Alfa Romeo GTAM   by pessiogarage

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Features

Tyres model V.10

5 gears with H-shifter

The 124 Mb zipped file contains 18 cars.

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1970 Alfa Romeo GTAM | RaceDepartment 

Alfa Romeo GTAM showroom

Alfa Romeo GTAM skins

Alfa Romeo GTAM on track

Alfa Romeo GTAM 18 skins

08_red

27_yellow

101_white

41_red

21_blue

25_red

50_yellow

22_grey

188_blue

31_blue

44_white

101_white

19_red

37_blue

26_white

82_white

28_orange

34_red

24_red

Driving impressions

A car that still drives with great pleasure, responsive. A great job was done on the shock dampers. The gears have a very realistic progression and in particular the over-revving from 5,900 rpm to 8,000 rpm is a pleasure to feel. At the time, the instruments were rather scarce and therefore we find an oil pressure gauge with a pointer that follows the engine revs, accelerations and decelerations, the fuel gauge and the water temperature gauge.

Very springy in the turns, you can feel the front end rising under acceleration and dropping under braking.

At high speeds in the straights, the car tends to be slightly unstable and you need to correct a lot with the steering wheel. And as for the degrees of the steering wheel, i.e. the steering lock, since the different cars in the simulator have different degrees of steering, I reduced it to 450° and, at least for me, it seems more adherent to reality, but this also depends on the steering wheels.

Brakes

Here too a very good job has been done. In the setup it is advisable to decrease the value of Brake power from 100% to at least 90%, otherwise at the first sudden braking, quickly downshifting gears, you end up off the track if you are not experienced drivers.

Animations

Very few.

Interiors

Well-designed, here the work has been done well, with care and attention, but I have to say that the interior of the simulated cars always leaves something to be desired. We expect a reality that is hard to come by for two basic reasons. A very accurate design would weigh too much on the total model so the car might cause some problems of slow execution on slow computers. The other reason has to do with the time and obviously cost of execution: the more detail there is, the more hours are spent on drawing accurately. So, even if I agree that a more realistic dashboard enhances the simulator and increases reality and fun, I have to admit that you have to be content and pay more attention to the exterior. 

FOV

The steering wheel hides the on-board instruments so you need to change the view, from this way:

to this way.

Sound

Excellent realism, everything you hear is extremely close to reality and sounds real. Listen carefully, between 6,900 and 7,500 rpm, to the sound of the engine when the Weber carburettor opens the butterfly valve. Very impressive. 

Conclusion

A vintage car that behaves like a car of its era and not like a modern car, therefore with all the limitations due to the lack of sophisticated electronic controls. It's suitable for everyone, it's free, with attention to detail and definitely superior to many paid cars.