> Having picked up GPL this last weekend, I must say this is a pretty immersive
> sim...didn't leave the room all day..had meals sent in...and I'm only
> practicing! I kept calling the wife to come in.."Listen to that Ferrari,
> doesn't it sound great?" Uh uh, can I go now? If a Ferrari engine is just noise
> to you, your no race fan! I shouted.
> Heading down the backstraight under Bridge at Silverstone,all 12 cylinders of
> that Ferrari screaming towards Woodecote, a gentle right steering input, sets
> up oversteer, a nice controlled power drift through the turn....Magnificent!
> Another favorite, that long backstretch at Rouen, full power, it bends a
> little to the right, and you have to keep steering towards the inside right,
> which sets up a nice four wheel drift....I just love that section.
> After a bit of practice I kept thinking..Since Papyrus is in Retro mode,with a
> new sim engine that takes all this driver input, why not a retro sim on 1960's
> Champ Dirt car, sprint car series, pre cage era...the cars were just gorgeous
> in that era...Papy did such a great job with engine sounds in GPL, I kept
> thinking how a 270 cubic inch Offenhouser, at full opposite lock powerslide at
> the almost circle Langhorne 1 mile track would be like...you could incorporate
> ruts, dirt clods hitting your face, track drying out, groove changing, setup
> for running high or low...or sprint cars at Winchester, Salem etc. Andretti,
> Foyt, Jones, Hurtubise....it was a different time,as dangerous as F1 in the
> 60's. The nice thing is you hit a whole new generation of people including our
> European friends who have never been exposed to that era of racing.