Brands holds a special place in my 50+ year old heart. I used to "work" with my house builder Dad close to the circuit in the 80s and can still hear the noise from the track whenever someone mentions it. Love sim racing to bring all this back.
@@burblingbarbacoa4944 Glad I helped perpetuate the legacy of my Dad (RIP) and anyone that can identify with such memories. I will be continuing trying to hand the baton down by taking my teenage daughter to some drag racing later this month in Queensland Australia. A first such event for me and her :)
@@burblingbarbacoa4944 It has so much heart and soul, vastly better than the tarmacked wasteland of Silverstone (which I live near). My dad used to sponsor a modified MG Midget in the 80s and those meetings were fantastic along with all the other races on the day and wandering around the paddock. As a kid it was like being in a toy shop starring at all these amazing cars!
Amazing stuff. This is exactly the kind of race you can still go and watch at Goodwood and Donington. With the old Jags, Hillman Imps and Minis. Plan to take my boys to see it soon if I get a chance.
I used to race a 1964 Lotus Cortina some 25 years ago in historic racing and it was so fun to drive and so forgiving in almost any situation. When looking at this I wish i´d kept it. Cheers from Sweden!
I had a MK1 Cortina, not a Lotus sadly but the whole car was highly modified for Hillclimbs. It was affectionately known as Bogus and was probably faster than a Lotus anyway. I seam welded it and replaced all rubber suspension parts with polyurethane, sorted a six point rear end including the Watts link, used Subaru LSD innards in the diff and improved the front end rigidity by attaching the sway bar to the lower control arm. The engine ended up close to a 1.8lt with dual DCOE carburettors (I loved the induction noises) also added six point scaffolding to the interior. It was such a fun car, easily sideways, which I admit I used to silence the complaints from my left “the seat is too tight, so many seat belts, bumpy ride, there's no carpet, why does all the silly tubing block half of the doorway". I think my girlfriend enjoyed mocking me as much as I enjoyed the silence as we travelled sideways through the corners. The other car was an unmolested Mini Cooper S. I can't remember who coined the phrase "oversteer scares the passenger while understeer scares the driver" . There were an embarrassing number of times that I ended up swapping ends on dirt roads in the Mini. Losing focus for a second and round she goes. Awesome car, it just took me a while to come to grips with a front wheel drive that is about one and a half metres long. That ended up being called the Mini "pooper" for obvious reasons. I too wish I had kept those cars. I have a Pulsar GTI-R now, it's fast, really, really fast but it lacks the personality of the older beasties. It's only challenge is to find its limits. Owyergoinmateorite, cheers from Australia 👍🙃
I didn't know about Goodwood Revival (and other events there) until last year. It caught my eye when I saw a 63 Galaxie mixed in with the Cortinas, et al. Great modern way to see these classics race.
Something about multi class racing is just super cool and unlike what many people think it does work in open wheel racing too. The fact that the W12 and RB16 raced with the VF-21 is proof of that...
Great result for Richie. Can you imagine F1 drivers leaping from car to car series to series these days. The sponsors would have a fit with drivers not being present in the corporate tents. Would be good to have a series where each round had a different set of cars. Soon tell who the really special drivers are like back in the 60s. The like of Jim Clarke who could win in anything. Great video as always and am looking forward the the 66 British GP. Thanks :)
I really hope there's a Brian Muir book out there somewhere. Yogi spends the early 1960s driving for Scuderia Veloce, arguably the best racing team in Australia, and shows promising speed, especially in a Holden EH S4 Special... then buggers off to Europe, leaving us back home wondering what happened to him? I'd love to know what he did and what he saw.
Australian Muscle Car Magazine did a write up on him a few years ago (Issue 92) Had a decent front line career that sadly never made the news back home.
My favourite had to be the bttc from the 60s. Jaguar mk2's, mini coopers, some American muscle cars, Ford cortina's. the best series like the 9ps with the massive Volvo's and bmw's
When this much-vaunted BTCC games comes out - if it ever comes out - I want to see Ryan Axelson take on the entire season, just to see him try to avoid getting t-boned by Jason Plato.
It's great to see these old beasts tearing around a great British track , love the nostalgia and the passion that goes into this channel , always a go to for sim racing content .
Nice video. I run similar races except in AC using the TCL Cortina. The TCL Historic Touring car set for AC has a great variety or cars. Must see if I can find a historic Brands Hatch.
@@Sc50001 Yeah I'll never forget my time there. Happiest days of my life. Was in love with woman called 'Bee' and had a fantastic job in Borough Green. I wish I could turn back time. Have a great day pal :)
Brilliant video, great racing. Just surprised that the game developers didn’t add period correct ambulances rather than modern ones with the green/ yellow chequers on the side. They jump out from the period look of the circuit
Ah Brands Hatch. I don't know why, but I just can't find my "groove" in that circuit. I'm always making messy lap times there, and when I think I've sorted it out and were making clean laps, it turns out I'm excruciatingly slow... I remember trying to do an offline race with the 1958 Formula 1 mod of rFactor there. Using a Maserati 250F T2 "Leggera", I'm feeling confident to at least stay in the midfield. But no, I'm pretty much the slowest car in the grid. I thought, "never mind, I'm pretty sure I can keep a better pace in the race, plus I always tend to make places at the start, maybe I can hold the gained places throughout the 25 minute race." But no, try as I might, I find myself, much to my horror, that I'm actually making a big traffic jam behind me, with the AI in much slower cars itching to pass me!
Fantastic race, the Lotus Cortina will always keep you working hard! Great finish taking first in your class, looking forward to seeing the next instalment in your ‘66 series!
I never knew when I was younger just how big Mini Coop racing is especially in UK and Europe. They were everywhere and they are quite fast btw in real life these things are light and fast and they can get them fairly cheap so that is most likely why they are so popular the price is low compared to other racing.
I know this has nothing to do with the vid Jake, but I REALLY HOPE you can make a video of the history of Indy Car At BELLE ILSE since the track is being removed after this season. I don’t know the history and I think this AMAZING track (to say the least) deserves a “Gplaps” type video! Love your vids and keep it up
Yo, my Mom actually knows two racing drivers by the name John Fitzpatrick and John Fitzpatrick jr. I know it's not touring car guy from 60s but John Fitzpatrick raced in CASCAR, and his son races in I think it's called pint or pinty series I'm not 100% sure.
@@GPLaps if you dont find a great community (and so great drivers, not fast but respectful ones) its normal... keep searching or... join us. Not kidding.
Sure I read somewhere the setup for lotus cortina’s were stiff as possible on the front and soft as possible on the rear (or was it the other way round?)
Great race! The AI drivers raced well too, although I don't understand how that guy Salmon could be so far behind in his Group D car! Worst racing driver ever?
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Brands holds a special place in my 50+ year old heart. I used to "work" with my house builder Dad close to the circuit in the 80s and can still hear the noise from the track whenever someone mentions it. Love sim racing to bring all this back.
Comments like this make me really happy. It's like a second hand nostalgia.
@@burblingbarbacoa4944 Glad I helped perpetuate the legacy of my Dad (RIP) and anyone that can identify with such memories. I will be continuing trying to hand the baton down by taking my teenage daughter to some drag racing later this month in Queensland Australia. A first such event for me and her :)
@@burblingbarbacoa4944 It has so much heart and soul, vastly better than the tarmacked wasteland of Silverstone (which I live near). My dad used to sponsor a modified MG Midget in the 80s and those meetings were fantastic along with all the other races on the day and wandering around the paddock. As a kid it was like being in a toy shop starring at all these amazing cars!
Amazing stuff. This is exactly the kind of race you can still go and watch at Goodwood and Donington. With the old Jags, Hillman Imps and Minis. Plan to take my boys to see it soon if I get a chance.
And those huge US cars look like they'd crush our plucky brit ones!
I used to race a 1964 Lotus Cortina some 25 years ago in historic racing and it was so fun to drive and so forgiving in almost any situation. When looking at this I wish i´d kept it. Cheers from Sweden!
I had a MK1 Cortina, not a Lotus sadly but the whole car was highly modified for Hillclimbs. It was affectionately known as Bogus and was probably faster than a Lotus anyway. I seam welded it and replaced all rubber suspension parts with polyurethane, sorted a six point rear end including the Watts link, used Subaru LSD innards in the diff and improved the front end rigidity by attaching the sway bar to the lower control arm. The engine ended up close to a 1.8lt with dual DCOE carburettors (I loved the induction noises) also added six point scaffolding to the interior. It was such a fun car, easily sideways, which I admit I used to silence the complaints from my left “the seat is too tight, so many seat belts, bumpy ride, there's no carpet, why does all the silly tubing block half of the doorway". I think my girlfriend enjoyed mocking me as much as I enjoyed the silence as we travelled sideways through the corners.
The other car was an unmolested Mini Cooper S. I can't remember who coined the phrase "oversteer scares the passenger while understeer scares the driver" . There were an embarrassing number of times that I ended up swapping ends on dirt roads in the Mini. Losing focus for a second and round she goes. Awesome car, it just took me a while to come to grips with a front wheel drive that is about one and a half metres long. That ended up being called the Mini "pooper" for obvious reasons.
I too wish I had kept those cars. I have a Pulsar GTI-R now, it's fast, really, really fast but it lacks the personality of the older beasties. It's only challenge is to find its limits.
Owyergoinmateorite, cheers from Australia 👍🙃
I didn't know about Goodwood Revival (and other events there) until last year. It caught my eye when I saw a 63 Galaxie mixed in with the Cortinas, et al. Great modern way to see these classics race.
Thank you GPLaps for another beautifully editted video. Best of luck to Richie for the upcoming British GP.
When I was a kid, I thought "saloon cars" was your transportation to the pub to grab a pint. I'm (tragically) not even kidding.
I love brands hatch, such a cool race this was !
Something about multi class racing is just super cool and unlike what many people think it does work in open wheel racing too. The fact that the W12 and RB16 raced with the VF-21 is proof of that...
I'm totally in love with physics of this car. Seems like so much fun to drive.
Great result for Richie. Can you imagine F1 drivers leaping from car to car series to series these days. The sponsors would have a fit with drivers not being present in the corporate tents. Would be good to have a series where each round had a different set of cars. Soon tell who the really special drivers are like back in the 60s. The like of Jim Clarke who could win in anything. Great video as always and am looking forward the the 66 British GP. Thanks :)
I really hope there's a Brian Muir book out there somewhere. Yogi spends the early 1960s driving for Scuderia Veloce, arguably the best racing team in Australia, and shows promising speed, especially in a Holden EH S4 Special... then buggers off to Europe, leaving us back home wondering what happened to him? I'd love to know what he did and what he saw.
Australian Muscle Car Magazine did a write up on him a few years ago (Issue 92) Had a decent front line career that sadly never made the news back home.
The legendary Lotus Cortina (Ford) for the last Mondeo model. One of the legendary cars
My favourite had to be the bttc from the 60s. Jaguar mk2's, mini coopers, some American muscle cars, Ford cortina's. the best series like the 9ps with the massive Volvo's and bmw's
This is very cool mate! I can’t wait for the GP - Brands is my local track - 12 miles from me!
Thanks for the upload, always amazing footage bringing us back in racing time.
Hope you can do a 70’s or 80’s F1 championship
When this much-vaunted BTCC games comes out - if it ever comes out - I want to see Ryan Axelson take on the entire season, just to see him try to avoid getting t-boned by Jason Plato.
if it comes out next year with 2023 cars plato wont be in it cause hes retiring at the end of this year sadly
It's great to see these old beasts tearing around a great British track , love the nostalgia and the passion that goes into this channel , always a go to for sim racing content .
Cool to see the same track in two different games back to back. Thanks
While I'm a Alfa Romeo lover in this era the Cortina is a close second fave for me. Loved blasting around in Power and Glory
Jim Clark + Lotus = a match made in heaven
Amazing video! My grandad used to have a 1600GT Cortina! Fantastic memories
WOW! Cortinas were porpoising A LOT in the 60s! Damn Colin Chapman, already experimenting with ground effect...
Nice video. I run similar races except in AC using the TCL Cortina. The TCL Historic Touring car set for AC has a great variety or cars. Must see if I can find a historic Brands Hatch.
Wow. GTR2 still looks great. Love Brands too. Another awesome video.
Kent. God's garden. I used to live in Sevenoaks. Beautiful place.
I lived in sevenoaks 1976-1990👍
@@Sc50001 Yeah I'll never forget my time there. Happiest days of my life. Was in love with woman called 'Bee' and had a fantastic job in Borough Green. I wish I could turn back time. Have a great day pal :)
Great video! Always awesome to see more P&G! Never seen this version of Brands Hatch before. Gonna look for it right away
Brilliant video, great racing. Just surprised that the game developers didn’t add period correct ambulances rather than modern ones with the green/ yellow chequers on the side. They jump out from the period look of the circuit
brands hatch is in my top dozen tracks in the uk
always love the gtr2 videos : )
Ah Brands Hatch. I don't know why, but I just can't find my "groove" in that circuit. I'm always making messy lap times there, and when I think I've sorted it out and were making clean laps, it turns out I'm excruciatingly slow...
I remember trying to do an offline race with the 1958 Formula 1 mod of rFactor there. Using a Maserati 250F T2 "Leggera", I'm feeling confident to at least stay in the midfield. But no, I'm pretty much the slowest car in the grid.
I thought, "never mind, I'm pretty sure I can keep a better pace in the race, plus I always tend to make places at the start, maybe I can hold the gained places throughout the 25 minute race." But no, try as I might, I find myself, much to my horror, that I'm actually making a big traffic jam behind me, with the AI in much slower cars itching to pass me!
Fantastic race, the Lotus Cortina will always keep you working hard! Great finish taking first in your class, looking forward to seeing the next instalment in your ‘66 series!
A joy to watch GP👍
You really do only need 3 wheels
Check that ultra-modern F1 suspension on the Ford Cortina. Porpoising like it's 2022.
This game seems to have better sounds than AC. The engine and trans sounds mixed with the rev undulations over the bumps sounds better.
@13:25 It takes a lot of money to show those mad skills in real life, since the Lotus Cortina is a collectors item.
Steve Neal at the back end of the grid. Hope he didn’t cause too much carnage. 🤣
Look like truck driver. Are a maestro of simracing. Your videos rock.
Another wonderful video taking us back to the greatest decade! Wouldn’t Whitmore have been racing for Alan Mann?
I get that you're doing as many races as you can, but I'd feel more immersed if you flew between venues in Flight Simulator too.
Outstanding Content!
I never knew when I was younger just how big Mini Coop racing is especially in UK and Europe. They were everywhere and they are quite fast btw in real life these things are light and fast and they can get them fairly cheap so that is most likely why they are so popular the price is low compared to other racing.
I know this has nothing to do with the vid Jake, but I REALLY HOPE you can make a video of the history of Indy Car At BELLE ILSE since the track is being removed after this season. I don’t know the history and I think this AMAZING track (to say the least) deserves a “Gplaps” type video! Love your vids and keep it up
Touring cars - the best fun you can have with your pants on...
Yo, my Mom actually knows two racing drivers by the name John Fitzpatrick and John Fitzpatrick jr. I know it's not touring car guy from 60s but John Fitzpatrick raced in CASCAR, and his son races in I think it's called pint or pinty series I'm not 100% sure.
Yep, Pinty's series and the driver is J. R. Fitzpatrick
Where do you find this information? Good recreation
I still dont get why dont you play GT Legends... (online playing, no AI!)
i dont really enjoy racing online
@@GPLaps if you dont find a great community (and so great drivers, not fast but respectful ones) its normal... keep searching or... join us. Not kidding.
Sure I read somewhere the setup for lotus cortina’s were stiff as possible on the front and soft as possible on the rear (or was it the other way round?)
Straight away lol, yanks
Great race! The AI drivers raced well too, although I don't understand how that guy Salmon could be so far behind in his Group D car! Worst racing driver ever?
But why use GTR2 for this? Are there no patches and mods for GT Legends to make it work with modern PCs and equipment?
Brilliant demonstration of the best tranny ever... 4 on the floor. Drive the road in 3rd...up and down 1 as needed, and Rock Out!
Do you have forcefeed back with this? I can’t get FF with gt legends with my fanatec v2.5
I think you need to reset the ffb.. its in the button bndings
Does any one have a problem with GranPrixLegends and not being able to bind 4th 5th 6th gear? I have a fanatec.
how does power & glory compare to base GTL?
they’re both good! GTL simulates modern historic cars whereas PnG is historic cars as they were back when they were contemporary. both a tonne of fun
Paddock, Graham Hill bend, Westfield and Dingle Dell corner have all been reprofiled since these days.