For safety reasons, virtually nobody legally raced their L88 bone stock. A roll cage wasn't even available as a C.O.P.O. (as far as I know), and few were sold with oversize tires (I'm not aware of any specifically), and both of these features were absolute necessities for safely racing such a powerful car. On the CanAm version of this car that I made, which was originally called "racing" before Version 1.3 of the Vette Pack, I included all of these things on a semi-authentic, semi-fictional racing L88, built to roughly CanAm specs. What was allowed in CanAm, however, like spoilers, slicks, unmuffled engines, and so on, was not allowed by the FIA in GT events of the time. This is because the FIA regulations state, at least in theory, that even GT1 cars must be "must be able to be used perfectly legally on the open road" (Article 1.1 "Definitions," Article 258 Technical Regulations for Grand Touring Cars Group GT1). Therefore, the cars have to have mufflers and lights, and in the films I've seen of LeMans and Sebring in 1969, even the hottest cars like the Porsche 917 have treaded tires. In addition, there was controversy over the use of spoilers in 1969 (even in the case of the flexible flaps on the rear of the 917), as they had only just been accepted in F1, and were not in common use on most GT cars, as the FIA frowned on them. Therefore...for those of you who wanted a hardcore FIA-legal (I think) L88, for version 1.3 of the Vette Pack I took a 1969 CanAm racer and downgraded it. For version 1.5 of the Vette Pack, however, I've done a rough re-creation of the actual L88 that Henri Greder raced at Le Mans from 1968-1973. Supposedly, this car holds the record for the most seasons at Le Mans, with six in all, although the car had been modified with a wider rear by 1973 to accommodate wider tires, and at some point the L88 engine was replaced by a 454 with L88 parts (I'm not aware of whether the car ever raced at Le Mans in this later engine). In any case, you'll find that this new (for Redline) version of the L88 is considerably slower off the line than the original L88 Le Mans for Redline, but much better for sustained high-speed running, which should be realistic. It's also much faster in top speed, being even faster than the real one, although I would face some difficulties getting it to match since I've included the authentic 2.56 differential, which was specially installed by Zora Duntov in the real Greder L88 in anticipation of the Mulsaunne Straight at Le Mans. If anyone gets around to building a version of the Le Mans track for Redline, maybe it could be fun. In addition to the taller differential on this car, I've also given it authentic fog lights on the front (the car had, at different times, four, two, or no fog lights, so I took the middle ground), the distinctive safety lights on the roof, dual side mirrors, and the front spoiler that it had before most sports cars in FIA competition had them. One compromise that I've made on this car is that, because the acceleration was so slow when I first put the new differential in, I raised the net torque almost to the gross rating to compensate. If you figure that most GT cars have always been tuned a bit to get the most out of them, I'm hoping that this isn't too unrealistic a mod.