Please read: Extended circuit - Monza '66 ! But '67 ?

I just looked at Grand Prix (the movie), and something occured to me: Monza '66 vs. Monza '67 ? The '66 track goes al follows: Follow the normal route, and out of the parabolica you don't cross the start/finish, but you go on a parrallel straight, which bank 180 degrees again over a bridge (!), again a straight and THE you come at the famous banking ! And that leads to the start finish. WOW! Imagine the speed you'd have cross the start/finish! I hope Papy can add that one! Bart -- ----- MISSING - do you recognize these people? http://www.tros.com/vermist VERMIST - herkent u deze mensen? http://www.tros.com/vermist

The route you described is the one taken for the banked track but it was last used for real in 1961 - GP the movie used it as it is very photogenic and provided better entertainment. -- Graeme Nash You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"... http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/ ICQ# 11257824 "!"

Thanks for the info! I really couldn't find that one in all my books :-) I asked it because you can see the other roads & both bankings in gpl (well, a little bit ofcourse) So I wondered why Papyrus didn't make that version as well... That would have been a great suprise :-) Bart

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> >Follow the normal route, and out of the parabolica you don't cross the > >start/finish, but you go on a parrallel straight, which bank 180 degrees > >again over a bridge (!), again a straight and THE you come at the famous > >banking ! > The route you described is the one taken for the banked track but it was > last used for real in 1961 - GP the movie used it as it is very > photogenic and provided better entertainment. > -- > Graeme Nash > You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"... > http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/ > ICQ# 11257824 > "!"

----- MISSING - do you recognize these people? http://www.tros.com/vermist VERMIST - herkent u deze mensen? http://www.tros.com/vermist

I've got more info on the Monza track and the banking on my GPL page - so far, Monza is the only track I have up with a lot of info on the page. This was the first page I put up a couple at the end of August. Btw, the last time the Banking was used in a G.P. race was in 1961. http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl Go to the "Tracks" section, then choose Italian G.P. - pictures, map, history, etc. ** I have been VERY busy recently (not even much time for playing!) - but the System Performance Test is ALMOST READY - should be complete by Saturday evening Eastern (New York) time. Once this is out of the way, I can start to put together my track pages. (Got Mosport, Zandvoort & the Nurburgring half-way done .. just need to complete typing in all the work). Of course, I'll let everyone know as soon as there are any major updates to my page, as usual. I apologize for not having updated the site in over a week (shock - horrors!) Things should be back to normal pretty soon. doktorB http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl -- Exclusive offer: PDPI L4 Digital Gamecard ONLY $80.95 US with Passwords on my GPL page Get rid of Jitters & poor framerates today! --

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>I just looked at Grand Prix (the movie), and something occured to me: >Monza '66 vs. Monza '67 ? >The '66 track goes al follows: >Follow the normal route, and out of the parabolica you don't cross the >start/finish, but you go on a parrallel straight, which bank 180 degrees >again over a bridge (!), again a straight and THE you come at the famous >banking ! >And that leads to the start finish. >WOW! >Imagine the speed you'd have cross the start/finish! >I hope Papy can add that one!