Vidoe Game: Rfactor

[F1 FANatic 1]

well the title kinda says it all, does anybody have the game rFactor? I really suck at it because I only have a keyboard and mouse so I only have full or no throttle and full left and right or no left and right but its still fun. I do average about only 5 seconds a lap slower in F1 cars then the AI which I think is good considering

[Niall McBride 0]

i have to use the keyboard aswell, i think i'm fairly good at it without the steering wheel, just requires a bit of practice

[goferrarigo 0]

Is it worth the buy?

[Shane2 0]

Would recommend you give the trial a go personally before you decide whether to buy

[Niall McBride 0]

it is worth buying, cos you can get loads and i mean loads of addons such as tracks, carsets, skins etc. by going onto rfactorcentral.com

[F1 FANatic 1]

yea, the game is kinda sparse to begin with but there are so many mods and tracks and cars you can download its amazing. pluse it does everything. Tire ware, tire temps, different downfore settings if you have spoilers or wings, you can set camber, gear ratios, everything., but yea, try out the demo and see, the only thing is that you cant dl any mods for the demo, Mainly i bought it because I can drive F1 cars, and from alot of eras, there is a mod that recreates the entire 79 season with all the different cars and variants.

[goferrarigo 0]

yea, the game is kinda sparse to begin with but there are so many mods and tracks and cars you can download its amazing. pluse it does everything. Tire ware, tire temps, different downfore settings if you have spoilers or wings, you can set camber, gear ratios, everything., but yea, try out the demo and see, the only thing is that you cant dl any mods for the demo, Mainly i bought it because I can drive F1 cars, and from alot of eras, there is a mod that recreates the entire 79 season with all the different cars and variants.

Sounds Good. But is it tooo complicated???

[F1 FANatic 1]

no, f you dont want to fiddle with everything you can go to the basic options and choose roughly how much downfore, how the gears are rationd the over/under stear and the stiffness of the suspention.

but I just had an Idea, You and me , McBride, we should make a game and then film 2 cars going around the track for each race and post it as a sort of preiview.

im doing one right now entitles "Why its called the Green Hell" its a 6min 26sec lap of the Nord schleife all in c#ckpit so you can see what the drivers would see if they drove in todays cars, I also plan on making it with the GP79 mod so we can see roughly what it would look like when the actually raced

[Niall McBride 0]

i could do a few hotlaps on the nordschleife in a mclaren f1 and send you the replays

[F1 FANatic 1]

sure, pm me once you did that, then ill give you my email so you can send them

[goferrarigo 0]

no, f you dont want to fiddle with everything you can go to the basic options and choose roughly how much downfore, how the gears are rationd the over/under stear and the stiffness of the suspention.

but I just had an Idea, You and me , McBride, we should make a game and then film 2 cars going around the track for each race and post it as a sort of preiview.

im doing one right now entitles "Why its called the Green Hell" its a 6min 26sec lap of the Nord schleife all in c#ckpit so you can see what the drivers would see if they drove in todays cars, I also plan on making it with the GP79 mod so we can see roughly what it would look like when the actually raced

Sounds good will be considering it in May(after exams) and hopefully by then it will be surly able to work on vista.

f1 02, 06, 99-02 all don't work. so its quite a bummer.

[Shane2 0]

i could do a few hotlaps on the nordschleife in a mclaren f1 and send you the replays

Could you Youtube it please, I wouldn't mind having a look myself?

[Niall McBride 0]

i can't seem to be able to make replays into video files, sorry F1 fanatic might be able to once i send them to him

[UrKo 0]

playing rfactor on keyboard is waste of time....other than that i think is worth buying even though i prefer to play F1-challange with 05 mod.

I was reading on 1 particular forum, that ppl that made 05 mod for F1 challange will do mods for rfcator now....but this was a rumour....

[Shane2 0]

i can't seem to be able to make replays into video files, sorry F1 fanatic might be able to once i send them to him

Use fraps to record it in game http://www.fraps.com and then convert it with something like the DivX codec

[F1 FANatic 1]

yea that what im going to do, the in game replay thing isnt working very well for me either.

[james 0]

I just bought the full version of the game and a Logitech Momo wheel last friday and I can't pull myself away from the computer. I only wish I would have bought it sooner.

[goferrarigo 0]

I just bought the full version of the game and a Logitech Momo wheel last friday and I can't pull myself away from the computer. I only wish I would have bought it sooner.

Ok so is the gameplay hard??? i have heard setting up the car is a bitch

[Niall McBride 0]

Use fraps to record it in game http://www.fraps.com and then convert it with something like the DivX codec

mkay just downloaded it, is there a way i can actually find out how to use it?

[james 0]

Ok so is the gameplay hard??? i have heard setting up the car is a bitch

Its a little different than a real car so it takes a little getting used to. Its great fun though. Its really not that hard to set the car up, I don't think. I haven't turned on tire wear and mechanical failures so I haven't had any problems there. Usually the default set up is ok for most everything unless you want to get really competive. I'm not sure if you've seen any but I could upload some screenshots of the set up variables if you'd like. Actually seeing it might be better than me trying to explain.

[Shane2 0]

mkay just downloaded it, is there a way i can actually find out how to use it?

Open it and scan the tabs 1 by 1, it will allow you to set the keys to record video and screenshots (i believe the default button for recording is F9)

[goferrarigo 0]

Its a little different than a real car so it takes a little getting used to. Its great fun though. Its really not that hard to set the car up, I don't think. I haven't turned on tire wear and mechanical failures so I haven't had any problems there. Usually the default set up is ok for most everything unless you want to get really competive. I'm not sure if you've seen any but I could upload some screenshots of the set up variables if you'd like. Actually seeing it might be better than me trying to explain.

Okay if it is not too much trouble, could you please.... Thanks...

[Shane2 0]

[goferrarigo 0]

Thanks Shane, but again you can use default settings to run this right.....(and be reasonably competetive(like a honda but not a spyker

[james 0]

Yeah, the default setting work fairly well. You can also change the difficulty of your opponent in another page so you can always be competitive.