GPL and Formula One Drivers

You heer so much about some Nascar drivers playing Nascar Racing and its derivatives on their computers. Has anyone ever heard of any of the F1 drivers palying GPL? Mike Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.

Villeneuve practiced a few circuits on Grand Prix II before he actually started racing F1. Barichello "learned" the braking zones for Suzuka the same way a few years back. GPL? I don't know. Mikey the Slowpoke

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>You heer so much about some Nascar drivers playing Nascar Racing and its >derivatives on their computers. Has anyone ever heard of any of the F1 >drivers palying GPL? >Mike >Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my

employer.

Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney regularly get together for a spot of modem-to-modem competition from the comfort off their respective nursing homes.

The first year Jacques Villeneuve spent in F1 he said he used a F1 sim to learn the tracks, I don't recall which one, but it must have been fairly current.

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>You heer so much about some Nascar drivers playing Nascar Racing and its >derivatives on their computers. Has anyone ever heard of any of the F1 >drivers palying GPL? >Mike >Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.

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To be more precise, he used GP2 to learn Spa. Dave Ewing

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>Spa. >> The first year Jacques Villeneuve spent in F1 he said he used a F1 sim >> to learn the tracks, I don't recall which one, but it must have been >> fairly current.

I just happen to have the original posting saved where I learned about Jackques Villeneuve and GP2...enjoy :) Dennis ****** Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators,rec.autos.sport.f1 Subject: Re: Villeneuve's secret weapon.. Date: 28 Aug 1996 20:10:08 GMT from the london times: ... when he arrived at the post-qualifying press conference, the personification of grunge with his shoelaces dragging on the ground and wearing a T-shirt covered by a denim shirt open to the waist, he admitted sheepishly that his ability to outqualify Hill for the first time since the opening race of the season in Melbourne owed much to playing on a computer video game, the GP2, that recreates the contours and curves of every grand prix circuit. "It is going to sound childish and stupid," he said, "but I checked out the new video game and the tracks are fairly close to the real thing. It gives you a good idea of where you should be going. You know that after the start-finish line you are going to get to a hairpin and then you are going to be at Eau Rouge. I didn't get pole on the video game, though. I was 18th."

Spa.

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> The first year Jacques Villeneuve spent in F1 he said he used a F1 sim > to learn the tracks, I don't recall which one, but it must have been > fairly current. > >You heer so much about some Nascar drivers playing Nascar Racing and its > >derivatives on their computers. Has anyone ever heard of any of the F1 > >drivers palying GPL? > >Mike > >Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my

employer. > To email me remove the "u"s

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> I just happen to have the original posting saved where I learned about > Jackques Villeneuve and GP2...enjoy :) > Dennis > ****** > Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators,rec.autos.sport.f1 > Subject: Re: Villeneuve's secret weapon.. > Date: 28 Aug 1996 20:10:08 GMT > from the london times: > ... when he arrived at the post-qualifying press conference, the > personification of grunge with his shoelaces dragging on the ground > and wearing a T-shirt covered by a denim shirt open to the waist, he > admitted sheepishly that his ability to outqualify Hill for the first > time since the opening race of the season in Melbourne owed much to > playing on a computer video game, the GP2, that recreates the contours > and curves of every grand prix circuit. > "It is going to sound childish and stupid," he said, "but I checked > out the new video game and the tracks are fairly close to the real > thing. It gives you a good idea of where you should be going. You know > that after the start-finish line you are going to get to a hairpin and > then you are going to be at Eau Rouge. I didn't get pole on the video > game, though. I was 18th."

18th?? There is hope for all of us ;-D Dolle Dolf

Dunno about GPL but on the 1996 F1 review video there is a shot of Barrichello playing what I think is ICR2... -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824

>You heer so much about some Nascar drivers playing Nascar Racing and its >derivatives on their computers. Has anyone ever heard of any of the F1 >drivers palying GPL? I just returned from the CART race in Toronto. One of the drivers at the autograph session was Dario Franchitti (very cool since he won). On the back of the pictures he had for signing it says that GPL is his favorite video game. So, there is at least one CART (and hopefully someday F1) driver who plays GPL. Unfortunately, I couldn't ask him about it, since the process is an assembly line and I didn't get a chance to look at the card until I was done with the whole exercise. One might assume that Paul Tracy has at least tried it. In a piece in the program about teammate relationships, both of them diplomatically said that they get along well off the track, and Dario said that they often play PlayStation games in Paul's motorhome all night. Dario probably doesn't lug the computer around with him, but maybe Paul's tried it at home or something. It seems fitting somehow that Tracy's more of a PlayStation guy. Jonathan Bishop remove "nospam" to reply

I was not thinking, and included a Toronto spoiler in my message. Don't read it if you don't know who won! Deepest apologies, Jonathan

Problem: People post posts about races and post results inadvertantly or purposely because they wish to express something about said race. This is a problem if you are still watching it. Solution: Pretty easy if you ask me. DO NOT READ THE NEWSGROUP UNTIL AFTER YOU FINISH WATCHING THE RACE. :) (sorry about the caps)

>I was not thinking, and included a Toronto spoiler in my >message. Don't read it if you don't know who won! Of course, it may not be above for everyone (or anyone); it doesn't show up in the same thread on my reader (Free Agent). THE TOPIC THAT CONTAINS THE SPOILER IS: "GPL and Formula One Drivers"

>You heer so much about some Nascar drivers playing Nascar Racing and its >derivatives on their computers. Has anyone ever heard of any of the F1 >drivers palying GPL? I just returned from the CART race in Toronto. One of the drivers at the autograph session was Dario Franchitti. On the back of the pictures he had for signing it says that GPL is his favorite video game. So, there is at least one CART (and hopefully someday F1) driver who plays GPL. Unfortunately, I couldn't ask him about it, since the process is an assembly line and I didn't get a chance to look at the card until I was done with the whole exercise. One might assume that Paul Tracy has at least tried it. In a piece in the program about teammate relationships, both of them diplomatically said that they get along well off the track, and Dario said that they often play PlayStation games in Paul's motorhome all night. Dario probably doesn't lug the computer around with him, but maybe Paul's tried it at home or something. It seems fitting somehow that Tracy's more of a PlayStation guy. Jonathan Bishop remove "nospam" to reply

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:25:57 -0500, "Chris Schletter"

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>Problem: >People post posts about races and post results inadvertantly or purposely >because they wish to express something about said race. This is a problem >if you are still watching it. >Solution: >Pretty easy if you ask me. DO NOT READ THE NEWSGROUP UNTIL AFTER YOU FINISH >WATCHING THE RACE. :) (sorry about the caps)

Yeah, but to side with Emiliano, whose race I dimished in value (though I don't think it was ruined completely), RAS oughta be a pretty safe group. RASI, the sports page, ESPN, espn2, and maybe even CNN are certainly to be avoided. BTW, if anyone is wondering where the offending message is, I cancelled it and posted a sanitized version. Jonathan Bishop >> Thank you so much for ruining the race for me, I was exactly halfway >through >> watching it >> when I read your message.

Thank you so much for ruining the race for me, I was exactly halfway through watching it when I read your message.

I have already apologized to Jonathan privately but I wanted to let the rest of you guys know that I could have been a lot more polite about my feelings. I am sorry. It was late (the races always are here) and I wish I had thought before pressing 'send'. Here are my feelings in point form: - This group SHOULD not really discuss issues other than auto sims. - I enjoy reading the posts not directly related to sims because the people present here share common interests and views, hence I do NOT think people should limit the subject of their posts as long as it is related to racing/motoring. - It IS a problem that people post race results. - I don't think is is fair that people not in the 'right' time zone should have to stay away from the group because others can't follow a simple subject convention. - Sometimes we don't get to watch the race until the following weekend, if we waited a whole week to read the group there would be too much mail. In my view the solution is simple, post anything that you want, race results, discussions of incidents, whatever, just PLEASE include the word SPOILER somewhere in the subject. It's not too much of an inconvenience for the people posting and the rest of us get to fully enjoy the race. What does everyone else think? Regards Emiliano

True, but it does happen. And it does inadvertantly gets mentioned in passing. Just a fact of life. But this conflicts with your above statement in a completely 180 degree direction. Mention who won races IS related to racing/motoring. How is that? Its definetly related to racing/motoring...and in this case it wasn't intentional to post the results of the race. Again, you contradict yourself. Yes, but then again that makes everyone else conform to your schedule. :) Most people do. In this case it was more or less as I see it an inadvertant mention of it.