-Larry
> It is 5 years old and people will still tell you it's #1. To see the
most
> revolutionary piece of sim racing software of all time - get GPL. Any sim
> racer without a copy of GPL is not a sim racer at all. And the
> tracks.................it's worth it just for the 174 corner, 14+ mile
> Nurburgring! And then there's Spa, Monza, etc when they were not made to
be
> safe! :) Owning this sim is like owning a piece of history, both for the
> time period it represents and the history of GPL in the sim market. It is
a
> giant on both counts. It's still the only open wheeler sim that can be
raced
> properly (20 online at once) to this day. We can thank the FIA***heads
for
> that since they won't allow online racing of sims based on modern F1.
> Haqsau has given a bit of an impression that GPL is not realistic -
> wrong. Papy admitted that the tyre model was less than perfect (with a few
> years of 20/20 hindsight I might add) and it seems some have let this
effect
> their perspective. The sense of realism is extreme.
> Simple answer - get GPL or miss out on something the rest of us who
have
> been around since day 1 of release (and even the odd beta copies pre
> release) have marveled over the last 5 years! GET IT!
> > You get a lot of hype about GPL here because people have been enjoying
> this
> > game for 5 years and therefore they tend to look askance at anything
new.
> > But here are some undeniable facts that any objective person would admit
> to:
> > a) it's not the best simulator every made, most likely that title
belongs
> to
> > NR 2003; b) no matter what you do with graphics upgrades it does not and
> > will not ever look as good as a more recent sim because the pale color
> > palette and flat lighting apparently can not be changed; c) there are
> known
> > inadequacies in the tire model that all the fast guys exploit - they run
> > unrealistic setups and drive it like an arcade game and as a result are
a
> > good 2 seconds faster than anyone who sets up their car and drives it in
a
> > realistic manner. Don't get me wrong, it is a truly fun game and if you
> can
> > find it cheap it is worth getting. Certainly if you like a difficult
> > challenge GPL is it. Just don't expect it to live up to the hype. I'm
> not
> > trying to talk you out of it, I'm just saying that realistically there
is
> no
> > reason to go searching through every computer shop in the Netherlands
just
> > to find it. If you want the best road racing simulator ever made just
get
> > NR 2003 and download one of the Trans Am mods instead. When I go back
and
> > forth between the two I find GPL feels absolutely numb compared to the
TA
> > physics, and I can't stand looking at the washed out graphics in GPL
> > anymore, despite having all the add-ons.
> > > Thanks for al your advice. Now I know for sure I am going to look for
> the
> > > game in the shops (it is not widely available here in the Netherlands,
> but
> > I
> > > will search everywhere till I find it).
> > > Thanks again.
> > > Sjoerd
> > > --
> > > Sjoerd's website:
> > > www.sjoweb.nl