Spa 1967 v2.0 by ZWISS for GTR2
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F1 1971 MOD PICTURED https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/formula-one-1971-mod-for-gtr2.22169/
Designed by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, the original 15 km (9.3 mile) triangle-shaped course used public roads between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot. The Belgian Grand Prix was held at Spa-Francorchamps for the first time in 1924.
Back then, the Belgians took pride in having a very fast circuit, and to improve average speeds, the former slow uphill U-turn at the bottom of the Eau Rouge creek valley, called the Ancienne Douane, was cut short with a faster sweep straight up the hill, called the Raidillon. Until 2000, it was possible to travel over the race track when it was still a public road. At Eau Rouge, southbound traffic was allowed to use the famous uphill corner, while the opposite downhill traffic had to use the old road and U-turn behind the grand stands, rejoining the race track at the bottom of Eau Rouge.
The old race track continued after Les Combes towards Burnenville, passing this village in a fast right hand sweep. Near Malmedy, the Masta straight begins, which is only interrupted by the fast Masta Kink between farm houses before arriving at the town of Stavelot.
The Masta Kink was one of the most fearsome sections on any race track in the world, requiring skill and bravery in equal measure to get it right. After a long run from Malmedy, the cars would reach top speed before having to negotiate Masta, a high speed left-right chicane, and a good exit speed was vital as it is followed by another long straight run to Stavelot.
That Masta was lost to F1 racing after the 1970 race was partly its own fault. Jackie Stewart's crusade to improve safety in racing was set in motion by his crash there in 1966, when his BRM ended upsidedown in the cellar of the farmhouse on the outside of the corner, with fuel gushing out of the tank onto Stewart, who had broken ribs to add to his misery.
Another particularly gruesome story comes from the 1972 24 hour touring car race during which three drivers were killed. During one of his pitstops at night, Hans-Joachim Stuck shouted to his co-driver Jochen Mass over the noise that he should "look out for body parts at the Masta Kink". Mass arrived there expecting to see bits of car all over the road but was appalled to discover it was in fact bits of a marshal.[2]
After Masta, and at the end of the subsequent Holowell Straight, there used to be a sharp hairpin at the entrance to the town itself, which was later bypassed by a quicker, banked right hand corner. Another fast section of road in the forest leads to Blanchimont. Here, the new short Grand Prix track of 1979 joins the old layout.
18 Formula 1 World Championship Grands Prix were run on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit's original configuration, which was boycotted by F1 in 1968, before the revised circuit banished it to the history books in the late 70s. The lap record of the old triangle-shaped track is held by the French driver Henri Pescarolo, at an average speed of 262 km/h (163 mph).
The sim version:
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This track was part of Grand Prix Legends by Papyrus. It's the game that got many of us into simracing.
Although it is not very accurate, it is so far the only version of the old Spa available.
It was brought to the ISI format a long time ago, but recently Bud Lucas and Cammel revamped the track for rFactor.
I was asked to bring this newer version to GTR2.
What I did:
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- basic conversion from rFactor to GTR2.
- AIW fixes (pacecar, galpha, fueluse, wet path, garagedepth, pitlane corridor ...)
- fixed stretched out textures
- fixed tribune object
- reduced skybox textures (they were 2.7 MB, bad for FPS)
- fixed startligths and pitlights
- add animated marchalls
- add rain reflection
Issues:
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- no time trial position
- FPS hungry
- no shadows yet
- some popping up of objects
Credits:
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- Original track for GP Legends by Papyrus.
- Original rFactor conversion by frank.f55
- Updated rFactor version by Bud Lucas and Cammel
- Cam file by Luigi, texture tuning by Painless
- GTR2 LODS by Taku
Enjoy!
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Designed by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, the original 15 km (9.3 mile) triangle-shaped course used public roads between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot. The Belgian Grand Prix was held at Spa-Francorchamps for the first time in 1924.
Back then, the Belgians took pride in having a very fast circuit, and to improve average speeds, the former slow uphill U-turn at the bottom of the Eau Rouge creek valley, called the Ancienne Douane, was cut short with a faster sweep straight up the hill, called the Raidillon. Until 2000, it was possible to travel over the race track when it was still a public road. At Eau Rouge, southbound traffic was allowed to use the famous uphill corner, while the opposite downhill traffic had to use the old road and U-turn behind the grand stands, rejoining the race track at the bottom of Eau Rouge.
The old race track continued after Les Combes towards Burnenville, passing this village in a fast right hand sweep. Near Malmedy, the Masta straight begins, which is only interrupted by the fast Masta Kink between farm houses before arriving at the town of Stavelot.
The Masta Kink was one of the most fearsome sections on any race track in the world, requiring skill and bravery in equal measure to get it right. After a long run from Malmedy, the cars would reach top speed before having to negotiate Masta, a high speed left-right chicane, and a good exit speed was vital as it is followed by another long straight run to Stavelot.
That Masta was lost to F1 racing after the 1970 race was partly its own fault. Jackie Stewart's crusade to improve safety in racing was set in motion by his crash there in 1966, when his BRM ended upsidedown in the cellar of the farmhouse on the outside of the corner, with fuel gushing out of the tank onto Stewart, who had broken ribs to add to his misery.
Another particularly gruesome story comes from the 1972 24 hour touring car race during which three drivers were killed. During one of his pitstops at night, Hans-Joachim Stuck shouted to his co-driver Jochen Mass over the noise that he should "look out for body parts at the Masta Kink". Mass arrived there expecting to see bits of car all over the road but was appalled to discover it was in fact bits of a marshal.[2]
After Masta, and at the end of the subsequent Holowell Straight, there used to be a sharp hairpin at the entrance to the town itself, which was later bypassed by a quicker, banked right hand corner. Another fast section of road in the forest leads to Blanchimont. Here, the new short Grand Prix track of 1979 joins the old layout.
18 Formula 1 World Championship Grands Prix were run on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit's original configuration, which was boycotted by F1 in 1968, before the revised circuit banished it to the history books in the late 70s. The lap record of the old triangle-shaped track is held by the French driver Henri Pescarolo, at an average speed of 262 km/h (163 mph).
The sim version:
================
This track was part of Grand Prix Legends by Papyrus. It's the game that got many of us into simracing.
Although it is not very accurate, it is so far the only version of the old Spa available.
It was brought to the ISI format a long time ago, but recently Bud Lucas and Cammel revamped the track for rFactor.
I was asked to bring this newer version to GTR2.
What I did:
==========
- basic conversion from rFactor to GTR2.
- AIW fixes (pacecar, galpha, fueluse, wet path, garagedepth, pitlane corridor ...)
- fixed stretched out textures
- fixed tribune object
- reduced skybox textures (they were 2.7 MB, bad for FPS)
- fixed startligths and pitlights
- add animated marchalls
- add rain reflection
Issues:
=======
- no time trial position
- FPS hungry
- no shadows yet
- some popping up of objects
Credits:
========
- Original track for GP Legends by Papyrus.
- Original rFactor conversion by frank.f55
- Updated rFactor version by Bud Lucas and Cammel
- Cam file by Luigi, texture tuning by Painless
- GTR2 LODS by Taku
Enjoy!
