Hot on the heels of the news that Ryan Axelson's career will continue through the 1990 Indycar season, Pop comes round and narrowly avoids another close encounter of the Ferrari kind for a well deserved result.
I was there at the Nordschleife as a seven year old when news came in about Rindt's crash at Monza, listening to the radio in my grandpa's Autobianchi sedan. All the adults were watching the track for the 36Hour race or whatever it was. The news I relayed was a bit of a shocker to the older crowd in 1970. The orange / yellow Ickenroth BMW 1602 was running first in class and managed to get out in front of a few P 911's holding onto 2nd overall until it retired an hour before the finish. I still ride fast at times and take chances. Racing GPL at your level looks pretty good. Steven Groves would approve. Good Memories...
This is - by far - my favourite Sim-Racing-Channel. The voice, the driving, the entertainment, the history lessons - I enjoy your passion so much. And as Race63 wrote - it is contagious, because you really got me invested into the history of motorsport, so that I'm not only started to recreate historic races on my own channel, but also use the time when not driving by reading every literature I can get my hands on. Thanks for being an persistent inspiration and all your amazing work here on YT!
This was the race that John Frankenheimer filmed a bunch of for his film Grand Prix, only to be forced to turn all that footage over due to a contract conflict with Steve McQueen's rival F1 film (which never ended up being made).
huh, i always wondered why they completely glossed over the German Grand Prix in the movie. With the Nurnbergring being one of the most iconic tracks of all time it didn't make a lot of sense that they would shelf it completely.
Haha thank you! I appreciate the kind compliment, most of the time pronunciation just receives criticism and its silent when its 'good'. Its tough to pronounce things and make it sound authentic without it sounding like an impersonation or silly I studied some German in college and lived in Austria for 8 months, so German is a bit easier for me than others, but im sure i still have a heavy accent
GP Legends was ahead of its time. This was an amazing simulation long before decent wheels were out. I remember racing in a lotus cortina and the sounds through my Cambridge audio 5.1 speakers and bass… Now we are spoilt. But thanks to this and Geoff Crammond we have sims with a past. As a side note, I remember playing this with a friend and going round the Nurburgring-seeing him shoot off at a chicane , launch into the air and disappear. Only for me to round the corner and find him upside down on the track in front of me. I seriously was in tears of laughter. Brilliant driving and thanks for the nostalgia
A very stressful famous historic track that has plenty of landscape beauty. Those "classic F-1 auto racing days" had, in my opinion, had many of the best drivers who had nerves of steel to drive with the styles of cars that were literally my favorite cars. Jim Clark...my all-time # 1 favorite of all race drivers for 60 years (being this is 2023 and, I really became a fan of open-wheel auto racing in 1963 via the Indy 500 when I was nearing 13 years old). Great program with plenty of historic insights on those great years of F-1.
Wow, first time I'm early. Love your content, hope to see you carry on your streams next year. Been hard to watch them live as I live in West Australia, but always good to watch them as a replay and chuckle at the chat the next morning. Keep up the good work
GPL!!!! Talk about great memories! Recently I've bought a new PC and found myself planning to install it back again since I still have my original CD and my Logitech G25 ( ...yes I'm a RFBraker) only to realize new PC has no CD player LOL!!!!!!
I never played this game and the physics looks crazy if you're used to these cars in AC, but it seems like massive amounts of fun to play. I doubt I'll ever install this game, but I love watching these videos!
I wish I could get GPL to install and bring back happiness again. I downloaded all the necessary items but so far no luck. I'll keep plugging at it. I want to experience what this video shows. So awesome.
I recently bought a copy of Mike Lang's "Grand Prix! Race-byrace account of Formula 1 World Championship motor racing Volume 2 1966-1973. I already volume 1 and 3. This is good reading. Thanks for your races, good commentary and a pleasure to watch. Arigatou sensei.😉👋
I loved this game back in the day, hard as hell even with a wheel and drifting was magical if you got it right. It would be nice to see this re-done especially in VR.
The Nürburgring was closed for some sort of driver training the day I visited, but Castle Nürburg itself was open for a couple of Euros. It's quite a grim place - a real castle, not a Disney castle like Neuschwanstein. A beautiful part of the world though.
@@GPLaps i can see this, but id day the indications were unfortunately here all along with the recent on and off downtime that the forum has heen experimenting since early to mid 2022, it seems that ebery time ive tried to access it in the passed year or so its been down
32:43 I remember watching a video of Jackie Stewart playing GPL where he mentioned that tree. I think he said the tree that they aimed for was missing. So, did they put the tree in or is this a modded track?
I did notice Rindt flipped over in his accident replay; as I understand it that was usually instant death for the drivers in those days, but he flipped right back onto his wheels. Should that be ruled a death for the sake of the story?
Well, Rindt's car did have a roll hoop behind the seat, and he did flip back onto his wheels very quickly, so in this story, he survived with whiplash and a concussion.
I learned the Nurburgring, and the names of some of the corners (half of which I've forgotten), from GT5. It's cool to see the old version. It took a couple of laps to recognize parts of it, with the changed landscape, but I got locked in eventually. And it was cool to see the carousel with the tree still there and all by itself. What Jackie always said makes more sense now. Sadly, while I was born in 1965, it wasn't until GT5 in 2010 that I even learned of the Green Hell's existence. It's been love ever since. Good race. Didn't think I'd watch all of it, but it was worth it.
Hey, it feels so good to watch GP Laps races. This guy doesn't just drive he lives the race with a contagious passion.
Could be my words, mate.
well said!
Agree,only Sim racer I can watch. Even his hours long endurance videos I watch to the end.
The legend has returned
That's Right 😉👌
The Grand Prix legend
Hot on the heels of the news that Ryan Axelson's career will continue through the 1990 Indycar season, Pop comes round and narrowly avoids another close encounter of the Ferrari kind for a well deserved result.
I was there at the Nordschleife as a seven year old when news came in about Rindt's crash at Monza, listening to the radio in my grandpa's Autobianchi sedan. All the adults were watching the track for the 36Hour race or whatever it was. The news I relayed was a bit of a shocker to the older crowd in 1970. The orange / yellow Ickenroth BMW 1602 was running first in class and managed to get out in front of a few P 911's holding onto 2nd overall until it retired an hour before the finish. I still ride fast at times and take chances. Racing GPL at your level looks pretty good. Steven Groves would approve. Good Memories...
This is - by far - my favourite Sim-Racing-Channel. The voice, the driving, the entertainment, the history lessons - I enjoy your passion so much. And as Race63 wrote - it is contagious, because you really got me invested into the history of motorsport, so that I'm not only started to recreate historic races on my own channel, but also use the time when not driving by reading every literature I can get my hands on.
Thanks for being an persistent inspiration and all your amazing work here on YT!
This was the race that John Frankenheimer filmed a bunch of for his film Grand Prix, only to be forced to turn all that footage over due to a contract conflict with Steve McQueen's rival F1 film (which never ended up being made).
Such a shame!
huh, i always wondered why they completely glossed over the German Grand Prix in the movie. With the Nurnbergring being one of the most iconic tracks of all time it didn't make a lot of sense that they would shelf it completely.
Wonder who has that footage now?
It can be found in "McQueen: The lost movie": ua-cam.com/video/h3gOfkqT1cQ/v-deo.html 🤓
@@jaheine apparently Sky have blocked it from being viewed in the UK… appreciate the info anyway though 👍
I actually love your pronounciation of the several names of the course-chapters. Must be very challenging for a foreigner/not native speaker.
Where is he from then? I thought he was from the US!
@@thakrak New England. I think he's talked about going to Pocono and Watkins Glen before.
@@thakrak they were talking about his German pronunciation for parts of the track
@@Ren_1090 Got it. That makes much more sense now xDD thx!!
Haha thank you! I appreciate the kind compliment, most of the time pronunciation just receives criticism and its silent when its 'good'. Its tough to pronounce things and make it sound authentic without it sounding like an impersonation or silly
I studied some German in college and lived in Austria for 8 months, so German is a bit easier for me than others, but im sure i still have a heavy accent
GP Legends was ahead of its time. This was an amazing simulation long before decent wheels were out. I remember racing in a lotus cortina and the sounds through my Cambridge audio 5.1 speakers and bass… Now we are spoilt. But thanks to this and Geoff Crammond we have sims with a past. As a side note, I remember playing this with a friend and going round the Nurburgring-seeing him shoot off at a chicane , launch into the air and disappear. Only for me to round the corner and find him upside down on the track in front of me. I seriously was in tears of laughter.
Brilliant driving and thanks for the nostalgia
Love your videos bro. the history, presentation and gameplay are excellent
Another great race and great commentary from you and GPL, hope to see the next round!
Great to see Richie back behind the wheel. Well raced Jake
Whose this Jake person? I think you'll find there's no one but Richie behind the wheel
Amazing race. Nordschleife is never boring.
I am always fascinated how well the AI races in GPL
Love watching these races!
Nice touch to include replays of all the accidents after the end of the race. Can't wait for Monza!
He gives me a history lesson about each track, and by far the best Sim racing channel
Holy shit what a finish! The car in the middle of the road on the last corner. Great stuff as always Jake!
These videos are great. The mix of history is very unique too.
Great combination of driver enthusiasm and a satisfying sim.
Showing the crashes at the end is cool
Remarkable content. I just found your channel, and I'm hooked.
I take it you have actual racing experience. Keep up the great work.
Fun fact: Grand Prix Legends was the first racing video game to feature the Nurburgring.
I enjoyed watching that. Quite a finish. Thanks
Oh man, that Intro. So good to see that again.
What an awesome old game. The 60's were the best years of F1.
A very stressful famous historic track that has plenty of landscape beauty.
Those "classic F-1 auto racing days" had, in my opinion, had many of the best drivers who had nerves of steel to drive with the styles of cars that were literally my favorite cars.
Jim Clark...my all-time # 1 favorite of all race drivers for 60 years (being this is 2023 and, I really became a fan of open-wheel auto racing in 1963 via the Indy 500 when I was nearing 13 years old).
Great program with plenty of historic insights on those great years of F-1.
I just realized why it was so easy for you to take on rally 😄 Loved this, as always 👍
There’s a 1967 ring on the rf2 workshop now. Not tested it tho.
Wow, first time I'm early. Love your content, hope to see you carry on your streams next year. Been hard to watch them live as I live in West Australia, but always good to watch them as a replay and chuckle at the chat the next morning. Keep up the good work
GPL!!!! Talk about great memories! Recently I've bought a new PC and found myself planning to install it back again since I still have my original CD and my Logitech G25 ( ...yes I'm a RFBraker) only to realize new PC has no CD player LOL!!!!!!
I never played this game and the physics looks crazy if you're used to these cars in AC, but it seems like massive amounts of fun to play. I doubt I'll ever install this game, but I love watching these videos!
Great drive at the Nurburgring. A pleasure to watch. Thanks very much :).
I wish I could get GPL to install and bring back happiness again. I downloaded all the necessary items but so far no luck. I'll keep plugging at it. I want to experience what this video shows. So awesome.
I recently bought a copy of Mike Lang's "Grand Prix! Race-byrace account of Formula 1 World Championship motor racing Volume 2 1966-1973. I already volume 1 and 3. This is good reading. Thanks for your races, good commentary and a pleasure to watch. Arigatou sensei.😉👋
Just as I was musing on what had happened to 6 series! Great timing. And terrific to see Richie back in action.
66 series - stupid keyboard...
10:03 An expensive lawnmower by Ferrari.
Strong drive - very entertaining race and, typical Bandini luck. Looking forward to Monza, and the Weslake💪
Nice driving on the green hell. I've finally got my game running and I can't wait to drive 1955 cars on this beautiful track
What a finale!
And did Bandini's replay show something?
Seemed like fuel, engine justs stopped at the top of the hill
I loved this game back in the day, hard as hell even with a wheel and drifting was magical if you got it right. It would be nice to see this re-done especially in VR.
Wow that was such a dramatic finish
Good stuff. Really puts into perspective how dangerous the circuits were, and with these cars.
Fabulous exciting video!
This is why I love the lotus 49 in iracing. The thing is sideways and a beast to drive. Alot like these cars
Sometimes you wish you could like a video multiple times, especially when GPLaps uploads GPL videos.
Why havent you got more subs? This is one of the best sim racing channel I've seen. Well done Richie. Let's hope 2nd place is yours.
Going to be highly interesting when AMS2 releases the historic ring.
Great move passing Surtees and Brabham.....
It looks like a new Nürburgring track update/version. ;)
nice race
Wow I very nearly filled my trousers. No idea how you got through the Tiergarten safely there. Wowsers.
Great drive, dude. Damn. What an ending...
One day you need to cover the original release of Road & Track NFS.
The Nürburgring was closed for some sort of driver training the day I visited, but Castle Nürburg itself was open for a couple of Euros. It's quite a grim place - a real castle, not a Disney castle like Neuschwanstein. A beautiful part of the world though.
Nice, i thought you forgot about this series 👍
Great race chap
Brabham was a sporting legend in Australia.
10:34 - funny - there are "flat" people near the wall.))))
But overall a great race.
What's weird is that newer sims still use flat people.
Good stuff as always
Great Race!
Could you imagine a multi-class f1/f2 race now 😂😂
Very well done 👍❤️
Congratulations for the video! Could you give me the link from where to download this track of Nurbruring done so well? thank you!
Yes, very good version,I will like to download too. Thank´s :D
it is sad to see that SRMZ is now gone for good, i dont think GPL will ever be the same because of this
theres no indication its down for good, but its certainly worrying
@@GPLaps i can see this, but id day the indications were unfortunately here all along with the recent on and off downtime that the forum has heen experimenting since early to mid 2022, it seems that ebery time ive tried to access it in the passed year or so its been down
I really like the way your GPL looks. Do you use some kind of anisotropic filtering on your graphics card settings?
What a beautiful version of the track, I have the original, where did you download this one?
take your bets on how many of the retired cars would be dead irl
32:43 I remember watching a video of Jackie Stewart playing GPL where he mentioned that tree. I think he said the tree that they aimed for was missing. So, did they put the tree in or is this a modded track?
Good to see you are still continuing the 1966 season. Did you create your own setup or use one from a setup pack?
Its a custom setup I made based on the default one. Mostly raised the ride heights and regeared the car
Wow ❤️❤️
Another great drive Jake. Good to see Richie back in action. What version of Nurby is that?
It's the 67 version.
@@malthuswasright Ahh right. Been away from GPL for a while. Will track it down. 👍
I thought I had it as I`m good with keeping on top of the updates etc. SRMZ is down just now too. :(
Nürburgring is no town, just the ruin of an old castle
I did notice Rindt flipped over in his accident replay; as I understand it that was usually instant death for the drivers in those days, but he flipped right back onto his wheels. Should that be ruled a death for the sake of the story?
There's no deaths in this story.
Well, Rindt's car did have a roll hoop behind the seat, and he did flip back onto his wheels very quickly, so in this story, he survived with whiplash and a concussion.
1970
Are you driving with the paddles?
I use h-pattern and clutch!
@@GPLapsthx 👍🏼
Hey mate please make review of f1 challenge vb the of f1 challenge the have all f1 seasons
F1 challenge 😍
@@TheJamesEarly What are you doing here...
@@TheJamesEarly Breaking news, James Early manages to write a yt comment without crashing
Of all the old sims, F1 challenge has aged the worst. The VB mod is very ambitious, but very inconsistent as well.
Surtees can still catch Brabham with three wins He has a win and a second already
How could a tie be possible if Brabham wins 5 of 9 races and everyone keeps only 5 results?
It can't. The system was supposedly meant to keep the championship close but when someone wins most of the races they actually lock it up faster.
So ein Blödsinn 👎👎
I learned the Nurburgring, and the names of some of the corners (half of which I've forgotten), from GT5. It's cool to see the old version. It took a couple of laps to recognize parts of it, with the changed landscape, but I got locked in eventually. And it was cool to see the carousel with the tree still there and all by itself. What Jackie always said makes more sense now. Sadly, while I was born in 1965, it wasn't until GT5 in 2010 that I even learned of the Green Hell's existence. It's been love ever since. Good race. Didn't think I'd watch all of it, but it was worth it.