The International Manufacturers Championship '67

[IMC '67]

It seems like 'Composure' is enough to warrant much better behaviour over lapping slower cars though.

What "Composure = 1.0" especially does is to significantly reduce the number of times the player is being hit in the rear by AI opponents, not only when being lapped but also when racing for position.

 

[Shovas]

One subtlety I appreciate with higher Composure is, when passing an AI, the AI lose confidence for less time and, when they pass you, they gain confidence for less time.

So, in original GTR2, when you pass AI they tend to just fall off immensely and, if you are doing a sprint race, they don't really seem to ever come back. Likewise, when they pass you, they gain confidence for a long period of time and it's difficult to catch up to them.

This means Composure influences AI in a way that can look like rubber-banding.

 

[IMC '67]

Luckily I don't have any of that in my game. The rubber-banding I see comes from something else and is most likely hard-coded in the .exe.

 

[IMC '67]

Lucas/Pike • Ford GT40 Mk I • BOAC International 500 Brands Hatch

 

[IMC '67]

Foyt/Gurney • Ford Mk II • Daytona Continental 24 Hours

Gardner/McCluskey • Ford Mk IIB • 24 Heures du Mans

 

[IMC '67]

McLaren/Andretti • Ford Mk IV • Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance

 

[IMC '67]

Tuerlinckx/Roets • Hillman Imp • ADAC 1000-km-Rennen Nürburgring

 

[IMC '67]

Herd/Sylvester • Honda S800 • ADAC 1000-km-Rennen Nürburgring

The real 1967 Nürburgring cars were all fastback coupés but the hardtop here will have to make do.

 

[IMC '67]

If the Honda above was one of the smallest cars competing in the 1967 championship, the Howmet Sprint below was definitely the largest.

Nagel/Heppenstall/Seeley • Howmet Sprint Ford • Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance

Some stuff has to be modified on the game car as the real Sebring one had a black bonnet, rear side windows replaced with aluminium sheets, and completely different looking arches for the rear wheels.

 

[IMC '67]

An older low-res video from my game showing Daytona marshals trying to keep warm during the night...

 

[IMC '67]

Robson/Rodgers/Buchman • Jaguar XKE • Daytona Continental 24 Hours

 

[IMC '67]

Some red cars lined up in the pits after the 1967 Monza 1000 km race...

 

[YardOfBricks]

What's the current status of this mod? I know you've said you're not sure if it'll ever get public release but it does seem you've been making great strides on it of late.

Some red cars lined up in the pits after the 1967 Monza 1000 km race...

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[IMC '67]

I'm still at like 60% of what I want to achieve although the game should be playable at 80%.

 

[IMC '67]

Still very much WIP but Brands is starting to get the right '60s look and atmosphere...

 

[Butler_plays]

I know that this project isn´t finished, but is there any possibility of downloading the car liverys. I´m trying to recreate some of the 1967 races in AC and my biggest problem is liverys and having acces to some of yours would help a lot. Mvh E

 

[IMC '67]

I can't do that for several reasons but check this out for lots of car livery reference photos from the 1967 championship:

https://pinterest.com/yangyijiangu9/67-intl-manufactures-championship/

 

[Butler_plays]

I can't do that for several reasons but check this out for lots of car livery reference photos from the 1967 championship:

https://pinterest.com/yangyijiangu9/67-intl-manufactures-championship/

Thank you! I have been looking for photo albums like this for a long time but I´ve struggled to find any proper ones, but this is perfect! I´m gonna be able to make the obscure liverys so much better now, so thank you for this and have a great day!

 

[IMC '67]

Quote from the July 1967 issue of Motor Sport magazine:

"3 a.m. - Oh no! Yellow danger lights are flashing. Schlesser walks by explaining how there was nothing to do but to ram the bank with the Ford France Mk IIB. Seems Andretti [Ford Mk IV No. 3] had a brake lock on going into the Esses and crashed into the bank. McCluskey in Ford No. 5 tried to avoid him and crashed into the opposite bank. Schlesser avoided them both but crashed No. 6. Fords all over the place. Everyone else tip-toes through the wreckage. No one hurt."

Gurney in the No. 1 Ford Mk IV shouldn't have crashed though as he and Foyt won the real 1967 race. But it's a good thing that the game isn't exactly like the real happenings as it would get too predictable.

The Andretti/Bianchi car the morning after

 

[IMC '67]

I'm driving the only Ford Mk IV that is still left in the race, the blue No. 4 together with Denny Hulme. And although the No. 3 Andretti/Bianchi wreck was left at the Esses in the real 1967 race, you can see it has been moved to the pits in the game.