McLaren simulator

I read news here and there about McLaren simulator at Woking.
Has anyone already seen pictures of it that can be shared?
Is it a sort of video game? What is it really?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2007 04:01PM by mismi.

Shame pooky doenst post here anymore, he could have provided us with something maybe. But hes left Mclaren now hasnt he?

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

It has been used since the centre of tech was first unveiled.

Montoya used it a lot, but Raikkonen didn't because he got dizzy with it.

Alsono said it makes renaults one look like a ps2 game

calimbo Wrote:
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> It has been used since the centre of tech was
> first unveiled.
>
> Montoya used it a lot, but Raikkonen didn't
> because he got dizzy with it.

LOL wheres that pic edit of Kimi playing F1c, and someone put on the screen "Engine Failure, you have lost 10grid places" And Kimis face lol!!!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

I got to go in something like this at the Milton Keynes shopping centre a few years ago. It was some promo by Boss there. The simualator puts you in the cockpit of the front half of a McLaren chassis and I got 3 laps round Silverstone. Think I was 18th out of all the people that took part. No idea though if this is the same as the one you are on about. Show me some pics and I'll be able to confirm it or not.

i doubt the one the drivers use will be the same as they allow mere peasants to use in a shopping centre

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RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael

Muks_C Wrote:
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> i doubt the one the drivers use will be the same
> as they allow mere peasants to use in a shopping
> centre

Grr I is not a peasant. Anyway it was some Boss comp and OK it wouldn't have been the same but it would have been fairly similar.

marcl Wrote:
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> Alsono said it makes renaults one look like a ps2
> game

Nice. Renault's one is crappy then :P

Thanks GP3Hotlaps



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2007 05:56PM by vbc.

Kimi actually didn't use it because he didn't got any advantage from it .he thinks that testing on track is more important and that's true.

i'm sure it's not used instead of actual driving on a track, it's just for when they can't run on a track for whatever reason, and it probably doesn't cost anything in comparison to real on-track running. every little helps, especially if you've moved to another team like Alonso, if it helps you get used to the car.

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RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael

chet Wrote:
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> Shame pooky doenst post here anymore, he could
> have provided us with something maybe. But hes
> left Mclaren now hasnt he?


good job im still around after all these years then

my hands are tied tho sorry guys

You are a dark horse!

hehe i dont post much anymore but i still like to read these forums - gp4 still has a special place in my heart after all these years

Same.

Yeah i wondered where you got to!

vesuvius Wrote:
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> Kimi actually didn't use it because he didn't got
> any advantage from it .he thinks that testing on
> track is more important and that's true.

Of course it's true, I doubt you'll find anyone who could even remotely think a simulator can train a driver up no matter how good it is. Simulators will never ever come close to driving the real thing. The only thing I feel you could learn from a simulator are the tracks, where the corners are and maybe a rough idea of where the braking points are.

Online simulators can improve race craft and simulators in general can help teach people who have no idea about car handling in general but that's about it imo.



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JV was famous for using playstation and pc games to learn tracks.

Danni Minougue dumped him for playing WoW or something similar, wait it was Dungeons and Dragons too much. LOL!


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it

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Geoff Crammonds not THE Geoff Crammond right?

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Beardless2 Wrote:
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> chet Wrote:
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> > Shame pooky doenst post here anymore, he could
> > have provided us with something maybe. But hes
> > left Mclaren now hasnt he?
>
>
> good job im still around after all these years
> then
>
> my hands are tied tho sorry guys


wow.
yay glad to see still about ! :D hopefully soon, when im a rich man (lol) ill be drving a car you helped create :D!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL