Top Gear To Do A Gt4 Feature

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top gear should invite kaz y and let him drive the reasonably priced car
his driving is okay but he isn't that great, there has been plenty of comparisons in the past it's obvious GT is not realisitic in the sense of experience, but it's physics are pretty accurate. Can't wait for gt5:D
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Maybe I misunderstand what you mean, but how well Kaz Y drives shouldn't matter much for how realistic the game is?? They can use real drivers to sort that out and give feedback. If I remeber correctly from the DVD that comes with GT4 Prologue, you can see Johnny Herbert and Dirk Schoysman in the background as part of the crew. I doubt they would use time and money on them if they aren't seriuos or atleast aiming for realism. Even though if he was a great driver doesn't mean he is good to get it down on paper since that is 2 completly different things.

When it comes to Clarkson I think it's typical him to do things over the top to prove a point. Even if the physics and the track are modelled accuratly it seems he's trying to prove that the fear factor is bigger than people think. And I agree with him. Off course this would depend on what kind of track you are driving too. The fear factor I assume is much greater at Laguna or the Ring compare to say Tsukuba. So for me Clarkson proves first of all that the fear factor is a big part of it. If they wanted to find out how accuratly the physics and track are, they should have used a professional driver were the fear factor is less of an issue.

For us normal people I think playing a game like GT4 would help us in real life, but it takes time and experience to build confidence to conquer the fear factor. I look on a sim as a helpfull tool, and know that it can never replace real life experince on some areas. There is a reason for why pilots use simulators to practice aswell, and even they say it can't replace real seat time. Who would argue that their simulators are not accurate?
 
Saw the program on BBC world, last night.

(For those with foxtel in Australia, it's on at 11:30 pm Sunday, EDST on BBC world, as well as on SBS @ about 6:30 - 7:00 pm, Monday nights.)

While yeah, I was dissapointed that a DFP wasn't used, or that which exact model NSX model used wasn't stated, or which tyres were used.

But on the upside, I was just happy to see a journalistic comparo of real life vs GT4.

Of course, after seeing the show, I set off to beat his time. Because it was difficult to determine exactly which NSX he used to set that time in GT4, I chose the model I believe would have been most accessible at Laguna Seca, given that as far as I know, the NSX was only officially sold in America under the Acura brand. (Since the 1991 build year for the nitpickers)

So naturally, I chose the Acura NSX to race, despite having noticed the NSX-R's black top in at least a couple of the game screenshots.

My best guess is that to get the 1:41 as he did, he used Road/Sport tyres (COM).

After a few laps, I was getting 1:39's pretty consistantly, and dropping into 1:38's on a hot lap.

So I went down to Road/Comfort N2's to check their performance, and I managed a mid 1:40. Still beating his time by at least a second.

Dropping down to economy tyres, the best I could manage was 1:44, before throwing in the towel in frustration because who in their right mind, would put tyres fit for an econo-box on one of the best cars ever to come from the Land of the Rising Sun.

And this was all in the space of about half an hour, @ midnight whilist very tired, so it wouldn't suprise me if someone out there can beat the pants off my times, but I was just pleased that I was able to beat Mr Clarkson's times.
 
I´m pretty sure default was used (S2 or S3, can´t remember) by Mr. Clarkson, and also that all driving aids was on. after all, it was raced in arcade mode. Pretty sure AT was used too.
 
Team666
I´m pretty sure default was used (S2 or S3, can´t remember) by Mr. Clarkson, and also that all driving aids was on. after all, it was raced in arcade mode. Pretty sure AT was used too.
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The driving aids were not switched on, I've watched his piece a lot of times and the driving aids symbol never even flickers.

Given that its throws open the tyres question, while I do agree its likely that S tyres were used, I would not say 100% that they were.

Regards

Scaff
 
Team666
I´m not sure that is legal, so you´d better remove that link.
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It's a link to google video, it is totally legal to watch, and in this case you can even download it for free and watch using Googles DRM protected video player, there are some full eps. of certain programes you have to pay to download.
 

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