rec.autos.simulators

For anyone still left doubting the accuracy of GP2 as a simulation , I
quote from the UK Sunday Express 25/8

" Jacques Villeneuve outqualified Damon Hill in Belgium , then
admitted he owed his pole position to a child's computer game .

The Williams-Renault star confessed he has been playing Microprose's
new GP2 Grand Prix simulator between races .

It sounds childish and stupid I know , but the game is fairly close to
the real thing and gives a good idea of what corners come next . Thats
very useful , said Villeneuve .

I got pole here but  I could only manage 18th on the grid in the game!
"
Not a bad endor***t for Crammond's masterpiece .  

Darren Aitchison

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err, i am sure that jaques was playing it on PRO level.  if you can get
pole on PRO, i will run around *** for 10 hours!

Mike M
Naples, FL

writes:

How is this any different then when Nascar drivers have admitted to useing
Nascar Racing? There was one driver that on his way to Phonix for a truck
race played on the plane. Then the time that Jeff Gordon played Hawaii.
Then when Kenny Wallace said it was not as good as the Daytona USA game
:-(  And Bobby Labonte and ..... You get my point. I would bet that lots
of drivers play these sims and some might even pick up something from
them. I mean if you only have a day to prctice then qualify wouldn't you
like to learn the course by racing it for a week on the puter?

Gene

Abraham is closing in.....

Jo (24yrs)

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Also, this is not NASCAR or IndyCar: this is old uptight,
self-absorbed F1. It is, event for event, the most watched sport in
the world (only certain soccer matches can compete), one *billion*
people watch every F1 race, a team can cost up to $100 million to fund
for one year, racers can get paid up to $25 million a year for their
expected performance (Shumacher probably will get $30 million next
year). The idea that a racer can get an edge on the competition by
using an off-the-shelf $50 game, as if it is some sort of high-powered
dedicated simulator, must be sort of... a shock to many in the F1
world.

And if MicroProse plays the PR right, they could sell a million copies
of GP2 pretty quickly using quotes like this.

Gene