What about a new content this friday?

Definitely boring, the oval must have been a terrifying challenge in real life but in a sim it's pretty easy in most cars.

The 1000 Km 1966 version added chicanes before the banking which made it a little more interesting, but still a bit of a chore in my opinion. I would prefer this version for the official track if possible.

 

You need the right car for it. 50s F1 would be preferable.

The bankings very bumpy. Monza's build on a swamp so the concrete banking sections started sinking right after they were put in place. I'm interested to see what the Kunos version's like. AC's Monza is far more interesting than any other sim version I've driven, just little details like the variation in camber make it come alive.

 

Best. Monza. Ever. Never going back to polygon racing.

 

I took this last year, from flat It looks like a wall...so hard to get up there...

 

Interesting how would they laser scan it... I mean... Seriously, the bug would just roll over with 50 kph.....

 

Interesting to see how modern cars react on that bumpy road...I mean, with hard setups it would probably brake your car a part eheheh

 

How do you climb on that ridge from standstill though. You need to pick up speed first and then roll onto the cambered section.

 

This is how the tarmac looks like...veeeery slippery

 

Oh well there is space on the inside. Is the whole oval cambered like this or just a section??

 

It's a huge 180° turn all like this...obviusly it starts from flat and goes back flat, but is very long, can't see the end of it untill last moment

 

This is what it looked liketerrible

 

I suppose the challenge for Kunos is to try to get an impression of how the surface was to Phil Hill and Von Tripps in 1961, not how the surface is now. I'm certain it's always been bumpy, but the displacement of the concrete blocks has probably worsened. There's plenty of film of cars on the banking though so I suppose that gives something to start with.

I'm interested to drive the Kunos version. The car needs to fit the track, but with the right one I think it'll be great.

 

Bloody hell, the banking's ridiculously bumpy in that film

Look at the suspension movement....

 

That suspension arms on the Lotus 49 almost always move like that even if there are only the slightest bumps.

 

Yeah, there is always quite a bit of movement but nothing like the bashing in the old video.

 

Probably on the old Parabolica you had also a lot of compression+ the guy is not really pushing that beauty...but is crazy anyway

 

You showing me Brundle... ? He's going on a road trip there mate... In no way he's on the limit and the track is quite flat. The suspension does move a lot though. It is also exposed so you can easily see the movements whereas in modern cars it's hidden.

 

The master in action

 

Little update...actually the footage is probably from the film "grand prix" (if I'm not wrong)...and in that film they used f3 cars that loked like f1 cars...so probably not a good example..sorry...

 

Yeah, Oulton's bumpy in the Jim Clark vid but there's no where near the wheel banging going on that there is in that Grand Prix 66 movie vid.

Apparently when the 50s Indy races were run on the Monza high speed oval the US teams brought special reinforced tyres because Monza was so much more bumpy than the US ovals.

I think any modern race car from the would really struggle to keep the wheels on the road on Monza's banking.