Monaco Grand Prix - 66’ F1 Round 1 - Grand Prix Legends

[@ljsteward5050]

I am so impressed with the way you present all the history that is represented in your GP Legends events. I am 78 years old. I started sim racing around 1990 and have been involved ever since. I find your work so special as you recreate racing history in a way that make me appreciate the opportunity all sim racers have to virtually experience what we have always fantasized about - what it's like to race in these fantastic cars and hear your thinking as you take us on a quite realistic experience from a drivers point of view. No one else does it like you. I'm a devoted fan and look forward to every event you share with us. Keep up this great work!

[@jax4113]

hey man, just wanted to say that you sim racing at 78 years old is really cool!

[@FormulaPenguin483]

Hats off to you sir!

[@terribleshockex110]

Great to hear! I hope you are well :)

[@DSW964]

Finished 5th once in a full 100 lap, 100% realistic settings with the original 67 cars. May have not been a podium but sure felt like a victory. Another great video GPLaps!

[@Just_lift_anyone]

Nice! Which car were you in? (As a hunch I'll guess it was a Brabham)

[@DSW964]

@@Just_lift_anyone It's a looong time ago- could have been the Eagle though (I didn't choose the Brabham very often, even if it was the easiest car to do well with)

[@TwistOfTransistor]

It's amazing what this game has achieved. Completely ahead of its time and underrated. I love Formula Grid/old F1.

[@PavlosLepaul]

35:48 "some kind movie doing or something" , that was great reference 😆

[@stevezeoke]

No kidding. It won 3 Oscars

[@SteveCloyd]

I helped beta test the 66 mod. Glad to see it's still being raced. If memory servers I did some setups for them too, as well as the 69's.

[@bozakn]

Maan, so many years have passed. I remember reading about this in an old IT magazine with my cousin back in the day, they were calling it " the most realistic simulation of all time". I didn't have the equipment back than, I didn't have the money for a gaming peripheral, let alone PC. But we were so young and enthusiastic about everything. Now I have a decent PC with a decent wheel, I have all the available sims in my Steam library, but my cousin and his family don't want to talk to me and my folks anymore due to some idiotic financial disputes. Life is so short and sad.

[@Housestationlive]

@4:06 "put a tiger in your engine" i love it !!

[@livesomeday3584]

Good driver this Richie Axelson,a lot of potential I see in him.Also his rivalry with Bandini is really one of a kind,respect between the drivers.A rivalry which surpasses the Prost-Senna rivalry everyone should pay attention to it.

[@MsZeeZed]

“McLarens painted white … in some collaboration with a movie” 😹 more than just an odd footnote. Frankenheimer’s amazing dive into the cockpit (& beds) of 66 GP racing is more real than life at times.

[@RunawayTrain2502]

I heard somwhere that Bandini was a consultant on the movie and that he was the one to suggest the Monaco chicane crash scene. The same place Bandini would die in a crash the next year. Not sure if that's true of course, it could all be mythmaking after the fact.

[@jeffduquette9681]

I came across this channel by accident. I don’t know much of anything about auto racing history. But I’m starting to love the pre game pre race narration of these videos.

[@markcampbell2364]

Haha same thing happened to me over one of the covid lockdowns. Fast forward 2 years and I ended up buying a sim racing setup myself. So much fun!!

[@tomanderson6335]

Great scraps with Stoddard and Barlini, er, Stewart and Bandini! Looking forward to Richie's next event.

[@micheleferri2119]

Oh, a man of culture. 😁

[@leo1fun]

Looks like Richie will feature a lot in said movie!

[@Threadoflength]

I love the attention to detail in this series. He says they just had enough time to splash some navy paint on the old Brabham chassis and then from the in-cockpit view you can see the original green paint that it had from the race at Silverstone. Fantastic.

[@TinyBoatConcerts]

I love stumbling into a KZbin community I had no idea about. I have no idea this game existed 5 minutes ago and now I'm super into it haha

[@dolphusmeyer]

Fabulous race GPLaps. I watched the whole thing as it was so exciting. The render of Monaco is just sublime. I downloaded GPL using your video tutorial and it is near impossible for me so hats off to your driving skills. I am so impressed with GPL - the graphics may not be state-of-the-art but the immersion and realism is 100%!

[@johanndaart7326]

Woah, im looking forward for the rest of the races! When I had a rough depression couple years ago, your GPL vids with F1 seasons were like a chill safe space for me man... Thanks!

[@Wall562]

I can understand exactly what you mean. Great videos like this can bring home some enjoyment. Not only good racing, but quality work with the narrative from GP.

[@Argent_99]

Ahead of Richie: 4 WDCs (and 7 motorbike world championships for good measure.) Behind Richie: 9 WDCs. Other than Phil Hill and Emerson Fittipaldi, literally every WDC from 1959 to 1973 in this race. What an era.

[@VonBlade]

48:00 A bit LOTR Gandalf there. "Catching another car for position at the end of the race, but I'm already so weary". AMAZING racing. What a splendid Xmas present.

[@Caddynars]

For a game from 1998, Grand Prix Legends was very detailed. Even the gear shifting was animated, even if it was a frame earlier than the hand touching it.

[@pekkokuopanportti6859]

47:30 Reminds me of the famous clip of Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman gliding through a gate during the 1983 Manx Rally.

[@mgrzx3367]

I read an article in Road & Track about Monaco. How people would just step out of a bar with a drink and be 4 feet away from the race cars. Must have been awesome. Thank you so much, I enjoy watching you race.

[@kersacoft]

That last battle for third once it was clear it was possible was beyond exiting, specially after passing him the racing felt so hard.

[@brandonspratt487]

The circuit looks so cool from that era

[@labounti]

I did a similar race in rFactor 2 since it has Monaco 66!! Its beautiful at night.

[@makskk6spm275]

GPL was the greatest simulator ever and still has very competitive physics.

[@snoopdoggjake8154]

GPL’s car control is amazing, seeing him almost oversteer through saint devote is amazing love your good work man hoping to see more soon!

[@charliegiammarco5178]

For real. I get jealous every time I watch him catch what would be for me an unrecoverable spin!

[@mrbrittas3254]

the 8:54 the Ai physics lol, watching their cars try to corner lol. i now its a low budget game and old etc but still funny, id play it tho

[@knubly7507]

This is literally perfect content for me on KZbin. This is exactly the kind of stuff i love to watch.

[@jackoneil654]

Nice ! I was only two month old at that time

[@cilanthehusky1567]

I do like the replays that you do when something happens.

[@mellilore]

HEY 15:07 head is bouncing around!!!!! That must be some upgrade I've missed through the years... name of it???? Just GPL FOREVER!!!!!!

[@buffysteve]

Happy New Year from Melbourne Australia Richie and family. You are the Bob Ross of sim racing to me. Thanks for your enthusiasm. I was born in 1953, Jim Clark was my childhood hero. It's great to see someone of your age with so much respect and knowledge for this era of racing. Cheers Steve

[@JulieMidsTV]

Pushing all the way, there was some really good driving there. And you held it together under a lot of pressure at the end. Good job. Might well have got you drive of the day. Well deserved 3rd place :).

[@musography6958]

absolutely fanatastic racing my friend! I love all your onboard commentary and pre and post-race talk. Reminds me so much of my scalextric days back in the 70's ;)

[@studlydudly]

That was James Garner waving the Chequered Flag!

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

Skill and quality :D

[@klbandini6140]

You are a legend

[@thehorsecockexpress1068]

57:00 look at the names in that race, reads like a all time greats lst

[@plutoisaplanet7879]

epic driving!

[@whatisabercowich]

Great race! Looking forward to Spa. I just did a '65 race there with the Weather Patch. Not seeing more than 50 metres in front of you all the way from Raidillon to Stavelot is a very humbling experience.

[@Quazi-Moto]

Glad I saw this in my recommendations -- will have to check it out later. The first 1½ minutes have piqued my curiosity.

[@stefanandersson4454]

This is so much better then modern F1 on tv😀great job

[@Vollhirni]

So great to watch a full Race with background story on this track. I remember when the first screenshots from GPLEA for the new Monaco came out, we were so stunned by the level of detail implemented, and sooo exited to finally try it out after months of waiting. I was sporting a microsoft Sidewinder FFB wheel at the time and we had to be happy to get around 25-30 fps out of the pimped GPL.

[@milenschneewei6754]

This is hands down the best sim channel on youtube !!!

[@dannyboy_m3821]

That chicane is absolutely brutal!

[@scullystie4389]

A nice Christmas gift! Great race, Monaco always makes things tense even when you are in no-man’s land.

[@Crazy_Borg]

That was an exciting 1 hour , thanks for this.

[@danielkarmy4893]

If four-year-old me had only gone into Blockbusters one afternoon with my dad and spotted Grand Prix Legends on the shelf...I mean, the quality of this game, in a time when I played Gran Turismo 2 and saw myself as a driving god - even better than the great Ricardo Hammondi - was outrageously good.

[@nobodyfromnowhere5545]

I almost feel guilty to be so thrilled by virtual race. Gratz to podium finish ;)

[@PavlosLepaul]

It's so good to watch some GPL, as I have no idea how to succesful launch this game on my PC

[@bendtfender2894]

Same...

[@j.o.e2683]

+1

[@ACasualRacer]

Here, I can help you all with that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYjMYp1ujs-rrcU

[@fredscratchet1355]

Ritchie rides again! Once the new chassis arrives no doubt things will improve.

[@aw3man_]

Perfect Jake. Just finished the previous vid. Time to start the F1 Grand Prix season!!

[@mrdog4529]

Love your videos. Always informative and interesting, as well as great driving. You really bring the period to life for someone who has no memories of it himself.

[@lewisbloom]

Bravo, bloody brilliant race to have on in the background whilst doing some data entry for work. Look forward to the next one, esp if you end up in the new car and then have to get use to how different it can feel.

[@marcolenarduzzi1]

I'm very happy to see you driving the 66 season ! Great race Jake. Happy Holidays .

[@touyube2470]

Thanks for the upload dude, I've been looking forward to this one 👍🏻

[@buddhatree68]

Fantastic race. Completely hooked on your channel. Love your passion for sim racing and vintage cars.

[@Ricco668]

Great consistency fella! looking forward to the next one!

[@cipriandumitrache9340]

Woaaa, that was sooo entertaining to watch! Thank you & keep them coming!

[@klausjager1826]

As usual, amazing job and a lot of information. Btw, I'm wondering if there are some information about which tyre brand was better in the 60s, Firestone or GoodYear?

[@GPLaps]

thats a good question, tire development was at a fast pace. Don’t forget Dunlop too who actually provided the most tires. I know the width of tires especially at the rear was increasing. And slicks were already starting to be carried over from drag racing to formula cars in the US, although it would be a few years until they appeared in f1

[@damage98]

@@GPLaps I think Firestone pioneered slicks.

[@keiththestones7951]

@@damage98 I think they were first seen in 1971, maybe 1970

[@robbo5932]

I think it's brilliant the way you comment and the ton of information you provide in the races . Very enjoyable. What sim are you using , is it Assetto Corsa. Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍

[@Niko-he4ji]

I love your videos and this series. Some of the best content on KZbin.

[@Nickyy64]

Wow merry Christmas! GP gave us all a fantastic gift this year ❤️

[@JURacing]

looking very much forward to the season. That was a promising start. 👍

[@OldManPlaysDrivingSims]

That was great viewing Jake, every time I watch one of these videos, I feel like immediately firing up GPL. The AI still amazes me after all these years.

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

Oh boy. Can't wait to see how you do this season!

[@west-tekesportsracing4239]

Great start to the season, you may have annoyed a couple of your fellow racers though. Love the detail of the hasty paint job not covering the green in the cockpit from the last race 🤩

[@GPLaps]

youre the first to notice the paint! thanks!

[@artsydoodler29]

That was a good start to the season, looking forward to the next race!

[@robinjurries2606]

Great video, really loving this series.

[@ryanward6386]

16:57 shades of Olivier Panis on Eddie Irvine at Monaco in '96...

[@Gringle_]

Dan Gurney's cousin, James Gurney, has a neat little video of him painting one of Dan's cars in gouache

[@gary24fan]

Well Merry Christmas to you and to us for this great upload Jake!

[@mathieulunny8123]

What a way to start the season! Loved that one, nice job for the video 👌 best Christmas present 😁

[@cronistamundano8189]

Seems to me you favor a oversteer setup, while most of the cars ahead seem more stiff. Is that the case? Would it be not a good idea to have a less loose rear end to try exit corners closer to whos ahead? Great racing, anyway! This game is insanely difficult, and you do an awesome job!

[@TheJamesEarly]

A Christmas miracle

[@antothemanto77]

What a sweet Christmas gift!!!

[@jacobgivens7906]

A wonderful Christmas present

[@comjanatl]

looks like the game makes you work

[@paulrnaylor]

The Monaco chicane is most dangerous and tricky corner in gpl

[@stuboyle666]

Hey Jake, Steam is having a big sale right now until January 5th. I'm tempted to get AM2 because of the new CART mod but don't know what DLC's I should get with it. Maybe you could do a video on the Steam sale from the perspective a sim racer who is into historic mods. It seems like our taste in seem to closely align. Thanks!

[@hugocorreia8039]

You can get this for free in rfactor 2

[@pluxauag7555]

Hoping you do a, 'Good Ol Play' with SnowRunner at some point. Would be a great interactive viewer decision on next objective missions for that incredible game. This video is a masterpiece, wonderful explanation of the set-up for the 1966 Monte Carlo Grand Prix. (PS. Do the a play of the Hall of Fame game - Ferrari F355 Challenge one day from Sega).

[@gdwlaw5549]

I played this game for years and then went to Monaco for the historic formula one race! I recommend this event rather than the actual F1!

[@darren2514fv]

1966 the South African GP the traditional Round 1 was cancelled as with the switch to the 3.0 litre formula it would have been impossible to raise a field in South Africa so R1 was at Monaco

[@paulanstey4577]

Bandini still within reach of my climax -- urgh!!! ;) Out of the race - Bandini - Piston. More like PistOff ;) Merry Christmas

[@JakeSimRacing]

Best Christmas present!

[@RunawayTrain2502]

Talking about Monaco in 1966: "the cars are getting pretty wide, I think F1 will leave this track behind in like 10 - 15 years". Talking about Monaco in 2024: "BuT mUh HiStOrY!!11!!!11!!!

[@masaha9]

Just about overtaking Stewart and Bandini at the casino hairpin: *YOU NAUGHTY NAUGHTY!*

[@ThereIsNoThem]

Another fantastic video, thank you! Do you do any podcast? You would be great at covering the F1 season.

[@damage98]

Fun to watch! How do you miss a shift in a game like this? Do you have 3 pedals and a shifter? Still you're driving great, just watching I'm nervous hah. Does the game or any others allow or support double clutching / double de-clutching? That would be so cool. I'm thinking of getting a gaming rig to try historic racing, I want 1961 F1 season, and others of course. looks so fun!

[@antothemanto77]

23:32 “bandini within reach of my climax” 😩🥵

[@touyube2470]

Take your degeneracy elsewhere

[@antothemanto77]

@@touyube2470 homie it’s just a joke-I enjoy vintage sim racing just as much as you lol

[@touyube2470]

@@antothemanto77 fair enough dude

[@donjezza]

great race

[@jeffrielly]

"no heroics in Saint Devote!" - jeff

[@NoSignal_stream]

"The teams cars are painted white with a green stripe in some collaboration with a movie being filmed at the event" ahahahahaha, yeah "Some movie" :P

[@DarrenPaul]

It truly is Christmas now!!! 🎄🎄🎄⛄⛄⛄

[@johntoms1170]

Great run Jake and Merry Christmas! Let me know if anything becomes of this movie that Bruce is involved with, may be interesting to watch! :)

[@AlconburyBlues]

I need some advice on how to get GPL working again in this day in age. Currently still on Win7x64 even after they dropped support. But soon going to be with Win10 finally since I'm building a new rig. Any links you can share would be greatly appreciated.

[@natec5373]

Merry Christmas

[@gary24fan]

Sorry to post again but I have a question this time. The results sheet had you using car #46 as in the other races but graphically you were 22. Does the sim not allow you to change your own car number?

[@GPLaps]

unfortunately the number in sim is hardcoded for each mod. I don’t think #46 was run at all in 1966 which is why it was chosen. I just decided to go with #22 which was the next unused number on the entry list

[@gary24fan]

@@GPLaps Thank you so much for the reply and happy holidays.

[@micheleferri2119]

Wasn't the starting grid back at at the swimming pool straight back then? I can't remember when they moved it

[@skywillis]

Merry Chrispmans

[@burtpanzer]

Would that be Bob Bondurant second to last on the grid along side Bruce Mclaren? I knew his name probably before just about anyone except maybe Mario Andretti.