Oval track in GP2

First, let me say that I enjoyed playing around with this track. However, what's the track surface made of... superglue? Even with no wings I can run around and around and around at 330+kph. I run out of engine long before I run out of grip (even with the car dropped right to the floor I can only get 335kph). Also, why are the CCs so slow? Stephen

How far around is the track? An IndyCar, er, CART Champ Car can run around Michigan all day long at 330 kph without even straining. Oh, and where can this track be found? :) Clark

: : >First, let me say that I enjoyed playing around with this track. : >However, what's the track surface made of... superglue? Even : >with no wings I can run around and around and around at 330+kph. : : How far around is the track? An IndyCar, er, CART Champ Car : can run around Michigan all day long at 330 kph without even : straining. Oh, and where can this track be found? :) : : Clark : www.gp2.com

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> >First, let me say that I enjoyed playing around with this track. > >However, what's the track surface made of... superglue? Even > >with no wings I can run around and around and around at 330+kph. > How far around is the track? An IndyCar, er, CART Champ Car > can run around Michigan all day long at 330 kph without even > straining. Oh, and where can this track be found? :) > Clark

It's been a couple of days since I drove this one but I think it takes ~50s a lap at 210-215mph which would make it just under 3 miles in length. At those kind of speeds even with minimum levels of wing a 1994 spec F1 car (on which GP2 is based) would generate something of the order of 3000 pounds of downforce against a car weight of 590kg / 1100 pounds. This should be sufficient to keep the car on the track with no problem. It may be that the track grip has been altered to attempt to mimic the banking of a superspeedway oval because GP2's graphics engine does not support track banking. The track can be downloaded from Pieter's / Sjion's page at http://volftp.tin.it/GP2/

Anyone who has ever run at Michigan can actually lap at 380+kph

Are there any counterclockwise ovals out there?? ( Yeh, Yeh, I practiced turning left but it's no fun without other cars!)