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My 2c. What I have on my Tuono 1100 RR (2018):

• ABS: must have. On any bike, even 50cc scooters if possible.
• TCS: must have above a given power (I'd say 80cv)
• Cruise control: I was really not convinced, until I had to do 150Km highway with the Tuono. If you're at 130Kmh (limit here) and you get a bit distracted, in the blink of an eye you are at 160Kmh. So yeah, I like Cruise control. Don't want it, don't use it.
• Power modes: must have above a given power (I'd say 80cv). You *want* to use this when it's wet: typically one of the modes is rain/wet, with limited engine power. But not for Aprilia, that decided that on the Tuono all 3 modes (sport, track and race) are full power, because ... well, I don't know. Looks dumb to me.
• Shifter: if you have a good one, it's just a pleasure to use. If it does downshifting too then even better. Anyway, most of the time if you don't like it you can switch it off / just use the clutch.
• Launch control: this is stupid on *any* road bike. I have it, I haven't even tried it.

Can't say a word on electronic suspensions, never tried. What I've heard from reliable sources (testers), when they are done properly they are nice to have. Mostly good on touring bikes & the likes.

• ABS: It was always said that "ABS" is for "Rabbits" - People who panic and freeze in difficult situations and slam on the brakes.
• TCS: We used to say that using a "TCS" on any bike no matter what the power is for people who really have no idea how to ride a motorcycle properly and is only for old men touring a bike.
• Cruise control: I can understand some people finding it useful on a long tour especially on motorways, but with the amount of traffic around nowadays it's probably becoming a nonsense feature on any vehicle, in my opinion, with all the stopping starting slowing down speeding up that goes on these days with the sheer amount of traffic on roads that needs taking into consideration.
• Power Modes: Again, riding a motorcycle without power-modes, it's part of the excitement of riding a bike, especially a powerful bike, to learn how to use your throttle-hand properly in any given situation..... In my opinion, Power-Modes just take that excitement & fear element away from the rider and are just for lazy people who haven't got a clue how to ride a bike properly or just want to take the easy way out and not have to learn how to apply power correctly in given situations.... Takes all the fun & fear out of it.... A sign of the times I guess - so many pussies around it seems nowadays. Lol!   
• Shifter: Yeah maybe a pleasure to use, but again, it takes away from the real pleasure of riding a motorcycle, in my opinion.
• Launch Control: Now this is a total nonsense feature on a road bike, absolutely not needed at all, and given the skill required in racing to get off the line fast, to have it on a race bike is just a cheat device in my opinion, but again, the powers that be in MotoGP don't seem to see any rider-aid-device that takes away from a riders skillset as being a cheat these days, so.....

https://www.44teeth.com/modern-motorcycle-tech-is-it-worth-it/?_thumbnail_id=23756

All gimmicks we don't really need on a road bike at all, and extra costs to produce and buy for a rider, yes?

It's just the track issue. Nothing someone can do

Who converted the track? That person will be able to take the source mesh into a 3D app, pin-point the issue, fix it, and export it for an updated release.

Looking and sounding great Mystic.... Nice job by the look of it on the video.  

Almost tempted to install GPBikes again after 3 years to try it..... Probably not though..... Narrh.....

Nice work though mate!  

A talk with Eddie Lawson..... A very interesting watch for those of us that were around during the glory blue-ribbon years of GP500cc racing.

He specifically taks about the differences between MotoGP bikes of today compared with the GP500's.... I think he proves my point for this thread, don't you?  

Yeah there is a speed trap there. In the lap times menu (can't remember which) it shows the top speed achieved through the zone.

Thanks for that Mystic.... Old as I am, I thought I remembered being able to implement a speed trap via TrackED.   

Sometimes I wait to send links because I may update it often, so it may be annoying getting send new link every time

Do you need to update often? Why not just work on a mod and release an update once every two weeks or even just once every month on a set regular date that everyone involved(modders, database and race server admins) can organise for & agree to do updates on?

Well said DD.....

There was a time when this community was a community that pulled together and helped each other as much as we could, but unfortunately it's slowly but insidiously gone the other way as more and more people have arrived in the community to selfishly do their own thing without consideration for already established ways of doing things....
Sad and unfortunate what happens when a community doesn't abide by some common sense etiquettes to keep things working smoothly.

I fully support your decision mate..... Go for it; if people here care at all they will start to see that it's not a lot to ask these modders to simply throw you a link to their work each time they create or update their MODS.......

C'mon guys..... WAKE-UP!!

One thing I'm missing in GPBikes, and I think others will agree, are Speed Traps on the track. Maybe Hornet Max could implement them in his MAXHUD or PiBoSo can add them to the game's standard tracks and give the info to Track Modders. 

I'm sure speed traps are already implemented via TrackEd, if I remember rightly, it's been so long since I dealt with it that I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm correct.

Isn't the Occulous Rift company owned by Facebook now? That would probably explain things. Lol!

One could say their moto is likely to be: "Profit before quality and/or customer satisfaction".

If your VR headset is 60Hz then it's pointless setting it any higher in software settings, you'd have no benefit whatsoever. 

Lovely video mate.... Very nicely done!!   

Nice pics Mystic!   

@iNsane: Thank you for releasing this great utility mate..... It's something I have kind of campaigned for for years and finally it's here. A big thank you!  

The only thing I would've liked to have seen happen was for this utility to only be given to those dev's who could prove that their work was created from scratch rather than given to anyone to download and use..... I think you've missed an opportunity here to obviously define the genuine from the cowboy modders?

I'm not wanting to get into a debate about some developers opinions against this utility, except to say that, of all developers for Pibs projects, I could probably count the genuine developers who actually create all their own MOD-content from scratch on less than 3 fingers, so the rest who are complaining about this great utility are being let's say somewhat hypocritical considering the blatant stealing of intellectual property from other well-known games that has and continues to be happening to create MODS for Pibs projects.

This utility will now enable MOD-developers to not only protect their intellectual property, it will also enable mod-devs to use permissible intellectual content in their mods that would otherwise not be possible without this tool.

I just don't understand why some are against such a tool being released? What problems can it create? None!  Modders can either decide to use it to protect any intellectual property the MOD uses or not...... So what is the problem?

Thanks Piboso.... I was hoping it was the start of having a registration of "Genuine" modders only being able to implement mods into your projects.