GPL Monaco

Damn, is it just me or is driving this track like driving on ice? Man, hard to stop and hard to go. lol Scottie

Trust me...its not just you! I find myself in the wall quite often there... Chris

|>Damn, is it just me or is driving this track like driving on ice? Man, hard

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|>to stop and hard to go. lol |> |> |>Scottie |> | |Trust me...its not just you! I find myself in the wall quite often

there... | |Chris ...and the lamppost, and the haybales, and overlooking the construction site of the coming Loews Hotel. My problem is that I do not have enough car control yet to thread the needle just out of the tunnel. I have to slow waaay down to make it at all. Jeez.

I hate that damn chicane after the tunnel, (you'd think they could give us a little more clearance on those hay bails!) can't ever seem to do that right! I think I'll go try it again later! Later, John

I wonder what cars you are driving. It is indeed a very difficult track but it is amazing when you get up to speed and can race with the AI cars even for just a few laps. Best move I ever made in GPL as a whole and especially Monaco was to go to Alison Hine's (Eagle Woman) web site http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ and get her Honda Murasama setups http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/setups.htm . Not the most charasmatic car but will here setups and get the new engine sounds from Patricks' web site http://homepage.tinet.ie/~expatjen/patsound.htm it is some experience. Run the Honda with Alisons setup and just take it easy for a while. Use the torque and avoid the top end power band for the majority of the lap and you will soon be up to speed. Enjoy Derek > Damn, is it just me or is driving this track like driving on ice? Man, hard > to stop and hard to go. lol > Scottie

>My problem is that I do not have enough car control yet to thread the needle >just out of the tunnel. Mine too. And we're in good company, if you saw this year's Monaco GP. At least three times cars had to "straighten out" that chicane by driving through the overrun. There's nothing wrong with that. It's often said that to go fast you sometimes have to drive slow. Trey Behan

I'm using the Lotus and I've tried the Ferrari also. After a few(around 30 I guess) laps I'm finally getting the hang of it. So far my best is a 1:30.something(consistent 1:31s), slow but gaining... Scottie >I wonder what cars you are driving. >It is indeed a very difficult track but it is amazing when you get up to speed >and can race with the AI cars even for just a few laps. >Best move I ever made in GPL as a whole and especially Monaco was to go to >Alison Hine's (Eagle Woman) web site http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ and get >her Honda Murasama setups http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/setups.htm . >Not the most charasmatic car but will here setups and get the new engine sounds >from Patricks' web site http://homepage.tinet.ie/~expatjen/patsound.htm it is

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>some experience. >Run the Honda with Alisons setup and just take it easy for a while. Use the >torque and avoid the top end power band for the majority of the lap and you >will soon be up to speed. >Enjoy >Derek >> Damn, is it just me or is driving this track like driving on ice? Man,

hard >> to stop and hard to go. lol >> Scottie

But to put it in perspective, the really quick GPL guys are at or near 150 mph (240 km/h) through the Monaco chicane. For the rest of us, it's practice, practice, practice! :) Jack Rambo www.RaceLive.com/GPaL >My problem is that I do not have enough car control yet to thread the needle >just out of the tunnel. Mine too. And we're in good company, if you saw this year's Monaco GP. At least three times cars had to "straighten out" that chicane by driving through the overrun. There's nothing wrong with that. It's often said that to go fast you sometimes have to drive slow. Trey Behan

A popular quote went something like: "With the old chicane, you would just have to aim the car to a certain spot, and pray. If you did absolutely anything with the car you wouldn't make it."

> >My problem is that I do not have enough car control yet to thread the needle > >just out of the tunnel. > Mine too. And we're in good company, if you saw this year's Monaco GP. At least > three times cars had to "straighten out" that chicane by driving through the > overrun. Well, the new chicane is totally different - it's much nearer the tunnel, and is much slower. The old chicane was (literally) a deathtrap, as it's (just) possible to go straight through it at high speed - I believe Bandini was actually killed there in the '67 GP. That's why simracing was invented!