THIS ------------- will cause a stir when you read this. :-) (GPL -- of course)

I am sure I am about to get it from all angles, but I am really enjoying the -------------------- get this ------------------ B R M in GPL! I have been toying with the Lotus and Eagle, as well as that wonderful sound of the Ferrari ------------- but I have always been a BRM freak since the early days of the early sixties when Graham Hill raced them. I always thought they were absolutely beautiful. And that sound! Anyhoo ------------ I have really been putting time at Kayalami with the BRM, and have gotten times to 1:29:4 with it, and that is with a joystick and keyboard. I think that if someone has this kind of setup, the lack of low-end torque really tends to even things greatly. You also have to be really particular on the suspension camber and tire pressures, and change the gear ratios to where it is revving much more in the higher range more of the time, but I truly feel you can get that beast to where it can really put in a commendable performance. When the budget allows, I am going to get a wheel, but i have been driving the soms so long with a keyboard and joystick, I feel comfortable with it and perhaps the whell combo may not make that much more difference. In closing ---------------- I was under the impression that Brands Hatch was going to be in the final version. Oh well ----------------- I am VERY sure there are people as I write this that are in the process of designing and conjuring up ways to put additional tracks in this WONDERFUL simulation. Oh ------- another thing ------------ I am forty six years old (will turn it on the fif***th of this month) and I get such a kick out of watching ther replays from the "Nose Cam" angle. My wife just looks at me like I am crazy --------------------- Yep! Perhaps!!!!! :-) Doug

You go Doug! I'm a 44 year old grandfather myself and just havin' the time of my life with GPL! I've been using the Eagle myself, Gurney was my boyhood hero. <vbg>! -don "To race is to live, everything else is just waiting." - Rudi Caracciola

We all think that a real wheel/pedal setup won't make THAT much difference until . . . . . . Go and buy a good one right now.

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> I am sure I am about to get it from all angles, but I am really >enjoying the -------------------- get this ------------------ B R M >in GPL! > I have been toying with the Lotus and Eagle, as well as that >wonderful sound of the Ferrari ------------- but I have always been a >BRM freak since the early days of the early sixties when Graham Hill >raced them. I always thought they were absolutely beautiful. And >that sound! > Anyhoo ------------ I have really been putting time at Kayalami >with the BRM, and have gotten times to 1:29:4 with it, and that is >with a joystick and keyboard. > I think that if someone has this kind of setup, the lack of low-end >torque really tends to even things greatly. You also have to be >really particular on the suspension camber and tire pressures, and >change the gear ratios to where it is revving much more in the higher >range more of the time, but I truly feel you can get that beast to >where it can really put in a commendable performance. > When the budget allows, I am going to get a wheel, but i have been >driving the soms so long with a keyboard and joystick, I feel >comfortable with it and perhaps the whell combo may not make that much >more difference. > In closing ---------------- > I was under the impression that Brands Hatch was going to be in >the final version. > Oh well ----------------- I am VERY sure there are people as I >write this that are in the process of designing and conjuring up ways >to put additional tracks in this WONDERFUL simulation. > Oh ------- another thing ------------ I am forty six years old >(will turn it on the fif***th of this month) and I get such a kick >out of watching ther replays from the "Nose Cam" angle. My wife just >looks at me like I am crazy --------------------- Yep! >Perhaps!!!!! :-) > Doug