It’s definitely fun to start at the back on this combo, that was a lot of fun last night. I’m thinking about trying the NSX today to see it it’s easier on tires, it’s raining again so I’ve got the day off and lots of time to kill lol. I always did suck at Gr2 before, I don’t know where this consistency/speed has come from, I guess I’m improving lol. I was in such a groove last night, I had the throttle control down so well, I hope it’s still there today. I can’t wait to get back out there! Will you be out today? I didn’t care for the liveries at first either but they are fun, I wish I knew how to make my own stickers though.
Maybe it's just in the editor, don't really notice it in the game.
@Invisigoth got me into Inkscape. You can make and convert stickers with that. (free download) The hard part is getting each sticker under the 16kb limit or split things up. I googled 'minimalist mononoke' and 'minimalist ghibli' to get some images that were simplified already. Then used the trace bitmap option to turn it into colored layers of vector graphics, and then went around deleting obscured paths, simplifying polygons, cleaning up small stuff etc etc until after an hour or tow I finally got it under 16kb. Then you can simply upload the resulting svg files to gt sport.
For example, source image
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Isolated with paint shop pro
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Converted to 8 layer color scans. Then simplified and split into two svg files.
https://svgur.com/s/CUt
https://svgur.com/s/CW2
What I find weird in the livery editor is, why does it make us go through all this trouble to make pristine vector graphic images (which always stay sharp when zooming) just to get a blurry bitmap when you zoom in on it on the car
Thanks for the info man, I would probably need a relatively modern computer to be able to do that stuff eh? My laptop is 10+years old now and hasn’t even been turned on in months lol, is it possible to do any of this from an iPad/iPhone?
Seeing as it takes hours of work for just one sticker, it makes all the really detailed liveries that much more impressive, wow. Great work guys!
You want to use a decent screen and a mouse. The computer doesn't really matter. I use Paint shop pro 4.12 from 1991, and Inkscape doesn't look very taxing either. You're working with small files.
You can also try making them with basic shapes and letters directly in the livery editor. Can't re-use all your hard work if you go that route, afaik.
I'll probably be doing a couple races in a bit. I have yard work to do but it's 3 degrees and about to start raining. I'll postpone it
Edit: Didn't see you in the starting grid, so I quit to make a livery for the Motul Au-tech, meta car thingie.
No worries, I had cones turned off to start and was messed up anyways lol. Had to pause after I spun out and turn them back on. I don’t even use them here but I just like having them on for some reason.
I've tried to upload decals, and for whatever reason, it never worked. It does take a lot of time, so now, I just jack the decals that other people upload. Go to Discover/Decals, and add any of them to your collection. There's a ton of really awesome ones, there. 👍Thanks for the info man, I would probably need a relatively modern computer to be able to do that stuff eh? My laptop is 10+years old now and hasn’t even been turned on in months lol, is it possible to do any of this from an iPad/iPhone?
Seeing as it takes hours of work for just one sticker, it makes all the really detailed liveries that much more impressive, wow. Great work guys!
Just use them as a rough guide, each car may have to brake before, at or after them, it depends how you brake too, trail braking lets you hit the brakes later because you hold them longer into the turn and straight line braking requires braking earlier. But every car is different, just figure out where you need to start braking relative to the cones for each car and then find a point on/off the track that matches that spot.
How well you came out of the last corner plays a roll too, sometimes you have more speed then others when entering the same braking zone and this needs to be compensated for as well.
The most important part of braking is not when to hit them though, it’s where you start to release them, this point needs just as much attention, if not more than the initial braking point, this point shouldn't fluctuate nearly as much if you’re doing it right.
That NSX seems to have a Mercedes badge hidden in the right rear vent.....That’s what I’ve done up until now, except my 3 bumper stickers I got a guy on here to make for me, these are the other two.
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NSX ready for test her run, T Minus 14 minutes and counting.
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The differences between the TT and the 4C made for some close, fun racing. lost it by .023 but it was still the most satisfying race that i've had in a while lol
I'm starting to like this Tokyo/Gr. 4 combo now... Normally i would avoid this track because it can get a bit, well, rowdy... But I managed to put in a good qualy time and starting up front definitely helps, so I went for a few rounds.
The midpack tends to get tangled up at some point along the way but its been mostly clean up front. The variety of cars on the grid has been pretty good too.
I finished off the night with a pretty epic duel against Lester that finished side-by-side across the line
P.S. This was also my first time using ShareFactory to splice together a few different replay angles and I got to say that it served it's purpose well. It lacks some fine tuning features but for basic streaming and editing it's more than capable enough (and free!)
I'm starting to like this Tokyo/Gr. 4 combo now... Normally i would avoid this track because it can get a bit, well, rowdy... But I managed to put in a good qualy time and starting up front definitely helps, so I went for a few rounds.
The midpack tends to get tangled up at some point along the way but its been mostly clean up front. The variety of cars on the grid has been pretty good too.
I finished off the night with a pretty epic duel against Lester that finished side-by-side across the line
P.S. This was also my first time using ShareFactory to splice together a few different replay angles and I got to say that it served it's purpose well. It lacks some fine tuning features but for basic streaming and editing it's more than capable enough (and free!)
Great race.
@Pigems tried a 3 stop strategy, didn't see him after his first pit stop in lap 0
I'm starting to like this Tokyo/Gr. 4 combo now... Normally i would avoid this track because it can get a bit, well, rowdy... But I managed to put in a good qualy time and starting up front definitely helps, so I went for a few rounds.
The midpack tends to get tangled up at some point along the way but its been mostly clean up front. The variety of cars on the grid has been pretty good too.
I finished off the night with a pretty epic duel against Lester that finished side-by-side across the line
P.S. This was also my first time using ShareFactory to splice together a few different replay angles and I got to say that it served it's purpose well. It lacks some fine tuning features but for basic streaming and editing it's more than capable enough (and free!)
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