11-08-2022, 07:55 PM
…anyway…
What a blast last night! Cruicky and Ed - I hope you‘ve got passes for next week!
We had a maximum of I think six racers - par for the course recently during the European summer - and if anyone claims they completed a race without leaving the grey/gray stuff, I’d like them to submit proof!
They are a hoot - but a lot of work. I’ll be interested to see how they work on a smoother course (Ed - as the Dissenter fan, if you can suggest a suitable track…?) I‘m minded to give them another outing - at least until the Caterham is fixed.
Talking of which… Although the initial implementation has its flaws (no visible front wheels in VR(!), weird gearbox (paddles don’t seem to work, block shifts (e.g. 4th to 2nd) impossible in h-pattern), dubiously soft FFB (owner feedback
) - it has reconnected me with my h-pattern shifter. I ran all last nights races on the h-pattern and even with the frenetic wheel-twirling and ‘water bed’ ride, I loved it. I even found foot-swapping feasible and intuitive (I.e. right-foot braking as part of heel’n’toe followed by left-foot braking to get weight transfer working in my favour.
All due to the Caterham box
. Heel’n’toeing in the Caterham is a genuine as-good-as-real-life joy!
What a blast last night! Cruicky and Ed - I hope you‘ve got passes for next week!
We had a maximum of I think six racers - par for the course recently during the European summer - and if anyone claims they completed a race without leaving the grey/gray stuff, I’d like them to submit proof!
They are a hoot - but a lot of work. I’ll be interested to see how they work on a smoother course (Ed - as the Dissenter fan, if you can suggest a suitable track…?) I‘m minded to give them another outing - at least until the Caterham is fixed.
Talking of which… Although the initial implementation has its flaws (no visible front wheels in VR(!), weird gearbox (paddles don’t seem to work, block shifts (e.g. 4th to 2nd) impossible in h-pattern), dubiously soft FFB (owner feedback
) - it has reconnected me with my h-pattern shifter. I ran all last nights races on the h-pattern and even with the frenetic wheel-twirling and ‘water bed’ ride, I loved it. I even found foot-swapping feasible and intuitive (I.e. right-foot braking as part of heel’n’toe followed by left-foot braking to get weight transfer working in my favour.All due to the Caterham box
. Heel’n’toeing in the Caterham is a genuine as-good-as-real-life joy!
