September 03rd, 2023			CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS (COTA), AUSTIN - Version 1.1
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Title           	: Circuit of the Americas (Austin) v.1.1, Texas, USA
Filenames		: Circuit of the Americas_Texas, USA_2018.dat
			  Gp2form.txt (This file)
			  14 JAM files
Authors          	: rremedio & Antonio Pessoa
E-mail			: rrtracks04@yahoo.com.br & ap1981@gmail.com

Description     	: Circuit of the Americas, COTA, in Austin, Texas, USA, for GP2 since 2019, this time with improvements on run-off areas textures and colors.

Other Works     	: Several :-)
Thanks to       	: Paul Hoad for the Trackeditor, Object editor and Jam editor.
                  	  Geoff Crammond for making Grand Prix 2.
			  Andreas Schulz for grandprix2.de
			  Tim de Klein and Thomas Kost for previous GP2 track works.
			  Michael Raballand for recent GP2 tracks.
			  Dirk Holemans for GP3 Austin track, and his great JAM textures!
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* Construction *
Base            	: Original Microprose Estoril.
Editor(s) used  	: Jam Editor, 
		  	  Track Editor,
			  Objecteditor,
			  MS Paint (XP)  
Known Bugs    		: Few bugs, like some fences flashing, and a "green" riboon over the track on the begining of the long straight.
Build Time     		: 7 years! The work started in October 2012 with the track layout, fences distances and basic verges (made by Antonio), cc-line and track heights (made by rremedio). The works became paused for several years, until be resumed in February 2019, with some bug fixing (made by Antonio). In October/November 2019, all the scenary was completed, in around 10 days (made by Antonio) + 1 hour in September 2023 for color improvements on run-off areas textures

* Installation *
1. 
(if you already have new tracks on the game jump to STEP 2): 
patch the game with a util that obliges the game to read the tracks
from the harddisk. These utils are gp2nocd or trakonhd. 
Search for one of them on the net and install it. This program will 
create a new directory called "circuits": you have to copy there 
ALL the 16 track files (F1ct01, F1ct02...........F1ct16)

2. 
Place the 'AUSTIN' directory from the ZIP file into the Gp2 'gamejams' directory.
OBS: Please, REPLACE the JAM files on "AUSTIN" folder by the JAM files from this ZIP 

3. 
Place Circuit of the Americas_Texas, USA_2018.dat file in the circuits directory. Slots 12 and 13 was tested, and the track run well. Others slots was not tested.

4. 
Start Gp2 and drive...........

* Copyright / Permissions *
(c) Copyright 2019, rremedio & Antonio Pessoa. You can use this track free. Currently few people plays GP2, so, if you use it as a base to create other track, please, give us our credits. Just it.


* Disclaimer *
If your pc breaks, goes slow, or the files harm your machine it's not our fault!!!


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A long wait for GP2 Community is over: Circuit of the Americas is ready! Built in 2012, after two years of planning, Tavo Hellmund, son of a famous Mexican-American racing promoter, set a deal with Bernie Ecclestone in 2010 to build and host the Formula One United States Grand Prix from 2012 onwards. Despite some financial troubles in the beginings, the track became ready as planned, opened in October 2012 hosting the first United States GP since 2007. Since than, Circuit of the Americas is home of MotoGP (since 2013), WEC (from 2013 to 2017), IMSA (from 2014 to 2017) and IndyCar (since 2019), becaming the main International motorsports venue in United States. Designed by Hermann Tilke, the circuit is located very near the capital of Texas, Austin. With modern facilities, is a obvious home for the main motorsports series based in the United States, and those which visits that country.
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    THE FORMULA ONE AUSTIN WINNERS:

year	winner driver		nat car

2012	Lewis Hamilton		ENG McLaren-Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	GER Red Bull-Renault
2014	Lewis Hamilton		ENG Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton		ENG Mercedes
2016	Lewis Hamilton		ENG Mercedes
2017	Lewis Hamilton		ENG Mercedes
2018	Kimi Rikknen		FIN Ferrari
2019	Valtteri Bottas		FIN Mercedes
2020		event cancelled due the Covid-19 pandemic
2021	Max Verstappen		HOL Red Bull-Honda
2022	Max Verstappen		HOL Red Bull-Honda
2023	Max Verstappen?
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    THE MOTO GP AUSTIN WINNERS:

year	winner rider		nat bike

2013	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2014	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2015	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2016	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2017	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2018	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2019	lex Rins		ESP Suzuki
2020		event cancelled due the Covid-19 pandemic
2021	Marc Mrquez		ESP Repsol Honda
2022	Enea Bastianini		ITA Ducati
2023	Alex Rins		ESP Honda
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    THE WEC AUSTIN WINNERS:

year	winner driver(s)		nat 		car

2013	A.McNish/T.Kristensen/L.Duval	SCO/DEN/FRA	Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Audi Sport Team Joest)
2014	M.Fssler/A.Lotterer/B.Trluyer	SWI/GER/FRA	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	(Audi Sport Team Joest)
2015	M.Webber/T.Bernhard/B.Hartley	AUS/GER/NZL	Porsche 919 Hybrid (Porsche Team)
2016	M.Webber/T.Bernhard/B.Hartley	AUS/GER/NZL	Porsche 919 Hybrid (Porsche Team)
2017	E.Bamber/T.Bernhard/B.Hartley	NZL/GER/NZL	Porsche 919 Hybrid (Porsche Team)
2018-19		no race
2020	B.Senna/G.Menezes/N.Nato	BRA/USA/FRA	Rebellion R13 Gibson (Rebellion Racing)
2021-23		no race
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    THE IMSA SPORTSCAR AUSTIN WINNERS:

year (series)	winner driver(s)		nat 	car

2013 (Grand-Am)	Jon Fogarty/Alex Gurney		USA/USA	Corvette DP (GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing)
2013 (ALMS)	Lucas Luhr/Klaus Graf		GER/GER	HPD-Honda  ARX-03c (Muscle Milk Pickett Racing)
2014 (IMSA)	Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas		USA/MEX	Riley-Ford EcoBoost DP (Chip Ganassi Racing)
2015 (IMSA)	Joey Hand/Scott Pruett		USA/USA	Riley-Ford EcoBoost DP (Chip Ganassi Racing)
2016 (IMSA)	Jordan Taylor/Ricky Taylor	USA/USA Dallara-Corvette DP (Wayne Taylor Racing)
2017 (IMSA)	Jordan Taylor/Ricky Taylor	USA/USA Cadillac DPi-V.R (Wayne Taylor Racing)
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    THE INDYCAR AUSTIN WINNER:

year	winner drivers		nat team

2019	Colton Herta		USA Harding-Steinbrenner (Dallara-Honda)
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    THE NASCAR CUP AUSTIN WINNERS:

year	winner drivers		nat car brand

2021	Chase Elliott		USA Chevrolet
2022	Ross Chastain		USA Chevrolet
2023	Tyler Reddick		USA Toyota
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2019, rremedio & Antonio Pessoa - Brazil