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Ardmore Aerodrome for Grand Prix Legends
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Version 1.00
By Mctshirt
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Known Bugs
Only 2/3 of the AI manage to finish after crashing out due to my lack of knowledge in the witchcraft that is AI!
 

History of Ardmore Aerodrome

Ardmore Aerodrome, located south of Auckland, was a wartime airfield under the control of the Ministry of Defense, being used by light aircraft operators and aircraft maintenance firms. First used in 1954 for the NZ International Grand Prix, the circuit was officially 2.0 mile long. Drivers competed over 100 laps for the NZ Motor Cup and 1000 pounds first prize.The Grand Prix was run anticlockwise for the first two years before running clockwise and including a hairpin from 1956. The circuit was marked out on the wide runways and connecting roads attracting crowds of up to 70,000 spectators. Ardmore staged the New zealand International Grand Prix until 1962 when it shifted to the brand new facilties at Pukekohe in 1963.

Many legends of motorsport from overseas and New Zealand raced there. Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, and Jack Brabham enjoyed success there but were challenged by local drivers such as Bruce Mclaren, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon, Roy Roycroft, Syd and Ross Jensen, Pat Hoare and Ralph Watson in the Lycoming Special. 

This version of the track is a representation of 1956/57 era.

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Manual Installation

Unpack all files in the compressed (.zip) folder.
Cut & paste "ardmore" folder in to gpl\tracks directory.
Cut & paste the following in to gpl\seasons\67season.ini: 

[Eventxx]
name=New Zealand International Grand Prix
shortname=NZIGP
trackDirectory=ardmore
numberOfLaps=100
day=12
month=1
startingGrid=10

Don't forget to increase total track number by one:

[Season]
name=All Tracks In Alphabetical Order
year=1967
numEvents=xx

Deinstallation

Delete the gpl\tracks\ardmore directory.
Delete the appropriate [Eventxx] entry in your gpl\season\67season.ini file and decrease total track number by one.
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Acknowledgements / Thanks / Credits

Papyrus/Sierra for original game
Peter Prochazka for Gpltrk
Phil "Guru" Flack for GPLmaker, Trk23dowf, SRBMan, MIPMan, txt2gtk and GPL Track Editor (with Paul Hoad)
Klaus Hörbrand for Winmip2
Martin Granberg for GPL Replay Analyser (with Jonas Matton) and GPL Track Installer
Dave Noonan for 3doEd
Christian Wohlfahrt for OneTwo3DO
Tim Medcalf for DooDat
Stefan Magnusson for SRB Mini 3do Editor and GPL TrackKam Editor
Nigel Pattinson for Rpy-2-Lp
Traveller for GPL TRK Surface Value Zeroer
GPLEA for its track creating tutorials

Jim Pearson and Border Reiver for advice on everything

Robert Thurston for memories.

Online research, period photographs and authenticity at:  
http://www.sergent.com.au   Bruce Sergent's NZ Motorsport site
http://www.britishpathe.com Ardmore Grand Prix Movies
http://www.nzar.co.nz       Ardmore Airport

Reference Books
The Golden Era of New Zealand Motor Racing by Graham Vercoe
50 Years On Track by Sandy Myhre
The Jack Brabham Story by Jack Brabham & Doug Nye
Classic racers by Eoin Young
Forza Amon by Eoin Young
From The Cockpit by Bruce McLaren
Many and varied NZ Classic Car magazine articles.

Programme Cover and Maps by BAPOM 

Track Textures by Mctshirt

Trackside Objects by Border Reiver, Mctshirt, and Papyrus

Object Textures by Mctshirt, Bammz and Border Reiver.

Rough AI by Mctshirt

Beta testing, feedback and continued support for this project by Vandem, Monza, David Wright, dangermouse and everybody else who posted encouragement.

Web hosting for photos and files during this project by Racesimcentral.com and SimRacing MZ Portal.

And also thank you to anyone else who has inadvertantly been forgotten from this list. 

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Copyright / Permissions

These files are provided for your personal enjoyment. This track/addon may not, partially, or in full, be posted at any sites other than the SimRacing MZ Portal. You may link to this download page, but not directly to the files. If you wish to publish updates/addons for this track or to use any of files included in the zip, please obtain my permission before publishing. Please do not publish any updates/addons within the first two weeks after release. THESE FILES MAY NOT BE SOLD FOR PROFIT. They may not be included as part of another program without asking our permission first. This ReadMe file must always be included. 


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Disclaimer

The author of this package takes no responsibility for its use.
The contained files are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
This is not a Papyrus/Sierra product.