This season takes us back to the volatile period of the late 70's/early 80's and throws us firmly over the Wall into the Soviet racing scene.
Formula Easter was the premier single seater class in the USSR, a home grown version of Formula Ford driving cars created solely from parts manufactured by the COMECON industry or created from scratch.
Engines were limited to 1300cc displacement with limited tuning allowed, and tended to primarily be of Lada origins.
For this series we will be visiting circuits that fell within the eastern block, several tracks existed during this period - others have been build since the fall of communism.
All should provide some fantastic races for this series.
Currently the season is planned to begin on the 24th of June! (date may change as we progress through the current season)
All races will consist of 2x 20 minutes + 1 lap. The 2nd race will feature a reversed grid.
Drivers must choose their vehicle and skin prior to joining the season in this thread - a list will be maintained in the next post.
All of the following cars are available -
note that the Estonia 21 will be an older version of the Mod (V1.0.3), this is because the current version - while more accurate to real life - is heavily under powered compared to the rest of the field. See post #8 if you took part in the brands fun races but have not updated the Estonia yet:
Avia AE2:
A Czech Formula Easter chassis handmade by it's original driver, despite this it saw a fair degree of success.
Uses Lada 1300cc engine and 4 speed Wartburg gearbox.
Estonia 20:
Estonian design, very popular in the early 80's with several drivers recording success.
Uses Lada 1300cc motor coupled with a 4 speed ZAZ gearbox.
Estonia 21:
Successor to the 20, possibly the first ground effects car in Eastern Europe - based on a Lotus 81. Also recorded a fair amount of success.
Uses 1300cc Lada engine and a 5 speed ZAZ gearbox (the older mod version we're using still has the same 4 speed as the other cars )
Melkus MT77-2:
An East German design, the most basic - but also most successful - car from East Germany in the Friendship cup.
Uses a Lada 1300cc engine with a 4 speed Wartburg 311 transmission.
MTX1-03b/c:
A Czech design - Cars were sold all over Eastern Europe for competition.
Uses Lada 1300cc Engine and unknown 4 speed gearbox.
MTX1-06:
Replacement for the 1-03 and based heavily on the experimental
1-04. Despite a lighter chassis and proper aerodynamic research, it did not have any real advantage over the competition.
Uses Lada 1300cc engine and unknown 4 speed gearbox as with the MTX1-03.
RAF80:
Another Czech design, this also has limited ground effects and won the coveted 'most angular' award for soviet racecars in the early 80's
Engine and gearbox not known - but 1300cc and 4 gears is what you get!
These can be obtained in this all-in-1 RAR: (
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ink98yqcz20i7ca/Srou%20Formula%20Easter%20cars.rar?dl=0)
(File now updated to include missing driver file)
SKIN PACK - only 2 custom skins are being used this season. They can be found below:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ah8s27ijqhpmqcq/28_FabriFibra.rar/filehttps://www.mediafire.com/file/03zpwyykcv9sk5q/69_Barone.rar/fileTracks will be as follows:
R1: Grobnik, (Rijeka Croatia) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/automotodrom-grobnik.4835/R2: Nemuno Žiedas 0.95 (Lithuania) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/nemuno-%C5%BDiedas-nemunas-ring.15814/R3: Tor Posnan, (Poland) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/tor-pozna%C5%84.6118/R4: Pannonia Ring, (Hungary) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/pannonia-ring-2019.30508/R5: Miseluk 0.9 (Serbia) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/mi%C5%A1eluk.3383/R6: Slovakia Ring UCS (Slovakia) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/slovakia-ring.8945/R7: Silesia Ring 'short' (Poland) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/silesia-ring-pl-official-track-by-ragnar-simulator.26686/R8: Bikernieki circuit of speed (Latvia) =
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/bikernieki-race-track.17186/