>Watching the fastest lap replays from The Apex, it's clear that
>pitching these GPL cars into turns and steering with one's foot
>results in some extremely quick lap times
>Is this the way Jim Clark or Phil Hill drove?
Todd
>Is this the way Jim Clark or Phil Hill drove?
Todd
"The cars in the GPL demo are truly evil. This is not because of any
black magic spells cast by malevolent sorcerers, chanting evil
incantations over spying-bowls deep in the bowels of the headquarters of
hostile competitors. Nor, I believe, is it due to any characteristics
inherent in the real cars of the day.
Bluntly, it's due to bad setup. The cars in the demo are running over one
degree of static positive camber. Any car would be unstable under this
condition. Further flaws in the setup make the cars viciously unstable,
particularly under braking and at turn-in.
This can be fixed - and it has..."
For the rest of the review go to
http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison/sims/index.htm
Devon
wrote...
> Watching the fastest lap replays from The Apex, it's clear that
> pitching these GPL cars into turns and steering with one's foot
> results in some extremely quick lap times. As fun as this appears to
> be (I'm still poking around at Monza in a G2 car turning high 1:40's),
> how realistic is this?
> My only rememberance of 60's F1 racing comes from vague recollections
> of the film "Grand Prix". I don't recall any of this kind of "hang
> out the tail" style in that film. However, I was more pre-occupied
> with babes at the time, so maybe I missed these scenes?
> Is this the way Jim Clark or Phil Hill drove? If so, even if the
> tires were hard, wouldn't this kind of racing do serious harm to the
> tires over the course of a full GP race?
> This style seems more pronounced at Monza (slick surface?) but is
> still evident at the Glen as well. Further, I recall reading a review
> of someone using an alpha version of the game that stated this style
> of driving was easier to induce in the alpha version of GPL.
> I assume Papy is aware of what the faster sim racers are doing to
> acheive the quicker laps. My question remains...is this realistic?
> --
> " This is MY happening & it freaks me out !! " - Z-Man -
http://www.i-way.co.uk/~isanski/
Only by reading the commentary will you ever gain an insight of what F1
racing was like back then.
> My only rememberance of 60's F1 racing comes from vague recollections
> of the film "Grand Prix". I don't recall any of this kind of "hang
> out the tail" style in that film. However, I was more pre-occupied
> with babes at the time, so maybe I missed these scenes?
> Is this the way Jim Clark or Phil Hill drove? If so, even if the
> tires were hard, wouldn't this kind of racing do serious harm to the
> tires over the course of a full GP race?
> > I think when we drop back to 9 tenths to race, that everything should look more
> >realistic.
> Just out of interest, what sort of times are people doing when running in
> "race mode", i.e. concentrating on just reeling off consistent laps. I can
> typically do 5 or so in the mid to high 1:31s before making a mistake. Have
> to ease off to mid to high 1:32s to be reasonably confident of doing more
> than 10 at a time.
Take it from me-Clark was the master of 4 wheel drift.
I would love to see Schuey in a '67 car giving it shit around Monaco-watching
him his style is very similar-twitchy car, lots of drift (watch him qualify at
Monza next week) and a car which he fights the whole time-wonder if he has
played GPL?
Cheers!
John
Please,make a nexperiment for us ordinary mortals, that are not Beta testers.Get
the demo(if you don't have) install monza ,and post how fast are you on a hotlap
and on those 32 laps,so we can have an idea on how fast will we be with a real
good setup and as much practice time as you have on this sim.Thanks a lot.
Rafael
> In race mode mid 1:30s, with 32 consecutive laps before a trip through
> the gravel at Parabolica.
> > >Just out of interest, what sort of times are people doing when running in
> > >"race mode", i.e. concentrating on just reeling off consistent laps. I can
> > In race mode mid 1:30s, with 32 consecutive laps before a trip through
> > the gravel at Parabolica.
> In the demo or beta version? I can't even imagine mid 1:30's in
> the demo!
LOL... nice try Bruce ;-)
Where can I download 'Monza'?
Many thanks,
--
Richard Cowl
I've also got the ONLY GPL FAQ available at this time.. screenshots,
Release Date updates, a poll of the week : "Should Papyrus have included the
banking at Monza?", track maps, and a links page in case I missed something!
Any feedback about the site.. I've had a COUPLE of replies, but I need to
know what YOU want.. if there's anything you want to see, let me know! I'll
take care of it!
Thanks.. and enjoy Monza.
doktorB
http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl
Can the guys doing sub-1:30.5's consistently do sub-1:30.99 laps?
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