Wish it were a true historic sim, but having the cars is good enough.
Wish it were a true historic sim, but having the cars is good enough.
http://www.fia-historic-racing.com/en/news/news-archive/20050408/inde...
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Robin
The spelling on that site is indeed atrocious.
I think they mean Mercedes-Benz 300SEs (the 3-box saloon), of which there
are still quite a few kicking about in the historic categories.
nuthin' wrong with a Capri, mate... compared to a Vauxhall Magnum, that is.
;-))
Jan.
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Achim
> Well, it is a European historic sports car series. I mean, we're
> talking about the same group of people who consider the Escort a
> classic racing car. =)
Bruce.
I think a few of these cars can be found in GT4 (eventually) and more likely
in Enthusia (which is getting West Racing'esq in it's communication of it's
release date)...
Link to Enthusia's car list: http://tinyurl.com/6y47d
There's a natty car "search" flash plug-in thingamebob too.
Regards,
AndyC
>> I think a few of these cars can be found in GT4
>A game I have no interest in playing, oddly enough.
It was the 300SEL 6.8, and marked the entry of AMG into the game. This car
won the 24hours of Spa. The next in line was the monstrous 450 SLC coupe.
Since this is a grand touring sim, I don't see the problem, and I would bet
that any of these would be an interesting handful to drive and would
definitely be the stuff of a great sim. The battles on the European touring
car circuit in the early to mid 70s were legendary, and I would be happy to
turn a few laps in any of those cars.
http://www.amg-classics.de/4650.html
http://www.amg-classics.de/4866.html
Stephen
You're kidding me, right? The Cosworth Capri vs. the BMW 3.0 CSL
"Batmobile" was THE battle in GT/Touring Car racing in Europe in the 70s.
It was a seriously good racing car by the time it matured. Considering what
we North Americans had done to the poor Mustang by the time the mid-70s
arrived, I would argue that the boys from Cologne actually made a much
better pony car than we did in that period. From '75 on the roadgoing Capri
lost its way, but what car didn't?
Stephen
I feel like the Ford apologist today... :-)
Let's not confuse the North American Escort (cockroach on wheels) with the
European models. The original RWD Escort RS2000 won the World Rally
Championship and the Escort had a pretty strong record in 1970s touring car
racing. Having had a brisk drive in an original Escort race car, I would
say it's a pretty well sorted car, easily the equal of the contemporary Alfa
GTs and BMW 2002s.
Stephen