BMW CSL "Batmobile" | 1970s 24-Hour Francorchamps Master - rFactor 2

[@kondor99999]

My dad owned a 3.0 CSL (didn't have the body kit, those were unobtainable) via a grey-market importer in the late 70's. Being insane, he didn't think it had enough power so he got some Schrick cams and found a guy at Road Atlanta who managed to tune it where the car could pull up to its ~7500rpm redline. It was insane. He died 2 Christmases (sp?) ago. RIP, dad - I hope you're up there driving your "Bat out of Hell" (what he called it). Probably doing that and banging stewardesses (that's a whole other story). The 70's were great.

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

This post contains cams, a womanizer, and a 3.0 CSL, and it ends with "banging stewardesses". If that ain't the 70's in a nutshell, IDK what is. HEAVILY underrated decade.

[@RX552VBK]

RIP, sir.

[@gzaos]

Can we just appreciate the fact that there is 67 AI cars doing a standing start and no crash the first two corners.

[@dinocadet77]

ofc you can :D

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

So at the Spa 24 this year, they had lots of stuff to celebrate the centenery of the race, and one of the support races was Heritage Touring Cup - and that race was FULL of cars like this, including lots of Batmobiles!! It's cool to see the cars running on the modern Spa-Francorchamps, but only in sim racing can you get the original experience on the classic track layout 💖

[@christophermattiuz4923]

IMO, it should have been a 2.4 Hours race with the Endurance Racing Legends that was also on the card. 😁

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

​@@christophermattiuz4923YES! They were my favourites, I love the ERL series 🥰

[@calleskoga3572]

I think they should have done a sort of parade round the old layout with the older cars and have hade a section where they could have the opportunity to go reasonably quick. One of the greatest racing cirquits of all time in my oppinion! Cheers from Sweden!

[@larryhaines7109]

For me, rF2 is still the best experience for driving vintage cars on vintage tracks.

[@JPKelly-xr7tr]

The best combination of sim racing / historical motorsport on YT!

[@mbgmadbull1141]

so glad to see some love going towards the old batmobile BMW. love how insane the aero was and just how good it sounds

[@RX552VBK]

I always thought she was ugly and beautiful. The first time I saw one was as a slot racer (AFX) when I was a kid.

[@gamblerofrats]

These cars have so much more character than modern GT cars, shame there isn't much interest for these to be raced online

[@johnmifsud6007]

Great race mate. RF2 is good when it works, I’ve had nothing but issue’s. Newest one is loosing ffb every time escaping to the pits

[@boijorzee]

I went to the 24h last Sunday and they had the CSL on show (it ran the day before). It's a special place with all the history. If you are ever in the position to do so I can highly recommend going to the Spa Classic. It has to be one of the best events for classic racecar enthousiasts in the world with everything from classic touring cars like these to Group C to more recent GT1's and LMP's. And they get driven pretty hard as well so it's like being in a massive car museum were history really comes alive.

[@danesorensen1775]

Peter Brock finished 2nd in this race in 1977, co-driving a Vauxhall Magnum with Gerry Marshall. Even some of his super-fans here don't know that one.

[@florianmasse4917]

Old Drivers Spirit is the 1st simracing community I joined back in 2007/08. Unexpected but really happy to hear them mentioned here ! :)

[@JohnPorter4096]

Yes! I'm so happy for another GPLaps video. We missed you

[@samuelkey1185]

I could listen to the CSL all day long

[@RX552VBK]

Yeah, she's a beauty.

[@seanomatopoeia]

I don't know what it is, but this might be the prettiest looking race you've ever put up.

[@calleskoga3572]

I agree! Fantastic stuff!

[@edwardburek1717]

Man, that was absolutely terrific! The sound of those classic touring cars back in the day must have been absolutely visceral! I have been watching some old editions of the Spa 24 Eurosport coverage recently. It makes me shudder to see the race start from a standing start right up to the mid 90's - 60+ Super Tourers threatening an IRL Turn 1 meme, especially as that Turn 1 happens to be Eau Rouge. Not for the faint hearted.

[@rolux4853]

RF2 just feels amazing! Especially this track and this set of cars feel amazing! FFB and physics wise rf2 with good quality vintage tracks and good quality vintage cars is the peak of sim racing to me! Thank you for this amazing video!

[@Skumtomten1]

I can never get enough of the 60s Spa version in Rfactor 2. It's just so much fun.

[@TCade9]

Yet another awesome video. The historical tracks/layouts are always extra special. The only negative here is we don’t have more videos, great content!

[@DonJLeBlanc]

Hi Jake ! So Cool this Video .... Thanx for all you do !! 😊💯

[@Villoresi]

The corner before Stavelot is Holowell. The corner(s) before the run up to Blanchimont is La Carriere. And the corner before you run straight into La Source is Clubhouse. In addition to Eau Rouge, Blanchimont also used to be tighter. The World SportsCar Championship atarted using the Malmedy chicane in 1974. Yes, you should definitely turn off Pit Lsne Speed next time. Since they've expanded run-off and whatnot now, they probably could put the old Eau Rouge back, maybe Blanchimont, too. And with the lowers pseeds, perhaps some sections of the extra space could reasonably be trimmed back, actually. For all the complaints about gravel, it frequently does quite a good job of arresting vehicles, and I'd rather that than some of the alternatives. Additionally, not having paved run-off means drivers don't end up using it like it's part of the track. Isaakyan wouldn't have had his blowover in 2018 if he hadn't been blasting right over the hill, and certain other incidents might not have happened, or certainly wouldn't have been as bad, had drivers not been so inclined to abuse the bounds. And I think car integrity has sufficiently improved since Zanardi in 1993, for instance, that we could get away with more in certain settings, and still with better outcomes today.

[@GoSolarPlz]

I watched all of this! I really enjoyed all of it. I love your commentary, the editing and of course your racing. Great content on this channel! Def gonna download this. Just got RF2. Looking forward to trying it and seeing the differences vs AC, ACC and AMS2

[@dylansan]

I got a ride in the #25 CSL at Lime Rock Park when I was a kid. I probably wasn't able to fully appreciate it, but even now I'm not sure I would be able to. I know the car was also available in Enthusia where I'm sure I drove it a little, but I ought to try taking it for a race in Assetto Corsa or something soon.

[@RodrigoOliveira-tb7zf]

I have to congratulate you. What you've done here is nothing short of brilliant. I can't even imagine the amount of tweaks you did to make this good, this engaging. The talk, the way you drove, everything was absolutely incredible. PS - you were right about the dawn - it gave me foose bumps of my old days doing endurance as it's definitely a magical time.

[@RX552VBK]

Agreed. GP is my favorite sim racing channel.

[@jeremymtc]

Way to go dude. Enjoyable as always.

[@EuroSimRacer]

man!! your videos are just the best!! Fantastic knowledge and wonderful storytelling... Captivating for any serious enthusiast!!!!

[@christophermattiuz4923]

It was a nice touch when this year's parade route from the circuit to the Town Square in Spa had the original circuit as part of it. Hopefully this route will be used in future years. 😊 Also, loved watching Spa 24 Hours simulation on GTR2.

[@NateLupson]

Great video, this looks like a mega combo, and just listen to that CSL scream!

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

Awesome!

[@themetabaron8722]

nothing sounds better than a BMW straight six, you've got me looking at E28 M5's on Bring A Trailer

[@JURacing]

Finally I made it through the whole race. Just EPIC

[@OgamiItto70]

Great race. Most enjoyable. Just exactly my cup of tea.

[@FlyinBlaney]

Love the Spa 24, love this video!

[@alexzheng8056]

Nice to have you back.

[@richysracing9524]

making me want to jump on rf2 myself, amazing sim, feel really good with an amazing track, im always watching out for GPLAPS vids , happy sim racing

[@UncleBob27]

Very entertaining. Love what you do

[@christosrevithis6753]

GPLaps you drive my favourite car my friend 😎👊🏻

[@RX552VBK]

This one was fun, GP.

[@SurlyMike]

Cool night run, easy on the imagination. AI was cutting through the pit line constantly.

[@jorgefernandes1387]

The video is great, but almost none of this cars raced at the 24H of Spa Francorchamps in the 70s. Instead you could easily find them on the 24H of Le Mans or in the IMSA Series. The BMW Batmobile version shown, if my memories are correct only run on the USA. The cars used in 24H of Spa up until 1977 or 78 were Touring cars and some lower powered versions of the Porsche 911 or Chevy Camaro. Then the leading touring cars ( BMW 3.0 CSL and Fors Capri Zakspeed ), become more proweful, to the point that they were almost Le Mans prototypes, disguised as touring cars, and FIA an end to it. On the other hand you also had the 1000Km of Spa endurance race where you could find GT cars like these and even prototypes like Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512s.

[@michaelramos545]

He’s back!

[@rebelorangutan3636]

You should try the wsc 70 mod for rfator 1, i've doing many endurance races with this mod, and its incredible.

[@demonsbutterfly]

Fantastic 🎉 i only wish it went for a 2nd hour!!

[@wwvvww573]

I had proper disbelief about how the marshalls positioned on eau rouge until you mentioned marshall fatalities. How did they not see that coming? Rough times

[@tomanderson6335]

It's kind of a shame the Spa 24 wasn't a GT race during this era (The Capri and CSL would have been the only eligible cars out of this group for the real thing.) but, then again, if it wasn't a touring car race we wouldn't have seen such mad entries like Mazda RX3s, Plymouth Hemi 'Cudas and, of course, AMG's "Red Pig" Mercedes 300 SEL.

[@kmh19]

My only BMW Car I like since I recently have seen it in Real Life

[@pedroramada6363]

Amazing era!! rF2 offers great quality to US also! Still i prefer the sweet love of Assetto Corsa 😄😍

[@JoFandango]

epic ! thanks !

[@ramchickedy9570]

GT Legends still looking good lol

[@cool3865]

i cant belive they raced the old circuit until 1978, i guess three or more deaths wernt enough for each race

[@andrewtsousis3130]

Great video! I noticed this mod doesn't require a clutch to shift, is that one of the settings in RF2, or a hack on the mod to fix it?

[@jekanyika]

No wonder F1 lost popularity in the 70s when this is what supercars looked like.

[@JustinNator98]

You mentioned AI Calibration in the description. Could you explain that one? Is this something within rF2 that i missed or how does it work?

[@GPLaps]

If you set "Autocalibrate AI Mode" to '2' in the player.JSON file, when doing a practice session the AI will 'learn' the course. Its best to disable fuel and tire wear and let the AI do many full length runs. They'll do a couple dozen laps and then come into the pits and 'save' their findings. There is some more detailed instructions here: forum.studio-397.com/index.php?threads/ai-learning-step-by-step-guide.47657/ It doesn't replace a good AIW file, but it can help them get those final few tenths

[@JustinNator98]

@@GPLaps Oh i wasnt aware that this was a thing. Thank you!

[@kiptanoi4422]

Hello, how do I aplly your patch? just copy them in the right modfolder for the cars?

[@JMFuller]

I cannot get my Fanatec wheel to feel right in RF2.

[@fredscratchet1355]

I'm not sure why but I cannot run RF2 anymore, it just won't start.

[@hazy33]

68 cars running and NO slow down at the replayed start!? What CPU and GPU are you running?

[@mr.hellsy]

His name GPLAPS.

[@GoSolarPlz]

Fight club reference? Lol

[@QuaDue]

not to mention 1981, stolen from Mario