Test Drive: Ferrari racing legends.

[Ferry_vO]

Another new racing game, it will be released this week:

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If this is anything like the good old NFS: Porsche Unleashed it should be fun! (Will be waiting on a few reviews though!)

[Wing_Z]

"Rally!" Mmmm I don't think so...

[wombat666]

Actually Wing_Z, and I don't expect these will be included, Ferrari and Lancia were behind the mind blowing Lancia Stratos, a genuine Rally Supercar.
Quite a number of privateer Ferrari entries made it into the WRC, mostly the plastic 308 series to be sure, but they were pretty impressive on tarmac events like the Tour de Corse.
Even more unlikely content would be the 250GT entries way back in the 1950s and 60s when the Tour de France was the Blue Ribbon tarmac rally.
That said, I might be tempted to purchase this for the simple pleasure of driving the 250TR 'Pontoon Fender' .................................................. ..........
One never can be sure from a promo but I'm intrigued to see what looks like the original 1946 Ferrari 125S, now that and the Testa Rossa, along with the apparent inclusion of front engined F1 cars would do it for me.
I'm still finding pCARS better and better with each weekly build however.

[Ferry_vO]

Here's a list of the included cars:

Model	Edition	Year
125 S	SPORT	1947
166 Inter	GT	1948
212 Export Spider Vignale	SPORT	1951
250 Testa Rossa	SPORT	1957
250 California	GT	1957
250 GTO	SPORT	1962
275 GTB	GT	1964
330 P4 Berlinetta	SPORT	1967
Dino 246 GTS	GT	1972
365 GTB4	GT	1968
365 GTB4	GT	1969
308 GTS	GT	1977
308 GTB Quattrovalvole	GT	1982
288 GTO	GT	1984
F40	GT	1987
F40 Competizione	SPORT	1989
512 BB	GT	1976
Testarossa	GT	1984
512 TR	GT	1991
348 Spider	GT	1993
F355 GTS	GT	1994
F355 Spider	GT	1995
F355 Challenge	SPORT-series	1995
F333 SP	SPORT	1994
F50	GT	1996
F50 GT	SPORT	1997
360 Spider	GT	2000
Challenge Stradale	GT	2003
550 Barchetta Pininfarina	GT	2000
575M Maranello	GT	2002
Enzo Ferrari	GT	2002
FXX	SPORT	2005
612 Scaglietti	GT	2004
599 GTB Fiorano	GT	2006
F430	GT	2004
F430 Spider	GT	2005
430 Scuderia	GT	2007
F430 Challenge	SPORT-series	2006
125 S Sport	Monoposto	1947
312 F1-67	Monoposto	1967
312 B3-74	Monoposto	1974
312 T4	Monoposto	1979
126 C2	Monoposto	1982
F1-87	Monoposto	1987
F1-90	Monoposto	1990
248 F1	Monoposto	2006
F2007	Monoposto	2007
F2008	Monoposto	2008
458 Italia	SPORT	2009
California	GT	2009
150° Italia	Monoposto	2011

[wombat666]

I'll settle for this 'short' list!
However, this is a real orphan [125 S Sport Monoposto 1947] and hardly qualifies as a pukka front engined Grand Prix car.



Model Edition Year
125 S SPORT 1947
166 Inter GT 1948
212 Export Spider Vignale SPORT 1951
250 Testa Rossa SPORT 1957
250 California GT 1957
250 GTO SPORT 1962
275 GTB GT 1964
330 P4 Berlinetta SPORT 1967
Dino 246 GTS GT 1972
365 GTB4 GT 1968
365 GTB4 GT 1969
308 GTS GT 1977
308 GTB Quattrovalvole GT 1982
288 GTO GT 1984
F40 GT 1987
F40 Competizione SPORT 1989
125 S Sport Monoposto 1947
312 F1-67 Monoposto 1967
312 B3-74 Monoposto 1974
312 T4 Monoposto 1979
126 C2 Monoposto 1982
F1-87 Monoposto 1987
F1-90 Monoposto 1990

[Wing_Z]

Ferry I don't see a "Rally" car in that list.
But a 330 P4... I might be tempted to buy a new computer to pootle around in such a beast.
Wombat, you know as well as I do: the Stratos was a FIAT, and the motor came from a Dino which you also know, was not a Ferrari!

[wombat666]

I know mate, I know.
Just wishful thinking on my part.
Funny thing the 'Dino' label.
I have no trouble at all with the original 246 Dino, it was a Ferrari, and a lovely little car.
One of my youngest brother's Motocross gang [Trevor Flood] owned a dark blue one, and I had a decent long run in it.
Everything about it was 'Ferrari', unlike the abomination that FIAT pushed into production, the mediocre Dino 308GT4.
My former partner [Bloody Muppet!] in Southern Cross Miniatures purchased one, in pale metallic blue with a bone interior to add insult to injury!
It screamed 'Hairdresser Car' but Roi remains convinced he owns a 'Ferrari', despite all the evidence to the contrary.
The car sold so badly in the USA that FIAT had to ship a boatload of 'Ferrari' badges over to clear the stock backlog and the Australian Ferrari Owners Club regard it with the same enthusiasm as the Porsche Owners Club have for the very mediocre 'Porsche' 924, an entry level car at best.
As a famous man once said, 'You can paint a turd gold but it remains a turd'.

[Ferry_vO]

There was one rally Ferrari once, a 308GTB. But I guess in this game they probably mean 'open road racing' with 'rally'.

[wombat666]

The 308 was only entered by privateers with dealer support where possible.
One sponsored by Pioneer was quite prominent at the time.
Of course, when one looks at them objectively, entering a Ferrari 308GTB in a rally was about as sensible as running a couple of BMW M1 coupes in the TdC.
Then again, they'd sound brilliant.

[Ferry_vO]

Then again, they'd sound brilliant.

Yep!

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[Ferry_vO]

Strangely I found three different release dates already!

First source said 'this week' but two different retailers give May 4th and June 15th as release dates...

It is a Slightly Mad Studios game apparently, the creators of NFS Shift 1&2 and Project C.A.R.S.

[wombat666]

It has been mentioned on the pCARS forums when questions came up re Ferrari and licensing, which lead to some really interesting facts about who owns what content in a racing/car sim.
To be honest, I'll buy this one for no other reason than the content, the 250GT SWB 'Spyder California' is a car that I've lusted after for decades!!
Odd that one, a 'GT' but a 'Convertible' .....???

[Ferry_vO]

The 250GT SWB Berlinetta would have been a better choice: http://ferrari.vintage.free.fr/Image...ta_Comp-61.jpg
One of my personal favourites!
The 'Breadvan' would have been fun, but since it's not a real Ferrari..