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GPL at Coy's Silverstone!

4 posts by 3 people · 31 Jul 1999 - 31 Jul 1999

Stephen Barnett 31 Jul 1999#483482

Anybody going to the Coy's Historic festival at Silverstone tomorrow (Sunday) should look out for a GPL demo in one of the pit garages. This is on a large screen in front of which you sit in a full size mock-up of a Lotus 49 chassis, complete with a DFV behind! It is free to have a go (I think the company, Ballracing Developments, wants to encourage you to buy its sim racing chassis and seat package), but the gear and brake help were switched on. I'm sure they would be impressed with a good GPL driver having a go 'cos everybody else was crashing in a 'drive a yard and crash', Shift R, 'drive a yard and crash' scenario. Steve

Adam Zerlin 31 Jul 1999#483483

Sounds cool, but do you know if they will have that at the historic races this august in Laguna Seca? I'm going there (not for raceday, have to fly back on the redeye to go to school the next day :(...). -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Adam Zerlin GT Insider Webmaster www.gtinsider.com ------------------------------------------------------------ GT International Championship Organsier http;//spcargt.sports-***.com ------------------------------------------------------------ >Anybody going to the Coy's Historic festival at Silverstone tomorrow >(Sunday) should look out for a GPL demo in one of the pit garages. This is >on a large screen in front of which you sit in a full size mock-up of a >Lotus 49 chassis, complete with a DFV behind! It is free to have a go (I >think the company, Ballracing Developments, wants to encourage you to buy >its sim racing chassis and seat package), but the gear and brake help were >switched on. I'm sure they would be impressed with a good GPL driver having >a go 'cos everybody else was crashing in a 'drive a yard and crash', Shift >R, 'drive a yard and crash' scenario. >Steve

Tim Leighton 31 Jul 1999#483484

It was good to see it but it was damn difficult to drive - autoshifting is terrible, the screen was huge but dim - i got in 3 laps at monza, best was 1m40!!! But I did order an 11" red leather Mountney wheel for my F1 Sim to make it more Lotus like! Tim L

Stephen Barnett 31 Jul 1999#483485

Could be wrong, but can't see it turning up at Laguna Seca. Steve

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>Sounds cool, but do you know if they will have that at the historic races >this august in Laguna Seca? I'm going there (not for raceday, have to fly >back on the redeye to go to school the next day :(...). >-- >------------------------------------------------------------ >Adam Zerlin >GT Insider Webmaster >www.gtinsider.com >------------------------------------------------------------ >GT International Championship Organsier >http;//spcargt.sports-***.com >------------------------------------------------------------ >>Anybody going to the Coy's Historic festival at Silverstone tomorrow >>(Sunday) should look out for a GPL demo in one of the pit garages. This is >>on a large screen in front of which you sit in a full size mock-up of a >>Lotus 49 chassis, complete with a DFV behind! It is free to have a go (I >>think the company, Ballracing Developments, wants to encourage you to buy >>its sim racing chassis and seat package), but the gear and brake help were >>switched on. I'm sure they would be impressed with a good GPL driver

having >>a go 'cos everybody else was crashing in a 'drive a yard and crash', Shift >>R, 'drive a yard and crash' scenario. >>Steve