Best car for a GPL rookie ?

Hi everyone, I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in order to make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have to patch the game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... Thanks. -- Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre

Jump in the coventry and grab Eagle Womans setups and you will the closest thing to a forgiving setup possible in GPL! http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~alison/gpl/index.htm Regards > Hi everyone, > I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in order to

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> make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have to patch the > game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... > Thanks. > -- > Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre

Hi, Most say to uswe the Brabham, Try using it for a while I suppose but its erally bulky and awkward so only use it until you start to build a little speed, then I'd say move to the Eagle. It's fast and its sorta heavy so it won't spin away as easy as the rest. -- GraDee (...who enjoys stuff) ------------------------------------------------------------- Karting "3.65" www.esatclear.ie/~karting ------------------------------------------------------------- "The dozens and dozens........." > Hi everyone, > I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in order to > make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have to patch the > game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... > Thanks. > -- > Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre

The Brabham is bulky and awkward? Are you sure you mean Brabham? It is not a particularly good car for learners either IMO, due to its twitchy nature. I guess you mean Coventry. I would recommend that learners try the F2 cars (advanced trainers) - They are great fun, they feel similar to the F1 cars but are a bit more forgiving. The VROC F2 club is well worth a look. There is a link from the VROC main page. Paul

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> Hi, > Most say to uswe the Brabham, Try using it for a while I suppose but its > erally bulky and awkward so only use it until you start to build a little > speed, then I'd say move to the Eagle. > It's fast and its sorta heavy so it won't spin away as easy as the rest. > -- > GraDee (...who enjoys stuff) > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Karting "3.65" > www.esatclear.ie/~karting > ------------------------------------------------------------- > "The dozens and dozens........." > > Hi everyone, > > I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in

order > to > > make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have to patch the > > game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... > > Thanks. > > -- > > Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre

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> Hi everyone, > I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in order to > make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have to patch the > game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... > Thanks. > -- > Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre

That's an easy one.. Grab the "Basic Trainer"! It's under powered enough so that you have to learn to drive the car instead of learning how to drive *and* tame the car at the same time. There are many online racing series out and about that use the Basic Trainers. Plus, using the basic trainers, you can also learn the tracks easier and faster. Once you've learned all that you need to know, move up to the Advanced trainer to learn how to use the power. After all that is done, Using the GP car will be a whole lot easier. but, I'm a bit biased im my opinion ;-) Mike -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/ Racing online with the help of...... Race Communications Association Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

GraDee, you must be thinking of the BRM here, the Brabham is the smallest lightest chassis in the game. David

Sorry, you 2 guys were right, I keep getting them 2 confused -- GraDee (...who needs to think twice, type once!) ------------------------------------------------------------- Karting "3.65" www.esatclear.ie/~karting ------------------------------------------------------------- "The dozens and dozens........." > >Hi, > >Most say to uswe the Brabham, Try using it for a while I suppose but its > >erally bulky and awkward so only use it until you start to build a little > >speed, then I'd say move to the Eagle. > GraDee, you must be thinking of the BRM here, the Brabham is the > smallest lightest chassis in the game. > David

Got to agree with Bernhard Deininger! Easiest car to drive in GPL. Default cars? Probably Lotus and *some* Eagles. The Brabham and Ferrari are both rewarding for experienced GPL'ers. Happy Motoring, Mtanker

No way. The Brabham is one of the hardest cars to drive due to its narrow track. Start off with the Cooper or the Honda and Alison Hines setups. Joel Willstein

It's funny...you couldn't find two more OPPOSITE cars in the game!!! Brabham: Lightest, most low-end power, lowest horsepower, smallest BRM: Heaviest, least low-end power (you can stomp on it...no chirps until at least 8000 RPM!), highest horsepower (I think), biggest Although (especially with the soundpack from High Gear) the BRM sure does sound good with its H-16 (two flat-8's stacked) and a 6-speed gearbox... -- Kirk Lane ICQ: 28171652 BRT #187 "Yeah you won't find me I'm going MIA Tonight I'm leaving Going MIA Getting lost in you again Is better than being known" -Foo Fighters, "MIA" > Sorry, you 2 guys were right, I keep getting them 2 confused > -- > GraDee (...who needs to think twice, type once!) > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Karting "3.65" > www.esatclear.ie/~karting > ------------------------------------------------------------- > "The dozens and dozens........." > > >Hi, > > >Most say to uswe the Brabham, Try using it for a while I suppose but its > > >erally bulky and awkward so only use it until you start to build a little > > >speed, then I'd say move to the Eagle. > > GraDee, you must be thinking of the BRM here, the Brabham is the > > smallest lightest chassis in the game. > > David

Murasama....(You won't win but you'll have loads of fun...)

>No way. The Brabham is one of the hardest cars to drive due to its narrow >track. Start off with the Cooper or the Honda and Alison Hines setups. With Alison's setups the Brabham is one of the easiest cars to drive :-) I tried all cars and i love the Brabham. It hasn't the top speed, but it is fun to drive. I find it even easier than the Ferrari. Nils

writes Go for the BRM. It drives like a tank. There's no way you'll find this car twitching about in corners etc and catching you out. It reacts sooo sluggishly!! Once you get a handle/feeling for what the car's doing - in other words you can tell when something's not right and, more importantly, can automatically react to correct it - then you'll be ready for the other beasts. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

> >No way. The Brabham is one of the hardest cars to drive due to its narrow > >track. Start off with the Cooper or the Honda and Alison Hines setups. > With Alison's setups the Brabham is one of the easiest cars to drive :-) > I tried all cars and i love the Brabham. It hasn't the top speed, but it is fun > to drive. I find it even easier than the Ferrari. > Nils Niles, The brabham is certainly fun to drive, But it's more than a handful for a newbie. BTW,I split my driving time between the Brabham and the Ferrari. Joel Willstein Joel Willstein

I learnt with the Lotus. I never tried to master the other cars. OK you'll probably have easier cars to handle but not as fast. He's a real handfull but I love it and it's the only car I master and can go fast with. ---SimTim---

Try BRM first, Sluggish, "fat", but low torque and best test bed to learn setting up the car. It is pretty forgiving (but you can still spin and crash). I definitely suggest you start with "basic trainer" (aka F3) since you will find yourself trying to "grab" control rather than driving if you jump with others (I secretly tried "grand prix" Coventry last nite and whoa, it easily breaks all my current F3 records at Monza, naughty, and great fun, hehe) I am now "promoted" to Coventry and I have easily broken the 2'00" mark at Monza and improving. You will wish to race in F3 if you are confident enough but I do not have the steps so that allows you to race F3 right now. Try searching deja or may be some experts here may help you with this one. BTW, welcome aboard! Regards, Griffin, yet another newbie. Carlton <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Hi everyone, > I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in order to > make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have to patch the > game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... > Thanks. > -- > Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre > [email hidden]

I reckon I'm probably alone on this but I find the Lotus the easiest (and quickest). Its not that I'm fantastically good at the game (I can't get faster than 1:07 on Watkins Glen), I just find the Lotus the most intuitive to drive... flamers feel free... In article <83i68b$no4$[email hidden]>, "Carlton" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL inorder to > make good laptimes and to have a good handling. I know I have topatch the

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> game in order to have Honda, Cooper, etc... > > Thanks. > > -- > Bertrand "Carlton" Cointre > [email hidden] > >

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> > Try BRM first, Sluggish, "fat", but low torque and best test bed to learn setting up > the car. It is pretty forgiving (but you can still spin and crash). I definitely > suggest you start with "basic trainer" (aka F3) since you will find yourself trying > to "grab" control rather than driving if you jump with others (I secretly tried > "grand prix" Coventry last nite and whoa, it easily breaks all my current F3 > records at Monza, naughty, and great fun, hehe) I am now "promoted" to Coventry > and I have easily broken the 2'00" mark at Monza and improving. > > You will wish to race in F3 if you are confident enough but I do not have the > steps so that allows you to race F3 right now. Try searching deja or may be some > experts here may help you with this one.

To find out how to race the F3 with the AI, go here and read paragraph 5.3: http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/faq.htm#driving53 It's a whole lot of fun! -- //Chuck Kandler #70 //ChuckK or KS70 on Won.net //K&S Racing //http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 //The box said "Windows 0x5h or better", so I installed LINUX!

"> I 'd like to know which car would be better to learn playing GPL in order to > make good laptimes and to have a good handling. All of them, you'll learn something new with each new car you try.