WTCC 1987 AFSC MidiTweak
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This is something between a 'TinyTweak' and a mod, with updates to original contents of Race 07 and it's expansions.
Since the game was made over 10 years ago they had to limit the cpu usage with simplified ai car physics.
This results in a quite slidey/floaty behaviour.
Of course the computers of today could handle a lot more, so there are some potential to unlock in the game.
The aim with these updates is to make the ai cars drive more like real cars and to fix a few errors.
The specs of the cars are not changed (unless it is necessary), and most .gmt and .dds files are left unedited to keep the original game feeling.
This 'AFSC MidiTweak' includes:
* Updated .tyr file to reduce ai car 'floating'.
* Some tweaks to the .hdc files to increase suspension calculations for smoother ai driving and steering behaviour.
* Increased distances for 1st and 2nd LODs.
* Volvo 240:
Some shape corrections and materials updates.
Added ETCC 1986 drivers and updated liveries.
Liveries might have been made uppon the work of others, but probably from Simbin.
I can't remember exactly, but I wanted to mention this just in case.
* BMW e30:
Some normals tweaking and new rmap texture for better reflections.
Some drivers from WTCC 1987 and new/updated skins.
Bigazzi BMW main sponsor is "Marabou" (a chocolate brand in Sweden) because I just could not add a cigarette brand. Of course there are other 'problematic' sponsors in motorsport, but this one is too obvious (for me). There is also a livery included without the sponsor.
* Alfa Romeo 75:
Some drivers from WTCC 1987 and new/updated skins.
Made new rmap texture for better reflections.
Fixed a uv mapping error in the rear view mirrors.
STCC2 - Expansion Pack is needed for Volvo 240 in this update.
If you don't have the expansion, you should delete the 'Volvo_Heritage' folder, or the game will crash at startup.
I recommend that you move
'Team1' folder in ...race 07\Gamedata\Teams\WTCC_1987\Alfa Romeo 75 Teams
'Team1' folder in ...race 07\Gamedata\Teams\WTCC_1987\BMW e30 Teams
'240' folder in ...race 07\Gamedata\Teams\Volvo_Heritage\Volvo_240
to a backup folder somewhere outside the Race 07 game to remove the standard WTCC 1987 teams from the category.
This file is made to be uploaded at Racedepartment.com, and should not be uploaded anywhere else.
A big thank you to Sven Hielscher for helping me with testing and feedback
/AndreasFSC
