Grand Prix Evolution for rFactor 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 brake 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 'rFm' folder (required for pre 5.0 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.
- 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.
- New mirror mesh and texture for GP91 cars.
- Fixed GP98 body parts missing in the TV camera.
- Fixed debris not working issue.
- Fixed GP98 shadow flickering issue.
- Rebuilt GP98 cockpit car body mesh.
- Added MFD starting animation.
- Adjusted GP98 driver hands mesh and UV.
- Optimized all cars' GEN files.
- Reset all cars' cockpit FOV to 45.
- 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.
- New crowd ambient sounds.
- New scraping sounds.
- Several new sound effects for GP91 cars.
- New debris contact sound.
- Slightly adjusted some vehicles' sound levels.

Physics:
- Slightly adjusted engine power-torque graph for all cars.
- Adjusted GP91 engine rev limit to 13600 rpm.
- 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.
- Adjusted all cars' engine inertia.
- Adjusted vehicle damage sensibility, fixed incorrect force field sphere config.
- Adjusted all cars' head physics.
- 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.
- Fixed damage config file.
- Optimized all drivers' talent files.
- 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'.
- 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 'rFm' 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.
- RFE update.
- 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 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:
- Full 3D cockpit for GP91 and GP94 cars.
- 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.
- RFE tire visual update for GP98 cars, 3 wet tire textures added.
- Adjusted GP94 body shape, scaled body size according to real 1994 cars.
- New shader for GP94 car body.
- Adjusted GP94 car body mesh, rebuilt front & rear wing to fix the graphical glitch.
- New & more accurate colliders for all cars.
- Added debris for all cars to improve car damage graphics.
- Adjusted GP91 and GP94 mirror mesh.
- Adjusted GP98 car cockpit hands mesh.
- New tire mesh for GP91 and GP94 cars, normal map added.
- Adjusted GP91 car front & rear wing mesh.
- 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.
- Adjusted GP94 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.
- Slightly adjusted some onboard camera positions.

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.
- New rain sounds.
- Sound upgrade option now only affects internal sounds.
- Slightly adjusted GP98 engine sound.

Physics:
- Added wet tires for all cars.
- 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.
- Improved driver talent files, driver qualifying ability added.
- Adjusted damage config file.
- 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.
- New UI background and logos.
- Removed UI music (due to useless).
- Removed some useless upgrade options.
- Removed some unused files.
- Added vehicle purchasing feature.
- Many other fixes and adjustments.

This update bring the new cockpit textures, I also adjusted some 3D models for higher accuracy.
New cockpit texture for GP91 car (added assistance indicator bar):

new alternative cockpit texture for GP98 car (available in upgrade options):

Change log v4.5:

Graphics:
1. Rebuilt helmet mesh of GP91 car; Adjusted helmet mesh of GP94 car.
2. Adjusted rear tire size 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. Replaced external mirror upgrade option with the alternative cockpit texutre for GP98 car.
2. Other minor fixes.

This update brings graphical enchancement and physics adjustment as well as many other fixes and improvements.

Watch Trailer:

Change log v4.4:

Graphics:
1. New pit crew livery.
2. New tire texture for GP98 car, bump map added.
3. Slightly adjusted GP98 car mesh.
4. Fixed car body shadow receiving glitch for GP94 and GP98 car.

Physics:
1. Improved AI stability.
2. New head physics for GP98 car.
3. Adjusted tire grip for all cars, fixed understeer problem.

Misc:
1. New alternative sounds for GP91 car.
2. Optimized all effect sounds level.
3. New engine sound for GP91 car.
4. Adjusted AI aggression for GP98 car.
5. Adjusted some onboard camera position.
6. Other minor fixes.

This update brings lots of small updates and fixes, you can find the link for complete templates in the download file.

Change log v4.3

Graphics:
1. New mirror mesh and texture for GP91 car.
2. New wheel texture for GP91 car.
3. New helmet texture for GP94 car, corrected some wrong driver helmets and improved loading speed.
4. Adjusted GP91 cockpit texture.
5. Made complete templates for user to download.
6. Optimized LCD font for GP91 car.
7. Added showroom reflections.
8. Adjusted GP91 car body mesh; fixed GP91 body shader glitch.

Physics:
1. Improved car handling and AI behavior of GP91 and GP94 car.
2. Adjusted engine heating rate.

Misc:
1. Adjusted sounds for GP98 car.
2. Updated user manual instructions.
3. New head physics for GP94 and GP91 car.
4. Improved engine sounds for GP91 car.
5. Optimized pace car appearance.
6. Other minor fixes.

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New Feature: Remastered cockpit texture for GP91 car, graphical updates and sound improvements.

Change log v4.2

Graphics:
1. New remastered cockpit texture for GP91 car.
2. Adjusted cockpit shader config for GP91 and GP94 car.
3. Adjusted GP98 car cockpit mesh.
4. Two types of GP98 car shape available in upgrade options.
5. Optimized LCD fonts.
6. Upscaled GP94 car texture for a sharper look. (This may slow down the loading speed a little bit, sorry about that.)
7. New safety car skin.

Misc:
1. Improved engine sounds for GP98 and GP91 car.
2. New contact sounds for GP91 car.

This update brings lots of fixes and improvements. The orginal sounds for the Grand Prix 1998 car is added. I also added warning lights for all cars:

Here are the cockpit display instructions:

• Grand Prix 1991

① Difficulty indicator ② RPM bar ③ Speed, position and lap information ④ Engine status indicator ⑤ Pit indicator ⑥ Gear

• Grand Prix 1994

① Difficulty indicator ② RPM bar ③ Multi-Function Display ④ Gear ⑤ Flag indicator ⑥ Fuel level indicator ⑦ Pit indicator ⑧ Engine status indicator

• Grand Prix 1998

① Difficulty indicator ② RPM bar ③ Flag indicator ④ Position ⑤ Speed ⑥ Gear ⑦ Lap ⑧ Multi-Function Display ⑨ Engine status indicator ⑩ Pit indicator

Change log v4.1；

Graphics:
1. Warning lights added. Added engine overheating and pit stop request light for all cars. Added black flag, yellow flag and blue flag lights for GP98 car and GP94 car, GP94 car also have fuel level warning lights.
2. Adjusted spark texture.
3. Adjusted LCD font of GP98 car.
4. Adjusted steering wheel position of GP98 car.
5. Adjusted cockpit mesh, fixed cockpit position error of GP98 car.
6. Fixed cockpit windshield glitch of GP98 car.
7. New under shadow texture for GP98 car.
8. Optimized .GEN file for GP98 car.
9. Other minor fixes and improvements.

Physics:
1. Slightly adjusted tire grip for all cars.
2. Solved AI stability problem for GP98 car.
3. Adjusted power-torque graph for GP98 car.
4. Improved vehicle handling for GP98 car.

Misc:
1. Added new engine sounds for GP98 car. Players can choose different sounds in upgrade options.
2. Improved sounds of GP94 car.
3. New sound effects for GP91 car.
4. Adjusted driver talents.
5. Added cockpit driver hands upgrade option for GP98 car.
6. Added cockpit display instruction in user manual.