GPL - Crystal Palace?

I don't know if anyone here reads the UK magazine Motor Sport, but they do an ongoing feature on classic tracks of yesteryear, and this month they featured Crystal Palace in London, last used for racing 30 something years ago. It struck me as being a great track for GPL online racing, it's short and twisty, but challenging with camber and gradient changes. Lap times would be under a minute. Sort of like London's answer to Watkins Glen. Perhaps the GPLEA would like to follow on from Goodwood:-) - Michael

I read the article to, and thought exactly the same thing. I live in London, think I'll pop along to crystal palace sometime and take a look round at what's left. Mark "MichaelJP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > I don't know if anyone here reads the UKmagazine Motor Sport, but they > do an ongoing feature on classic tracks ofyesteryear, and this month > they featured Crystal Palace in London, lastused for racing 30 > something years ago. > > It struck me as being a great track for GPLonline racing, it's short > and twisty, but challenging with camber andgradient changes. Lap times > would be under a minute. Sort of like London'sanswer to Watkins Glen. > > Perhaps the GPLEA would like to follow on fromGoodwood:-) > > - Michael

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> I read the article to, and thought exactly the > same thing. > I live in London, think I'll pop along to crystal > palace sometime and take > a look round at what's left. > > Mark > > "MichaelJP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I don't know if anyone here reads the UK > magazine Motor Sport, but they > > do an ongoing feature on classic tracks of > yesteryear, and this month > > they featured Crystal Palace in London, last > used for racing 30 > > something years ago. > > > > It struck me as being a great track for GPL > online racing, it's short > > and twisty, but challenging with camber and > gradient changes. Lap times > > would be under a minute. Sort of like London's > answer to Watkins Glen. > > > > Perhaps the GPLEA would like to follow on from > Goodwood:-) > > > > - Michael > > >

I was up there on a film shoot for a Sky movie earlier this year. Not much of the track left as it's now the entrance to a large sports centre but someone with me used to race there in the "old" days. Said it was a fantastic little track. -- Simon "Onejob" Page www.derehamcomputers.co.uk

Crystal Palace? Doesn't Craig Sutton play for them now? I wonder if he can score goals now? Nick

Here's the track layout http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/crystalp.html Looks pretty simple, but with all GPL tracks, simple is not always as it seems... Kev MichaelJP wrote:

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> > I don't know if anyone here reads the UK magazine Motor Sport, but they > do an ongoing feature on classic tracks of yesteryear, and this month > they featured Crystal Palace in London, last used for racing 30 > something years ago. > > It struck me as being a great track for GPL online racing, it's short > and twisty, but challenging with camber and gradient changes. Lap times > would be under a minute. Sort of like London's answer to Watkins Glen. > > Perhaps the GPLEA would like to follow on from Goodwood:-) > > - Michael

>Crystal Palace? Doesn't Craig Sutton play for them now? I wonder if he >can score goals now? *Chris* Sutton plays for Celtic. And I hate Sutton Utd. Thank you. :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

Shouldn't be as much work as some of the long tracks such as Solitude and Bremgarten that are being done though. Lots of period photos and film available too. - Michael In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Here's the track layout > http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/crystalp.html > Looks pretty simple, but with all GPL tracks, simple is not always as it seems... > > Kev

Crystal Palace was also the home of the great saloon car battles of the '60s with gigantic bellowing Ford Galaxies, stately Jaguar Mk. IIs, Lotus Cortinas, Mini-Coopers, Hillman Imps -- sounds like a job for SCGT!

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> Barton, > I haven't followed SCGT for quite a while. > Are there serious classic-cars available for this sim? > If yes, where? > > TIA > > JensSchumi >

Jens, Check out the SCGT Legends section of the GPLEA site: http://www.kotr.de/org/ -- don New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker.co.uk/gpl/bapom/ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.

Barton, I haven't followed SCGT for quite a while. Are there serious classic-cars available for this sim? If yes, where? TIA JensSchumi On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:32:25 GMT, Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: >Crystal Palace was also the home of the great saloon car battles of the >'60s with gigantic bellowing Ford Galaxies, stately Jaguar Mk. IIs, >Lotus Cortinas, Mini-Coopers, Hillman Imps -- sounds like a job for SCGT! --------------------------------------------- LWFF Ball Bearing conversion at: http://members.nbci.com/JensSchu/ GPLRank: -2.61