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Review: Team Redline's GTP mod
for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
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Sounds
The mod also features all new Spotter sounds and I really
like the new sounds. They are easy to understand and hear
and add to the immersion.
The in car sounds for each car are hardcoded to the car selected.
As the engines rarely rev higher than 8000 rpm's and were
built to last at least 4-6 hours for the shorter races, and
up to as long as 24 hours for the Le Mans and 12 hours at
Sebring, you'll not hear screaming engines but rather reliable
and confidence-inspiring deep growls. These in car sounds
are a great help in judging the speed you are traveling at.
On my system they do seem a bit too well-behaved though. I
would have liked something a little meaner and mechanical
sounding.
Listening to the exterior sounds I am transported back to
countless happy and exciting hours in front of the television
back when these cars raced in Le Mans. Imo these sounds are
spot on and I can't think of anything that would make them
better or more convincing.
I Love the Nighttime...
... I love to boogie... erm, I mean I love to race!
Team Redline have raised the bar in so many areas and in
terms of racing at nighttime they have also delivered some
goodies:
- Working nighttime headlights in
the cockpit and outside in all views
- Night time compatible lights and
special FX and lit cockpits
- New night time track method with
changing sky conditions at each session change
- Ability to run almost any NR2003
track at night with a small patch provided by Team Redlinie.
- Ability, as previously mentioned
to run any NR2003 track in day with a small patch.
From comments by real life endurance racers we hear them
describing how they, when racing in the dark rely heavily
on their knowledge of the track and an inner timekeeping to
know when to brake, turn and accelerate. This is the same
in the GTP mod. If you are not very familiar with the track
you will find it extremely challenging to be as fast at night
as you (hopefully) are at daytime.
The
headlights illuminate some of the track ahead of you but you
really need to drive faster than the light can illuminate
the road ahead, so reaction time and good foresight becomes
imperative as you will probably experience an information
overflow, trying to make out when and exactly where the next
braking area or turn-in is.
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