1955 F1 R03 Belgian Grand Prix - Grand Prix Legends

[@Jimmy_Broadbent]

Just wanna say how happy I am to see you uploading regularly again. I get a kind of enjoyment from your videos that I can't find anywhere else. Keep it up, man

[@AGXenikos78]

Jimmy Broadbent GPLaps and Jimmy Broadbent are my favourite youtubers :)

[@daren42]

I think it's his voice. I could listen to GPLaps all day

[@seanomatopoeia]

@Jimmy Broadbent So this means you're gonna do a 1955 Completes series, right?

[@ebolaboi6967]

Talent sees talent

[@Coastfog]

Nobody, ever: Scammer bots: "Hey check out this obivous scam that only the worst people will fall for, under the comment of a wholesome racer complimenting another wholesome racer!"

[@ConfusedShelf]

This may be your best video. 50 minutes of racing on the absolute limit. Intense from start to finish.

[@MrGrogee]

I'm really enjoying these races and this channel overall. Anyone who has driven GPL knows how hard it is to string a lap together - let alone a race. This Spa circuit is so unforgiving! Those left handers before the end of the lap with a grassy drop off into some trees - instant death. Anyway a superbly driven race and well deserved win. Please keep the content coming, I love it!

[@JURacing]

Great race, great driving, keeping your calm and concentration through the whole race was quite something.

[@athhar3643]

As always, an enjoyable watch. You race like a real human who practices a bit when he can find the time, generally knows what he is doing, and does it well. I like that. Some of the alien sim drivers look like they have either too much time or some sort of cheater mod, and it makes their videos a lot less immersive. Also, your commentary is on point - not too loud or too soft, and you come across as someone I'd like to have in a sports car club, rather than some loudmouth ego-run-wild that feels he was unfortunately separated from a real F1 seat by a cruel twist of fate. Maybe not super-human, but humanly super!

[@eduardogranja6418]

Awesome drive. I am watching this series with the same interest of the current formula 1! Thanks. Can’t wait for the next one.

[@CSM13]

Amazing race man. so proud. I remember my first GPL win and the relief at the end is something hard to forget. These emotions is what in my opinion sets GPL ahead of any racing game ever. By the way, can you show the newspaper article at the end? I don't know if its in the 55 version but if it is can you add it in.

[@riderofthemark6661]

I love this series best one I've seen in quite a long time, you're awesome man!

[@ThePoison38]

I played the 2004 GPL demo for the first time yesterday. I can’t believe I waited this long!! I’m having so much fun just driving on Watkins Glen. I’m definitely going to buy the full version when I get a chance.

[@samghost13]

Love that Race Sim. Nice one

[@grahamfordham4510]

Wonderful racing I was nervous just watching you Outstanding.

[@RalonsoF1]

I can only say and this is my opinion since I have started watching on KZbin: GPLaps is the #1!!!

[@TurboRacing39]

I am so happy that you guys are keeping this game alive. Great drive and commentary, i've enjoyd it.

[@keithroberts527]

Spa is my all-time favorite track. I love the length and the speed! All time scary fast corners. Look forward to watching your victory!

[@MrCatalysis101]

Great video again thanks. This title still rules when it comes to real immersion. That's magical after 20 years.

[@Dilip122S]

A great race, and very well driven. Very quick, too, 4.05 is definitely quick around there. A fantastic first win on one of the best circuits in GPL, and a Ferrari one-two! Il Commendatore will be pleased. I must say, I am loving this 55 season, keep up the good work!, and good luck at Zandvoort!

[@streetphone4619]

WOW! The most intense race of this series so far. Zand should be equally great.

[@doghousef1449]

Congratulations! But i doubt if it's his first win when he is in his thirties or maybe even fourties (when his son drives in F1 just ten years later) and had for sure lot of F1 races behind :). But again congrats, great victory after smooth race. Few facts from real race - Last race in F1 for Giuseppe Farina (he quit because of persistent pain from 1954 crash), after Alberto Ascari fatal accident only Eugenio Castellotti drives in Belgian GP for Lancia and he even won pole position!

[@danesorensen1775]

Given American F1 drivers in this era typically came from sports car racing, it's probably not crazy that this is indeed Axelson Sr's first Grand Prix win, following a long and distinguished sports car career in the States ;)

[@BossaNossa1]

I was biting my nails!!! hahaha, also I loved your entry into "La Source" 4 wheel drifting into the corner! Super cool!

[@gmcg28c]

Great race, excellent drive Jake. it's a must see, everyone :)

[@tjc7815]

Only two words for that video/race... AWESOME SAUCE!!! I`ve now seen a lot of your videos and enjoyed them all a ton but that has to be one of (if not "the" best) brilliant drive and huge congrats on the win. Intense, thrilling racing. Brilliant! (Ok, I lied about the "only two words" :D)

[@MichaelRoma91]

glad to see you uploading again. Axelson back at it harder than ever!

[@leo1fun]

What a race that was! Awesome!

[@laming2006]

Great race! The last few laps were intense! Looking forward to Zandvoort!

[@johannes914]

Fantastic win. Very tense race.

[@the_clhoyt]

Awesome race. Well done! And loving to be able to follow another of ur great simracing series once again!!!

[@marcolenarduzzi1]

Great drive and congratulations on a well fought battle to a well deserved victory ! Looking forward to Zandvoort,good luck.

[@racerkenny7997]

Nice driving...And only 1 gear grind, albeit a nasty one. The way the Ferrari lurched when you missed the gear, I thought Richard was gonna end up in a field.

[@user-bp5py6bh3g]

Love this series :)

[@ssj3mohan]

You drive a lot man . My Respects

[@djpilow]

What a race! Spa is perfect for these cars. No problem with the brakes 😅

[@jasonkent3658]

Great race fastest lap I thought that hey bail was going to be your end good job

[@Z64sports]

What a nice looking game this is

[@V8cosworth]

Congrats! Drove a gem of one there.

[@eduardogranja6418]

Very enjoyable races man.. I still have the original dvd for GPLegends, where can I find the latest mod and where do I find the the 1955 mod. Keep it up great work

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Totally awesome video. Enjoyed every min.

[@simonbarrett6059]

19.23 the pit lane marking just advisory then? 🏎😄

[@abc123gpl]

Wow. Good Racing. Spa was never my favorite Track but i had to do it to complete my GPL Rank.

[@lucianoozorio7763]

"It was pure racing, pure driving. There was no politics, no money involved....."

[@MrMaccoy1973]

First Victory of some this season .... Gonzalez was your biggest threat in this race...anyway a very solid performance from Axelson..lol Good luck for Zandvoort!!

[@Leprosykrisu]

What a brilliant race, I was much more excited (and nervous for you) than numerous times watching real racing! These old race cars and circuits in GPL are merciless, it really gets my blood pumping going full speed in this game. The Ferrari roar is pretty brutal, loving it. How fast are these cars going, I guess 180+ mph on this track? BTW, what settings are you using on GEM+ in terms of the AI?

[@MMMaaatttttt]

Great win!

[@markmark5269]

Great racing, lots of patience shown and rewarded thus. AI are a bit off and need some tweaking. Damn I might get back into it this year, the 55's are very appealing

[@VonBlade]

Wow that was tense. Plenty of times I thought he was about to come passed. Fabulous drive. Enjoy the champagne. Edit to add : Zandi next? In these cars. Wow. Much car + dune interfacing in your future. I never got the Tunnel right after hundreds of laps.

[@buckzx12r]

Gotta liover the amazing safety stuff they had back then.No guard rails,allowing one to roll all the way down the mountain.

[@holeshotshane6344]

It would be sick to live in one of those houses a long the track. Or at least it would be right up until one of the cars decides to give your house a new front door

[@Villoresi]

Most of the 1967 F1 cars were ~1,200 lb. Most of these are ~1,400, which is higher, but not astronomical. The odd one out seems to be the Mercedes, which from what I can tell, was ~1,800 lb. Of course, the W196 had 290 hp instead of the 240-250 hp of most of the others. The Lancia had 260 hp, and was toward the lighter end of the 1955 field, so that helped it. Well, you yourself called that bit with Gonzalez "timid", and then complimented Fangio on being "aggressive". Unless it's a place you can see that you're quicker than the AI, lap-after-lap, you have to be prepared to strike when an opportunity presents itself, even when the timing or the spot on the circuit isn't "ideal". Heck, I think we nowadays get too hung up on what are "conventional" overtaking points, opportunities, and methods, things that were a lot more fluid back in those days. As a final note on driving, Jacky Ickx was well-known for going hellbent-for-leather off the top, especially when he had a turbo boost knob in the cockpit, and then settling in to a comfortable, for him and what he could do with the car, pace, once he'd already gotten into a good position. And as I recall, he was quite good at Le Mans and elsewhere, so the strategy sure seemed to work in the long races.

[@awepen1596]

Pls do continue this career mode pls.. Awesome trilogy this..

[@debe968]

Enzo would be proud! Well done!

[@jamesbehra2690]

Its hard to imagine how this should be in real life. Ridiculously dangerours .👍

[@timonsolus]

... by modern standards.

[@jamesbehra2690]

@@timonsolus Absolutely.

[@1372eatapeach]

Cool stuff !!!

[@zacharygrahamgill]

Kept ya shit together well there, well done. 👍

[@hessuhopo7586]

where you got this version of spa? just awesome and very realistic from those days !!

[@GPLaps]

spa67.gplworld.de/

[@hessuhopo7586]

@@GPLaps I'm very thankfully...!!...your youtube-videos are very relaxing and enjoying to watch... keep that way! ...by the way just tell something ..i'm from finland and live same town where is ahvenisto-circuit... that mod is also very realistic... :-))

[@hureak1456]

Bro, I downloaded the game with the link that you sent in another video but when I started it the game was blinking and my computer did not work, the screen was minimized and it could not be maximized and I pressed windows to close the game and instead of appearing as it always does It came out in the center and took up the entire screen, do you know why that happens? I would like to play that game

[@frankwendel8671]

This is much more exciting than watching real formula 1. Is there any 70ies mod on gpl? And if so, would you do a series of that?

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

19:47 Not the first time, amirite?

[@berghy8606]

WAIT UR BACK. YAAAAAAAAAAS

[@allanflynn2704]

Is this game worth playing even now? I remember as a kid I had viper racing and it came with an advertisement for this game, I used to want to play it so badly. Now I find it on KZbin lol

[@GPLaps]

I still have a lot of fun with it!

[@ryklatortuga4146]

WOOHOO All the frites and all the mayonnaise for the Champion in the Ardennes.

[@FezzantPlucka]

Awesome!

[@fjbh1018]

What AI settings do you use? Have you manually modified the hype value or have you let them just adapt on their own?

[@GPLaps]

I have the auto-scaling off. On some tracks I manually modify the hype value but they seemed to be a good speed here :)

[@Synystr7]

Bet it felt like you could finally breathe, leaving Monaco to here.

[@ZeldaACFan17]

Where can I find this game and mods for it all for free? I don't buy things online because I need my parents' permission.

[@ZeldaACFan17]

Oh, and by the way, one of the cars is the odd one out here because it isn't an F1 car. Lol

[@BossaNossa1]

By the way you mentioned the AI settings..? What are the settings for this championship, full simulation..?

[@GPLaps]

Always full-simulation! I have this on Long-Distance.

[@mikemorgan8895]

Awesome job! Is this on steam or do you need the software on disk? Also what is your wheel and pedals you are using?

[@GPLaps]

Not on steam, you can most likley find a copy for download on the internet, it is a 20 year old game.

[@johnq8879]

Fucking awesome racing

[@foffplease3944]

Ramp angles are killing you, particularly at SPA. 60/30 is default and it's no good, it's a lot more fun to go more aggressive, try 30/85. 60/30 on this track just means more and more understeer on the fast corners and losing time on the uphill corners.

better physics than iracing

[@naikjoy]

Is this against AI?

[@timonsolus]

Yes. Very good AI.

[@rogerwhittle2078]

A couple of observations, if I may? First of all, well done. It is clear that driving these vintage cars wasn't easy and just because they are now electronic avatars of the past, they are clearly no easier. My first observation is that with just anonymous 'AI' drivers, it is easy to be aggressive and not the least intimidated by them. By having actual, real life drivers with known histories, it must be very difficult NOT to be intimidated by just their names? One of them, of course, is still alive - our own Sterling Moss! Second, I am not a sim driver, but I am a very experienced driver of cars with similar transmissions and braking systems and I used to drive like an idiot in my youth. I notice you do not use the classic racing 'Heel and Toe' technique of braking smoothly, while 'double de-clutching' down through the gears. When done properly, it allows you to change into a lower gear at a higher speed, while still maintaining pressure on the brakes. I don't want to teach my Grandmother to suck eggs, but merely by the sound and the fact all those drivers in front of you appeared to flash past and get away from you, under braking and slowing for bends, leads me to think you could gain valuable time by use of the technique? You've mentioned Jimmy Broadbent and, unless he's not doing it properly, it sounds like he uses double de-clutching and I can see his feet doing the 'Heel and Toe' movement. Check him out and get the right technique. It's all to do with non synchromesh gearboxes and I had to learn to drive on gearboxes like that. When you have it right - it's a matter of timing - you do it by ear, you synchronise the next gear with the lay shaft to allow a fast, crunch free change. You actually do it changing up, as well as down, although you don't 'blip' the throttle on an up change, only on the way down. If you talk to Jimmy Broadbent, he will show you how it is done. When I used to drive our Scout Troop's minibus, especially when towing a trailer, I was the only regular driver who could guarantee to get first gear from second, going up a very steep hill or into an uphill bend. There was no 'synchro' on first gear and no-one else was old enough to have learned the technique!

[@thegator589]

old school racing is absurd