F1 1996 season

Diego Offspring · Dec 30, 2017

Hello everyone!

Would anyone be interested in a F1 1996 season mod for Automobilista?
I have almost all the cars finished, only some details are missing and I really have little time to dedicate. I really want to know if there is interest in it, otherwise i dont want to keep wasting my time.
To be honest, i have poor skills for tweaking the physics and i haven't a decent rig to test everything.

Preview:

Sorry for my poor english,
Thank you!

replicaz1427 · Dec 30, 2017

Yes this will definitely be of interest, I can help with the physics of you need?

roby13 · Dec 30, 2017

Of course there's interest. Looking great!

Gavkiwi · Dec 30, 2017

Yes, Yes, Yes. 1996 was such a good season for F1, those liveries are classics now! I would love to get my hands on this mod. When Geoff Crammond's GP2 came out back in 1996, that was the first thing skin painters did back then, was update the game to 1996 since it came out with 94 skins, please release this !!!!

Diego Offspring · Dec 30, 2017

replicaz1427 said:
Yes this will definitely be of interest, I can help with the physics of you need?

I did some physics but it doesn't feels right in Automobilista.
It is quite difficult to do, because Automobilista series have encrypted physics and there are not many mods to have a clear reference of how the car should feel.

Gavkiwi · Dec 30, 2017

Diego, do you have any more screenshots to share ?

Since the cars back in '96 still used slicks, and grooved tires were still 2 years away, wouldn't the fclassic ams mod be closer to the physics of a 1996 F1 car, apart from changing engines from turbos to atmospheric engines, the aero dynamics hadnt changed all that much except for the raised nose ?

Diego Offspring · Dec 30, 2017

Gavkiwi said:
Diego, do you have any more screenshots to share ?

Since the cars back in '96 still used slicks, and grooved tires were still 2 years away, wouldn't the fclassic ams mod be closer to the physics of a 1996 F1 car, apart from changing engines from turbos to atmospheric engines, the aero dynamics hadnt changed all that much except for the raised nose ?

I don't think fclassic has similarities to the 1996 F1 cars. Maybe FV12, since it is based on the 412 T2 from '95.
But is not possible to see reiza physics, they are hidden and encrypted

kedy89 · Dec 30, 2017

Is that a conversion of the GP4 mod?

replicaz1427 · Dec 30, 2017

I was going to ask, is this all from scratch, or a conversion? I don't care if it is a conversion, I'm just glad someone brought 1996 to the AMS party. I'll be happy to do individual physics for all the cars so they each have character.

Diego Offspring · Dec 30, 2017

kedy89 said:
Is that a conversion of the GP4 mod?

All the models are almost from scratch, other parts are based on existing mods from rFactor. But nothing converted or stoled.

Diego Offspring · Dec 30, 2017

replicaz1427 said:
I was going to ask, is this all from scratch, or a conversion? I don't care if it is a conversion, I'm just glad someone brought 1996 to the AMS party. I'll be happy to do individual physics for all the cars so they each have character.

That would be really nice!
Like I said above, some models have been used for guide purposes. But everything is modified and tweaked to match AMS quality, otherwise I would have release it for rFactor without putting much effort on it.

kedy89 · Dec 30, 2017

Diego Offspring said:
All the models are almost from scratch, other parts are based on existing mods from rFactor. But nothing converted or stoled.

Hm, mind showing a screenshot of the Footwork main texture?

Matt88 · Dec 30, 2017

Yes very interested. This would be a great release.

thegreatradish · Dec 31, 2017

This would be brilliant and please take replicaz1427's offer up Diego - there aren't enough mods out there where the cars within a field are differentiated. Too many league ediitons with no historic alternatives to go with them.

Diego Offspring · Dec 31, 2017

thegreatradish said:
This would be brilliant and please take replicaz1427's offer up Diego - there aren't enough mods out there where the cars within a field are differentiated. Too many league ediitons with no historic alternatives to go with them.

Is not cool when you have only a league edition. I spend more time playing offline than online, so all the physics that I have done for now are different for each car. Don't worry about that!

replicaz1427 · Dec 31, 2017

Diego Offspring said:
Is not cool when you have only a league edition. I spend more time playing offline than online, so all the physics that I have done for now are different for each car. Don't worry about that!

If you want and your happy to, you could send over to me what you have done so far. Between us I'm sure we can do something and release it in the coming months.