GTR vs rFactor vs GTL (ISI engine racers)

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:23 pm

Zekester wrote:marantz, while you're here I have a question for ya.....

Do cars like those found in GTL appeal to racers outside of the US?

Big, torquey V8's were the whole 'drive' behind American musclecars, and is why I love this game since it captures that with the Mustang's, Vette's and especially the Falcon.

What's your take on these cars? or do you prefer the more your-rope-pee-on style?

Well although I am technically outside the US, I am less than 30 miles outside the US so I can't speak for europeans

I think Canadians have the same taste in cars are americans do but I will grant that in Quebec, being more influenced by europe and having had the F1 race here for a while, we probably have more affinity towards the open wheel racers than in other places but we enjoy our musclecars just as much as the US does

Personal prefernce, I find american musclecars, in game, too easy to drive, too docile even. They don't challenge me enough. I prefer the one the edge of the F1/Nippon/F3 cars. For closed wheel, I find I like the poochies. I am not saying I don't like the American cars but they just don't challenge me enough for me to spend a great deal of time with.

So far, the Nippons for rF have me giddy like a school girl. Mind you, I race NR2K3 on the ovals also so I guess I do drive some american cars also, hehe. Sorry, getting confused here

Zekester · Post by **Zekester** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:32 pm

Do you think Canada should be included in NASCAR, like baseball is?

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:26 pm

If they want to expand the Road Racing courses, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve would be perfect for them, everything is already in place to run, they have the whole northeast USA to draw from and Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto as well. I am hoping that when the CTS or Busch series come that the turnout is good. I know NASCAR has worked a lot closer with CASCAR these past couple of years, we'll see where it leads to.

I'm afraid we are not equiped to host an oval race anywhere in Canada so it would have to be a street course. Good enough for me, I know where to sit to watch them crash on the road course

magic · Post by **magic** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:31 pm

Regarding our Wheel/Pedal dropouts while playing. It's a known bug. Simbin say the way to rectify it is to (while still in the MP game) go to the Options menu -> Controls -> Force Settings. Change the % rate of FF and it should come back to life.

Chesspieceface · Post by **Chesspieceface** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:43 pm

Good to know magic, thanks for looking into that.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:40 pm

How intensive is GTL on the computer? I have an amd 2600+, 6600GT and a gig of memory. Would it run decently? I don't need to max everything but I also don't want to have to run with everything off. Oh and is anybody using trackir with this? It looks like it supports the whole 6 degrees of motion which would be pretty damn cool and a good test for it once I pick it up.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:56 pm

Octavious230 wrote:How intensive is GTL on the computer? I have an amd 2600+, 6600GT and a gig of memory. Would it run decently? I don't need to max everything but I also don't want to have to run with everything off. Oh and is anybody using trackir with this? It looks like it supports the whole 6 degrees of motion which would be pretty damn cool and a good test for it once I pick it up.

It should run fine and dandy on your system, especially if you set it to use DX8 shaders in the 3d config. This game looks to scale well.

onnel · Post by **onnel** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:04 pm

Re: trackir - couldn't imagine racing without it!

Onnel