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Grand Prix (the movie)

Andre Warrin

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Andre Warrin » Fri, 02 Jul 1999 04:00:00

After reading all this info about the banked Monza ( I was wondering
about this for a long time, thanks for the explanation! ) I got this
great idea:

What if someone with the knowledge of making tracks made the banked
Monza for GPL? Wouldn't that be great!

David!!!!!!  PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEEEEE!!!!!!

Andre

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999 07:44:55 -0000, "Bruce Kennewell"


>Also the fact that the wording is readable from the driver's
>perspective....!!! :o)





>http://www.racesimcentral.net/%20Cup/longf59b...

>> The "Motor Racing is Dangerous" sign on that straw-bale-and-chicken-wire
>> "fence" is especially droll...

>> BB

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don hodgdo

Grand Prix (the movie)

by don hodgdo » Fri, 02 Jul 1999 04:00:00

<snip some good stuff>
 <snip some really good stuff>

Thanks Bart, that was a brilliant piece of writing.

Bruce Kennewel

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Bruce Kennewel » Sat, 03 Jul 1999 04:00:00

That's how it worked, alright.






> :> "The start was situated in the same place as before and from there the
> :> cars ran round the original circuit but on returning kept to the inside
> :> of the straight past the grandstands [the Rettilineo Tribune-BB] to
join
> :> the new banked section. On returning to the main striaght again teh
cars
> :> kept to the outside [which led them onto the original circuit--BB] to
> :> complete the full lap."

> : Hmm, as far as i remember, in Grand Prix they start off with the banking
and
> : then the road course. Are you telling me that the traffic out of
Parabolica
> : and the traffic out of Curva Sud changed lane ? As long as the entrance
> : to the banking is on the right of the straight and the exit is on the
> : left of parabolica.. They were really mad......

>   No - you don't have to change lane - it's really really important that
> you don't in fact :-)  It took me a while to work this one out

>  To GPL Monza   To banking
>      course      ^
>         ^        |
>         |    /    /
>       |    |/    /
>       |    |    |
>       |    |    |
>       |         |
>       |         |
>       |         |
>         GPL start/finish
>          straight
>       |         |
>       |         |
>       |    |     \
>       |    |\     \
>       |    | \     \
>         ^        Parabolica
>         |
>     from banking

>   So - let's see - from the start-finish straight, follow the "normal"
> GPL monza course all the way round to Parabolica.  On exiting
> parabolica, keep RIGHT.  Turn off the "normal" course just after
> the end of the pits - you can see a red "wall" of adverts there in
> GPL (some people, like me, crash into this on their first lap, having
> taken a "wrong turn").  You'd now be on the banking.  The banking
> crosses the GPL course - you can see it overhead after the second
> Lesmo in fact.  You then re-enter the start finish straight from the
> left - keep LEFT and down the Start-finish straight exiting on the left
> down the GPL course.

>   Phew....

>   Well, that's how I think it works - I'm sure someone will tell me if
> I'm wrong.

> --
> Richard G. Clegg     Only the mind is waving
> Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.

> www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

Bruce Kennewel

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Bruce Kennewel » Sat, 03 Jul 1999 04:00:00

Also the fact that the wording is readable from the driver's
perspective....!!! :o)


http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/images/Tasman%20Cup/longf59b...

Olav K. Malm

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Olav K. Malm » Sat, 03 Jul 1999 04:00:00





> :> "The start was situated in the same place as before and from there the
> :> cars ran round the original circuit but on returning kept to the inside
> :> of the straight past the grandstands [the Rettilineo Tribune-BB] to join
> :> the new banked section. On returning to the main striaght again teh cars
> :> kept to the outside [which led them onto the original circuit--BB] to
> :> complete the full lap."

> : Hmm, as far as i remember, in Grand Prix they start off with the banking and
> : then the road course. Are you telling me that the traffic out of Parabolica
> : and the traffic out of Curva Sud changed lane ? As long as the entrance
> : to the banking is on the right of the straight and the exit is on the
> : left of parabolica.. They were really mad......

>   No - you don't have to change lane - it's really really important that
> you don't in fact :-)  It took me a while to work this one out

>  To GPL Monza   To banking
>      course      ^
>         ^        |
>         |    /    /
>       |    |/    /
>       |    |    |
>       |    |    |
>       |         |
>       |         |
>       |         |
>         GPL start/finish
>          straight
>       |         |
>       |         |
>       |    |     \
>       |    |\     \
>       |    | \     \
>         ^        Parabolica
>         |        
>     from banking

>   So - let's see - from the start-finish straight, follow the "normal"
> GPL monza course all the way round to Parabolica.  On exiting
> parabolica, keep RIGHT.  Turn off the "normal" course just after
> the end of the pits - you can see a red "wall" of adverts there in
> GPL (some people, like me, crash into this on their first lap, having
> taken a "wrong turn").  You'd now be on the banking.  The banking
> crosses the GPL course - you can see it overhead after the second
> Lesmo in fact.  You then re-enter the start finish straight from the
> left - keep LEFT and down the Start-finish straight exiting on the left
> down the GPL course.

>   Phew....

>   Well, that's how I think it works - I'm sure someone will tell me if
> I'm wrong.

Damn I feel stupid right now :)

Of course, whenever you start with the banking or the roadcourse it makes no
difference.

But then again, yesterday at work whem i wrote this post i also called support
because one of my passwords didn't work, guess what, CAPS LOCK was on.

What a terrible day....

> --
> Richard G. Clegg     Only the mind is waving
> Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.

> www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

--
Olav K. Malmin
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Richard G Cleg

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Richard G Cleg » Sat, 03 Jul 1999 04:00:00



:> http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/images/Tasman%20Cup/longf59b...

: The "Motor Racing is Dangerous" sign on that straw-bale-and-chicken-wire
: "fence" is especially droll...

  The big question is why is it facing the drivers not the crowd?  Do
they really think that the drivers haven't noticed?

--
Richard G. Clegg     Only the mind is waving
Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.

www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

Woodie

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Woodie » Sun, 04 Jul 1999 04:00:00



Good job.  When I saw the beginning of this, I thought you were out of your
mind, but it turned out quite nicely.

Don McCorkle
Libertarian Motorsports

Eldre

Grand Prix (the movie)

by Eldre » Tue, 06 Jul 1999 04:00:00



>Take a look at rally-sport nowadays ... especially Portugal ... you have
>a 'wall of spectators' ...

I've NEVER understood wanting to be that close to cars that are on the 'edge'
of control...
Eldred

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ymenar

Grand Prix (the movie)

by ymenar » Tue, 06 Jul 1999 04:00:00


It's the same as the drivers..

Being "at the edge", just at the limit between staying alive and not.
Adrenaline rush and chaotic instant emotions.  Of course there's always
people who go over the edge, with the consequence we see.  But personally I
would rather be inside a car than those crazy spectators :)

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don hodgdo

Grand Prix (the movie)

by don hodgdo » Tue, 06 Jul 1999 04:00:00




>>Take a look at rally-sport nowadays ... especially Portugal ... you have
>>a 'wall of spectators' ...

>I've NEVER understood wanting to be that close to cars that are on the
'edge'
>of control...
>Eldred

I used to work as a corner marshal and, except for the normal precautions, I
never gave a thought to the dangers involved, that is, until soon after my
daughter was born. All of a sudden, self preservation became much more
important<g>. It was Brian Redman in a Formula 5000 car, tail out in turn 6
at Riverside, looking right at me with his huge maniacal grin, that finally
put the fear of God in me. I switched to photographing the cars where I
could hang back a bit in a safer location...it pays better too<g>.

don

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