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How to drive fast in GP2?????

8 posts by 8 people · 11 Feb 1997 - 21 Feb 1997

I have been playing GP2 now for months. No matter how hard I try with setups, other peoples's setups, following the lines precisely, curb-hopping, squealing tires to the limit before spinning out, I still can't qualify or race within 3-4 secs of the fastest car at ace level. I only managed to qualify first and win and Monaco and that was with a setup I tweeked from someone else. How do these GP2 racers qualify and race 2-3 secs faster than the fastest computer car? I use their setups and still I can't do the phenomenal times they post. What is the trick? Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Try examining a fast hot lap carefully. Take notes of split times, entry speed and exit speed at every corner. Then make a hot lap of your own, and compare them. You will be able to see where you loose time. Unless your setup is very abnormal ;-) you won't loose time, IMO the setup has much more to do with driving style. I've seen "no downforce" setups, practically undrivable, but if you hit that one in a zillion, you'll make a blitz time. I use a wheel, and no steering aid, and if I haven't driven for a month or so, I have to use several hours to get up to pace. So !!!!! practice practice practice practice practice ;-) Mose
Peter Fisla 13 Feb 1997#355876
Right...practise....I can do some Pole positions and will few races on ACE level with regual joystick... Peter GP2 is not arcade....you have to know some stuff about drving, cars, F-1 world in order to get good....
bigd.. 13 Feb 1997#355877
Just wondering if anyone has heard anything new on the N2 track pack thats scheduled to be released in may. What tracks, any new features, any added features that were left out of N2? How 'bout it Jim? :)
P Gagg 13 Feb 1997#355878
Practice? Peter #:?) Please note my real e-mail address below,
RBrigsto 13 Feb 1997#355879
A good thing to try would be to go into the***pit of a good driver like Schumacher or Hill when they are on a quick lap to see what speed and gear they are in when they take a corner. Set the difficulty to "Pro" when you are watching and either de-select your own car or park it by the side of the road while you are riding with the other driver. This will show you that you tend to take most corners much too slow. I also only brake to slightly above the speed I wish to take a corner, letting engine braking slow me the rest of the way, thus carrying more speed in. Schumacher does this with the '94 carset, but no one else does. A player can generally get on the gas a little bit sooner than a Computer Driver, but it's hard to get one's lines as precise as them. Robin.
TOlson94 13 Feb 1997#355880
How to go fast in Gp2? Practice, practice, practice, practice, and a good setup. Did I mention practice?

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