IGPS - Moment in History

The following statement was part of the post-race report for Monza (Season 2, Event 1): "A couple of laps later, Richard Busch pegs the dumb-o-meter and tries to pass Piotr Tysowski AFTER entering the Parabolica..." -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

"John Simmons"wrote: > The following statement was part of the post-race report for Monza > (Season 2, Event 1): > > "A couple of laps later, Richard Busch pegs the dumb-o-meter and > tries to pass Piotr Tysowski AFTER entering the Parabolica..." yeh but the post race report for IGPS1 Watkins Glen is unrepeatable even on a liberal newsgroup like RAS... (Our illustrious race admin is taken out by a back marker out-braking himself in the closing stages from third place) Geez I remember this like yesterday - was it really 1999? Come on John - forget that Redneck crap and fire up IGPS4 !! Italians need not apply :-) Tony

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> > "John Simmons"wrote: > > > The following statement was part of the post-race report for Monza > > (Season 2, Event 1): > > > > "A couple of laps later, Richard Busch pegs the dumb-o-meter and > > tries to pass Piotr Tysowski AFTER entering the Parabolica..." > > yeh but the post race report for IGPS1 Watkins Glen is unrepeatable even on a > liberal newsgroup like RAS... > > (Our illustrious race admin is taken out by a back marker out-braking himself in > the closing stages from third place) > > Geez I remember this like yesterday - was it really 1999? > > Come on John - forget that Redneck crap and fire up IGPS4 !! > > Italians need not apply :-) > > Tony >

LOL - I gotta go back and read that one... :) I still have the IGPS/1 CD, and could even make an IGPS/2 CD that I promised everyone. :) When I want to re-live some fond mempoories, I go back through the progression of race reports and emails. God that was the most fun I think I've ever had. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

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> > "John Simmons"wrote: > > > The following statement was part of the post-race report for Monza > > (Season 2, Event 1): > > > > "A couple of laps later, Richard Busch pegs the dumb-o-meter and > > tries to pass Piotr Tysowski AFTER entering the Parabolica..." > > yeh but the post race report for IGPS1 Watkins Glen is unrepeatable even on a > liberal newsgroup like RAS... > > (Our illustrious race admin is taken out by a back marker out-braking himself in > the closing stages from third place) > > Geez I remember this like yesterday - was it really 1999? > > Come on John - forget that Redneck crap and fire up IGPS4 !! > > Italians need not apply :-) > > Tony > > > >

An application I received for IGPS/1: I would be interested in racing, assuming you would consider a 56k connection from the UK (I stay up late!) Name Tony Rickard Race name T Rickard Chassis Brabham, Murasama, BRM (i.e. whats left!!) See ya on VROC sometime :) -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

I just realized something... We have a group of legends that all pretty much began their GPL racing careers in IGPS... ZZ Bush Tony Rickard Graeme Nash Piotr Tysowski Paul Godfrey (good in anything with at least 3 wheels) Markus Steipel (god he was fast) Bo Bruce Steve Sparks Bill Cranston Tim Wheatley Jack Rambo (famous AND notorious) Wowsers... -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

I beat almost of all those guys in my first race;-) I still remember you saying something like; I knew you were trouble since I didn't like your first name. IGPS was more about friends racing than racing alone, I had some difficulty understanding that in the beginning. But Tony helped me out. Unfortunately for me I need my sleep badly and wasn't able to make it to the races most of the time just because I slept through my alarm. Harjan. "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I just realized something... > > We have a group of legends that all pretty much began their GPL racing > careers in IGPS... > > ZZ Bush > Tony Rickard > Graeme Nash > Piotr Tysowski > Paul Godfrey (good in anything with at least 3 wheels) > Markus Steipel (god he was fast) > Bo Bruce > Steve Sparks > Bill Cranston > Tim Wheatley > Jack Rambo (famous AND notorious) > > Wowsers... > > > -- > ========================================================= > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > =========================================================

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> > I beat almost of all those guys in my first race;-) I still remember you > saying something like; I knew you were trouble since I didn't like your > first name. IGPS was more about friends racing than racing alone, I had some > difficulty understanding that in the beginning. But Tony helped me out. > Unfortunately for me I need my sleep badly and wasn't able to make it to the > races most of the time just because I slept through my alarm. > > Harjan.

Harjan, you (and Matteo) were legends before you got into IGPS. But now, I'm going to have to go back and see what I could possible have meant (and if I even really said that I didn't like your first name). I'll get back to you though. :) -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

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> In article <v0dq8.899662$hy4.31673399@Flipper>, [email hidden] says... > > > > I beat almost of all those guys in my first race;-) I still remember you > > saying something like; I knew you were trouble since I didn't like your > > first name. IGPS was more about friends racing than racing alone, I had some > > difficulty understanding that in the beginning. But Tony helped me out. > > Unfortunately for me I need my sleep badly and wasn't able to make it to the > > races most of the time just because I slept through my alarm. > > > > Harjan. > > > Harjan, you (and Matteo) were legends before you got into IGPS. But > now, I'm going to have to go back and see what I could possible have > meant (and if I even really said that I didn't like your first name). > I'll get back to you though. > > :) > > >

I checked all the email from Season 1 and Season 2 - I didn't find anything about telling you that I didn't like your name. I did see a lot of emails concerning connection problems, and there were a few times that you weren't happy with my penatly awards. If I did indeed say something to that effect, I'm almost sure that I was either joking with you or being sarcastic about something. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

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> > I checked all the email from Season 1 and Season 2 - I didn't find > anything about telling you that I didn't like your name. I did see a > lot of emails concerning connection problems, and there were a few times > that you weren't happy with my penatly awards. > > If I did indeed say something to that effect, I'm almost sure that I was > either joking with you or being sarcastic about something.

John Simmons sarcastic ??? I never....... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life" --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Oh it's no problem John, in a way you were right. It was the first race in which I participated (Kyalami), I had done a lot of practise after seeing the times Tony, you and Nash could put in. So at the start I was quite nervous, I remember Graeme having a connection problem right at the start. I believe I was leading after the first lap (I'll check the season review cd just now to bring my memory back up to date) having quite a gap towards the guys behind me, I immediately decided on saving the engine, short shifting a bit. I was quite cautious overtaking the back markers, until the lap that would bring me into trouble the next couple of days. I was right behind ZZ, who in my view was racing my too much for a backmarker. At one point I was having to outbrake him at the end of the long straight, he made it quite hard and I decided to tuck my nose back under his gearbox. A few corners later he made a mistake going into one of the corners and I ran softly into him. I was so pissed off at the time, even while I did win the race I started a discussion that later inspired you to never again allow 'racing discussions' over the mailing list. Tony pointed out to me that the league wasn't all about racing, being the quickest. You really were a bunch of friends. From that moment I became a bit less focussed on the results. However as said before I participated in far too little races to consider myself an IGPS driver. BTW Tony, when GP4 is out, I would love to check each others replays again like we did when GP3 came out. "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > says... > > In article <v0dq8.899662$hy4.31673399@Flipper>, [email hidden] says... > > > > > > I beat almost of all those guys in my first race;-) I still rememberyou > > > saying something like; I knew you were trouble since I didn't likeyour > > > first name. IGPS was more about friends racing than racing alone, Ihad some > > > difficulty understanding that in the beginning. But Tony helped meout. > > > Unfortunately for me I need my sleep badly and wasn't able to make itto the

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> > > races most of the time just because I slept through my alarm. > > > > > > Harjan. > > > > > > Harjan, you (and Matteo) were legends before you got into IGPS. But > > now, I'm going to have to go back and see what I could possible have > > meant (and if I even really said that I didn't like your first name). > > I'll get back to you though. > > > > :) > > > > > > > > I checked all the email from Season 1 and Season 2 - I didn't find > anything about telling you that I didn't like your name. I did see a > lot of emails concerning connection problems, and there were a few times > that you weren't happy with my penatly awards. > > If I did indeed say something to that effect, I'm almost sure that I was > either joking with you or being sarcastic about something. > > -- > ========================================================= > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > =========================================================

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>We have a group of legends that all pretty much began their GPL racing >careers in IGPS... > >ZZ Bush >Tony Rickard >Graeme Nash >Piotr Tysowski >Paul Godfrey (good in anything with at least 3 wheels) >Markus Steipel (god he was fast) >Bo Bruce >Steve Sparks >Bill Cranston >Tim Wheatley >Jack Rambo (famous AND notorious)

Scary - I've raced against most of these guys in the Screamers and CORS leagues...and was just another backmarker... :( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> > Oh it's no problem John, in a way you were right. > > It was the first race in which I participated (Kyalami), I had done a lot of > practise after seeing the times Tony, you and Nash could put in. So at the > start I was quite nervous, I remember Graeme having a connection problem > right at the start. I believe I was leading after the first lap (I'll check > the season review cd just now to bring my memory back up to date) having > quite a gap towards the guys behind me, I immediately decided on saving the > engine, short shifting a bit. I was quite cautious overtaking the back > markers, until the lap that would bring me into trouble the next couple of > days. I was right behind ZZ, who in my view was racing my too much for a > backmarker. At one point I was having to outbrake him at the end of the long > straight, he made it quite hard and I decided to tuck my nose back under his > gearbox. A few corners later he made a mistake going into one of the corners > and I ran softly into him. I was so pissed off at the time, even while I did > win the race I started a discussion that later inspired you to never again > allow 'racing discussions' over the mailing list. > > Tony pointed out to me that the league wasn't all about racing, being the > quickest. You really were a bunch of friends. From that moment I became a > bit less focussed on the results. However as said before I participated in > far too little races to consider myself an IGPS driver. >

If you participated in even one race, you were a member of the family. I never had a problem with anyone really, except for Matteo, and believe it or not, I don't hold anything that transpired against him. that was then, this is now. :) However, by sending his emails, he has implicitly agreed to being the butt of many IGPS-related jokes (I hope he doesn't mind). The important thing is that we all had fun, and as far as I know, we have all remained friends (or at least fond acquaintances). that's what made IGPS so special. I *still* display my trophy from IGPS/2, and have roped many an unwilling audiences into watching a replay or two from both IGPS/1 and IGPS/2. I'm extremely proud of what we ALL accomplished during those two seasons, and would gladly swap paint with any of you anytime. :) -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Harjan wrote: > I was right behind ZZ, who in my view was racing my too much for a > backmarker. Hi Harjan, Just to put the record straight it wasn't ZZ but a BRM (no names!) I got dq'd in qualifying after tangling with Karissa (ooer) who had spun and I was deemed to have gone the wrong way and started at the back. Jack Rambo blew an engine right in front of me & John as we were about to put a lap on him I recall. Jeez this really is etched in my memory! Better create rec.auto.simulators.igps_nostalgia Cheers Tony

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> In article <[email hidden]>, John Simmons > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >We have a group of legends that all pretty much began their GPL racing > >careers in IGPS... > > > >ZZ Bush > >Tony Rickard > >Graeme Nash > >Piotr Tysowski > >Paul Godfrey (good in anything with at least 3 wheels) > >Markus Steipel (god he was fast) > >Bo Bruce > >Steve Sparks > >Bill Cranston > >Tim Wheatley > >Jack Rambo (famous AND notorious) > > Scary - I've raced against most of these guys in the Screamers and CORS > leagues...and was just another backmarker... :( > > Eldred >

Don't feel bad, I'm not nearly as fast as a bunch of those guys either. Like a lot of pooeple have tlearned over the last 3 years is that in GPL, it's more a matter of being consistent and not falling too far behind so that you're in a position to capitalize on another driver's mistake (or misfortune). My first win in IGPS was at Mexico and was due to a last-lap disco for Graeme Nash who was like 30 seconds ahead of me. That's a sucky way to win, but hey - points are points. I also won at Monaco because Graeme was having problems (again). Consider that I spun a few times, and then ran out of gas, but I never gave up and kept fighting back and was there when Graeme stuck his nose into the haybales at the top of that hairpin hill. :) I guess the point I'm trying to make is that if you just go out there to have fun and finish, things usually turn out better than you expect. BTW, what chassis are you running in GPL? Have you tried the Brabham? That's a tough little car (and I won the IGPS/2 season in one). I found that you can throw it around a bit more than the more twitchy cars. I turned better times at the ring in a Brabham than I did with the Eagle (my "other" GPL car), but the Brabham pretty much sucks for top-end speed so isn't as appropriate for tracks like Monza or Spa. Of course, you probably already know all this stuff. :) -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

sheez, shivers ran down my spine when I discovered this thread! I remember getting up in the middle of the night at about 3am to take part in the IGPS races, only to go to work at 6 :) I dont recall missing a race in season 2 I believe it was. Man, those were great events, hosted by the best dictator ever seen ! As for us germans, Alex Marx is still very active in GPL, havent heard anything from Thorsten Kuehnel for a long time though. We are still very busy racing online in our german league, you might wanna check out http://www.vr-gpl.de/index2.htm for this. Maybe we meet again on track? cya Maaki "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[email hidden]...

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> The following statement was part of the post-race report for Monza > (Season 2, Event 1): > > "A couple of laps later, Richard Busch pegs the dumb-o-meter and > tries to pass Piotr Tysowski AFTER entering the Parabolica..." > > --

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>BTW, what chassis are you running in GPL? Have you tried the Brabham? >That's a tough little car (and I won the IGPS/2 season in one). I found >that you can throw it around a bit more than the more twitchy cars. I >turned better times at the ring in a Brabham than I did with the Eagle >(my "other" GPL car), but the Brabham pretty much sucks for top-end >speed so isn't as appropriate for tracks like Monza or Spa. >

I'm running Lotus/Eagle in the IICC league, Cooper in Cobrha, and usually Lotus or Ferrari in OSRL. My PB at Zandvoort(also Mosport) was with the Brabham for the longest time. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.