F1 Challenge / M3 Challenge / ETCC

[FUNKED1]

I'll call it Aces High something.
Password will be "dolts"

[FUNKED1]

No need for ICQ, just meet in the chat/lobby on F1RST.

[Saurdaukar]

Well funked... went to change my car to Alfa and Ive decided I hate F1RST... worse that Gamespy.

Still cant get it to start and connect,

POS.

[FUNKED1]

Same here, they are having an outage of some sort.  Well at least we got connected for a while.  I sorted out my firewall problems so we won't have that problem again where you guys can get in my room but not into the race.

[Saurdaukar]

Ok - good to know it wasnt just me.

[Mini D]

Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Downloaded M3 Challenge... eh, its ok.

I still disagree with the spin charectaristics.  When you modulate throttle to control the rear its not 'hit or miss' in real life as it is in the game.  Other than that I was halfway impressed.  I dunno if its a control or setup problem but the brakes positively suck on the M3's.  Granted they are heavy cars by touring car standards, but geeezus.

I kinda agree with that.  I've only had one higher hp rwd car... and found that even on wet pavement I could feel the overstear coming on and control it with the throttle.  I understand in high speed corners this wouldn't be an option... but on the straights and such I still don't notice much response via drift when easing off the throttle.

MiniD

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Guys, give it more time then you will get an awsome feel for the M3 of M3C. At first I was spining for nothing, the I could really master those power slides in the turns if I had to do some exibition.

On the other end, ETCC beemer, no joy, when the thing goes, it goes. It has the same syndrome as the F1s of the game, rarely going sideway without spining, not like you see on TV.

[Mini D]

I don't really have much of a problem in the turn... it's coming out and accelerating hard on the straights.  It does seem the rear end should snap back a bit quicker when letting off of the throttle.

MiniD

[FUNKED1]

Coming from GPL and rally sims and LFS, I find the M3 pretty easy to handle when the tail comes out a bit.  Not that I'm such a stud, but that this M3 is not a real beast in the grand scheme of race sims.  The main problem is that a sim car doesn't give you nearly the feedback that you get in a real car.

Try easing off the throttle partially instead of just dropping it.  Remember that when you go off the throttle, you will pick up some rear grip by reducing the torque on the rears, but you will also loose some grip because the weight transfers forward.

Anyways, jack those diff percentages up and a lot of that will go away.  Same goes for the 320i in ETCC.  The default diff settings are almost wide open, no good for a car with that much power.  It handles a lot like the M3 if you move the power and coast percentages up to 40/20 or so.

[john9001]

there is a rumor that Mondo, ( a infamous GROWL driver) has a new computer and is thinking of coming out of retirment.

[senna]

Rerelease the F1 game dummies!!!

[Rude]

Originally posted by FUNKED1
Damn, get your priorities straight and come racing.  

Should I buy one of those fancy steering wheels to be competitive?

[Stringer]

Yes, but you'll still be only able to see my rear bumper!!

Oh, and Mondo is a WRECKER!!...had to get that pre-emptive strike in!

[Masherbrum]

I have F1 Challenge 99-02, and also play "rfactor" which is a new racing sim (online).   Let me download some of this stuff you guys posted.  I'm personally getting a tad bit burned out on AH2.  This  might be what the doctor ordered.

Karaya

[moot]

So GTR isn't worth mention?