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GPL .....is 12 spins a record?

Peter Gag

GPL .....is 12 spins a record?

by Peter Gag » Mon, 04 May 1998 04:00:00

Wow, while practising tonight I hit the arnco on the right hand side
of the track at the exit to turn 5, aproaching turn 6, (fastest part
of the circuit?) and the car somersaulted and spun a total of 12
times!!!!

12 times, (I counted on the replay) that *must* be a record of some
sort?

What a sim, even the crashes are fun.......

8?)

*Peter*    8-)
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Sys Admi

GPL .....is 12 spins a record?

by Sys Admi » Tue, 05 May 1998 04:00:00



12 times!! HaHa  I can picture the driver getting out and staggering around
in a circle!

As I was practising last night I was running consistant 1:14s in the GP2
car.  Every time I tried to go a little faster into the loop, the back end
would get away from me.  I ran three laps in a row under 1:18 while
spinning 360 degrees in the loop each time.
Am I good or what!!

Alan (sysadmin at work)

David Ript

GPL .....is 12 spins a record?

by David Ript » Tue, 05 May 1998 04:00:00





>> Wow, while practising tonight I hit the arnco on the right hand side
>> of the track at the exit to turn 5, aproaching turn 6, (fastest part
>> of the circuit?) and the car somersaulted and spun a total of 12
>> times!!!!

>> 12 times, (I counted on the replay) that *must* be a record of some
>> sort?

>> What a sim, even the crashes are fun.......

>12 times!! HaHa  I can picture the driver getting out and staggering around
>in a circle!

>As I was practising last night I was running consistant 1:14s in the GP2
>car.  Every time I tried to go a little faster into the loop, the back end
>would get away from me.  I ran three laps in a row under 1:18 while
>spinning 360 degrees in the loop each time.

My best crash yet happened after a 180-degree spin in the last turn.
Since my car was facing backwards and very close to the finish line,
I figured that putting in in reverse and punching it would be quicker
than turning the car around.  (Hey, it worked for Jeff Gordon in the
Pepsi commercial, right?)

Anyway, my control of the car in reverse was a bit off, and my left
rear wheel hit something at the base of the flagman's tower at a
pretty high speed.  If you want to see some amazing multiple-axis
midair pirouettes, give that a try.  Absolutely gut-wrenching from
the in-car view.

--

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ymenar

GPL .....is 12 spins a record?

by ymenar » Tue, 05 May 1998 04:00:00


>Wow, while practising tonight I hit the arnco on the right hand side
>of the track at the exit to turn 5, aproaching turn 6, (fastest part
>of the circuit?) and the car somersaulted and spun a total of 12
>times!!!!
>12 times, (I counted on the replay) that *must* be a record of some
>sort?

Hehe I got at least 30 spuns at the same time, but this is because of a
little bug in the alpha demo.

On the frontstrech, get on full trottle.  Before turn1, go directly between
the pitboard (the guy who has it) and the hail bale.  You will fly threw the
fence, directly in the billboards.  Now you will get up in the air, at least
200meters up (there is a limit in the sky to go up). You will spin like
50times, before catching fire and ending in the infield, far away.    It's
VERY fun to do, and funny since sometimes you stop spinning, and you see all
the track from your***pit way below you.

Hehehe ;-)

Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-)

Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club
Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking)

--"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

Brian Shor

GPL .....is 12 spins a record?

by Brian Shor » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00

I was messing around with F1RS yesterday, and touched tires (on purpose)
with another car.  He flipped and rolled a couple times, then
cartwheeled several times down the pit wall... it looked cool, but kinda
goofy.  I think the crash physics in F1RS are not nearly as good as they
are in GPL (duh!!)

Brian Short


> Wow, while practising tonight I hit the arnco on the right hand side
> of the track at the exit to turn 5, aproaching turn 6, (fastest part
> of the circuit?) and the car somersaulted and spun a total of 12
> times!!!!

> 12 times, (I counted on the replay) that *must* be a record of some
> sort?

> What a sim, even the crashes are fun.......

> 8?)

> *Peter*    8-)
> (NB: remove asterix to e-mail)


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