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1997 Indy Racing League – First Preview

Posted on May 4th, 2009 in rFactor – 3 Comments

After bringing the recent seasons of IndyCar racing to rFactor, Michael Peters is now working on a historic year of IRL racing – The 1997 Indy Racing League season.

Twelve years ago, the IRL field was made up of two chassis builders, Dallara and G-Force. The cars were powered by 4 liter V8 engines build by Oldsmobile Aurora and Nissan Infinity, providing stunning open-wheel oval racing. You can check out a first render of the new mod below.

Screenshot via rFactorcentral


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  • fpol

    Stunning open wheel racing? :eek:
    Who could tell – there was zero talent in the field other than a young Tony Stewart and over the hill Arie Luyendyk!

    …odd year to simulate, but good luck.

  • moppenheimer

    i agree fpol, but the more complete mods the better! :cool:

  • Mike Peters

    hey I can understand why some might find this weird, but I thought it would be fun :)

    PAQUITO had done the models for me a while back and I hate to see his work go to waste.

    I also have about 50% of the 1996 field done as a 1996 IRL mod addon to Indycar 95 which iDT/Marcelo are allowing me to release. I imagine that will get posted here soon once the WIP gets approved at RFC.

    That one will get released first, then this. I need help mapping these cars if anyone is willing to help!

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