A.R.S.E.

Ok, so I was getting a little bored with iRacing last week and decided to give some of my old offline sims a thrash.
I purchased Race 07 for the Retro mod in late October but wasn't overly impressed with it at the time. I originally wanted to get my hands on Simbin's GT Legends but couldn't find it on Steam and went with Race 07 and the expansion for $5.

Last week I remembered a mod I saw on Inside Sim Racing for GTR2 that looked the goods, Power & Glory 3.

Inside Sim Racing review
2:20 to 7:24 is the section that reviews the mod.

Once the mod was installed I had a quick thrash on Spa and it was begging for some period related content so I downloaded a bunch of old school 60's tracks.
Well they got boring pretty quickly, mainly because I had driven them before in other sims so I had to get a copy of Targa Florio.

WHAT A MONSTER OF A TRACK.
I thought learning the Nordschleife was hard. This makes the green hell look like a club circuit!
Last night I finished my first lap, had to turn damage off to get it done but after the 8-9min mark I was driving blind and had no idea what was ahead. Around the 35 min mark I knew there was a long straight but i dint think it was THAT LONG... Holy schnit that sucker goes for ever and you have no idea where the end is, just that its going to hurt when you get there...

Here is my lap from last night.
72kms 39:09.988
[youtube] [/youtube]


Here are the mod links if anyone is interested in giving this beast a thrash.

Power & Glory Mod: http://gtlw.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Targa Florio Main Site: http://www.targa-florio.at/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
GTR 2 version: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=36854" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

what a track...

Yeah looks great. I only have GT Legends... wonder if it works for that also.

Poo!! GT Legends and Windows 7 = bad. Doesn't work, need to get my hands on the digital copy.

Rots wrote:Poo!! GT Legends and Windows 7 = bad. Doesn't work, need to get my hands on the digital copy.

Try here.

http://www.raceroom.net/specials/gt-legends-revival/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You have to jump through some hoops, but you get a digital copy of GT Legends without Starforce etc

You can get it on steam now, just put the multiplayer code into steam's add a game thing and it will work.

GT VIRUS wrote:You can get it on steam now, just put the multiplayer code into steam's add a game thing and it will work.

as far as i know that only work with GTR1/2 but not Legends.

Got it through other means I was going to do the revival way as I have my original disk still, but that is to much effort when a quick google revealed other options without starforce.

I had completely forgotten about Starforce, when I rebooted my PC it went into repair mode.

Edit: Found Targa Florio for GT Legends, I will have to give it a go tonight!

r8response wrote:

GT VIRUS wrote:You can get it on steam now, just put the multiplayer code into steam's add a game thing and it will work.

as far as i know that only work with GTR1/2 but not Legends.

http://insider.simbin.com/retail-owners ... t-legends/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

GT VIRUS wrote:

r8response wrote:

GT VIRUS wrote:You can get it on steam now, just put the multiplayer code into steam's add a game thing and it will work.

as far as i know that only work with GTR1/2 but not Legends.

http://insider.simbin.com/retail-owners ... t-legends/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting.

There is a workaround for the missing Ferrari and Porsche content in GTR2. Think it was on the racedepartment forums.

Just noticed both GTR2 and GT legends are US$3.60 each on Steam until the 6th of January, thought you guys might be interested.

KNAPPO wrote: WHAT A MONSTER OF A TRACK.
I thought learning the Nordschleife was hard. This makes the green hell look like a club circuit!
Last night I finished my first lap, had to turn damage off to get it done but after the 8-9min mark I was driving blind and had no idea what was ahead. Around the 35 min mark I knew there was a long straight but i dint think it was THAT LONG... Holy schnit that sucker goes for ever and you have no idea where the end is, just that its going to hurt when you get there...

Here is my lap from last night.
72kms 39:09.988
[youtube] [/youtube]

Now you know what a blind rally is like!

Got around to racing the track, came a cropper on a Hairpin around Campofelice di Roccella on my first try @around 28mins in a Mini 1275s and over heated not much later after going bush and getting stuck behind a fence. FWD and trail braking no assists = fun times.

This is my mission for recovery.

Finished my 2nd lap on Saturday. Shaved a mere 4 mins off my last time to clock a 35 min lap.
I still ran with damage turned off and only had 4 small offs which wasn't too bad given there is some 500+ corners per lap...

Running with damage on is great fun tho.

Wooo.. Just tried the Allen Moffat Ford Capri , it has a tid more power then the mini...

What class are you racing against on the runs you have been doing? as to compare, stock set?

The two laps I've completed were in the Moffat Capri, love that car. 1st attempt was a mixed bag of cars which is in that clip, 2nd attempt was a solo hot lap which was bloody tricky as I had no one to follow.

I change the field up too often as there are not too many grid slots on this track. Had some great races on the Clipsal 500 track for gtr 2 which has some 30+ cars on track. If you start from last you are along side the pit entry.

Edit: Running the stock set in the Capri.