In late 1995, five street-legal McLaren F1 LM were built in honor of the five McLaren F1 GTR racecars which finished the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, including taking the overall win. Whereas the standard McLaren F1 was designed to be the ultimate road car in the sense that it should be comfortable and usable in everyday conditions despite being a very potent sports car, the LM edition is a lower, stiffer and much more track-oriented vehicle. This cars is designed to be driven using H-Pattern shifting and the heel and toe technique. You can still paddle shift it in the sim but you will have to reasonably lift the throttle on the upshifts and to blip on downshifts to avoid considerable clutch slippage. This is done to reduce some of the advantage sequential shifting generally enjoys online. Although only five F1 LMs were sold, a sixth chassis exists in the form of XP1 LM, the prototype for modifications to the existing F1 to form the new F1 LM. This car is also painted Papaya Orange and is retained by McLaren and is reportedly worth $4 million. The F1 LMs can be identified by their Papaya Orange paint. It's been discovered however that contrary to the official word from McLaren at the time, only four (including the prototype) of the LMs were originally painted Papaya Orange, with two of the three delivered to The Sultan of Brunei being painted black with graphics. The weight was reduced by approximately 60kg over that of original, through the removal of various pieces of trim and use of optional equipment, such as no interior noise suppression, no audio system, a very stripped down base interior, no fan assisted ground effect and no dynamic rear wing - giving the McLaren F1 LM a total mass of 1,062kg. The F1 LM used the same BMW 6.1-litre V12 engine as the 1995 F1 GTR but without the race-mandated restrictors that limited it to 592hp/600 PS/441 kW. The F1 LM engine has a compression ratio of 11.0:1 and produces 680hp/689PS/507kW at 7800RPM, with its peak torque of 705.0Nm at 4500RPM and its redline at 8500RPM. The aerodynamics of the LM are directly derived from the GTR race car aerodynamic configuration. The bodywork of the vehicle has the addition of a larger cooling duct at the nose of the machine and cooling ducts on either side of the car for the brakes where the storage lockers are seen on the standard F1. In the place of the small dynamic rear wing seen on the regular F1 there is a considerably larger, adjustable (but not active, i.e. automatically adjusted) CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) rear wing mounted on the back of the vehicle, it has a CFRP splitter at the front, side skirts and extensions for the wheel arches in order to attempt increase down force and thus give the car more grip. The car also features the diffuser from the GTR edition. The McLaren F1 LM uses Michelin SX-MXX3 tires and features specially-designed 18-inch (457 mm) magnesium alloy wheels. The tires at the front are 275/35 ZR 18, while at the rear 345/35 ZR 18. Front wheels are 10.85 x 18 inches and at the rear 13.00 x 18 inches. The carbon ceramic brakes on the GTR are not present on the LM, the front and rear calipers on the brakes are 4 pot monobloc light alloy calliper, ventilated using the GTR95 Brake Cooling System. The LM has an upgraded gearbox with gun drilled driveshaft from the Le Mans specifications, tripod CV joint and straight cut gears, although the gear ratios are identical to the standard F1. The magnesium casing for the gearbox which first appeared in the second generation GTR is not seen in the LM. The clutch of the LM is a hydraulic remote actuation triple plate carbon/carbon clutch; the clutch is 200mm (7.87") in diameter. The McLaren F1 LM has a fuel tank capacity of 90 liters. The fact that the idle noise level inside the car is loud enough to prevent verbal communication is the reason that the car comes with a headset, which features ear protection and a means of communication through microphone, for the occupants. The F1 LM is regarded to be the fastest incarnation of the McLaren F1 cars through the gears and in overall track performance. It has a 0-60mph (97km/h) time of 3.9 seconds, 0-100mph (161km/h) in 6.7 seconds and top speed of 225mph (362km/h), which despite the added aerodynamic drag is still more than the standard F1 version that was actually sold - with its stock gear ratios and 7500RPM redline (221mph / 356km/h) - and only less than the modified five-year-old XP5 F1 prototype that ran on March 31 of 1998 to 243mph (391km/h) with taller gearing and a raised rev-limiter to 8300RPM. Dedicated to all Automobilista players. New Retro is a figment of your imagination. DOWNLOAD LINK for v3.01 + TEMPLATES Enjoy!
