rec.autos.simulators

by **Olav K. Malm** » Fri, 07 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> 5. Really enjoy watching you race! I watch all the CART races on TV every
> year. I read you like video racing games. What kind of computer do you
> have, and what PC racing games do you like best? And what are your favorite
> tracks to run in video games? Good luck this year!

> JUAN: I have a Pentium III, 600 megahertz, 256 RAM computer. My favorite
> games right now are old ones, GP 2 (Grand Prix 2) and GP Legends--they
> are awesome! My favorite video track is ESPA in Belgium .

He plays GPL! Get as much opinion of this out this guy.

Oh, and inform him of VROC. It would be something to tell when he wins
the F1 DWC, that I raced him on the net.

:)

--
Olav K. Malmin
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by **Rand** » Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:00:00

If he drives GPL, I would like to know his best lap times...... is he
close to the new 7m49 at the Ring?

>EXCELLENT! Many thanks, Jan! I'll try to cover bases not covered here
>(IF I get the chance to talk one-on-one, that is!).

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by **Greger Hut** » Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Quote from J-P Montoya elsewhere in this thread

"My favorite games right now are old ones, GP 2 (Grand Prix 2) and GP
Legends--they are awesome!"

-- Greger

by **Kirk Lan** » Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Ohh...bring Juan to WinVROC!!!! Someone, please, bring him to WinVROC!!!!

Man, there would be nothing greater than dicing around The Glen, Monza, or
Zandy with Juan...except maybe doing it with Al Unser Jr, Michael Andretti,
Mario Andretti, Dario Franchitti, and Max Papis at the same time :D

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by **Rikanthr** » Thu, 13 Apr 2000 04:00:00

.GP2 was flooded with ***tracks to the point
Really?
which ones?
Rik Anthrax
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it's a GPL kinda day :)

by **Jo Hels** » Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:00:00

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 20:04:19 +0100, "Dave Powell"

>The original tracks for GP2 where built to high standard..in the end with
>GP2 tracks where biult by anyone and many didnt resemble properly the tracks
>they were meant to be...So i guess not much to be learnt from any tracks
>"really" bar the proper ones...GP2 was flooded with ***tracks to the point
>of dispair..:)..

Yeah, there's a lot of ***out there. Especially in the first few
months when there was still a lot to be learned. But really, MANY
extremely good ones now as well. Some even more impressive than the
originals! You should try out Clermond-Ferrand by Bob Culver for
example.WOW!

The problem is to pick them out of the junk of course.

JoH

by **jbo..** » Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:00:00

FYI, I never got a chance to talk wiht Montoya. The IMS Media Tour had
scheduled an early-afternoon session at Ganassi's race shop on the
first day of the Media Tour. Due to weather problems, the schedule was
shuffled and the Montoya/Vasser/Ganassi spot was moved up to a morning
timeslot. It was a rainy day, and the teams didn't think they would be
getting in any track time, so Montoya and Vasser simply left town early
-- which meant that they ditched the entire media tour without so much
as an apology. We completely bypassed Ganassis shop, in fact, and just
spent extra time on other stops of the tour.

To add insult to injury, the track did end up drying out, and some
teams did get in track time -- but not Ganassi.

In my opinion, Target lost out on this one, as did CART. I hesitate to
say that Montoya, Vasser, and Ganassi were rude, because there may have
been other circumstances, but when you've got an opportunity to have a
large group of media members basically in your thrall for an hour or
so, it's foolish not to take advantage of it. Lots of good stories
came out of the media tour -- I've seen at least 5 stories on Sarah
Fisher that I KNOW were either a direct or indirect result of her
appearance on the Media tour when we hit Derrick Walker's shop, and you
cna bet that Target, Montoya, Vasser, and Ganassi would have garnered
AT LEAST that much attention.

So, anyway, this is why I did not get to talk with Montoya -- and now
you know the REST of the story . . .

-- JB

> I may have a chance to talk with Juan Montoya next week. Since he's
an
> avid sim racer, I hope to talk with him about that, at least (and
maybe
> some CART-IRL stuff, too, just for good measure), but if any of you
> have any specific sim questions you'd like to have me ask Montoya, let
> me know and I'll see what I can do.

> -- John Bodin
> Publisher, The IRL Insider Magazine
> http://irlinsider.adnetweb.com/

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by **Tim O** » Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>So, anyway, this is why I did not get to talk with Montoya -- and now
>you know the REST of the story . . .

Ah, he probably would have said GPL was crap, and Cart: Precision
Racing was the closest thing to real racing available.

Then I'd have to sit here and read the 50 complete mental melt-downs
it would have caused in the GPL-worshipping throng.

Tim

by **Davi** » Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:00:00

And what would have everyone said about CPR if it was a papy game.

dave

by **Robert Alle** » Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>Ah, he probably would have said GPL was crap, and Cart:
Precision
>Racing was the closest thing to real racing available.

>Then I'd have to sit here and read the 50 complete mental melt-
downs
>it would have caused in the GPL-worshipping throng.

>Tim

In the latest issue of Incite magazine, there is an interview
with Montoya about his love of racing sims. He in fact used Cart
Precision racing to learn the tracks for his first season in
CART. It seems to have worked for him :) He also is a faithful
player of Grand Prix II.

They were also previewing the new Indy Racing 2000 by GT
Interactive. The screenshots looked good but as it's an IRL sim,
nothing but ovals. Could get boring.

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by **Tony StewartNo** » Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:00:00

ROFLMAO!!!