SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: Champ Car Challenge

My impression from testing this preview version is that the full mod will become the new favorite Champ Car Sim. There's a great intro and the menus are Champ Car themed. The cars are credible to drive as well as immersive in that elusive and addicting way that you're constantly on the search for that extra grip, because you know it's there, you just haven't been been able to find the right line yet. The sounds are very very good too in my opinion Especially when you sit in the pits, and hear the other cars screaming by.

It's a huge, ambitious and brave undertaking that iDT have taken upon themselves; to give us 5 years of racing in the premier U.S. open-wheel road racing series, and they intend to make as many tracks as they possibly can, so we can go race the same tracks that were raced in real life.

I gather that the current plan is that the mod will probably be released in smaller, self-contained packages, possibly each package containing a specific season. This might change though, as the iDT team are making huge strides every day, in terms of completing this mod.

From where I'm sitting, it looks like they are going to deliver a fabulous mod, and they are working so fast that I have to hurry up and finish off this preview now, if I'm to beat them to release-date!

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Reviewer's System Specs

Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz CPU
512MB RAM
128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200 / NVIDIA drivers v61.77
AC97 onboard sound
DirectX Version 9.0c
Windows XP Home with SP1
Logitech Driving Force Pro steering wheel

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