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GPL - a "flipping" good time!

Andrew Dayto

GPL - a "flipping" good time!

by Andrew Dayto » Sun, 04 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Wow!  I'm in lap 5 or 6 of an 11 lap race at Monza, coming out of the
Parabolica in a Ferrari (vroom vroom, ... love that engine!).  I've only
left the track about three times so far during my 5 or 6 laps, which is
pretty good for me.  I turn in too soon, cutting off a guy on my inside
and clipping his front right with my left rear.  I head for the guard
rail, pop back out onto the track, and get rear ended.  I then get
airborne and do about 6-7 flips in the air!!  Wow, the most spectacular
wreck I've ever seen in a racing simulation!!  I love this game!!

I have a replay if anybody is interested.

Andy

Andrew Dayto

GPL - a "flipping" good time!

by Andrew Dayto » Sun, 04 Oct 1998 04:00:00

I was coming out of the Vialone kink, not Parabolica.

Andy


> Wow!  I'm in lap 5 or 6 of an 11 lap race at Monza, coming out of the
> Parabolica in a Ferrari (vroom vroom, ... love that engine!).  I've only
> left the track about three times so far during my 5 or 6 laps, which is
> pretty good for me.  I turn in too soon, cutting off a guy on my inside
> and clipping his front right with my left rear.  I head for the guard
> rail, pop back out onto the track, and get rear ended.  I then get
> airborne and do about 6-7 flips in the air!!  Wow, the most spectacular
> wreck I've ever seen in a racing simulation!!  I love this game!!

> I have a replay if anybody is interested.

> Andy

LLam5559

GPL - a "flipping" good time!

by LLam5559 » Mon, 05 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Yeah, I had something like that happen to me at Monza in my first-ever race
last nite.  I got sideways with a guy coming up fast behind me, he couldn't
avoid me & took me on the right side, just ahead of the rear wheels.  Well I
was sliding sideways, leaning away from him, he was on the brakes in a nosedive
& plowed right under me. I must've rolled half dozen times :^)  Unreal!!!!!

The attention they paid just tears me up.  I got the game last night, & it
inspired me to watch that 1966 classic "Grand Prix" again tonight.  I was
paying close attention to the Spa sequence, since I hadn't raced on that track
yet.  Then with it fresh in my mind I raced Spa.  As far as I could tell, *all*
those little cottages, barns, etc in the movie are depicted in the game,
exactly where they should be!

And the *feel* you get driving the cars... It is just unreal, the way you can
steer w/throttle.  I'm not kidding, I get an almost physical sensation when I'm
*** it right on the edge of control!  Thanks, Papy, this is the racing game
I've always dreamed of :^)

Lee
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Lou

GPL - a "flipping" good time!

by Lou » Mon, 05 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Start a race and go to the replay full screen. Its like having your own
"Grind Prix" Legends movie. All we need now is the announcer.
Lutrell,
Dsr#74 :-)
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