The Racing Game Thread

LucaPacchiarini · Post by **LucaPacchiarini** » 01 Feb 2010, 14:37

Popi_Larrauri wrote:don't have PS3, so I have to go for GP4 (which I've never played in my life).Once you set a date, on line server, game and mod, i'm in. Lets hope it won't be on working ours for me.

it's an offline championship

LucaPacchiarini · Post by **LucaPacchiarini** » 01 Feb 2010, 14:44

ADx_Wales wrote:Bit of a change of subject, but here are some "Photos" taken from the GT4 replay theatre, using the Formula Gran Turosmo '04 in GT4.

The modernising of Tom Pryce's Token

Looking at our liveries, it looks like we are teammates:

My Mini in GTL: I'm doing the European Touring Championship 1967, with historical tracks (Nordschleife, Rouen, Old Monza....)

However, sometimes things go wrong... this is what happened at the start of Bridgehampton: :shock:

21 cars were involved in this crash

Popi_Larrauri · Post by **Popi_Larrauri** » 01 Feb 2010, 14:50

LucaPacchiarini wrote:
Popi_Larrauri wrote:don't have PS3, so I have to go for GP4 (which I've never played in my life).Once you set a date, on line server, game and mod, i'm in. Lets hope it won't be on working ours for me.

it's an offline championship

I'll do a pathetic try to avoid reading this mommouth thread: How you plan to do it, then?

LucaPacchiarini · Post by **LucaPacchiarini** » 01 Feb 2010, 14:52

Popi_Larrauri wrote:
LucaPacchiarini wrote:
Popi_Larrauri wrote:don't have PS3, so I have to go for GP4 (which I've never played in my life).Once you set a date, on line server, game and mod, i'm in. Lets hope it won't be on working ours for me.

it's an offline championship

I'll do a pathetic try to avoid reading this mommouth thread: How you plan to do it, then?

I don't know anything, I haven't heard anything and I haven't understood anything. Ask the boss

(*pathetic attempt to sound like a sicilian eyewitness

)

Post by **Nuppiz** » 01 Feb 2010, 16:49

LucaPacchiarini wrote:However, sometimes things go wrong... this is what happened at the start of Bridgehampton:
21 cars were involved in this crash

Were Grosjean, Piquet Jr, de Crasheris, Perez-Sala, Nakajima Senior and A. Suzuki on that grid at the same time? :lol:

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 01 Feb 2010, 17:51

My team:

Super Atomic Rocket-Powered Nippony Happy 'Randy Newman-themed' Rodeo Nakano Grand Prix.

#1 shinji (F106)

ADx_Wales · Post by **ADx_Wales** » 01 Feb 2010, 17:54

LucaPacchiarini wrote:
ADx_Wales wrote:Bit of a change of subject, but here are some "Photos" taken from the GT4 replay theatre, using the Formula Gran Turosmo '04 in GT4.

The modernising of Tom Pryce's Token

Looking at our liveries, it looks like we are teammates:

My Mini in GTL: I'm doing the European Touring Championship 1967, with historical tracks (Nordschleife, Rouen, Old Monza....)

I'd love to say that the livery was my design, unfortunately, there are only 10 different variations of livery, and the decals remain the same on 9 of them. The all-white one has Mobil 1 on the Air intake, the rest have Castrol.

They're probably designed to slightly mimic the F1 season from 2004. But theres an All-Orange coloured one in the list :-S

However If there was a custom livery creator for the FGT04 , I would make the majority of it green, and depending on the nationality of the engine supllier, that would depend on the secondary colour, In this case an American engine if it was yellow.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 Feb 2010, 19:15

DeCrasheris-TWR Funai Super Aguri Motorsport F1 Super(Reject)Team :mrgreen:

#7: kostas22 (F106/Super Aguri SA06)
#22: kostas22 (GP4/Arrows A22)

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 01 Feb 2010, 21:40

I'm tempted to join up, but without having pitstops, the longest I can run is about 30% race distance to remain competitive.

Wait...I can turn off fuel use and tyre wear on f1 challenge so is that acceptable? If so I could run the full race distance!

If its all fine and dandy my entry is as follows:

Scuderia Life-less
#9: AndreaModa (F1 Challenge 99-02)

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 Feb 2010, 22:04

I vote all driver aids are turned off and all difficulty settings set to 'even HWNSNBM can't win this'

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 01 Feb 2010, 22:24

Should allow steering help because anyone who doesn't have a force-feedback wheel might be in a spot of trouble without it on GP4.

Also, I find when I try to manually change down quickly under braking in that game, it automatically cuts the clutch continously in the whole way, causing my brakes to lock, and I leave half my front tires on the track. Is there any way around that (other than setting a manual clutch, I have nothing to use as one).

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 01 Feb 2010, 22:40

kostas22 wrote:I vote all driver aids are turned off and all difficulty settings set to 'even HWNSNBM can't win this'

that's a point though, how are we going to regulate this? It will be obvious if anyone wins by a massive margin as their settings are all up way high and the opponents are driving around in the virtual equivalent of a forti. But what about the small things? Like what percentage strength am I setting the opponents on F1 Challenge 99-02? Plus all the driver aids...

This is going to take some organisation! :lol:

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 01 Feb 2010, 23:17

Enforcer wrote:Should allow steering help because anyone who doesn't have a force-feedback wheel might be in a spot of trouble without it on GP4.

I know exactly what you mean, I have to use the keys for GP4 and it's bloody hard.

LucaPacchiarini · Post by **LucaPacchiarini** » 01 Feb 2010, 23:50

redbulljack14 wrote:
Enforcer wrote:Should allow steering help because anyone who doesn't have a force-feedback wheel might be in a spot of trouble without it on GP4.

I know exactly what you mean, I have to use the keys for GP4 and it's bloody hard.

+1

watka · Post by **watka** » 02 Feb 2010, 00:02

dragonsteincole wrote:I will make an offer here that might seem crazy... crazy awesome!

I'm a massive fan of F1 Challenge 99-02, and have about 2 years of making edits, tweaks and league mods for it. What i'm proposing is that I could make a mod that includes nothing but reject cars, either repainted liveries, or the actual cars themselves if they already exist in another mod. They would share the same engine and physics files to ensure fair competition, but just think of a Life competing with Andrea Moda and Mastercard Lola for a win

You might just convert me back to F1C from rFactor with that. The 1988 season is awesome on rFactor (Rial, EuroBrun, Coloni, Osella) but it's impossible to drive with a keyboard.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 02 Feb 2010, 00:20

redbulljack14 wrote:
Enforcer wrote:Should allow steering help because anyone who doesn't have a force-feedback wheel might be in a spot of trouble without it on GP4.

I know exactly what you mean, I have to use the keys for GP4 and it's bloody hard.

I have a wheel but it's old and has no force-feedback. You turn the steering help off with it, it's nearly impossible to get your turn-in right, because the speed you're going at doesn't effect the resistance on the wheel like in real life.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 Feb 2010, 19:43

The Logitech FX from my Xbox 360 will do nicely for GP4 then

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 02 Feb 2010, 20:46

May the best man, throw it in the wall and let me, win.

Team Unlucky Strike
#11 Shadaza (F1 challenge PC)
#12 Shadaza (F1 2006 Ps2)

Im gonna have to have most of the aids on, particularly on the PS2 game that has no feel what so ever :S
lucky I have a force feed back wheel for the PC then

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 02 Feb 2010, 20:53

LucaPacchiarini wrote:However, sometimes things go wrong... this is what happened at the start of Bridgehampton:
21 cars were involved in this crash

How the hell did your car end up way the hell out there, pointed dead sideways?

LucaPacchiarini · Post by **LucaPacchiarini** » 02 Feb 2010, 21:52

thehemogoblin wrote:How the hell did your car end up way the hell out there, pointed dead sideways?

I was in the middle of the pack, I was in a sandwich... because I couldn't avoid hitting some cars involved in a crash in front, and then I was hit by other cars flying out of a contact in the last positions...
I was spinning out in the sand, not quite knowing what had happened... then, looking behind, I discovered that heap of cars in the middle of T1... :mrgreen:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 03 Feb 2010, 05:20

LucaPacchiarini wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:
Enforcer wrote:Should allow steering help because anyone who doesn't have a force-feedback wheel might be in a spot of trouble without it on GP4.

I know exactly what you mean, I have to use the keys for GP4 and it's bloody hard.

+1

+another one (I have a bathplugging difficult time with keeping the EJ-11's oversteer in check with the keyboard with tc, steering help and auto gears on as it is without trying to get used to my steering wheel as well)
Anyways If I'm allowed to join someone else's team then here's my application:
DeCrasheris-TWR Funai Super Aguri Motorsport F1 Super(Reject)Team
#23. Wizzie (GP4, Arrows A23)
If not:
MRT:
#73. Wizzie (GP4, Minardi PS-01)

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 03 Feb 2010, 13:35

Wizzie wrote:+another one (I have a bathplugging difficult time with keeping the EJ-11's oversteer in check with the keyboard with tc, steering help and auto gears on as it is without trying to get used to my steering wheel as well)

Doesn't GP4 make the cars' performance entirely dependant on setup once the player steps into it? ie. a Jordan and Minardi with the same set up will be equally competitive, and equally prone to under/oversteer in the hands of a human player? :?:

If not, I'm a lot better at that game than I thought, since I used to regularly mount championship challenges on high difficulty in a Sauber when I played it a lot.

I have to decide whether I want to be quick and accident prone with my steering wheel, or less accident prone and slower with my keyboard.

ADx_Wales · Post by **ADx_Wales** » 03 Feb 2010, 13:57

I'm confused as to why everyones announcing what car they are going to use when the rules were to rotate each car per driver per round,
Anyway here's my team name for F1 '06

FOTTS-r Motorsport

(Formula one two thousand and six reject motorsport)

Having decided to set up a career mode in HARD, I failed to get a seat at the lowest three teams on the grid, true reject i believe.

<UPDATE>

Restarted and landed seat #2 at Super Aguri for Bahrain...

Qualified 14th

Finished 12th at FULL-distance

Flyer off the start, up to 8th but Ralf Schumacher and Jenson Button found their way passed due to their more advanced machinery, Felipe Massa was trying his best to get past me on his first stint, no luck

, blocked him at every angle possible.

At my first stop my team (or rather my lack of button pressing) messed up the first stop, spent my second stint fending off Nico Rosberg, who also had a habit of geting alongside me on the fastest points and then chickening out on completing the pass (damn ps2 AI).

Second stop was much better, no mistakes, and found myself in 13th position, with nobody to worry about behind me except Liuzzi who was the last driver on the same lap as me, and in dealing with the lapping leaders who also had overtake-itis, Liuzzi nearly caught up, only for him to retire.

In the last few laps my team mate Sato did a good job of holding up David Coulthard, just enough for me to get passed him for 12th, and with Klien a lap behind me, I finished the race ahead of BOTH Red Bulls!!

For Sepang I have been promoted to 1st driver, with Yuji Ide as my team mate :-S, damn this game for lack of imagination.

Tealy · Post by **Tealy** » 03 Feb 2010, 14:46

LucaPacchiarini wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:How the hell did your car end up way the hell out there, pointed dead sideways?

I was in the middle of the pack, I was in a sandwich... because I couldn't avoid hitting some cars involved in a crash in front, and then I was hit by other cars flying out of a contact in the last positions...
I was spinning out in the sand, not quite knowing what had happened... then, looking behind, I discovered that heap of cars in the middle of T1...

Looks like you found an interesting tree.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 03 Feb 2010, 18:25

Wizzie wrote:Anyways If I'm allowed to join someone else's team then here's my application:
DeCrasheris-TWR Funai Super Aguri Motorsport F1 Super(Reject)Team
#23. Wizzie (GP4, Arrows A23)

I'm only letting you in my team if you pay me $10 million in sponsorship, or lend me your setup data :mrgreen:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 04 Feb 2010, 05:29

kostas22 wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Anyways If I'm allowed to join someone else's team then here's my application:
DeCrasheris-TWR Funai Super Aguri Motorsport F1 Super(Reject)Team
#23. Wizzie (GP4, Arrows A23)

I'm only letting you in my team if you pay me $10 million in sponsorship, or lend me your setup data

I haven't messed with setup data on GP4 in ages. :lol:

But it's a done deal anyway

ADx_Wales · Post by **ADx_Wales** » 06 Feb 2010, 00:14

fotts-R Motorsport
#12 Adrian Rees (ADx_Wales) (F1 '06)

Is THAT what you wanted?

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 06 Feb 2010, 03:10

Rules

F1 Career Challenge (PS2)
Opposition Difficulty: Your choice
Race Length: 16 laps
Weather: Dry or Wet (depending on race)
Damage: Forgiving
Gears: Automatic or Manual
Tyre Wear & Fuel Use: On
FIA Rules: Realistic
Slipstreaming: Off

F106
Opponent AI: Your choice
Race Length: 30%
Damage: On
Fuel Use & Tyre Wear: Scaled
Component Failure: On
Weather: Sunny, Light Rain, Heavy Rain, Overcast (depending on race)
Penalties: On
Allowed Driving Aids: Stability Control, Anti Lock Brakes, Automatic Gearbox
Allowed Setup Options: Tyres, Fuel, Gear ratios, front and rear wing settings

Could someone please help with the rules for the PC games (GP4 & F1 Challenge '99-'02) as I do not own them and therefore, do not know what the options for rules/driving aids/settings for these games are.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 06 Feb 2010, 03:54

I propose the following rules for GP4:
Grand Prix 4 (PC)
Opposition Difficulty: Your choice
Race Length: 30%
Weather: Depends on race (I suggest that I'll take care of this :lol:

)
Damage: On
Faliures: All On
Allowed Aids: Auto Gearbox, Traction Control, Steering Help

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Feb 2010, 12:07

MinardiFan95 wrote:Allowed Setup Options: Tyres, Fuel, Gear ratios.

Woah woah woah...you're banning us from changing the wing settings?!

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 07 Feb 2010, 11:50

I haven't followed this thread until now ... shame on me. :oops:

Didn't realise as a result that you guys were talking about using GP4. I still remember back in the mid-1990s Kuwashima putting me onto GP2, and then I've played GP3 and GP4 as well, but I haven't dusted off my GP4 and highly-dodgy steering wheel (bought from a market in Hong Kong) in AGES.

This might inspire me to make a De La Rosa/Badoer/Lammers-like comeback into GP4. However, I face a Campos/USF1-style race against time - second child due to be born sometime this week!

So can I submit my entry anyway for GP4:

SA-SGPA Racing ("Site Author - Senior Grand Prix Analyst Racing", which has the advantage of incorporating the initials of BOTH Super Aguri and Stefan GP)
#whatever we're up to - eytl
(actually, I know #13 is meant to be off the cards, but I don't mind taking 13 - it's a lucky number for the Chinese whereas 14, and any other number with a 4 in it, represents death)

But with the distinct possibility that I could do a USF1 and not appear until the fourth round of the season ... or, like AGS in 1986, perhaps not until the second half of the year ...

Wizzie wrote:I propose the following rules for GP4:
Grand Prix 4 (PC)
Opposition Difficulty: Your choice
Race Length: 30%
Weather: Depends on race (I suggest that I'll take care of this )
Damage: On
Faliures: All On
Allowed Aids: Auto Gearbox, Traction Control, Steering Help

I would agree with this although I'd tend not to use auto gearbox, but since I might only be an irregular participant I won't argue ...

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 10 Feb 2010, 11:06

eytl wrote:
Wizzie wrote:I propose the following rules for GP4:
Grand Prix 4 (PC)
Opposition Difficulty: Your choice
Race Length: 30%
Weather: Depends on race (I suggest that I'll take care of this )
Damage: On
Faliures: All On
Allowed Aids: Auto Gearbox, Traction Control, Steering Help

I would agree with this although I'd tend not to use auto gearbox, but since I might only be an irregular participant I won't argue ...

You can use the manual gearbox setting, as well as turn off the Traction Control & Steering help if you want to.

Sauber010 · Post by **Sauber010** » 14 Feb 2010, 08:14

Hope you dont mind, saw the thread and relised i had this game in the cabinet!
Team:
KKMPDGP (Kamui-Kobayashi's-Memorial-Pay-Driver-Grand-Prix)

#44 Liam (Sauber010)

Cheers!

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Feb 2010, 10:50

Can I still make it in the series as a sort of USF1-Campos Team (missing the first test sessions)? If so, here goes:

HHE-GPE (Hans Heyer-Esque Grand Prix Engineering)
Nicholas Nurmester (F1 Challenge '99-'02)

I think this rule set could be good for F1 Challenge:
Opposition Difficulty: 100%
Race Length: 30%
Weather: Whatever the race organizer (MinardiFan95) says
Damage: 100%
Failures: Time Scaled
Allowed Aids: Auto Gearbox, Traction Control, Steering Help, Stability Control (removable if you want so, I'm playing with a keyboard so it's pretty much a pain to drive without most of the driver aids)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 15 Feb 2010, 06:52

Oh and may I suggest instead of steering help we have launch control. (It's an absolute b**** to get a good start on GP4 without it)

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 Feb 2010, 13:54

Wizzie wrote:Oh and may I suggest instead of steering help we have launch control. (It's an absolute b**** to get a good start on GP4 without it)

Only if you have a lead foot - I always have it off to make better starts

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 21 Feb 2010, 11:40

Cosworthless GP Engineering have recently launched their new car to the press at the F1 Rejects World Championship test session at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.

We were lucky enough to score an interview with the owner and driver of the team, MinardiFan95

When was the decision made to contest the F1 Rejects Championship?
I actually organise the championship, so the decision was made when I first thought of the idea.

Do you think the other teams will be suspicious of your team because of this?
Only if we start winning! :lol:

We have had a look at the picture and the car looks a lot like a 2005 Minardi. We also noticed that the driver is wearing a white helmet. Does that mean you have signed The Stig to drive for you?
It looks like a 2005 Minardi because it IS a 2005 Minardi. Also, we haven't signed The Stig (and we don't plan on it) but we would be very happy if Perry McCarthy (the old Stig) would drive for us.

How do you rate your chances for this year?
I think that we will be consistant and judging on our testing times, we are on the pace. However, I don't think we will be fast in wet weather.

Who will be your main competitor(s) this year?
I think my main competitors will be kostas22 and ADx_Wales as they have been fast in testing.

Last Question; What are your goals for the season?
My goals for the season are to have fun and hopefully win a race.

f1-gast · Post by **f1-gast** » 01 Mar 2010, 10:41

Well would like to sign me in for F1C

RAK · Post by **RAK** » 01 Mar 2010, 11:04

My racing simulator of choice tends to be GTR Evolution, SimBin's first expansion pack for Race 07. Incidentally, I believe I was one of the first people to actually review the game for a professional gaming site; I pretty much just bought it on release date, played it for about five days and had a review submitted shortly after.

The only Formula One game that I own is Grand Prix Legends, Papyrus' (in)famous simulation of the 1967 Formula One season. It's probably the most difficult game I've ever played, and I have a reputation for being able to beat the more difficult gaming titles out there. As a result, it tends to be the sort of game that I play if I want to feel a little bit humble; some day, I'll have to sit down and play it for long enough to be able to consistently finish laps without spinning out of control.

I do own a racing wheel, with force-feedback effects, which does make things easier, but it only has a 270-degree rotation, which is obviously a bit limited. That said, it works well enough for what I use it for, and I don't yet have the money to invest in a Logitech G27 or something like that.

watka · Post by **watka** » 01 Mar 2010, 22:00

Considering the amount of love for R Factor on this forum, I'm surprised that there wasn't an R Factor championship.