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4/24/2001 - #50: carnival (231KB)  
Carnival - a withdrawn beta. Later released as Diamante.
4/24/2001 - #49: vil (221KB)  
Fantasy road course.
4/24/2001 - #48: osring (225KB)  
A version of the Osterreichring.
4/24/2001 - #47: imola (177KB)  
Imola, by David Noonan.
4/24/2001 - #46: riversid (177KB)  
Obsolete version of Riverside. Replaced by 'usgp1960' and later by 'rivers66' and 'rivers67'.
4/24/2001 - #45: milwkee (213KB)  
Milwaukee Mile oval, updated with a new cover.
4/24/2001 - #45: glacier (238KB)  
A wonderful track! Finally, a track wide enough that even a bonehead like myself can get around - and unlike Cleveland, you can actually see where you're going!
12/3/2000 - #44: dubai (243KB)  
Another one that we had somehow skipped over. At the time, I didn't think to much of it, but I've recently decided it's pretty cool to race on, just because it's so wide and flat. Sort of like a shorter, more sweeping version of Cleveland. Certainly a good place to work on your 4-wheel drifting skills, without all that unpleasant "smashing into walls" business...
12/3/2000 - (unnumbered): nsilver (139KB)  
Don has whipped up a cover for the Night Silverstone graphics modification to the original Silverstone track. This package doesn't include maps or a newspaper pic, as they're not needed (the Silverstone originals will still work nicely).

Note: an alternate cover can be found in the 'nite-bonuspack' collection.

12/3/2000 - #43: brands (369KB)  
As was recently pointed out by Burke Wells, we had somehow forgotten to do a proper Brands Hatch program - sorry about that!

Note that this is for the ancient David Noonan version, not the newer, better version of the track ('brands67').

11/5/2000 - #42: jamaica (240KB)  
This is a complete BAPOM-style package for the Jamaica track. It should be noted that the track is a graphically-enhanced version of "Heartland Park" (it's got palm trees), and as such is of questionable merit, but there y'go...
10/24/2000 - #41: avus (202KB)  
A fine place to work on your high-speed setups...
9/11/2000 - #40: austral (307KB)  
Note that this program comes complete with a 'serious' cover, and an alternate, 'silly' cover. When you install it, you get to choose which of the two covers you'll use. Pity it's such a non-GPL-friendly track to drive!
9/11/2000 - #39: bullrun (216KB)  
Lots of fun, particularly in the slower (F2, F3) cars.
9/11/2000 - #38: desert (188KB)  
A beautiful conversion of an N3 "tri-oval + infield" track. Both the original and the GPL conversion were done by the guys at Turtle Works, Inc.
9/11/2000 - #37: redrock (237KB)  
While I haven't played it extensively, I'd say it's probably too fast and too banked for the F1 cars to negotiate without severe 'bottoming' problems. It might be fun with the F3 cars, though...
8/13/2000 - The Original BAPOM Package
The progsets listed below were all part of our original collection of 36 progsets for GPL. The collection was released in August, 2000, coincident with the launch of this website.

About half of the covers were done by Don Hodgdon (the modified versions of real-life cover scans), and the other half were done by me (the ones with the hideous early Photoshop experiments... "Bevel and Emboss" for god's sake! Never use "Bevel and Emboss"!)

The map pages weren't necessarily very accurate. These days all maps are done using the GPL Replay Analyzer, so the maps accurately reflect the in-game shape of the track, as modeled by the trackmaker. Didn't have that tool back then, so these maps were often put together using scans from magazines, or random images found on the internet.

These progsets were primarily for the tracks converted from ICR2/CART/N2/N3 by Dave Noonan's converters. The converters were a for-sale thing back in the day, but at some point Dave released them to the public domain. The (now-free) converters still require you to have a purchased copy of the Papyrus game that supplies the track (e.g. NASCAR Racing 3 or IndyCar Racing 2), and those things aren't in the public domain, despite their advanced age. As such, you can't directly download any of these tracks, at least not from Reputable Websites.

Unless you're shooting for a TotalRank, you're not really missing anything if you can't get these tracks. The ICR2 tracks are ugly, and largely ill-suited for GPL cars. The NASCAR tracks are predominately ovals. Many of the more interesting tracks from these conversions have subsequently been built from scratch by various track authors. (ex: Laguna Seca, MidOhio, Portland, Riverside, Sears Point, Watkins Glen, and Indianapolis all have new, downloadable versions available).

8/13/2000 - #36: elkhart (326KB)  
Road America (for the version converted from ICR2).
8/13/2000 - #35: laguna (292KB)  
Laguna Seca (for the version converted from ICR2).
8/13/2000 - #34: midohio (384KB)  
Mid-Ohio (for the version converted from ICR2).
8/13/2000 - #33: portland (232KB)  
Portland (for the version converted from ICR2).
8/13/2000 - #32: roada (273KB)  
David Noonan's Road Atlanta - an original track, not a conversion.
8/13/2000 - #31: heartlnd (257KB)  
Heartland Park, converted from NASCAR Racing, I think.
8/13/2000 - #30: imola (306KB)  
David Noonan's Imola - an original, not a conversion.
8/13/2000 - #29: riversid (261KB)  
Old version of Riverside, converted from NASCAR Legends (?).
8/13/2000 - #28: searspt (259KB)  
Old version of Sears Point, converted from NASCAR Racing.
8/13/2000 - #27: searsnew (262KB)  
Old version of Sears Point, converted from NASCAR Racing.
8/13/2000 - #26: glen (289KB)  
Old version of the modern-day Watkins Glen, converted from NASCAR Racing.
8/13/2000 - #25: clevland (223KB)  
Cleveland Airport, converted from ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #24: detroit (344KB)  
Detroit Belle Isle circuit, converted from ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #23: longbch (326KB)  
Long Beach circuit, converted from ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #22: toronto (294KB)  
Toronto street circuit, converted from ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #21: vancouvr (298KB)  
Vancouver street circuit, converted from ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #20: bristol (357KB)  
Bristol Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #19: hickory (262KB)  
Hickory Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #18: mesa (268KB)  
Mesa Marin, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #17: milwkee (291KB)  
Milwaukee Mile, converted from ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #16: phoenix (241KB)  
Phoenix International Raceway, converted from ICR2.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #15: pike (268KB)  
Pikes Peak International Raceway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #14: thompson (277KB)  
Thompson International Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #13: atlanta (301KB)  
Atlanta Motor Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #12: darlingt (288KB)  
Darlington, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #11: gateway (250KB)  
Gateway oval, converted from ICR2.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #10: homestd (209KB)  
Miami Homestead oval, converted from ICR2.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #9: nwenglnd (KB)  
New Hampshire International Speedway (aka 'Loudon'), converted from ICR2.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #8: texas (244KB)  
Texas Motor Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #7: calif (261KB)  
California Speedway (aka 'Fontana'), converted from ICR2.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #6: nchrltte (304KB)  
Charlotte Motor Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #5: ims (265KB)  
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, converted from NASCAR Racing or ICR2.
8/13/2000 - #4: michigan (280KB)  
Michigan Speedway, converted from ICR2, I think.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #3: ontario (368KB)  
Ontario Motor Speedway, converted from NASCAR Legends (?).

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #2: pocono (292KB)  
Pocono Raceway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

8/13/2000 - #1: taladega (275KB)  
Talladega Superspeedway, converted from NASCAR Racing.

Update 02/09/2009 - new map pages, now comes with a PDF.

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