An old Newbie here who sadly is nearer 60 than 50 years old has just rediscovered GPL after a good few years away and wanted to say Hi. I originally bought GPL back in the days of P133mhz systems and started out with just a keyboard for control. (Believe me I do not recommend this approach ). Several PC changes later and GPL has been dipped into on and off for the last 15 years but always got reinstalled with each new PC and then the addons migrated across. I've always been a fan of simulations rather than "games" and along with GTR (My system struggles with GTR2) and Nascar 2002 racing season I have never found any other driving sim which comes close to the Exhilaration I get from GPL. I have to say I was amazed (And very happy/stunned) that it still has such a loyal following. Some of the tracks and alternative mods push the boundaries far beyond anything ever envisaged by Papyrus. I bow down to your achievments.

My system is a bit of a dinosaur (AMD Athlon XP2600, Geforce FX5700VE, 2gb Ram, XP SP3) but seems to run GPL with few issues other than the slideshow on the start line at a few tracks.

The last few weeks has been spent wildy downloading all the mods I was not aware of and reminding myself that you can't plant your right foot into the carpet and expect to still be facing the right direction. I don't know if I'll ever venture online as "Just off the podium" seems to be my standard offline at the tracks I've bothered to actually learn so far. (Is there a crappy drivers online league where the odd indiscretion is acceptable)?

At this point I would like to express my thanks to all the people who have submitted set up files for the various tracks. (I knocked 5 seconds of my best Monza time just by finding someone who apparently drives like I do). As a newbie I'll say this to anyone stumbling across GPL for the 1st time. "Go and get some set up files for your weapon/Track of choice" I was amazed and how it transformed my GPL experience.

So far my favourite mod is the 65 season that's not to in any way meant to diminish the respect for the other mods, I just clicked at the 1st drive with the 65 mod.

Anyway, I'm starting to ramble now. (A very nice Scotch probably has a lot to do with it). So I just wanted to say sincere thanks to everyone who has continued to keep GPL alive and reminding me that in these days of PC eye candy it's the gameplay which is really king and GPL is still up there with the best of them.

TTFN
John.

ps I may be back to correct any spelling erros as Lagavulin while imparting a feeling of well being does nothing for my spelling prowess.

The beginning.

I was very saddened to hear that such a wonderful man has died.


May his legacy of belief in peace, unification and unity follow.

RIP Madiba

New calendars for the upcoming new year. It's all Italian as it's featuring Torino GP cover. Version 2 is a bit tricky with the highlighted numbers of months.

Please correct me if you see that something is wrong.

Thanks to John Bradley for the program cover
http://trilon.com/bapom/



hi-res version: http://freeleo.hu/gp...al_hi-res_1.jpg



hi-res version: http://freeleo.hu/gp...al_hi-res_2.jpg

Wow! How about this for a combination?

1 x G25 Wheel
1 x set of Fanatec Pedals
1 x GPL installation
1 x F1 1966 Carset
1 x Ferrari 246
1 x Houtain Club Circuit
1 x spare 45 minutes

I've not had a chance to drive GPL for almost a year due to lack of time but tonight I managed it. I'd forgotten just how good it is. I wish it was 1998 again and I could drive it all day long like I was able to when I was younger.

GPL! You've just got to love it