LGPS 1991-1993

[Nuppiz]

Original, uncensored highlights videos here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/oewa2kvnzq5z8/LGPS

Highlights videos on YouTube (some music is cut due to copyright strikes)
1991
1992
1993

In late 1990, desperate for cash after his Formula 1 project failed, Ernesto Vita decided to sell the plans for both the chassis and engine of the L190 car. Initially there were no buyers. But in January 1991 a wealthy group of Swiss investors, bored with their country's ban on motorsport, decided to purchase these assets and contracted various engineering firms to start making copies of both the chassis and engine in preparation for a completely new single-make series.

Welcome to Life GP series!
Features:

• Every team will run with the L190 chassis and Life W12 engine
• Sophisticated car upgrade system (combination of my two F1C ideas, this and "Technical F1")
• Driver skills & upgrades
• Classic F1 tracks from the early 90s. I'll see if I can install other circuits as well.
• Possibility of having almost completely different liveries within the same team

Right, time to make this real! I'll run this whenever I have the time, although thanks to the wonders of accelerated time (as I don't have to drive myself, and any possible highlights can be recorded from the replay) the races won't take me so long to run.

Livery templates:
http://www.mediafire.com/?l2vi9te690x39p8
Note that these templates are rough guides I made from the original BMPs based on trial & error. I've kept the original sponsors in so that you can see which texture goes where and which way around. The body template has one limitation of note: the airbox and the tops of the sidepods use partly the same area of the texture, so you can't put any big sponsor logos there and both must be of the same color. It is safe to change the flag and name of the driver, though (or you can place it elsewhere if you want). There are two BMPs included in the package (Bodylife1 and Radiatorbody) that are parts of the sidepods and should be of the same colour as the rest of them. Lifechassis and Lifecockpit are minor details from inside the cockpit - just recolor the red parts with the color of your choice. If you're unsure what to do, just give me the idea and I'll make something up.

Only fictional drivers, please!
Entry list:

Entries in red are no longer active.

Dave Wilson Racing (GBR) (AndreaModa)
D1: Dave Wilson #5 (GBR)
Budget: 13,250 CHF
Spent: 50,750 CHF

Team Sandinista! (GBR) (East Londoner)
D1: Christopher Arthurs #19 (GBR)
D2: Richard Arthurs #20 (GBR) / Joachim Dumm (GER) / Rachel Graham (GBR)
T/RD: Rachel Graham (GBR)
Budget: 27,250 CHF
Spent: 57,000 CHF

Herbalife Racing (USA) (Phoenix)
D1: Charles Jericho #69 (USA) / Baccus Young (USA)
T/RD: Baccus Young (USA)
Budget: 6,750 CHF
Spent: 33,000 CHF

L.O.T.U.S. (GBR) (Shadaza)
D1: Danny Fernandez #3 (GBR)
D2: Cave Armstrong #4 (USA) / Mike Boullier (FRA)
T/RD: Mike Boullier (FRA)
Budget: 9,000 CHF
Spent: 64,000 CHF

EuroBrum (GBR) (redbulljack14)
D1: William Anker #33 (GER)
D2: Richard Richardson #34 (GBR) / Jamie Murphy (USA)
T/RD: Jamie Murphy (USA)
Budget: 17,000 CHF
Spent: 60,000 CHF

The Smokin' Engines (GBR) (BaconLettuceNinja)
D1: Michael Balzary #11 (USA) / Jonny Greenwood (GBR)
T/RD: Jonny Greenwood (GBR)
Budget: 6,000 CHF
Spent: 28,750 CHF

Trabant Rennsport (GER) (This)
D1: Gio van Dycke #13 (BEL) / Dimitry Vitkin (URS)
D2: Dimitry Vitkin (URS) #31 / Kim Jong-Sung (PRK)
Budget: 3,250 CHF
Spent: 90,500 CHF

Life of Namibia (NAM) (Klon)
D1: Leonhard Von Gottorp #264 (GER)
Budget: 21,250 CHF
Spent: 29,000 CHF

Team James Davies (GBR) (BlindCaveSalamander)
D1: James Davies #17 (GBR)
Budget: 1,250 CHF
Spent: 41,750 CHF

Al Smith Racing Enterprises (GBR) (BlindCaveSalamander)
D1: Apostolos Alianopoulos #17 (GRE) / Jose Braggia (ITA)
Budget: 3,250 CHF
Spent: 12,000 CHF

Kickert Motorsport Engineering (NED) (The Masked Lapwing)
D1: Pieter Kickert #16 (NED)
Budget: 3,000 CHF
Spent: 30,000 CHF

Scuderia Rifiutare (ITA) (JeremyMcClean)
D1: Jean-Pierre Balivernes #27 (FRA)
Budget: 6,250 CHF
Spent: 34,500 CHF

Rockets to Russia (USA) (tristan1117)
D1: Danny Ramone #35 (USA)
D2: Marky Howard #53 (USA) / Algernon Bell (USA)
T/RD: Algernon Bell (USA)
Budget: 24,750 CHF
Spent: 57,000 CHF

Some Racing Team Inc. Co. Pte Ltd. (CAN) (WaffleCat)
D1: James Generic #1 (CAN)
Budget: 1,000 CHF
Spent: 37,500 CHF

Psycho Soldiers Racing Team (JPN) (FMecha)
D1: Nobuhiko Yazaki #14 (JPN)
D2: Yuki Yoshino #15 (JPN) / Eddie Pulaski (USA)
Budget: 25,250 CHF
Spent: 67,000 CHF

Foster's Good Call in association with Life (GBR) (pasta_maldonado)
D1: Jan van der Maeyede #00 (NED) / Apostolos Alianopoulos (GRE)
D2: Jose Braggia #9 (ITA) / Pieter Kickert (NED)
T/RD: Apostolos Alianopoulos (GRE), Jose Braggia (ITA)
Budget: 6,500 CHF
Spent: 83,000 CHF

Start 'n' Park Racing (USA) (eurobrun)
D1: Larry Chapman #90 (USA) / Con Wellholme (USA)
D2: Johnny Gunselman #91 (USA) / Con Wellholme (USA)
Budget: 16,750 CHF
Spent: 60,000 CHF

Foxhound Life (GBR) (Shizuka)
D1: Psycho Mantis #190 (URS)
T/RD: Kenneth Baker (USA)
Budget: 5,250 CHF
Spent: 32,000 CHF

Racing in Circles (USA) (Ferrarist)
D1: Billy Bob Barron #222 (USA) / Dr. John Smith #37 (USA)
D2: Ronald Tenpecost #10 (USA) / Apostolos Alianopoulos (GRE) / Danilo di Longo (USA) / Dr. John Smith #37 (USA)
T/RD: Dr. John Smith #37 (USA)
Budget: 11,250 CHF
Spet: 62,500 CHF

Néstle Racing Team (GBR) (AdrianSutil)
D1: Dave Smith #96 (GBR)
Budget: 16,250 CHF
Spent: 29,750 CHF

HURT Racing (AUS) (simonracer)
D1: Joe Bloggs #47 (AUS) / Bazza the Bogan (AUS) / Will Roberts (AUS)
T/RD: Bazza the Bogan (AUS)
Budget: 3,250 CHF
Spent: 36,000 CHF

Zeroforce (LIE) (Rated)
D1: Algernon Bell #29 (USA) / Natascha Zaugg (AUT)
T/RD: Natascha Zaugg (AUT)
Budget: 3,750 CHF
Spent: 32,000 CHF

Garagist Racing Team (GBR) (pi314159)
D1: José Pablo Mazzacane #39 (ARG)
D2: Apostolos Alianopoulos #40 (GRE) / Mattias Kjellerup (DEN) (NC)
T/RD: Mattias Kjellerup (DEN)
Budget: 3,250 CHF
Spent: 31,500 CHF

Non-championship entries:

Winton Racing (GBR) (DalekSam)
D1: Sam Winton #7 (GBR) / Apostolos Alianopoulos (GRE)

Nicchi Motori (VAT) (darkapprentice77)
D1: Valentino Nicchi #99 (VAT)

Racing for Greece Powered by Olives (Warren Hughes)
D1: Apostolos Alianopoulos #42 (GRE)

Reserve list:
DalekSam
darkapprentice77
Warren Hughes

Free agents (ie. drivers with race experience but no seat at the moment):
Dimitry Vitkin (URS), managed by This.
Joachim Dumm (GER), managed by JeremyMcClean.
Joe Bloggs (AUS), managed by Simonracer.
Mike Boullier (FRA), managed by Shadaza.
Danilo di Longo (USA), managed by Phoenix.
Jamie Murphy (USA), managed by redbulljack14.
Baccus Young (USA), managed by Phoenix.
Jose Braggia (ITA), managed by pasta_maldonado.
Richard Arthurs (GBR), managed by East Londoner.

ENTRIES CLOSED FOR THIS SEASON!

Points system: 10-6-4-3-2-1, one bonus point for both pole position and fastest lap.

Prize money: 500 Swiss francs for each point attained. Drivers who don't score points will get 250 francs each.

Car upgrades available:
The first price is for two-car teams, the second for one-car teams.

Reduce weight: 5000/2500 CHF per kg. Reduces the overall mass of the car.
Reduce overall drag: 2000/1000 CHF per unit. Reduces the overall drag of the car.
Improve front wing downforce: 2000/1000 CHF per unit. Increases the front wing downforce, but at the cost of more drag.
Reduce front wing drag: 3000/1500 CHF per unit. Decreases the front wing drag, improving straightline speed without sacrificing downforce.
Improve rear wing downforce: 4000/2000 CHF per unit. Increases the rear wing downforce, but at the cost of more drag.
Reduce rear wing drag: 6000/3000 CHF per unit. Decreases the rear wing drag, improving straightline speed without sacrificing downforce.
Improve engine torque: 3000/1500 CHF per unit. Improves the entire torque band of the engine, making for better acceleration.
Improve engine power: 2000/1000 CHF per unit. Improves the engine's peak power with little thought for drivability or acceleration.
Improve engine reliability (crucial!): 1000/500 CHF per unit. Makes the engine less of a hand grenade.

Driver upgrades available
Starts: 2000 CHF per point. Makes the driver start faster & decreases chance of stalling.
Qualifying performance: 1000 CHF per point. Makes the driver better on a single lap.
Race performance: 1000 CHF per point. Makes the driver better in the long run.
Wet weather skills: 1000 CHF per point. Makes the driver better when it rains.
Overtaking: 1250 CHF per point. Increases the chances of a successful overtake.
Reliability: 1000 CHF per point. Makes the driver less prone to crash out.

For the first season all upgrades are free of maintenance. However, starting from the second season onwards you must forfeit a part of your budget to keep your upgrades, or you can also sell them for half the purchase price.

[AndreaModa]

Dave Wilson Racing
D1: "Dodgy" Dave Wilson (GBR) #5
Tyres: Goodyear

Dave Wilson, known as "Dodgy Dave" to those who know him, is a wheeler-dealer from the East End of London, who happened to "acquire" one of these fabricated Life chassis through a deal he made. With no better use for it than to take it racing, he entered himself into the Life GP Series. He's accrued some sponsorship through a couple of loan shark friends he knows, and as far as he's concerned, that's good enough to go racing!

[Londoner]

Team Sandinista!

D1: Christopher Arthurs #19
D2: Richard Arthurs #20
Test Driver: Rachel Graham
Tyres: Pirelli

The Arthur brothers are lifelong fans of The Clash, and want to spread this fact through this new series (convienently forgetting the real meaning of the word Sandinista...). The elder brother Christopher's girlfriend Rachel will be handling testing duties, but is that all she'll be handling? It should also be known that the entire team is pretty...shady, shall we say. Little is known of their business dealings...

Livery-wise, as I can't do liveries on my laptop, could someone make a livery of pink and green (homage to the cover of London Calling) with THE CLASH written on the engine cover in white. No sponsorship for now...

[Phoenix]

Herbalife Racing
D1: Charles Jericho (#69)
D2: Danilo di Longo (#666)
T/RD: Baccus Young
Tyres: Goodyear

Herbalife Racing was formed after some bored Herbalife employees decided that sponsoring a racing team in a series comprising cars manufactured as "Life" would make perfect sense considering the name of the brand that employs him. However, no professional drivers would accept to drive those bins on wheels for a pittance, so they had to make some left-field choices. Charles Jericho is a youngster who was making a name for himself in the underworld crime and had some ability behind the wheel of a car, while Danilo di Longo is a friend of a friend of a distant cousin. Baccus Young appeared at a meeting at the house of one of the employees to deliver the mail and found himself recruited as the tes/reserve driver.

And no, despite the car carrying Herbalife sponsorship, Herbalife is not actually sponsoring the team.

[Shadaza]

Lots of Trouble Usually Serious. (Or L.O.T.U.S)
1.Danny Fernandez (3) GBR
2.Cave Armstrong (4) USA
Pirelli.

I would say eat my dust, but then that dust is probably engine coolant. So we decided to task some shed based engine company to build our engine for us, I am sure it will be competetive enough to win say the INDY 500 or something.

[FullMetalJack]

EuroBrum

#33 William Anker (German)
#34 Richard Richardson (British)
Pirelli Tyres

Called EuroBrum because it's based in Brum. The livery will most probably be a Ligier blue.

I'll do my livery tomorrow if I get the chance.

[Ataxia]

The Smokin' Engines

D1: Michael Balzary #33
TD: Jonny Greenwood
Tyres: Goodyear

I stole my driver names...no shame in that.

[Nessafox]

Du Vrai Sirop De Liège Trabant Rennsport the team racing with a German license (as by then Trabant were optimistic they could conquer the West-German market)
D1: Gio Van Dycke (BEL) (oh yes, he again!) #13
D2: Available
T/RD: Dimitry Vitkin (USSR, as Kazakhstan was not yet independent)
Tyres: Goodyear
If you would be so friendly to design my livery, i'd like it in the colours of Du Vrai Sirop De Liège. Also some Moneytron on the rear wing, as usual.

[Klon]

Life Of Namibia

Driver: Leonhard Von Gottorp (#264)
Test Driver: TBA (open for anyone willing to "enter" a driver)
Tyres: Pirelli

As with most things, the story of this team started with lots of booze. On the night of 21 March 1990, four teenagers celebrated Namibia's independence from South Africa and got their hands on a phone which they used to buy a Life chassis sold by a certain bunch of investors. Somehow, they got their delivery and thankfully the new gouvernment stepped in to pay the costs. Needing a driver, they went to experienced journeyman Leonhard Von Gottorp who celebrated his 50th birthday two months ago and was looking for another challenge after winning the Europa Cup Renault 21 Turbo in dominating fashion in 1989 and therefore was easily convinced.

[Salamander]

Team James Davies

D1: James Davies (#17)
Tyres (Pirelli or Goodyear): Pirelli

In an attempt to prep himself for the 1997 F1RGP2C season, James Davies activated his time machine to try and find some random obscure racing series that he could compete in. How he wound up in 1991 with a Life chassis is anyone's guess.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Please save a 2 cat team for me. I am at school so I can't do it now.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Kickert Motorsport Engineering
D1: Pieter Kickert (NED) - #16
Tyres: Goodyear

[Aerospeed]

Oh god, I have to do this series

Scuderia Rifiutare (Team Reject if my Google-Translate Italian is correct)
27. Jean-Pierre Balivernes
28. TBA
Test Driver: TBA
Tires: Goodyear

[tristan1117]

Seriously, there's a team based on The Clash? Why didn't I think of that? Fine, I'll make a team based on The Ramones (don't worry, I still like The Clash better).

Rockets to Russia
D1: Danny Ramone
D2: Marky Howard
Tyres: Goodyear

After Team Sandinista! was announced, American punk rock fans formed their own team based on The Ramones. American driver Daniel Mallow adopted the name Danny Ramone and joined the team immediately; he was followed by his good friend Marky Howard (originally Mark Howard).

[WaffleCat]

Some Racing Team Inc. Co. Pte Ltd.
D1:James Generic #1
Tyres (Pirelli or Goodyear):Pirelli

James Generic is this random guy off the street who just happened to propose to buy the Life chassis as a memento when he realised a racing series was going on,so he hopped on aboard.

Livery is...generic. My computer has issues wheneber it comes to paint,so I might have to request this:

All white livery.Black Helmet.Number one on nose and engine cover.Not even a sponsor in sight.

[FMecha]

If you don't get this post clearly, read the 2014 F1RMGP 24 Hours Bathurst thread.

*storm on the street* Argh! We have finally arrived in 1991! It's time to act! *face gets struck by a flyer*

LIFE GRAND PRIX SERIES. POWERED BY ERNESTO VITA'S NEW LIFE W12 ENGINE. AS USED IN 1990 F1 SEASON. ENTRIES ARE OPEN.

Hmm, interesting! Let's go! *teleports*

Here it is:

PSYCHO SOLDIERS RACING TEAM

#34 Nobuhiko Yazaki
#35 Yuki Yoshino (female)

Tires: Goodyear.

Livery concept: (drawn in GP2)


Add this in the engine cover and this in front wings. (All drawn in Paint, I admit ) Sponsor[s]: JACCS (in the sidepod).

[Nuppiz]

Alright, 19 entries within a few hours! Just noticed that The Smokin' Engines and Psycho Soldiers Racing Team need to change their racing numbers, as #33 and #34 were reserved by EuroBrum before them. I'll get on working with the liveries now.

Here's the helmet template if you want to edit it: http://www.mediafire.com/?rrfady8k7iu2r8f

[Ataxia]

Revised entry then:

The Smokin' Engines (GBR)
D1: Michael Balzary #11 (USA)
T/RD: Jonny Greenwood (GBR)
Tyres: Goodyear

[pasta_maldonado]

Is there still some space?
Foster's Good Call in association with Life
D1: Martin van der Maeyede (NED)
D2: Jose Braggia (ITA)

[Shizuka]

This is going to be epic... I hope there'll be a race where nobody finishes!

[FMecha]

This is going to be epic... I hope there'll be a race where nobody finishes!

Join this series then!

On another note, Psycho Soldiers will use 14 and 15 instead.

[Salamander]

This is going to be epic... I hope there'll be a race where nobody finishes!

I think it'd be more unlikely that we get a race where anyone finishes!

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Start 'n' Park racing

D1: Larry Chapman #90
D2 Johnny Gunselman #91
Tyres: Goodyear

Anyone see what I did there?

[Shizuka]

Well... I assume I could join.

Foxhound Life (GBR)
D1: Psycho Mantis (RUS) Dunno... maybe #19?
T/RD: Kenneth Baker (USA)
Tyres: Goodyear

Livery: absolutely nothing, plain white. (Yes, I'm serious.)

[Nuppiz]

Is there still some space?

Theoretically, the amount of entries is unlimited because this is run on F1 Challenge 99-02. But for practical reasons I'll limit them to 35.

Entry list updated, I've put question marks into details which are not confirmed.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

My team and drivers are American.

[pasta_maldonado]

Good Call Racing are British

van der Maeyede will use the number 00
Braggia will use the number 9

I'll start work on a livery, although I can't promise art on that template! (not your fault I know.)

[dr-baker]

Please save a 2 cat team for me. I am at school so I can't do it now.

Start 'n' Park racing

D1: Larry Chapman #90
D2 Johnny Gunselman #91
Tyres: Goodyear

Anyone see what I did there?

I'm assuming that they are not actually cats...

[Ferrarist]

Racing in Circles
D1: Billy Bob Barron (USA) #222
D2: Ronald Tenpecost (USA) #10
T/RD: Dr. John Smith (USA) #37
Tyres (Pirelli or Goodyear): Goodyear

[FMecha]

I challenge Kostas to take part here. No series is complete without him

[Ferrim]

I'll run this whenever I have the time, although thanks to the wonders of accelerated time (as I don't have to drive myself, and any possible highlights can be recorded from the replay) the races won't take me so long to run.

Is it possible to run F1C in accelerated time and get correct results, though? I've always been under the impression that accelerated time in F1C was almost as innacurate as in GPM2 (in contrast to, for example, the GPX series).

[Aerospeed]

Balivernes has the #27 and is obviously French, just to clarify.

[Nuppiz]

I'll run this whenever I have the time, although thanks to the wonders of accelerated time (as I don't have to drive myself, and any possible highlights can be recorded from the replay) the races won't take me so long to run.

Is it possible to run F1C in accelerated time and get correct results, though? I've always been under the impression that accelerated time in F1C was almost as innacurate as in GPM2 (in contrast to, for example, the GPX series).

Yes, if you press Ctrl+T during any session you can accelerate the time to 4X, but I've observed that the performances are still as accurate as on normal speed. Only if you press "Finish Session" (during practice and qualifying) or Esc (during the race), then the game generates the times with little respect to actual performance.

[Ferrim]

I'll run this whenever I have the time, although thanks to the wonders of accelerated time (as I don't have to drive myself, and any possible highlights can be recorded from the replay) the races won't take me so long to run.

Is it possible to run F1C in accelerated time and get correct results, though? I've always been under the impression that accelerated time in F1C was almost as innacurate as in GPM2 (in contrast to, for example, the GPX series).

Yes, if you press Ctrl+T during any session you can accelerate the time to 4X, but I've observed that the performances are still as accurate as on normal speed. Only if you press "Finish Session" (during practice and qualifying) or Esc (during the race), then the game generates the times with little respect to actual performance.

Oh, I had no idea of that! It would have helped so much with some championships of mine...

[Phoenix]

I forgot to mention my absolute lack of skills doing liveries, but, above all, the fact I don't have the tools required, will mean I need a livery designed, please. Just stamp some Herbalife logos on a white and green body.

[Nuppiz]

Unfortunately, despite all of my efforts I couldn't make the car accept Pirelli tyres . I tried editing any and all MTS files that had a relation to that, but to no avail. So it looks like everyone's forced to use Goodyears.

[pasta_maldonado]

Unfortunately, despite all of my efforts I couldn't make the car accept Pirelli tyres . I tried editing any and all MTS files that had a relation to that, but to no avail. So it looks like everyone's forced to use Goodyears.

Does F1 challenge use .mas files to store textures?

[Ferrarist]

I have the feeling that I already asked somewhere, but nevermind: Is there a way to open .psd-files with paint.net?

[pasta_maldonado]

I have the feeling that I already asked somewhere, but nevermind: Is there a way to open .psd-files with paint.net?

This plugin

[Londoner]

Team Sandinista! are from Great Britain, as are the drivers.