Assetto Corsa – Introducing the Ferrari 288 GTO

Three days ago, Kunos Simulazioni has released the PC version of the Ferrari 70th Anniversary Celebration Pack for Assetto Corsa. This exclusive Ferrari car pack DLC contains seven of the most iconic and famous Ferrari models from the past and present.

Today, Kunos Simulazioni published a new promo video introducing the famous 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO which is part of the awesome Ferrari Celebration Pack DLC.

You can purchase the Assetto Corsa Ferrari 70th Anniversary Celebration car pack at the dedicated Steam page for 7,99€ – $7.99, – £5.59.

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The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO) is an exotic homologation of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced from 1984 through 1986, designated GT for Gran Turismo and O for Omologato (homologation in Italian). The Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation.

However as only Ferrari and Porsche, with their 959, entered, the series was soon abandoned leaving just Group B Rally Championship. The Porsche 959 (as the Porsche 961) only raced three times in Group B, but the 288 GTO never raced and all road cars built remained purely road cars.

Some of the 288 GTO’s styling features were first displayed on a 308 GTB design exercise by Pininfarina shown at the 1977 Geneva Salon. This included the deep front spoiler, wheel arches and wings, rear lip spoiler, front lid radiator cooling louvers and quadruple driving lights. Figures for the total production run vary – but the consensus seems to be a total of 273 road cars were made with 1 official pre-production prototype – leading to a total of 273 cars made.

Official Webpage – www.assettocorsa.net