And there is another factor that people's mind tend to believe that by pressing the Up button harder, the "faster" the car goes.
So I decided to make an end of this "always accelerating" thing.
Let me introduce you the AutoAccelerator for racing games!
It can be used in any type of simulator or arcade games: car, motor, ship, spaceship, winter-sports, etc.
; AutoAccelerator.ahk - Automatic accelerator for arcade and simulator racing games ; ; With this script you are able to go forward without touching the Up arrow button. ; Press the CapsLock to toggle auto-acceleration. ; It simulates pressing Up arrow. ; ; Pressing the Down or Up arrow will stop acceleration. ; You have to press CapsLock again to reenable acceleration. ; ; You have to replace the "GroupAdd RacingGame" window titles with your own games to enable this effect. ; ; Tested with AutoHotkey 1.0.47.04 ; ; Created by HuBa ; Contact: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4693 ; ; Discussion forum of this script: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26736 Menu Tray, Icon, %A_WinDir%\system32\joy.cpl ; Joystick tray icon GroupAdd RacingGame, MotorSport ; Replace this window title! GroupAdd RacingGame, Rally GroupAdd RacingGame, Ski #IfWinActive ahk_group RacingGame ~CapsLock:: if GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") Send {Up Down} ; Start accelerating else if GetKeyState("Up") Send {Up Up} ; Terminate acceleration Return ~Up Up:: ; End of acceleration if GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") SetCapsLockState Off Return ~Down:: ; Decelerate if !GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") Return SetCapsLockState Off Send {Up Up} ; Terminate acceleration Return #IfWinActive