Looking for spectacluar GPL crashes!

Tucson Coyote Here, Just a thought about GPL since everyone has started running that sim, any spectacular crashes???? I had one (too bad I didn't save it, it was on a section of 'The Ring' where i went airborne over the top of a railing and tumbled 10 times, (I should have saved it! ARGGHHHH!) laterally! I mean the car tunbling sideways 10 times and still landed upright (I was off the track, but at least I didn't land upside down!) Anybody got some crash footage??? Tucson Coyote! I may crash em, but I keep coming back for more!

I've had many a big smash in my time :-) I have 4 replays saved at the moment of crashes. One happened in Mexico whenI was so busy concentrating on the car next to me I forgot about the ***end of a barrier I was heading for. *ouch* Another happened in training at Spa where I momentarily looked away from the screen going into Burnenville and by the time I looked up my shattered car was flying along the track upside down and on fire..... The third was in a race at Spa when I spun coming out of Masta and slammed into that brown house on the right at 150mph. My car flew up in the air, exploded and then clipped Sutees' Honda when it landed. *ouch again* And the fourth happened at Monza when I banged wheels with Clark going through Ascari. My car somersaulted off the track and bounced off a fence, rather nastily scraping my head along a guardail :-) The car rolled along the track and when on it's side it was hit by Amon who would have probably been decapitated if it was real(!). Bandini and Surtees also got involved. Cheers! -- Graeme Nash http://www.bromley-fc.co.uk ICQ# 11257824

On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:29:44 -0700, 'Tucson Coyote' >Anybody got some crash footage??? I have a good one... (some of you may have had this experience) Rather funny, I was going through the usual newbie frustration and got REALLY pissed about going off again in the Parabolica after being punted in the rear... So I decided to head backwards and see what I havoc could reek on the rest of the field. The field and I right after the Lesmos' and Jack Brabham (if I recall) became a human helicopter after a rather large collision at 150 mph. Little bug the physics model. After the head-on collision his car was thrown, what appeared to be 30 feet, into the air where he hovered, nose down, wildly spinning like a helicopter, for maybe 3 or 4 seconds, then crashing back down to the race course. But we all know what a trooper he his... Immediately shifts into gear and off he goes, oblivious to his own attempt to break the Formula One time at altitude record. BTW, the shadow also has a small anomaly. It stays the same shape and size no matter the car height or angle. I have the film if anybody is truly interested... Regards, Geoff Stahl

On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:29:44 -0700, 'Tucson Coyote' >Just a thought about GPL since everyone has started running that sim, >any spectacular crashes???? >Anybody got some crash footage??? Well, there are webpages featuring crashes out there, but who needs them? Personally, I do generate enough damage by myself. Once, I got "Amon in the Sky with Ferrari", where a Ferrari got propelled very high in the air over the 'Ring pitlane and stayed there for minutes, spinning and floating like a satellite on ***. Incredible. At Monaco, after a minor crash in the last U-turn, my car raced backwards at 150mhp along the right side armco at the way to the Chicane. And there are many oportunities to leave the track on purpose and jump over ramps, like at Rouen, Nurburgring, Kyalami, Zandvoort. -- _____ /_______\ .\\ a t t h e a d I XT /~~~~ I 500\_____ 1977' Yamaha XT.Rex 500 Enduro \____/\__I_I http://matthead.home.pages.de/

If you have any pics or replays of GPL crashes, send them to or we are currently working on a SimCrash site at http://members.aol.com/trusrs85/index.html thanx

I have two crashes at Spa that are pretty good. The first one i was coming out of Malmedy and clipped the bushes with the right side wheels knocking out my steering. I proceeded to run up the bank, clip the fence, flip end over end several times while gyrating like a top, and finally smash into the invisible wall. Degree of difficulty for that vault- 4.6. The second one i was messing around during practice running the track backwards. I accidentally turned right (brain lapse) and rode up onto the railroad tracks. When i tried to get back to the track i clipped the stone wall (after Malmedy) flipped ***ly and landed upside down on the railroad. I have two others but the damage was turned off in them so theyre not quite as spectacular.

I've seen Parkes' Ferrari hovering around the eighth floor of one of the buildings near Tabac at Monaco. Wreaks havoc for online racing... "Did you see what I just saw?" :) "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

>Rather funny, I was going through the usual newbie frustration and got >REALLY pissed about going off again in the Parabolica after being >punted in the rear... >So I decided to head backwards and see what havoc I could wreak on the >rest of the field. Been there, done that... It is possible to get to an unhealthy altitude using that method. Running the track backwards like that gave me the idea of trying to launch myself up to land on the Monza banking on the short section that's modelled at the overpass. [Sheesh, the things some people will try to further the elusive quest of driving on the Monza banking!] It took several attempts [actually MANY more than only 'several'], because it was never a certainty that I'd meet an oncoming car at the exact point required for this stunt. I finally succeeded in obtaining a perfect head-on collision with just the right take-off angle and trajectory. There I was, sailing through the air in a gentle arc, lofted toward the Monza banking. Yes! "Houston, the Eagle is approaching the planned landing zone. It's just one small step for Man, one giant leap for Sierra Papyrus. Touchdown is expected in 10 seconds, 9, 8, 7, 6 ..." SPLAT! Oh, darn! "Ahh, Houston, we have a problem here." There is a vertical glass wall extending up from the bridge face. It is not possible, using this approach, to get to the banking on top of the bridge. Bummer. I was so bummed out by this discovery that I even forgot to save a replay. However I did save three interesting screenshots from other failed attempts. One is a balls-of-fire flaming arc through the sky. The other two show the results of a head-on crash just *after* passing under the bridge [Jim Clark was a little slow in arriving at the agreed upon impact site! I just can't find good help these days.] At impact, the front of my car was torn off completely leaving the driver visible holding only the steering wheel. The second of the two images shows a closeup of the driver, from a viewpoint looking back through the [detached!] steering wheel. A millisecond after these two images, everything snapped back together and the car took off, straight up into the sky. I didn't save a replay of this either because, except for these two still images, the rest was just like all the other head-on crashes. See three images at <http://www.globalserve.net/~trauttf/gpl/> -Ferdinand-

Try http://bigsun.wbs.net/homepages/g/p/l/gplegends/ "Uncle Bob's Grand Prix Legends Crash Page" there's some craziness there, but it won't be updated for about a week or two. Ian

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> Tucson Coyote Here, > Just a thought about GPL since everyone has started running that sim, > any spectacular crashes???? > I had one (too bad I didn't save it, it was on a section of 'The Ring' > where i went airborne over the top of a railing and tumbled 10 times, (I > should have saved it! ARGGHHHH!) laterally! I mean the car tunbling > sideways 10 times and still landed upright (I was off the track, but at > least I didn't land upside down!) > Anybody got some crash footage??? > Tucson Coyote! > I may crash em, but I keep coming back for more!

On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:29:44 -0700, 'Tucson Coyote'

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>Tucson Coyote Here, >Just a thought about GPL since everyone has started running that sim, >any spectacular crashes???? >I had one (too bad I didn't save it, it was on a section of 'The Ring' >where i went airborne over the top of a railing and tumbled 10 times, (I >should have saved it! ARGGHHHH!) laterally! I mean the car tunbling >sideways 10 times and still landed upright (I was off the track, but at >least I didn't land upside down!) >Anybody got some crash footage???

I can beat that one. As I have a Watkins Glen replay entitled "14point5". -:http://www.simproject.com/ccg/

Tucson here again extending this a bit further, Been wrapping myself around trees, and sending myself spinning like a frisbee all over 'The Ring' and now that I learned about saving the crashes, I have them safely stored in my replay archives... I think the best one that I have seen is one that was sent to me, in which the fellow goes into the air and does 16 end over ends after losing his front wheels and then adds a half twist after he hit the ground... A very high and legitimate crash if I say so..... Course the funniest one sent to me was by one guy who crashed, and riccocheted all over the start finish secition of Spa, bouncing off the sky and flotating up in the air like he was caught up in some sort of invisible twister, before hitting the ground! Course I have a slew of other (mostly mine) like flipping a Ferrari as I go speeding by a camera (probably made the poor camera man do it in his boxers!) And another where I flamed a car..... But I am sitll looking to see if anyone can get thrown into the Bay at Monaco, ala Ascari 1956, where the guy went airborne near the chicane, and was launched out into Monaco Harbor! Anyone done that???? Tucson Coyote Hey, I just Crash them!

please visit http://simcrash.cjb.net we are in desperate need of crash screenshots and replays. thanx

No, unfortunately there is an invisible force field all around the bay. I clipped the dreaded hay bales at the chicane and was launched toward the bay but bounced off the force field in mid air. Too bad. Dave Ewing

The easiest way to get a spectacular crash that I know of is the one I found in the 'Glen demo. Coming out of the final turn and accelerating towards the S/F line, where the timing board spotter stands, head at full speed towards him and the other guy near by him. Plow straight through them and the fence behind and you hit "something" which almost instantly propels your car to tremendous heights, spinning around all the way up (and down). Most times the engine catches fire as well, although I have had some where the engine never caught fire until on the way down. Weird. The windnoise you hear from inside the***pit at the heights you reach is a nice touch. <g>

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> >Tucson here again extending this a bit further, > >Been wrapping myself around trees, and sending myself spinning like a frisbee > >all over 'The Ring' and now that I learned about saving the crashes, I have > >them safely stored in my replay archives... > >I think the best one that I have seen is one that was sent to me, in which > >the fellow goes into the air and does 16 end over ends after losing his front > >wheels and then adds a half twist after he hit the ground... A very high and > >legitimate crash if I say so.....

I've a replay of a Ferrari blocking me in the last turn of Kyalami. I slightly lost control of my car, drove through the grass on the left side of the starting line straight, and hit a natural ramp. In one of the TV Views, you just see my car disappearing behind some building and the next thing you know, there is this car flying 10 meter above the ground while spinning along its Z axis... very nice, especially as it looked fairly realistic. bye, Sammy

Please send all you crash pics and replays to [link lost in import]

>Course I have a slew of other (mostly mine) like flipping a Ferrari as I go >speeding by a camera (probably made the poor camera man do it in his boxers!) >And another where I flamed a car..... Should've saved one from when I was first learning the edge at Curva Grande and got creamed from behind by Pedro Rodriguez. We both burst into flames, and he went tumbling on top of the guard rail. Impressive stuff. The two favorite replays of mine include "Flyalami" where on my first attempted lap at speed at Kyalami I missed the turn-in to the final corner, getting onto the grass, and hit this huge ramp which propelled me skyward. I landed on the front straight and slid for like a quarter mile on my roll hoop. There are so many sparks generated that even though it's only a 12-second replay from a training session, it's almost as big as the replay of a whole lap at Spa. The other is a replay of a spin at Monza where I just kiss the guard rail with my left rear on the exit to Curva Grande, and force the car to spin to avoid going into the bushes on the left. As the car comes around, I turn the front wheels in the opposite direction so they drag across the Tarmac rather than roll and snap me into a second spin, and I keep on the gas, and miraculously save it after just one spin, and get no slower the whole time than 89 mph. It's quite impressive, and amazing that I had the presence of mind to do that trick with the front wheels to slow the rotation of the spin, considering how fast it all happens. I'm pretty sure there's an invisible wall there, so it's impossible. One favorite thing of mine to do, which I haven't saved on a replay yet, is to go to the first (and best) jump at Nrburgring and tap your brakes right at the crest. See how high you can get that tail end up! Another favorite thing to do is to run a race or practice session at Silverstone, and drive onto the Bosch bridge, then try to pounce on the cars below! I haven't succeeded yet, but if I do, I'll save a replay of it. -- http://www2.cruzio.com/~keeper/toons.html - Animaniacs, P&TB, F!, etc. files http://www.armory.com/~keeper/midi.html - My own MIDI files - Updated 5 Dec.

>Another favorite thing to do is to run a race or practice session at >Silverstone, and drive onto the Bosch bridge, then try to pounce on >the cars below! I haven't succeeded yet, but if I do, I'll save a >replay of it. I did something like that at Spa. I tail-ended one of the AI at Stavelot and was launched skyward, landing on top of another AI car. He then proceeded to carry me "piggy back" all the way round to the pits where he retired. I couldn't Shift-R as my car was still "moving", so I just had to sit it out. I had a replay, but I think it was culled a long time ago. Cheers! John

>Should've saved one from when I was first learning the edge at >Curva Grande and got creamed from behind by Pedro Rodriguez. >We both burst into flames, and he went tumbling on top of the >guard rail. Impressive stuff. So GPL will let you burst into flames???!!! MAN, Nascar 3's gonna be GREAT!!!!!!! Don Hancock "Gunner"

I've got one. One of the Ferrari drivers hit immediately after I crashed at the Monaco chicane. He FLIPPED UP and did summersault into the catch fence!!! (Almost into the sea.....)

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>>I had one (too bad I didn't save it, it was on a section of 'The Ring' >>where i went airborne over the top of a railing and tumbled 10 times, (I >>should have saved it! ARGGHHHH!) laterally! I mean the car tunbling >>sideways 10 times and still landed upright (I was off the track, but at >>least I didn't land upside down!) >I can beat that one. As I have a Watkins Glen replay entitled >"14point5".

Richie Ginther's Eagle rolled 20 and a half times sideways (end over end not counted) along the Doettinger Hoehe straight on the Ring after I touched him. -- _____ /_______\ .\\ a t t h e a d I XT /~~~~ I 500\_____ 1977' Yamaha XT.Rex 500 Enduro \____/\__I_I http://matthead.home.pages.de/

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> >>I had one (too bad I didn't save it, it was on a section of 'The Ring' > >>where i went airborne over the top of a railing and tumbled 10 times, (I > >>should have saved it! ARGGHHHH!) laterally! I mean the car tunbling > >>sideways 10 times and still landed upright (I was off the track, but at > >>least I didn't land upside down!) > >I can beat that one. As I have a Watkins Glen replay entitled > >"14point5". > Richie Ginther's Eagle rolled 20 and a half times sideways (end over > end not counted) along the Doettinger Hoehe straight on the Ring after > I touched him.

And all these ariel antics are considered "realistic"? Hmm.... Andre Ming P.S. Note you've got an XT500 Enduro. I too, ride offroad/dual sport bikes. Small world...

>Richie Ginther's Eagle rolled 20 and a half times sideways (end over >end not counted) along the Doettinger Hoehe straight on the Ring after >I touched him. Damn! Someone finally beat my rolling Bandini 17 times entering the Curva Grande. Oh well, I knew it wouldn't last forever. -Bill -- Bill Mette | "A person is smart. People are dumb." MCSNet, Chicago | - K MiB