Comments on: “rFactor” (Image Space Incorporated, 2006)

By: John H

John H — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:59:00 +0000

GP4 – Monsoon conditions – At Spa.
You still cannot beat it after 6 years! But I do love the rFactor community.

By: stevepCambsUK

stevepCambsUK — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:43:31 +0000

Grand turismo 5 prologue is amazin online, you can race other drivers in this years ferrari f1 2007 car against other online players in the same f1 car.
anyone fancy a race online? drop us a message here….

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:13:05 +0000

I came across Rfactor in a Dell Computer booth at a local trade show and I’ve been on Rfactor since then. I could’nt aggree with you more ! I’d rate it 4.5.
My friend is VP at ‘D-box’, a company that make sensory seats for the hi end movie fanatic (ie; George Lucas / FOX studios…)
The chair is moved by 3 servos and they’ve programed it to run with Rfactor… I was asked to evaluate it, what a blast. (they have a website)
Your head is kicked back on gear changes, you are thrust forward on braking, backwards on acceleration and bounced around when skidding off track.
I use Logitech’s Momo racing wheel and pedals, working great. Also 22″ wide flat screen, large picture helps.
Not everyone will agree, but remember, you’re sitting at home in front of a computer… Not IN a race car.

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:45:34 +0000

Hey I know it’s not F1 related, but Forza 2 is doing it for me at the moment, just make sure you have the steering wheel (the MS one), as the force feedback is insane!

By: Nikos Darzentas

Nikos Darzentas — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:39:04 +0000

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:29:24 +0000

You’re just saying that ’cause I whupped you at Colin McRae…

By: Nikos Darzentas

Nikos Darzentas — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:24:21 +0000

yeah ok

and if only we had a game like this during our CUAC gaming nights in Cambridge…

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:03:28 +0000

Maybe I’ve been a little generous, but from F1 ’06 to playing this – it’s a revelation. The ’79 season mod does it for me, it’s just wonderful.

By: Nikos Darzentas

Nikos Darzentas — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:16:28 +0000

Keith, you know I’m a f1fanatic fanatic, but if you don’t drop the score by a couple of points, I’m gone!

seriously, rFactor is certainly a step or two forward in some areas, but frustratingly incomplete in others… I’ve played the sim quite a lot, especially when investigating whether we should pick it up for our second season of our online F1 Championship (http://dax.atspace.org)

graphics and sound are very good, as is the force feedback (apparently, because I’m not 100% convinced), but there are no arms on the wheels which I find totally crap, and there is no weather sytem, so you can only race while sunbathing – I mean, you should remember how well rain was simulated in the Grand Prix series, and what a challenge it was… well, not in rFactor

granted, there are few good mods, but not for F1 in my view… and of course, many many stunning circuits, which I think is big plus, but again, if you cannot drive a decent array of F1 cars on them, what’s the point?

apparently, rFactor 2.0 is being developed, as is a highly-anticipated F1 mod from the RH team (http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=RH2006) – in the meantime, I would suggest FSONE 2006 (http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=FSONE%202006)