Cars don't retire easily in Microprose Grand Prix, so it seems. There's a setting that prevents any damage, but I've got it turned off... and still, the cars are even more indestructible than the ultra-reliable 2010 grid.
Round Six will follow later...
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- 13 Feb 2011, 14:32
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
- 13 Feb 2011, 14:30
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: Problems with accessing sub forums?
- Replies: 231
- Views: 55218
Re: Problems with accessing sub forums?
Also confirmed. I will mention, when I'm making a post, if I get the Internal Server Error after hitting "Submit", the post does actually go through, it's just I don't get to see it instantly.
- 12 Feb 2011, 17:01
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Testing discussion thread
- Replies: 294
- Views: 21928
Re: 2011 Testing discussion thread
I barely ever watch The Apprentice, but I do remember Sir Alan desribing the series as "this is not a TV programme, this is a job interview".
So was today. Nick, you're hired.
So was today. Nick, you're hired.
- 12 Feb 2011, 16:51
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Campaign to rename the current teams
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1737
Re: Campaign to rename the current teams
Admittedly the naming line goes Marussia Virgin Racing ---> Virgin Racing ---> Manor Grand Prix, but why not go right back to Nick Wirth's previous team and call them Simtek?
Someone fire up GIMP and change the red on the VR-01 to dark blue!
Someone fire up GIMP and change the red on the VR-01 to dark blue!
- 12 Feb 2011, 16:36
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
Let's talk aboot the next race, eh. Round 5: Montreal, Canada GRID: 1 – 5 M. Andretti (USGP) – 1'27.584 2 – 28 J. Hunt (Ferrari) – 1'28.024 3 – 6 S. Speed (USGP) – 1'28.163 4 – 2 J-D. Délétraz (F1 Rejects) – 1'28.164 5 – 27 G. Villeneuve (Ferrari) – 1'28.491 6 – 1 HWNSNBM (F1 Rejects) – 1'28.667 7 –...
- 12 Feb 2011, 01:28
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
How in the world did you resurrect Gilles Villeneuve from the dead AND bring James Hunt from retirement? Not to mention 113-year-old Enzo Ferrari running the team as well... It's quite simple... I used the -respawn parameter on the command line, and all three came back to life. It works with others...
- 12 Feb 2011, 01:04
- Forum: The Jean-Denis Deletraz Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject F1 Cars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 17143
Re: Reject F1 Cars
As to where that car came from, I really do not know - it might just be, as you say, a one off car for that exhibition, but why they would go to the extent of changing the sidepods? Perhaps your suggestion of that particular design being one of the less successful prototypes that was re-used for pr...
- 12 Feb 2011, 00:35
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The HRT thread
- Replies: 2875
- Views: 272658
Re: The HRT thread
...I don't know if it is possible to simply transcribe money into foreign countries. I tried to do an international bank transfer last year. It's tied up in so much anti-money-laundering red tape (which, I suppose, is a good thing overall...) that I was told it would cost £25 to do so, and it would...
- 12 Feb 2011, 00:26
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
tommykl wrote:dinizintheoven wrote:bouchons de bain!
I LOL'd at that.
Jackpot! I was hoping someone would be paying enough attention to spot the f1rejects.com in-joke hidden in a foreign language in tiny text. And in another in-joke from a different world: congraturation, you sucsess!
- 11 Feb 2011, 18:07
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
Microprose Grand Prix either doesn't know about the two hour limit, or doesn't care. Can't say Hockenheim will take that long, though.
- 11 Feb 2011, 16:23
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
Rumours that Eddie Irvine has just badly parked his yacht across two spaces in the harbour to get a better view of this race are so far unsubstantiated. Round 4: Monte Carlo, Monaco GRID: 1 – 27 G. Villeneuve (Ferrari) – 1'31.359 2 – 6 S. Speed (USGP) – 1'32.200 3 – 33 S. Borgudd (Simtek) – 1'34.000...
- 11 Feb 2011, 14:40
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
This is epic It just got a lot more epic. Read on. The teams' profiles are just hilarious I have history on this front, actually... I used to post on the finalgear.com forums, before the F1 section descended into a Ferrari/Alonso fanboys versus McLaren/Hamilton fanboys mudslinging match, which I re...
- 10 Feb 2011, 21:57
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
Round 2: Interlagos, Brazil GRID: 1 – 1 HWNSNBM (F1 Rejects) – 1'23.862 2 – 2 J-D. Délétraz (F1 Rejects) – 1'25.041 3 – 27 G. Villeneuve (Ferrari) – 1'25.496 4 – 33 S. Borgudd (Simtek) – 1'25.550 5 – 28 J. Hunt (Ferrari) – 1'25.552 6 – 6 S. Speed (USGP) – 1'25.798 7 – 5 M. Andretti (USGP) – 1'26.25...
- 10 Feb 2011, 18:28
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
Careful what you wish for there, Aerond. You never know what might happen in the first race... and here's what did happen. Round 1: Phoenix, USA GRID: 1 – 1 HWNSNBM (F1 Rejects) – 1'31.310 2 – 28 J. Hunt (Ferrari) – 1'32.199 3 – 27 G. Villeneuve (Ferrari) – 1'32.328 4 – 6 S. Speed (USGP) – 1'32.911 ...
- 10 Feb 2011, 16:31
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Re: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
The initial post was so long I had to split it into two halves... The F1 Rejects Microprose Grand Prix Series, 2011 season: The teams and drivers (part 2) Team name: Toleman Chassis: TG211 Engine: Hart straight-4 turbo Drivers: 19. Ralf Schumacher / 20. Nelson Piquet Jr. Team Principals: Ted Toleman...
- 10 Feb 2011, 16:30
- Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
- Topic: Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13986
Microprose Grand Prix - 20 years too late...
I remember having this game when I was quite a bit younger. Some of you lot do as well . It ran fine on the 486 SX2 I had at the time - all 33 MHz of thromping power - and I raced, usually at Hockenheim, cutting all the chicanes and beating everyone in the field. With the help of DOSBox and the inte...
- 10 Feb 2011, 10:51
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The HRT thread
- Replies: 2875
- Views: 272658
Re: The HRT thread
How about putting F1 Rejects logo on the COOL SPOT? As soon as I saw "THIS IS A COOL SPOT" I immediately thought of the character of the same name from the 7Up adverts in the 90s... in the US. Cool Spot only ever hit our shores on the damp side of the Atlantic in the form of the SNES &...
- 10 Feb 2011, 10:45
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject Liveries
- Replies: 133
- Views: 23955
Re: Reject Liveries
...anyone says "Anvil" and this is what I think of... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Forgedinfire.JPG http://entimg.msn.com/i/paralleluniverse/493/anvil6_493x422.jpg ...if the anvil-shaped R29 could have run with the Anvil logo on the side as a bit of extra promotion for An...
- 10 Feb 2011, 10:43
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject Liveries
- Replies: 133
- Views: 23955
Re: Reject Liveries
...anyone says "Anvil" and this is what I think of... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Forgedinfire.JPG http://entimg.msn.com/i/paralleluniverse/493/anvil6_493x422.jpg ...if the R29 could have run with the Anvil logo on the side as a bit of extra promotion for Anvil! The Story...
- 10 Feb 2011, 10:31
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 Lookalikes
- Replies: 147
- Views: 75547
Re: F1 Lookalikes
You've missed the point completely, friend. HWNSNBM is FAR, FAR superior to Chuck Norris, even FAR superior than The Stig. The times set by the celebs in the Kia so far this series of TG have shown a marked improvement - to the point where Clarkson's commented on how The New Stig must be a better i...
- 10 Feb 2011, 01:26
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Silly Season
- Replies: 1180
- Views: 82031
Re: 2011 Silly Season
GP2 Reject-to-be Ricardo Teixeria was linked to the second Hispania seat, but he's been spotted in Valencia driving for filming purposes. It's a shame; he brings money from Sonangol, who have made some great red, black and yellow liveries in the past. It would have looked good on a Hispania. And he...
- 09 Feb 2011, 23:53
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: Lack of Reject-avatars
- Replies: 805
- Views: 203034
Re: Lack of Reject-avatars
watka wrote:Diniz in the oven is one of the best sports headlines ever though (second only to: "Dindane's double bursts Bolton's bubble")
...and don't forget this piece of wizardous wordsmithery:
- 09 Feb 2011, 17:20
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: Lack of Reject-avatars
- Replies: 805
- Views: 203034
Re: Lack of Reject-avatars
Håpla, I finally have a picture! And if I couldn't get one of the actual headline from The Sun, Pedro Diniz climbing out of his burning Ligier will have to do the job. So he wasn't a reject, certainly not according to the rules of this site, but the picture is appropriate to my username, which is wh...
- 09 Feb 2011, 17:11
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?
- Replies: 142
- Views: 14660
Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?
Tell you what, let's have a Midgrid-style run-down and see how many names I recognise... F1 World Champion: Jody Scheckter Aurora AFX British F1 champion (yes, it was still going on!): Rupert Keegan European F2: Marc Surer Japanese F2: Keiiji Matsumoto British F3: Chico Serra French F3: Alain Prost ...
- 09 Feb 2011, 16:04
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 Lookalikes
- Replies: 147
- Views: 75547
Re: F1 Lookalikes
I'm surprised nobody has pointed this one out yet: http://static2.todanoticia.com/tn2/uploads/news_image/2010/03/15/sebastian-vettel.jpg http://justin-bieber-fans-jb.webs.com/justin-bieber.jpg World Champion he may be, but it'll never compensate for being the spitting image of Justin Bieber. And, in...
- 09 Feb 2011, 15:11
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Car Launches
- Replies: 282
- Views: 22061
Re: 2011 Car Launches
I will admit to being very surprised by the new Hispania, despite the "please sponsor us" logos. I never thought it'd look like that. But it reminds me of something... http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/893/f111g.png ...it's a Super Aguri! (well... maybe. If they'd survived to this day...?) ...
- 07 Feb 2011, 14:50
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Car Launches
- Replies: 282
- Views: 22061
Re: 2011 Car Launches
Livery related, it looks just fine. From the car design point of view, it looks cool but slow, just like last year... Bit too much white on the nosecone, but other than that, it's still Manor Motorsport's colours, and that'll do fine. Designwise: the airbox and the sidepods haven't changed at all, ...
- 07 Feb 2011, 01:23
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Lego F1 rejects
- Replies: 60
- Views: 14685
Re: Lego F1 rejects
BlindCaveSalamander wrote:can't really decide what team this is. sort of built it out of boredom to say the least.
anyone got some ideas? can't think of black and green teams off the top of my head.
It looks more black and yellow from here, and reminds me of an early 90s AGS - the Ted Lapidus-sponsored version.
- 07 Feb 2011, 01:17
- Forum: The Jean-Denis Deletraz Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject F1 Cars
- Replies: 72
- Views: 17143
Re: Reject F1 Cars
This looks like a good place to park this question. The Virgin VR-01 is, by all measures, an utterly rejectful car. The fuel tank debacle was the worst of its problems, but more technically-minded people pointed to the obvious signs of its first-attempt-at-an-all-CFD approach - which centred mainly ...
- 06 Feb 2011, 22:36
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?
- Replies: 142
- Views: 14660
Re: Who Became World Champion the Year You Were Born?
My personal champion?
Jody Scheckter.
There aren't half some youngsters around here...
Jody Scheckter.
There aren't half some youngsters around here...
- 06 Feb 2011, 16:56
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: BBC news quoting Robert Kubica 'seriously injured'
- Replies: 265
- Views: 18239
Re: BBC news quoting Robert Kubica 'seriously injured'
Obviously this is a horrifying development and I can add no more to that debate except to say that I wish Robert Kubica as quick and complete a recovery as Felipe Massa, Heikki Kovalainen and Michael Schumacher before him, amongst others who did not survive completely intact - the Zanardis, Nanninis...
- 03 Feb 2011, 22:25
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Car Launches
- Replies: 282
- Views: 22061
Re: 2011 Car Launches
I live on the edge of Banbury which is where Wirth Research is now based, just round the corner from where my dad still works. Of course this is the town also famous for Nick Wirth's Simtek team ... ...and the first thought that went through my head when Nick Wirth was announced as being one of the...
- 02 Feb 2011, 23:19
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Car Launches
- Replies: 282
- Views: 22061
Re: 2011 Car Launches
Ye gods, mario, you've been reading the rule book very closely... The comment about shark fins is half right - they are still legal, but the rules have created a region that extends from 50 to 330mm in front of the rear wheel centreline, and >730mm above the reference plane (the floor of the car), i...
- 01 Feb 2011, 18:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Car Launches
- Replies: 282
- Views: 22061
Re: 2011 Car Launches
It's an improvement, but still uninspiring. Having started watching in 1995, I still miss the 'traditional' Sauber colours of purple/dark blue/turquoise. ...although that would be overlooking the black cars of 1993 and 1994, even though the 1994 car sprouted a white stripe and a load of dots on it ...
- 09 Dec 2010, 01:37
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Renault to become Group Lotus-Renault
- Replies: 288
- Views: 20261
Re: Renault to become Group Lotus-Renault
(Long-term F1 watcher, medium-term observer of F1 Rejects, first time poster, and yes, I'll do the intro thing later because it's 1:30 in the morning and I should not be up wasting time on the internet, but for now...) http://www.saveteamlotus.com/ There's a shedload of comments on this blog already...