When BTCC was good

[FooAtari]

They are manual, but they are sequential rather than having a gated shift, just like cars in many other forms of serious motorsport.

Are they not semi-automatic?

 

[BigglesPiP]

Are they not semi-automatic?

No, it's just a dog box.

 

[adam cool dude]

They won half the races that year and the Mondeo drivers were 1-2-3

I stopped watching around 2000, it wasn't the same with only a couple of manufacturer teams. They're supposed to be on different regulations this year and Seat are running a diesel car!

That might of been mainly because the top teams pulled out. The Volvo's, Laguna's and Primera's ate the mondeo's for breakfast.

 

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I still prefer the Primera/A4/Mondeo/V40/Accord/Vectra/406 era to anything, including the days of the Sierra RS500.

They were just so similar in looks, and power (iirc?) which made it fair, brilliant to watch racing.

Those really were the days of motor racing. I remember these races well and i was only 13 at the time. Christ, i remember buying toca touring cars because of the racing just so i could relive it at home. I loved the white primera and the dark grey audi that was the same colour as the rain clouds in that game. O and then the yellow/blue laguna with a bit of alan menu.

Ahhh bliss, much better than these silly civics with HOOOGE rear spoilers, and team halfords vs vx racing. Any real racing incident these days just gets sent to the stewards, complaints, PC, whining. Back in the 90s it was fisticuffs, revenge takeouts and just so much racing fun !

 

[Firestar_3x]

They changed the rules after the Mondeos went bonkers and started winning everything which made larger cars uncompetitive.

Not so sure about that, all i know is the Primera owned everything for two years in a row, and matt neil continued to own most things in his last seasons Primera.

 

[loltim]

Just found this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHk3D2XhuTc

Not sure how relaxed the rules were back then but it's like bumper cars! Absolutely brilliant

 

[Fr0dders]

imho the start of the decline was they started banning stuff they didnt like

that started with banning the 4WD used in the Audi A4 Quattros, as weighing them down with concrete (no joke) wasnt enough in their eyes.

 

[DreXeL]

Just found this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHk3D2XhuTc

Not sure how relaxed the rules were back then but it's like bumper cars! Absolutely brilliant

Door-handle to door-handle, exchanging paint, loads of position changing. That was real racing

I miss it

 

[loltim]

Was Anthony Reid a bit of a **** in all his races, or just that one? He used Thompsons Accord as a stopper

 

[Burned_Alive]

How i used to love blatting round the tracks in TOCA pretending i was in the BTCC.

 

[ScoobyDoo69]

How low can you go, how did the wheels turn without hitting the front arches? That's incredible. Looks awesome though

 

[Matt82]

even btcc vectas looked good!

 

[Duke]

Just found this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHk3D2XhuTc

Not sure how relaxed the rules were back then but it's like bumper cars! Absolutely brilliant

That was great, especially with the oil

 

[karoshi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXzrNyMc6I

 

[helpimcrap]

Door-handle to door-handle, exchanging paint, loads of position changing. That was real racing

I miss it

yeah... that was what made it so good. now if they rub they get penalised.

 

[JonnyT]

does anyone remember (i think it was) keith o'dor flipping a primera end over end 3-4 times, clearing the trackside fence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCaRELBedk&NR=1