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SNRL VITAL DOWNLOADS & LINKS
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SNRL E-Group (now YahooGroup) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/snrl-f2 - required for league members.

Papyrus' official download site http://www.papy.com/gpl/download.html - includes U.S. and international versions of the GPL 1.2 update, the D3D rasterizer, the Discofix patch, the OpenGL patch and the GPL demo.

GEM (GPL Engine Manager) Plus http://www.manau.force9.co.uk/GEM+/ - includes the software necessary to create the FD class in GPL. You can use the software to launch GPL, or just to make the necessary modifications to your gpl.exe.

Bart Westra's GPL Garage http://www.xs4all.nl/~westrab/gpl.htm - the bandwidth patch; among other things, includes a very useful discussion about bandwidth, latency and hosting requirements.

Other interesting add-ons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/snrl-f2/files/ - contributed by SNRL members.

GPL ESSENTIALS
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VROC 2.0 Homepage http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc/index.htm - the hub of the GPL online community. VROC can be utilized as the race interface or you can download the browser-independent application WinVROC. Also the home of much FAQ information.

Replay Analyser Home Page http://home.bip.net/martin/gplra - a utility for analysing GPL replays in all sorts of useful ways.

Eagle Woman's Grand Prix Legends http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/ - the works: FAQs, setups, you name it, the fruits of labor by Alison Hine, GPL beta tester and driving force behind VROC. Home of the ultimate setup utility, Nate Hine's GRE (GPL Race Engineer).

Ultimate GPL Links http://www.racesimcentral.com/links/ultimate.shtml - the most complete and up-to-date source of GPL links that I've found so far.

RaceSim Central http://www.racesimcentral.com/index.shtml - Many of the best GPL resources have been migrated to this now-massive site. It includes the Legends Central Forums, the GPLEA, and many others.

JC's F2/FD Hotlaps and Setups http://jc.simracing.dk/ - our world's hotlap and setup center.

SNRL RACE REPORTS
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GPL Race Reports with your host Dave Mack http://www.geocities.com/dmackf2/ - entertaining SNRL race reports, plus Dave's custom carcams, links to cam editors and all Dave's favorite GPL graphics add-ons.

Garret Van Haaften's BOG reports http://www.vanhaaften.org/bog.htm - Garret's unique perspective and sense of humor form the core of the 'BOG' or 'Back Of Grid' reports.

Steven's GPL Stuff http://www.geocities.com/supertech_34/ - Steven Davis' occasional race reports and hilarious team press releases, plus other goodies.

Phil's Phantastic Race Reports http://members.home.com/philnik/index.html - Some excellent reports of early SNRL races, though not updated lately.

Sum Halfwit's Absolutely No Frills Grand Prix Legends http://www.geocities.com/samuelj_nz/index.html - Sam Hardwick's race reports page, also excellent but not updated in some time.

ADD-ON TRACKS
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GPL Tracks Database http://magnust.d2g.com/ - A great resource, with links, classification, ratings and a brief description of every track released for GPL. More up-to-date than my page usually.

Dave's World at the US Pits http://www.theuspits.com/owheel/gpl/index.html - follow the link to Dave's World for Dubai, Brands Hatch, Osterreichring, Imola and Road Atlanta, as well as the Oval-to-GPL converter.

GPLEA http://gplea.racesimcentral.com/ - Creators of Snetterton, Solitude (& Snowitude), Goodwood, Crystal Palace and Snetterton 1967, as well as the fantasy track Pants Ring

ICR2N2N3-to-GPL track converter http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/ - Convert 21 tracks for GPL from ICR2, N2 and N3: Elkhart (Rd America), Laguna, Portland, Cleveland, Detroit, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio, Toronto, Vancouver, Indianapolis, Sears Point (orig config), Pocono, Heartland (Topeka), Mesa, Milwaukee, Gateway, California (Fontana), Sears New, Ontario, Riverside, Thompson. Cost: 15 Pounds Sterling (about $23).

RACING TECHNIQUE
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Driver Behavior Tips http://www.powerup.com.au/~philmak/gplac/rec_driver_beh.htm - essential reading - insight into GPL's driver perspective and how it limits the driver's perception of his surroundings, leading to a better understanding of how to race safely

Lights Out Racing http://www.gmmhost.co.uk/gmmhost/legendscentral/LOR/trackguides/index.html - excellent track guides and driving tips

GPL Foolishness http://website.lineone.net/~richardn/ - general racing tips and stuff from Ricardo Nunnini, the motley fool of GPL

Steve Smith's F2 Superguide http://www.simracing.com/guides/f2superguide_p1.html - everything you need to know about getting started with F2, from the man that wrote "Four Wheel Drift," the original bundled GPL guide.

SETUPS, REPLAYS & HOTLAPS
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GRE (GPL Race Engineer) http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/gpl/index.htm - Go to the downloads section. The help file contains a TON of excellent information about setting up cars in GPL and in real life.

JC's F2/FD Hotlaps and Setups http://jc.simracing.dk/ - our world's hotlap and setup center.

Ricardo Nunnini's approach to setups for GPL http://website.lineone.net/~richardn/Setups.html

Schubi's Grand Prix Legends http://www.parc-ferme.de/gpl.htm - the ultimate F1 Hotlaps site; though now closed (since the advent of GEM), the original collection of fastlaps & replays may represent the pinnacle of pure speed in GPL F1.

Hotlaps.org http://www.hotlaps.org/ - the designated successor of Schubi's GPL hotlaps.

ADD-ONS
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Ultimate GPL Links http://www.racesimcentral.com/links/ultimate.shtml - the most complete and up-to-date source of GPL links that I've found so far.
UTILITIES
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GPLOME http://www.sunpoint.net:81/~casper/ - a TSR program which runs in tandem with GPL and allows customized messages to be sent with one keystroke during online play.

 

The Ring-Trainer http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm - A wonderful little program that allows you to deploy your car from different sections of the Nurburgring, so you can learn it section by section.

GPL Movie Studio http://www.parc-ferme.de/util/GPLMovieStudio.exe - utility which makes MPG movies from GPL replays, it can also be used to simply strip the black bars from the top & bottom of GPL screenshots.

Juha Kallioinen's page, home of GPLDump http://www.hut.fi/~kaltsi/ - Utility to extract information from a GPL replay file.

WINMIP editors for GPL http://members.aol.com/winmip/ - useful to those interested in unpacking and manipulating the various data files in GPL.

LEAGUES
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MISCELLANY
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Nurburgring photographs http://www.hyperstim.com/home_units/news/nurburgreport99/nurb99comparision.html - features side-by-side comparisons of GPL screenshots and the real-life counterpart view at the Nurburgring .

Present-day eyewitness reports from Rouen and the Nurburgring http://fgplc.figc.net/ - by GPL enthusiasts (follow the link at the bottom of the front page)