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New Grand Prix Legends screenshots and info available

10 posts by 6 people · 13 Dec 1997 - 15 Dec 1997

Nimrod 13 Dec 1997#387354
They look great! WOW! I guess the crashes are wild! :) Jon
Very cool...it's nice to see that the designers have paid attention to detail to the point of having the suspension at full droop when the car is in midair (boy, they'd BETTER come out with the Nrburgring -- if you can't launch off Flugplatz, what's the use of living?). One small nit, however -- although I can understand that with moving suspension it's difficult to maintain complex object relationships in computer animations (note that in the rear view of Clark's 49, the exhaust on one side goes *under* the suspension links and *over* the links on the other side), why the devil is Clark wearing Chris Amon's helmet? Nit nit nit nit nit nit nit nit nit .... Bart Brown
This was the year that Clark forgot his helmet, having left it sitting on a hay-bale back on his farm in Scotland, and Chris had a spare one that fitted Jimmy. The reson that one set of pipes has a different arrangement to the other is that, at that time (the Type 49 was very, very new) the Lotus engineers couldn't make their minds up which was the more effective arrangement, so Chapman ordered them to setup the exhausts differently on each side. As you can see, it is possible to find a plausible (?!) explanation for a lot of this historical stuff where there are so few people left to contradict the stories :-) -- Bruce. (At home)
Also...did you notice that the Armco is the wrong way round? have a look at the two shots that have the wire mesh and you'll see that the back of the Armco is actually facing towards the trackside! Papyrus...please note and fix during preparation of the sim! And PLEASE don't take offence at this observation!! -- Bruce. (At home)
LeChicke 14 Dec 1997#387506
Flugplatz? Hey, cool! I have always wanted to fly! Dunno. Maybe he beat 'em up and stole it? Nit nit nit Le Chicken Official Chicken of r.a.s. (Tired and out of jokes...)
Good one, Bruce! Hey, what *is* it with that Armco -- bad batch? Bart
John 14 Dec 1997#387508
I missed the original message due to my sucky isp. Where can I find the new Thanks John >Good one, Bruce! Hey, what *is* it with that Armco -- bad batch? >Bart
G'day Bart, No, apart from a bit of rust the Armco appears quite okay. I'd guess that it was made in China and the Italian workers couldn't make sense of the Chinese-Italian instructions. Who could blame them when you get something like:- "Fettucini commendatore connecto la Partissimo 'A' via bigga nutta anna bolta ravioli connecto Partissimo 'B' witha mucha gusto"? I'm sure the Papy engineers will get it reinstalled the right way 'round! -- Bruce (at work) "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." (Simon Cameron)

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