rec.autos.simulators

Randy

Hi All,
Is it just me or is the real track at Imola sligtly different from the
GP2 track ? Might it be they changed things because of the Senna
accident ? Is this already very old news to you, sorry then.

Gabrie

Aqua Minerale has also been altered significantly from the corner you see in the game.

MarkH

World Motor Sport Schedules - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n6151060

Yes Gabrie, Imola in the GP2 sim has several different things
different then its "realworld" counterpart. Mostly the elevation
and one of the chicanes that I personally noticed.

-DG-

The changes are as follows, which were made post Senna/Ratzenberger and
were implemented jointly on reccomendations from the FIA, the Italian
Motorsport Federation and the GPDA.

There is now a 2nd gear chicane inserted at Tamburello where Senna went
off.  This is due to the fact that the corner was a flat in 6th 190mph
corner with little runoff and a concrete wall on the outside.  There is
also a 2nd gear chicane at Villeneuve where Ratzenberger went off.

From here the circuit is unchanged until you get to the old chicane half
way round the lap in the GP2 game.  This has now been removed and replaced
with a flat in 4th right hand bend immediately followed by a 2nd gear sharp
right hand bend.  This is the combination of corners where Berger went off
in the race, due to a bump on the entrance to the flat in 4th corner.
These corners are an excellent place to see the brake discs glowing.

The circuit is then unchanged until the final series of bends before the
start finish.  The right hand bend where Barrichello went off in '94
practice is removed and there is now a straight line which goes towards the
pit entrance and then then the final left right bend goes into the pit
straight as before.

This makes the whole circuit slower than previously.... which means a
medium downforce set-up instead of the setup us simmers need in GP2 to get
our high speeds through Tamburello and Villeneuve.

We'll have to wait for F1 to come out to try it out.  Can't wait...

James Long

Is that it?

Are you not going to slag it off?

surely not?

??????????!!!!!!!!

#:~>  **Peter**

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