GTL-YAY!

[Marquis_Rex]

This is probably my first post in this computer games forum.
Bought the game a while ago, was salivating over the CSL , but it didn't run on my desktop so I invested in a high end lap top and it runs well.
What can I say? Very impressed with the graphics and the way my steering wheel feeds back. Nice the way you can tell the Mini is front wheel drive not only by its cornering behaviour but also the way you can FEEL the torque steer. (I'm using a Thrustmaster steering wheel and pedals, don't know if it's any good but seems to do the business).
I like the engine noises. Are the engine noises simulated or samplings from real cars?

I have to thank Uncle dave here, as I downloaded his little mod so I could sample the delights of all the cars
I wonder how in depth the physics modeling is: I know for a fact that BMWs from the E24, E21 and E12s onwards use almost racing levels of castor as standard. They have for a long time. I'm not entirely sure if they did this on the E9/CSL but when you're able to alter the castor it does seem low in it's original position for a Bimmer. That got me questioning how accurately do the models try to mimmick real cars?

Ever the engineer, I would love to some day do a working model of my E21, with it's 2.8 litre schrick cammed engine. Someone in Poland has already done a 3 D model of this and I imagine it's physics would be a cross between a Mk 2 Escort and a CSL.

I haven't played online yet, and probably won't until I'm a little better ( I keep flying off the track!).

Any tips or suggestions or experiences of this game? (Yes I've gone through most of the comments after doing a search on the game on this forum)

[Marquis_Rex]

Thanks guys for all the tips.
I can now drive around the NurbGP track and Donnington national without sliding off in a CSL.
Unfortunately my "Thrustmaster" steering wheel is Ge-shagged. The brakes are always on!
After trying to dismantle the pedals to try it remedy the situation, If it doesn't help- I may go out and plump for the Logitech wheel you all talk of, unless there are any better reccommendations?

[Marquis_Rex]

UncleDave said:

Marquis_Rex said:

If it doesn't help- I may go out and plump for the Logitech wheel you all talk of, unless there are any better reccommendations?

Nah

That's the one to go for then?
Anyone else?
Man- I m addicted to the game, I have to get one of these wheels before the weekend. I hope they're sold in Germany!

[Marquis_Rex]

Oh, and does anyone know if I can do "print screens" to get screen shots of the cars lapping their various tracks while watching in replay mode?

[Marquis_Rex]

castex said:

Yes, get Logitech. I've a Driving Force Pro that I bought for GT4. I used it on GTL for at least a week before working out (with a little help) that you're meant to download the driver for PC use.
Once that's done it's a laugh and a half

Hi, Ive found several of these DFP wheels that don't say they're for the PC, however after reading these threads, as I understand it, you need to download some sort of "wingman" driver and it'll work on the PC.
I tried the links on several other posts and they seem to be defunkt now, anyone know where I can get this fabled wingman driver?

My Thrustmaster is driving me crazy, the brake pedal keeps "de-calibrating" and there's no facility to recalibrate it. My CSL power was fighting brakes which were permanently on! I've taken the pedal box apart twice to move the cog a few teeth and this seems to solve the problem temporarily

Cheers in advance guys

[Marquis_Rex]

Thanks alot Uncle Dave, Ive downloaded the game software thing. Unfortunately Media Markt (our local German computer outlet) is about to close and I live out in the sticks, so Ill pick the wheel up tommorow.

I guess no GTL tonight then

[Marquis_Rex]

Thanks alot Uncle Dave et al. Got the wheel this morning, works really well and importantly, FEELS alot more robust than my previous wheel. Now, for the moment I can't achieve the laps times I was before as I get used to the new wheel, its funny how a little thing like that effects it all. The wheel is impressive though as is the game: After owning a few wide tyred cars in the real world, I used to be suprised just how easily these things followed road camber especially during breaking, I think it's other wise known as tramlining- well I'msuprised to see this game does a similar thing with some of the bigger cars! (I'm sure you can tune the feedback levels down etc etc).

My next problem is NOW this game has inspired me to REALLY want to buy a real old CSL BMW. There's a RHD one for sale here in Germany almost completely restored, good restrored body, but needs a new lick of paint to complete. Yours for only 10,000 euros! What shall I do

[Marquis_Rex]

On the topic of the real CSL, it's so difficult compromising your car choice for distance and for the possibility of snow arrrghhh!
Seeing how these Germans love to conform over here and urge me to get a diesel Golf makes me want to get the CSL even MORE as an everyday car!

Anyway, back on topic, my G/F (Jonna_Rex) wants to get GT Legends but she's not sure if it will work on her computer- she gave me the specs to post- alot of it was in Finnish, but I translated what I could into English near the bottom:

HP Pavilion dv4020EA Notebook PC

● Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
● Intel® Celeron® M 350 -prosessori
● 512 Mt 333 MHz:n DDR PC2700 -muisti (2 x 256
Mt)
● 80 Gt EIDE-kiintolevy, ATA 100 4 200 kierrosta
minuutissa
● 15,4 tuuman teräväpiirtoinen WXGA BrightView
-laajakuvanäyttö
● Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 -näytönohjain
● Jopa 128 Mt jaettua näyttömuistia
● IEEE 1394 -liitäntä
● Kirjoittava DVD-asema, dual format (+/-R +/-RW)
ja kaksikerroksinen
● Langaton Bluetooth® -verkkoyhteys
● 54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN ja 125HSM /
SpeedBooster™ -tuki
● Kuutta eri muistikorttia lukeva asema (xD, SD, Smart
Media, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro,
Multimedia Card)
HP Pavilion dv4020EA Notebook PC
Tuote saattaa poiketa kuvassa esitetystä. © 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Tämän julkaisun tiedot voivat
muuttua ilman ennakkoilmoitusta. HP-tuotteiden ja -palveluiden ainoat takuut määritetään tuotteiden ja palveluiden mukana
toimitettavissa rajoitetun takuun lausekkeissa. Tämän julkaisun sisältöä ei tule tulkita lisätakuuksi. HP ei vastaa tämän julkaisun
sisältämistä virheistä tai puutteista.
03/05
www.hp.com
HP suosittelee Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional –käyttöjärjestelmää
Käyttöjärjestelmä Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Prosessori Intel® Celeron® M 350 -prosessori
1,3 GHz, Tason 2 välimuisti 1 Mt, 400 MHz:n
väylänopeus
Muisti 512 Mt 333 MHz:n DDR PC2700 -muisti (2 x 256 Mt)
Tukee jopa 2 Gt:n DDR-muistia
Tallennustuotteet 80 Gt EIDE-kiintolevy, ATA 100 4 200 kierrosta
minuutissa
Kirjoittava DVD-asema, dual format (+/-R +/-RW) ja
kaksikerroksinen
Kuutta eri muistikorttia lukeva asema (xD, SD, Smart
Media, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Multimedia
Card)
Tietoliikenne Nopea 56 kb/s:n modeemi
integroitu 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet-verkkosovitin
54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN ja 125HSM /
SpeedBooster™ -tuki
Langaton Bluetooth® -verkkoyhteys
Yksi ExpressCard/54-paikka
Näyttö 15,4 tuuman teräväpiirtoinen WXGA BrightView
-laajakuvanäyttö
Tarkkuus: 1280 x 800
Näytönohjain Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 -näytönohjain
Jopa 128 Mt jaettua näyttömuistia
4x AGP -väylää käyttävä 3D-näytönohjain

Portit 4 USB 2.0 -porttia
1 IEEE 1394 -portti
1 VGA-portti
1 RJ-11
1 S-video (TV-ulostulo)
1 RJ -45
1 laajennusportti (2 liittimelle)
1 kuulokeliitäntä
1 mikrofoniliitäntä
1 Consumer IR -portti (etävastaanotin)
Virtalaitteet Jännitelähde 65 W
6-kennoinen litiumioniakku (Li-Ion)
InterVideon WinDVD-ohjelma
InterVideo WinDVD Creator
Sonic™ RecordNow
HP Image Zone
Microsoft® Windows® Media Player 9
Apple iTunes
Huolto- ja tukipalvelut Symantec™ Norton AntiVirus™ 2005 (60 päivän
automaattinen päivitys)
Notebook Help & Support -opas
Lisätiedot P/N: EA022EA#AK8
UPC/EAN code: 829160924854
Paino Ilman pakkausta: 2,97 kg
Pakattu: 5.148 kg


54g tm 802 g 11b/g WLAN with 125HSM*
SpeedBooster support & Bluetooth
80GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive
15,4 WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display
512MB DDR SDRAM
Up to 128 MB Video memory
6-in-1 Digital Media Reader & ExpressCard Slot
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service

I THINK it looks ok, with the graphics card- perhaps with the game set to a low resolution/low graphics setting- but then- what do I know about computers?

[Marquis_Rex]

rebelstar said:

Why not ask her to download the demo and see how it runs?

Good thinking Bat man!
Not sure she has high speed connection any more but may be able to get access to it.

[Marquis_Rex]

Yeah, try to download it!

[Marquis_Rex]

diver944 said:

Cool, do any other new racers fancy a larkabout introduction to online GTL on Wednesday evening - say 8pm? Easy cars and short tracks only - minis, Alfas, Cortinas

How do I register to go online racing?

Do I have to set rate of mechanical failures to "high" is racing the Alfa?

[Marquis_Rex]

Marquis_Rex said:

Thanks alot Uncle Dave et al. Got the wheel this morning, works really well and importantly, FEELS alot more robust than my previous wheel. Now, for the moment I can't achieve the laps times I was before as I get used to the new wheel, its funny how a little thing like that effects it all. The wheel is impressive though as is the game: After owning a few wide tyred cars in the real world, I used to be suprised just how easily these things followed road camber especially during breaking, I think it's other wise known as tramlining- well I'msuprised to see this game does a similar thing with some of the bigger cars! (I'm sure you can tune the feedback levels down etc etc).

My next problem is NOW this game has inspired me to REALLY want to buy a real old CSL BMW. There's a RHD one for sale here in Germany almost completely restored, good restrored body, but needs a new lick of paint to complete. Yours for only 10,000 euros! What shall I do

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=293758&f=23&h=0

This ones even BETTER!