Simplicity at its Finest - the Formula Junior in AMS2 1.5!

I think AMS2 is currently one of the best games for historic F1 at the moment. They have so much variety and they are improving so much that the future is looking amazing!

As a Formula Vee driver (1600cc) I can tell ya... over 100hp in a car that has a dry weight of just under 1000lbs is super fun! The Sudschleife would be a blast in a Vee, and I'm gonna try this out in a Junior car now that I've seen this.

These cars are just perfect for online racing. Simple enough not to be overwhelming while having a high skill ceiling. A real joy.

I admire Jake's passion for older cars and tracks. It is exciting to watch.

I recall being at Donington Park in about 1995? A support race was the Johnny Lurani trophy for Formula Juniors, one litre screamers nose to tail, brilliant!

"The issue" was that there were actually two different tire models that were acting on the vehicles in the game and the sim was constantly switching back and forth between the two, which was causing weird oscillations. The legacy model was hidden in the code somehow and once they removed it things started to make a lot more sense.

Whenever GPLaps posts a new video I'm there! Love the high quality you bring to sim racing. These cars are spot on! 😊

Worth noting that even after it was broken into Formula 2 and 3, both categories retained the 1.0-litre engine limit. The only difference was that F3 engines had to be production-based and use pushrods and (I think) two valves, whereas Formula 2 cars were free to use bespoke racing engines with overhead cams and four valves (not for nothing were they nicknamed Screamers!). It might be remembered as a failure, but Formula Junior lasted a lot longer than people think, from a certain point of view.

Thanks for the great video! Re. the "Hot Head" corner: In German it's called "Scharfer Kopf", which is most definitely not "Hot Head". "Scharf" is either "sharp" or "hot", but the latter only ever in the sense of "spicy". A "hot head" would be called "Hitzkopf" in German, a word which derives from heating. As a German native speaker, I would interpret it most likely as a sharp corner on top (on the head) of the hill. That seems to fit how the corner is described, too, as it's a sharp corner immediately after a steep ascent. If you want to have an English name for it, better use "Sharp Head" or "Sharp Hilltop".

Yes these cars are blast to drive! I would love doing some online races with this track/car combo!❤

For some reason I always thought the Sudschleife was similar in layout to the modern GP circuit, but it's nothing alike. And its very charming. Glad we still have the Nordschleife in real life, but this was a characterful little circuit. Fun looking cars too

Everything else had to wait until I finished watching another great GPlaps video. Thanks for that, Jake!

@GPLaps "Junior", in this case, is spelled like in "EE-unior", as Latin does. Yes, Formula Junior was born in Italy and we wanted to keep a stamp on things... until Lotus and Cooper completely outmatched everyone with ther Ford Anglia 105E engines. I'm quoting Stanguellini, Taraschi and Bandini on that :) In short, between 1958 and 1960 it was an all-out war between Taraschi, Stanguellini, Bandini and Volpini. From '61 the Brits came up swinging... '62 onwards basically nobody could touch Cooper and Lotus. The series was killed by lack of competitors that weren't Brits in 1964. The 105E Ford Anglia engines were that untouchable.

Another great race and the history you bring to your content is exceptional!

Exceptional content as per always. Your efforts and passion are appreciated so much by so many😊

This time period reminds me of the documentary i watched on jackie stewart. The pure danger, fires and unfortunate deaths of this time make me see how truly dangerous racing was and still cane be. Jackie was lucky to make it out alive.

Awesome racing. Reiza just needs to do SOMETHING with their multiplayer to bring this sim to the top.

Great update. 👍👍Will try junior soon!!

I saw a formula junior in irl and I was a box, basically a coffin. It was glorious

I host an open lobby at least once a week, and this car is phenomenal at the old Imola. We get good comment and great racing out of it. What a great little car :)