next Grand Prix try this!

Last night ITV ran the full french gp again on tv so I tried something and the results were amazing. Set a race up for full distance and started it at same time as race. The cars were lapping in same lap times and watching from the trackside cameras was amazing as they are all nearly spot on as well as the track.

I suggest you give it a try at the german gp this weekend. If the cars get out of sync then just switch to the car that is at the same point of the track as the real race leader.

This game is superb.

baz

Sounds interesting, we won't be able to do it this weekend though seeing as Hockenheim has been modified this season ( will try it soon though )

cool

i had this idea once (but i actually drove and crashed everyone off, lucky it didnt happen on tv :P)

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I did that in last years Spanish GP when the race was live on tv an Michael Schumacher blew hes engine a couple laps before the end in GP3 but in the real race Mikä Häkkinen blew hes engine on the last lap when leading and I almost cryed

lol

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i do this often with recordings of the race

If there is a sfaety car then it screws up the result. You also have to have the same weather conditions - silverstone is hard to recreate cos its half drive, half wet.




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

This idea has never occured to me before. Ill have to try it out me thinks :D

I can't believe it (really sad) but I decided to try it out, and did a 100% race in Magny-Cours, but not driving as anyone.

It makes you realise how realistic this game is! It's amazing! Here were my final positions:

1) montoya
2) M Schumacher
3) Coulthard
4) Barrichello
5) Trulli
6) Heidfeld

erm, but thats nothing like the reall results :P

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lol Dumbass I didn't mean like that....but the problem is the Michelin behaviour isn't in GP4 (hopefully will be in GP5) so the poor Williams cars in teh actual French GP didn't happen cos the tyres are all the same.

oh, ok

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hmmm,
no wait,

i done a 100% race at canada in a minardi (i was 1st :P) and i was puting in fastest after fastest lap, then about 3 laps later after my last fastest lap (this is about 30 laps from the end), my perforamnce droped loads and i was about 2 secs slower. about 20 laps later i was doing fastest again :S

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Hmmm. Interesting, but are you sure you maybe were just slow and then fast again? ]

Thinking about it...in the race I simulated (but didnt drive) before the pit stops Montoya and Ralf were starting to lap slower than MS....but MS spun off just before he pitted.

hmmm, i dont know, i didnt notice any difference in my driving style

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this was at canada, the thing is i didnt have a break!!! i was driving non stop for (how long is a 100% race?)

strange

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G'day all..

David, i disagree...If he's consious enough to realise he's lapping 2 seconds slower, then sub conscious driving acts like braking earlier etc will not come into play. Sub consciousness certainly can take a part in dribing style, particularly with various music titles playing, but not in the manner you mentioned.

G'day all..

And Dumbass, he was suggesting that you DO have a break, he wasnt saying that's why you were lapping slower.