Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (Bergrennen)
release date : 2007/08/04
Credits :
GTR1 Conversion by Sid93
Converted from GTR1 to GTR2 by LkwFan and finalized by Kimmo Kokkonen
e-Mail : keni1@kolumbus.fi
Information about the track :
The PikesPeak Hill Climb is a real race track located in the Colorado Springs, USA. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as the The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439 metres from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862 m on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved sections.
The overall record is held by Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima from Japan who clocked a time of 10:01.408 on July 21st 2007 driving the 1000 hp mid-engined Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special.
GTR2 Features :
– starting lights and point to point timer
– Spec & Bump Maps (tarmak, grass, sand)
– Tire marks for asphalt and for gravel
GTR2 doesn’t fully support Point To Point counter so timer works only in the race mode.
Every time you wanna race you must start/restart race. When race started, car located on the starting ‘grid’.
Just wait until green light.
The track works only in the race weekend mode so select race weekend mode and standing race start.
Tested :
– race weekend mode
Installation :
1. Unzip the .rar file
2. Copy the the “PikesPeak” folder and paste it to “GTR2\GameData\Locations\..” directory.
3. Copy the outlying “specialfx.tec” file and place it into “GTR2\GameData\Locations\…” folder.
!!! IMPORTANT : make first a backup of the original specialfx.tec file !!!
4. Start GTR2 game
5. Select circuit Pikes Peak, race weekend mode and standing race. Choose 0 or 1 opponent.
6. Enjoy !
NOTE :
if you have older version of PikesPeak GTR2 track installed (named as BergRennen), you should at first remove it.
You also should remove old BergRennen.hat file from “GTR2\UserData\LOG\HAT” folder !
Thank’s to :
Sid93 for GTR1 track
LkwFan for GTR1 to GTR2 conversion
DRW for rFactor graphichs update
So-Cal-Racing for LOD file
Thank’s to all who helps me with this project!
Disclaimer :
Use these files at your own risk. I am not responsible of any kind of damage caused by using the files.
Enjoy!
Kimmo
(C) 2007 Kimmo Kokkonen