Thought it might be cool to have a little SimHQ fun challenge with the new Retro pack for Race On/Race Pro...

2 races using the new (and I might add, excellent) Hill Climb Stage... 1 run with the BMW CSL from the Retro Max car category and 1 run with the BMW 2002 from the Retro Cool car catigory... This is just for fun so use the SimHQ honor system, (but if your able might want to post a screen of the results)...

Post your name
Race 1 BMW CSL result
Race 2 BMW 2002 result

Here's the track and where you'll find the cars... just replay here in this thread with your results... due by July 15th Noon Eastern.
You can update as needed till the deadline.

Remmeber... Honor System.

Nice to see RACE 07 getting some tracktime here - though I haven't bought anything after the GTRevo add-on release.

I won't keep buying add-ons to it in its current form, but I would love to do some GT/WTCC racing with it

Good luck with it.

FH

I'm up for some of that.
I'll post some times in a couple of days once I've learned the track better, still at the bouncing of the barriers stage ATM.

After undergoing what I believe our American friends call a "procedure" I am unable to drive for a few days.. but I will install this today as I love the Race series.

I would love it if we could get a little action going here using the Race series but it seems the modular nature of rFactor and the quality of gtr2 (understandably) rule the roost on SimHQ. Pity.

Wouldn't Autolog be fun for this?
I'm in, assuming I don't embarrass myself too much working on it. LOL
Screenshots are easy enough, Fraps is free for that.

Great idea, Magnum!

Downloading the addon right now.

Agreed, great idea, this Retro pack is good fun, I just picked it up and I'm loving it, the hillclimb is like a big rally stage.

My best times on the hillclimb so far (using auto clutch and corner markers until I learn the track better):
Kludger:
BMW CSL: 3:18:893
BMW 2002: 3:33:576

Time for a mini-rant...

This is what bothers me about SimHQ online racing. Every time there is an organized race the guys NEVER use one of the zillion "stock" automobiles. You know, the ones EVERYBODY has. It's always some new or obscure mod that hardly anyone has. That drives me crazy.

If you're going to do Race ON, how about one of the WTCC years? Or STCC? Or American Muscle? You know, one of the car sets that came with the game? That way, no one has to go hunting for the new or obscure add-on. Many of those for rFactor don't even come with self-executable installers. I find this approach very frustrating.

A zillion cars for Race07/GTR Evo/RAce On but never a race with the cars that come with the sims. This is why I find it so difficult to participate, and I'm sure others do too.

Now a "retro" add-on. Didn't come with the sims. SIGH. I've never heard of it.

I'm not against trying new/add-on cars. Not at all. I just don't undestand why no matter whether it is GTR2, Race On, or rFactor, the SimHQ races never seem to be with the cars that absolutely everybody has if they simply installed the retail sim.

Here's what's really ironic. When I suggest playing Ghost Recon Classic online with one of the more complete total conversions, SimHQ has the opposite reaction: let's stick with the stock maps and gear. I give up.

1. I put this up BECAUSE of the new retro pack and hill climb stage in the game. So it makes perfect sense to be about the new add-on.

2. Nothing says you can't organize something, anything yourselve... SimHQ is a gaming information site with a little organization in play...we can't please and satisfy everyones desires when it comes to gaming... hell we gave you a forum, calender, and a teamspeak server... organize something yourself.

3. Nobody shot down your idea for a GR server with a total conversion, we simply were seeking feedback on a server, and said at the beginning, the first month or two would be plain vanilla, so we could a) relive the true classic, and b) not overwhelm new members/players.

so you quit? quit what? SimHQ gives you everything you need to organize and play computer/videos games... all for free. DO SOMETHING!

I got the add on today and did a few laps. No where near the times I think I can do, but this is with H-shifter.
Always use the paddles in all sims, but thought this was a good time to re try the shifter. Just wish I could heel and toe, that would make it even better and more fun.