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You guys sound like a bunch of pathetic desperate ninnies. Compose yourself for crying out loud. After all....


WE ALL KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE BIRMINGHAM YEAH THAT'S IT COME ON YOU KNOW IT SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
baked bean said:
I bet its Autodromo di Mores ;)
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never heard of it, seen the onboard video and it looks like a tidy little track suited to the Clios...should be fun!
Screenshots look awesome , but then after Silverstone you cant really expect anything less can you really!? :p
 
I wish people would stop designing race tracks with the F1 "see the whole thing from the start-straight grandstands in an open field" mentality. They all look so cookie-cutter. :(

I miss the classics... Man-made elevation changes and constant switchbacks are boring for drivers and fans, the world needs more Brands Hatches, Mosports and Road Atlantas.
 
MarcG said:
never heard of it, seen the onboard video and it looks like a tidy little track suited to the Clios...should be fun!
Screenshots look awesome , but then after Silverstone you cant really expect anything less can you really!? :p
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Yeah, I think in the slower speed cars you'll enjoy it a lot. Some cars just aren't suited to certain tracks, and some tracks just don't work with some cars, while I'm sure some will enjoy taking an F1 car around Mores, I think touring cars will be a dream item for most. And we can't just think about big all tracks when licensing. :)
 
Ryno917 said:
I wish people would stop designing race tracks with the F1 "see the whole thing from the start-straight grandstands in an open field" mentality. They all look so cookie-cutter. :(

I miss the classics... Man-made elevation changes and constant switchbacks are boring for drivers and fans, the world needs more Brands Hatches, Mosports and Road Atlantas.
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Frankly they do it how they do it because it's less work to flatten everything and build than to work with the terrain available. But yeah, natural circuits are amazing, unfortunately most of them have houses ontop of them now, complaining about noise.
 
Tim Wheatley said:
Frankly they do it how they do it because it's less work to flatten everything and build than to work with the terrain available. But yeah, natural circuits are amazing, unfortunately most of them have houses ontop of them now, complaining about noise.
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Lol. I had the good fortune to get vip indy passes for vancouver many years ago. The downtown residents did a lot of complaining about the noise.
That was fair. Lol. I could hear practice 45 mins travel time from the track. Those engine sound carry.... Wow.
 
Tim Wheatley said:
Frankly they do it how they do it because it's less work to flatten everything and build than to work with the terrain available. But yeah, natural circuits are amazing, unfortunately most of them have houses ontop of them now, complaining about noise.
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I completely understand the reasons for doing it, I just hate the result. :P I'm really hoping that Mont Tremblant doesn't fall victim to that, there's been a LOT of noise from the local residents there over the past several years. The circuit doesn't have the big bucks from major championships at it anymore, either. :(

CosmiC10R said:
Lol. I had the good fortune to get vip indy passes for vancouver many years ago. The downtown residents did a lot of complaining about the noise.
That was fair. Lol. I could hear practice 45 mins travel time from the track. Those engine sound carry.... Wow.
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That's funny; I live literally right beside the grounds for the Toronto Indy, and I can barely hear the cars at all. It's quite disappointing, actually. The current cars are much quieter than the previous ones, granted, but even then I couldn't really hear them.

That being said, it wasn't too long ago that there was next to no residents around the Exhibition grounds, now it's all surrounded by condos, so it might start becoming a problem soon here, too. Which would be a crying shame... People can't just let it go for one weekend out of the year...
 
Tim Wheatley said:
Yeah, I think in the slower speed cars you'll enjoy it a lot. Some cars just aren't suited to certain tracks, and some tracks just don't work with some cars, while I'm sure some will enjoy taking an F1 car around Mores, I think touring cars will be a dream item for most. And we can't just think about big all tracks when licensing. :)
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I agree with Tim. I won't drive this track much personally because I specialize in historic F1, but it is important for slower cars to have tight tracks to race. Speaking of which, has Euroring been released yet?
 
Ryno917 said:
That's funny; I live literally right beside the grounds for the Toronto Indy, and I can barely hear the cars at all. It's quite disappointing, actually. The current cars are much quieter than the previous ones, granted, but even then I couldn't really hear them.

That being said, it wasn't too long ago that there was next to no residents around the Exhibition grounds, now it's all surrounded by condos, so it might start becoming a problem soon here, too. Which would be a crying shame... People can't just let it go for one weekend out of the year...
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I hear that... heaven forbid you are a world class city with world class events lol... I think it may have something to do with where the Vancouver Indy was... If you have been at the location, its right in the center surrounded by buildings in what can only be described as a man made bowl... I think this amplified the accoustics... I caught the skytrain down there and as we got closer, at each stop, the door would open and you could tell how much closer you were than last stop... The sound really seemed to echo through the downtown core... Can you actually watch the Indy from your place... sheesh.. that would be sweet!
 
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