Assetto Corsa PC Mods General DiscussionPC

[Rainmaker87]

Yep, but the original problem is that Kunos made a lousy standard PP-filter when they released the HDR thing with the v1.0RC. Before we did had all the same settings. Then all made their own PP filters and nearly all have had or have values I don't like (contrast, color, FPS, saturation), so I've made one closely to the previous v1.0RC versions with neutral color settings, which I use still today.

Here are original made screens with the old versions. See the v1.0RC is brighter but overcontrasted. Therefore v0.22 had blueish colors.

v0.22

v1.0RC

 

[StoffelWaffle]

One thing that came to me after seeing Tidy's cars... Why do people gush over them ???

They're on par with RTM when it comes to opitmized models and textures...

I mean just look at that MCL F1.

And a KN5 of nearly 300 MB... If it was RTM or any other modder they'd get ripped to shreds but somehow Tidy gets a free pass lmao

 

[shi]

Autodromo Cabo Negro v1.01

Autodromo Cabo Negro | shin956

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The circuit is located in Chile.
Conversion from rFactor.

-CSP recommended
-24 pit/start
-AI, cam

Credits & Thanks;
rFactor Original Track by Por Mauricio "MrOblongo" Herve
-Thank you for giving me permission

AC Converted by @shi (shin956)
AI, sidelines and ai_hints.ini by @G_Parrilla
logo.png and sections.ini by @Fanapryde
"Car Tires | Game Asset | Agustin Honnun" (https://skfb.ly/6TBOq) by Agustín Hönnun is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
some textures by kunos
Test and Feedback by @macko68 , @Breathe , @Masscot

Download (mediafire)

Enjoy.

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v1.01 changelog;

-New AI, sidelines and ai_hints.ini by @G_Parrilla . (Thanks!)

 

[Masscot]

One thing that came to me after seeing Tidy's cars... Why do people gush over them ???

They're on par with RTM when it comes to opitmized models and textures...

I mean just look at that MCL F1.

View attachment 1267365

And a KN5 of nearly 300 MB... If it was RTM or any other modder they'd get ripped to shreds but somehow Tidy gets a free pass lmao

Not sure anyone's getting any free passes, but maybe some latitude is given because his F1 is the first of many with a decent cockpit?

 

[Masscot]

This car could be fun in spec races, but... no LODs.
Anyone able to add them? AC hangs when I try with CM on this particular car.
Or Lucas, if you see this.. can you please always include LODs?

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[MrLonguinha17]

when you edit, I assume you are meaning in a paint program, like photoshop or gimp. if the standard windows.dds works, are you keeping the alpha channel the same as the original in your edit, but with white where you want the window banner to be and the rest black? (assuming the default has black as the transparency)

Yes, I opened it for "Photoshop", but I changed the colors for (red, yellow and blue), for Windows Paint 3D.

I don't know how to move very well on "Photoshop". If someone will happen to "edit" these "Ford Capri Acl windshields" would be grateful. Then if you want to step these skins (not totally the same as Le Mans 1973, they are just similar), as it would have to "color" the top of the doors, as well as the front fender and part of the rear spine.

 

[oreofinn]

Hitting F12 nuked my version of CSP 1.80p218.
I was trying to turn off my virtual mirror and after hitting F12 on accident, the sky flickered black and it took some kind of screenshot(?) Ever since then my loading screen for ONLY Shutoku 0.92 looks like the first "screenshot" it took, and when loading in to EVERY track it looks like the 2nd attached picture, which persists when trying to drive... Downgrading to 1.79 fixed all my issues, but of course it doesn't have the RainFX. Has this happened to anybody else or did i really just mess up that badly?

 

[Masscot]

This car could be fun in spec races, but... no LODs.
Anyone able to add them? AC hangs when I try with CM on this particular car.
Or Lucas, if you see this.. can you please always include LODs?

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View attachment 1267379

Fix for cockpit glass not allowing shadow-casting light into the cabin:

;fix shadow-casting sun in cockpit
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = vidroint ; internal glass material name
CAST_SHADOWS = 0

(copy and paste to the config)

I still can't create LODs for this car, unfortunately.
Anyone else tried?

 

[GIBBONS]

One thing that came to me after seeing Tidy's cars... Why do people gush over them ???

They're on par with RTM when it comes to opitmized models and textures...

And a KN5 of nearly 300 MB... If it was RTM or any other modder they'd get ripped to shreds but somehow Tidy gets a free pass lmao

This will be hugely unpopular, but outside of 101creative/petercrill, I am currently finding that EX-Mods/RTM/Remzona or whatever they're calling themselves this week are consistently producing the best content these days. They may not be very good mods overall but they're new and decent quality models and because they use a very basic and consistent method in producing them, they're easy to improve in a standardised way. I appreciate that most people don't want to have to fix every mod they download and so poor optimisation and poor physics puts people off, but I'd rather have these mods unencrypted and spend 30-60mins putting them at my own standard than the ocean of encrypted CSP over reliant bilge that is the current 'modding standard'.

 

[andrevr]

Fix for cockpit glass not allowing shadow-casting light into the cabin:

;fix shadow-casting sun in cockpit
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = vidroint ; internal glass material name
CAST_SHADOWS = 0

(copy and paste to the config)

I still can't create LODs for this car, unfortunately.
Anyone else tried?

I'm trying. Really slow, but hasn't stopped yet. ~85%
Edit. OK. Now it's stopped. ~90%
¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[norms]

Fix for cockpit glass not allowing shadow-casting light into the cabin:

;fix shadow-casting sun in cockpit
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = vidroint ; internal glass material name
CAST_SHADOWS = 0

(copy and paste to the config)

I still can't create LODs for this car, unfortunately.
Anyone else tried?

I'm trying. Really slow, but hasn't stopped yet. ~85%
Edit. OK. Now it's stopped. ~90%
¯\(ツ)/¯

The car is encrypted

 

[Peter Boese]

Hi another question in that direction:

I want to stick with csp1.79 for now but want try pure 0.190, is it possible ?
Or is the newer Pure version coupled to csp 180.p218 and above ??

Additionally is it coupled to CM now?
Cause I am non CM user

TiA

But you need to setup the things in Content Manager. The vanilla launcher don't has this.

You can use Pure 0.190 also with the older versions. The nwere Pure or Sol versions are just prepared for the new CM and CSP versions. In those new versions there is a major change of the weather selection! But Sol and Pure are compatible. So no need to worry about something. You just need to avoid the newest version of CM (0.8.2561...). Its not possible to select the weather controller with it, if you use CSP 0.1.79. Thats all. A small bug, but with big headaches....

@seamount0

I'm using CM 0.8.2561.39678, CSP 0.1.79, and SOL 2.2.9.

I did have SOL 2.2.8 installed when CM updated this morning, and the sky and sun was diffuse and a little dark, and there were no clouds, though I had clouds selected. Updating to SOL 2.2.9 fixed that on my system.

But you need to revert to CM 0.8.2467!!!
You can't select the weather controller in CM 0.8.2561 with CSP 0.1.79!!!

 

[NivekBS]

But you need to setup the things in Content Manager. The vanilla launcher don't has this.

I always setup things within the ini.files located in mainfolder/extension/config
No problem so far with that 👌

 

[Masscot]

The car is encrypted

Yeah, I noticed that when tweaking some shaders, but the kn5 seemed kind of open so I thought LODs might work... especially when they all started generating.
No LODs is criminal, but not letting people make their own LODs is a hanging offence.

Looks like these excellent Integras were updated (and added to) at the end of March 2023.
No mention of physics changes but the Spoon v1 definitely seems to drive differently. It previously cocked its leg more often than a bulldog with a bladder infection, but now seems to skip and skitter under lateral load instead.
Anyway, it's a comprehensive 16-car pack to pick the bones out of. Should be something for everyone here.
All cars are unencrypted (you might want to slow down the shifting animations).
Download link is in the video description

Speaking of LODs...
I love these Integras but have just noticed that the LODs are all fake. I wondered why performance in spec races was lower than it should have been...

edit: closer inspection reveals that the LOD kn5s are all there, but on a few cars (most cars?) lods.ini references LOD A for all four slots.
Easy fix then.

edit 2: mmmm... not so easy. LOD B (edit: and C, and D) seems to be the wrong model in many cases, with the wrong rear spoiler.
No wonder only LOD A is referenced in lods.ini... it's the only correct model type.
Looks like LODs will need generating from scratch for most of these cars...

Glass needs fixing too.

;fix shadow-casting sun in cockpit
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = INT_WINDSHIELD ; internal glass material name
CAST_SHADOWS = 0

 

[dbeck49]

Does anyone have Zandvoort 2020 with the updated grass/track environment? My track environment is very low res

 

[Fumblefap]

Easiest way if you know how to do it is through Blender. You can do it also with 3DSimed but it is more time consuming

Oh, bummer! Guess I'll have to just keep trying! Does anybody have any recommendations for tutorials and example projects I can try to gain an understanding of what to do?

Furthermore, what are the use cases for this 3DSimed program? Is it primarily just for converting content from one game to another?

Also I have another question - this time I'm knocking it down to 2 dimensions. With skins, what are the recommended compression settings for your DDS files? I tried using DXT5 when I saved a skin in GIMP and it looked super nasty in-game. So all of the skins I've made are way larger than I'd really want them to be because I'm saving them without compression.

By the way guys, I've had a really cool idea for a mod. What if every time you add ballast, the driver model gets fatter!?

I had an AI generate some concept art which I like to call 'high ballast setup':

 

[ROZTER]

BMW 328 Roadster and Race v0.1

​

Well... I put it together.
It's just a base, v0.1 - no door, hood animations, and the needles don't move.
I can't seem to learn how to make these things, so I can't keep developing them. If anyone likes it and can add anything, I and the community will be happy - the mod is free to use, develop, change this...


https://www.mediafire.com/file/3dwd573brltb7et/BMW_328_Roadster_and_Race_AC_by_carTOON_v0.1.zip/file

​

Wow congratulations what a great MOD Thanks a lot

 

[cswanson1998]

Oh, bummer! Guess I'll have to just keep trying! Does anybody have any recommendations for tutorials and example projects I can try to gain an understanding of what to do?

Furthermore, what are the use cases for this 3DSimed program? Is it primarily just for converting content from one game to another?

Also I have another question - this time I'm knocking it down to 2 dimensions. With skins, what are the recommended compression settings for your DDS files? I tried using DXT5 when I saved a skin in GIMP and it looked super nasty in-game. So all of the skins I've made are way larger than I'd really want them to be because I'm saving them without compression.

By the way guys, I've had a really cool idea for a mod. What if every time you add ballast, the driver model gets fatter!?

I had an AI generate some concept art which I like to call 'high ballast setup':
View attachment 1267463

Walmart Racing Team

 

[Fanapryde]

Are you adding @Rainmaker87's files to the track? You need to keep the base track, it doesn't replace the track, it changes some files/folders.
Works fine at my end, and my whole setup is extremely unstable recently.
Personally I think the foliage is now too light, I'd prefer something halfway between TMM's original and @Rainmaker87's update, as the track now looks a little overexposed/washed out for my taste, with no contrast (Pure, Pure PPF).

Just got back in my rig and found the culprit.When I make changes or add stuff to a installed track, I always copy the track and put it on my desktop as a kind of insurance.
This time I must have cut it in stead and the @Rainmaker87 add-on showed up in the list like any other track, but obviously didn't work.
Works OK now, no issues.

 

[marc magnela]

This car could be fun in spec races, but... no LODs.
Anyone able to add them? AC hangs when I try with CM on this particular car.
Or Lucas, if you see this.. can you please always include LODs?

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View attachment 1267379

MacedoSTI does not respect kunos standards, no COCKPIT_HR, no LODs, is encrypted, car just good to throw away

 

[petercrill]

Peugeot RCZ 2015 Public Release !!!!
Download: https://sharemods.com/1m9zpo62a44t/peugeot_rcz_2015_1.0.zip.html
-AO inside and out
-Realistic Dashboard
-CSP Settings
-Physics by VR DRIVING
-Colors by vr driving
-Self Ligth
-Panoramic session Start config Daniel Nogal
-Beta testing and help ,@norms,@filemissing,@Mascot,and others

 

[Smurth]

Yep, but the original problem is that Kunos made a lousy standard PP-filter when they released the HDR thing with the v1.0RC. Before we did had all the same settings. Then all made their own PP filters and nearly all have had or have values I don't like (contrast, color, FPS, saturation), so I've made one closely to the previous v1.0RC versions with neutral color settings, which I use still today.

Here are original made screens with the old versions. See the v1.0RC is brighter but overcontrasted. Therefore v0.22 had blueish colors.

v0.22
View attachment 1267353

v1.0RC
View attachment 1267354

Hi,

To me, the second screenshot (1.0rc) looks more natural than the other ; and not overcontrasted...

To calibrate your screen, use this on a black background:

 

[Rainmaker87]

It's nuances that can not quiet good seen on a screenshot. I'm using a monitor colorimeter for calibration. The screens are old I did some for many versions of AC (and also for rF2, where the oldest looked best).

Here you have some up-to-date screens, this one's my own PP-filter, and below the AC standard "natural".

 

[Short_Circut]

Also I have another question - this time I'm knocking it down to 2 dimensions. With skins, what are the recommended compression settings for your DDS files? I tried using DXT5 when I saved a skin in GIMP and it looked super nasty in-game. So all of the skins I've made are way larger than I'd really want them to be because I'm saving them without compression.

You can always try saving as bc7, offers pretty nice compression - filesize balance

caveat though is that it's a csp thing so it'll not show up in kseditor/cmshowroom

but in game it'll look fine

 

[ninezeroniner]

Yeah, I noticed that when tweaking some shaders, but the kn5 seemed kind of open so I thought LODs might work... especially when they all started generating.
No LODs is criminal, but not letting people make their own LODs is a hanging offence.


Speaking of LODs...
I love these Integras but have just noticed that the LODs are all fake. I wondered why performance in spec races was lower than it should have been...

edit: closer inspection reveals that the LOD kn5s are all there, but on a few cars (most cars?) lods.ini references LOD A for all four slots.
Easy fix then.

edit 2: mmmm... not so easy. LOD B (edit: and C, and D) seems to be the wrong model in many cases, with the wrong rear spoiler.
No wonder only LOD A is referenced in lods.ini... it's the only correct model type.
Looks like LODs will need generating from scratch for most of these cars...

Glass needs fixing too.

;fix shadow-casting sun in cockpit
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = INT_WINDSHIELD ; internal glass material name
CAST_SHADOWS = 0

Yes, sadly the integras package was too messy to survive to the recycle bin. I've tried tho.

 

[Masscot]

Yes, sadly the integras package was too messy to survive to the recycle bin. I've tried tho.

The modder says people are free to work on the cars so I'm currently updating all 16 of them with tailored LODs (CM-generated, so not ideal but better than nothing), driver suits, shadow-casting glass, shifter animation timing tweaks, and anything else I spot.
I'll upload the full revised pack in the next day or so. People can then pick the bones out of it and keep which ever ones they want.

 

[shupui]

Running pure 1.90 csp 1.80 preview 218
Does anyone know why pure ppfilter or any filter I try does not load automatically?
When I'm in game I can select all the different ppfilters and then load that way.
I've tried using older versions of content manger without solution.
Thanks.

 

[TonyBarracuda]

Hi mates. Some historical things this Saturday 🇲🇴🇭🇰

Lotus 49 1968 - "Theodore racing", fictional livery
Download

Inspired by legendary team of Teddy Yip

Watch onboard of Lotus 49 attacking Macau Guia Circuit

***

By the way, week ago i made a small walk aroung Guia circuit . And made almost each cornar photo comparison to the track we have in AC (Reboot version is the best i think). For those who like Macau GP it would be interesting. Actually the virtual track is really veru very close to real life. Looking forward for October Macau GP rawe ceek. Can see the photos here

Macau GP Touring 1972 race winner - John Macdonald - Mini Cooper S livery
Download

tiny and legendary Mini Cooper S, driven by British Hong Konger John Macdonald who won the production cup race in 1972. Enjoy ^_^

And here is my favourite
Macau GP Touring 1970 race winner - Anne Wong - Mini Cooper S livery #70 & #142
Download

In 1970 Anne Wong (racing driver from Singapore) made an astonishig race from the last place on the grid to the WIN! And became a legend and super star in one day. It was #70 Cooper S. It was the first and only woman who win Macau race.

Year later same Cooper with Anne behind the wheel #142 took seventh place.

If interested can read more detailed story about Anne Wong racing career.

 

[xezez]

... and my whole setup is extremely unstable recently.

'Unstable' seems to be the #1 feature of CSP these days. I spend far more time trying to sort out random issues than driving lately. Between these and never ending bad behaviour from Windows, I've contemplated giving the whole thing a permanent Viking Burial more times than I care to admit!

 

[demankz]