Uh....first of all I really can imagine just how hard it is to "restore"
a track that 30 years old, meaning not having the possibility to check
out the track in person.
But, most of the parts of the track are very frustrating when you know
the real track:
Fuchsroehre is steeper and shorter....for example, I dont wanna go
through all of it but I just wanna point out three of my favorite
sections. I race the Nordschleife in Germany, see, I am german and I'm
only in San Diego to study.
1) Fuchsroehre, see above
2) Grosses Karussell. Damn, usually you aim for that tree (nice done
though, lotsa detail and hard work done on the scenary!!!0 and just dive
into Karussell, it has such an "grippy" surface and is so steep that you
REALLY can go fast in there!! Not so in GPL....when I get into Karussell
at a speed that feels "right" for me from my experiences.....bmppphhhh,
Im off and spinning out!!! Bummer!!!!!
3) Schwalbenschwanz...guys, what happened to Schwalbenschwanz anyway???
Its one of the 3 fastest parts of Nordschleife and a real ***er to get
through fast.....but in GPL its totally mangled and distorted! NOTHING
like the real section!!!
And now, before you guys are pissed at me, those 3 parts have NOT been
changed after Lauda doing the flaming homer.....they are just a bit more
wide and we have the rails..
cheers
Goetz
On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:36:54 GMT, Goetz Vogelsang
>Uh....first of all I really can imagine just how hard it is to "restore"
>a track that 30 years old, meaning not having the possibility to check
>out the track in person.
It is said that Papyrus guys visited all tracks, recently of course.
Well, the real world is still a bit different from a picture on a
computer monitor.
The GPL track is good, but not perfect. IMHO, they did not get the
"Green Hell" feeling right: instead of dark green, high trees on both
sides, there is too much light green grass everywhere, an open park
like scenery.
The track itself is very light grey - Mosport and Kyalami are darker.
Right. Also darker, more like a tunnel. Adenauer forts are also very
tight left and right hand turns, where many unsuspecting amateur
drivers run off.
This experience is general in GPL: no grip, just like on all other
tracks ...
Yes, the banking is too big, almost like the Karussell. In reality,
it's shorter and not that strong banked - your are supposed to drive
over it, unlike the Karussell, where you have to stay inside.
Just "a bit more wide" does not apply eg. to the Doettinger Hoehe ...
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