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Virtual MINI Challenge: Daytona

Auto Date Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Well I have been spending some time getting used to the road course at Daytona International Speedway via my new favorite racing sim - Race 07 - in hopes of learning the line in preparation for December’s track weekend. So far I have shaved 7 seconds off my lap times and I feel I am getting familiar enough with the line to try some new things. It will be very interesting to see how the virtual world of Race 07 translates to the real world of “Daytona 07″. The car physics seem pretty good in the game so who knows - it may help alot.


In this video, I have set the artificial intelligence (AI) of the other cars to 95% and I started the race in last place (I am driving the Red Nose Day MINI). Through the course of the short 4 lap race, I manage to drive through the field to finish in fourth place. I am still getting used to the AI and need to work on my braking around other cars (as you will see me slam a few lol). Hey - as long as I don’t do THAT in real life I should be fine! Hope you enjoy the video. Eventually I think it would be cool to record actual online races with real online players. I think it would make for some interesting entertainment to watch. Let me know what you think!

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10 Responses to “Virtual MINI Challenge: Daytona”

  1. Freeman Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 12:25 am

    You know that since the level of track replication is so good in video games, a lot of profesional racers use them to map out courses in their minds before racing them!

  2. Freeman Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 12:25 am

    You know that since the level of track replication is so good in video games, a lot of profesional racers use them to map out courses in their minds before racing them!

  3. db Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 10:04 am

    ok, I have to ask. where did you find this game and on what system does it play?

  4. Pedro Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 10:32 am

    I found the game online as I was trying to find the source of some awesome footage I stumbled across. The graphics amazed me and the fact that I could race in the MINI Challenge in a virtual world intrigued me. The game, Race07, just came out recently and I did see it at a local Circuit City for $20 (I bought mine for $20 @ ebgames.com). The CPU and GPU requirements are staggering. I had to go buy a 512MB video card just to play the game smoothly. It does run on Winblows so sorry about that db ;) . I will add a link to the original post I made when I found this game - click on it above at the end of the post.

  5. Minvader Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    MUST… RESIST… $20… PURCHASE… MUST… RESIST… TEMPTATION…

  6. miniMatthew Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 11:48 am

    I’ve purchased the game.. waiting for it to arrive!
    Pedro, is the Daytona track included with the game or how did you get it in there?

  7. Pedro Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    No - the game has all European tracks. However, since Race07 is based on the same 3D engine as Simbin’s other games (GTR2, GT Legends and the original GTR), it is very easy to convert those tracks for use in Race07.

    Daytona was an add-on track for GTR2 which someone created from an old Papyrus NASCAR 2003 rendition of the track. Now since I did not get permission to release Daytona from the author of the GTR2 version, I can’t put it up for download and I can only use it for personal use (I may contact the original author, however, and see if we can post this up for download since it is a hoot to drive a MINI at Daytona).

    Also - if the same thing happens to Race07 as did with GTR2, there will be TONS of add-on tracks available so you can race on virtually any track you want to (there are 170 add-on tracks for GTR2 and already 24 for Race07). You can find a list of the downloads here:

    http://www.nogripracing.com/files.php

  8. Alex Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Waiting for last bits & pieces to arrive today and I should be playing this by weeks end. :)

    BTW… YOU BULLY!!

  9. alpinamike Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 11:33 am

    That is one cool game, I love that it has the John Cooper works challenge Red Nose MINI.
    I can see much of the Motoringfun members playing this while their is snow on their Tracks ..lol

    Pedro, does this really feel like daytona?

  10. Pedro Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    I will let you know soon enough Mike ;)

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