rec.autos.simulators

Who else remembers the good old days?  How about the e***ment of
finding out Monaco was going to be in the game?  Remember that?  I
remember hitting refresh on my browser every few seconds waiting for
this "really exciting news" that was supposed to be announced any minute
now at The Apex.  "Monaco will be in the game!"  Well, like, now, big
deal, who cares.  But back then it was great news.

I still have the pre-Monza GPL demo on an old hard drive somewhere.  I'd
like to see those old replays again now that I can manage the occasional
1:05:xx.  Actually I'd like to see my replays cuz I don't remember what
my times were.  I just remember only being able to do maybe one or at
the most two laps without crashing.  Humm...things haven't changed much.

-Tony-

Remember it like it was yesterday Tony. The night the demo came out and the
world record that changed hands from Australian to Europe and then The U.S
during each day for about the first month. I think it took Mansell about 2
or 3 months to hit that 105 lap and man what a lap that was he was sideways
on the lip going into turn 4. I would really like to see that replay again
one day. I chat with Mansell on ICQ now and then so Ill see if he still has
a copy.
GPL is starting to get a bit of history you might say, maybe someone should
start collecting this history before it gets lost. For example  I had the
pleasure to race the first GPL World Series with all the people you mention
as well as many others  it was a 22 week season I raced 11am Saturday
morning and 2 am Monday morning and only missed 1 race. It was Lake that
finished the season ahead of Wolfi and George I was back in 6th picked off
by Steve Eymann for 5th in the last race. I guess this was the first every
online racing series.
 Looking back it was quite an amazing experience, before VROC we would
gather on Randy Magruders ICQ a dozen or more of the best drivers in the
world from all corners of the world and then race in real time. 2 and a half
years latter I still get a buzz sitting on the grid in a league race and am
still amazed that the car beside me is controlled by a human in front of a
computer just like me.

Todd.

I remember the thrill when I first heard that GPL was being developed
some 3 years before it actually came out! And the big news to me was
hearing that the original, true Nurburgring was going to be in the game
- a dream come true.

Another highlight was chatting to Dave Kaemmer at ECTS before the
release of the game - they had head-to-head races at Spa set up in
***pit simulators, and I'm sure I took up way too much of his time
telling him how good GPL was.

Those were the days:-)

- Michael