rec.autos.simulators

by **Hans-Ott** » Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Hi

I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching me
test at Snetterton today NOT kidding.
I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles
(1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

A tip to anyone using the Geforce and maybe other gfxcards in GPL:

Today I did a backup of my C-drive and before I did it I resized my swap
file from 115Mb to 10Mb and forgot about it later. I have 128Mb RAM and
later when I sat down to do a few laps I got a GP fault in Nvopengl every
time when trying to load the game. Took me an hour before it suddenly
appeared to me that the swapfile could be the cause. How silly of me :-)

Cya,
Hans-Otto

by **Edwin Solhei** » Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of
theV.I.P's at Snetterton:

Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese)
John Travolta
Mr. Bean
3 persons from Friends (TV-series)
The Beatles

:-)

Ed Solheim
The GPLEA

> I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching me
> test at Snetterton today NOT kidding.
> I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles
> (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

by **Aubre** » Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:00:00

That's Laurel and Hardy standing in that absurdly dangerous marshalls box,
isn't it?

-A

> Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of
> theV.I.P's at Snetterton:

> Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese)
> John Travolta
> Mr. Bean
> 3 persons from Friends (TV-series)
> The Beatles

> :-)

> Ed Solheim
> The GPLEA

> > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching
me
> > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding.
> > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles
> > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

by **don hodgdo** » Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Have you seen the wabbits? I'm afraid I ran over one yesterday...

--
don

"Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident...
everything else is driver-error."

by **Pierre Robitaill** » Wed, 22 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Isn't that Salman Rushdie penning a book by the S/F line?

> That's Laurel and Hardy standing in that absurdly dangerous marshalls box,
> isn't it?

> -A

> > Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of
> > theV.I.P's at Snetterton:

> > Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese)
> > John Travolta
> > Mr. Bean
> > 3 persons from Friends (TV-series)
> > The Beatles

> > :-)

> > Ed Solheim
> > The GPLEA

> > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching
> me
> > > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding.
> > > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles
> > > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

by **Michael Thomps** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:02:16 +0100, "Edwin Solheim"

>Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of
>theV.I.P's at Snetterton:

>Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese)
>John Travolta
>Mr. Bean
>3 persons from Friends (TV-series)
>The Beatles

And don't forget them pesky little wabbits.
I ran over one the other day and fur went flying in all directions!

Michael

by **Edwin Solhei** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

> Isn't that Salman Rushdie penning a book by the S/F line?

Actually, thats the late great MotorSport writer Dennis Jenkinson - aka
Jenks.

Ed_
The GPLEA

by **David Butte** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

This is almost certainly the most unimportant point yet made about
Snetterton (which is wonderful - thank you so much!) - but wouldn't it
have been better if *all* the "Easter Egg people" were people who were
around in '67? A very young Damon, for example. And is that Lotus
Cortina's numberplate significant?

--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

by **Andre Warrin** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On 22 Mar 2000 15:37:44 GMT,

>This is almost certainly the most unimportant point yet made about
>Snetterton (which is wonderful - thank you so much!)

Indeed :)

It's fun, but I must admit that I raised my eyebrow too when I saw Mr.
Bean standing right in front of me. I'm not one of those 'I don't use
a lower height than 4" because that's historically inaccurate' kind of
purist, but it does take away a little bit of the '60s atmosphere...

That had GPLEA on it if I remember correctly? Not significant, but
they have every right to be proud of this wonderfull track, so let
them :)

What does your sig mean by the way? Just curious.

Andre

by **Brett C. Camma** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:41:11 -0800, "don hodgdon"

>Have you seen the wabbits? I'm afraid I ran over one yesterday...

Yes! They are apparently made of depleted uranium and set firmly in
concrete. If you hit one at speed it's like a landmine!

They also seem to have some sort of adhesive quality to them because
if you motor up slowly to one and touch it you cannot move again.

Truely "killer rabbits". <g>

Also, I wish that the damned bridge would not be there when it's
invisible. It's bad enough to hit things I can see let alone
invisible bridge abutments!

Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
That's Racing! Motorsports
Pompano Beach, FL

by **David Butte** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

>On 22 Mar 2000 15:37:44 GMT,

<snip>

It is a quote by Raymond Mays (famous driver of the years around WW2)
about the hillclimb course (see earlier posts under my heading "Ideas
for a hillclimb simulator!") at Shelsley Walsh, which is the world's
oldest motorsport event still held at its original venue (since 1905,
just before Indy).

Mays was very successful at Shelsley, setting any number of FTDs
(Fastest Timed Drive) between 1923 and 1950, usually in an ERA, and
breaking the outright record on several occasions.

The actual quote comes from his foreword to a classic 1946 book on the
subject: "Shelsley Walsh: England's International Speed Hill-Climb" by
C.A.N. May, which is well worth a look if you can find it (not that
easy).

I live barely 10 miles from Shelsley, and have attended hillclimbs
there on many occasions; hence the reason for my sig.

--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

by **Don Scurlo** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Keep in mind that Mr. Bean is an alien, as indicated during the shows
intro where he beams down from a space ship. So it's entirely possible
that he was also around in the 60s.

Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.

by **Leaky_Valv** » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

That's Denis Jenkinson ("Jenks")......MotorSport reporter and navigator for S.
Moss in the Mille Miglia of 1955(??).

> Isn't that Salman Rushdie penning a book by the S/F line?

> > That's Laurel and Hardy standing in that absurdly dangerous marshalls box,
> > isn't it?

> > -A

> > > Incase you have not found them yet.... here's a little selection of
> > > theV.I.P's at Snetterton:

> > > Basil Fawilthy (sp?) (i.e John Cleese)
> > > John Travolta
> > > Mr. Bean
> > > 3 persons from Friends (TV-series)
> > > The Beatles

> > > :-)

> > > Ed Solheim
> > > The GPLEA

> > > > I can almost bet my hole (small) fotune that I saw John Cleese watching
> > me
> > > > test at Snetterton today NOT kidding.
> > > > I had a major laugh watching my replay from one of the camera angles
> > > > (1.24.xxx in my old rusty Ferrari). Great humor from the GPLEA team :-))

by **Matthew B.Knutse** » Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:00:00

>>It's fun, but I must admit that I raised my eyebrow too when I saw Mr.
>>Bean standing right in front of me. I'm not one of those 'I don't use
>>a lower height than 4" because that's historically inaccurate' kind of
>>purist, but it does take away a little bit of the '60s atmosphere...

>>Andre

>Keep in mind that Mr. Bean is an alien, as indicated during the shows
>intro where he beams down from a space ship. So it's entirely possible
>that he was also around in the 60s.

>Don Scurlock
>Vancouver,B.C.

Thank you, Don. In fact, he is in many of the 60s Snetterton pics.

:-)

Matt

by **Leaky_Valv** » Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Mays is probably better known for his involvement with BRM than for his
competition record.

> >On 22 Mar 2000 15:37:44 GMT,

> <snip>
> >>David.
> >>"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
> >>really."
> >>(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

> >What does your sig mean by the way? Just curious.

> >Andre

> It is a quote by Raymond Mays (famous driver of the years around WW2)
> about the hillclimb course (see earlier posts under my heading "Ideas
> for a hillclimb simulator!") at Shelsley Walsh, which is the world's
> oldest motorsport event still held at its original venue (since 1905,
> just before Indy).

> Mays was very successful at Shelsley, setting any number of FTDs
> (Fastest Timed Drive) between 1923 and 1950, usually in an ERA, and
> breaking the outright record on several occasions.

> The actual quote comes from his foreword to a classic 1946 book on the
> subject: "Shelsley Walsh: England's International Speed Hill-Climb" by
> C.A.N. May, which is well worth a look if you can find it (not that
> easy).

> I live barely 10 miles from Shelsley, and have attended hillclimbs
> there on many occasions; hence the reason for my sig.

> --
> David.
> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
> really."
> (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

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