Assetto Corsa: Rover Mini Cooper New Previews

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 22, 2013

Bram Hengeveld submitted a new blog post:

Assetto Corsa: Rover Mini Cooper New Previews

Over the last couple of months two enthusiastic RaceDepartment members have been busy gathering information to build a Rover Mini Cooper for Assetto Corsa. While CCX is focusing on the physics of this little car Dinca Andrei embraced the opportunity to create the models.

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CCX · Jan 25, 2013

David Garcia · Jan 25, 2013

Thumbs UP! Really nice "old brother" there!

No car like these is done nowadays.

CCX · Jan 25, 2013

Thank you very much! You're right about that David, the Mini really is something very special.

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 25, 2013

Until this mod was announced i didnt even knew these models were still in production until 1999.

Although I really like the current MINI (maxi?) model a lot it would be great if BMW would really go nuts one more time and release a true retro model like the one above.

Paul M Jones · Jan 25, 2013

Bram Hengeveld said:
Until this mod was announced i didnt even knew these models were still in production until 1999.

Correction: The original Mini was still in production until October 4th 2000. The Mini entered production on August 26th 1959.

Sorry Bram for my Mini somnia.

David Garcia · Jan 25, 2013

Bram, if BMW does that one day, it will be a best seller.

CCX · Jan 26, 2013

Arguably the biggest changes in the Mini's history came in '97, with a few final tweaks in 2000 before the end of production. That means that David's car will have a different interior and other details to mine. You can read all about that stuff in the pdf when the mod releases.