Tatra 603-2 B5 Marathon

Tatra 603-2 B5 Marathon 1.2

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Trained Monkey Modding team presents Tatra 603-2 B5 Marathon

So this is another Czechoslovak legend from our workshop - Tatra 603-2 in B5 Marathon edition. It is powered by V8 engine producing 170BHP cooled by air with help of those 2 big barrels on the rear of the car (ejector cooling). This car was used mostly for endurance racing and was developed secretly by Tatra engineers in their free time. But those endurace races were nothing like the endurance races we know nowadays, this car took part in "Marathon de la Route" competetion at the famous Nordchleife, maybe some oldtimers will know, but this race lasted 3 days with strict rules about average speed! And this old beauty was very succesfull in it, won it's category couple of times. It is not pure race car, it is basically civilian car with just slightly fastened suspension and improved engine, but it can still do almost 200kph on the straights :)

When you will try it in AC, remember that it is old lady with heavy tail, it will take some time to get used to it, but when you master this beauty, it is very pleasant drive! But we recommend to use "H" shifter and cluch to fully enjoy it. Heel and toe is a must when downshifting :)

We recommend to use this mod with CSP 1.52 and higher, it might crash with lower versions.

Credits


Big “thanks” to all people which helped us with feedback and testing. Thanks to Kunos for some assets and for the great sim itself. Big thanks to @ACFAN for the awesome sounds, without it this mod would never come out. And special thanks goes to Ilja a.k.a x4fab - author of famous CSP patch - for help with CSP config (advanced features will come soon). Special thanks to Kyuubeey for great help with physics.

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Update notes:
Update 1.2 contains only some small fixes and added horn sound, we can consider this car to be finished. Any other updates will come when Ilja releases some new features to CSP :)

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Latest updates

  1. Update 1.2

    Updates and fixes for version 1.2: added horn sound added some csp goodies fixed nr. 44 skin...
  2. Update 1.1

    Updates and fixes in version 1.1: physics vastly reworked to make it closer to real counterpart...
  3. Hotfix 1.01

    Updates and fixes in version 1.01: hotfix for rear suspension (should be a little more...

Latest reviews

Premium
My favorite car! So unique and fun to drive. The sound is great. The AI races with this beast are incredible. Fantastic work!
When I first downloaded this car, I saw the exhausts and said, "Surely, this is a joke. That's so silly, why would the mod authors do that to this car?"

And then I looked it up, and the dang thing literally came like that.

Absolutely amazing. Model is also very well-done, and handles great. As in, accurately; it can and will get out of hand fast if you're not careful! It's more like driving an armored vehicle than a race car.

Only small nitpick is that the custom sound is a bit "meh," and overly loud; it tends to drown out every other car nearby. That's fairly minor, though.
What an exotic car. Feels good at driving but racing it is another story. You want to attack but you can't and still you try to push and ut's always on the limit. And that bewitching sound keeps you focused on..fun and joy. A really special and enjoyable experience. Quality is excellent. Thanks for this sharing of your love and passion for cars and motorsport.
Great handling, awesome sound
Great job,love the sound coming from those drain pipes!
Taking this car for a ride feels like an adventure, which is just the way it should be.
fun car to drive
0k Car Tatra 603 1956-1962 You =)
Thank You!
Awesome, thanks!
New cars are great, but the oldies are the best. This one is just pure fun....take it around the Nordschleife if you dare.
Looks excellent,
performance-wise (not affecting rating) somewhat underwhelming for V8, especially compared to Škoda 13rs, i do not have any idea weather that is accurate or not i just felt it warrant mention, it is likely on part with renault 8 gordini's performance (no idea bout renault 12 / dacia 1200 comparission tho).

Handling is fairly good after the suspension update. worth your download, especially if you need good looking car for your 70s GT.
I can't give this any less than five stars, but I must say that I enjoyed v1.0 more than v1.1. Is it only me or does the updated version feel a lot more civilized? Before the update, you really got the feeling that this is a car that is trying to murder you, and that's pretty much in lines with my expectations for the Tatra.
The car is amazing and very interesting but is the steering lock really supposed to be 1800 degrees?? This is only since the latest update.
Fuzo
Fuzo
1800 is intentional because it is real value from real car.
Very cool to drive now. Kind of feels like enormous, heavy, old 911 with a steering rack from a bus. That’s not a bad thing though. Good looking model as well.
Mats are improved although there's some shading issues which I'm not sure how to fix myself. Sound is what it is, yet again it's good enough and doesn't factor into the review.

On the physics side, we did our best, and I think I'll give it a 5 because it's very worth driving now and an unique experience on the right track.
Much nicer now, thanks all. the engine int and ext sounds might need rebalancing, the sound goes a bit weird in reverb zones, and perhaps opponents cars are too loud compared to your own... obviously has a massive exhaust so who knows..
pretty nice looking and the sound is nice. However driving the car is not pleasant and extremely frustrating at times. The vehicle behavior doesn't make any sense. At first I thought, maybe I'll get used to it, but no. It just feels wrong. I am not offended by this, it's just very disappointing. I hope that you will consider working with Arch/Kyuubee, because I know that with some reasonably realistic data, this could be an awesome mod.
Fuzo
Fuzo
as I mentioned previously, physics will get update soon and yes, we are working with Arch/Kyuubee now on it so I hope in the end everybody will be happy.
Fantastic to see tis car on track again. When I was just a little boy, I had the chance to see them at the Marathon de la Route at the old Nürburgring during my hollidays and now again in AC. Great job, thank you very much
There is something wrong with audio, it sounds way too loud and the sound is dimmed/muffled in really strange way. Also car behaves unnaturally when rear tires lose grip. I think that suspension geometry might be wrong as car is unconsistent with its behaviour. But I'm giving 4 stars anyways. I love Tatra 603, especially ones with 3 headlights and unusual touring cars is what I race most in games. In other words, great mod, download it, have fun, but take in consideration that it still needs some work.
Fuzo
Fuzo
we are working on physics update, it will be released probably next week. And the issues with sound were described in "discussion", check it out, maybe it will help you.

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