Assetto Corsa PC Mods General DiscussionPC

[fleskebacon]

Who did these skins? i know it was somebody on here..........

i am looking for your PSD or PDN file...........its going to save me doing the blue pattern again basically i am looking for the skin without AO so i can modify it for the bathurst 1000

all i can get is the stickers with the bit of black in the centre the rest of the skin is stripped of from Cyrils OG skin (see last picture)

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Volvo 850 BTCC skins

Skins for the excellent Volvo 850 BTCC by Cyril Cherry (tcc_volvo_850_btcc and tcc_volvo_850_estate_btcc). Just added historically correct names, numbers and details. And AO.

www.gtplanet.net

Is it this? In that case, I just used Cyril's original skin as a base. It might have some transparency that I don't quite understand, so I just stripped away the alpha layer altogether.

 

[Quark67]

kn5join.exe was changed a bit to better keep parented objects, seems like that's broken now...
Will fix!

EDIT: for now you could just use kn5Join\kn5join.exe (complete folder) from previous version...


seems like that error is in previous versions too

I found a workaround solution. I made a separate KN5 file for the grandstands and another one for the other objects.
I still had to extract the KN5 and regenerate it with KsEditor.
Now at least I can see the crowd.

I have another question. Do the CM "Update map" work correctly?
I've got only transparent png files, even if the fast_lane.ai exists.

 

[maximeerkat]

Volvo 850 BTCC skins

Skins for the excellent Volvo 850 BTCC by Cyril Cherry (tcc_volvo_850_btcc and tcc_volvo_850_estate_btcc). Just added historically correct names, numbers and details. And AO.

www.gtplanet.net

Is it this? In that case, I just used Cyril's original skin as a base. It might have some transparency that I don't quite understand, so I just stripped away the alpha layer altogether.

did you make most of the pattern up? or use the original? if you used the original pattern i would love to know how to extract it because i cannot at all

unfortunately i'm not sure what "alpha layer" means

 

[JK1977]

add new rearlight,turnlight

add all rim options

 

[samdale12]

That would be great Sam i would like to get this car as accurate as i can purely due to you being here i may aswell if i am able to

Thanks for the explanation i was looking at the car when i was skinning it thinking "how the hell did that happen" and now i know

do you still do motor racing now? or are you still in and around the track at all?

Final update to the red ovlov https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/down...00-volvo-850-saloon-cyril-cherry.7239/updates

Have sent you a link to a PSD via DM, and thank you for your generous work.

I sold my final race car in 2016, and picked up a sim rig a few years later - sim only now, and I enjoy the variety of cars and tracks and mixing up both realistic combinations, and the many high-end fictional tracks and finding a good car/category to combine with them.

I've dabbled a little in reproducing the skins of some of my real-world cars, but miraculously hadn't done this one - some examples below in chronological order (happy to share the actual skins if anyone is interested).

Spoiler: Self-indulgent images

 

[kpcart]

Well, I'm not going to argue with you but doesn't answer my question. 🤔

dlssg-to-fsr3 (Replace Nvidia DLSS Frame Gen with AMD FSR 3 Frame Gen)

Adds AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation to games by replacing Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation (nvngx_dlssg).

www.nexusmods.com

 

[Ararelyracer]

was trying to do a skin with [Material_CarPaint_ChromaFlair], any one has an example input used in the ext_config.ini file?

 

[Perico Lospa]

(Mental side note for Perico: to remember that samdale12's opinions on mods should be taken into serious consideration as he is one of those who knows THE REAL THING first hand... 🤔)

 

[kakauiyt]

Yeah. Either way I made the fixes. Increased rear wheel traction was a must to avoid AI cars powesliding off the track. I also fixed the steering rod ratio so that the race at Monaco is now safe and possible. Actually the 1998 Monaco was the only one that could be used. It races great. I'm not a good car modder so if you find a way to improve them more, please send me the fixes.

Now because of increased rear traction I had to make the cars slower by increasing CD gain to 1.1. That makes the cars a bit too fast on tracks Melbourne and Interlagos where the traction plays bigger role. On the other hand they're very accurate or even a tad too slow on Monza, Suzuka and Indy. Melbourne and Interlagos times are off 2 seconds (too fast) and Indy times are about 1-2 seconds too slow. But hey... at least the races are safe and challenging now.

I really dislike these pay mods but I wanted a 2003 season to play. To be fair these drive quite well as the physics have been taken from Virtua Simulazione 1998 cars (at least a lot of the car data is identical).

I made all correct sponsors for 2003 circuits. That was the biggest job. People actually play these with modern track sponsors which to me looks 100% FAKE and stupid. TV graphics was relatively easy as I already did 1998, 2002 etc. I used those as a base. At least it looks decent. Enjoy.

PS: SimDream filled a DMCA takedown? They have a copyright to F1? Wow. I think I'm going to copyright the air I'm breathing.

PS2: I might have the RaceProject mod link if someone wants to ask.

Yeah they have a copyright to a rfactor mod they have converted without authorization and monetized it.

Sim dream always have been doofus when it came to using dmca, which is what made them go through their demise in 2021 when they DMCA striked youtube video of a popular simracer youtuber that called them out of their practice.

Only them are allowed to monetize patreons mod. no one else

 

[StoffelWaffle]

Big job to repack all 8k textures, so You liked the mod?
I did help with this mod. And i tried to convince the author not to use 8k textures.
Most of my help was with physics, so i can assure that it is not kunos physics. Just some cars uses suspension geometry from kunos Ferrari as it is really good f1 geometry.

Oh my bad ! Yeah, physics-wise they're good, pretty good even ! Better than whatever ACFL's.

 

[Apocalypse211]

Yeah they have a copyright to a rfactor mod they have converted without authorization and monetized it.

Sim dream always have been doofus when it came to using dmca, which is what made them go through their demise in 2021 when they DMCA striked youtube video of a popular simracer youtuber that called them out of their practice.

Only them are allowed to monetize patreons mod. no one else

I wish I knew this before I started doing the improvements. I wouldn't want to promote any SD stuff but hey it's the only 2003 available and after the tweaks it's not all that bad (as the cars are basically VS cars).

I have managed to collect absolutely GREAT package of the 2004 season, by using only 100% FREE 100% Kunos F2004. All skins, full 20 car grid. Helmets, gloves, suits, everything for every driver. Made some of my own additions and it will be amazing.

Ironically when the season is based on only one base car (and driver skins) you will get ultra realistic results. My 2002, 1998 and 1990 seasons are great examples. Also VRC 2005 and 2007... I absolutely love them... so competitive and actually they mimic the real F1 seasons (results wise) so well. Of course you're missing the individual sounds and all that. But you can only play one car.

I love how your 2008 cars drive and I have to play that season through next. And although they're different cars I've managed to create very realistic results. Many of these multi-car packs are tough to get perform well. I tried a 1989 car package and Senna and Prost were slower than Minardis in the qualifying (with driver skills at 100). Same issue with RSS 1986. Lotus98T skin based 1986 season is so accurate. Eyecandy for me is useless if the peformance doesn't mimic the real car performance differences in the seasons. It's very easy to adjust all that with skin only based F1 seasons.

But no more Patreon based seasons for me.

 

[kpcart]

Many of these multi-car packs are tough to get perform well. I tried a 1989 car package and Senna and Prost were slower than Minardis in the qualifying (with driver skills at 100). Same issue with RSS 1986. Lotus98T skin based 1986 season is so accurate. Eyecandy for me is useless if the peformance doesn't mimic the real car performance differences in the seasons. It's very easy to adjust all that with skin only based F1 seasons.

But no more Patreon based seasons for me.

Get stuck into ASR f1 mods, they are the best cars in AC of f1 cars 1980s - mid 1990s. ACFL has improved a bit lately, but still far behind ASR, which are as good as RSS and VRC.

 

[maximeerkat]

Have sent you a link to a PSD via DM, and thank you for your generous work.

I sold my final race car in 2016, and picked up a sim rig a few years later - sim only now, and I enjoy the variety of cars and tracks and mixing up both realistic combinations, and the many high-end fictional tracks and finding a good car/category to combine with them.

I've dabbled a little in reproducing the skins of some of my real-world cars, but miraculously hadn't done this one - some examples below in chronological order (happy to share the actual skins if anyone is interested).

Spoiler: Self-indulgent images

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Thanks for the DM Mr Mumbo i would like the skins if your up for uploading them, also where did you get that car in the first picture from?

cheers Sam

 

[Vintagedriver]

Tried (with 590.26 driver) and....nope no double FPS. However, performance is very good (better than all after 566.36 actually). 566.36 remains as my back should 590.26 disappoint as some stage (Latter installed few minutes back).

DLSS will not work in AC as a member here did explain, maybe only if a real .dll genius can dive deep in this. Did hope Ilya and his team, could implement DLSS and XeSS ( and DX12ultimate) , but it appears he is more into the smaller things.

dlssg-to-fsr3 (Replace Nvidia DLSS Frame Gen with AMD FSR 3 Frame Gen)

Adds AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation to games by replacing Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation (nvngx_dlssg).

www.nexusmods.com

Maybe I’m reading this wrong but then you should have first DLSS in AC?

 

[maximeerkat]

update: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/downloads/y2k-australian-super-tourer-skin-ford-mondeo-acme.7236/

As you know Sam kindly sorted the real stickers for this so it is now pretty dam accurate to real life

thanks @samdale12

 

[RicME85]

Im trying to find a website I once used that has a massive list of AC championships to download. I thought I had it bookmarked but can't seem to find it anywhere.
Anyone know what I am talking about?
Has everything from F1, BTCC, DTM, Ginetta, Carrera Cup, etc

 

[NivekBS]

I think you mean the french guy which is or was also member here.
Unfortunately I’ve also forgotten his nickname but maybe someone do remember.

 

[Pilot3331]

Oh my bad ! Yeah, physics-wise they're good, pretty good even ! Better than whatever ACFL's.

Glad You liked it. As per 8k textures if You having performance slowdowns because of full vram usage, than I found a solution. There is some options in cm that loads shared texture only one time. And in 2006 there's many similar textures, so that option greatly reduces vram usage and there is decent fps even with 8k textures. If You interested let me know ill try to remember whats the name of that options.

 

[multilaf]

I think you mean the french guy which is or was also member here.
Unfortunately I’ve also forgotten his nickname but maybe someone do remember.

I think you are referring to claudiowrc74. Here is his discord https://discord.gg/72ewDE4w.

 

[shauncurtis]

I've tried a few things but not really found an ideal solution.
The problem mainly seems to be that he places new meshes directly on top of (or too close to) existing ones, creating a conflict.
At Silverstone, for example, new adboards are put directly in front of the existing tyre walls, and a lot of them flicker until you get close. The flickering can be stopped by hiding the tyre wall behind the adboard, which looks OK from the driver's perspective but can look odd from replay angles.
I don't know whether Pyyer's setup (hardware or display/AC video settings/CSP) means that he never sees any z-fighting, or whether he just chooses to ignore it, but for me it's incredibly distracting and often a deal-breaker.
It's a real shame because the extensions in principle are a good idea and are generally well executed, apart from all the flickering adboards.
I've messaged him before about this at RD but didn't get a response.

Yes, its a shame as they are a good addon, But some are ok for me but others are just way to distracting like you say, will muck around with hiding see if that helps, Thank for the reply.

 

[andrevr]

I think you mean the french guy which is or was also member here.
Unfortunately I’ve also forgotten his nickname but maybe someone do remember.

Claudio?
@RicME85

Daggnabbit. Toooo sloooowww

 

[sab001]

Where do I find the Aston Martin DB2 that goes with the skins pack recently released by MrLonguinhauin? The DB2/4 Zagato from Lucas Macedo isn't the one... and searching the 2 listed items reveals great emptiness and nothingness.

 

[Haunebu52]

Where do I find the Aston Martin DB2 that goes with the skins pack recently released by MrLonguinhauin? The DB2/4 Zagato from Lucas Macedo isn't the one... and searching the 2 listed items reveals great emptiness and nothingness.

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From my understanding the Aston Martin DB2 and the Renault 4cv haven't been released yet (or at least that's what I gathered from the Discord)

 

[StoffelWaffle]

Glad You liked it. As per 8k textures if You having performance slowdowns because of full vram usage, than I found a solution. There is some options in cm that loads shared texture only one time. And in 2006 there's many similar textures, so that option greatly reduces vram usage and there is decent fps even with 8k textures. If You interested let me know ill try to remember whats the name of that options.

Oh it's not a performance thing, it's a space thing ! It's way too much for a car.

 

[Vintagedriver]

Same here on the Renault 4CV, according Discord message it must be at https://acracemods.wordpress.com/ but I can not find anything on that site.
remark: No it's not the "modern" Franken 4CV from overtake.

 

[Peter Boese]

Glad You liked it. As per 8k textures if You having performance slowdowns because of full vram usage, than I found a solution. There is some options in cm that loads shared texture only one time. And in 2006 there's many similar textures, so that option greatly reduces vram usage and there is decent fps even with 8k textures. If You interested let me know ill try to remember whats the name of that options.

Did you already try to use BC7 dds files? Idk if that works for car skins, but it should generally working with CSP...

 

[marc magnela]

the latest version of CSP is a disaster full of bugs, v0.2.10 extended physics problem, v0.2.11 nvidia overlay problem, v0.2.12 loss of FPS in solo and unplayable online with CPU and graphics card not willing to work at more than 30-40%.

 

[Pilot3331]

Did you already try to use BC7 dds files? Idk if that works for car skins, but it should generally working with CSP...

No, those 8k textures were not bc7. I remember reading here from Alguecool that bc7 is supported but there may be bugs with it. Im using gimp and its not offering bc7 export out of the box, maybe need some plugin. Thanks for input.

 

[CrisT86]

the latest version of CSP is a disaster full of bugs, v0.2.10 extended physics problem, v0.2.11 nvidia overlay problem, v0.2.12 loss of FPS in solo and unplayable online with CPU and graphics card not willing to work at more than 30-40%.


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"v0.2.11 nvidia overlay problem" which kind of NVIDIA overlay problem? Didn't found time to test it yet (is the suggested free version to use in CM right?)

 

[marc magnela]

"v0.2.11 nvidia overlay problem" which kind of NVIDIA overlay problem? Didn't found time to test it yet (is the suggested free version to use in CM right?)

if the nvidia app overlay is enabled, the game simply won't launch (public and preview version)