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If you love the Nordschleife, then you'll know of Sabine Schmitz, and probably have dreamed of taking a ride with her when she was driving the "Ring Taxi".
There would be few drivers who have a better knowledge of the Nordschleife than Sabine, who has driven it more than 30,000 times.
Which brings me to the suggestion part of this post.
I'd like to have a training segment in GT in which Sabine shows us how to tackle the 'Ring, step by step, in various cars.
I'd like to see GT replays of Sabine driving some of the cars for which she is famous, with her narrating her driving approach. An introduction to each of these replays could have her talking about her history with the cars, with anecdotes from her experiences on and off the track.
For each of these replays, it would be great to be able to race against Sabine's "ghost" with the car of your choice, including the identical car.
There could be more detailed tutorials in which Sabine examines a segment of the Nordschleife with slow motion clips.
Does anyone remember the coaching that Sabine gave to Jeremy Clarkson (of "Top Gear"), when he was trying to best 10 minutes in the diesel Jag? If I could find that clip, I'd link it. She was yelling at him to go faster, and generally giving him a hard time. This might be far too ambitious, however I can imagine a virtual Sabine sitting in the virtual cockpit with me critiquing my driving, telling me how to adjust my line, speed, gears etc.
To me, Sabine and the 'Ring are icons, and to have her guidance would be iconic! And she's multilingual!
There would be few drivers who have a better knowledge of the Nordschleife than Sabine, who has driven it more than 30,000 times.
Which brings me to the suggestion part of this post.
I'd like to have a training segment in GT in which Sabine shows us how to tackle the 'Ring, step by step, in various cars.
I'd like to see GT replays of Sabine driving some of the cars for which she is famous, with her narrating her driving approach. An introduction to each of these replays could have her talking about her history with the cars, with anecdotes from her experiences on and off the track.
For each of these replays, it would be great to be able to race against Sabine's "ghost" with the car of your choice, including the identical car.
There could be more detailed tutorials in which Sabine examines a segment of the Nordschleife with slow motion clips.
Does anyone remember the coaching that Sabine gave to Jeremy Clarkson (of "Top Gear"), when he was trying to best 10 minutes in the diesel Jag? If I could find that clip, I'd link it. She was yelling at him to go faster, and generally giving him a hard time. This might be far too ambitious, however I can imagine a virtual Sabine sitting in the virtual cockpit with me critiquing my driving, telling me how to adjust my line, speed, gears etc.
To me, Sabine and the 'Ring are icons, and to have her guidance would be iconic! And she's multilingual!
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