braking line and its feasability

can someone open up a thread on braking line and its feasability on being passed as a genuine real driving feature and move this over there.

I cannot hold my breathe any longer on this subject and the forcing of camera use.

Part of being a good driver, capable of Lobby 1 status, surely means knowing the track you're on.
knowing the bumps,
knowing the corners you can pinch kerbs on,
knowing kerbs you cannot touch,
knowing grippy spots,
knowing gradients on corners that will help or hinder a turn,
knowing which corners have 2-3 lines,
knowing which line you can use in an overtake or inside outside move etc etc
Is there not brake markers either over hanging or on the ground for most corners? if not, learn how to read your surroundings and find a brake marker, they are all there...brake line should be removed from any of our series events (maybe keep for the new casual driver events) imo

Forcing camera view - if i were forced to use in car cam after driving since FM2 on the rear of car cam, in no particular order
i will cause crashes all over the shop,
lose my general licence,
lose any OZFM pals who will no longer drive with me,
lose series points for reviews
anything else ....i cannot drive in car view, i also cannot drive with a hand controller simply becasue ive never done it since getting my steering wheel and FM2 bundle back in 1999 (feels like it anyway)

I can control my car & am a clean driver from the rear view and challenge anyone who says i would be better from in car, no chance, you cannot see around your vehicle, something that has caused most incidents in my time on OZFM again imo. People forever saying didnt know you were there.
I know where people are around my vehicle at all times, including knowing where the nose of my car is.
Let people drive with what they are comfortable with.

If you force car view then force controller type as well, tune as well etc etc
You cannot and will not have exact parity ever, it is the nature of motor racing, this is simulation racing and you cannot and will not get 100% parity you can only set guidelines to get as close as possible.

lighten up on the regs fellas, its getting a little ridiculous now..., well it was ridiculous a while ago,.... now its moving into insanity.

Yeah I can host room 2

lose any OZFM pals who will no longer drive with me

I'll still race with you Mr T! I drive in car and still T-bone people on the odd occasion

on ya ruski! i knew i liked you, haha
My game even told me i was a volvo fan the other day too.

There you go Teeroy, Debate away.

Locking the view to any one position will NOT reduce crashing. Crashing occurs because people behind are careless and irresponsible and people in front aren't courteous and professional. I know when I'm about to get overtaken and choose to either fight, or let the position go.

Turning off the braking line, whilst desirable, is not practical. I get a limited amount of time each week to learn and track/car combinations. Each car/track combo is very different so the little help the braking line offers is invaluable.

And I'd just like to remind everyone, this is a computer game. If I wanted a super-serious race game I'd join the neck-beards on the PCs and build a balsa wood racing car bed and wear race team apparel...

I race in cab and I know where everyone around me are. I don't care what others preferences are so long as we are all having fun.

i dont understand why we should force anybody to use any set restrictions.
so what if I use braking line, and use the behind car camera. if i can compete at the right speed and not cause crashes then i should be in whatever room im in.
lobby 1 should be for guys who are of the same speed and skill, not the guys who can best adapt to given restrictions.

if your fast enough (and clean enough), your good enough

THAT'S RACING

maybe we need a poll on this one admin?
seems to be a few people saying that the restrictions proposed may be a little bit over the top?
im not too sure, but i agree with all the above comments/posts

Chill Winston!! no need for so many rules mon!

teeroy well said mate, love your work

just let people run the series how they want, they'll learn from how many people sign up, and all the moaning from who signed up if they made the right choice, some people just really have to be in control of everything

TEEROY 34 wrote:maybe we need a poll on this one admin?
seems to be a few people saying that the restrictions proposed may be a little bit over the top?
im not too sure, but i agree with all the above comments/posts

Chill Winston!! no need for so many rules mon!

Och, I knew we'd end up having fun with this one as soon as Recoil posted it and I responded with my "comments".
Just disappointed my post didn't make it to this thread. But never mind you're doing ok without me.

Do we really need a poll on this?
I kinda think the posts we're seeing already show that the people prepared to express an opinion don't want any more restricions imposed on the way they race.
That said, a series organiser can set up the regs however they want and the players have the right to choose if they'll participate or not.

Maybe leave the ultra restricted rules to the elite level, if the majority of them want it.
But my overall impression from most guys on OZFM over the years is that they want clean, close, competitive racing that they can ENJOY and have FUN doing it.

+1 to all the above
Restrictions won't help anyone get faster...

Maybe we need a poll to see if we need a poll.

I have to stop thinking like I am at work....

We should have a meeting so that we can decide whether the first poll to poll is feasible..

FrankTank wrote:We should have a meeting so that we can decide whether the first poll to poll is feasible..

hahahah yeah its getting that way isn't it?


I have a great idea, why don't you all just stop worrying about this & go sign up for the GT Series, I haven't even banned TCS there yet

Blantant series plug FTW!!

haha u banning abs ?

Original Reapr wrote: go sign up for the GT Series

Ummm, I guess I should unlock the sign up thread then... lol

The Double D wrote:haha u banning abs ?

Anybody that has abs should be banned

i figure it u want to brake slower into a corner then go for it ?

I wasn't talking about ABS - I was talking about abdominals.. They should be banned.

lol sorry, im off in my own planet

poll to poll racing?
is that like point to point? haha

and no mention of TCS wow

You're just stirring now T