Nardo Ring GTL V1.11
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Tired of learning corners for the next event race?
Try this one! 12 km amazing italian race track... ;-)
It was build for GTR2 from scratch by velo
who kindly gave me permission to convert it to GTL.
A very BIG "Thank you so much" for this kind offer!
Pls. find the original readme files for his rF version in this archive.
- My biggest respect for his fantastic work -
We’re offering the result of all our working hours to all of you free of charge but we
ask for one single fee from your side:
Pls. give a little respect to all these working hours all of us spend for free for your entertainment!
This project is a “take it as it is, or leave it”-release, pls. see EULA for more detailed information.
WHAT WIKIPEDIA MENTIONS ABOUT NARDO RING:
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The Nardт Ring (Pista di prova di Nardт della Fiat, built in 1975), GPS location 40.326655,
17.827721, is a high speed test track located at more than 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of the
town of Nardт, Italy, in the southern region of Apulia, in the province of Lecce.
The track is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) long and is round, has four lanes for cars and motorcycles
totaling 16 metres (52 ft) in width and has a separate inner ring for trucks at a width of 9 metres
(30 ft). In the cars/motorcycle ring the lanes are banked at such a degree that a driver in the outer
most lane doesn't need to turn the wheel while driving at speeds of up to 240 km/h (149 mph). In
essence, at the so called neutral speed which is different for the four lanes, one can drive as if in
a straight lane. However extremely fast cars still require the steering wheel to be turned when going
faster than the maximum neutral speed. For example the Koenigsegg CCR which set a speed record for a
production car at the Nardт Ring did so with the steering wheel at a 30° angle. This speed record has
since been beaten by the Bugatti Veyron at Volkswagen Group's private Ehra-Lessien straight line test
track in Germany, and hence the CCR only holds the speed record for the Nardт Ring. In the process of
fighting a turn as needed when going faster than the neutral speed quite a bit of potential top speed
is lost and hence a fast car will go faster in a straight line than what is possible on the Nardу
Ring. Even at the neutral speed, in a banked turn a car runs a bit heavier than it would in a
straight line, since the downforce created by the banking increases the rolling resistance on the
tires. There has only been one fatality at the ring.
FEATURES:
=========
- Working Pit-/Startlights
- Animated marshals
- Full featured GTL AIW from scratch for 36 cars
CREDITS:
========
- velo for scratch build
- CY-33 for his Italy map
SPECIAL THANKS:
===============
- DutchDevil for getting me started in conversion issues
- MotorfX and Greybrad for their kind AIW guidance
- my lovely wife for all her patience and understanding.
..and all the guys I'm in contact due to conversion issues.
KNOWN ISSUES:
==============
- Sensible engines like Ford Escort won't survive a single lap ;-)
YOU'VE FOUND A BUG:
====================
Pls post in our forums at www.altbierbude.de or drop me a mail
(dumeklemmer AT altbierbude DOT de)
VERSION-HISTORY:
================
2013-03-11, V1.11:
- corrected LOD spelling
2013-03-10, V1.1:
- included missing marshals and gridwalk
2013-03-10, V1.0:
- initial GTL version
Have fun,
der Dumeklemmer
===================
Tired of learning corners for the next event race?
Try this one! 12 km amazing italian race track... ;-)
It was build for GTR2 from scratch by velo
who kindly gave me permission to convert it to GTL.
A very BIG "Thank you so much" for this kind offer!
Pls. find the original readme files for his rF version in this archive.
- My biggest respect for his fantastic work -
We’re offering the result of all our working hours to all of you free of charge but we
ask for one single fee from your side:
Pls. give a little respect to all these working hours all of us spend for free for your entertainment!
This project is a “take it as it is, or leave it”-release, pls. see EULA for more detailed information.
WHAT WIKIPEDIA MENTIONS ABOUT NARDO RING:
=============================================
The Nardт Ring (Pista di prova di Nardт della Fiat, built in 1975), GPS location 40.326655,
17.827721, is a high speed test track located at more than 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of the
town of Nardт, Italy, in the southern region of Apulia, in the province of Lecce.
The track is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) long and is round, has four lanes for cars and motorcycles
totaling 16 metres (52 ft) in width and has a separate inner ring for trucks at a width of 9 metres
(30 ft). In the cars/motorcycle ring the lanes are banked at such a degree that a driver in the outer
most lane doesn't need to turn the wheel while driving at speeds of up to 240 km/h (149 mph). In
essence, at the so called neutral speed which is different for the four lanes, one can drive as if in
a straight lane. However extremely fast cars still require the steering wheel to be turned when going
faster than the maximum neutral speed. For example the Koenigsegg CCR which set a speed record for a
production car at the Nardт Ring did so with the steering wheel at a 30° angle. This speed record has
since been beaten by the Bugatti Veyron at Volkswagen Group's private Ehra-Lessien straight line test
track in Germany, and hence the CCR only holds the speed record for the Nardт Ring. In the process of
fighting a turn as needed when going faster than the neutral speed quite a bit of potential top speed
is lost and hence a fast car will go faster in a straight line than what is possible on the Nardу
Ring. Even at the neutral speed, in a banked turn a car runs a bit heavier than it would in a
straight line, since the downforce created by the banking increases the rolling resistance on the
tires. There has only been one fatality at the ring.
FEATURES:
=========
- Working Pit-/Startlights
- Animated marshals
- Full featured GTL AIW from scratch for 36 cars
CREDITS:
========
- velo for scratch build
- CY-33 for his Italy map
SPECIAL THANKS:
===============
- DutchDevil for getting me started in conversion issues
- MotorfX and Greybrad for their kind AIW guidance
- my lovely wife for all her patience and understanding.
..and all the guys I'm in contact due to conversion issues.
KNOWN ISSUES:
==============
- Sensible engines like Ford Escort won't survive a single lap ;-)
YOU'VE FOUND A BUG:
====================
Pls post in our forums at www.altbierbude.de or drop me a mail
(dumeklemmer AT altbierbude DOT de)
VERSION-HISTORY:
================
2013-03-11, V1.11:
- corrected LOD spelling
2013-03-10, V1.1:
- included missing marshals and gridwalk
2013-03-10, V1.0:
- initial GTL version
Have fun,
der Dumeklemmer
