Its a pitty that there isn't more on the bottom of the pic as some of the
old Sdschleife still exists (I went on an exploration last time I was at
the 'ring) and the main road to the camp-site follows the route of part of
it (more or less)
The 'ring is not quite the same as in GPL as in 1970 it was made 'safer' by
planing off some of the jumps (such as Brnnchen and the D?ttinger-H?he
straight) although this allowed drivers to go even quicker. Also the slopes,
hills and banking of the track look nowhere near as steep in GPL as in real
life (except for Exmhle which they seem to have captured the feel of.)
For example if you stand on the left hand exit of Hocheichen and get someone
to stand on the other side of the track, when you look staght ahead you are
looking at their feet!!! That's about 5 foot or so difference, so as you can
tell its quite banked. I know this 'cause me and a mate snook onto the track
at night and tried it! We were convinced the next day we would be able to
take it flat because of this, but sadly it wasn't quite possible.
If you ever get a chance to visit the ring - jump at it! Remember to take it
easy though, watch out for those bikes zooming up in your mirrors, and apex
late!
--
Cheers,
Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.
http://www.oppositelock.co.uk
Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends
| I looked at a satellite photo of the ring someone put in binaries and
| noticed that the track has changes quite a bit since the sixties, or GPL
has
| some flaws. The main thing I noticed is that the karasel (sp) appears to
be
| a right hand turn, not a left as in the game. Also the area near the pits
| has changed quite a bit. Can anyone enlighten me about this?
|
|
Nurburgring changed a bit in 1970, when some turns were taken out because of
safety reasons ( F1 boycotted the Ring in 1970 ).
It changed again in 1984 when the new Grand Prix Circuit was built. Also
nowadays the "Tiergarten"-Section has changed, now there is the Start
for the self-driving Laps.
And the Karussel *is* an left-hander, trust me, I live nearer to the Ring
than the satellite ;-)
I drove the Ring several times with my Road-bicycle ( there is an
Bicycle-Race in June every year on the Nordschleife ) and one time
with my low-horsepower Opel.
The Ring in GPL is quite accurate to the ring in 1967 , only in the sixties
there were more trees and bushes around the track ( and more "safety" walls,
which actually
acted more as an ramp to put the Cars in the air than slow them down ).
Greetings,
Michael Staab
--
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Staabi's Mountain Bike Classics http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/mtb/
" To race is to live, everything else is just waiting"
| And the Karussel *is* an left-hander, trust me, I live nearer to the Ring
| than the satellite ;-)
You lucky so&so!!!
I would be there every weekend
And evening after work!
--
Cheers,
Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.
http://www.oppositelock.co.uk
Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends
Get hold of a copy of the video "In Car 956". I recently did and was very
impressed by how accurate the GPL Ring is.
--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
DjFIL
Regards
--
http://ianhill.tripod.com
It was 1976, when Lauda crashed....
Stefano
True, but it *was* also boycotted in 1970.
--
Cheers!
Graeme Nash
This is a huge PITA ! and it would be much appreciated if something could be
done to correct it in GPL.
--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
It's more complicated than to simply punch a hole in the track. Im almost
sure that the game engine can't model such a thing. It could if it was
anywhere else on the track but not when it loops around the S/F line. You
would need to recreate the nurburgring TRK to include anything inside the
loop as objects "inside" the track (like per example at Rouen on the
backstretch you could loop around the escape road, and the objects inside
it).
Also, if it's actually possible, anybody could***off people by lapping
around the loop and getting 1minute laptimes. At least the good thing about
a 9minute warmup lap is that you have full tyre heat when you start your
hotlaps ! ;)
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
"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."
--
Cheers,
Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.
http://www.oppositelock.co.uk
Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends
|
| >my friend, who plays GPL lots, is still peved they didn't include the
warm-up
| >loop
| >so you didn't have to waste 10 mins of qual just to begin your hot lap,
cause
| >as
| >we know they didn't have to do that back than.
| >
| >DjFIL
|
| This is a huge PITA ! and it would be much appreciated if something could
be
| done to correct it in GPL.
| --
| Don Scurlock
| Vancouver,B.C.
Hena
