Black Flag for being on the grass!!??

Hi, I just read the latest news about Gp2 that there will be a black flag penalty if your car goes completely on the grass and i'm wondering...in real F1 it happens that the car just go offroad in no intention to shorcut a chicane...it will certainly happens to everyone of us one time or another during our learning process of this game!! Well, I thought the sandtrap were there for those who wanted a fastest way to get a chicane but then it doesnt look like it... Also from what had been written here we will not even drive our car in the pit? These two things makes me wonder how close to the real thing this game will really be... anyway lets just see what it will look like when finally the game will be on our HD... See you

This is only in qualifying, not in the race. This stops you getting a faster lap and qualifying in pole position. However, in GP2 it seems that cutting a chicane could be a risky business, i now know my F1 Cars have wings, chocks away!!! As for controlling the car in the pitlane, if you cannot it will be a shame because pit stops are an integral part of GP racing and it would be fun to control it on your own. Without Pit lane control we won't be able to put other cars out of the race in the pit lane which I often enjoy doing in ICR. Andrew Easter -- Roger Easter

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> Hi, I just read the latest news about Gp2 that there will be a black flag > penalty if your car goes completely on the grass and i'm wondering...in real F1 > it happens that the car just go offroad in no intention to shorcut a > chicane...it will certainly happens to everyone of us one time or another > during our learning process of this game!! Well, I thought the sandtrap were > there for those who wanted a fastest way to get a chicane but then it doesnt > look like it... Also from what had been written here we will not even drive our > car in the pit? These two things makes me wonder how close to the real thing > this game will really be... anyway lets just see what it will look like when > finally the game will be on our HD... > See you

I thought Sand Traps in Real F1 meant to stop the car (as the name 'trap' suggests), so I wonder if GP2 stops the car as well if one is stuck on the sand? And sometimes cutting a chicane may be a forced error(e.g. in overtaking by breaking too late), and I thought one will not be given a penalty unless it is a deliberate attempt to cut the chicane. I wonder how GP2 can decide whether it was deliberate or not deliberate? Jeff Wong Jeff

Does all of the above really matter.....If you=B4ve been through the grass by misstake, youre lap time would be so off that it coulnt bee a good lap.....the black flag is only(as I understand it), there when youre trying to make a "hotlap" in practice, to make sure that you dont get any ideas about a "straighter line", not in the race. A computer simulation will always be a simulation, and of course there will be features that doesnt exist in reality.(black flag on grass etc). This is to make the simulation as a whole unit, as realistic as possible. Happy racing! Thomas Heineman

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