Legendary Grand Prix circuit Charade headed to RaceRoom alongside new cars

Thomas Harrison-Lord
The Drivers Pack for RaceRoom Racing Experience will arrive in December, featuring a new circuit and four entry-level racing cars.
Legendary Grand Prix circuit Charade headed to RaceRoom alongside new cars

Trust RaceRoom Racing Experience to think differently. The free-to-enter PC racing simulation is home to venues such as Ring Knutstorp, Bilster Berg and Ningbo International Speedway will soon feature the cognoscenti’s dream – Circuit de Charade.

The French venue held four Formula 1 Grand Prix, the last in 1972 won by Sir Jackie Stewart. Helmut Marko lost an eye in an incident during that same race. Back then, the Clermont-Ferrand-located venue used a Mountain Circuit route that was over five miles in length.

Jackie Stewart - Tyrrell 003 - French Grand Prix, Clermont-Ferrand, 4 July 1972 - David Phipps, Motorsport Images

In 1989, a new, shorter, layout was opened, and it’s this variant which will debut within RaceRoom. It’s still a trick venue, known for steep changes in gradient, and a flowing layout.

Alongside this new circuit, there will be four cars:

  • Crosslé 9S
  • Crosslé 90F
  • Mazda MX-5
  • Praga R1

The Mazda is a track variant of the popular open-top sports car, with the roof permanently open and a roll cage affixed.

Praga R1, Jimmy Broadbent and Gordie Mutch
Praga R1, Jimmy Broadbent and Gordie Mutch

The Praga R1 is the prototype-light purpose-built racecar by the Czech manufacturer, used by Gordie Mutch and Jimmy Broadbent to win the inaugural Praga Cup this season. It features an aggressive design, a low-slung cockpit and a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine feeding power through a Hewland six-speed sequential gearbox.

Crosslé, meanwhile, is a Northern Irish racing team that continues to this day producing modern recreations of its original designs for track use.

RaceRoom The Drivers Pack

The 9S is a low, lithe, racer first seen in the 1960s, while the 90F is a single-seater designed specifically for Classic Racing School, which happens to be based at Charade.

The new track and cars will be bundled together in a new downloadable content pack, releasing in December 2022. The final date and pricing are yet to be revealed.

Images: Motorsport Images

Featured image: Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2, French Grand Prix 1972.

Source: KW Studios

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