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[Gary Hoorn]

I don't race anymore and seldom post but I can assure you when this track is available I will have it for my GPL installation.  The movie is fantastic!  Many of the newer GPL racers will not know who I am but I was the first to have a GPL world wide server available for racing.  Age has taken its toll and I no longer race but this Sim will be on my computer forever.  Thank you to all of the wonderful creators who have kept GPL alive all these years.
Gary

[Kanzo]

Ginetto, on Apr 24 2009, 02:40 PM, said:

600 meters on 72 kilometer are easy to achieve or to loose, consider you measure a turn in the center of the road or at the inside limit, you can easily have 1 meter of difference; multiply this by the number of turns that targa has, which is 600 and you get your measure right

Could be...
I suppose another logical reason why my measure in Google Earth is 600 meters short of 42 km is that I´m measuring the track as a flat plane and the real track has big gradients which lengthens the real distance a little.

But I noticed that there are also some shortcuts at 21 km, 28 km, 54 km and 55 km. Do you know when they made those and were they in use already in 1963? I also read from the Targa history book that there was a depot half way around the track at Bivio Polizzi. That must have been where the track now underpasses the autostrada at 33 km? The shortcut there is also a newer one?

Sorry about all the questions - but I´m blaming it on the interesting book I just finished and my interest in Google Earth and anticipation of this fantastic GPL track.
 shortcuts_21_km.JPG   94.61K   55 downloads  shortcut_28_km.JPG   50.89K   45 downloads
 depot_33_km.JPG   101.35K   81 downloads  shortcut_54_km.JPG   75.78K   44 downloads
 shortcut_55_km.JPG   71.64K   50 downloads

Edited by Kanzo, Apr 27 2009 - 11:25 AM.

[dangermouse]

Kanzo, on Apr 27 2009, 12:29 PM, said:

That must have been where the track now underpasses the autostrada at 33 km? The shortcut there is also a newer one?

 depot_33_km.JPG   101.35K   81 downloads is being used and is visible in the Targa preview video,  IIRC

[Ginetto]

Bivio Polizzi Generosa is where the sp24 joins the sp9
Your lines in the pics look correct for 67

[JohnDiFool]

Any news?  Don't mind me, not holding my breath here [turning blue]...

[pmc40]

what will come 1st? targa or rsc forums up and running?

Edited by pmc40, May 06 2009 - 10:20 AM.

[Akseli]

pmc40, on May 6 2009, 07:19 PM, said:

what will come 1st? targa or rsc forums up and running?

RACING LEGENDS!

[SimonKevNorris]

Excellent preview movie.  I've not played Grand Prix Legends for about 12 months but I feel inspired to get the steering wheel and pedal set out again.

Thanks.

[salvasirignano]

Looking at all of those screenshots, you should see the grin on my face  
The scenery is absolutely extraordinary, and I am very much looking forward to spending many a day driving under that beautiful blue Sicilian sky.
Fantastic work!    

[Richard Crozier]

Update? Any news?

[Saiph]

Richard Crozier, on Jun 9 2009, 10:51 PM, said:

Update? Any news?

I second that. Obviously, the new '67 patch will have to be released first, including the long track update, and then Targa Florio after that.

Any idea when they will appear? I was hoping that they might have been released last Christmas, but obviously that was too optimistic. Someone please give us a clue!

[Ginetto]

I've finished my work and will give it to the testers to find eventual errors.
The patch need to be released first, together with a proper site and the eventual lite versions.
So, within a month, maybe ?

Ciao!

[Pedro]

Ginetto, on Jun 10 2009, 12:38 PM, said:

within a month,

That would be a great birthday present

[burt]

Dont forget also the long track patch will herald the release of jacksellers most excellent rainy mosport with all those extra sounds and effects.

yet more gpl based fun to look forward to!


Burt

[T18]

I just watch the preview. Man you GPL guys will have a great time. I hope we get this for RF too but would understand why those involved would wish to keep it a GPL project (which makes me drool over GPL lol). I think the scale for evauluating track will have to be rewriting as this looks to be a 50/5