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[Fanapryde]

so a little while ago someone was doing some work to the Goodwood circuit, was that ever completed and where would the download be?

I can't seem to find anything about it?

Your help is appreciated!

Different versions were done & completed. You can find them all at @Breathe listing

@D4huebner13 :
https://www.racedepartment.com/sear...ories][0]=7&c[child_categories]=1&o=relevance

 

[Alex Porter]

Different versions were done & completed. You can find them all at @Breathe listing

@D4huebner13 :
https://www.racedepartment.com/sear...ories][0]=7&c[child_categories]=1&o=relevance

ahh thank you so much!

 

[racinjoe013]

so a little while ago someone was doing some work to the Goodwood circuit, was that ever completed and where would the download be?

I can't seem to find anything about it?

Your help is appreciated!

@RMi_wood excellent Vintage version:

Goodwood Vintage

My version of the original track. Although I should probably update the link because I think i've made changes since then.

Goodwood Circuit

 

[sDmD13]

Different versions were done & completed. You can find them all at @Breathe listing

@D4huebner13 :
https://www.racedepartment.com/sear...ories][0]=7&c[child_categories]=1&o=relevance

hoy? thats for the bayer but the fh23. sadly there a "full" pack but the skins alone, i will try my best and get them all like i did before. sometimes i like to have it as a pack and then compare the "solo" skins with the pack which has the more accurate version^^

 

[Fanapryde]

hoy? thats for the bayer but the fh23. sadly there a "full" pack but the skins alone, i will try my best and get them all like i did before. sometimes i like to have it as a pack and then compare the "solo" skins with the pack which has the more accurate version^^

Sorry, you lost me there... you asked skins for the RSS Hybrid ? If it wasn't for the LMDh car you should have been more specific.
So for the F1 car (right ?) you will have to search for yourself. I don't have/drive modern open wheelers.

 

[sDmD13]

Sorry, you lost me there... you asked skins for the RSS Hybrid ? If it wasn't for the LMDh car you should have been more specific.
So for the F1 car (right ?) you will have to search for yourself. I don't have/drive modern open wheelers.

np, was a missunderstanding between us 2. i went the last 4 days just looking threw every livery for the great rss f1 cars and named them right in my directory and also ingame, so much "useless" work but thats my thing. i like small details and getting a nice job done

 

[GT3Masters97]

In your opinion, what are the most correct dimensions for AO textures? Does a low res AO map affect the result?

 

[OzAndy]

V8 Supercars Gen3 BCRC mods

bug with the right rearview mirror, the landscape is reversed. Can we correct this in the CM before contacting the modders ?

... it's fine down here in Australia mate!

You must be trying to drive it from the Northern Hemisphere.

 

[Racer63]

If you can, send me your new files and i'll do it for you. You shouldn't have gotten any kind of error message. I've done it hundreds of times with no issues which tells me you must be doing something wrong.

Sure, tomorrow I'll send the files.

 

[gtrNL]

In your opinion, what are the most correct dimensions for AO textures? Does a low res AO map affect the result?

I'd not call myself an expert, but I couldn't see any noticeable differences between 1K, 2K, or 4K. I think only when you have really fine details (like a line across the car) that need a totally different occlusion than the rest of the car do you want to go high res, but for most use cases 512 or 1024 should be fine.

Again, not an expert.

 

[Short_Circut]

In your opinion, what are the most correct dimensions for AO textures? Does a low res AO map affect the result?

kunos recommends using 2k maps if it has liveries

 

[Alguecool]

In your opinion, what are the most correct dimensions for AO textures? Does a low res AO map affect the result?

Depends on which one and how many objects/parts are included, their visibility, their influence, etc...

• Body shell : I would go 4k, 2k minimum for a race-car with livery. Can get down to 1K if the body isn't particularly curved and the paint is plain colors.
• Interior (main part) : same but pretty much opposite : 4k, 2k minimum for a customer car, especially with lots of "luxurious" details, can get down to 1K in a race car mainly full of rollcage and cables.
• Others parts if needed : not more than 1k, 512 is good reference for undershell/hidden parts, doesn't need much more.

Does it affect the result ? Oh yeah, it does. And also remember, you have ONE enemy here : ... COMPRESSION...

 

[RicME85]

may i ask here if someone has a 2023 skinpack for the latest rss hybrid?

Not a pack but here you can get what you want -https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/authors/shadow118.231192/

 

[Tummie555]

Bit of a blank message, but this video just popped up on my YT-feed and I would absolutely love to drive this in AC. The elevation changes and surroundings would be glorious in vr. Track layout seems a bit technical, but I would just be cruising and drooling while gazing at the surroundings. The only other option woud be to become a billionaire.🙃

 

[The-King]

Bit of a blank message, but this video just popped up on my YT-feed and I would absolutely love to drive this in AC. The elevation changes and surroundings would be glorious in vr. Track layout seems a bit technical, but I would just be cruising and drooling while gazing at the surroundings. The only other option woud be to become a billionaire.🙃

The track is available for AC. Officially sanctioned by the track owners for those who care about that.
Will post the link when I find it.

THE MAGARIGAWA CLUB

After years of updating the mod for construction simulation usage, we finally launch the mod for everyone to get a taste of our unique track. The indoor pitlane could be the most iconic feature of our creation... It's also rare to see a...

www.racedepartment.com

 

[Greg_ST]

Update: Nissan 300ZX JGTC Version 11 (Base)
An update for the Nissan 300ZX JGTC, version 11 (base), featuring various changes and fixes.

Info&Download GTPlanet
Info&Download Patreon

 

[GT3Masters97]

I'd not call myself an expert, but I couldn't see any noticeable differences between 1K, 2K, or 4K. I think only when you have really fine details (like a line across the car) that need a totally different occlusion than the rest of the car do you want to go high res, but for most use cases 512 or 1024 should be fine.

Again, not an expert.

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kunos recommends using 2k maps if it has liveries

Depends on which one and how many objects/parts are included, their visibility, their influence, etc...

• Body shell : I would go 4k, 2k minimum for a race-car with livery. Can get down to 1K if the body isn't particularly curved and the paint is plain colors.
• Interior (main part) : same but pretty much opposite : 4k, 2k minimum for a customer car, especially with lots of "luxurious" details, can get down to 1K in a race car mainly full of rollcage and cables.
• Others parts if needed : not more than 1k, 512 is good reference for undershell/hidden parts, doesn't need much more.

Does it affect the result ? Oh yeah, it does. And also remember, you have ONE enemy here : ... COMPRESSION...

Thank you for answering me. Unfortunately I realized that I have a lot of textures that are excessively (and unnecessarily) large in size, so I have to do a bit of optimization.

Why on earth didn't I do this before? Because every now and then I have the brains to split the ears and I forgot to do it 😥😂

 

[andrevr]

Because every now and then I have the brains to split the ears

I'm 100% certain that sounded much more poetic in Italian

 

[Alguecool]

Why on earth didn't I do this before? Because every now and then I have the brains to split the ears and I forgot to do it 😥😂

Oh boy, that feeling will happen many more times, I can guarantee you this.

a few personal tips on that :

• If you use blender, when baking : do it pretty big first, like bake at 4k for a 2k texture in the end. Strangely, it doesn't just improve detail quality, but also precision. Compared to a 2k baking, it will appear more precise on the object borders. Yep, it takes quite longer to do, but the reward is good. I don't know for 3Ds or Maya but I could expect the same behavior.
• Expect artifacts if the UV are too close to each others. Better have a few more pixels between them in a smaller image than an enormously heavy texture with tiny errors in it. It's an easy to avoid mistake, just better keep it in mind
• Like I said, compression is the enemy. Not because it's bad, but because it behave like a c*nt. The closer to full black/white the worst it is. There is no secret ingredient to it (known to me...), but a little helper is to apply a b/w neutral filter on your AO texture (with photoshop for example) before exporting it to dds and using/modifying it. It will remove the purple/green weirdos which commonly appears in the bright to grey/grey to dark transition area. Again, the bigger the base image, the better, but the harsher the compression can appear on the final result.

 

[GT3Masters97]

I'm 100% certain that sounded much more poetic in Italian

Yes is a way of saying to specify that someone has a brain, but doesn't use it. So it sits there, all alone, between his ears. LOL

Oh boy, that feeling will happen many more times, I can guarantee you this.

a few personal tips on that :

• If you use blender, when baking : do it pretty big first, like bake at 4k for a 2k texture in the end. Strangely, it doesn't just improve detail quality, but also precision. Compared to a 2k baking, it will appear more precise on the object borders. Yep, it takes quite longer to do, but the reward is good. I don't know for 3Ds or Maya but I could expect the same behavior.
• Expect artifacts if the UV are too close to each others. Better have a few more pixels between them in a smaller image than an enormously heavy texture with tiny errors in it. It's an easy to avoid mistake, just better keep it in mind
• Like I said, compression is the enemy. Not because it's bad, but because it behave like a c*nt. The closer to full black/white the worst it is. There is no secret ingredient to it (known to me...), but a little helper is to apply a b/w neutral filter on your AO texture (with photoshop for example) before exporting it to dds and using/modifying it. It will remove the purple/green weirdos which commonly appears in the bright to grey/grey to dark transition area. Again, the bigger the base image, the better, but the harsher the compression can appear on the final result.

Sore point: with Blender I've always had problems baking AO maps. In fact I have to adapt to those generated by the CM, even if not the best as I understand it. This makes my job a little more tedious but at least I'm sure that a complete AO map definitely comes out of the CM. Then it must be said that sometimes I look for the quickest way even if it is less elegant (not because I am in a hurry but because I always try to do what will almost certainly lead me to a result).

But I have good news: with the CSP Brakes I have solved most of the braking problems and simulated, in theory, the braking system actually used.

 

[Alguecool]

Sore point: with Blender I've always had problems baking AO maps. In fact I have to adapt to those generated by the CM, even if not the best as I understand it. This makes my job a little more tedious but at least I'm sure that a complete AO map definitely comes out of the CM. Then it must be said that sometimes I look for the quickest way even if it is less elegant (not because I am in a hurry but because I always try to do what will almost certainly lead me to a result).

Well, that'll works too. The main difference is that CM isolate the object to bake the AO, and tend to render a more constrasted result (more black/white, less values of grey). But it does the trick, too. Baking with Blender is... how to say it elegantly... a pain. In the chair-seater. Anything other than the AO always seems different than expected. And everything takes hours.

 

[ninezeroniner]

Formula Mazda LODs.

Formula Mazda LODs

As the title says...LODs. Basic Sympligon LODs plus the data.acd file, mostly untouched if not for the lods.ini file. Back-up the original car folder and drop the 3 .kn5 files and the .acd one in it and you're done. Hope you will enjoy. og car...

www.gtplanet.net

 

[GT3Masters97]

Well, that'll works too. The main difference is that CM isolate the object to bake the AO, and tend to render a more constrasted result (more black/white, less values of grey). But it does the trick, too. Baking with Blender is... how to say it elegantly... a pain. In the chair-seater. Anything other than the AO always seems different than expected. And everything takes hours.

I did some tests. I brought all the AO maps to 512x512 and fixed some that were excessively large for their purpose (color only, brought to 32x32).

On the left is the version with the scaled textures, on the right the one without scaling. I don't notice any differences, so I believe the change will become effective.

The size went from over 200 MB (I don't remember the precise value) to 140 MB. It is still beyond the recommended maximum, but there are a lot of textures because unfortunately I didn't group the 3d elements efficiently. Better than nothing I guess.

Yes you could lighten the main LOD by 100mb easily.

And I did. The main lod went from 270 megs to 166 😎

 

[Fullnoise]

Thank you for answering me. Unfortunately I realized that I have a lot of textures that are excessively (and unnecessarily) large in size, so I have to do a bit of optimization.

Why on earth didn't I do this before? Because every now and then I have the brains to split the ears and I forgot to do it 😥😂

Yes you could lighten the main LOD by 100mb easily.

 

[Cozy61]

If anyone is interested in F1 extras

F1 2022/23/24 AC_Crew Pit Banners and Team Pit Wall Skins

Edit: 12/03/2024 v1.24.e Oliver Bearman added Missing 2023 Williams files added All 20 Drivers and Teams complete for the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Seasons Edit: 05/03/23 All 20 Drivers added plus I have changed the DDS settings for better saturation...

www.racedepartment.com

DIY insert yourself Photoshop/GIMP AC_CREW template

Layered plate to make your own ac_crew.dds files Multi purpose GT/Formula/DTM etc Just drop the finished 'ac_crew.dds' file into the driver skin of choice Based on my F1 Selection here...

www.racedepartment.com

 

[DaWallace]

Yeah, no offense to ChemFlummi because the work he does is awesome. But was his GT4 project really necessary? I thought the Guerilla cars were good enough for what they were and now here's another talented mod creator wasting their time making alternate versions of cars we already have.

C.F. has had so many other way more interesting projects on the backburner for years now. a Ford GT GT3, a 458 Italia GT3, the Corvette C6.R, but I suppose we need an entire new take on the ACC GT4 port for Assetto Corsa instead when we've already had that for a while now.

I'm sure his GT4 cars will be better than the GUE cars of course, but like man, again another case of a talented modder or mod team spending their time doing duplicate projects instead of working on something that hasn't been done before. I know what mod teams work on isn't democratic but AC is getting old and it'd be nice to see a bit more variety before we finish up here. I'm just so tired of duplicate modern GT cars personally.

Wow....wait a minute.... i think you misunderstand something with the GT4s and @Chem_Flummi . 😵

@Chem_Flummi had worked on the Guerilla Mods GT4 Pack, he didn't worked on an own GT4 package. He helped us a lot on the cars to rework the complete physics on the GT4s and he reworked all the cars with optical improvements. He reworked for all cars the complete extension config files. He had never mentioned that he is working on his own GT4 package.
He offered us his help to bring all the GT4 cars to the same visual level and we are really very grateful that he took the time to do it and offered himself for it. The fact that @Chem_Flummi put his own projects on the back burner has my greatest thanks and respect. Nobody asked @Chem_Flummi to improve the look of all the GT4 so much, but he wanted to do it and did it in an incredibly short time. At first we talked about, that he will help us to rework the extensions and the cars, but he was suddenly so in the flow that he said he would finish all the cars now.
But now that he has finished his work on the GT4, he will go back to his own projects and continue working on it.

 

[jac0]

Formula Mazda LODs.

Formula Mazda LODs

As the title says...LODs. Basic Sympligon LODs plus the data.acd file, mostly untouched if not for the lods.ini file. Back-up the original car folder and drop the 3 .kn5 files and the .acd one in it and you're done. Hope you will enjoy. og car...

www.gtplanet.net

thanks!

in return here a repack of all the skins I had installed, with matching crew and driver helmets (so they are not all the same colors anymore)

 

[sab001]

Oh boy, that feeling will happen many more times, I can guarantee you this.

a few personal tips on that :

• Like I said, compression is the enemy. Not because it's bad, but because it behave like a c*nt. The closer to full black/white the worst it is. There is no secret ingredient to it (known to me...), but a little helper is to apply a b/w neutral filter on your AO texture (with photoshop for example) before exporting it to dds and using/modifying it. It will remove the purple/green weirdos which commonly appears in the bright to grey/grey to dark transition area. Again, the bigger the base image, the better, but the harsher the compression can appear on the final result.

Where do I find a b/w neutral filter in Photoshop? (menu) (please )

 

[Perico Lospa]

As a layman in the field, I have always wondered how it's possible that mods with an impressive appearance and full of detail are not difficult to handle by the computer and that other mods of much lower quality are insatiable devourers of fps...

After reading these latest conversations about optimization I'm beginning to understand a little more why, and my admiration for modders continues to grow, and above all, for those who share their work selflessly. Thank you all very much, once again.

(Kiss Ass Mode, off)

 

[Tummie555]

@DaWallace I'm always a little bit confused by the Guerilla mods. For example regarding the GT4 pack, do I keep on eye on the guerilla-mods.de forum for updates, or should I look at the patreon site? The Patreon seems to have a much higher version number than the forum.