![]() ![]() GTR Evolution is an add-on pack for Race ’07, SimBin’s World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) simulation. It builds on the original title by adding souped-up versions of the WTCC cars for a new arcade racing mode, plus a selection of supercars, including the super-sleek Audi R8 and the monstrous 806bhp Koenigsegg CCX. The most notable additions in the expansion, however, are the new tracks. Three variants of the Nurburgring circuit have been added to the already hefty track roster. The shortest of these is the modern Grand Prix circuit, which is the current host of the European Grand Prix. At just over three miles long, it’s a pale shadow of the much more famous Nordschleife (Northern Loop), which, at just a shade under thirteen miles long, is an immense test of driving skill. Sir Jackie Stewart famously dubbed the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit “The Green Hell” when it was still a Grand Prix track in the late 1960s. When driving this wonderful virtual recreation of the circuit today, it’s easy to see why. The challenge doesn’t just come from the extreme length, but also the variety of turns: low speed, high speed, off-camber, over blind crests and even turns with banking, the Nordschleife has it all. Exhilarating and terrifying at the same time, hardened petrolheads the world over consider it to be the ultimate race track. Though if that’s not enough of a challenge for you, also included is a hybrid of the Grand Prix and Nordschleife circuits – the fifteen mile endurance layout. This track, however, suffers a little from the combination of the old and new Grand Prix circuits and doesn’t quite have the same character as the Nordschleife and so is a little less fun to drive. It may seem like a contradiction in terms that The Green Hell could possibly be fun to drive, but this is testament to the excellent standard of the modelling within the game. The driving physics are second to none – as you will find out the first time you roll your car onto its roof, after misjudging the entry to the banked Karussell corner, or have the Koenigsegg take off at thirty degrees over the bumps at the appropriately named Flugplatz. The physics are also brilliantly showcased during wet races, where corners that were merely horrifying in the dry become utterly petrifying. ![]()
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