eSR BMW M3 GTR Challenge v2.0

The E46 GTR came to life in February 2001, powered by the P60B40 a 3,997 cc V8 producing 330 kW (449 PS; 443 hp). Unlike the straight-six powered M3 versions, which were outpaced by the Porsche 996 GT3, the racing version of the E46 M3 GTR, entered by Schnitzer Motorsport, was very successful in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) with BMW factory driver Jörg Müller securing the 2001 GT title.

Rivals such as Porsche pointed out that this car was more of a prototype as no V8 engine was available in the road-going BMW E46, which is in violation of the spirit of Gran Turismo. In 2001, ALMS regulations stated that cars must be for sale on two continents within twelve months of the rules being issued. To fulfill this rule, BMW created the road going GTR and put them on sale after the 2001 season, for €250,000 each.

The ALMS rules were altered for 2002 to state that 100 cars and 1,000 engines must be built for the car to qualify without penalties. Although BMW could have raced the V8 with the new weight and power penalties under these new regulations, they chose to pull out of the ALMS, effectively ending the short-lived M3 GTR’s career.

Two Schnitzer Motorsport M3 GTR cars saw a comeback in 2003 at the 24 Hours Nürburgring, winning 1–2 in 2004 and 2005, (power increased to 368 kW (500 PS; 493 hp)) as well as entries in the 24 Hours Spa. Onboard coverage recorded in 2004 Hans-Joachim Stuck, Pedro Lamy, Jörg Müller and Dirk Müller on the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps.

Private teams (Scheid, Getrag, etc.) also have fit 3,997 cc BMW V8 engines into the E46 body to race on the Nürburgring, winning some VLN races in the last years.

The M3 GTR is widely known as the player’s car in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Carbon in racing trim with a royal blue livery.

copy the GameData folder and paste it into your GTR2 main-directory – allow to overwrite existing one with “YES ALL” – done.

the Mod is full standalone so no original GTR2 files will be overwritten.

– to drive the cars just start your game and choose the class “eSR M3 Challenge”
– to use the sirens you have to set a key for horn in game, you will find it under “Steering – Keys – Extras – Horn”
– to see the silver M5 rims on track right go to “Options – Grafic – details Driver Vehicle” and set it to full, check also if you have set “high wheel details” under advanced.

Addon :

i also advise all cockpit-drivers to install the high-resolution Alpinestars driver suits / gloves from BariCZ – the cockpit-view looks much better with it !

Download HD Gloves and Suits

* GTI-Heizer for converting flashlights and M5 rims
* Cooper7 / RickM33 for the M5 rims from the M3 V12 Street-Challenge
* Vince Klortho for his rim-turorials and rims-sets
* [RMT]serial for the M3 Evolution engine / physic
* James_uk for the GT40 sounds
* KILLTROY for the horn-activation (horn-update)
* IMPERATOR for the Pace Car GT4 skin
* [TGR] BoehseTante for the german police skin
* [eSR] TouRinG for re-importing basic-textures
* Simbin for the nice game

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