PING: Cleve - Relative speeds

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With many discussions regarding speedometers, I decided to do a little
test of my own...

I always thought that it took considerably longer to cross the railroad
bridge in a car than in a train, so I jacked a train from the station
in Prickle Pine and activated the Freight Mission - so I could see the
"speed" of the train.

>From the first concrete support to the last, I crossed the bridge into
San Fierro in approximately 12 seconds at exactly 45mph.
I then grabbed a Bullet, put my foot the floor and crossed that same
bridge in 17 seconds!? I took the regular (auto) bridge just to the
north on the way back in approximately the same time.

That would mean that the top speed for one of the fastest cars in the
game is LESS than 45mph! Can't be, can it?

Cleve, you're into checking these things out. So if you get a chance,
I'd like to know what your results show.

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akcarlos wrote:
> Vandar wrote:
> > With many discussions regarding speedometers, I decided to do a little
> > test of my own...
> >
> > I always thought that it took considerably longer to cross the railroad
> > bridge in a car than in a train, so I jacked a train from the station
> > in Prickle Pine and activated the Freight Mission - so I could see the
> > "speed" of the train.
> >
> > >From the first concrete support to the last, I crossed the bridge into
> > San Fierro in approximately 12 seconds at exactly 45mph.
> > I then grabbed a Bullet, put my foot the floor and crossed that same
> > bridge in 17 seconds!? I took the regular (auto) bridge just to the
> > north on the way back in approximately the same time.
> >
> > That would mean that the top speed for one of the fastest cars in the
> > game is LESS than 45mph! Can't be, can it?
> >
> > Cleve, you're into checking these things out. So if you get a chance,
> > I'd like to know what your results show.
>
>
> The cars drive noticably slower on railway tracks I have noticed.
> The 4wd cars and offroad vehicles also drive faster on the railway
> track than lower faster cars.

I've noticed that as well, but it took equally as long for me to get
across the adjacent bridge. It was a clean run and the motion blur was
active at the end of it.
I would imagine the "speed" of the train is not indicative of the
actual speed at which the train is moving.

> I often travel between citys by railway (on a car) as it is the most
> direct route with little or no traffic.

As do I. I always take the inside rail through the blind turns as well.
In the event of an oncoming train, it's much easier to cut to the
outside of a turn than to the inside.

> As a side note who was the fool who designed the motor ways in SA you
> would expect the largest motorways to go directly from one city to the
> other not around in circles and stoping short of the destination city.

I agree. The engineers and planners failed overall, but they did a good
job with getting from Las Venturas to Los Santos. They need a couple
more direct routes between cities. Absent that, it would be good to be
able to hail a cab and choose from a list of available destinations
(airport, train station, save point, etc.), and be able to "skip" the
trip.

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Well let me ask you this then...

How accurate is the speedo mods for SA?

I'd like some more in the way of instruments... tacho, gear indicator,
altimeter etc.

T.

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Also keep in mind that for the most part CJ can outrun most vehicles so
you're right..., not alot of corolation in speeds...

"Cleve" <clevens@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Vandar" <vandar69@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1126476203.773105.244960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > With many discussions regarding speedometers, I decided to do a little
> > test of my own...
> >
> > I always thought that it took considerably longer to cross the railroad
> > bridge in a car than in a train, so I jacked a train from the station
> > in Prickle Pine and activated the Freight Mission - so I could see the
> > "speed" of the train.
> >
> >>From the first concrete support to the last, I crossed the bridge into
> > San Fierro in approximately 12 seconds at exactly 45mph.
> > I then grabbed a Bullet, put my foot the floor and crossed that same
> > bridge in 17 seconds!? I took the regular (auto) bridge just to the
> > north on the way back in approximately the same time.
> >
> > That would mean that the top speed for one of the fastest cars in the
> > game is LESS than 45mph! Can't be, can it?
> >
> > Cleve, you're into checking these things out. So if you get a chance,
> > I'd like to know what your results show.
> >
>
> I wouldn't count on any of the game-displayed distances and speeds making
a
> lot of sense.
>
> The planes are especially suspect.
>
> For example. Say the SA land mass is about 2.25 miles across, as my
Packer
> measurements suggest. At 200 mph, a plane would cross it in a little over
> 40 seconds. At 500 mph for a jet, slightly over 16 seconds. Clearly,
we're
> not seeing any such speeds. It wouldn't "feel right" if they made it
> accurate, and flying would become VERY difficult. We're being tricked
into
> thinking SA is larger than it is, in this manner, and in others. And it
> works, for the most part. They did a nice job.)
>
> --cleve
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