Black Hills Backroads takes another step backward in time from the Rushmore Scenic Byway. It's 1940 and carving on Mount Rushmore National Memorial is just about finished. The sculpture's prominence as a national symbol of American pride hasn't yet created a tourism industry in South Dakota's Black Hills. So the roads wind through pristine pine forests untouched by development except for the occasional train passing through.
The 10-mile course features glorious 1940s-technology of black and white scenery with a dusting of snow across the landscape. Several alternate routes give you options for racing terrain, some creating shortcuts and some not....
Track creation by Stefano Dimera at Windy City Racing and Chad Coppess at Racin Grafix and Dakotagraph.
Check out the full South Dakota track trilogy of Black Hills Backroads, Rushmore Scenic Byway and Badlands Byway right here at Racin Grafix.
If you're feeling extra brave, give the Black and White GN69ST Carset a spin as well. Sharp looking cars on this blacked out track!
Just in time for America's big Independence Day celebration, racing under the patriotic gaze of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore National Memorial has arrived!
Rushmore Scenic Byway is a 3.8 mile fantasy road course based on real roads and the incredible scenery of the Black Hills of South Dakota with a 1950s twist. Classic nostalgic roadside attractions are featured throughout the track, some still operating, some that are long gone and some that never were.
NR2003 Track Maker Stefano Dimera and South Dakota Tourism Photographer Chad Coppess have combined their talents for a unique experience that took 1 ½ years to complete.
As you navigate through a recreation of the real-life Needles Highway and Iron Mountain Road’s pigtail bridges and tunnels, you will pass Crazy Horse Memorial, Sylvan Lake, Dinosaur Park, the Days of ’76 Rodeo and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Billboards along the way advertise other attractions such as Thunderhead Falls, Trout Haven and Wall Drug.
The Rushmore Scenic Byway is available right here at www.racingrafix.com with a companion GN69ST carset sponsored by even more South Dakota tourist attractions.
I just finished up an Interview with Denis Rioux on my new blog at www.nr2003mods.com. Head on over and check it out if you want to find out more about Denis Rioux, the man behind Rioux Mods and the new NSCS 2010 Mod for NR2003.
Even though they tried, we will not be defeated!!! There was too much traffic for the new mod at Denis site and it crashed the server on the first night!
Everything is back up and running now and you can find all the new files on the front page of the site.
It's now official. Racin Grafix has been a long time supporter of several different mods in the community, even though we have a strong alliance with Rioux Mods. Several team members here are also beta testers for Rioux Mods, and with the release of the NSCS10 Mod this coming week, we will no longer support the SS.net mod for Render requests or Paint Scheme requests.
We would recommend you give the NSCS 2010 Mod a try when it's released, but if you still need SS.net work done, Sim Racing Designs has said they still plan to support the mod, and we highly recommend them.
