Re: Who actually plays a season?

My guess would be that alot of GPL owners race online with VROC.... pez Robert Allen wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it >through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to >use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see >alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire >seasons. Be honest now :) > >And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% >races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does >this? > > >----------------------------------------------------------- > >Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. >Up to 100 minutes free! >http://www.keen.com >

On Tue 01 Aug 2000 09:11:09pm, Robert Allen wrote: >I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it >through as a complete season?<snip> >And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% >races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does >this?<snip> I've done a few championships, but never at Grand Prix level. in fact, I've only ever done one Grand prix race at all (at Spa, unsurprisingly), as I just don't have that many three-hour chunks of time. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -3.90) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire seasons. Be honest now :) And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does this? ----------------------------------------------------------- Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com

OK, I read your last paragraph but what the hell, I'm chipping my 2 cents in anyway. I'm just past half way on a Novice season. Currently in first place, woo hoo! But I'm at the Ring now, which may change that... I find running a season has helped me concentrate on one track at a time, and it's dropped my GPL Rank from the 100's to 22. On occasion I still go try to trim a second off another track just for fun. IMHO you're insane - full GP length races at each track? No way. "Robert Allen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. > Up to 100 minutes free! > http://www.keen.com >

think there are full length leagues.... Robert Allen wrote:

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> I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this? > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. > Up to 100 minutes free! > http://www.keen.com

Robert Allen <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this?

Since I got GPL about a year ago I've done 10 full-length races on 6 different circuits. I haven't hotlapped much, I'm considering trying online races though. IMHO 400-kilometre races are a unique experience, and require quite a bit different approach to driving the car than hotlapping or very short races. It isn't that difficult either - just stop worrying about how fast you "should" be going considering your hotlap records, and drive consistently, a couple seconds slower per lap. I haven't tried the full championship yet - I've just begun practising N�rburgring. Monaco is an even larger problem: I "know" the circuit as such, but I don't know how to drive around it 100 times without making an error, in the middle of 19 AI cars. -- J. Sakari Salonen / [email hidden]

I've thought about it, but I just don't have the time or patience to run full GP races at all the tracks. I ran a GP at the Nurburgring once, but I can't see doing that track after track to complete an entire season. I am currently running an Intermediate Long 1966 season just for the fun of it. Just completed the British GP last night (DNF after a futile attempt to outbrake Hulme in Stowe :)(and yes, I know the '66 British GP was held at Brands Hatch). -- ----------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten GPLRank: +25.51 mailto:[email hidden] http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/ ----------------------------------- Robert Allen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. > Up to 100 minutes free! > http://www.keen.com >

I did one season at GP level, in the Eagle, and apart from a second place at Zandvoort, and third at Monza, I did'nt finish any races. The only other race I did well in was when I was running fourth at Silverstone. I had fought my way up from 12th after a first lap spin, when the engine started smoking on the final lap, and I wound up classified 9th after it gave up. Various other causes for retirement, but mostly mechanical or loss of concentration (boredom at Monaco <g>). These days I go for Intermediate seasons, on the longer race setting, because GP is too much effort. Maybe, when I've got a month off work, I'll do it again -- -Ace- (GPLRank-0.34) Robert Allen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. > Up to 100 minutes free! > http://www.keen.com >

There's an old joke about the blank stares weekend racers get from their friends or family after explaining what all that "junk" in the garage is. The usual reaction is "You do this for fun, right?" And so it goes... This GPLRank/hotlapping stuff makes the seven hour weekend event seem a grueling, meaningless form of self-torture. I have to confess that lapping with a full tank, well off the hotlap pace, feels more like work than the fun it used to be. Michael. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I was thinking of taking on the challenge of a full season just to see > how much i improve at this very difficult game. I bet a full grand > prix season would shave a few points off my gplrank if i could manage > to stay out of the house with the rooms with the rubber walls.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this? No, don't have the time. I've run a season of short races, but GPs are just too long - I can't dedicate that much time to my PC. - Michael

In article <[email hidden]>, Robert Allen <[email hidden]> writes:

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>I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it >through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to >use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see >alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire >seasons. Be honest now :) > >And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% >races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does >this?

I've done several full 100% races, and I've done several seasons on Int Short, I believe - but I've never done a full 100% race season... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +59.33 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

SKurj <[email hidden]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: [email hidden]... Hi! > think there are full length leagues.... > > Robert Allen wrote: > > > [...] Yep, and the CAR (Computer Aided Racing) is one of them. We race full GPs once every month in a LAN. If you understand German language, check out our website: http://www.car-ev.de Regards Crash

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> > I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this?

I've done 4 seasons at 100% length! Well I only finish about 60% of the races, sometimes I crash, and sometimes the car break down... One season each in Ferrari, Cooper, BRM and Honda. I hope to do all cars some time... Only one win so far (that was in the BRM!), but been a few other times where I was close, like one time I had an engine failure when leading with just 5 laps to go! -- Arne Martin

I was thinking of taking on the challenge of a full season just to see how much i improve at this very difficult game. I bet a full grand prix season would shave a few points off my gplrank if i could manage to stay out of the house with the rooms with the rubber walls.

On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 22:23:47 GMT, "Morgan V. Wooten�" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >I've thought about it, but I just don't have the time or patience to run full >GP races at all the tracks. And that's why *all* sims should have a save option during the race. These developers that leave that option out are extremely shortsighted. -- Nos

On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:55:40 +0100, MichaelJP <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >No, don't have the time. I've run a season of short races, but GPs are >just too long - I can't dedicate that much time to my PC. > >- Michael > If they put in a save game feature it would not have been a problem. Same goes for F1 2000. I can save a race in MGPR2 and GP3. Why not the others? -- Nos

I have slowly worked my way up to full length GPs. Managed to win my first full length season in the Lotus, so now I am giving the Eagle a go (currently leading going into the Glen). I have full race results and lap times for all my races (just counted them - the Glen is my 135th race!!!), including full race replays. Geez, I must be mad!! GPL - what an awesome sim! I used to love GP2, but GP3 has been very disappointing for me thanks to GPL's very high standards. Thanks alot Papyrus!! :))) -- Rob. "Robert Allen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm curious to know how many of you that play GPL play it > through as a complete season? I notice alot of people seem to > use the game to run hot laps etc. which is fine but I don't see > alot of messages (if any) about people who re-create entire > seasons. Be honest now :) > > And I don't mean half distance races and such. I mean full 100% > races through a full race schedule. Am I one of the few who does > this? > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. > Up to 100 minutes free! > http://www.keen.com >