp; But
my best
<BR>feeling comes from driving with the 'road only' view, and I'm thinking
GPL
<BR>would be more in focus for me if it had/has one.&nbsp; Right now, the
cockpit view
<BR>feels a little detached for my tastes.

<P>MR

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