Racing Sim Thread

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:07 pm

Finally found a copy at Best Buy...sheesh. Gotta love the 19.99 price tag (along with my reward zone $5 coupon), brings my total to 15 bucks.

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:40 pm

ISI has just released the Shanghai, China Jiading circuit for rFactor. It appears they are releasing a track for each remaining F1 race. Hope that means Suzuka is forthcoming. Check it out:

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Jiading
http://www.rfactor.net/

TCrouch · Post by **TCrouch** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:54 am

Ran a bunch of online races tonight in GTR2.

Who all has it now? Anybody want to run some either Thursday night or some time this weekend?

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:54 am

Went to EB yesterday to snag GTR2, but they didn't get it in yet. Maybe if I get a chance today I'll swing over there.

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:44 pm

The demo for the next Simbin racing sim has just been released:

Eidos Interactive and Simbin Development Team are happy to announce the demo release of RACE – The Official WTCC Game. For the first time ever the close racing and intense action of the World Touring Car Championship can be experienced behind your own computer!

Featured cars in this PC demo are the Seat León and the BMW 320i, representing the versatility of the WTCC Championship. At the legendary circuit of Brands Hatch, UK, players can experience a taste of what’s to come. Chase your ghost in the Time Attack mode, push yourself to the limit and break your own record.

On top of this it’s also time to unveil the in-game support classes for the WTCC championship which will be featured in the full version of RACE – The Official WTCC Game. Next to the over 35 officially licensed touring cars there will be 2 additional classes, ‘WTCC 87’ and the 2006 Mini Cooper Challenge.

‘WTCC 87’ will give you the chance to drive 2 of the most fabled cars from this era, the Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo and the BMW e30 M3. These classic touring cars were the stars in the only ever Touring Car World Championship before Andy Priaulx won the revived World Championship in 2005. They were driven by names that are part of the 2006 season as well, such as Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT) and Nicola Larini (Chevrolet), or Roberto Ravaglia (Team manager BMW Italy-Spain) who won the championship that year.

The Mini Cooper Challenge offers racing as close as the Official WTCC, providing close racing and great spectacle. Being the ultimate starter class, the Mini’s offer a great opportunity to learn the basics of racing before progressing to the more advanced World Touring Cars. And above all an equal opportunity, as everybody is driving the same package in this field of over 30 cars.

Together with the Official 2006 WTCC Season these support classes will give you an experience you don’t want to miss. So download the demo and get a taste of what’s to come!

The PC demo and additional info on the support classes is available from the official RACE-website: www.race-game.org

Sweet, a new Brands Hatch to replace the myriad of "long in the tooth" conversions that exist out there in racing sim land.

http://www.race-game.org/

http://www.race-game.org/news/latestnews.htm

http://www.race-game-demo.com/

http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=1104

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:29 am

Sweet, I'll have to check it out. After the one-two punch of GTR2 and Flight Sim X, I ended up building a new PC. I can now run GTR2 with the graphics cranked and it's smooth like buttah... (FSX still runs like butt though...!)

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:48 pm

what kind of specs does your new rig have Grant?

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:40 am

P4 3.4Ghz, 2 gb of ram, 250gb sata hard drive, and an nvidia 7900 card. I didn't go too crazy on the card, since there are new ones coming out all of the time. Certainly a big step up from my old rig though. I got it all on New Egg, applied for their card so have a 6 months no interest deal on all of it.

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:07 am

Race: The Official WTCC Gamewas released this weekend in Europe and worldwide via Steam on Nov. 24th. This is the most recent racing sim from Simbin (GTR, GT Legends, GTR2) and it models the 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

I was looking forward to this game because I am a fan of the WTCC. It is one of the only racing series I am aware of where you can view all the races of the current season online (Eurosport coverage). I was also looking forward to it because it has some tracks modeled that have never been done for any racing sim to date (Macau, Curitiba, and Puebla), and new versions of Brands Hatch and Istanbul Speedpark.

After struggling with this game all weekend, I would not recommend it in it's current state.

First, it will cost you $44.95 on Steam which is pretty steep for a digital download, especially when you consider I purchased the actual CD hard copy of GTR 2 for $19.99 (although that was after driving around for 3 days looking for it at about 20 stores). I fully support the digital download purchase model, as in this day and age I don't see the need for the actual hard media (CD, DVD, etc.). However, there should be some kind of a price break to the consumer.

But the price does not really factor into why I don't recommend it. The game is just a buggy mess with some strange design decisions on Simbin's part.

*Lots of lockups and crashes to desktop. This is being pretty widely reported in the tech support forums, but as of yet I cannot even start a championship without the game locking up on me. Time trial and practice modes work though. Trying quick races has sometimes worked, other times completely crashes to desktop.

*Frame rate issues. I have an older system (AMD 3500, 128mb nvidia 6600GT), but GTR2, GT Legends, and rFactor run pretty well for me on med to high settings in small field of car racing conditions (10-15). In RACE I am struggling to get above 20fps in race conditions. In fact FRAPs was reporting frames from 1-28 in a 10 car race that I did. It stuttered so much on the first lap as to be virtually unplayable. The tracks did not seem any more detailed than GTR2 or GT Legends tracks, and I would say the cars and cockpits are less detailed than GTR2. Even alone in Time Trial mode the frame rates are much lower than GTR 2. Playable on my system, but not great.

*Graphical glitches. Just lots of missing textures, flickering images. Also, shadows are not dynamic in the cockpit as in GTR 2, GT Legends, etc. Just some wierd stuff. Also, all the tracks and cockpits seem dark and gloomy even in sunny conditions.

*All files are encrypted, even the plr file. Meaning no customizations whatsoever. GTR2 basically opened everything up, so why go backwards?

*DX9 shader support only. For owners of decent systems this may not be an issue. GTR2, GT Legends, and rFactor all allow for DX9, DX8 and DX7. DX8 gives me much improved results in those games without a perceived quality hit. Why leave this out when the other games based off the exact same engine have it?

*Buggy Multiplayer code, no dedicated server. Have yet to successfully race online.

Anyway, this is just to name a few. Hopefully, Simbin will fix these issues as I would love to race this series and tracks, but worst case scenario maybe someone will unencrypt the track files and at least convert them to GTR 2. Overall, seems like a misstep by Simbin and possibly a rush to release.

Official Race Forums:

http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=1104

Race Bug Reports:

http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=1137

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:56 pm

For all the rFactor fans, the full version of F1 1979 has been released as a nice Christmas present.

Grand Prix 1979 v1.0

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cf ... rix%201979
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=277729

This mod sounds jam packed full of goodness, for instance:

V1.0 comes with two versions, Grand Prix 1979 HISTORICAL and Grand Prix 1979 UNRESTRICTED.

Grand Prix 1979 HISTORICAL is the 1979 is the season as it actually happened, with the various models and paintjobs appearing where they actually were (save for the few still missing in this build, and for driver changes which are not yet possible to simulate in Rfactor). This version does not allow the user to bypass historical accuracy; it´s not possible for instance to drive the FW07 at Kyalami, since in the actual season the car only debuted in Round 4 at Jarama. By attempting to do so, the user will find himself sitting in a Fw06. This version is optimized for offline play, and is the one that fully complements the spirit of the mod.

Grand Prix 1979 UNRESTRICTED provides more freedom to the user. Whilst it offers the same content as HISTORICAL, it allows the user to drive anything, anywhere. This version might be more suitable for online racing, but it doesn´t work as well offline since the AI cars will always be the default model of each team.

--CARS:

Alfa Romeo 179

Arrows-Cosworth A1 Mk1
Arrows-Cosworth A1 Mk2
Arrows-Cosworth A2 Mk1
Arrows-Cosworth A2 Mk2

ATS-Cosworth D2

Brabham-Alfa BT48
Brabham-Alfa BT48 front wing
Brabham-Cosworth BT49

Ensign-Cosworth N177
Ensign-Cosworth N179 Mk1
Ensign-Cosworth N179 Mk2

Ferrari 312 T3
Ferrari 312 T4
Ferrari 312 T4 Slow config.

Fittipaldi-Cosworth F6A

Ligier-Cosworth JS11

Lotus-Cosworth 79
Lotus-Cosworth 80 Mk1
Lotus-Cosworth 80 Mk2

Mclaren-Cosworth M28
Mclaren-Cosworth M28B
Mclaren-Cosworth M28C
Mclaren-Cosworth M28D
Mclaren-Cosworth M29

Merzario-Cosworth A1B

Rebaque-Cosworth HR79

Renault RS-01
Renault RS-11
Renault RS-12

Shadow-Cosworth DN9
Shadow-Cosworth DN9B
Shadow-Cosworth DN9C

Tyrrell-Cosworth 009 Mk1
Tyrrell-Cosworth 009 Mk2
Tyrrell-Cosworth 009 Mk3

Williams-Cosworth FW06
Williams-Cosworth FW07

Wolf-Cosworth WR8
Wolf-Cosworh WR8B

--TRACKS:

Kyalami (GPL conversion) V1.2

Long Beach (Scratch-built) V1.0

Jarama (NR2003 conversion) V1.0

Monaco (GP4 conversion) V1.1

Dijon (F1C conversion) V1.0

Silverstone (GPL conversion) V0.9

Monza (F1C conversion) 1.0

Osterreichring (GPL conversion) V1.0

Watkins Glen (NR2003 conversion) V1.0

Wow, I can't wait to try this one out.

Also, looks like it is very important to pay attention to all the details of the installation/readme. For example,

//// INSTALLATION:

Before installation it is strongly recommended to remove any previously installed versions of the mod.

!!!IMPORTANT!!! DO NOT UNINSTALL the demo from the add/remove icon on the control panel folder. Due to a bug with the installer creating program, doing that will remove the ENTIRE Rfactor installation. To uninstall safely use the proper uninstall79.exe in rfactor´s main folder.

To install v1.0 just point both GP79_v10.exe and GP79_tp_v10.exe installers to your Rfactor folder.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:20 pm

Jody Scheckter! Very cool. Enjoy it, Don.

Take care,
PK

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:58 pm

woohoo!

R-Factor - The gift that keeps on giving!

Thanks Don!

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:00 am

Just tried it quickly this morning, and it is instantly my favorite mod for rFactor. The cars handle like you would expect, they look great and sound even better. I raced around Long Beach for a while, man, that track is a beast!

Excellent mod guys, you NEED this one!

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:34 pm

Long Beach ? OH MY better turn off damage

i loved that track in papyrus's indy car.

Bet its tough with these cars.
I got to get into this again.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:48 pm

Not only is it tough, but it's one of the real old configurations. There are elevation changes for Pete's sake! Even the AI cars lose a little traction there, which is cool to see.

Watkins Glen is also well done, and another great challenge. Getting through the esses just right, or not wiping out in the heel of the boot is tough (at least for me!). These '79 cars do not have the stopping power of their modern day counterparts.

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:16 pm

Just doing a little catch-up. Lots of new releases over the last few weeks.

rFactor Updates

Mods:
- ORR (Off Road Racing) Trucks v1.0 by Madcowie
Comes with Trophy Stadium v1.0 track
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cf ... R%20Trucks

- rf1600 by Mudsnow (Skip Barber Mod)
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=rF1600
http://www.thepits.us/board/viewtopic.php?t=8053

- Historic Rally Cars/Pikes Peak Mod v1.1
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cf ... 0%28HRC%29
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=275891

- Pikes Peak DRWupdate and Pikes Peak snowy
http://www.no-grip.net/details.php?filenr=2034

Tracks:
- Nordscheife 2006 1.0 by Raceking (Scratch built Nordscheife with multiple configurations)
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=277733

- Livet Glen v1.0 by Team iDT
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cf ... et%20Glenn

- Oulton Park 2005 by lasercutter
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cf ... ark%202005
http://www.thepits.us/board/viewtopic.php?t=8044

- Aintree v2.0 by philrob
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=Aintree
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=271327

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:13 pm

The F1 79 season is freaking brilliant.

I am racing with a Fitipaldi Lotus and I am loving it. It is a really good challenge but not nearly as touhg as racing in GPL's 67's.

This mod has to go down as the greatest racing sim mod since GPL's 2004 demo.

Well done.

Guys, we need a DSP racing night with the 79's sometime soon. Let's race at Kyalami.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:11 pm

pigpen81 wrote: Let's race at Kyalami.

Oooh, I bet PK's really wishing he could join you now!

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:10 am

Zeppo wrote:
pigpen81 wrote: Let's race at Kyalami.
Oooh, I bet PK's really wishing he could join you now!

You're damn right I am! F*CK!

My rig just doesn't have the ponies to run rFactor, sadly. But if the frau makes good on her threat to buy a family PC this year, you can bet rFactor will be one of the first damn pieces of software I put on it.

Take care,
PK

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:59 am

In the Ctdp f1 2005 mod

Has anyone been able to ride in anything other than a minardi ? I mean without buying a car. It says how but i cant get it too work.

I would love to razz round as Button in the Honda.

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:52 pm

Can we do a quick inventory of who has what game right now? Perhaps setup some online races?

I have GTR2, rFactor, and GPL (not currently installed.)

I just got the new rig, so haven't downloaded much for any game yet.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:21 pm

NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
Grand Prix Legends
F1 Challenge 99-02
Rally Trophy
Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Take care,
PK

DChaps · Post by **DChaps** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:28 pm

GTR 2
RACE
GT Legends
rFactor
F1 Challenge 99-02
Richard Burns Rally
Nascar Racing 2003
Grand Prix Legends
Rally Trophy (freshly re-installed thanks to the Rally thread)
Colin McRae 4
Colin McRae 2005
Nascar Heat
Mercedes Benz Truck Racing
Viper Racing
WOO
Dirt Track Racing 2

Paul, if you can run the games in your list, you should be able to run rFactor, GT Legends, and GTR 2, although maybe dumbed down a bit. rFactor is suprisingly scalable. Download the demo and give it a shot.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:04 pm

GTR
GTR2
rFactor
Grand Prix 4
NR 2002
NR 2003

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:22 pm

Any of you guys ever seen this dude's stuff?

http://www.bobearlracing.com/Index.htm

Looks pretty sweet and simple to me while covering all the important bases.

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