2006 · Kunos Simulazioni · Racing · Simulation

NetKar Pro

netKAR Pro is a racing game with a strong focus on realism. The player uses one of the five cars to race on one of the five courses. The game is aimed at motor sport enthusiasts as there are no driving help features and it uses telemetry data also used by professionals - of course the player has a lot of options to customize his car's settings. g.

Released: 10 April 2006
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Racing Simulation
Developers: Kunos Simulazioni
Publishers: Kunos Simulazioni
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person
Country: Italy

About

netKar Pro (also stylized as nKPro) is an online racing simulator that is developed with an emphasis on realism. It provides advanced features such as a complex tire model (visible dirt, tire wear and flat spots, that influence the car's handling) and a fully interactive cockpit such as those seen in flight simulators.

Keywords

motorsports
polygonal 3d

Media

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Gameplay

In NetKar Pro, the players can change several settings on each car in the box, such as aerodynamics, brakes, chassis, and transmission. In addition, there are adjustments to the steering wheel angles and air pressure that can be set individually for each tire. If needed, telemetry data can be tracked and assessed at any time. The game offers a control option support for Xbox 360 controller, joysticks and keyboard.

The game comes bundled with 5 tracks, and a further 21 are available to download. Some are real, with the rest being fictional.

Development

netKar Pro debuted at a fair held in Lanciano (Italy), February 24–26, 2006. Version 1.0 was released for download on April 10, 2006. Developers worked with companies involved in real car racing such as Sparco (design of steering wheels, helmets, and driving suits), AIM Sportline (official and fully functional AIM data acquisition systems are reproduced in netKar Pro), Cooper/AVON tires, Brembo (braking systems), Beta Tools; they worked also with a Formula Three team Target Racing, with the race engineer Andrea Quintarelli and the driver Riccardo Azzoli (Formula Gloria, Formula Renault and Formula Three).

In the summer of 2006, it was announced that netKar Pro and BallRacing Developments Ltd - developers of hardware and software for the professional race driver and sim racing community - have joined forces "to co-develop the next generation of motorsport simulation".