GP2: Track specifics/names

Can someone recommend a good reference, online or off, that discusses the names of the curves and other major aspects of the tracks. I see a lot of posts referring to some of the curves by a name, and places on the track by name. I'm not familiar with these names and would like to learn more about it. Thanks JEB in Vegas

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> >Can someone recommend a good reference, online or off, > >that discusses the names of the curves and other major > >aspects of the tracks. > >I see a lot of posts referring to some of the curves by > >a name, and places on the track by name. > >I'm not familiar with these names and would like to learn > >more about it. > >Thanks > >JEB in Vegas > At least in the U.S. version manual, there are track guides for each track > and they list the names of the turns and chicanes for the given track, > they also list he suggested gear for these corners and some setup hints. > Check the manual, unless you're still using your pre-release version, in > which case you should be able to get the full version Nationwide by now. > The manual is worth having although I hear the Europeans got full color > pics in theirs compared to the B/W picts in the U.S. Manual. > Cheers. > --John > -- > ------------------- > John (Joao) Silva > http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jsilva > Seattle, Washington USA.

Thanks, I am still using the pre-release version and only have a xerox copy of the first half of the manual. I'll go get it this week so I can stop asking STUPID questions. Obviously I was not aware that this info was in the manual. I just thought that all of these guys were really sharp F1 fans, now I know that they read it outta the manual...hehehe, somehow I feel better now...(G). Thanks for your reply. Sorry again about the dumb question. It is available in my area now. JEB in Vegas

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>Can someone recommend a good reference, online or off, >that discusses the names of the curves and other major >aspects of the tracks. >I see a lot of posts referring to some of the curves by >a name, and places on the track by name. >I'm not familiar with these names and would like to learn >more about it. >Thanks >JEB in Vegas

At least in the U.S. version manual, there are track guides for each track and they list the names of the turns and chicanes for the given track, they also list he suggested gear for these corners and some setup hints. Check the manual, unless you're still using your pre-release version, in which case you should be able to get the full version Nationwide by now. The manual is worth having although I hear the Europeans got full color pics in theirs compared to the B/W picts in the U.S. Manual. Cheers. --John -- ------------------- John (Joao) Silva http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jsilva Seattle, Washington USA.

writes Try doing an altavista search on "F1" "track" "circuit" etc. There is an excellent site on Southampton University here in the UK which has all of the official FIA circuit guides, which have all the names. The GP2 manual is okay, but misses such names as "Jim Clark chicane" and "Senna Chicane" at Hockenheim, which it calls "Chicane 1" and "Chicane 2" respectively. Cheers! John PS - I'd give you the URL but I can't remember it! _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/ \._____\ http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews

> Can someone recommend a good reference, online or off, > that discusses the names of the curves and other major > aspects of the tracks. > I'm not familiar with these names and would like to learn > more about it. > JEB in Vegas Hi! Try GrandPrix 2 Technical Supplement that came with your GP2-package. There you can learn at least the names. The official GP2 manual tells you a bit more about the tracks (it also came with the game). It starts from page 52. Toni

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>Thanks, I am still using the pre-release version and only have >a xerox copy of the first half of the manual. I'll go get it >this week so I can stop asking STUPID questions. Obviously I was >not aware that this info was in the manual. I just thought that >all of these guys were really sharp F1 fans, now I know that they >read it outta the manual...hehehe, somehow I feel better now...(G). >Thanks for your reply. Sorry again about the dumb question. >It is available in my area now. >JEB in Vegas

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be smug, sorry if it came across that way, I knew you had the pre-release version and actually I was very glad for all the info you were posting on it before it was available here. Actually I had a bit of a prerelease version myself, my neighbor got it through the warez system the day it came out in europe and I played it over at his house, while waiting for it to release here in the states, I was really getting ticked off at Microprose for making us Yanks wait. I got the real thing this friday, and it does have a pretty decent manual, but I do wish they had left the pictures in color as is in the European version. Us poor yanks, we have to get up at 4:00am Sundays to watch the F1 races, have to wait an extra week for the game, and to top it all off no color pics ;) Oh well still a great game. Have fun driving, I'm still trying to get my Monza times down, my best is a 1:24:200 with a T2 and no driving aids except the dotted racing line. Drop a note if you manage to beat that, I need all the help I can get, did you see the nice prize on Microprose's homepage for the best Monza time? Cheers. --John -- ------------------- John (Joao) Silva http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jsilva Seattle, Washington USA. -- ------------------- John (Joao) Silva http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jsilva Seattle, Washington USA.

Same setup here :-) T2 and only raceing line on. I made a 1:22.614 See you at the practice :-) Cheers Thomas --- Get up, dive down, no problem.