SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: 2004 Hungarian 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 the Hungaroring

Coming across the start finish line over a slight brow with the pits to your right you start to descend as you brake for turn 1. The longer straight has led to an even is a tighter right hander taken at 50mph in 2nd gear that has been tightened as part of ongoing track modifications this year. It was here that Damon Hill took the lead from Schuey in 1997 and there is quite often a pile up here as well at the start.

The first corner turns you through 180 degrees and you accelerate up to about 140mph (briefly) as you go downhill before breaking for turn 2 a tight left hander taken in 2nd gear at 60mph.

You almost turn back on yourself before accelerating through turn 3 (more a right hand kink than a turn as the cars don't often break much for it) and you start to climb back up as you accelerate along the straight.

Turn 4 is a left hand blind bend as it is over the brow of the incline and is taken in 4th at just over 100mph (it is probably the most difficult bend to get right and people often lose it there in qualifying & the race).

There is another brief straight before turn 5 which is a long right hander taken at 80mph in 3rd gear and still another brief straight before turn 6 which is a tight right left chicane taken at 55mph in 2nd gear. After another brief straight (all these little straights are only about 300meters long!) you come to turn 7, another 80mph 3rd gear corner going round to the left.

Turn 8 follows and is slightly faster (roughly 90mph) going round to the right before the cars have another straight with turn 9 (a faster left hand corner taken in 5th gear at 140mph) and turn 10 (a right hander taken at 120mph in 4th).

Another straight follows as you descend down the hill before a quicker right left chicane (turn 11 taken at 90mph in 3rd gear) and another straight before a slight right hand kink breaking into turn 12 which is a 65mph 2nd gear left hand corner before you go back up the hill, past the pit entrance to your right & break for turn 13, a right hand, 3rd gear corner taken at 75mph. This leads you back onto the short main straight.

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