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nothing a good set of textures and normal maps can't fix!
rider's feet animations FTW!

hello!
so here's a little request for the forum admins:
would it be possible to implement the tapatalk app inside the forum?

me, like many others, access the forums with their smartphone/tablets so i guess it would be useful, it's a very quick process to get it to work, just install i simple plugin.
i just checked and simple machines forum platform is supported

here's a link to their website, for everyone who doesn't know what i'm talking about.
http://tapatalk.com/

[Arvoss]

I do like what your saying about neutral position but i hope the settings don't get out of hand like in Mx Sim ..The advanced stability is just ridiculous

please no i don't want to even think about that menu!

thanx Arvoss for the answers, yes i was thinking about something like that as a player profile..don't really understand the need of having different rider profiles but whatever
rider height and weight is just a wild idea that i had..but at least a bit of customization in the rider's stance would be useful.
dynamic weather would be a dream..would just be awesome to ride the track while the terrain is changing, so that you have to change riding style based on how the bike reacts..let alone when implemented with terrain deformation.. 

[challenging gameplay]

so hello everyone!
after stumbling into the video on youtube here i am, eager to see how this simulator evolves!
i've never bought any of piboso's game (honest, not a big fan of asphalt) but i downloaded all the demos and always being blown away from the simulation level such a small team has been able to reach, so i know this is going to be just as good..at least.

i've seen the video many times and i must say it really looks good.
coming from years of mx simulator it already has everything that other games still miss, like rider animation, dynamic shadows and most of all i can tell it looks like more fun.

so here's my wishlist:

• first and foremost challenging gameplay
  i think the best compromise would be like 75% mxsim and 25% the other mx games.
  if you ever played mxsim you are familiar with the frustration, the anger that the game generates, being the physics engine so extreme there are situations that are completely unpredictable and out of control, and the lack of some very needed aids make that game hell if you don't practice everyday, like you're a pro in real life.
  my idea of what the game could be can be summed as "easy to learn, hard to master".
  to understand what i mean you should play richard burns rally, the best rally simulator ever made, 12 years old and still going great despite being a total pain in the butt to mod.
  after completing the rally school you know how you "should" drive and you're having tons of fun being the physics super realistic, but from there to being actually good and having competitive times is almost like real life, you need to practice practice practice, and i like it.
  so being able to throw some laptimes after 30 minutes would be stimulating instead of spending days trying to understand how the bike reacts that way for no reason like in mxsim..and still not understanding it after like 5 years..
  same goes with bike collisions..mxsimulator is completely and unreasonably unforgiving
• online alias / rider customization
  since this will be online only (if you want to race others) i'd like to be able to have my alias rider to be locked with my account, so visiting a player profile you can see his riding hours, laptimes, hours spent on a certain track and so on..get my point?
  being able to set height and weight would be great, because as i see in the video, the rider weight has impact on the bike and the overall physics (when he sits for the turn you can see the rear shock compressing due to weight)
  yes you will tell me people will try to cheat and gives they're rider the lowest weight possible to be faster..i know there are cheaters everywhere..and being lightweight isn't always a plus.
  
• related to my last one, customizable neutral position
  being able to set my neutral position would affect gameplay and bike handling, and will make the rider a bit more human too..
  let's say i want my rider standing up straight and leaning on the bars because that's how i ride my bike in real life, or i want him to be always on his heels with arms straight and sitting on the rear fender..so i know when i need to rest my fingers for half a second i don't have to worry that the rider will assume a standard neutral position
  
• weather
  i'm not asking for dynamic weather..or maybe yes, all i'd like to see are different weather conditions.
  i know they're already present in other piboso's simulations, but i don't know how it will be integrated in this game being the first that doesn't just have dry asphalt/wet asphalt but should have dry and wet hard packed dirt, loamy dirt, sand, gravel etc..
  having it dynamic would be super..and maybe having elevation above sea level taken into account would be top.
  
• practice servers / racing servers
  as i said i've never played a complete piboso game, so this might be already implemented.
  what i always disliked about mxsimulator is the fact that riding online only meant racing.
  i think it would be nice to have servers where you connect and you start from the pit area, no need to wait for the previous race to end, you just log in and go like free practice with everyone else, so you can set up your bike, test setups 'racing' others etc..like going to a race track in real life, there's not just races.
  
• modding responsably
  what i really don't want to see is the ability to mod physics or bike datas.not much to add.
  

so here's my list, sorry if i've been long but i wanted to explain my thoughts, and maybe starting a constructive discussion from it.
of course i quote everything being said till now: dual sticks, customizable hud, user friendly track editing (i've a lot of stuff ready to be converted from mxsim) and last but not least,
ghost rider!
yes it is really needed..or at least the ability to load a previously saved offline session and race against it.


p.s. hi to all the people who know me from the other sim forum, glad to see you're all here!