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[Legzy]

Guys, let me start with a bit of a mission statement:
I like what Dave has been doing with UKGTR2 & that's why I'm still there racing it every week. If people are hoping I'm going to revolutionise UKGTR2, sorry but I'm not that man. That said, I will be making a few little tweaks that will hopefully not scare off those of us still here, while hopefully pull back a few drivers that have faded away this last one/two seasons & with a little luck pick up a few new faces.

I'll be freshening up the 'track rota' we use, weather will be a factor, race lengths will be seeing a change & depending on you lot... we might get a new car or two.


But I know nothing about available GTR2 car mods & I'm going to have to trust you guys that are interested in new content & that want to continue racing UKGTR2 with your opinions. But, I need more then just opinions (opinions are the easy bit), I need people to put their time into testing a car or two... obviously that's only if they want to see any new cars

I'd be happy (i.e. it will fit well with half of my S13 plans) if we could come up with a new GT3 (meaning roughly level with our GT3's) car to introduce. Problem is, we not only need to know the car works & looks pretty enough , but we need permission to not only host but also edit some of the performance values for balancing reasons. Not all mod creators would be up for that, though we don't get turned down often & we have started building up a decent list of people's cars we have access to already.

So anybody know of such a GT3 car/cars? (& how willing are you to help with the effort of getting permission, testing it etc?)

Chris
(Soon to be) UKGTR2 Director

[Legzy]

Just wanted to add to that, here are the kind people who's cars we already have permission to host (but we'd probably still need to check for 'editing for balancing' permission):
Cooky
Crocko 05
Nack
Splintert 92
Scca1981
Kart1803
Butch
Hubert
CY-33
RMi Release Group
Greg7
Insane Druid


p.s. I would possibly entertain mods from the other classes, but GT3 is priority one please & maybe think of others as a bonus or longer term.

[nsfast]

Thanks for the info Legzy. I'm pleased to hear that we moving forward with an evolution rather than revolution to the GTR2 series. 

I've no knowledge of any mod's but would be happy to put in some limited testing time if needed. As long as you don't expect feedback which is too technical. 

[Truetom]

Like he said.
We're having some races with H@l over at Pils. Various mods and was most interesting to race in '88 F1s at Potrero. Don't know if they have all the permissions, though. Don't think they care much, either.

H@l might be more into this stuff, but he's a bit lazy occupied.  

[purdie]

really good to hear that your taking over Legzy 

You can't beat the racing atmosphere and gameplay GTR2 creates... not even iR can 

Here is where I normally download the mods and have a play....

http://www.virtualr.net/latest-downloads/

It is of course a minefield of permissions and hard to find well-packaged cars to reduce any CTD's.... as Dave kept finding he had to modify codes. But there is a load of new stuff..... the prototypes look good but World Super GTs have been years (boringly) in the making and finally released:-

http://www.virtualr.net/world-super-gt-mod-10-released/

and a complimentary addon by another modder, the Porsche GT1 :-

http://www.virtualr.net/world-super-gt-mod-10-released/

or similarly:-

http://www.virtualr.net/fia-gt-1997-mod-11-released/

An era when GT2's were the Vipers and 993 GT2 porsches    .. might be interesting  as we have them as stock anyway !

[goldtop]

Following on from Purdie's post.....maybe not a contender here as it's not GT, but the phyisics/ffb in the F1 1979 mod is sooooooo fantastic you might even forgive the lack of visible wheels from cockpit view.

http://www.virtualr.net/f1-1979-25-for-gtr2-released/

Note: follow the installation instructions very carefully in the readme if you're going to try this one out, but well worth the effort.

Personally, I'm not sure what would restore my enthusiasm for GTR2. Maybe a short sprint spec series so we don't have to worry about all that car balancing. For example a Porsche Cup or TVR Challenge or maybe even a different car for each event as opposed to a single car series.

[purdie]

Following on from Purdie's post.....maybe not a contender here as it's not GT, but the phyisics/ffb in the F1 1979 mod is sooooooo fantastic you might even forgive the lack of visible wheels from cockpit view.

agreed! better than the rF version!

just change view wheels (or something to that effect) from 0 to 1 in the plr file 

[goldtop]

Thanks Purdie 

Now how about that F1 '79 series 

[Jeffrey]

I think a good touring car mod would be interesting. That often offers close racing, which is what everyone is looking for.

[Truetom]

Together with you in the same class would be like multiclass racing, JR. Even so, I'm up for it.

[purdie]

I think a good touring car mod would be interesting. That often offers close racing, which is what everyone is looking for.

i hope your not suggesting FWD ones jeff !!! 

DTMS and/or Super GT's ? 

i feel an inevitable ukgtr vote occuring 

[Josè Arrogantio]

I would be happy to do some testing of any new cars.

The 2007 GT3 mod looks good
http://www.virtualr.net/2007-fia-gt3-championship-10-released/
and so does Super GT
http://www.virtualr.net/super-gt-gt500-2-5-released/

Maybe a short sprint spec series so we don't have to worry about all that car balancing. For example a Porsche Cup or TVR Challenge or maybe even a different car for each event as opposed to a single car series.

How about the Supercup mod
http://www.virtualr.net/porsche-supercup-2008-released/

[purdie]

after the hardwork getting the latest batch of new cars to work it would be a shame to undo that work

any new cars would surely have to integrate sensibly into one of the current car classes?

depends on how many series will run what days etc and maybe get rid of the slower cars..... personally i never drive anything slower than GTC and I imagine a one make series would isolate a lot of other people (especially a Carrera Cup)

any guidance Legzy 

[spanner]

Its been said before that some people are put off by the slower classes. Why not just run our most popular classes, GT2 & GTC?

I agree, i dont think just changing the cars to something else is a good idea, and changing to touring cars i'm not convinced about either.

[Truetom]

Hey, what about my Marcos? Can I use it GT2 class?