A break is as good as a rest

[mobile chicane]

Having had a couple of bad club meetings where my driving has been worse than usual ( see abismal ) and my temper has been somewhat short I've decided to stop for a week maybe 2.

I'm gonna strip and rebuild the b44 and the tc5 so there as good as they can be so when I go back I wont have any doubts over my kit.

I also think I need to exercise my hand eye coordination and my reflexes so a decent console with a couple of driving games may be in order, I've heard of a game called virtual rc but I dont know if any of the consoles support it.

I'll probably go for a ps3 as it'll also play blu rays on my nice new 1080p telly and from what I read on here the xbox is a bit unreliable.

so peeps any sugestions on possible games to improve my racing

[jim76]

virtual RC is on the PC. new version due out soon including off road tracks.

as for consoles, Xbox! Forza 2, Project gotham 4 and Grid

[mobile chicane]

xbox wont play blu rays though

[ashleyb4]

PC with Live for speed best racing sim out there. I started with demo now im adsicted i have my own team and server to make it even better im upgrading my pc to use maz settings bought a wheel 22 inch wide screen monitor radeon 4850 and the s2 version and its awsome fun and like real racing.

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[Southwell]

Nope sorry, games may improve your hand eye coordination but i dont think games like Virtual RC help your racing. One thing which always helps people is slower motors (or turn it down on speedo/tranny) and turning punch down on speedos so you have longer to react to a possible crash.

[James]

I guess just racing on harder and harder tracks and against better and better drivers (and watching them) is the best way to improve if you can already 'do' model car racing

[mole2k]

Fire in a slow motor, so the car is completely dead and you can nearly go full throttle everywhere and concentrate on running 5min perfectly without missing an apex. I find that usually helps me when my driving is a bit out of control.

I've quite often TQ'd with hardly any power compared to other people simply by running a near perfect race.

[James]

Originally Posted by mobile chicane

a break is as good as a rest

Shouldn't it be - 'A change is as good as a rest'

[mobile chicane]

Originally Posted by smOkin

Shouldn't it be - 'A change is as good as a rest'

probably

just started to rebuild the tc5 and most of the main drive train bearings are shot and the rear diff was way out in setting and position.

Have stuck with ps2 for the time being as I want a ps3 that'll play ps2 games ( wench loves star wars lego )

and the 60 gig ones 2nd hand are rare as rocking horse poo.

they have a honda s2000 on gt3 as well so I can drive my real car on game tracks ( game s2k dosent steer as sharply as real s2k )

I'm not quitting and tbh unless I get stuck in traffic on friday on the way back from the bike show I'll be racing tc at newbury on fri night.

I did have dificulty seing my b44 last fri and hardly used the full punch of the 6.5 apart from the straight but the car seems to be lacking in throttle responce I'll check out the geering diffs etc then check the motor over its a very old 6.5 with a sinterd rotor so may be passed its prime.

I may even stick the sinterd rotor in my 19t equavalient for the next buggy meet on the 21st ( cant make the fri before work partys and a trip to europe )