Complete Up Next: 1972ish Trans-Am multiclass series with O2 and U2
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Spent the morning remembering the ill-fated '73-74 Trans-Am Seasons...COURSE YOU IMSA!!!!
This is when the SCCA went with FIA rules (like IMSA) but since they weren't paying out the kind of money that IMSA was (Big Bill France was a 25% owner, so he sunk some big bucks into it) the drivers showed up when an IMSA race made it convenient. BUT despite the smaller fields and fewer big-name drivers, Trans-Am races usually outdrew IMSA races 2 to 1 as far as crowd sizes.
It wasn't until it became a Mustang vs Camaro show again that TA really found solid footing again, beginning in the mid-80s and becoming very strong in the mid-90's.
Yep the Porsche vs Corvette years were just way off balance with the RSs and Capris able to run a race with only one pit stop while the big-block Vettes and Camaros were hitting the pits twice in each race...though, sometimes incidents allowed the racing to be joined, it was the Porsches game for a couple of years at least...
So in short while it might look good on paper, unless we made some sort of rules to equalize the two types of cars, OR made it short races, this would just be a bust. BTW there was just one class of cars, from 2.0 liter thru the big-block Chevys
Thoughts?
This is when the SCCA went with FIA rules (like IMSA) but since they weren't paying out the kind of money that IMSA was (Big Bill France was a 25% owner, so he sunk some big bucks into it) the drivers showed up when an IMSA race made it convenient. BUT despite the smaller fields and fewer big-name drivers, Trans-Am races usually outdrew IMSA races 2 to 1 as far as crowd sizes.
It wasn't until it became a Mustang vs Camaro show again that TA really found solid footing again, beginning in the mid-80s and becoming very strong in the mid-90's.
Yep the Porsche vs Corvette years were just way off balance with the RSs and Capris able to run a race with only one pit stop while the big-block Vettes and Camaros were hitting the pits twice in each race...though, sometimes incidents allowed the racing to be joined, it was the Porsches game for a couple of years at least...
So in short while it might look good on paper, unless we made some sort of rules to equalize the two types of cars, OR made it short races, this would just be a bust. BTW there was just one class of cars, from 2.0 liter thru the big-block Chevys
Thoughts?
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Yeah, something that doesn't have a boat load of power (no O2 cars for me) and preferably stable and predictable. I'll be slow regardless of car choice, so outright speed doesn't concern me, just the ease of keeping it on the black stuff while I learn how to properly run these types of cars.
I've killed men for less...IMSA C8...try 1967 Cougar bro...you in my house now!
The car lists as well as the download links and schedule have been added to the first post in this thread.
Saturday after the Indycar race, I will be putting up the Trans-Am @ Lime Rock with one of each car type so y'all can try them out, I don't have enough slots for multiples so you'll have to share and trade out cars with each other if the server gets crowded.
I'll leave this up for the time that I am gone (7-10 days) so get in, get on, and sort out the cars so the painting can begin. Painters, please do early '70s era type skins. I'll have some contigs put together probably after I get back but they'll be few in number.
Let's just use these cars as they are, I don't want this to be a chore for anyone.
These O2 cars are the original ones not the TA v2 cars. So if you have the V2 cars save them off to the side if you want them for future use.
Saturday after the Indycar race, I will be putting up the Trans-Am @ Lime Rock with one of each car type so y'all can try them out, I don't have enough slots for multiples so you'll have to share and trade out cars with each other if the server gets crowded.
I'll leave this up for the time that I am gone (7-10 days) so get in, get on, and sort out the cars so the painting can begin. Painters, please do early '70s era type skins. I'll have some contigs put together probably after I get back but they'll be few in number.
Let's just use these cars as they are, I don't want this to be a chore for anyone.
These O2 cars are the original ones not the TA v2 cars. So if you have the V2 cars save them off to the side if you want them for future use.
I am committing now to drive a U2 Datsun 510, I'll probably do a new paint. But that remains to be seen...LOL
Not sure how the 911s will run with the other U2 cars, but that's what Im driving and you can't change my mind!! 
In the ai tests I ran the 911 s was the class of the u2 field, the TCL BMW doesn't seem to have the same Turbo as the other one so I left it as is...I caught the 911s car at the end of my 10 lap race but they were definitely the cream of the crop. I don't think I had the Alfa in the field though...
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