Lotus23B 1.00

The Lotus23 first saw UK tracks in 1962; the 23B and its Ford based twin cam following in '63. Jim Clark racked up many wins in this car, so much so that it was actually BANNED from LeMans as as not being "in the spirit of the race"! Today the Lotus23B can be seen at many Vintage racing festivals.

In this mod, in the Skins you will find a wide variety of paints from which to choose.

Be sure to click the Upgrades: the car is extremely customizable, with choices of shift lights (or none), driver arms, dashboards, mirror placements and wheels.

Model ~ Dave Sabre

Physics ~ Dave Sabre, Norm Borczon, Paul Nadeau

Painting ~ Norm Borczon

Upgrades ~ Peter Berry, Dave Sabre

Overall rating since initial release
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So there's a new executable uploaded (originally Lotus23B.exe and now VintageSportsRacers.exe) and nary a peep about it or new version number or new upload date?

I recommend the mod as it's as fun to drive as it gets. Kudos for that. But I also recommend that folks enable "show hidden files, folders and drives" in the Windows OS*, before running the executable.

I've run the exe on two different Windows 7 64bit PCs and in both cases, all but a few .mas files extracted with hidden attributes although they too are in hidden folders. Not only that, but the extraction applied "hidden" attributes to my rFactor GameData and rFm folders. It is quite easy to remove the "Hidden" attributes and there is nothing truly malicious, but this is unacceptable behaviour for an extractor executable. Just right click the GameData and rFm folders, and remove the "Hidden" attribute from the folder, subfolders and files.

I always run .exe installers and extract .zip and .rar files into a temporary empty folder and then move the mod files and folders manually; never do I extract directly into my rFactor installation. Too often (though rare) I have run into issues with mods replacing my own files with versions of their own so I have a good look at what's included before it goes in my game folders. In this case I was disappointed by the "Hidden" attribute issue and that about 27MB worth of pre-existing sounds files were duplicated 5 sub-folders of the Sounds\SportsRacers folder.

Yes, if you ignore this advice and just run the executable in your rFactor folder, and start the game up, the mod will run just fine and with "NO problems whatsoever", but most if not all the files and folders the exe extracts will be hidden from any users who have never changed the default folder view settings in Windows. I personally don't like anybody or anything screwing with my PC's file system, no matter how innocuous it might be.

*To show file, folders and drives with "Hidden" attributes in Windows 7, from any Windows Explorer folder view, click "Organize" in the menu, choose "Folder and search options"; in the resulting dialog box, select the "View" tab and at the 9th line down in the "Advanced Settings" list, click the radio button next to "Show hidden files, folders and drives"; click OK. Now files and folders with "Hidden" attributes set will appear but with a faded icon (the attribute still exists).

To remove the attribute, select any or all files and folders with a faded icon, right-click any of the ones selected, choose "Properties" and then ensure the checkbox next to the "Hidden" attribute at the bottom of the "General" tab is blank. Click OK. Choose apply to this folder, sub-folders and files and click OK. You will require administrator permission to complete the change.
Deadpedal on Jun-06-2012

Illusionist

Before we published this mod to rFC, literally dozens and dozens
of drivers in our league downloaded and ran, off line and online
in our series, with NO problems whatsoever. None.

Even the other people here at rFC have not had any problems.
Let me respectfully suggest the problem is entirely on your end
of things, not the mod itself. We don't plan to fix what ain't broken.
Norm B. on May-15-2012

I thought when I left that post, a couple of weeks ago, that you would've fixed things, wasn't it obvious it would cause problems ???

Mr. BonzoDogge has downloaded software that when executed, distributes invisable files onto his PC causing him grief'n'frustration.... most dictionaries call that a virus

Fixing this easily may be difficult for some people, why don't you just upload a "fixed" version of your mod and save even more people the headaches ???
Illusionist on May-03-2012

Chris Hall send me your email address, I can't respond to anything til I get it.
Norm B. on May-01-2012

Bonzo,
the many painted cars are all in the Skins folder, just click it and choose. I hope you drivers are also
checking out the Upgrades for the many customizable facets of the mod!
Norm B. on May-01-2012

Okay. Have extracted to rFactor folder. Problem now is only one car available to race, the green and yellow Lotus. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance for any help.
BonzoDogge on May-01-2012

Downloaded files to "downloads". Extracted to same folder. Have two files, one for game data, one for rfm. The game files folder is empty. Right clicked on it to change properties, as suggested, but isn't set to hidden anyway. Still baffled.
BonzoDogge on May-01-2012

Congratulations!
What an AWESOME mod & it sounds beautiful too!
In fact, just the sound of that engine keeps me lapping.....
Thank you VERY much.
I love it, my new favourite drive :-D
BLeeK on Apr-29-2012

I think the problem is as stated by 'Illusionist', that when the files are extracted, for some reason they have hidden file attributes. Might be a VISTA issue?

If you download them and right-click the folder, go to properties and remove the hidden attribute all should be well
Gotlerghia on Apr-27-2012

Magnificent! Thankyou heaps for sharing this! Love the old racers! Brilliant job Cheers
legendsatlunch on Apr-26-2012

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