Post by Phil on Mar 30, 2006 11:29:51 GMT
So BVE's just a 'game', right?
Loaded BRR and installed it.
First test: put 72mkiiTS on Northern, Edgware to Kennington.
Load up, away we go - - - - onto the RIGHT hand running line!
No problem, bit of fun, signal heads are near the RH line, not on their bases. All greens though
Then OH SH*T. There's a train on my line straight ahead of me. And I can't ****** stop in time!
That's where it stopped being a sim for me and became every driver's nightmare. My stomach muscles tightened and all the other things that start to happen in this situation. (I have experienced a head on impact with stationary stock at just 4mph and that was scary enough).
By the time I had ploughed into the front of the other train my brain had just about told me it wasn't real: it was (what seemed like) many seconds of absolute hell.
Perhaps one of our experts can tell me how it happened: it was the first time I had run BRR: when I (had calmed down and) reloaded it, it ran perfectly and has done ever since.
But it shows how real BVE as a sim is (advice for those who do not drive in 12" to the foot). I really was scared half to death.
Loaded BRR and installed it.
First test: put 72mkiiTS on Northern, Edgware to Kennington.
Load up, away we go - - - - onto the RIGHT hand running line!
No problem, bit of fun, signal heads are near the RH line, not on their bases. All greens though
Then OH SH*T. There's a train on my line straight ahead of me. And I can't ****** stop in time!
That's where it stopped being a sim for me and became every driver's nightmare. My stomach muscles tightened and all the other things that start to happen in this situation. (I have experienced a head on impact with stationary stock at just 4mph and that was scary enough).
By the time I had ploughed into the front of the other train my brain had just about told me it wasn't real: it was (what seemed like) many seconds of absolute hell.
Perhaps one of our experts can tell me how it happened: it was the first time I had run BRR: when I (had calmed down and) reloaded it, it ran perfectly and has done ever since.
But it shows how real BVE as a sim is (advice for those who do not drive in 12" to the foot). I really was scared half to death.
. Can be quite confusing (but rewarding when used to quickly and easily generate alternative routes and pathings).
