rec.autos.simulators

> This whole thread has been very enjoyable to read. Thanks, group!
> Thanks, Rich, for getting it started.

> BTW I like Silverstone; it's the second track I managed to go negative.
> (I also like women who tell me how good looking I am.) And if I could
> learn how to take all the corners in GPL as well as I take the second
> turn at Silverstone, I'd be an Alien. T1 is still a challenge for me.

>> This whole thread has been very enjoyable to read. Thanks, group!
>> Thanks, Rich, for getting it started.

>> BTW I like Silverstone; it's the second track I managed to go
>> negative. (I also like women who tell me how good looking I am.) And
>> if I could learn how to take all the corners in GPL as well as I take
>> the second turn at Silverstone, I'd be an Alien. T1 is still a
>> challenge for me.

> Easiest way to get a brake marker for T1 is to make a new groove with
> Phil Flacks Racing Line application. You can make a whoole new groove
> based on any replay lap you give it. They should all stick a big black
> mark for the brake point at T1 on the track for you.

> It's a matter of opinion of course, but I like the modern Silverstone, at
> least for modern F1.  In any less nimble mount I would certainly prefer
the
> old layout but in F1 it's a blast.  The best F1 race of 2003 happened at
> Silverstone, and it wasn't just because of the crazy guy who ran down
Hangar
> straight.  Plus when driving it I find all of the corners except the
go-kart
> section to be quite challenging and fun. In particular blasting through
the
> esses or trying to take Bridge flat out is a blast.  The track allows you
to
> run a very nice compromise between downforce and speed, feels great.

> I have yet to get any enjoyment out of the modern Monza, but perhaps it's
> just because the ISI version is so poor.

> > Yer disagreeing w. Papy, not me.  I love Silverstone.  I always assumed
it
> > was because I'm not an Alien, so it's a lot easier for me to drive than,
> > say, Brands, which is a beatch.

> > (Likewise, I've never gotten Rouen right, whereas Bugatti is a cake
walk.)

> > However good or bad Silver was, I don't think there can be any argument
> that
> > the modern ver. is an unmitigated disaster, particularly that
bewildering
> > and pointless go-kart section toward the end of the lap.

> > (Likewise, the modern A1 Ring is a pale imitation of the Oesterreichring
> > that preceded it.)

> > (Monza, OTOH, has held up pretty well, all in all, doncha think?)