F1GP2 Flags question..

Has anyone else noticed that when you finish a race, the flag marshalls do the normal flag waving thing, but there are blue flags, and white flags? They don't appear during a race, so why at the end of a race? This is in super VGA. Regards Scott McGuire

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> Has anyone else noticed that when you finish a race, the flag marshalls > do the normal flag waving thing, but there are blue flags, and white > flags? They don't appear during a race, so why at the end of a race? > This is in super VGA. > Regards > Scott McGuire

White flag stands for slow vehicle in track (Stands usually for Ambulances) so it is pointless in gp2 races blue flag means that a faster car is going to overtake you : let him pass by! This is not so pointless but isn't in the sim anyway. Why? If only microprose support were like papyrus'one on this newsgroup... Alberto

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>> Has anyone else noticed that when you finish a race, the flag marshalls >> do the normal flag waving thing, but there are blue flags, and white >> flags? They don't appear during a race, so why at the end of a race? >> This is in super VGA. >White flag stands for slow vehicle in track (Stands usually for >Ambulances) so it is pointless in gp2 races blue flag means that a >faster car is going to overtake you : let him pass by! This is not so >pointless but isn't in the sim anyway. Why? If only microprose support >were like papyrus'one on this newsgroup... >Alberto

In my own 'umble and brief racing career I used to look forward to seeing the white flag at the start/finish line, because it meant there was only one lap to go. Maybe this was just the RAC/MSA UK rules, but I would have thought it was international as well? -- ????????????????????????? Think Clean, Live Clean, Shoot Clean Pinball ????????????????????????? http://www.tcns.co.uk/decker/biog "Walk softly and carry a megawatt laser"

Thats right, the white flag for last lap is only used in the USA. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Park Group, Southend, Essex. UK -----------------------------------------------------------------

Ambulances and tow trucks never (almost) appears on F1 circuits, luckily, differently from Indycar racing, where trucks are on the track almost every time there is an accident (but there is also full course yellow of course). The white flag is often used in F1 to signal the presence ahead of cars with a broken engine, a broken wheel or that are simply moving slowly (as the first poster said). There is no flag to be shown in F1 when there is only one lap to complete the race. Bye, Luca