Optare Spectra — British DAF DB250 Double-Decker Mod

Optare Spectra — Leeds-Built British Double-Decker

The Spectra was Optare's double-decker, built in Leeds on a chassis the company developed jointly with DAF. This pack ships all three body heights the real bus was offered in — standard height, low height and the low-floor DB250LF — as separate selectable variants. Right-hand drive throughout, with a multiplex panel, a reversing camera, eight liveries and both electronic and plate destination displays.

Highlights and Features

• Choose between standard height, low height and low-floor bodies, exactly as operators specified them.
• Drive right-hand drive through British streets with a working reversing camera and multiplex panel.
• Pick from eight liveries, including operators that ran the Spectra in service.
• Run it on Android or Windows — textures are compressed to hold frame rates on phones.

Compatibility and Technical Details

About the Real Optare Spectra

The Spectra came out of Optare's works at Cross Gates, Leeds, and was built between 1991 and 2006. It was a United Bus project: Optare and DAF combined elements of the MCW Metrobus with the SB220 to create a new double-deck chassis, the DB250, and Optare clothed it with the Spectra body. Power came from a DAF HS 200 rated at 272 bhp, and the step-entrance version carried 85 passengers, 71 of them seated. Wilts & Dorset became the largest operator with 78 buses, while Abus of Bristol put Britain's first low-floor double-decker into service on 4 February 1998.

Credits

Mod author: Vitaliy Shkarupa, PBS.project.