Mantorp Park 1969 V1.0 for GT-Legends
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GTL Scratch build by CY-33 and derDumeklemmer
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INTRODUCTION
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Mantorp Park is located in south-central Sweden, on the outskirts of Linköping,
directly alongside the E4 motorway, which runs from Stockholm to Jonköping.
Financed by BP Sweden and opened in 1969 when Swedish stars like Ronnie
Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson were in their ascendancy, it had all the
ingredients of success. Large crowds were always likely to be drawn in. The
4.1 km course was designed by Lars Olof Larsson with design input from Joakim
Bonnier and featured a long main straight which also doubled as a drag strip
(and also an emergency runway). Fairly flat in elevation, it nonetheless
had a good collection of corners.
International racing came in 1971, with a popular home victory for Ronnie
Peterson in the European F2 race. Formula 2 continued until 1974, when the
championship transferred the Swedish leg to Karlskoga. In its place, Mantorp
held a round of the European Touring Car Championship, won by Dieter Glemser and
Jochen Mass. The following year saw the debut of European Formula 3, with local
ace Conny Anderson taking pole, only for Gianfranco Brancatelli to take the
victory.
In 1981 the circuit was reconstructed and two new short courses were created,
while a new section by passing the Rome Curve at the top of the circuit was
introduced, reducing the lap distance to 3.1km. A chicane was added to slow
speeds onto the drag strip straight following a fatal accident in the 1970s.
Untill today the circuit is used in this layout and represents (together with
Anderstorp) the most important Swedish racetrack. Alongside the STCC and club
racingcomes a strong calendar of events, including drifting, a GT endurance
event and a meeting for historic racers.
(thanks to
www.racingcircuits.info for these informations!)
The ground surface was modeled on realistic isoline model, based on a
topographic map of the contemporary area. Naming the track "1969" can't be
seen as a precise date - it track combines various features from the early times
of Mantorp Park, as the footage made it possible. The choose to name it after
its opening year.
We hope you enjoy driving our virtual version of this part of racing history
with us.
FEATURES:
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- Working Start-/PitIn-/Pitoutlights
- Animated marshals
- Full featured GTL AIW for 36 cars
- Full Nightlightning
CREDITS:
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- GTL version: CY-33 and derDumeklemmer
- derDumeklemmer: AIW, gMotor2 Game Integration, Ground Model Mapping, Loading Screen& TrackIcon
- CY-33: 3D Models, Track building, Textures(+Simbin), Mappings
- Luigi: TV Cams
- Virtua_LM: photo flashes
- B8man: Beta testing
SPECIAL THANKS:
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Dave Noonan for 3dSimEd&Trkmaker
ISI for rFactor, the Gmotor2 engine and the documentation about
SimBin for all the great SIMs
The Blender foundation for Blender project
...our girlfriends & wifes for their patience and understanding.
KNOWN ISSUES:
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- none
ADDITIONAL NOTES
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We're offering the result of all our working hours free of charge,
but we ask for one single fee from the user...
Pls. give a little respect to all these working hours spent by
everybody involved in this version:
This project is a "take it as it is, or leave it"-release.
Pls. see EULA for more detailed information.
VERSION-HISTORY:
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2014-12-06, V1.0:
- GTL final version
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Pls. feel free to report BUGs in the bulletin board of altbierbude.de
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