RaceRoom Racing Experience GTO Pack Coming This Week

Paul Jeffrey · Apr 20, 2016

Sector3 Studios will be releasing a new GTO car pack to RaceRoom Racing Experience very soon bringing 2 new cars to the title.

With the IMSA GTO Series proving a popular choice for US fans of high performance race cars back in the late 1980's, Sector 3 have reproduced 2 new popular cars that competed to those regulations to join the 700hp Audi Quattro already in game (below):

Alongside the Quattro in the upcoming release will be the venerable Nissan 300ZX Z32 silhouette that went on to clinch multiple IMSA race victories and championships against still competition from a raft of big name teams and manufacturers.

Car no#3 of the new GTO pack is Ford's trusty IMSA GTO Mustang, boasting a 2.5-liter SOHC four-cylinder engine and run by legendary tuning company Roush Racing, the Mustang was (is) an iconic car from its era and still provides one of the best examples of pure racing spirt found in any of the Blue Oval's line up of racing heritage.

Sector3 have confirmed the GTO Car Pack will be released this week for RaceRoom Racing Experience, price tbc.

Take a look at our RaceRoom Racing Experience Racing Club for daily events in a variety of car and track combinations. Guaranteed great TeamSpeak banter and good clean racing!

Will you be purchasing the new GTO car pack? Which one will you drive first? Let us know in the comments section below!

jimortality · Apr 21, 2016

RDPCFN1 said:
For the AI to get better, you need to drive better, plus make sure to do 3 to 5 solid 15 minute races so they understand your pace and driving style. Avoid contact with them, they will avoid it with you.

Might have to delete the adaptiveai.xml file though....

Why do we have to delete the file? Cheers

Vangelis Parginos · Apr 21, 2016

If you play with adaptive AI, when you delete this file, they will re-adapt

jimortality · Apr 21, 2016

Vangelis pargiNOS said:
If you play with adaptive AI, when you delete this file, they will re-adapt

Ah right thanks

Knoxstar · Apr 21, 2016

Absolute beasts to drive especially with cold tired and bags of turbo lag (in get real mode) but good fun and representative of the era. Please Raceroom work on some North American tracks to add to the fun. May I suggest Sebring, Mosport, Road Atlanta and Road America. Oh and Lime Rock too please. Not to worry, I'm patient

Keith Dixon · Apr 21, 2016

jimortality said:
Ah right thanks

You will be re-adapted....resistence is futile!!

Damn, wrong programme, sorry...sorry, carry on

ohioracer · Apr 21, 2016

Wow! What a way to spend 3 hours. I checked the forum this morning, saw the pack was available, made a pot then drank a cup of coffee, bought the gto pack for 6 bucks. Spent the next couple hours amazed at the sights and sounds of this first class racing sim. Still, I had an uneasy feeling something was not right. Couldn't put my finger on it, just kept doing laps. I think I was coming out of the keyhole @ mid-ohio when it hit me, I forgot to go to work. (this is the most immersive sim out there after the update, use at your own risk). It's almost 11:30 by then, so I figured what the heck, the best thing to do was create a championship. I have spent more on a cigar and enjoyed it less than this latest purchase from r3e. Bravo people, keep em coming. I'll deal with work tomorrow, or maybe Monday come to think of it, gotta have priorities after all. Enjoy.

Hal Burns · Apr 22, 2016

Stayed up way too late last night running Quattro at Mid-Ohio. Great fun. I had not used that car for awhile and had a blast ( turned steering multiplier up to 3) I test drove the others...I think I like the Nissan best, but will probably buy the pack as the Mustang is great as well.

xnorb · Apr 22, 2016

Not yet ready for those monsters.
I can see how these cars can be enjoyable when you're able to control them but i'm not up for that yet, so will pass for now.

Nick Gregory · Apr 22, 2016

IMSA GTS Nissan 300ZX at Laguna Seca. It's been years...

Denis E. · Apr 22, 2016

You need to know Adaptive AI adopted only in the race and not during practice or qualify. Better to do one 30 min race. Its enough to adopt, because AI is probably use your time for last 10 laps to calculate their skills

Wu ! · Apr 23, 2016

Kacper Kolodziejczyk said:
This is after about 30-40 minutes of driving so way off really getting good feel for all the cars and only a couple laps with Audi, but currently I feel like the Nissan is just way better at cornering and on par with Audi, and way faster than the Mustang in a straight line. I like how all the cars feel different and it's just possibly me sucking in the Audi, but the Mustang is just useless compared to the Nissan, since it just cannot handle corners at all, at least that's all on default setups.

Dunno, while the Nissan is faster in a straight line alright, I find the Mustang easier to drive and am faster in it on twisty tracks. Even on Monza I end up with quite similar laptimes for both.

Andy_J · Apr 23, 2016

Is it just me or does any one else thing the physics of the Audi have been changed? It just does not feel as good as it used to be. Not as loose, hard to explain. But really not as much fun.

Denis E. · Apr 23, 2016

Andy Jackson said:
Is it just me or does any one else thing the physics of the Audi have been changed? It just does not feel as good as it used to be. Not as loose, hard to explain. But really not as much fun.

Audi 90 GTO : Massive physics update, cranked idle engine volume to 11

Tony Gentile · Apr 25, 2016

Raceroom just gets better and better
There FFB is the best and now more cars
Whats next from Sector 3

kamackeris · Apr 25, 2016

gave these a go....gotta say they are awesome fun !!! sort the ai issues out and we have a winner !!

johnnymat · Apr 25, 2016

I've really been enjoying these cars; along with the DTM 1992 and the current GT3 cars, these are my favorite cars.
I found an interesting site called IMSA History which has lots of information about the glory days of IMSA. It appears that Ford and Mercury were dominant for a number of years.
It also claims that the Nissan 300ZX made between 650 and 750 horsepower, which would explain the straight line performance.

Vangelis Parginos · Apr 26, 2016

Servers are down...
This is from facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/raceroom/posts/1190334030985212

And there's more! The complete changelog will be published once we're back from maintenance.

Skazz · Apr 28, 2016

I was not sure about the Group 5 or GTO packs, but since I owned a couple of the Group 5 cars and they were so much more fun after yesterday's physics update, I thought "what the heck, let's grab the GTO pack while getting the new Bentley".

Good choice on my part. These things are so much fun. Bravo S3!

As far as I'm concerned, R3E is quickly becoming the only circuit racing sim I need. Good (but not perfect) AI, FFB massively improved, graphics steadily improving (particularly the lighting is excellent), huge and effective track roster, car list growing rapidly with GT3/DTM for modern racing needs, Audi TT for FWD fun, '90's DTM, Group 5 and GTO for when you want to have fun sideways while racing.