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[Perico Lospa]

... what is the best versions of pikes peak for AC...

Not at my rig now, but I seem to recall that Gabenhood's version is pretty good...

 

[Aaron Green]

It's the kn5-files for the wheels that for some reason can't be found. Works fine here, be sure to copy all files and folder from the original archive to get all files where they need to be. Personally, I think it's a bad practise to arrange the extension files in this way like Tommy and some others do. It's much better and tidier to keep everything in the car's extension folder, instead of the global extension folder.

There are these two, and there is also a Bluebird of ok-ish quality, and the group 5 Celica from DRM Revival was also used in the Super Silhouette series, same car. It was a rather short lived series, so there aren't really many more cars to choose from there. Any specific car(s) you're thinking of?

Edit: The BMW M1 Turbo was also used, found in the DRM Revival pack. Perhaps other cars from the same pack as well, I'm not 100% up to speed on all the cars that competed in the Super Silhouette series, other than that they used the same group 5 regulations as DRM and a couple of other series.

I'll have a look at the kn5 files tonight and work out what should go where. Thanks for that.

 

[racinjoe013]

Anyone else have issues with the crowd at some of Fat Alfie's tracks? Feldburgring, Fortney and Deutschlandring all have this issue when the sun is behind them they go complete black. But when the sun is in front of them they are normal? I assume its something related to CSP or Pure given its been a long time since the track was released. I tried to compare with the crowd from his other tracks that are not having this issue using object inspector but it won't let me select them. Anyone know of a fix?

I'm currently running 0.3.0-preview140, Pure LCS 3.10

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Sun behind
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Try turning off the CSP option 'New Spectator Rendering Method'. I think it's under the Track Adjustments options.

 

[Jack_NL]

Has anyone had any issues with Tommy78's DTM cars. I've had a few that looked fine in CM Showroom but then when you take them out on track their wheels are missing, all you can see is the car floating and it's brake discs. I know the Opel Evo500 is one car I was having issues with this morning, and I believe the Mercedes (I quickly ran through them this morning before heading to work so can't totally remember off the top of my head). I'm hoping it's just some errant CSP option...

No problem on CSP 0.2.11

As a Commodore 64 and Amiga user / fan, I had to have the die-cast models for it, most I had was a combo of 1:18 and 1:43

 

[Jeroen V]

I'll have a look at the kn5 files tonight and work out what should go where. Thanks for that.

@Aaron Green; can you share your solutions afterwards? Would be nice receiving, since I too encounter the same defect on that one specific 190e. Thanks in advance.

 

[Paintbox]

Try turning off the CSP option 'New Spectator Rending Method'. I think it's under the Track Adjustments options.

Thanks for the advice, but I can't find that setting anywhere? I even searched "spectator" as a term but doesn't show in the results?

 

[racinjoe013]

Thanks for the advice, but I can't find that setting anywhere? I even searched "spectator" as a term but doesn't show in the results?

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I wonder if he removed that option in newer CSP\CM versions? I still have it in the ancient version I use.

 

[Fall Guy]

Thanks for the advice, but I can't find that setting anywhere? I even searched "spectator" as a term but doesn't show in the results?

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Go to ...\extension\config and open up track_adjustments.ini, it is hidden there. Put a 0 instead of 1. You also can remove the ; in front to have it shown in CM.

 

[fleskebacon]

I didn't mean to, but all of a sudden I had redone the entire skin.

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Nissan Silvia S110 Super Silhouette skin (nis_23_supersilvia_83)

Jan 22, 2026

Redone skin for FSR's nis_23_supersilvia_83

• fleskebacon
• Skins

 

[Fall Guy]

No problem on CSP 0.2.11

As a Commodore 64 and Amiga user / fan, I had to have the die-cast models for it, most I had was a combo of 1:18 and 1:43

Go into the corresponding skin folder and disable the included ext_config.ini, since it most likely breaks up with the parent ext_config.ini. Should help in your case.

 

[Paintbox]

Go to ...\extension\config and open up track_adjustments.ini, it is hidden there. Put a 0 instead of 1. You also can remove the ; in front to have it shown in CM.

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Thanks to you both for the tips, I tried this setting but no difference still get the fully blacked out spectators. I tested that config file by choosing the hide all option which worked so my AC is reading the setting from that config file.

Any other ideas? My guess might be that they are compatible anymore with latest CSP?

 

[NivekBS]

Exactly. Another great driving experience that I had was a Peugeot 205 GTI. It's not fast by today's standards but there's no way you can get that analog feel of pure driving with modern cars anymore. It FEELS fast and that's the only thing that matters.

I've driven a Tesla Ludicrous and Panamera Turbo S and sure they're way faster but they feel sterile and boring in comparison. And get any new 911, they are so fast that you can't even enjoy them on the normal roads anymore. My brothers old 1982 SC feels absolutely amazing at 80 km/h on a curvy roads... the sounds, the feeling, the raw sensation when you switch and you hear that chainsaw noise of the air cooled engine... amazing. Take a new 911 and you have to drive 180 km/h to get the same sensation. Sure they are "better" in every measurable way but pure driving has nothing to do with the numbers.

Exactly. Also my 1989 Honda CRX with about 140 hp was my most enjoyable car to drive.
Faster and better cars came after it, but non of them ever beat the CRX in sense of pure driving pleasure or sensation

 

[andrevr]

It’s a shame we don’t get to see more Super Silhouette cars in AC. They’re one of the coolest in motorsport history.

Also, anyone know of good mods of SS?

Second vote for DRM Revival as suggested by @fleskebacon
It is a different series, but there are many Group 5 monsters in that pack.

 

[Apocalypse211]

Exactly. Also my 1989 Honda CRX with about 140 hp was my most enjoyable car to drive.
Faster and better cars came after it, but non of them ever beat the CRX in sense of pure driving pleasure or sensation

I'm past 40 so I still remember when the top speed and acceleration was a big thing. The difference between Porsches and Ferraris to standard family cars was astronomical. Now any standard soccer mom SUV/sedan/wagon with a hybrid engine can out-accelerate most cars that were considered fast in the 90's.

Sure Porsches and Ferraris are still from the other planet when it comes to track times and all that... but top speed and acceleration are pretty much meaningless now. Nobody cares anymore.

New AMG's have 1000 hp, where does it end? At the same time these cars weigh way over 2000 kg, even 2500 kg and have as much electric componets as a nuclear plant. My dad has a newish hybrid BMW SUV with airmatic and I wouldn't touch that car with a ten foot pole. It's a ticking time bomb and an endless money pit when it ages. Sure they're ok as long as you have warranty but the repairs and potential issues make them pretty much useless after 10 years. Repair bills exceed the value of the car very soon after 5-7 years of use and I'm not even sure those cars are repairable as the technology goes forward so much.

Think about those big screens when they break. You have to strip off the whole dash and sometimes half of the car to change them. And some new cars don't even have buttons anymore, it's all controlled by those touch screens. I'm sure those are nice in our -20C winter weather hehe. Can you imagine those cars being around as long as your Honda CRX? No way.

Personally I think 1990's was the peak of cars. And early 2000's when the galvanized bodies started to come. Still relatively simple and cheap to fix by yourself. New cars don't sell and the car industy is in trouble and classic cars are more desirable than ever. And even with the standard family cars... in Finland people pay more for a reliable old Volvo V70s and Toyota Avensis' than they did 5-6 years ago... because people have realized how bad the new cars are. You can get 500K kilometers from a V70 easily with some maintenance. Sure it's a boring car but it definitely beats paying four figure bills all the time.

Ferrari and Porsche hybrid models values drop like a rock. New hybrid engines alone cost way more than 50-70K for those cars. I'd stay away.

 

[racinjoe013]

Thanks to you both for the tips, I tried this setting but no difference still get the fully blacked out spectators. I tested that config file by choosing the hide all option which worked so my AC is reading the setting from that config file.

Any other ideas? My guess might be that they are compatible anymore with latest CSP?

This one is a little more difficult and may not make a difference, but you could edit the camera_facing.ini file and increase the AMBIENT and/or DIFFUSE values for each entry. One of the values mean darker shadowing (can't remember which one though). If the values were higher, the shadow side might not be as dark.

Worth a try but make sure you make a copy of the original camera_facing file first.

 

[CrisT86]

a couple of questions:

1. what is the best versions of pikes peak for AC, the old gravel one, and also the paved one now... if anyone can point me to any links, even if paid mod. i have some trash version made in 2017.

Gabenhood for sure. I personally, for own taste, completely reworked (but never shared) it, but his version is quite good.

 

[Mumaransa]

[ Personally I think 1990's was the peak of cars. And early 2000's when the galvanized bodies started to come. Still relatively simple and cheap to fix by yourself. New cars don't sell and the car industy is in trouble and classic cars are more desirable than ever. And even with the standard family cars... in Finland people pay more for a reliable old Volvo V70s and Toyota Avensis' than they did 5-6 years ago... because people have realized how bad the new cars are. You can get 500K kilometers from a V70 easily with some maintenance. Sure it's a boring car but it definitely beats paying four figure bills all the time. ]

I drive a 1989 Citroën Ax and I completely agree. I am currently saving up to buy a Lotus Elise S1 111S.

 

[Paccu]

It's the kn5-files for the wheels that for some reason can't be found. Works fine here, be sure to copy all files and folder from the original archive to get all files where they need to be. Personally, I think it's a bad practise to arrange the extension files in this way like Tommy and some others do. It's much better and tidier to keep everything in the car's extension folder, instead of the global extension folder.

There are these two, and there is also a Bluebird of ok-ish quality, and the group 5 Celica from DRM Revival was also used in the Super Silhouette series, same car. It was a rather short lived series, so there aren't really many more cars to choose from there. Any specific car(s) you're thinking of?

Edit: The BMW M1 Turbo was also used, found in the DRM Revival pack. Perhaps other cars from the same pack as well, I'm not 100% up to speed on all the cars that competed in the Super Silhouette series, other than that they used the same group 5 regulations as DRM and a couple of other series.

I would love to see the Bluebird in a better quality. Also, there’s the March and Skyline Turbo C (which is the spiritual predecessor to all Nissan Group C projects), the RX-7 was also a beauty in those regulations and probably the strangest, for lack of a better word, Simca Rallye Maxi Turbo. The Lotus Europa is also another beast, but with the lack of information about it is very hard to get deep into it.

Crazy to think that those cars were faster than F1 at the time. Basically they were a test ground to what Group C became.

Also, I was looking for the Skyline in FSR patreon and couldn’t find at a first look. He really ported this one?

 

[Nuttyboy812]

With the update, I see all the headlights black in the showroom. On the track, only the front ones appear black. 🤷‍♂️


It's probably my favorite Porsche, it's beautiful in GT2 version 🔥 🏎. The "gtsupreme" mod isn't bad in my opinion, it's decent.

There is a 993 GT2 Evo made by Taisen Performance too, which recently came out and is really nice.

Second vote for DRM Revival as suggested by @fleskebacon
It is a different series, but there are many Group 5 monsters in that pack.

I cannot get the hang of driving the DRM Revival cars for the life of me, mostly the brakes just seem super weird and I have to press all the way down on my SR-Ps to lock them.

 

[Vintagedriver]

Can a member please correct this purple Indy'60 road surface from @GzeroD at the Legion site, see link in Googledrive


Or see in the Breathe tracklisting

 

[ancient_3]

DumbAI

Oct 18, 2025

app written in lua to make new race strategies and some small adjustments to the AI of AC/CSP

• ancient_3
• Miscellaneous

Here is version 1.0 for DumbAI (needs CSP 0.3.0 preview 212 to work , with extended physics allowed)

In short, this app overrides the AC/CSP behavior for pit stop strategies and adds a blue flag behavior.

Used in a qualifying session, DumbAI ensures that bots will go on track after waiting a random amount of time, with the softest tyres compounds and fuel for only 5 laps, to perform a 3-4 laps run. Each bot maintains this loop while the session is not over.

Used in a race session, DumbAI first performs an assessment for tyre strategy then a second one for fuel pitstop strategy, computing the amount of fuel needed for the race, estimating the number of stints needed, according to fuel_cons.ini, the size of the fuel tank, the fuel multiplier set at the start of the race and the lenght of the race.

About fuel strategy, if the fuel consumption rate is not 0, after having computed a first pitstop strategy with a starting amount of fuel at the start of the race, AI checks in "real time" its fuel level so that to stop before there is less than one lap of fuel in the car. Then it recomputes its fuel strategy according to the remaining lap count in the race. This allows bots to adjust the amount of fuel they add in the car as fuel_cons.ini is always a bit pessimistic and the DumbAI computation at the start of the race has a 10% margin (with a random variable to make bots a bit more "individuals" ).

About tyres strategy, the basic behavior is to use the user-defined default tyre compound for the race. It ensures that if raining, the bot will keep the default tyre compound once the track has dried and it has got back to pit to put slick tyres. If tyres wear has been selected by the user, the bot checks in "real time" its 4 wheels and trigger the pitstop when they wear at the same level as the level that leads to a red value in the UI of vanilla AC. Before triggering the pitstop event, the AI checks if a fuel pitstop is not expected for the near next laps so that it can wait a bit with its old tyres to merge both pitstops.

If the user has checked the "mutiple compound strategy" in the UI, AI will know it has to make a mandatory pitstop to change tyre compound during the race, whatever the conditions. In this 1.0 version, until refinement, AI just change its tyre compound at the first available pitstop (either triggered due to tyre wear, refuel or damage). If no pitstop are performed for other reason, AI will make a pitstop just before there is only 4 laps remaining in the race, to change the compound. If it has rained during the race, the alternating of slick and wet tyres is considered as conform to the rules.

If the user has also checked "alternative strategy", as in older version of the app, the bad qualified racers try to make a first run with a softer or harder compound than the others, according to user selected "default" compound. (Fuel strategy adjustments under development ;-) )

DumbAI also checks for damage during the race and triggers pitstop if front or rear body or suspension are too much damaged. AI automatically change tyres and recomputes fuel during this pitstop due to damage.

The blue flag behavior is basically the same as in older version, just a bit optimized both for computing efficience and code simplicity

I hope you'll enjoy the app. I'd like to thank x4fab for his help and for the modifications he added to the lua sdk in the last csp version, to make it possible

There are surely some bugs due to the complexity of the code and the difficulty to test for everything. Please let me know if you encounter them: if you enjoyed the app, your reports will help me to enhance it

 

[fleskebacon]

I would love to see the Bluebird in a better quality. Also, there’s the March and Skyline Turbo C (which is the spiritual predecessor to all Nissan Group C projects), the RX-7 was also a beauty in those regulations and probably the strangest, for lack of a better word, Simca Rallye Maxi Turbo. The Lotus Europa is also another beast, but with the lack of information about it is very hard to get deep into it.

Crazy to think that those cars were faster than F1 at the time. Basically they were a test ground to what Group C became.

Also, I was looking for the Skyline in FSR patreon and couldn’t find at a first look. He really ported this one?

Obviously, EASY/ACTK has it in his "garage"..

There is a 993 GT2 Evo made by Taisen Performance too, which recently came out and is really nice.



I cannot get the hang of driving the DRM Revival cars for the life of me, mostly the brakes just seem super weird and I have to press all the way down on my SR-Ps to lock them.

Both the brakes and tyres are very dependent on having the right temperature. Cold tyres = crash. Cold brakes = crash. I think they are some of the most entertaining cars to drive. I mentioned it before, but when i have friends over, I usually put them in a group 5 car on vintage Sebring and offers beer to the first who can manage a clean lap.

 

[Paintbox]

This one is a little more difficult and may not make a difference, but you could edit the camera_facing.ini file and increase the AMBIENT and/or DIFFUSE values for each entry. One of the values mean darker shadowing (can't remember which one though). If the values were higher, the shadow side might not be as dark.

Worth a try but make sure you make a copy of the original camera_facing file first.

Thanks for idea, after a bit of trial error this evening I got a good enough result for both Deutschlandring & Feldburgring. I don't think its perfect at twilight hours with the sun facing the crowd very slightly a little bright. But I think I'm getting diminishing returns and want to keep some dynamics for the other lighting conditions.

Big difference specificly for Deutschlandring was to extract the "original textures" within the data folder to replace the crowd and livestock textures. The default ones I think tuned to an old version of SOL and don't play well with Pure LCS. However there is exception, SOL 'debris' textures work best for some reason, so extract this seperatly alongside the vanilla for the rest.

I've attached my camera facing ini for both tracks, rename back to .ini and then replace with original files if anyone has same issue wants to try out my fix.

Appreciate the help!

 

[Quikslvr]

Good news! But I miss the chirping sound when the engine gradually toasts from over-revving it... 🥲

Yeah, same here -- and I thought that was the inspiration for the name "Littlebird." Anyway, I just use the original sfx folder with the new car...

 

[Aaron Green]

@Aaron Green; can you share your solutions afterwards? Would be nice receiving, since I too encounter the same defect on that one specific 190e. Thanks in advance.

As mentioned by others on this thread, deleting the ext_config files from the skin folders gets rid of the wheels missing issue. I now have tyres on my race car!

 

[Longmont]

DumbAI

Oct 18, 2025

app written in lua to make new race strategies and some small adjustments to the AI of AC/CSP

• ancient_3
• Miscellaneous

Here is version 1.0 for DumbAI (needs CSP 0.3.0 preview 212 to work , with extended physics allowed)

In short, this app overrides the AC/CSP behavior for pit stop strategies and adds a blue flag behavior.

Used in a qualifying session, DumbAI ensures that bots will go on track after waiting a random amount of time, with the softest tyres compounds and fuel for only 5 laps, to perform a 3-4 laps run. Each bot maintains this loop while the session is not over.

Used in a race session, DumbAI first performs an assessment for tyre strategy then a second one for fuel pitstop strategy, computing the amount of fuel needed for the race, estimating the number of stints needed, according to fuel_cons.ini, the size of the fuel tank, the fuel multiplier set at the start of the race and the lenght of the race.

About fuel strategy, if the fuel consumption rate is not 0, after having computed a first pitstop strategy with a starting amount of fuel at the start of the race, AI checks in "real time" its fuel level so that to stop before there is less than one lap of fuel in the car. Then it recomputes its fuel strategy according to the remaining lap count in the race. This allows bots to adjust the amount of fuel they add in the car as fuel_cons.ini is always a bit pessimistic and the DumbAI computation at the start of the race has a 10% margin (with a random variable to make bots a bit more "individuals" ).

About tyres strategy, the basic behavior is to use the user-defined default tyre compound for the race. It ensures that if raining, the bot will keep the default tyre compound once the track has dried and it has got back to pit to put slick tyres. If tyres wear has been selected by the user, the bot checks in "real time" its 4 wheels and trigger the pitstop when they wear at the same level as the level that leads to a red value in the UI of vanilla AC. Before triggering the pitstop event, the AI checks if a fuel pitstop is not expected for the near next laps so that it can wait a bit with its old tyres to merge both pitstops.

If the user has checked the "mutiple compound strategy" in the UI, AI will know it has to make a mandatory pitstop to change tyre compound during the race, whatever the conditions. In this 1.0 version, until refinement, AI just change its tyre compound at the first available pitstop (either triggered due to tyre wear, refuel or damage). If no pitstop are performed for other reason, AI will make a pitstop just before there is only 4 laps remaining in the race, to change the compound. If it has rained during the race, the alternating of slick and wet tyres is considered as conform to the rules.

If the user has also checked "alternative strategy", as in older version of the app, the bad qualified racers try to make a first run with a softer or harder compound than the others, according to user selected "default" compound. (Fuel strategy adjustments under development ;-) )

DumbAI also checks for damage during the race and triggers pitstop if front or rear body or suspension are too much damaged. AI automatically change tyres and recomputes fuel during this pitstop due to damage.

The blue flag behavior is basically the same as in older version, just a bit optimized both for computing efficience and code simplicity

I hope you'll enjoy the app. I'd like to thank x4fab for his help and for the modifications he added to the lua sdk in the last csp version, to make it possible

There are surely some bugs due to the complexity of the code and the difficulty to test for everything. Please let me know if you encounter them: if you enjoyed the app, your reports will help me to enhance it

 

[Masscot]

Yeah, same here -- and I thought that was the inspiration for the name "Littlebird." Anyway, I just use the original sfx folder with the new car...

Yep, was going to suggest this if you prefer the original audio.
The new powertrain is a custom tune of VAG's VR6 engine, so it really needed some V6 music to suit, hence the change.
But yeah, you can't please all of the people all of the time, so it's a good job AC mods can easily be personalised.

 

[Gabriele]

There is a 993 GT2 Evo made by Taisen Performance too, which recently came out and is really nice.



I cannot get the hang of driving the DRM Revival cars for the life of me, mostly the brakes just seem super weird and I have to press all the way down on my SR-Ps to lock them.

I tried it, it's good even if it's still under development. It's a GT2 evolved into a GT1, raced in '96

 

[racinjoe013]

Anyone know if the real life track has light poles anywhere near these two grandstands? I can't find a good picture of either one to see if they have a lighting source.. I hate that they are pitch dark at night, but I also hate fake lighting on grandstands. I much prefer to have an actual lighting source.

 

[SuperSportX]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/downloads/mclaren-f1-lm-sound-and-physics-mod-v3.7454/

Third update for the F1 LM, changes are as follows:

New clearer samples
New handling so the car is more stable now for the player and the car won't tip over if used by the AI anymore.
Car performance has been adjusted so it's now very competitive as it should have been from the start and can now keep up pace with the upcoming F50 GT and SuperSport.
Sounds for the lower RPMs use new samples and now do not sound distorted when transitioning into higher RPMs.


Toyota GT ONE 1998 Update for the Toyama 2zero:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/downloads/toyota-gt-one-1998-sound-and-physics-mod-1-0.7455/



Made a ton of progress on the CLK GTR, will more than likely release it tomorrow due to finally being satisfied with the result as I wanted to add as much variety as possible for the car, several of the colors now reflect the real chassis numbers: