At first I dismissed the idea of GplRev as a silly curiosity
without much actual value. Yesterday I however dragged my
virtual arse to the US Pits and tried the thing out with
Ocanom. It was nice, in fact the reversed track was better
than Monaco, with its uphill rise into the tunnel (and the
_brutally_ positioned end of a stone wall at the tunnel's
end! .)) and the wonderful last turn. The corners seemed
all somehow faster and smoother to negotiate than in the
original track. In short, it was more fun.
There was better to come. Unlike Monaco, most of the
tracks in GPL clearly wouldn't be any better if they were
reversed; but one of them turned out otherwise. When I
first approached Ydemlam at 305 and negotiated through
a wild succession of totally blind curves, I knew this
track would be something. I zipped through Ellivnenrub -
which, unlike its reverse counterpart, actually requires
you to think about your line - and through a very fast
blind-as-a-bat left-right esse. Then, after taking a long
second-gear right-hander it dawned on me that I'm going
to face Eguor Uae!
It's something you just have to try. Malmedy and Eau Rouge
reversed are so murderous - and fun - that I don't think
I'll ever drive this track in the right direction again.
+Cinquo
Howdy ho, Ville,
I've dreamed of a proggy EXACTLY like GPLrev ever since I realised you
could add tracks to the sim ... Praise Bob, SOME things come to them
with weight ... or something like that.
Ocanam seems much more enjoyable to me, also, and I agree: Aps is even
more challenging than Spa .... I've also very much enjoyed:
Disrevir: perhaps the reversa-track most similar to its sibling/mother (
Riverside ), although I think I prefer the banked corner at the END of
the long straight, rather than the beginning.
Edutilos: also very similar as a driving challenge to its progenitor:
Solitude ... oddly, it FEELS faster in the reverse direction, even tho
my laptimes are slower.
Anugal: coming up over the Corkscrew is an entirely different magnum of
champagne from going down over the Corkscrew ... hmm, perhaps I should
rephrase that 8>)
Kcorder is the current Champ of tracks for airtime: over 2 seconds
flying onto landings I can drive away from ... about half the time!
Neuor ... supposedly, the people who organized events at Rouen wanted to
run the Grand Prix in the counterclockwise direction, but were stymied
by the FIA ... now we can try it ourselves ... myself, I prefer the
uphill series of slow and medium corners, rather than the same corners
going downhill ... more room for sloppy throttle work!
This is a partial and incomplete list ....
Yr friend in the aether,
smogbike
Ville V Sinkko wrote:
> At first I dismissed the idea of GplRev as a silly curiosity
> without much actual value.
sdnuos ekil verLPG skcik ssa!
or should that be;
!ssa skcik verLPG ekil sdnuoS
?
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> At first I dismissed the idea of GplRev as a silly curiosity > without much actual value. Yesterday I however dragged my > virtual arse to the US Pits and tried the thing out with > Ocanom. It was nice, in fact the reversed track was better > than Monaco, with its uphill rise into the tunnel (and the > _brutally_ positioned end of a stone wall at the tunnel's > end! .)) and the wonderful last turn. The corners seemed > all somehow faster and smoother to negotiate than in the > original track. In short, it was more fun. > > There was better to come. Unlike Monaco, most of the > tracks in GPL clearly wouldn't be any better if they were > reversed; but one of them turned out otherwise. When I > first approached Ydemlam at 305 and negotiated through > a wild succession of totally blind curves, I knew this > track would be something. I zipped through Ellivnenrub - > which, unlike its reverse counterpart, actually requires > you to think about your line - and through a very fast > blind-as-a-bat left-right esse. Then, after taking a long > second-gear right-hander it dawned on me that I'm going > to face Eguor Uae! > > It's something you just have to try. Malmedy and Eau Rouge > reversed are so murderous - and fun - that I don't think > I'll ever drive this track in the right direction again. > > +Cinquo > > > > >On Wed 18 Oct 2000 08:04:18p, smogbike wrote:
<snip>
>Praise Bob<snip>
I would say "who's Bob?" (not that bloody pipe-smoking man, surely?), but
I don't want another thread on how Microsoft/Apple/Xerox/Sinclair
invented the GUI...
--
David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92)
The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really"
- Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
