Some changes made to Monaco

They should never scrap this race (and I doubt they ever will either)

Might not be great as a race , but the fact they are close to walls etc for 95% of the time makes it exciting in a different way
 
FrankJH said:
They should never scrap this race (and I doubt they ever will either)

Might not be great as a race , but the fact they are close to walls etc for 95% of the time makes it exciting in a different way
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And the fact a new race like this will never exist, so we need to keep Monaco.
 
I love Monaco simply because if it were made today it would not be possible due to needing big run-off areas.

I watch Monaco simply because I love to see big crashes!!!

I don't even particularly like Monaco's layout but I love it simply because mistake=wall, no 'oh look he went wide there into the 30m run-off zone and rejoined the race'. **** that, I want to see some dangerous impacts!
 
ZG002 said:
For the drivers and people actually at the race I'd imagine it's an amazing place, For the TV viewer it's pretty boring, I think quali is actually better than the actual race. I agree the exit from the tunnel needed sorting out for safety, Hoping it gives some drivers more confidence to maybe send one up the inside as the bump is gone.
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I find it great to watch on TV, especially having been round the track a few times myself.

Then again i'm not one of these that has the attention span of an american collage student and needs constant overtaking.

I enjoy watching the challenge Monaco presents the drivers. Loved in car footage of Kubica in particular driving around.

I'd choose it over Silverstone, which I find boring for both F1 and Moto GP, it's just too sparse.
 
Yeah. Once you apreciate the challenge of simply getting around the track (play it on F1 2010/2011 if you want to get a taste of it) then watching it is a lot more enjoyable.

Its by far my favourite track on the F1 games, but whenever a server rotates to it it empties :(
 
They should change the whole track for a new one as its a boring race. It may be great to race around but were not racing it we are watching it and it's dull.
 
It depends on the level you appreciate the skill involved, of which at Monaco there is massive amounts.

Similarly, I find football a dull 90s minutes of watching overpaid council estate ingrates kick a ball about, yet there are others who are enthralled by it.
 
Spunkey said:
It depends on the level you appreciate the skill involved, of which at Monaco there is massive amounts.

Similarly, I find football a dull 90s minutes of watching overpaid council estate ingrates kick a ball about, yet there are others who are enthralled by it.
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Used to be, current driving style, car style makes Monaco pretty awful. When races were won and lost on cornering, you could dive in at several corners in Monaco and make a pass, I think Hamilton has shown you get screwed if you do that there. Hell not just the current style of cars(easier cornering, stupid downforce in corners and the worst, risking breaking late into a corner to make a move = screwing tyres = impossible with current tyres), but the rules. Hamilton got done for Maldanado turning in on him and for me, Massa turning in on him as well.

This is a track where Schumacher... yes, Michael accepted Hamilton had him and pulled out and respected the space.............. but due to the way decisions have been given over the past 2-3 seasons other drivers(particularly newer ones) don't feel this is required.

Hamilton made a ballsy move and Schumi said, nice one and let him have it, Maldanado decided to cut across him on a track where that is recklessly dangerous to do so. Sensible drivers are too sensible to risk it anymore, and the stupid reckless drivers are simply unsafe, too much getting used to driving on tracks with monumentally big run off area's.

A set of drivers who respect an overtaking move on a dangerous track and allow it to happen and proper tyres you can't ruin a race with one late breaking lock up and Monaco CAN be fantastic again as it has been in the past.

As it is now its dangerous and boring :(

Sensible changes to the track, the leveling of track out of the tunnel is LONG overdue and it might just make it a little safer to try outbreaking another car into that chicane but, probably not.
 
I think I could talk someone through a lap of Monaco from memory. I don't think I am unusual in that.

How many other tracks could you say that about? How many other tracks do people know the names of every corner?

There is a reason for that.
 
spudbynight said:
I think I could talk someone through a lap of Monaco from memory. I don't think I am unusual in that.

How many other tracks could you say that about? How many other tracks do people know the names of every corner?

There is a reason for that.
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Very true, not just because it is short, each corner is memorable. It's so so hard on f1 game! Spa is my fav track on games.
 
Always provokes the same discussion every year. Monaco, much like Singapore, is a race where the prestige takes precedence over the race.

Fantastic but for different reasons. The Singapore night GP was one of the best experiences of my life. Atmosphere was out of this world. But you'll never get that through a TV screen.
 
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