Driving the real Ring - GPL spot on

Last Sunday I drove 7 laps at the real Nordschleife of the real Nurburgring. I'm happy to report that its GPL counterpart is spot on and inch perfect! Right from the start it all felt very familiar, every twist and turn, drop and rise were exactly where I expected them. Only much more dramatic, as the many drops and climbs are much steeper than a 2D image on your screen is able to convey. Knowing this track through GPL makes all the difference in driving it. I enjoyed every yard and second, and thought my 120 German Marks were very well spent. The only liberty Papyrus seems to have taken with reality is the exaggerated viewing angle on your screen. In real life the next corner or bump is much closer than it appears in GPL. Its wide viewing angle makes things look further away, and this diminishes the onscreen driving experience to a certain extent. I know this wide angle makes sense in the game, especially when driving online, but now I wish Papy would provide a button to let us choose a more realistic viewing angle as well. It would make a great game even better. If you're ever around in the Ring area, go there and have a blast. You won't regret it. Just check for opening times first at www.nuerburgring.de Bye, Leo

Well how much air did u get? :)

How true! Bit like a rollercoaster is how I always think of it. -- Robin. http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk Nurburgring and Grand Prix Legends Remove nospam from e-mail address to reply

This Sunday M. Schumacher does the same with historic Ferraris! Just a reminder. -Thorsten Rueter Leo Landman schrieb:

Well Leo if you have driven the current Nordschleife you will have noticed all the differences to 1967. There are plenty: most noticeable is the change at Adenauer Forst, it is now less demanding Fuchsroehre is still 'pedal to the metal', but the surface has improved. Ventilo http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/6619/

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> Last Sunday I drove 7 laps at the real Nordschleife of the real > Nurburgring. I'm happy to report that its GPL counterpart is spot on and > inch perfect! Right from the start it all felt very familiar, every > twist and turn, drop and rise were exactly where I expected them. Only > much more dramatic, as the many drops and climbs are much steeper than a > 2D image on your screen is able to convey. > Knowing this track through GPL makes all the difference in driving it. I > enjoyed every yard and second, and thought my 120 German Marks were very > well spent. > The only liberty Papyrus seems to have taken with reality is the > exaggerated viewing angle on your screen. In real life the next corner > or bump is much closer than it appears in GPL. Its wide viewing angle > makes things look further away, and this diminishes the onscreen driving > experience to a certain extent. I know this wide angle makes sense in > the game, especially when driving online, but now I wish Papy would > provide a button to let us choose a more realistic viewing angle as > well. It would make a great game even better. > If you're ever around in the Ring area, go there and have a blast. You > won't regret it. Just check for opening times first at > www.nuerburgring.de > Bye, > Leo

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> Last Sunday I drove 7 laps at the real Nordschleife of the real > Nurburgring. I'm happy to report that its GPL counterpart is spot on and > inch perfect! Right from the start it all felt very familiar, every > twist and turn, drop and rise were exactly where I expected them. >snip< > If you're ever around in the Ring area, go there and have a blast. You > won't regret it. Just check for opening times first at > www.nuerburgring.de > Bye, > Leo

Do they ever run any races there anymore? IIRC there were an inordinate number of wrecks (not surprising) and that is why Formula One dropped the Ring from their schedule-tho I could be wrong... John DiFool

There was a 24-hour endurance race held recently (touring cars I believe).

> Do they ever run any races there anymore? There are still races at the Nordschleife, but AFAIK no open wheel classes. -- Groet, Leo HCM Flem - Amsterdam Phone (+31) (0)20 - 6071208 Fax (+31) (0)20 - 6071112

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>> Last Sunday I drove 7 laps at the real Nordschleife of the real >> Nurburgring. I'm happy to report that its GPL counterpart is spot on and >> inch perfect! Right from the start it all felt very familiar, every >> twist and turn, drop and rise were exactly where I expected them. >>snip< >> If you're ever around in the Ring area, go there and have a blast. You >> won't regret it. Just check for opening times first at >> www.nuerburgring.de >> Bye, >> Leo > Do they ever run any races there anymore? IIRC there were an >inordinate number of wrecks (not surprising) and that is why Formula >One dropped the Ring from their schedule-tho I could be wrong... >John DiFool

There is the VEEDOL-CUP, thats a series of racings with over 100 Cars each race at the classic Nordschleife! The cars are from little Polo up to real racing Porsches and Viper GT2 Ro

>> Do they ever run any races there anymore? IIRC there were an >>inordinate number of wrecks (not surprising) and that is why Formula >>One dropped the Ring from their schedule-tho I could be wrong... >There was a 24-hour endurance race held recently (touring cars I >believe). That was a fun event: Touring cars of all makes and descriptions, from a Viper (which won unchallenged, having lapped every other car several times) over BMW M3s, Audi TTs and the like to some 'highlights' like a VW Beetle (yes, the real one, not this New Beetle thingy) and my personal favourite, a huge Citroen taxi cab, obviously without any modifications regarding the suspension. :) -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.