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Yep, there is. Unfortunately it is in German. I hope everyone will forgive me for posting the English instructions here but I have no idea if they exist on the web. Hi! Get my program "Ringtrainer" from this link: http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm What the program does is to simply change the position of your car as it is deployed onto the track. This position is defined within the "track.ini"-file. Ringtrainer now lets you chose between 11 different positions along the Nurburgring, each at the beginning of a particular section of the track. The main advatage of this is, that you can now drive through this sections multiple times in series without having to complete a whole lap inbetween. By this you can remember tricky corners faster. Because it's written in German, I will give some installation instructions right here: 1. Download the file called "Ringtrainer.zip" 3. Download the file called "Ringtrainer_Audioupdate.zip" 2. If you don't have the VisualBasic Runtime Modules 6.00, you must also download the file "vbrun600.exe" and execute it. 4. Extract the two Ringtrainer-zips into a single folder. 5. Make a backup of your original "track.ini"-file that is in the "\tracks\nurburg"-folder of your GPL-installation. 6. Copy the "track.ini"-file of the Ringtrainer-folder into the "\tracks\nurburg"-folder. 7. Ready to rumble ;). Fire up Ringtrainer by double-clicking the exe- file. 8. Now you can choose a particular section from the dropdown-list and the program will show you the part of the track redlined in a trackmap and the deploy-point of the car via a little sceenshot. 9. You now have two possibilities to go on: Either you start GPL normally and can start driving from that deploy- point over and over again. Or you check the option "F4 als Hotkey aktivieren" and launch GPL via the "Start GPL"-Button. This will enable the hotkey-feature of Ringtrainer. This feature enables the F4-key as hotkey. Every time you press F4 during playing GPL, Ringtrainer moves you one point forward on the track and gives the actual positioning via voice-output so you don't have to quit GPL to choose another part of the track for training - it can be done while in GPL. Unfortunately this requires some computing-power so I left it optional for those who don't have the big PIII or Athlon under their desk ;). OK, try the program. If you have questions or problems, you can reach me by the mail-address given on the Ringtrainer-page. If there is further interest in this program, I'll maybe make an English version. Sorry for my bad English btw. Have Fun @ the Ring!! Regards Crash In article <KMv45.3200$%[email hidden]>, "Cliff Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Is there a GPL utility that allows you to change where you start atthe Ring > (somewhere other than the pits)? > After submitting my GPL rank on Tuesday (and finding that it was 208 > seconds), I have been working on improving my time at the Ring (was11.00). > I have found that I know some parts much better than others. I wouldbe > cool if I could just concentrate on the parts I don't know as wellwithout > having to drive the entire circuit every time. Any help would be > appreciated. > Thanks, > Cliff > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

On Thu 22 Jun 2000 10:44:10pm, Cliff Brown wrote: >Is there a GPL utility that allows you to change where you start at >the Ring (somewhere other than the pits)?<snip> It can be done, by changing the location of the pit stalls in track.ini (in the tracks\nurburg directory), but it's not for the faint hearted, and you need to keep a copy of the original somewhere. There is a kludge, however. As GPLRank accepts race laps, the obvious thing to do is to qualify at the back of the grid, wait a couple of minutes for the field to get out of the way, then make your first race lap a hot one. In a race, of course, you start *before* the start line! -- David. (GPLRank handicap: +45.28) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Is there a GPL utility that allows you to change where you start at the Ring (somewhere other than the pits)? After submitting my GPL rank on Tuesday (and finding that it was 208 seconds), I have been working on improving my time at the Ring (was 11.00). I have found that I know some parts much better than others. I would be cool if I could just concentrate on the parts I don't know as well without having to drive the entire circuit every time. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Cliff

Hi Cliff, Use Joachim Blum's excellent utility. Here's a pasted e-mail with info. -Keith Subject: Re: GPL:Anybody got any tips for taming the Nurburgring Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:12:06 +0200 From: "Joachim Blum" <[email hidden]> Organization: T-Online Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators Hi! Get my program "Ringtrainer" from this link: http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm What the program does is to simply change the position of your car as it is deployed onto the track. This position is defined within the "track.ini"-file. Ringtrainer now lets you chose between 11 different positions along the Nurburgring, each at the beginning of a particular section of the track. The main advatage of this is, that you can now drive through this sections multiple times in series without having to complete a whole lap inbetween. By this you can remember tricky corners faster. Because it's written in German, I will give some installation instructions right here: 1. Download the file called "Ringtrainer.zip" 3. Download the file called "Ringtrainer_Audioupdate.zip" 2. If you don't have the VisualBasic Runtime Modules 6.00, you must also download the file "vbrun600.exe" and execute it. 4. Extract the two Ringtrainer-zips into a single folder. 5. Make a backup of your original "track.ini"-file that is in the "\tracks\nurburg"-folder of your GPL-installation. 6. Copy the "track.ini"-file of the Ringtrainer-folder into the "\tracks\nurburg"-folder. 7. Ready to rumble ;). Fire up Ringtrainer by double-clicking the exe-file. 8. Now you can choose a particular section from the dropdown-list and the program will show you the part of the track redlined in a trackmap and the deploy-point of the car via a little sceenshot. 9. You now have two possibilities to go on: Either you start GPL normally and can start driving from that deploy-point over and over again. Or you check the option "F4 als Hotkey aktivieren" and launch GPL via the "Start GPL"-Button. This will enable the hotkey-feature of Ringtrainer. This feature enables the F4-key as hotkey. Every time you press F4 during playing GPL, Ringtrainer moves you one point forward on the track and gives the actual positioning via voice-output so you don't have to quit GPL to choose another part of the track for training - it can be done while in GPL. Unfortunately this requires some computing-power so I left it optional for those who don't have the big PIII or Athlon under their desk ;). OK, try the program. If you have questions or problems, you can reach me by the mail-address given on the Ringtrainer-page. If there is further interest in this program, I'll maybe make an English version. Sorry for my bad English btw. Have Fun @ the Ring!! Regards Crash Cliff Brown wrote:

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> Is there a GPL utility that allows you to change where you start at the Ring > (somewhere other than the pits)? > After submitting my GPL rank on Tuesday (and finding that it was 208 > seconds), I have been working on improving my time at the Ring (was 11.00). > I have found that I know some parts much better than others. I would be > cool if I could just concentrate on the parts I don't know as well without > having to drive the entire circuit every time. Any help would be > appreciated. > Thanks, > Cliff

Keith Daniell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi Cliff, > > Use Joachim Blum's excellent utility. Here's a pasted e-mail withnfo. -Keith ><SNIP> Keith, thanks for posting the link and installation instructions. I loaded it up last night and can already see an improvement. Looks like a long weekend at the Ring for me! -- don New Programmes for the Converted GPL Tracks http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html

make a deja search for the word "ringtrainer" - there is an excellent little utility available that does exactly what you want. It's only available in german languagy, but easily understandable. cheers, Alex

don hodgdon <[email hidden]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 8ivs8b$17e$[email hidden]... Hi don! > <SNIP> > > Keith, thanks for posting the link and installation instructions. I loaded > it up last night and can already see an improvement. Looks like a long > weekend at the Ring for me! I wish you a lot of fun taming this mostertrack ;)). Regards Crash

Thanks guys, I will give it a try. Cliff P.S. For anybody interested, I just ran my personal best of 8:48.xx. What a great feeling to dip below 9:00.00!! "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Well it's your lucky day! Joachim Blum made a great utility for this a > couple of weeks ago, called Ringtrainer. > It's in German, but you should be able to figure it out, if not, let > me know. He's working on an English version by the way. > Get it here: http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm > > Andre > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:44:10 GMT, "Cliff Brown" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Is there a GPL utility that allows you to change where you start at the

Ring > >(somewhere other than the pits)? > >After submitting my GPL rank on Tuesday (and finding that it was 208 > >seconds), I have been working on improving my time at the Ring (was11.00). > >I have found that I know some parts much better than others. I would be > >cool if I could just concentrate on the parts I don't know as wellwithout > >having to drive the entire circuit every time. Any help would be > >appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Cliff > > >

Well it's your lucky day! Joachim Blum made a great utility for this a couple of weeks ago, called Ringtrainer. It's in German, but you should be able to figure it out, if not, let me know. He's working on an English version by the way. Get it here: http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm Andre On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:44:10 GMT, "Cliff Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Is there a GPL utility that allows you to change where you start at the Ring >(somewhere other than the pits)? >After submitting my GPL rank on Tuesday (and finding that it was 208 >seconds), I have been working on improving my time at the Ring (was 11.00). >I have found that I know some parts much better than others. I would be >cool if I could just concentrate on the parts I don't know as well without >having to drive the entire circuit every time. Any help would be >appreciated. >Thanks, >Cliff >

Hi don! I wish you a lot of fun taming this mostertrack ;)). Regards Crash