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>I love this game, but there sure are some improvements I'd like to see on
>FM2.
>
> - Menus. You're about to start a race, but decide you wanna change the
> difficulty settings? You have to back out several layers of menus, make
> the changes, and go back (again several menus). So it might take some
> 30-45 seconds just to make that change.
>
> The same can be said when restarting a race. Restarting should be
> immediate. Now you go through what seems like Restart race -> Really? ->
> Yes -> Are you really sure -> YES! -> Ok? -> Ok!!!!!! -> What was is you
> wanted to do? -> REstart -> Ok? -> YEs damn it! -> Ok -> Start new
> race? -> Yes -> Ok? -> Ok... etc etc
>
> When you're driving a really difficult race and crash on the last lap, you
> REALLY want to go through 34 different menus and confirmations before you
> can restart. And naturally you are forced to see the 3-2-1 countdown
> everytime. So from selecting restart it seems to take about 15 seconds to
> get on with the race again. No, MGS, it _should_ be instant. Losing a race
> on the last lap (on the last corner) is really frustrating as it is, the
> menu system in FM makes it even more tempting to throw XBox out of the
> window...
>
> For some reason (I might be wrong here since a lot of engineers were on
> this thing), but it seems weird buing a great race car with all the
> improvements money can get (>10.000 for tires alone), and yet my real-life
> Nissan seems to have better brakes.
>
> Try fitting a Corvette C6 with the best tires, brakes etc, and it still
> seems that the US Nimitz has better braking and cornering....
>
> -Color choices. The suggested line is a nice thing, but green and red?
> What about people (like me) who have difficulties seperating green and
> red? On some tracks the track is (of course) grey, but so is the grass,
> which seems to be mix of green, grey and brown. So on many occasions
> running with the suggested line is the only way do drive if you want to
> see the track!!!
>
> And no, there's nothing wrong with my eyes (besides the
> red-green-blindness), several of my friends have been complaining about
> the same color-problems on FM.
>
> It's still the best simulator on any platform, but there is room for
> improvements.
>

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>I love this game, but there sure are some improvements I'd like to see on
>FM2.
>
> - Menus. You're about to start a race, but decide you wanna change the
> difficulty settings? You have to back out several layers of menus, make
> the changes, and go back (again several menus). So it might take some
> 30-45 seconds just to make that change.
>
> The same can be said when restarting a race. Restarting should be
> immediate. Now you go through what seems like Restart race -> Really? ->
> Yes -> Are you really sure -> YES! -> Ok? -> Ok!!!!!! -> What was is you
> wanted to do? -> REstart -> Ok? -> YEs damn it! -> Ok -> Start new
> race? -> Yes -> Ok? -> Ok... etc etc
>
> When you're driving a really difficult race and crash on the last lap, you
> REALLY want to go through 34 different menus and confirmations before you
> can restart. And naturally you are forced to see the 3-2-1 countdown
> everytime. So from selecting restart it seems to take about 15 seconds to
> get on with the race again. No, MGS, it _should_ be instant. Losing a race
> on the last lap (on the last corner) is really frustrating as it is, the
> menu system in FM makes it even more tempting to throw XBox out of the
> window...
>
> For some reason (I might be wrong here since a lot of engineers were on
> this thing), but it seems weird buing a great race car with all the
> improvements money can get (>10.000 for tires alone), and yet my real-life
> Nissan seems to have better brakes.
>
> Try fitting a Corvette C6 with the best tires, brakes etc, and it still
> seems that the US Nimitz has better braking and cornering....
>
> -Color choices. The suggested line is a nice thing, but green and red?
> What about people (like me) who have difficulties seperating green and
> red? On some tracks the track is (of course) grey, but so is the grass,
> which seems to be mix of green, grey and brown. So on many occasions
> running with the suggested line is the only way do drive if you want to
> see the track!!!
>
> And no, there's nothing wrong with my eyes (besides the
> red-green-blindness), several of my friends have been complaining about
> the same color-problems on FM.
>
> It's still the best simulator on any platform, but there is room for
> improvements.
>

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> LOL! The one which throws me is you've selected the vehicle and track,
> the game does the "qualifying" and sets the starting grid - THEN you
> select the car setup? Excuse me, but I always thought tuning and setups
> were done prior/during qualifying and actually had a bearing on the
> qualifying performance. I have an absolutely stock setting on a D1,
> qualify first and then add my modifications to it? Seems to me that's
> wrong.
>
> And the menu items do drive me a bit crazy. I'd like to see more items
> available, like a Go to Garage Now - splitting through a bunch of menus -
> or a Go Live! from any location.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
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