GPL Demo?.....hmmmmm......not bad :))

Byron I couldn't agree more !!!! Spectacular !!!!!!! Steve at RXspeed7 racing Visit the RXspeed7 page at... [link lost in import]

Load it up for the first time here in Australia and there he is - the one, the only, Sir Jack Brabham :)))) What a great way to get things started. And better still, things don't go down hill, so to speak, one bit after this either. What a driving model and what a great feel the ***pit gives! What a blast it is to have NO brakes, NO grip, tons of oversteer, tons of understeer, a heavy car and globs of power that come on in a very peaky way. For those who have been playing ICR2, GP2, etc, etc, get ready to learn how to drive. I have pretty much mastered ICR2 and upon embarking on this GPL journey feel as though I have just started sim racing today :) Rest asssured you will have massive new found respect for the drivers of this era and for Papyrus' great job of recreating this era. BRILLIANT! 1 small wish for the finished version though - a way to go into reverse or 1st with one push of a button/key from any gear. Mind you, I still think the GPL demo is better than CPR and F1RS put together! Now this IS a car in my computer!

I expect Geoff Crammond is sitting in a corner somewhere, tearing up bits of paper, mumbling insanities, and dribbling... Then again he maybe having a blast like the rest of us, safe in the knowledge that this side of the pond, at least in England, the PC Media will shun the game for doing exactly what it sets out to do, like F1rs. I hope and wait to be surprised..... Jon.

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> >come on in a very peaky way. For those who have been playing ICR2, GP2, > >etc, etc, get ready to learn how to drive. I have pretty much > >mastered ICR2 and upon embarking on this GPL journey feel as though I > >have just started sim racing today :) Rest asssured you will > >have massive new found respect for the drivers of this era and for > >Papyrus' great job of recreating this era. > >BRILLIANT! > I expect Geoff Crammond is sitting in a corner somewhere, tearing up > bits of paper, mumbling insanities, and dribbling... > Then again he maybe having a blast like the rest of us, safe in the > knowledge that this side of the pond, at least in England, the PC > Media will shun the game for doing exactly what it sets out to do, > like F1rs. I hope and wait to be surprised.....

Oh yeah, I'll bet Geoff was there behind the scenes and was one of the first to DL the demo :) Best thing that could'a happened this. Geoff was saying GP3 will be an evolution rather than a "from scratch" effort. I'd say now, being the champ he is, he'll either go back to scratch or it will be one helluva evolution. I'd love to see him post somewhere a congratulations to Papy on GPL and then say 'But wait till you see GP3" :)))