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The Most Spectacular Sports Cars have returned to your Computer. 1992 � The last year of the World Sports Car Championship � The end of the Group C Prototypes. Closed Prototypes with driving performances that only Can-Am and Formula 1 reached. Now, 12 years later the Team of Virtua_LM attempts to recreate this extreme era of Sports Car Racing in all it�s glory. 17 great Race Tracks from all around the world, including the famous Le Mans Circuit are the battlefield for the epic fights between Peugeot, Toyota, Mercedes, Jaguar and many others. 31 included cars guarantee a great mixture between the powerful cars and the unreliable exotics, like the Konrad-Lamborghini and the Brun-Judd. The Interface & Launcher Prototype C comes with a useful launcher program which helps you to create your Player details and configure the Mod the way you like it. The only thing I miss is an import option from other mods plr files, which can save a lot of time setting up your controller. The in-game Interface itself is very clear, overlook able and not too hard on the eyes. The position of the submenus is build up as in the standard F1-Challenge Exe, so you should have no problem finding what you�re looking for. The Main Menu shows the car in the Spinner and on the left it will display some pretty informative things about the selected car. An identical screen will appear when you load a track, you will get a big Track Map, including Historical Information about all the Circuit. The Cars All cars are modelled to look identical to their real life variants, and they simply do, even the smallest air intakes and details are included. The Textures look simply great. The E-Mapping feature will provide an even more realistic look of the cars. The Cockpits are looking very realistic and provide a good insight of what it must be like to drive one of those cars for real. The sounds are what we can expect from such cars � Loud and Screaming. A nice special feature that the Prototype C Mod contains is the fact that the car liveries and models will change throughout the season, for example a low-downforce version of a car for Le Mans and no tobacco liveries for the Jaguar at Silverstone and Hockenheim. The Physics The best thing about this mod are the Physics, they are simply amazing. Unfortunately I can�t tell you if they�re realistic or not, since I didn�t have the change to drive any of these cars in real life, but in my opinion the cars handle like I think they should do. They handle very powerful, have high downforce and have strong brakes. Each car has its own characteristics which makes it really enjoyable to drive each of them. Virtua_LM has set their mind to accuracy in physics so it will be much harder to win in the BRM then in for example the Peugeot Evo2. The Behaviour of the AI controlled cars is very good and competitive. The Tracks The mod contains 17 fabulous tracks, including the 1960�s layout of the Rouen Circuit and the current version of the Japanese Fuji Track. Another interesting track is the special version of Monza, build to the 1993 configuration with a different radius in the two Lesmo corners. Most other tracks have been rebuild to look like they did back in the time between 1991 and 1993, so this will give you the feeling of how it was to drive during that period of time. Features of the Prototype C mod - 31 cars from the Sport 3.5L including the SWC champion Jaguar XJR-14, Le Mans winning Peugeot 905s and experimental Peugeot 905 Evo2! - Complete listing of cars included in Prototype C:
- Unrivalled aerodynamics accuracy with consulting from experts and designers of the actual cars. Feel the cars hug the ground as 10,000lb of downforce builds with speed. - Three complete new tracks:
- New, corrected layouts for:
- Converted GTR2002 tracks:
- Completely new set of AIW for all tracks. Optimized for the Prototype C cars. - Early 90s technology, including carbon brakes which must be used gingerly to last full race distances and qualifying tires that are only useful for qualifying. - Accurate suspension models for each car and physics which make use of the super-high rate physics setting. - Watch the cars develop during a season with accurate track specific car models, liveries and performance! Summary A Great piece of modding work has been created by a group of talented editors, the mod does not only provide excellent accuracy, but also gives you much fun trying to get a good position in the slow cars. The Mod will be a very good base for the upcoming expansion packs from Virtua_LM like IMSA GTP, Prototype C 1985 and much more. Prototype C will be a mod, that everyone will enjoy, either if you�re a Group C enthusiast, or a newcomer to the sim racing scene. It has taken one and a half year of work to the release, but the wait was absolutely worth it. Now ladies and gentleman, grab your helmet, fasten your seatbelt and hit the track with the most powerful sports cars of the last 20 years. Thanks to Rod Chong (REVSECT) for allowing me to do this review. Marcel Trieschmann |
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| Author: Scott Michaels | 18-03-2004 |
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good reveiw, shame its so short. i cant wait for this mod to come out, really waant to drive those peugeots! |
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| Author: Meister | 04-04-2004 |
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Fat one ! |
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| Author: Stephen Casey | 22-06-2004 |
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Article convinced me to download the MOD. And it is TOTALLY AWSOME. I've been meaning to get back into these forums and give some praise but what little time I have had has been chanelled into the Mazdas in this baby. All the cars sound different and it is a crime to not crank up the volume. If you are limited to head phones go plop down $50 bucks and get some Yamaha's, this experience alone justifies high end head phones. Internal and external sounds must be experienced. I'm enjoying the slower cars too as some have more down force. I hope all the people involved in developing this important game total conversion get great job offers as a result. ONLY with the condition they keep developing Prototype-C in their spare time. You guys got my love. |
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| Author: raphael mestdag | 23-06-2004 |
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This mod is awesome, the cars` handling are among the best i`ve had the plasure to experience in the latest mods for F1c. The Peugeot 93 is an incredible ride! The graphics are excellent too, the dashes are very well made, the sounds are very realistic as well. This is definetly a MUST!! |
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| Author: mastchrism | 05-08-2004 |
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Excellent mod. The creators truly put effort and thought into this one. |
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| Author: dumrick | 18-10-2004 |
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Addictive as hell and the BEST car racing simulator experience available (except, maybe, GPL) |
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