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by **Peter Gag** » Fri, 16 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!

Finally did a 1:06 lap at Watkins Glen....

1:06:84 to be exact, obtained during an off-line single race against
the AI. I've been hovering around the 1:07's for a while, and just
knew I had a 1:06 in me somewhere?

And the replay shows its *not* a brilliant lap by any means, so I
reckon a low 1:06 or even (FX: gulp!) a 1:05 may be on the cards.

This sim never ceases to amaze me, just when you think you can go no
faster, you surprises yourself with a good lap. With practice you
really can *feel* yourself getting into the *groove* with these cars
(as the Yanks say?) when that happens, you can feel every little
movement the car makes, and you (almost) feel at one with the car.

Man, I love this sim!!!!! (now if only I could learn the *other*
tracks as well?)

8-)

*Peter* #:-)

by **schwab** » Fri, 16 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Way to go Pete... you're definitely right about the satisfaction gained
by punching through barriers... I mean that metaphorically!! :-)

Yes, and as we Yanks say, the *groove* is a wonderful place to be in GPL
isn't it??

GPL will be SOOOO hard to beat in coming years for anyone who steps up
to the plate, precisely because of what you talk about, Pete....

--dave

> Yes, yes, yes!!!!!!!!

> Finally did a 1:06 lap at Watkins Glen....

> 1:06:84 to be exact, obtained during an off-line single race against
> the AI. I've been hovering around the 1:07's for a while, and just
> knew I had a 1:06 in me somewhere?

> And the replay shows its *not* a brilliant lap by any means, so I
> reckon a low 1:06 or even (FX: gulp!) a 1:05 may be on the cards.

> This sim never ceases to amaze me, just when you think you can go no
> faster, you surprises yourself with a good lap. With practice you
> really can *feel* yourself getting into the *groove* with these cars
> (as the Yanks say?) when that happens, you can feel every little
> movement the car makes, and you (almost) feel at one with the car.

> Man, I love this sim!!!!! (now if only I could learn the *other*
> tracks as well?)

> 8-)

> *Peter* #:-)

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http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

by **Graeme Nas** » Fri, 16 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Well done mate! Keep it up...

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by **DPHI** » Fri, 16 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Allright!!!! Maybe there's hope for me yet!

don - hovering in the low 1.07's

by **-~=Darek M=** » Fri, 16 Apr 1999 04:00:00

What a coincidence! I did a 1.06 too. I think it was about
1.06.7X and I was jumping for joy! Getting a competative lap especially in a
realistic game like GPL has really given me a lot of satisfaction and a
feeling of accomplishment.
And the best part is is that it didnt feel as though I was on the limit so
there's room for improvement for me too!
I did the lap in an Eagle, boy do I like that car. :)

Just to add another thing, I really hate MGPRS. This game has really no
effect on me. No sense of speed or being there, sounds are unrealistic...
etc. Not a pleaseant experience.

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by **Toni Lassi** » Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Hey me too! Was testing Allison's setup for the Brabham just for fun
and accidentally broke it on the sixth lap out! 1:06.97. I think
congratulations are in order for both of us :)

by **Uwe Schuerka** » Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>This sim never ceases to amaze me, just when you think you can go no
>faster, you surprises yourself with a good lap. With practice you
>really can *feel* yourself getting into the *groove* with these cars
>(as the Yanks say?) when that happens, you can feel every little
>movement the car makes, and you (almost) feel at one with the car.

>Man, I love this sim!!!!! (now if only I could learn the *other*
>tracks as well?)

Same here! I still remember being happy like a kid when I broke the
1:16 on the first demo track, then, having bought the full version,
the 1:10 on AMD-K6 which died a while ago, now the the 1:08 for the
first time ever (a 1:07.83 in a Lotus, I think), and now I've gotten
into the low 1:08 using my favourite car, the Cooper. It really is a
cool game, and I have yet to see any other sim that rewards constant
practise so much.

uwe

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by **Maps** » Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:00:00

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Congrats! Which car?

It is an unbelievably good sim. Just when I think I am bored with it,
I discover some whole area of stuff I've not worked on before.

Might think of Monza and Silverstone for your next conquests. They are
fairly forgiving, IMO, and, interestingly, both had about the same
lap-time goal for me- breaking 1:30.

Monaco, Zandvoort and Mosport are in my 5 hardest, I'd say.

by **Peter Gag** » Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:00:00

> What a coincidence! I did a 1.06 too. I think it was about
> 1.06.7X and I was jumping for joy! Getting a competative lap
> especially in a
> realistic game like GPL has really given me a lot of satisfaction
> and a
> feeling of accomplishment.
> And the best part is is that it didnt feel as though I was on the
> limit so
> there's room for improvement for me too!
> I did the lap in an Eagle, boy do I like that car. :)

Oops, I should have said, but I did my 1:06 lap in an Eagle too!

I was using Alisons excellent Coventry set-ups, but had changed the
gear ratios back to the Eagle default settings.

My fast lap was done during the off-line race, on lap 4 out of 9 laps,
so I had still had about 6 laps worth of fuel on board?

8-)

*Peter* #:-)

by **Peter Gag** » Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:00:00

> Congrats! Which car?

Yeah, sorry, I should have said, I was using the Eagle and one of
Alisons Coventry set-ups, with the gear ratios altered back to the
Eagle default settings. I was on lap 4 of a 9 lap race, and had about
5 or 6 laps worth of fuel on board.

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear (probably too e***d to type or
think properly!!!) I do already race at most of the other circuits,
and know them quite well. What I meant was, that I need to practice a
lot more to improve my times at the other circuits.

My current fastest laps (at tracks that I race a lot) are:

Watkins Glen - 1:06:84
Monza - 1:30:09
Silverstone - 1:33:32
Rouen - 2:04:77
Zandvoort - 1:31:84

No fantastic times here I know, but I've still got lots of practicing
to do.....

I tend not to race at these tracks much, and have not had a lot of
practice at these circuits, so my fastest laptimes are not so good?

Kyalami - 1:26:11
Mosport - 1:31:11
Spa - 3:44:00
Monacao - 1:43:00 I haven't tried this track seriously yet?
Nurburgring - 10:55:00 I haven't tried this track seriously either?
Mexico - I haven't tried this track seriously either?

8-)

*Peter* #:-)

by **Eldre** » Mon, 19 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>>This sim never ceases to amaze me, just when you think you can go no
>>faster, you surprises yourself with a good lap. With practice you
>>really can *feel* yourself getting into the *groove* with these cars
>>(as the Yanks say?) when that happens, you can feel every little
>>movement the car makes, and you (almost) feel at one with the car.

>>Man, I love this sim!!!!! (now if only I could learn the *other*
>>tracks as well?)

>Same here! I still remember being happy like a kid when I broke the
>1:16 on the first demo track, then, having bought the full version,
>the 1:10 on AMD-K6 which died a while ago, now the the 1:08 for the
>first time ever (a 1:07.83 in a Lotus, I think), and now I've gotten
>into the low 1:08 using my favourite car, the Cooper. It really is a
>cool game, and I have yet to see any other sim that rewards constant
>practise so much.

Out of curiosity, about how many laps have you guys done at the Glen? 100?
1000? More?

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by **hoo..** » Mon, 03 May 1999 04:00:00

>Out of curiosity, about how many laps have you guys done at the Glen? 100?
>1000? More?

I think my lap count at the Glen would amount to anywhere between
500-1000 laps I guess, and there's still room for improvment. I find
however that I set most of my best laps during online races, the guy
in front of me seems to motivate me no end (just like the guy in my
mirrors scares me no end ;-).

Seriously, today I set my best ever at Monza chasing this bloke
around whose name sounded strangely familiar, and he only managed to
pull away from me sort of slowly. Looking at the pitboard I found I
was chasing the polesitter who had spun out somewhere to end up in a
quarrel with my lowly self placed in tenth, and checking the time
sheet at the end of the race I found I had gone nearly half a second
faster consistently than ever before and ended up with my PB of
1:29.53 in the Eaagle.

Online racing really is in a totally different league considering
Adrenaline levels compared to off-line of training mode.

Cheers,

Uwe

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