ive read in an interview with david kaemmer that its got nothing to do with
track overlapping...
pez
Matt Phelps wrote in message <[email hidden]>...
Is there anyway to open the one part of the track where the old oval part
used to be? I see it everytime I pass by it after the pit road but wondered
if there's a way to drive on it. After seeing the movie "Grand Prix" I
wondered why Sierra didn't include that part of the track.
BD
Big Daddy wrote:
>
>After seeing the movie "Grand Prix" I wondered why Sierra didn'tinclude that part of the track [the banking].
>
> BD
The last time the banking at Monza was used for an F1 race was 1961 (the
previous year, 1960, the British teams had boycotted the Italian GP
because of the inclusion of the banking, which was so rough it literally
shook some of the cars apart). The movie used the banking for dramatic
effect -- how else could you get Yves Montand up a tree for the bathos
of the final crash scene? -- but in the real 1967 season, the short
course bypassing the Curva della Velocit� was used, as it had been from
1962 onwards, and still is to the present day.
BTW, there is a petition going round the Net to save the banking at
Monza Royal Park, which the organizers have talked about pulling down.
If you care about preserving motor racing history, check out:
http://wkweb5.cableinet.co.uk/ferrari/monza_camp.htm
Also, another excellent historical site is:
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/index1.htm
From what I understand, it is not possible to open up the banking to
run on because that part of the circuit would cross over the existing
track. Apparently this would cause problems with cars occupying the
same space.
So I've been told anyway...
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 20:35:07 GMT, Barton Brown <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>Big Daddy wrote:
>>
>>After seeing the movie "Grand Prix" I wondered why Sierra didn't
>include that part of the track [the banking].
BD,
Papyrus considered it, but it didn't make the final cut for two reasons. 1.
Until Nate Hine's GRE, there would have been no way to tune your suspension
to handle the G-loads (you'd need 400 lb. springs, etc.). 2. There would be
no way to score the race the way they did in "Grand Prix" (which was set in
'66; the banking actually hadn't been used since 1960), where the cars
alternated a lap of the road circuit followed by a lap of the banking (and
even if they had, it would have been too easy to cheat by droning around the
banking, like the "Race of Two Worlds" in the late '50s). Besides, the
banking wasn't used in '67, the the guys at Papyrus are purists.
--Steve Smith
Big Daddy <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Is there anyway to open the one part of the track where the old oval part
> used to be? I see it everytime I pass by it after the pit road butwondered
> if there's a way to drive on it. After seeing the movie "Grand Prix" I
> wondered why Sierra didn't include that part of the track.
>
> BD
>
>
STEVE?? of CART Racing strat book fame???
dave henrie
"Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> BD,
>
> Papyrus considered it, but it didn't make the final cut for two reasons.1.
> Until Nate Hine's GRE, there would have been no way to tune yoursuspension
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> to Besides, the<snippers> > banking wasn't used in '67, the the guys at Papyrus are purists. > > --Steve Smith > > >Maybe, I'm pretty sure it is the same guy that wrote the GPL guide, cuz we
are both on Rochester Road Runner, and Rochester is like 8 minutes from
where he lives (wyoming county, or something like that, not the greatest
geographical person here :)
-Stuart Becktell
"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> STEVE?? of CART Racing strat book fame??? > dave henrie > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:vYPC5.24230$[email hidden]... > > BD, > > > > Papyrus considered it, but it didn't make the final cut for two reasons. > 1. > > Until Nate Hine's GRE, there would have been no way to tune your > suspension > > to Besides, the<snippers> > > banking wasn't used in '67, the the guys at Papyrus are purists. > > > > --Steve Smith > > > > > > > >> Maybe, I'm pretty sure it is the same guy that wrote the GPL guide
Did he finish restoring the VW Thing for his son ?
rms (3time beetle & ghia owner)
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