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!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 :)

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

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".

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

Great update. 👍👍Will try junior soon!!

Your narrative style is professional sounding, yet enjoyable to listen to. I think it'd be neat to film these races in black and white or sepia.

@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.

Awesome video! Gotta try this now.

Love the sound of this car!

Great video these look like a lot of fun would love to see video of your side and seeing how you fight the car around some of these corners

I was waiting for this

just love the vintage stuff :)

I recall watching real life F Juniors at Donington Park Historics back in the nineties, man they were fun, 1 litre screamers grouped together, hardly lifting! Just like this!

My favourite car in the sim! It's so lively.

Awesome to see a Formula Junior in a sim racing game. The later Juniors are similar in speed, and are if not quicker than some of the 1.5 litre grand prix cars of the same era. Really impressive little things

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.

Simply one of the best car I have ever driven in a sim

Your like the bob ross of pre-GPDA racing😂

Cars of the "Junior" formula are one-seater racing cars, whereof the fundamental elements are derived from a touring car recognised as such by the F.I.A. (minimum production 1000 units in 12 consecutive months) a. Minimum wheelbase 200cm b. Minimum track 110cm c. Maximum width of body 95cm (measured outside) d. Maximum engine cylinder capacity 1100cc e. Minimum weight 400kgs the limit however is reduced to 360kgs for cars with a cylinder capacity of 1000cc or less. The above mentioned weight shall be measured with the car in running order, with all accessories required by these regulations but with dry fuel tank(s). a. The cylinder block, including the cylinder head and cylinders (if the latter are removable) must be those of the engine belonging to a car classed by the F.I.A. in the touring capacity. b. The gear box must be that of an F.I.A. recognised touring car. Complete freedom is left with regard to the number and staging of gear ratios. c. The breaking system and principles (viz. drum brakes or disc breaks) must remain the same as on the car from which is taken the engine. d. The system and principle of feeding (by carburettor or by injection) must be the same as on the car which is taken the engine. e. The cylinder capacities specified in the present regulations may be achieved by modifying the original bore (increase or reduction). No modification of the stroke is permitted. The car must have an automatic starter. The body, open and offering only one seat, shall comprise, around the pilots seat, an anti-roll bar, protecting him from being crushed should the car turn over. There shall also be a protective device against fire as required by the International Sporting Code (Art. 125) The supplementary regulations of the events may provide that an efficient silencer is compulsory. It is not permitted: a. To use an engine with one or more overhead camshaft. b. To use a self locking differential. c. To change the number of crankshaft bearings. d. To change the location of the camshaft. Only commercial fuel, as defined by the F.I.A. shall be used.

How does this mean only have 51,000 subs? Mental.

Reiza AMS 1.5 - great job!

The Formula Junior is a blast to race at my old Alfa GT Junior stompin’ ground… Historic Kyalami.

Best car in the game. Paired with the BASH Pro shifter and VR = BLISS!

great video. hoping for more AMS2 retro racing. sub.

Probably my favorite car in ams2 now.

Nice, but the Junior had 1.5 physics since release and just got minor tweaks since. If you try the Vintage or Retro Gen. 1/2 you should feel a difference if you know how they've handled before😋

Yep these junior cars and really fun to drive, a bit twitchy at the back and you can easily loose it ! But so much fun to drive! And the view is great!

We had a great series with these last month. can be seen over at TVJP sim racing channel on youtube .

How to have the same "board" when you come near the pits (with your position and gap with the others)? Thanks again for your videos, very good as usual!

I'll have to retry my 24x time one hour Daytona race with 1.5. I tried it multiple times with DPi/GTE/GT3 and the Ai just kept running me over in the bus stop, they could break unrealistically late, and just pretended I wasn't there.

Hell yeah, vintage junior formulas are something I'll always be excited to see. How does this compare to Stereo's Formula Ford, or the RaceRoom Crosslé 90F, if you've tried it?

Steve McQueen had some FJ success, if I recall.

While I like the latest update for most cars, I find that Formula Vintage Gen. 1 (which I drive almost exclusively) have lost quite a lot of mechanical grip, becoming almost Grand Prix Legends-esque... very slippy. I am still adapting, so will see if the feeling improves. Thanks for the video, Jake.

If you haven't taken the jump at the Steihlstreke before the Karousell, I HIGHLY reccomend.

My favourite track for such cars is Charade ... Wondering if it's available for this sim

Hi Jake, love the video! Your image quality and framerate are both great, can you share your OBS settings? I can't get a stable framerate in videos since installing the 4090 (120fps in VR though!). Thanks man 😎👍🏻

When you look just at the inside shoulder of the tyre in front of the mirrors it looks like it's not rotating at all as if your brakes are perma-locked.

How do you feel about the 1.5 tyre model on older cars Jake? I've tried to play AMS2 many times and I love their classic track recreations, but on F1 '67 type cars they always felt understeery and heavy and could not really enjoy it

Is the roll hoop period correct? I'm willing to forgo the additional safety provided for historical accuracy. 😀

Did you inspire the Starfield Colours or vice versa....that is the question of your logo. Big thumbs up as always.

Content on the channel is aways high quality!!!!!

Seems its time for AMS2 ... No more excuses ;-)

So I'm just a bit confused. Did the FJ get the new tire model at 1.48, when it was introduced, or just now, with 1.5?

You sound like Zac Brown!

Is your in-game audio straight out of the game? Or is there any post-processing? It sounds way better here than it does on my PC. Thx.

I think they are still working through the car models. I don't think they've all been updated yet.

Schafkopf means sheephead (harehad would be Hasenkopf)

commenting for algorithm c):3

is the Sudschleife included in AMS2 or is this a track that was created by modders?

Has 1.5 fixed things? Or is the ever present corner entry understeer still there?

Is it just me or are the wheels not rotating?

is this a mod track? where to get it?

What ai difficulty do you have?

Nearly impossible to overtake on this track.

If someone really believes that 1.5 is a placebo, just try the McLaren F1LM

the Fomula Junior is one of the best cars for AMS2. i really hoped that with the 1.5 update all the cars felt that good. unfortunately, only some did.

FIFTH!

Day 1 of asking GPLaps to do a video about F1 Challenge VB

For sure its a fun simcade game - but rFactor 2 is superior in so many ways and a real simulation - at least with official cars and tracks!

rFactor 1 looking better than ever! Jokes aside, I'm starting to get intrigued by what the Brasilian bootlegger studio has done to thier botched copy of PCars2.

Repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ he is coming soon.

Been addicted to driving the Formula Junior! I love this thing. Been grinding the time trials and got #7 so far on the Sudschleife (my username is guy ferrari). I think the new update made the Formula Junior slower though, so I feel Reiza should clear the leaderboards. Regardless, thanks for the great video!