The slower acceleration and top speed lull you into a false sense of security until you arrive at the first corner and realize that you actually have to hit the brakes if you wanna keep this sucker off the wall (and the reduced tire grip hardly instils confidence as you try to finesse your heavy machine through the sweeping ninety-degree turns). The tidy 78MB download features two chassis types (Watson or Kurtis), a beautifully detailed Offy engine, and a carefully handicapped collection of 37 AI drivers - each representing a real-world Indy 500 veteran from the period.Īdjusting to these old-school roadsters from a modern formula car series is like transitioning from an F-16 jet to a P-51 Mustang. Race sim fans can now experience these storied racers for themselves thanks to the new rFactor Gasoline Alley add-on from Gilles Benoit of ThePits.US.com. These machines may be dinosaurs by today's standards but they were quite glorious to watch and undoubtedly a blast to drive. Foyt muscled their Watson and Kurtis chassis (fitted with heavy Offenhauser engines and skinny bias-ply tires) around the speedway at speeds of over 150 mph. In the late fifties and early sixties - before Colin Chapman changed the Indy crowd's engineering mindset with his revolutionary rear-engined Lotus - front-engine roadsters ruled the Brickyard.
It's an impressive display but it hasn't always been that way. Purpose-built, high-downforce carbon-fiber racing machines currently navigate the 2.5-mile superspeedway at speeds averaging 230 mph with the driver's throttle foot well and truly matted for the entire lap. The Indianapolis 500 delivers a spectacle as close to real-world slot car racing as you're ever likely to see.
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