Bram

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> your message about the driving school came to me via email and I had a
> long rant back only to find it got returned... i can;t be arsed to
> write it all again ))
>
> basically I was wondering if you as a driver just naturally keep to
> the right side of the road and drive reasonably well, or do you drive
> as I do, with no due care for other road users/pedestrians etc?
>
> this is an open question to other players. If you drive in real life
> to you find yourself following the rules when you play games like this
> or do you just go where you feel like?
>

I've been driving six years and I tear the road up when I play GTA - Cars
and wanted levels are too disposable to worry about pedestrians, and the
only time I even drive with a modicum of care is when I'm going home to save
after a tough mission

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Jericho wrote:
>
> > your message about the driving school came to me via email and I had a
> > long rant back only to find it got returned... i can;t be arsed to
> > write it all again ))
> >
> > basically I was wondering if you as a driver just naturally keep to
> > the right side of the road and drive reasonably well, or do you drive
> > as I do, with no due care for other road users/pedestrians etc?
> >
> > this is an open question to other players. If you drive in real life
> > to you find yourself following the rules when you play games like this
> > or do you just go where you feel like?
> >
>
> I've been driving six years and I tear the road up when I play GTA - Cars
> and wanted levels are too disposable to worry about pedestrians, and the
> only time I even drive with a modicum of care is when I'm going home to save
> after a tough mission

and there's me driving with due care and consideration...


yeah right )

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"Jericho" <pushthelionheart@y2j.com> wrote in message
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>> your message about the driving school came to me via email and I had a
>> long rant back only to find it got returned... i can;t be arsed to
>> write it all again ))
>>
>> basically I was wondering if you as a driver just naturally keep to
>> the right side of the road and drive reasonably well, or do you drive
>> as I do, with no due care for other road users/pedestrians etc?
>>
>> this is an open question to other players. If you drive in real life
>> to you find yourself following the rules when you play games like this
>> or do you just go where you feel like?
>>
>
> I've been driving six years and I tear the road up when I play GTA - Cars
> and wanted levels are too disposable to worry about pedestrians, and the
> only time I even drive with a modicum of care is when I'm going home to
> save after a tough mission
>

I've been driving for 37 years. Hell, no -- CJ doesn't obey any traffic
laws. It's haul balls until the car burns, then jack another (unless the
mission requires care, or I'm trying to save the car, or, as you point out,
if I've just passed a difficult mission). See, this is fantasy.

I'm glad the cops are rather lax about that. As someone else pointed out,
game play would definitely suffer if you had to stop for every red light.

Careful of the opposite problem, however. Remember how Mom used to tell you
not to go in the water until at least half an hour after you'd eaten? I
recommend not getting behind the wheel of a real car until at least half an
hour after playing a GTA game. And if a GTA tune comes on the radio while
you're driving, change the station.

--cleve

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Paul Heslop wrote:

> ) When my son was having driving lessons the instructor asked him
> if he had a playstation. when he said yes the guy said, thought so,
> well, in real life you don't have to follow the racing line!

I showed my son (3) VC last year, and got a bollockoing from my wife
for showing him how to ride the kerb and knock people over. He got the
hang of this rather quickly, yelling "clonk" and laughing like a madman
every time he hit someone.

After a while I began to be a bit concerned that he also ran 'people'
over with his toy cars, so and was forced along to the local
Gamestation. I told the guy behind the counter that I'd been told to
ask if he could recommend a nice, safe driving game for 3 year old
boys, and he grinned and said "You've shown him Vice City, haven't
you?" When I asked him how he knew, he said they'd had several parents
(read: fathers) in trying to correct worrying driving habits in small
boys cause by GTA.

S

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Paul said:
> your message about the driving school came to me via email and I had a
> long rant back only to find it got returned... i can;t be arsed to
> write it all again ))
>
Whoops, I sent it by email? My mistake..that probably didn't have a very
sensible email address indeed

> basically I was wondering if you as a driver just naturally keep to
> the right side of the road and drive reasonably well, or do you drive
> as I do, with no due care for other road users/pedestrians etc?
>
In real life I tend to stick to the rules, because there's only so much
damage you can do before they lock you away (bastards)

In GTA, I basically try to drive as fast as possible. If I have a really
sturdy, heavy car, I just plough through anything that doesn't make the
car spin. With a light, weak sports car I try to avoid bumping into lamp
posts etc, because that will slow me down.

On small bi-directional roads I try to stick to the right side, but I
won't break if a car is blocking me. Instead, I'll just swerve past it
on the left side, even with oncoming traffic (usually you can manage to
get in between without a head-on collision. If you scrape another car on
the side it doesn't really slow you down). If the curb doesn't contain
irritating obstacles, that's an option as well.

If time can be saved by cutting corners through parks, or any other kind
of open space, I usually will.

I don't care for pedestrians etc, they don't slow me down much. Except
when I am on missions where police attention is very unwanted, then I
tend to avoid the curbs.

So basically, to sum it up, I don't follow any rules. Except for a
tendency to stick to driving on the right side of the road if there's
plenty of space and nothing to block me, perhaps. Though that only
happens on the wide freeways. In which case I usually try to nab a bike
since it's fast and can move between vehicles more easily.

Bram
--
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

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<crankylemming@aol.com> wrote in message

> I showed my son (3) VC last year, and got a bollockoing from my wife
> for showing him how to ride the kerb and knock people over. He got the
> hang of this rather quickly, yelling "clonk" and laughing like a madman
> every time he hit someone.
>
> After a while I began to be a bit concerned...

I don't think you need to worry. Our five-year-old has an excellent grasp of
the difference between reality and games' virtual reality. In VC (he was 4,
then) he would prefer to run around bopping people, and I got worried
because he ran straight up to one an said "Look - this one looks just like
Mummy" - bonk.

Anyway, he's the most loving child you could ever hope to meet, and the
things he says to his mum would make your heart melt. He's not getting his
hands on SA, though - the bad language removes that possibility (which is a
shame, because he's quite a good driver in VC now).

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"Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message

> I have always found
> cops in gta games slam into you and then you get the fault, or some
> idiot starts to turn left or right then changes their mind at the last
> second.

The worst thing is cops ignoring other people hitting them, or even ignoring
you when you're barrelling down the wrong side of the road of a built-up
area in an Infernus at full speed; but if they unexpectedly cut across your
path and you so much as touch their car, you get a wanted star.

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"G Hardy" <gareth.hardy1@ntlwrold.com> wrote in message
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> <crankylemming@aol.com> wrote in message
>
>> I showed my son (3) VC last year, and got a bollockoing from my wife
>> for showing him how to ride the kerb and knock people over. He got the
>> hang of this rather quickly, yelling "clonk" and laughing like a madman
>> every time he hit someone.
>>
>> After a while I began to be a bit concerned...
>
> I don't think you need to worry. Our five-year-old has an excellent grasp
> of
> the difference between reality and games' virtual reality. In VC (he was
> 4,
> then) he would prefer to run around bopping people, and I got worried
> because he ran straight up to one an said "Look - this one looks just like
> Mummy" - bonk.
>
> Anyway, he's the most loving child you could ever hope to meet, and the
> things he says to his mum would make your heart melt. He's not getting his
> hands on SA, though - the bad language removes that possibility (which is
> a
> shame, because he's quite a good driver in VC now).
>
I'm in the same situation, my son's the same age as yours and also played
VC. This subject keeps coming up, I hope Rockstar are watching with a view
to putting in child-safe options into future GTAs.

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G Hardy wrote:
>
> <crankylemming@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> > I showed my son (3) VC last year, and got a bollockoing from my wife
> > for showing him how to ride the kerb and knock people over. He got the
> > hang of this rather quickly, yelling "clonk" and laughing like a madman
> > every time he hit someone.
> >
> > After a while I began to be a bit concerned...
>
> I don't think you need to worry. Our five-year-old has an excellent grasp of
> the difference between reality and games' virtual reality. In VC (he was 4,
> then) he would prefer to run around bopping people, and I got worried
> because he ran straight up to one an said "Look - this one looks just like
> Mummy" - bonk.
>
> Anyway, he's the most loving child you could ever hope to meet, and the
> things he says to his mum would make your heart melt. He's not getting his
> hands on SA, though - the bad language removes that possibility (which is a
> shame, because he's quite a good driver in VC now).

that's our littluns. They're absolute treasures but they do enjoy a
bit of smash and bash. let's face it, this is just role play, army
games etc that we played as kids they play in a virtual world.

On SA I just have no sound at all, we make it up as we go along, and
there's no mission play, just romping around, acting crazy and looking
for the highest things to jump off, or going up in a plane and both
jumping out together over the sea.
--
Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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G Hardy wrote:
>
> "Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> > I have always found
> > cops in gta games slam into you and then you get the fault, or some
> > idiot starts to turn left or right then changes their mind at the last
> > second.
>
> The worst thing is cops ignoring other people hitting them, or even ignoring
> you when you're barrelling down the wrong side of the road of a built-up
> area in an Infernus at full speed; but if they unexpectedly cut across your
> path and you so much as touch their car, you get a wanted star.

yup. weird I tells ya
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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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Bram wrote:
>
> Paul said:
> > your message about the driving school came to me via email and I had a
> > long rant back only to find it got returned... i can;t be arsed to
> > write it all again ))
> >
> Whoops, I sent it by email? My mistake..that probably didn't have a very
> sensible email address indeed
>
not at all, bounced back like a boomerang ) I spent ages twaddling
on about something, no way I was doing all that again )

> > basically I was wondering if you as a driver just naturally keep to
> > the right side of the road and drive reasonably well, or do you drive
> > as I do, with no due care for other road users/pedestrians etc?
> >
> In real life I tend to stick to the rules, because there's only so much
> damage you can do before they lock you away (bastards)
>
)

> In GTA, I basically try to drive as fast as possible. If I have a really
> sturdy, heavy car, I just plough through anything that doesn't make the
> car spin. With a light, weak sports car I try to avoid bumping into lamp
> posts etc, because that will slow me down.
>
Always hitting something. The most annoying thing is coming up that
little rail track from the docks on san fiero and hitting, what? I
don't know what it hits but it throws the car right over sometimes

> On small bi-directional roads I try to stick to the right side, but I
> won't break if a car is blocking me. Instead, I'll just swerve past it
> on the left side, even with oncoming traffic (usually you can manage to
> get in between without a head-on collision. If you scrape another car on
> the side it doesn't really slow you down). If the curb doesn't contain
> irritating obstacles, that's an option as well.
>
yup, sounds very like little old none driver me

> If time can be saved by cutting corners through parks, or any other kind
> of open space, I usually will.
>
Off roaders really are a a pleasure for this. I was thrilled to find
the sand king again!

> I don't care for pedestrians etc, they don't slow me down much. Except
> when I am on missions where police attention is very unwanted, then I
> tend to avoid the curbs.
>
yeah, those damned pedestrians are always slowing me down, bouncing
helplessly off the bonnet of my car

> So basically, to sum it up, I don't follow any rules. Except for a
> tendency to stick to driving on the right side of the road if there's
> plenty of space and nothing to block me, perhaps. Though that only
> happens on the wide freeways. In which case I usually try to nab a bike
> since it's fast and can move between vehicles more easily.
>
> Bram
> --
> Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

Yeah, freeways are almost impossible to drive the wrong side of,
although as you point out a bike can be so much better. It's nice to
know it's not just us none drivers who drive like loonies ))

--
Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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>I have always found cops in gta games
>slam into you and then you get the fault,

I don't remember cops running into me in LC or VC, I don't think they
got involved with other road users as much as they do in SA. Remember,
the cops have got it in for CJ in SA, so I find it realistic that they
blame him at any opportunity.

Phil Hibbs.

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>As to driving style - pretty much the same as everyone else. I do tend to
>avoid hitting peds if I can, though. I've got the SA "new game" mania so at
>the moment, if I shunt someone and they get out with a baseball bat, spade
>or similar, I drive past, do a quick handbrake turn and run them over, but I
>expect even that novelty will wear off soon.

I doubt it. Even now I like to jump out of bushes with the katana and
hack away at the hookers.

S

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snarks@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >I have always found cops in gta games
> >slam into you and then you get the fault,
>
> I don't remember cops running into me in LC or VC, I don't think they
> got involved with other road users as much as they do in SA. Remember,
> the cops have got it in for CJ in SA, so I find it realistic that they
> blame him at any opportunity.
>
> Phil Hibbs.

worse in the last chapters where for a period all he has to do is
whistle slightly off key to have an arrest warrant issued on his ass

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adcb wrote:
>

> > I'm torn with this. i did make sure their parents are all okay with
> >it (One of them plays it at home with sound ON!) and i try to restrict
> >what they do but in general It's all about fun. Mind you, trying to
> >explain why the camera was moving around so much while CJ and his
> >girlfriend were having a coffee wasn't easy. Lucky they've heard of
> >earthquakes ))
>
> Earthquakes, haha. Good call on that one

Best when my wife nipped out of the room for a minute. I leave the
headphones plugged in and the kids know not to put them on... so they
get to hear a kind of muffled gunshot etc but nowt else. So my wife
leaves the room and come back the littlest has the phones on her head.
My wife tries to take them off her and she says "I'm just answering
the phone, it's his girlfriend!"
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Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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