SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: 2004 Spanish Grand Prix

I will be taking the course during the 2004 season using EA's F1 Challenge '99-'02. To make it more contemporary I will be applying Ralph Hummerich's excellent carset to it as soon as it is ready. I have chosen Ralph's carset as, in addition to him being a thoroughly top notch person, in my opinion his carsets are the best available and it is an honor for SimHQ to have an exclusive WIP version to be able to use for its screenshots. Many thanks Ralph! If you wish to try his 2003 add on please use this link to his page.

A Lap of Barcelona

You exit the last corner (called New Holland) in 5th gear at around 140mph and accelerate up along the straight and over the start/finish line. Passing under the EXPO advert you brake down to 3rd gear and 75mph for the right hander called Elf. You then sweep left accelerating uphill and then feathering the throttle as you take the long right hand curve called Curvon Renault. This is taken at 135mph in 5th before a very shot straight where you can get up to 6th gear and 170mph before braking down to 75mph and 3rd gear for Repsol. This is another right hander which leads downhill briefly accelerating up to 150mph in 5th before braking down to 55mph in 2nd for the left hand SEAT corner. You then accelerate again and bottom out sweeping left before the mid speed Wurth corner which is a left hander taken in 3rd at about 80mph. You then need to correct the car on the exit before blasting up towards Campsa which is a right hander taken at 120 mph in 5th gear. A straight then follows before the long (170 degree) left hander called La Caixa which is another 2nd gear corner taken at about 60mph. The left hander almost leads back onto itself before turning right at the 75mph 3rd gear Banc Sadadell. You then accelerate into a right hander, taken at around 135mph in 5th gear and then up to the 6th gear right hander New Holland taken at around 140mph and the key to a good lap time as this leads on to the mile long start/finish straight.

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