


        URS92 Version 1.0
        1992 Carset for Grand Prix 2 by Microprose
        Copyright 1998 Martin Ursua
        All rights reserved.
        
        INTRODUCTION
        
             In the "Coming Soon" section of URS93 2.0 I wrote that URS92 
        could be expected by December '97 at the earliest.  Ha!  Although 
        I  began  working on this carset way back in  October,  countless 
        factors  ensured  that work would come to a stand-still.   A  new 
        computer  meant  that I was driving more and drawing  less  while 
        winter  exams ate up the remainder of my free time.   There  also 
        seemed  to  be  less  enthusiasm for GP2  given  the  release  of 
        Ubisoft's F1RS and, later, the excellent Grand Prix Legends demo.  
        After  inquiries  by some persons I restarted work in  March  and 
        worked hard to get it done before the Monaco GP only to be struck 
        down by...chicken pox.  Nevertheless, it's finished now, and just 
        several days before I leave for the Montreal GP.  
             As with my previous carsets, I do believe that URS92 is  the 
        finest  approximation of the 1992 season available for  GP2.   As 
        far  as  qualifying and race results go,  it's  untouchable.   In 
        terms  of graphical detail and beauty, it's unprecedented  (well, 
        aside from the other URS carsets of course!).  Feeling a touch of 
        arrogance,  am  I?   Yes, but then I have poured a  lot  of  time 
        drawing and researching this carset so cut me some slack!
        
                                                     Martin Ursua
                                                     martiurs@unixg.ubc.ca
                                                     June 3, 1998
        
        
        CONTENTS OF URS92.ZIP
        
        URS92.GP2      Carset file for Steven Young's GP2Edit.
        BENB191B.BMP   Extra car: Benetton B191B
        BRABT60.BMP    Extra car: Brabham BT60
        BRABT60B.BMP   Extra car: Brabham BT60B
        FONGR01.BMP    Extra car: Fondmetal GR01
        LOT102D.BMP    Extra car: Lotus 102D
        MCLMP46B.BMP   Extra car: McLaren MP4/6B
        MODA.BMP       Extra car: Andrea Moda
        BERTAGGI.BMP   Extra driver: Enrico Bertaggia
        CAFFI.BMP      Extra driver: Alex Caffi
        MCCARTHY.BMP   Extra driver: Perry McCarthy
        DELETRAZ.BMP   URS95 update: Jean-Denis Deletraz helmet
        README.TXT     This file.  Bigger than ever!
        DRIVERS.TXT    Guide to driver attendance and car variants.
        ORIGINAL.TXT   Performance levels created with GP2Edit v1.70.  
                       If you find the Williams steamroller too devastat-
                       ing, try these settings for closer racing.
        URS.GIF        This product is not endorsed by Stirling Moss.
    
       
        HOW TO INSTALL URS92 IN FIVE (?) EASY STEPS
        
             1.   Run Steven Young's GP2EDIT.
             2.   Under "File", select "Open Car Set".
             3.   Open URS92.GP2.
             4.   Select "Export to game."
             5.   So... that's it!  Easy.
        
        IMPORTANT  NOTE: Make sure that the "Fix green palette option  is 
        clicked  OFF  under GP2EDIT's program configuration.  The  greens 
        will  still  look brownish at Barcelona.  However, at  the  other 
        fifteen tracks some cars will look much better than they would if 
        "Fix green palette" was on.
        
                
        GRAND PRIX 1992: A TEAM BY TEAM OVERVIEW
        
        Williams: Mansell 108 pts, 9 wins; Patrese 56 pts, 1 win 
             Just  three years after teaming up with Renault, Frank  Wil-
        liams' team usurped McLaren-Honda as the dominant force in Formu-
        la 1.  Armed with a potent V10, the Adrian Newey-penned FW14B and 
        a  superb  active suspension system, Nigel Mansell  clinched  his 
        first  World Championship at Hungary and would finish the  season 
        winning  9  of  16 races.  Meant as an interim  model  the  FW14B 
        performed  so well that the FW15 (often seen circulating  Silver-
        stone at the hands of test driver Damon Hill) would not be intro-
        duced until 1993 for sheer lack of necessity.
             It  is often said that anyone could have won the  '92  World 
        Championship  with  the Williams, but this is an  insult  to  the 
        tremendous  skills of Nigel Mansell.  Comparing Mansell's  record         
        to  team-mate Riccardo Patrese's (who won a single race and  fin-
        ished with exactly half the points total of Mansell) reveals that 
        he  was a lot more than the proverbial monkey in  Rindt's  Lotus.  
        Only Mansell, with his brutal and fearless driving could  totally 
        exploit  the new limits afforded by his car's sophisticated  sys-
        tems  (Patrese, easily Mansell's equal in the passive  FW14,  was 
        unable  to cope with the switch to active suspension).  Who  else 
        but  Mansell  would take pole at Silverstone by  a  second,  then 
        return to the track to beat his own time?  At year's end the  '92 
        champion  left Europe after a contractual dispute to conquer  the 
        Indycar circuit with Newman/Haas Racing. 
        
        McLaren: Senna 50 pts, 3 wins; Berger 49 pts 2 wins
             In his fifth year with McLaren Ayrton Senna faced the  pros-
        pect of defending his championship status without the benefit  of 
        the  best car on the grid.  The writing was on the wall  by  late 
        1991, but in 1992 the Williams had reliability as well as  speed.  
        Built  around  Honda's last V12, the MP4/6 was an  aging  design.  
        For  example, Frontal photographs of Mansell and  Senna's  steeds 
        reveal  the gap in aerodynamic developments between the  two  de-
        signs.  Passively-sprung, lacking many of the Williams' electron-
        ic aids, and pulled by a surprisingly undominant Honda, the MP4/6 
        ensured that Senna and Gerhard Berger would remain at a disadvan-
        tage for the entire season.
                Senna would finish the season in fourth place, his  worst 
        result  since  joining McLaren in 1988.  He did  come  second  in 
        total race wins but, excepting Hungary, these could be attributed 
        to  poor luck on Williams' part.  Berger performed very well  and 
        benefited from consistent finishing.  His '92 wins can be  looked 
        upon  as his first real wins in McLaren, given  the  embarrassing 
        gift from Senna at Suzuka '91.
        
        Benetton: Schumacher 53 pts, 1 win; Brundle 38 pts
             With the loss of triple world champion Nelson Piquet to  the 
        black hole of retirement, Benetton's faith in new talent would be 
        greatly  repaid.  The team had acquired Michael  Schumacher  from 
        Jordan  the  previous  season (on the basis  of  one  exceptional 
        qualifying  result), the team could scarcely believe its luck  in 
        hiring  a  consistent  podium finished  for  a  measly  $200,000!  
        Although the young German had a penchant for automotive  destruc-
        tion  and  making the occasional  inexcusable  error,  Schumacher 
        announced in only his first full season that he would be a  force 
        to be reckoned with.  Pundits predicted great WC chances for  him 
        once he gained experience.
             For  1992  Schumacher's Benetton often finished  behind  the 
        Williams  duo.  At the wet/dry Belgian GP, Schumacher scored  his 
        first  victory through some canny tyre gambling, a blueprint  for 
        future  wins.  Martin Brundle never out-qualified his more  cele-
        brate  teammate that season yet delivered good results and  often 
        finished on the podium.  He came closest to winning his first  GP 
        at  Monza  but was denied by his old F3 sparring  partner  Senna.  
        Despite  good performances he was to be replaced by  Patrese  for 
        1993, a huge mistake for both Benetton and Brundle.
        
        Ferrari: Alesi 18 pts, Capelli 3 pts, Larini 0 pts
             Wracked  by internal politics at the end of  1991,  Scuderia 
        Ferrari  began the new season in turmoil and off the  pace.   The 
        situation  failed  to improve during the season which  many  have 
        termed  as Ferrari's worst since the death of Enzo  Ferrari.   As 
        Alain Prost had just barely lost the championship just two  years 
        previous,  the  fall  was all  the  more  apparent.   Jean-Claude 
        Migeot's  F92A served as a prime example that good looks  do  not 
        equal  good results.  It was a winner in the wind tunnel and,  in 
        my opinion, the most beautiful Ferrari since the introduction  of 
        carbon  fibre to the sport.  Unfortunately it was plagued by  all 
        sorts  of  problems that frustrated both  mechanics  and  drivers 
        alike.   Ivan Capelli would finish a horrible four times  out  of 
        fourteen  starts.  As Il Commendatore once said, "One must  first 
        hit rock bottom before one can rebuild."
             Once tipped for greatness while at Leyton House, the experi-
        ence  so thoroughly decimated Capelli that he would  struggle  to 
        even  stay  on  the grid with the '93 Jordan.  He  was  not  even 
        permitted to finish the season as he was replaced by test  driver 
        Nicola  Larini  at Suzuka and Adelaide.  Jean  Alesi  doubtlessly 
        regretted  passing up the chance to drive with Williams in  1990.  
        Regrets  aside,  the  French-Sicilian made the most  of  his  few 
        trouble-free runs and ended up on the podium twice.
        
        Lotus: Hakkinen 11 pts, Herbert 2 pts
             In its second year with the Herbert/Hakkinen driver pairing, 
        Team  Lotus  often threatened to return to the podium  but  never 
        came close to the scintillating pace of the front runners.  Hopes 
        were high with the introduction of the new car and the  announce-
        ment  of  Castrol  sponsorship several  races  into  the  season.  
        However,  these factors were not the miracle cures they  promised 
        to  be.  Although Hakkinen often finished just within the  points 
        in  several  races, the season was a near-disaster  for  Herbert.  
        Johnny was closely matched with Mika in qualifying but was  beset 
        with much worse luck during the race.  Despite the support of the 
        likes of ex-world champion James Hunt, the general consensus  was 
        that  Herbert  had  lost badly in the battle  of  the  teammates.  
        McLaren acquired Hakkinen's services for '93 while Herbert stayed 
        on.
        
        Tyrrell: Grouillard 0 pts, De Cesaris 8 pts
             Uncle Ken lost three crucial elements of his team at the end 
        of the 1991 season.  Braun's withdrawal of sponsorship meant that 
        the  Tyrrell  020B would be mostly blue for  the  entire  season.  
        Meanwhile, Satoru Nakajima retired from the team and the sport in 
        general.  Nakajima was a crucial part of the team?  He  certainly 
        was  since he took the powerful Honda engines with him!   Despite 
        these setbacks, the team was only four points below the  previous 
        season's  total.  Neither driver shone brightly but  Grouillard's 
        inability  to  score resulted in the end of his  F1  career.   De 
        Cesaris would retain his seat on Tyrrell for '93.
        
        Ligier: Boutsen 2 pts, Comas 4 pts
             After  two pointless seasons, it appeared as if Ligier  were 
        ready to re-enter the big leagues.  Not since the days of Laffite 
        and  Matra  had  the team seemingly acquired  all  the  necessary 
        ingredients  to  become a contender.  Behind the driver  was  the 
        powerful  Renault engine, race-tested for several seasons by  the 
        Williams  team.   Behind the wheel would be none other  than  one 
        Alain  Prost.  Or would it?  Although the disguised triple  world 
        champion  completed several laps of Magny-Cours in a '91  Ligier, 
        no  contracts  had been signed by the start of  the  '92  season.  
        Prost  would  embark  on "une annee sabbatique"  while  far  more 
        mediocre drivers like Boutsen and Comas would struggle for points 
        finishes.   Would  Le Prof have been able to win in  the  Ligier?  
        Though powered by the same engine the Ligier chassis was  nowhere 
        near  the  class of the Williams' so... probably  not.   The  '92 
        season definitely would have been more interesting had Prost been 
        around.   However, by cannily staying out of Ligier he  would  be 
        able to slip more easily into the vacant Williams seat at the end 
        of the year.  
        
        Footwork: Alboreto 6 pts, Suzuki 0 pts 
             Footwork  emerged from 1991 a bit battered and a bit  wiser.  
        The alliance with Porsche should have been a step towards  great-
        ness  but  turned out to be nothing but a  season-long  disaster.  
        For  '92 prestige was traded for reliability as  the  disgraceful 
        Porsche engine was replaced with power from Mugen, a  subdivision 
        of Honda.  Although Alboreto made the most of a mediocre package, 
        Suzuki was exposed as a useless stipulation of Japanese sponsors.
        
        March: Wendlinger 3 pts, Belmondo 0 pts, Naspetti 0 pts,  
               Lammers 0 pts
             After several seasons of increasing successes, March started 
        '92 with a light blue car and a dark future. The Japanese  entre-
        preneur  behind Leyton House Racing was now behind bars, and  the 
        team spent most of its efforts in a fruitless search for sponsor-
        ship.   Austrian Karl Wendlinger performed admirably despite  the 
        dwindling funds and managed a fine fourth place finish at Canada.  
        The much-hyped son of Jean-Paul Belmondo turned out to be a  dud, 
        as  did the other two who drove for the doomed team.   The  drama 
        over  March's fate was a protracted one, ending within  weeks  of 
        the start of the '93 season.  No buyers had come forward and  the 
        factory doors were locked for good.
        
        Scuderia Italia: Lehto 0 pts, Martini 2 pts
             In  the first quarter of '92 when points were hard  to  come 
        by,  Scuderia  Italia appeared to be the "best of  the  rest"  (a 
        position similar to Sauber-Petronas in '98).  Giuseppe Lucchini's 
        car had appeared in the front half of the grid several times  and 
        finished in the points twice.  Although Martini and Lehto  seemed 
        poised  to  take  the team to greater levels, the  start  of  the 
        season proved to be a false dawn.  For the rest of the year there 
        would be little to distinguish the red cars from other  backmark-
        ers.
        
        Jordan: Modena 1 pts, Gugelmin 0 pts
             Glowing  from the fortunes of his first season in F1,  Eddie 
        Jordan  went from Cinderella to Faust in 1992.  The works  engine 
        deal  with  Yamaha  looked  to be his quick  ticket  to  the  big 
        leagues.   In  hindsight  Jordan probably should  have  stuck  to 
        customer Fords.  Aside from being down on power, the Yamaha units 
        were grossly unreliable.  Fundamentally the same as the 191, Gary 
        Anderson's  192 was hampered by the poor power unit and an  unat-
        tractive  paint job.  Additionally the drivers were nothing  spe-
        cial  especially when compared to the one that got away  in  '91.  
        As  a Schumacher fan I have to wonder how badly Michael's  career 
        would have suffered had Eddie Jordan's contract negotiation  been 
        more adept...
        
        Larrousse:  Gachot 1 pt, Katayama 0 pts
             The  most  colorful cars on the grid were exciting  only  in 
        looks.  Without any incidents involving mace or a detached steer-
        ing  wheel, the only story to be told about Gachot in '92 is  the 
        single point he scored at Monaco.  In the other car, Ukyo Kataya-
        ma  was  introduced to Formula 1 to the derision  of  many.   Who 
        would  have  thought  the likable "Tiny  Warrior"  would  someday 
        qualify  as high  as fifth?  Weak and unreliable engines  ensured 
        that  neither driver would be in any position to score  any  more 
        points.   Yet  again Lamborghini demonstrated that  a  successful 
        race program is unnecessary to sell cars.
        
        Minardi: Fittipaldi 1 pt, Morbidelli 0 pts, Zanardi 0 pts
             Minardi  had assembled everything necessary for a season  of 
        mediocrity.   The car was adequate in keeping its driver  on  the 
        grid for most of the time, though one gets the impression that it 
        was  never  truly driven for all its  worth.   Gianni  Morbidelli 
        outpaced  his teammates at nearly every meeting, yet was  cruelly 
        denied a single point and a spot for '93.  Despite poor  perform-
        ances,  Emerson's  nephew was retained by Minardi  for  the  next 
        season.  Inexplicably, Zanardi's horrible showing led to a  Lotus 
        drive  in 1993.  It would be several more years until  Alessandro 
        would  metamorphose  into "Alex" and set the  Champ  Car  circuit 
        aflame.
        
        Fondmetal: Chiesa 0 pts, Tarquini 0 pts, Van de Poele 0 pts
             As the last descendant of the hapless Osella team, Fondmetal 
        nevertheless  distinguished  itself  as the best  of  the  worst.  
        Drivers  Tarquini and Chiesa sat on the grid far more often  than 
        the  Brabham  and Andrea Moda vehicles, thus securing a  spot  of 
        immortality  on  URS92's default grid.  In truth,  the  preceding 
        sentence  should read "Tarquini" only.  The bald  Italian's  per-
        formance  in '92 was far superior to his team-mate's and that  of 
        many  drivers in supposedly better cars.  Cursed with  abominable 
        reliability,  he nonetheless qualified the Fondmetal as  high  as 
        11th on the grid.  Aside from a brief substitution at Tyrrell  in 
        '95,  Tarquini  would  disappear from F1 and  find  much  greater 
        success in European touring car circuits.  
        
        Brabham: Van de Poele 0 pts, Amati 0 pts, Hill 0 pts
             Brabham  generated  much pre-season attention with  the  an-
        nouncement  that Giovanna Amati would be driving for  them.   She 
        would  be the first woman in F1 since Lella Lombardi.  Any  hopes 
        for  a feminist revolution in motorsport were dashed  with  three 
        consecutive  DNQ's.   Drivers Damon Hill and Eric  Van  de  Poele 
        would do little better throughout the season.  They barely quali-
        fied and ran at the tail end of a handful of grands prix.  Atten-
        tion towards Brabham returned in mid-season as an effort to  save 
        this  famous  but unprofitable name was organized.   Despite  the 
        campaign  and  the few sponsors it brought, Brabham was  no  more 
        atyear's end.
        
        Andrea Moda: Caffi 0 pts, Bertaggia 0 pts, Moreno 0 pts, 
                     McCarthy 0 pts
             Formed  from the ashes of Coloni's F1 effort by  an  Italian 
        industrialist,  Andrea  Moda made barely a ripple in  '92  before 
        being consigned to the dustbin of history.  The team had hoped to 
        run a year-old Coloni but was prevented from doing so by the  FIA 
        (the  car had failed weight checks).  As a result, drivers  Caffi 
        and Bertaggia did not participate in the first two events despite 
        being  registered.   In their rush, the team created  an  all-new 
        chassis  that  was much worse than the one  it  replaced.   Perry 
        McCarthy managed to pre-qualify for a few races though did little 
        more than that.  Roberto Moreno, having been usurped by Schumach-
        er  at  Benetton, drove magnificently to qualify  at  Monaco  but 
        retired with engine failure.
        
                
        QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
                
        Q:   780/790 bhp for the '92 Renault V10?  Are you crazy?
        A:   Horsepower estimates for the Renault were in the low 700s (I 
        assume these included the considerable effects of "rocket fuel").  
        As I didn't want to throw gameplay out of whack, URS92's best car 
        and  driver performance levels are roughly equal to that  of  the 
        best car/driver combination of GP2 (Benetton/Schumacher).  
        
        Q:   My  lap times are nowhere near the ones set in '92.   What's 
        going on?
             URS92 attempts to simulate relative not absolute performance 
        among the cars and drivers.  Aside from that excuse, some of  the 
        tracks underwent changes to their layouts between '92 and '94.
        
        Q:   I want to be like Nige!  How do I control the active suspen-
        sion and the traction control?
        A:   As  GP2 is based on the '94 season, the simulated  cars  are 
        unequipped with any of the wonderful devices that early 90s F1 so 
        great.   If  you  want Mansell-esque advantages,  you  could  try 
        bumping  up your own car's horsepower using GP2Edit  and  running 
        with  more  rear wing than usual to feign  increased  grip.   You 
        could also enable the "throttle help" driving aid.  Although this 
        option  is not performance-enhancing, it will give you  a  better 
        feel of early '90s forgiveness and "chuckability".  
        
        Q:   Ah,  how I've waited to pass someone on the outside of  per-
        haps the scariest corner in all of...  Hey!  Where's the  Mexican 
        and South African grands prix?
        A:   Unfortunately  this is only a 1992 CARset, meaning cars  and 
        drivers  only.  Aida and Jerez are poor substitutes  for  Kyalami 
        and Mexico City and dampen the suspension of disbelief  somewhat.  
        Although I've yet to try them personally, there are user-made GP2 
        tracks  out  there, including the Fratelli Rodriguez  circuit  of 
        Mexico.  Try a quick search of GP2 sites and see what you come up 
        with.
        
        Q:   Those  Ligier guys must really suck.  How can they have  the 
        same horsepower levels as Williams and do so badly?
        A:   The performance numbers for the drivers are not meant to  be 
        numerical evaluations of the driver's abilities.  They reflect  a 
        combination  of the driver's skills and the car's  effectiveness.  
        Remember  that the '92 Ligier was a passive design and  primitive 
        compared to the futuristic Williams.  Also remember that  Boutsen 
        won three grands prix in a Williams-Renault!
        
        Q:   Why two performance files?
        A:   The file ORIGINAL.TXT was created using GP2Edit 1.70  which, 
        unbeknownst to me at the time, had a faulty grid and race  calcu-
        lator.  However, it did receive good reviews from the people  who 
        tested it.  I hate to throw things away so now one has a  choice.  
        Either  performance file (original or default) will come up  with 
        similar results.  The difference is in the time gaps between  the 
        drivers.  
          
        Q:   How come some cars don't have any numbers on them?
        A:   The majority of the cars in F1 do not have their numbers  in 
        the   position  GP2  forces the numbers to be  in.   Sometimes  a  
        compromise   can be met, but other times I choose to  ignore  the  
        numbers completely to avoid ruining the design of the car.   
        
               
        THANK YOU!
        
        Once again I find myself unable to produce a carset without using
        some  graphics  from If  you  liked these amazing works  of  art,  
        check  out Earl's  beautiful  carsets for ICR2 and 
                
        The following are lifted or derived from Earl Ma's '94 set:
        Williams: ELF, MAGNETI-MARELLI, 
        Benetton: SANYO
        Ferrari: AGIP, MAGNETI-MARELLI, GOODYEAR, "27", "28"
        Minardi: AGIP, "23", "24"
        Footwork: "9","10"
        Jordan: SASOL 
        Ligier: ELF, GOODYEAR, GITANES BLONDES, "25", "26"
        Lotus: HITACHI, SHIONOGI
        Fondmetal: AGIP
        Tyrrell: YAMAHA 
                
             John Duett extensively tested the original performance  file 
        and  provided written descriptions of several cars.  He  is  also 
        indirectly responsible for reviving the URS92 project.
        
             Felix  Muelas provided over a megabyte of Larrousse,  Andrea 
        Moda, and Brabham photographs.  
        
             Dempsey  Warren  sent  a bitmap that was the  basis  of  the 
        Deletraz update.  He also sent a pic of Damon at Silverstone.
        
             Tom Cosgrave contributed several scans of the Fondmetal.
        
             A.J. Samuels shared photographs taken at Silverstone.
        
             Marco Apicella's helmet is based on a design found at   Bart 
        Willem van Lith's GP2 Helmet Page.             
        
             The  tyres included in this set are the default tyres  found 
        in Steven Young's GP2 editor.
        
             Ian  Hill  told me the sorry tale of  Andrea  Moda's  early-
        season drivers.
                
             Material   for  this  carset was culled  from   many   print 
        sources.   Magazines  included Autosport, F1 Racing,  and  Sport-
        Auto.  Other sources include the 1993 and 1994 Tamiya catalogues.
             The main source of photos was the book F1 92 by Leo  Turrini 
        and  Bryn  Williams.  Lacking in race details  and  often  poorly 
        translated, F1 92 is nevertheless an interesting read and was  on 
        sale  at  Classic Motorbooks for $12.98!  F1  92  also  contained 
        invaluable  Olivetti season statistics which formed the  backbone 
        of the performance levels.
                
             The  cars  and helmets were created using  Deluxe  Paint  II 
        Enhanced  by Electronic Arts.  It may be nine year old relic, but 
        there is no better  paint  program available for 8-bit graphics.
                
             The carset was assembled using Steven Young's GP2Edit v1.80.  
        Mr. Young's editor is the standard by which all other editors are 
        and  will  be  judged.  I feel immensely guilty  for  not  having 
        registered my copy yet.  
                
             Thanks  to  Jim Dunphy for the regular  maintenance  of  The 
        Grandstand  and  for  keeping an eye open  for  pirated  carsets.  
        There's been some hubbub regarding the fate of this site but  for 
        now it can be found at http://www.theuspits.com
                
             Thanking Trevor Kelloway is like thanking the Academy for an 
        Oscar.  Without his GP2JAM.EXE, none of this would be possible.
        
             And,  of course, Geoff Crammond, the man who inspired me  to 
        take it slowly.  When Alexander Wurz is crowned world champion, I 
        believe I'll celebrate by buying GP3.        
        
        
        DISTRIBUTION AND TERMS OF USAGE
                
             Please  feel  free to distribute URS93,  without  requesting 
        compensation,  in  its unmodified form containing all  the  files 
        listed in CONTENTS.  
             Use  of any graphics included in this file in other  carsets 
        is unacceptable without prior authorization.
           
      
        UNACCEPTABLE?
                
             If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then why  am 
        I so angry?  Next to PK Arnall's carsets, URS93 v1.0 is the  most 
        ripped-off carset on the web.  I've downloaded supposedly  origi-
        nal '93 sets from GP2 websites only to find my own artwork  star-
        ing  at me, signed by someone else.  Usually the carset has  been 
        "improved"  with awful-looking gradients (to make the  cars  look 
        falsely  shiny)  or  equipped  with  fantastic-looking   intakes,  
        aerodynamic  surfaces, and other additions that have  no  bearing  
        whatsoever  with  reality.  In one occasion, I had  the  pleasure  
        of  finding   my   carset  completely  untouched,   except   that  
        "Martin  Ursua"   had been replaced with the  plagiarist's  name.  
        What  possesses someone to do such a thing is beyond me.
             Of course I realize that calling such an act  "unacceptable" 
        will  do  nothing to stop the theft.  However,  it  will  prevent 
        instances  in which the pirate apologizes, gives me  credit,  and 
        continues to spread his (my) carset unpunished.  With the cooper-
        ation  of the major websites, I hope to see pirated carsets  stay 
        off until the offending matter is redrawn.  In a fairer world the 
        websites  would never accept anything from the  offenders  again, 
        but I can only wish...
             As  stated earlier, I can still allow my artwork to be  used 
        so  long as permission is sought in advance.  This,  however,  is 
        not  a guarantee that permission will be given.  If someone  just 
        wants to make my carsets shiny and sparkling, then it's not going 
        to happen.
                
        
        WHAT NEXT?
        
             Nothing  planned.  Due to the age and waning  popularity  of 
        GP2 it is likely that this is the last of the URS carsets.  Other 
        simulators?  F1RS is a fantastic game but several reasons make it 
        unlikely that I'll be doing any sets for it.  Firstly, the bloat-
        ed  3d models of the '96 cars are nothing like the sleek  minimal 
        designs  of the early 1990s.  The driving model for 1996  is,  of 
        course,  greatly different from that of 1994.  Finally,  painting 
        F1RS  cars is, to understate, not easy.  I've yet to  figure  out 
        how  to piece together the jigsaw puzzle that is an F1RS  graphic 
        file.   Still, guys like Pat Painter have proved that it  can  be 
        done and done well.  Maybe a '95 set once I get it?  As always  I 
        advise  you to not hold your breath!  I may be too busy with  GPL 
        in the coming months to do much of anything.  
                
                
        I'M SO GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME TOGETHER...
                
             I   sincerely hope that you've enjoyed using this carset  as 
        much as I've enjoyed creating it.  If you  have  any comments  or 
        find  any  errors regarding the artwork, the driver AI,  or   the 
        text in this turgid text file, please send me an e-mail.  
             So... that's it!
                
        Martin Ursua
        martiurs@unixg.ubc.ca
        Nigel Mansell RIP!
                
        Copyright 1998 Martin Ursua.  All rights reserved.
        
        Last update: June 3, 1998


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