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Jul 6^th, 2005 at 11:44pm

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Ok...driver's ed is comming up real soon...and I wanna get my license really soon...

...and I can't be out training all the time...so I'm looking for a realistic driving simulation...one that will penealize me for traffic violations...

...btw...make sure its for the United States...otherwise i'm just gonna waste my time driving on the wrong side and following wrong laws...

...and it would be nice if it supports 900 degrees steering wheel rotation...so it can be just that much more realistic...

Jeff

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Reply #1 - Jul 7^th, 2005 at 11:34am

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"Mafia"?

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Reply #2 - Jul 7^th, 2005 at 11:35am

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"Mafia"?

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Reply #3 - Jul 7^th, 2005 at 2:35pm

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Find a friend , with a car, ideally!

Ask him to give you some lessons.

The more lessons you have, the better chance you'll have of passing.

Pick a friend with a beaten up old car, could prove expensive if you had a bump otherwise.....

GTR by simbin is one of the most realistic simulators for a PC, I rate it highly, but, remember, its a GT race sim, nothing like a road situation. Wink

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Reply #4 - Jul 7^th, 2005 at 5:08pm

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Yeah...but thats the problem...I can't be out on the street 24/7...but I can on my computer Grin

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...so I want something on my computer that will allow me to practise parallel parking in between comerical breaks Wink

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Jeff 8)

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Reply #5 - Jul 7^th, 2005 at 5:39pm

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...so I want something on my computer that will allow me to practise parallel parking in between comerical breaks Wink

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Jeff 8)

You won't learn that on a sim........ As Scania said ..... get out there and practice unless you have a 360degree sim.

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Reply #6 - Jul 7^th, 2005 at 9:47pm

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Driver's Ed. should be enough for you to get the hang of it, unless the instructor's incompetent... maybe a couple of rides with a willing and non-judgemental license-holder will add that extra little bit.
But I dunno- I got a couple of brief lessons from friends as a kid, but didn't even get my permit until I got a job at a U-Haul in Manhattan in my mid-20s and had to occasionally take the trucks around the block to park them, or making delivery or repositioning trips in the area. Talk about a crash course!!! Never did hit anything, and let's just say after a few months maneuvering 24-footers in a packed garage, I got pretty good at parallel-parking. And I learned about traffic in the gut-wrenching crucible that is NYC, and lived to tell the tale. And did I mention this was their old fleet of ancient Fords, none of them automatics? Cheesy

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If I could do it, so can you. It's not rocket science- the real challenge is learning to take it easy, think ahead, and drive assertively but not aggressively. Takes awhile.
Never heard of a safe-driving sim, but if nobody's selling one, that seems like a potential market. Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 10^th, 2005 at 5:07am

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...so I want something on my computer that will allow me to practise parallel parking in between comerical breaks

I find doing carrier landings in IL2 Pacific Fighters to be good for parallel parking practice! LOL!

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Reply #8 - Jul 10^th, 2005 at 7:36am

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I find doing carrier landings in IL2 Pacific Fighters to be good for parallel parking practice! LOL!

Yeah, but he wants a realistic sim. Grin

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Reply #9 - Jul 10^th, 2005 at 5:36pm

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Have a look at Racer... It's Free 8)

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Reply #10 - Jul 11^th, 2005 at 8:09am

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But you can't train parking with it.

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Reply #11 - Jul 11^th, 2005 at 4:24pm

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a good driving sim, Try driver, 1 2 or 3..... They are good for the sort of thing (if you dont get distracted blowing things up in 3) 1 you get Miami, San fransico, LA, and I dont know if theres another city, Driver 2, you get Chicago, Reno, some city in cuba and another I forget, and in driver 3, you get Miami again and some european countries.. These games are the best 'driving' simulations I know of only 2 and 3 have car selection and they are better on console then the computer.... and from what I can tell, the cities are decently Modeled properly and you can learn to drive and or park in it.... Hope this helps, Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #12 - Jul 11^th, 2005 at 4:32pm

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But you can't train parking with it.

You should be able to... There's a 3rd Party Track Maker for it that you can use to model tracks Wink

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Gotta admit... Those graphics look pretty shweet 8)

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Reply #13 - Jul 11^th, 2005 at 6:04pm

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Have you considered using Grand Theft Auto?

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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Reply #14 - Jul 11^th, 2005 at 8:19pm

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Have you considered using Grand Theft Auto?

Yeah, thats a great driver simulator. As an added feature, it also teaches you how to handle a situation when the police pull you over...

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Reply #15 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 12:17am

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Don't worry StormTooper, my car addons will reach perfection in about... mmm.. say..... 5 years from now? Wink

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Reply #16 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 9:09am

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Yeah, thats a great driver simulator. As an added feature, it also teaches you how to handle a situation when the police pull you over...

Not the way you can handle it in "Mafia"...namely without violence.

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You should be able to... There's a 3rd Party Track Maker for it that you can use to model tracks

I know. I'm quite into that sim 'though the newest Radeon drivers make it crash. :/

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Reply #17 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 2:45pm

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Have a look at Racer... It's Free 8)

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I just have, its crap! Tongue

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Yeah, thats a great driver simulator. As an added feature, it also teaches you how to handle a situation when the police pull you over...

Yup, jump out with the chain cannon ready ! Grin

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Reply #18 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 3:34pm

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I just have, its crap! Tongue

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Lmao... Well, no one said you couldn't make your own Wink

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Reply #19 - Jul 12^th, 2005 at 4:15pm

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Racer is alright.... I just cant keep on the tracks at anything over 40MPH and my joystick is a bit loose on the axis so I randomly turn in any direction! lol.... Grin

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other then that I love the 69 charger and drag strip, Cheers, Gunny (any help on how to not crash would be nice)

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Reply #20 - Jul 13^th, 2005 at 2:46am

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Hmm...Racer doesn't quite work...

...maybe as Bojorn said, it is because of my card...

...but anyway...I found this other sim, Live For Speed, its pertty good...

...still on the look out for a better one tho Wink

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Jeff

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Reply #21 - Jul 14^th, 2005 at 1:21am

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try Richard Burns Rally, it won't teach u the rules, but the physics are freaking AWESOME, the most realystic driving sim yet!!

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