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by **Mikkel Gram-Hanse** » Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:32:26

My vote goes for a full GP at Snetterton. I love that circuit, coz' for some
unknown reason it fits my drivingstyle perfectly ;)

Mikkel

by **Tim Wheatle** » Sun, 07 Jan 2001 03:46:39

Most people won't get a track even to the stage of being able to race on it,
I have the old track editor, and have just been working on editing Spa, and
how long have I been doing that? ***y ages, and I don't think I'm stupid,
it's just a very difficult thing to do, most people will not be able to get
their head round it, no matter how detailed the help is from the GPLEA.

> > > How will we know which tracks are ***and which are not? We will
see
> a
> > > flood of copies, everyone will be racing to beat the rest in releasing
a
> > > paticular track. Our track folders will be swamped with dozens of
> similar
> > > efforts...We will be overwhelmed by mediocrity...PUT THE GENIE BACK IN
> THE
> > > BOTTLE!!

> > <yawn>

> > ...
> A little unkind, I thought. I think Dave was making a valid point -
there's
> no point arguing about it, a track editor will be released. Some of the
> tracks will be as exciting as Avus, others as boring as Solitude.

> Have I got that the right way round?

> --
> Tony Whitley
> GPLRank +10.65

by **Eldre** » Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:39:07

Yeah, RIGHT. I've never even completed a LAP at that track without crashing.
Not even in Nascer...<g> Let's try a *different* track...<g>

Eldred
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by **Rob** » Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:46:59

IMHO, if you stick to hosting the original tracks (and maybe a few of the
older add-ons like O-Ring and Snett) you'll see cleaner racing because
everybody knows the tracks. Maybe in another few months when more people
have learned the new tracks it'll be safer.

I believe the majority of GPL'ers don't have the converted tracks, but I may
be wrong.

I love GPL Rank, but this is one bad effect it has had - it encouraged
drivers to stick with the 11 original tracks. Now that I seem to have
reached my final plateau (-3.47) I'm starting to learn the new tracks.

(Andre
> Warringa) writes:

> >>Do people actually JOIN races at those tracks? I've served them before,
but
> >>nobody came - so I stopped...

> >I join them occasionally when they show up, but then the race starts
> >I'm often the only driver. Not much fun then really..

> >But in our IGPLC league we have our occasional funrace at one of the
> >converted circuits.
> >So how about it, next GP race at Sears Point? (The old version without
> >the Chute please)

> >Andre

> Yeah, RIGHT. I've never even completed a LAP at that track without
crashing.
> Not even in Nascer...<g> Let's try a *different* track...<g>

> Eldred
> --
> Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73

> Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
you
> with experience...
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by **Eldre** » Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:20:12

>IMHO, if you stick to hosting the original tracks (and maybe a few of the
>older add-ons like O-Ring and Snett) you'll see cleaner racing because
>everybody knows the tracks. Maybe in another few months when more people
>have learned the new tracks it'll be safer.

>I believe the majority of GPL'ers don't have the converted tracks, but I may
>be wrong.

>I love GPL Rank, but this is one bad effect it has had - it encouraged
>drivers to stick with the 11 original tracks. Now that I seem to have
>reached my final plateau (-3.47) I'm starting to learn the new tracks.

I think a lot of people have the converted tracks, but you're right - GPLRank
brought people back to the original tracks.
I'll post the race invite in a different message...

Eldred
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Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
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