General Why the lack of late 90s lmp cars?

[SunBro]

Hey all

Title says it. Why no lmps from the 90s / maybe early 00s too? We only have a porsche 98 from kunos and a marvelous mercedes clr 99 from URD. (I'm sorry virtua, but your toyota is just a sad excuse for existence) Just two cars? Really? Where's the legendary audi r8? The bmw v12 lmr? A good rendition of toyota gt-one? Panoz? Courage? Ferrari 333? Nissan r390? audi r15? and so on and on

Is there simply no interest? Is the lack of data scary? Are they harder to make from a modder viewpoint? I saw nearly zero interest for GT1 cars before rss announced it and i think it's sold well. Not as weel as an open wheeler but i guess good enough.

So what's your opinion about the lack of cars from this era? Personally, 1998, 1999 and 2000 are the holy trinity of motorsport in my eyes. In aaaalllll areas. F1, LMP900, LMGTP, LMP675, GT cars, CART... It was an absolutely glorious era for motorsports yet we see so little of it in our simulators. Why? I'm very interested in the community's take on this.

 

[garyjpaterson]

Ferrari 333?

On my never ending list

 

[386]

There are mods of the 333 out there already, although they are ripped and have some issues

 

[386]

The GT one is on RD already

 

[garyjpaterson]

The GT one is on RD already

A good rendition

 

[SunBro]

There are mods of the 333 out there already, although they are ripped and have some issues

The GT one is on RD already

I guess you can understand my standard for quality if i regard even that gt-one as being low quality.

 

[Tomcul]

Totally agree, so many stinkin openwheelers out there! Wish LM cars got more love from the top modders theres so many iconic cars from over the years.

 

[AccAkut]

Availability of info and good pictures is one issue. Like my 996 was from 2005 and no pics if it were bigger than 800x600. GwttGet suspension data of one of those cars is also hard or next to impossible, at which point your off making it basically from scratch. And the general user base rather wants modern supercars or tuners.

 

[386]

I guess you can understand my standard for quality if i regard even that gt-one as being low quality.

I bet you only have like 5 mods installed if you are that rigid

 

[SunBro]

I bet you only have like 5 mods installed if you are that rigid

You be the judge.

 

[Stereo]

For me I kinda avoid stuff that's already around in sims (esp. as first party content) so even if no sim has the full series the better cars in the classes exist.

If I were to pick one it'd be the open-cockpit Panoz it's just a silly car. I believe PCars has the closed cockpit one.

 

[386]

kunos cars don't count bud

 

[garyjpaterson]

kunos cars don't count bud

But cars with the prefix a3dr_, bo_, rss_, vrc_ and countless others do. That adds up to a hell of a lot more than 5...

 

[magzire]

mercedes clr 99 still available to download?

 

[SunBro]

mercedes clr 99 still available to download?

This is the latest link i could find
https://www.facebook.com/UnitedRacingDesign/posts/1047063932089447
what a glorious mod.

 

[Ryno917]

This is the latest link i could find
https://www.facebook.com/UnitedRacingDesign/posts/1047063932089447
what a glorious mod.

Thanks! Somehow I completely missed this one.

 

[SunBro]

Not related to the thread in a huge way but seeing these made my heart skip a beat. Insta buy!

https://www.facebook.com/UnitedRacingDesign/posts/1783998541729312

https://www.facebook.com/UnitedRacingDesign/posts/1783878585074641

 

[Peter Kerényi]

The VS Toyota LOOKS great. Has anybody made or found alternative physics for it?

 

[SunBro]

The VS Toyota LOOKS great. Has anybody made or found alternative physics for it?

Unfortunately no.
Fortunately no one will have to
URD is releasing their own version alongside those two gt1s.

 

[Brownninja97]

Unfortunately no.
Fortunately no one will have to
URD is releasing their own version alongside those two gt1s.

Actually yes someone did make alternate physics for it, not tried it myself though