Grand Prix Evolution for Automobilista 2024.9.30 beta

IMPORTANT: DELETE OLD VERSION FIRST!!!

After three and half years of waiting, the 2001 season and 2000 season are now available in Grand Prix Evolution, based on Grand Prix 4 and Grand Prix 3 2000 season!

New Features:
- Grand Prix 2001 season is added! All cars from Grand Prix 4 are faithfully recreated, with numerous new features added. All textures are remasted at up to 4x scale. New shaders and visual effects are added. The base car models are based on original game meshes but have been extensively reconstruced, fixed, and the UVs have been remapped. Tires and steering wheel models are reconstructed faithfully according to the original game. (See full change list in mod "Support" folder.)

- Cars from GP3 2000 season addon is now available as Grand Prix 2000, which is available in the GP98 sub series. All cars have faithfully remastered skins and helmets.

- Added expansion pack support, extra season expansion pack will be released in the future.

- Safety cars are now driveable in the main series.

Graphics:
- Adjusted car body UV mapping of GP94 cars, now each team only need one car skins file.
- New remastered helmet textures for GP98 and GP00 cars.
- Redesigned LCD display layout for GP91 cars.
- New gear indicator font for GP91 cars.
- New wheel textures for GP98 cars, greatly improved the look of the rims.
- Adjusted GP98 car body smoothing, adjusted rear body UV.
- Fixed GP98 car incorrect rear wing UV mapping, now each side of the rear wing have the correct sponsor names.
- New rain light graphics for all cars.
- Fixed incorret Bridgestone logos on GP98 cars' tires and skins, before they were using the 2011 version of the logo.
- Adjusted onboard camera order and positions.
- Adjusted GP94 and GP98 body specular map.

Sounds:
- New kerb rumble sound for GP91 cars.
- Recalibrated sound levels for all cars.

Physics:
- Fixed incorrect suspension settings for all cars, making them closer to the original game and greatly improved handling.
- Recalibrated tire grip level and downforce level for all cars, making the performance gap between the seriers more realistic. (Less tire grip in later series due to the introduction of grooved tires, but more downforce.)
- Adjusted break power for all cars, greatly solved the earsily lock-up handling.
- Added launch control and 7th gear option for GP01 cars.

Misc:
- The default 1991 season now has real drivers and teams, the fictional vehicles are moved into an extra series, which is also available to play.
- Added 2000 season cars into GP98 sub series, all cars are based on the GP3 2000 season addon.
- Added two new safety car (white and yellow version), which will be used on 1991, 1998 and 2001 seasons.
- Other minor fixes.

If you enjoy this mod, please buy me a coffee to support me!

You MUST delete the old version completely before installing the new version!

1. Delete all related files in the 'Series' folder (required for pre 2.0 version users).
2. Delete the mod folder in the 'GameData\Vehicles' folder (required for all users).

Another big update features:
1. 2K resolution remastered skins for GP98 cars.
2. GP4 style cockpit texture option for GP98 cars.
3. More detailed damage graphics.
4. Several graphical upgrades.
5. Physics adjustments & AI optimization.
6. Many other fixes and improvements.

Full change log:

Graphics:
- Remastered all GP98 vehicle skins up to 2K resolution including driver helmet and cockpit textures.
- New GP94 and GP98 vehicle skin format (DDS), loading speed improved.
- Added a new alternative cockpit texture for GP98 cars, which is based on GP4.
- Added visible damaging parts for all cars.
- New RPM bar for GP91 cars.
- New rain light for all cars.
- New mirror mesh and texture for GP91 cars.
- Adjusted GP94 car body shape and UV, model accuracy improved.
- New mirror mesh for GP98 cars.
- New mirror mesh for GP94 cars.
- Added front spindles for GP98 cars.
- Added spindles for GP94 cars.
- Fixed GP98 body parts missing in the TV camera.
- Fixed debris not working issue.
- Rebuilt GP98 cockpit car body mesh.
- Adjusted GP98 driver hands mesh and UV.
- Added MFD starting animation.
- Optimized all cars' GEN files.
- Reset all cars' cockpit FOV to 45 (AMS standard).
- Adjusted all cars' TV camera positions.
- Adjusted GP98 alternative cockpit texture.
- Optimized GP98 cockpit mesh and UV.
- New suspension mesh for GP94 cars.
- Added more debris for all cars; Slightly adjusted debris appearance.
- Slightly adjusted GP94 and GP98 body specular map.
- Slightly adjusted GP98 car body UV.
- Added custom temp vehicle.
- Many other improvements.

Sounds:
- New alternative engine sounds for GP98 cars.
- New sound upgrade options.
- Added "ListenerVol" to swingman cam.
- New crowd ambient sounds.
- New debris contact sound.
- New scraping sounds.
- Several new sound effects for GP91 cars.
- Slightly adjusted some vehicles' sound levels.
- Added several ambient sounds.

Physics:
- Improved AI behavior, reduced the chances of multi-vehicle collision at slow corners.
- Slightly adjusted engine power-torque graph for all cars.
- Adjusted GP91 engine rev limit to 13600 rpm. The ideal shifting rpm now is 13000.
- Adjusted GP91 AI auto shifting behavior.
- Fixed wrong GP98 downshift clutch time, handling improved.
- Slightly adjusted all vehicles' spring, damper, and rebound rates. Adjusted damper and rebound setup based on original games.
- Added 'SpeedSensitivityMaxSpeed' to HDV for better controller support.
- Slightly adjusted AI tire grip.
- Adjusted all cars' engine inertia.
- Adjusted AI strength usage.
- Fixed the issue that AI being too aggressive at the high setting.
- Adjusted vehicle damage sensibility, fixed incorrect force field sphere config.
- Adjusted all cars' head physics.
- Set all cars' default pit stop fuel amount to 35 to avoid unnecessary refueling during pit stops.
- Slightly reduced slipstream effect for closer racing.
- Adjusted all cars' inertia and CG height.
- Slightly adjusted all cars' collision feelers.
- Adjusted all cars' differential lock.
- Adjusted all cars' baulk torque, clutch torque, and clutch inertia.
- Other minor adjustments.

Misc:
- Disabled mid-race refueling for 1991 cars, since it was not allowed in 1991.
- Corrected wrong vehicle description. (Special thanks to @polo199)
- Fixed damage config file.
- Optimized all drivers' talent files, re-edited aggression, speed, etc.
- Optimized series directory config, loading speed improved.
- Added descriptions for upgrade options.
- Fixed an issue that may cause the game to crash when racing all classes of cars together.
- Added Ayrton Senna vehicle option to 1994 season, players can add Senna's car by unzipping the file in 'GameData\Vehicles\Grand_Prix_Evo\1994\Teams\01_Williams'.
- Remade menu icons.
- Other minor fixes.

Any amount of donation will be appreciated!

Happy racing!​

YOU MUST DELETE THE OLD VERSION COMPLETELY BEFORE INSTALLING THIS UPDATE !!!!!
STEPS:
1. Delete related files in the 'Series' folder.
2. Delete the mod folder in the 'GameData\Vehicles' folder.

This is the biggest update since the release of this addon.

After this update, you will see 4 series added to your main menu.
- If you want to race offline or race against the AI with actual driving talents, please select the 3 individual series (Grand Prix Evo 1991, 1994, 1998);
- If you want to race online or race against the AI with random driving talents, please select the compilation series (Grand Prix Evolution).

Features:

- Sound issue fix and quality improvements.
- 3D cockpit mesh for GP94 cars.
- New body mesh for GP91 cars.
- Lots of graphical improvements.
- New file structure.
- Real name option for GP91 cars.
- Lots of bug fixes.

I also added a far chase camera as one of the onboard cameras, simply press the 'home' key to enjoy a brand new driving view!

I will be busy very soon. If everything goes well, this will possibly be the final update for the addon. Hope you all enjoy it, and thanks again for all the support!

Happy racing!

The full change-log is as follows:

Graphics:
- New GP91 car body mesh, McLaren and other teams now have different body meshes.
- New 3D cockpit car body for GP94 cars. Original 2D style is available in upgrade options.
- Smoothed GP98 tire mesh; Adjusted specular and bump maps.
- New shader for GP94 car body.
- New tire mesh for GP91 and GP94 cars, normal map added.
- Adjusted GP94 body shape, scaled body size according to real 1994 cars.
- Added driver body for GP98 car, new driver suit textures added.
- Improved GP98 showroom preview, whole driver body & cockpit now visible.
- Optimized GP98 external cockpit graphics.
- Human player indicator added for all cars.
- Optimized GP94 car front wing; Adjusted car body mesh & UV.
- Adjusted GP98 car cockpit mesh and UV; Rebuilt cockpit car body mesh.
- Slightly adjusted GP91 car front wing & suspension mesh.
- Improved GP98 car LODs.
- New cockpit mirror mesh for GP98 cars.
- New gear font for all cars.

Sounds:
- New external sounds for all cars, with improved quality to avoid the sounds glitch in multiplayer mode.
- New contact and speed limiter sounds for GP98 cars.
- New sound files structure, removed useless files.
- Improved many sound effects.
- Adjusted all car's external sound level.
- Improved custom ambient sounds.
- Sound upgrade option now only affects internal sounds.
- Slightly adjusted GP98 engine sound.

Physics:
- Carefully adjusted all car's collision feelers; Optimized damage and contact physics.
- New gear ratio setup for all cars based on original games.
- Adjusted all car's suspension height and undertray value based on original games.
- Corrected all car's camber value, handling improved.
- Corrected GP94 wheelbase value according to real 1994 cars.
- Slightly reduced AI grip usage to increase stability.
- Adjusted all car's head physics.
- Corrected all cars' weight.
- New engine power-torque graph for GP91 cars.
- Other minor adjustments.

Misc:
- Added real team & driver names option for GP91 cars.
- Added far chase camera as one of the onboard cameras for all cars.
- New difficulty level upgrade options.
- Adjusted GP94 driver aggression.
- New swingman camera position.
- Added suspension and driver face camera position for GP91 cars.
- New file structure, which brings faster loading speed, better showroom preview, and more stability.
- Split this addon into 3 individual series, the compilation series is dedicated to multiplayer mode.
- Simplified GP98 upgrade options.
- Shorter series file name.
- Brand new user guide.
- Many other fixes and adjustments.

This update brings full 3D cockpits for GP94 and GP91 cars, it is now possible to race these cars in VR mode. New tire meshes are also made for both classes. Lots of debris will be generated when car crash into each other, making it look more like original Grand Prix games. There are also plenty of fixes and improvements.

Lots of things still need to be improved, I will include them in the next update (real driver names etc).

Thanks for all your kind suggestions to make this mod better! Also a special thanks to GPLaps for making the amazing videos to let more people know about this mod.

Enjoy!

Full change log:

Graphics:
1. Full 3D cockpit for GP91 and GP94 cars. (thanks to Seven Smiles)
2. Rebuilt GP94 and GP91 car tires mesh and adjusted textures. (thanks to
puricele7e & Timo JM)
3. Adjusted GP91 car body and front & rear wing mesh.
4. Ajuseted GP94 car body mesh, rebuilt front & rear wing to fix the graphical glitch.
5. Adjusted GP98 tire specular map.
6. Fixed GP94 font giltch.
7. New & more accurate colliders for all cars. (thanks to Timo JM)
8. Added debris for all cars to improve car damage graphics.
9. Adjusted GP91 and GP94 mirror mesh.
10. Adjusted GP98 car cockpit hands mesh.
11. Slightly adjusted some onboard camera positions.

Physics:
1. New head physics for all cars.

Misc:
1. Added 'Qualifying Ability' for AI talent files.
2. Optimized all cars' .gen files.
3. New vehicle damage config.
4. Removed UI music (due to useless).
5. Removed some useless upgrade options.
6. Removed some unused files.
7. Many other minor fixes.

Before the change log I have a few words to say:

I will be very busy during the rest of this year so I am afraid that I can’t bring frequent updates for this addon from now on.

This addon wouldn’t be like this without the support and the advices from this amazing community.

Thank you all, happy racing and take care！

Change log v1.0:

New feature:
Individual series added:

Graphics:
1. Corrected showroom tire position.
2. Adjusted GP98 MFD font size.
3. Adjusted GP98 timer font size.
4. Adjusted gear font background.

Physics:
1. Adjusted AI stability torque.

Misc:
1. Individual series for each class now available.
2. Slightly adjusted menu icon.
3. Fixed engine blow-out sound effects.
4. Added missing ambient sounds.
5. Optimized .gen files.
6. Other minor fixes.

This update fixes some issues and brings some new cockpit textures.

The helmet meshes of GP91 and GP94 car have been rebuilt/adjusted. Rear tire size of GP91 car has been adjusted. (Special thanks to Sam Smith)

'Tire Management' has been added to all driver talents files. (Special thanks to micro-impact)

New texture for GP91 car (assistance indicator bar added):

Alternative cockpit texture for GP98 car (based on GP3 2000 Season addon, available in upgrade options):

Change log v0.5:

Graphics:
1. Rebuilt helmet mesh of GP91 car; Adjusted helmet mesh of GP94 car.
2. Adjusted rear tire width of GP91 car.
3. New cockpit texture for GP91 and GP98 car, assistance indicator bar added.
4. Fixed low poly wheel texture glitch of GP91 car.
5. Slightly adjusted GP98 car under shadow texture.
6. New alternative cockpit texture for GP98 car (based on the GP3 2000 season addon).
7. New alternative cockpit texture for GP94 car (based on VGA cockpit texture).

Misc:
1. Added "Tire Management" to driver talents files.
2. New driver arms upgrade option for GP98 cars, which follows AMS standard.
3. Replaced external mirror upgrade option with the alternative cockpit texutre for GP98 car.

This update brings the new feature: visible tire wear and dirt pick up for GP98 car:

There are also lots of fixes and improvements in this update.

Watch the new trailer:

Change log v0.4:
Graphics:
1. Added visual tire wear and dirt pick up for GP98 car.
2. Added bump map for GP98 tire.
3. Slightly adjusted GP98 car mesh.
4. Fixed car body shadow receiving glitch for GP94 and GP98 car.

Physics:
1. Solved AI stability problem.
2. New head physics for GP98 car.
3. Added steering rotation setting to GP98 car.
4. Adjusted tire grip for all cars to solve the understeer problem.

Sounds:
1. Adjusted ambient sound level for all cars.
2. Fixed missing alternative sound effects for all cars.
3. Re-edited GP91 engine sound.

Misc:
1. Adjusted some onboard camera positions.
2. Adjusted driver aggression of GP98 class.
3. Other minor fixes.

This update brings lots of fixes and improvements. Here are the cockpit display instructions:

• Grand Prix 1991

① Difficulty indicator ② Information display ③ RPM bar ④ Engine status indicator ⑤ Pit indicator ⑥ Gear

• Grand Prix 1994

① Difficulty indicator ② Information display ③ RPM indicator ④ Gear ⑤ Flag indicator ⑥ Fuel level indicator ⑦ Pit indicator ⑧ Engine status indicator

• Grand Prix 1998

① Difficulty indicator ② RPM indicator ③ Multi-function display ④ Position, speed & lap ⑤ Fuel, gear & water temperature ⑥ Lap time ⑦ Flag indicator ⑧ Engine status indicator ⑨ Pit indicator

Change log v0.3

Graphics:
1. Optimized GP91 car mirror and wheel texture.
2. Adjusted tire and t-cam texture for GP98 car.
3. Adjusted specular and env map for GP98 car.
4. Optimized LCD font for GP91 car.
5. Added showroom reflection for all cars.
6. Adjusted GP91 car body mesh; fixed GP91 body shader glitch.

Sounds:
1. Added some special sound effects for all cars.
2. Adjusted shift sounds for GP91 car.
3. Improved engine sounds for GP91 car.

Physics:
1. Slightly adjusted tire grip for better handling and AI behavior.
2. Slightly adjusted AI performance usage.

Misc:
1. Corrected some team information.
2. Fixed the bug that the game may crash when head physics is enabled.
3. Download link for templates added.
4. Added cockpit display instruction to the user manual.
5. Added menu vehicle icons.
6. Other minor fixes.

This update brings many new feature:
1. New cockpit graphics for all cars. The GP91 car cockpit texture has been remastered, you can also choose the original texture in upgrade options:

2. Vehicle sounds are remade for higher quality.
3. Two types of car shape for GP98 is available to choose in upgrade options:

4. New LCD display for all cars:

Change log v0.2:

Graphics:
1. Adjusted cockpit mesh of GP98 car, making it look closer to the original game.
2. Classic car shape of GP98 car is back! You can also choose the alternative car shape in upgrade options.
3. Fixed some texture and car skins for GP98 car.
4. Upscaled GP94 car skin for a sharper look.
5. New steering wheel display config for GP98 car.
6. Added external mirror visibility to upgrade options.
7. Optimized LCD fonts.
8. Remastered cockpit texture for GP91 car, original texture is available in upgrade options.
9. New shadow texture for all cars.
10. New shader config for GP94 and GP91 cars, which brings for realistic cockpit graphics.
11. Other minor improvements.

Sounds:
1. Re-recorded and remixed all car sounds for higher quality.
2. Fixed upshift audio glitch.
3. New contact sounds for GP91 car.
4. Adjusted all cars sound level.
5. New ambient sounds.

Physics:
1. Corrected camber value for all cars.
2. Adjusted AI performance.
3. Other minor adjustments.

Misc:
1. New pace car skin and graphics config.
2. New menu icon.
3. Adjusted some camera positions.
4. Corrected steering lock angle for GP98 car.
5. Edited team information.
6. Re-edited driver talents.
7. Other minor fixes.