New sim ideas?

Wouldn't it be nice to have an '80s Le Mans or endurance sim? Races would be long, but probably fun. I saw some in car camera shots of a car completing a lap in the 1984 Le Mans. At "Mulsanne" the car was hitting 353 kph (220 mph!!). The it hit the little kink and did 330 kph (206 mph). A few seconds later it decelerated down to 60 kph (40 mph) to go through the turn. Looking at a diagram of the course, I saw numbers that looked like speeds at different parts of the track. At "Mulsanne" it said 364 Porsche. I don't know if that was the name of the car, or if a Porsche did 364 kph (225 mph) there. And those were Le Mans cars, and not IndyCars. Pretty fast...

E.A. Where supposed to have release a Le Mans Sim, With I think help from McLaren, At some races some McLaren F1 Drivers (Maybe all off them)anyway some drivers have EA Logo's on there Helmets when I was watching the Races on Cable(I hope Eurosport get the rights to show this years FIA GT Races) So where is the game EA,(They seem to busy with all there ***and boring 97' versions of all there games minus PGA Golf of course) ? Scott R. Cummings

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> >Wouldn't it be nice to have an '80s Le Mans or endurance sim? Races would > >be long, but probably fun. I saw some in car camera shots of a car > >completing a lap in the 1984 Le Mans. At "Mulsanne" the car was hitting > >353 kph (220 mph!!). The it hit the little kink and did 330 kph (206 mph). > >A few seconds later it decelerated > >down to 60 kph (40 mph) to go through the turn. Looking at a diagram of > >the course, I saw numbers that looked like speeds at different parts of > >the track. > >At "Mulsanne" it said 364 Porsche. I don't know if that was the name of > >the car, or if a Porsche did 364 kph (225 mph) there. And those were Le > >Mans cars, and not IndyCars. Pretty fast... > E.A. Where supposed to have release a Le Mans Sim, With I think help > from McLaren, At some races some McLaren F1 Drivers (Maybe all off > them)anyway some drivers have EA Logo's on there Helmets when I was > watching the Races on Cable(I hope Eurosport get the rights to show > this years FIA GT Races) > So where is the game EA,(They seem to busy with all > there ***and boring 97' versions of all there games minus PGA Golf > of course) ? > Scott R. Cummings

I saw that game listed in Chips and Bits sales ad in PcGamer a few months ago and in the last issue it was gone. -- There is no problem we can't ignore if we really put our minds to it. GO #2! Mullins Motorsports Inc. http://www.***tron.com/~ddmj

: I saw that game listed in Chips and Bits sales ad in PcGamer a few : months ago and in the last issue it was gone. That's because they forgot to put a "save game" feature in the sim and all copies had to be destroyed. For lack of this foresight all of the programmers working on the project where sacked. They now have to start from scratch. "It's a joke, son, I said I said, it's a joke!" Foghorn Leghorn -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

If you have the 3D version of ICR2, then increase the amount of laps for a race at Elkhart (make it loooong!!), begin the race with the cloud- effect on (ALT+W...?)...After about 3-hours, hit ALT+W again (sunny- day), and after 12-more change to night. Pop a couple of No-Doz (or get your neighbor to co-drive the final leg), and after 12 more hours, switch-back to cloudy-day. Of course, the keys are no-doubt in a different order than I remember, so instead of starting early-morning-like, you can start mid-day!! ;) Marc Marc J. Nelson Sim Racing News - USA http://members.aol.com/simracing

I think the original Cyrix version had that already built-in (the six million lap "feature"). :) Before you send me UCE, I know what you're thinking... Did he complain to five or six postmasters last month? Now, you must ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do you, punk?

> Wouldn't it be nice to have an '80s Le Mans or endurance sim? Races would > be long, but probably fun. I saw some in car camera shots of a car > completing a lap in the 1984 Le Mans. At "Mulsanne" the car was hitting > 353 kph (220 mph!!). The it hit the little kink and did 330 kph (206 mph).

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> A few seconds later it decelerated > down to 60 kph (40 mph) to go through the turn. Looking at a diagram of > the course, I saw numbers that looked like speeds at different parts of > the track. > At "Mulsanne" it said 364 Porsche. I don't know if that was the name of > the car, or if a Porsche did 364 kph (225 mph) there. And those were Le > Mans cars, and not IndyCars. Pretty fast...

Please make a Le Mans sim !! (PAPYRUS ???) This would be awsome! Picture this: At the start of the 24 hour race, 50 sportscars passes the pits and head for the Dunlop chicane. As the exit the chicane the pass under the Dunlop bridge and from there continue downhill towards the 'Esses'. Brake-attack before the 'Esses', down shift from 4th. to 2nd. the slam the throttle as the exit and head for 'Terte Rouge' thru the narrow forrest. Aproaching 'Terte Rouge' in 3rd. - you brake and downshif to 2nd. gear before you brake and turn in. Exiting the turn you nail the throttle again as you head down the 'Mulsanne'. In a Gr. C Porsche 956 you would reach 244 mph. (390 km/h) down the straigth, only to be passed by a WM Peugot doing 255 mph. (408 km/h). That is in fact the official speed record on the Mulsanne, set in '84 or '85 i think. Of course now there's two chicanes on the Mulsanne so to day they only reach 200 mph or so. The WM team tested the car on the 'autobahn' first, where the managed some 412 km/h !!! (closed road) Man, would a Le Mans sim be great! Imagine World Sports Cars and Le Mans prototype batteling it out for 24 hours on 'La Sarthe'. I visited the race last year and will be back again this year. Getting to drive the circuit would be great and if there's ever been a race or series whilch DESERVED a sim, Le Mans would be it !! After all they've been at it since 1923.... Hey why not make one for Daytona (24h) as well ? -- --/ Edwin Solheim Life begins at 7.000 r.p.m

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> > Wouldn't it be nice to have an '80s Le Mans or endurance sim? Races would > > be long, but probably fun. I saw some in car camera shots of a car > > completing a lap in the 1984 Le Mans. At "Mulsanne" the car was hitting > > 353 kph (220 mph!!). The it hit the little kink and did 330 kph (206 > mph). > > A few seconds later it decelerated > > down to 60 kph (40 mph) to go through the turn. Looking at a diagram of > > the course, I saw numbers that looked like speeds at different parts of > > the track. > > At "Mulsanne" it said 364 Porsche. I don't know if that was the name of > > the car, or if a Porsche did 364 kph (225 mph) there. And those were Le > > Mans cars, and not IndyCars. Pretty fast... > Please make a Le Mans sim !! (PAPYRUS ???) > This would be awsome! Picture this: > At the start of the 24 hour race, 50 sportscars passes the pits and head > for the Dunlop chicane. > As the exit the chicane the pass under the Dunlop bridge and from there > continue downhill towards the 'Esses'. Brake-attack before the 'Esses', > down shift from 4th. to 2nd. the slam the throttle as the exit and head for > 'Terte Rouge' thru the narrow forrest. Aproaching 'Terte Rouge' in 3rd. - > you brake and downshif to 2nd. gear before you brake and turn in. Exiting > the turn you nail the throttle again as you head down the 'Mulsanne'. In a > Gr. C Porsche 956 you would reach 244 mph. (390 km/h) down the straigth, > only to be passed by a WM Peugot doing 255 mph. (408 km/h). That is in fact > the official speed record on the Mulsanne, set in '84 or '85 i think. Of > course now there's two chicanes on the Mulsanne so to day they only reach > 200 mph or so. The WM team tested the car on the 'autobahn' first, where > the managed some 412 km/h !!! (closed road) > Man, would a Le Mans sim be great! Imagine World Sports Cars and Le Mans > prototype batteling it out for 24 hours on 'La Sarthe'. I visited the race > last year and will be back again this year. > Getting to drive the circuit would be great and if there's ever been a race > or series whilch DESERVED a sim, Le Mans would be it !! After all they've > been at it since 1923.... > Hey why not make one for Daytona (24h) as well ? > -- > --/ > Edwin Solheim > Life begins at 7.000 r.p.m

You guys keep a look out for a sim coming out called X-Car, its not exactly IMSA, but its the prototypes for the next decade of Lemans. I just got back from the Daytona 24 hour Lemans and man was it great!! We had a big cookout, drank lots of brew and had a bonfire. It was like being at a huge party and there happens to be a race goin on. Around 3:00AM I took a stroll around. Most people were either crashed or past out in their tent. It was a little chili and there werent many people up. I went to every turn and walked around the whole track to watch the line the cars were running closely. The Porshes seem to take a different line than the Farraris. It was a spectacular site to see with the head lights and the cars pullin over 200 on the high bank. Team MOMO was ROCKIN!! Every time their car past our campout in the 3rd turn it passed at least 3 cars, Unfortunately it had electical problems which, I believe, cost them the race. Being at the infield with millions of people crashed out in their tents and campers and you being about the only one awake, kinda makes you feel like your in another world! It was an incredible experience and I'll go every year from now on! A 24 hour race at Daytona is definetly worth a plane ticket to see. -David Gary-

Yes, I heard that. I think it was a WM Peugeot P88 in 1988, and it hit 405 KPH on Mulsanne. That's about 250 MPH!! I heard that they changed Mulsanne, though. Would have been nice to see a McLaren F1 or Lister Storm go down the old Mulsanne. That Lister Storm is supposed to have a 7 liter Jaguar V12 engine. They had to put a restrictor plate (or something similar) on it to keep it from going too fast for the GTS-1 division at the Rolex 24. I wish I would have watched a Le Mans race in the '80s. I havn't seen a single Le Mans race yet. Plan on watching this year's race, though, if it's on TV.

I wonder if they'll have those new modified Porsches racing there. I think they are called Ruf Porsche CTR-2, or somethign like that. Top speed is 217 MPH. You can hit about 45 to 50 MPH in first gear.

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>Subject: Re: YES, YES ! (was: New sim ideas?) >Date: 6 Feb 1997 03:18:16 GMT >Yes, I heard that. I think it was a WM Peugeot P88 in 1988, and it hit 405 >KPH on Mulsanne. That's about 250 MPH!! I heard that they changed >Mulsanne, though. Would have been nice to see a McLaren F1 or Lister Storm >go down the old Mulsanne. That Lister Storm is supposed to have a 7 liter >Jaguar V12 engine. They had to put a restrictor plate (or something >similar) on it to keep it from going too fast for the GTS-1 division at >the Rolex 24. I wish I would have watched a Le Mans race in the '80s. I >havn't seen a single Le Mans race yet. Plan on watching this year's race, >though, if it's on TV.

The WM Peugeot was entered solely for the purpose of breaking the 400 Km/h barrier before the (ARGH!!) chicanes were built. It had been tested previously at a closed section of the french autoroute, where it reached 412km/h. The car was horribly unompetitive in this "max-speed" setup. Anyway, most Croup C/Camel GTP cars reached 370 km/h on the old straight, and cars have done so since the 70s. And they still (almost) do......The Mulsanne has claimed many lives, and will probably end a few more careers in its current guise. But the track isn`t only about the straight, I mean, it is awfully fast round the whole lap, except for the Ford chicanes (appropriate, heh, heh..). But a sim would be great - how about drafting down the mulsanne? If anybody makes a sim, I`d prefer to be driving a R&S or Ferrari 333. If the sim was based on WSC cars, it could be made a la NASCAR & ICR - the prototypes do not look too different. And Papyrus have already made Sears Point, Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen and perhaps a few other WSC tracks. Oh dear, now I am off dreaming again..... PLEASE!........ Matthew, Norway.