Ok as promised here are the links and settings fort this legendary season, that many consider to be one of the more iconic ones in the history. This is going to be longer post, so I apologize, but I have time (isolation and stuff) and I really love racing history and talking about it. Disclaimer: There are no direct links out of respect to developers, who really deserve so much credit for what they are doing. Can't thank them enough.
IMSA GTO 1989 Season
Season was marked by an Audi team with their 90 model, that was developed especially fort this competition as part of marketing to increase their presence in the US market. It was the only season that this car ran in the series. One year before the 200 model ran in the TransAm series and won it, and so everyone expected them to win this year as well. This was an important project for Audi. How important? They hired a former F1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck and they sent a complete TV crew to record every move and every race the team and drivers made in America. Something unheard of at that time. The 25 min documentary can be seen here. It is interesting to watch before you run this car, as you will feel more immersed in the whole story (use subtitles if you don’t understand German):
Cars
Essentially the season was a duel between Audi and Mercury Cougar teams. Audi missed the beginning of the season and that probably cost them the championship. But there were some excellent races along the way with Nissan, Camaro and Mazda offering good competition as well. I made the BOP of all these cars accordingly. Audi and Cougar are just a little faster that the rest of the field. IRL Audi was no match for American low, wide cars in fast sweeping corners, but was revolutionary stable and agile in slow corners. And this mod from Dan Busca captures this perfectly as you will see in races. If you don’t like it and would want a perfectly level field, you must restrict both cars a little more. Anyway, to cut things short here are the cars (author, download location):
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Audi 90 (Dan Busca – Our Racing simulator, at his FB site:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AssettoCorsaORSGroup, or a few pages back in this forum:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-959#post-13057891)
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Mercury Cougar XR-7 IMSA (Zin5ki, this forum:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-146#post-12481803)
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Corvette C4 IMSA GTO (Zin5ki, this forum:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-149#post-12499141)
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Mazda RX-7 IMSA GTO (Zin5ki, this forum:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-147#post-12490228) - be careful, there was an update from Zin5ki that made it comparable for later scca seasons but is a much slower car.
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Ford Mustang IMSA GTO (Zin5ki, this forum:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-145#post-12472688)
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Chevrolet Camaro 28 GTO (VRC Modding team – PAID MOD:
https://vrc-modding-team.net/show/26)
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Nissan 300ZX Turbo IMSA GTO (RTM Mods – PAID MOD, but...)
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Ferrari F40 Competizione (Beto Fernandez, BZ SimWorks FB:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BzSimWorks)
Additional skins for VRC Camaro can be found on racedepartment an d for Mustang here by Zin5ki:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-701#post-12972466
Cars that ran in the series, but not included:
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Porsche 944 turbo cup car (asseto corsa database:
http://assetto-db.com/car/porsche_944_race) – i removed it, cause it ran only a few races and because of a bigger problem. I could BOP the car for qualifying but in the race it fell behind 10 sec a lap
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Ford RS200 (Zin5ki, this forum:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-post-paid-mods.307899/page-547#post-12882740) – it is so inconsistent, it is crazy, one race it would win qualifying by a few seconds and ran away from the field, on another it would fall behind 10-20 seconds per lap. It did not play a big part in the series, so I removed it. If you want to fiddle with it, be my guest.
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Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick (could not find suitable mods)
BOP
Picture in attachment or
https://acstuff.ru/s/Lmv2:
Tracks
Real 1989 calendar with real race lengths (Best mod for AC in my opinion, Author, where to download):
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Daytona – 24 hours (Terra21, racedepartment)
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Streets of Miami – 45 minutes (ACU, google (i think there is link somwhere here on GTP))
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Sebring – 12 hours (Terra21, his youtube channel)
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Summit Point – 2,5 hours (db_1973, Hightree42, racedepartment)
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Mid-Ohio – 200 km (Terra21, his youtube channel)
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Mosport – 500 km (Jim Lloyd, racedepartment)
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Road America – 500 km (Albert McSaltens, racedepartment)
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Portland – 1,5 hours (Simtraxx 1.4, google – don't like the version, bad AI, but no better exists, if i remember correctly someone (Masscot?) said here that a better version is coming. Would be great, because it is a great layout)
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Heartland Park – 2 hours (could not find the mod, i replaced it with VIR Virginia from racedepartment)
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San Antonio Streets – 1 hour (could not find the mod, replaced it with Palm Beach from Terra21 from his youtube)
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Sears Point - Sonoma – 200 km (updated version a couple of pages back from Masscot)
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Watkins Glenn – 500 km (LilSki, racedepartment)
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Limerock – 2 hours (Terra21, his youtube channel)
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Laguna Seca – 1 hour (Kunos)
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Del Mar – 1 hour (could not find the mod, replaced it with New Jersey Lightning from LilSki on racedepartment)
or will that screw things up?
. I went directly to RD and in the download section was the new layout Zandvoort. 
