Misc F1 2012: 5 Grip Levels 1.0

[Salut Gilles]

Salut Gilles submitted a new resource:

F1 2012: 5 GRIP LEVELS - Enhanced Formula 1 sim-driving experience in Single-Player mode.

Single-Player mode only. This mod provides 5 enhanced grip levels in F1 2012, along with 1 original surface_materials.xml file for restoring the game's default grip level as needed.

1- Unzip the mod and open 1 of the following grip-level folders:

GRIP+10%
GRIP+20%
GRIP+30%
GRIP+40%
GRIP+50%

2- Copy the chosen surface_materials.xml file into your Steam\SteamApps\common\f1 2012 folder.

Screenshots
Bahrain's Q1 result with original game's surface_materials.xml file:...

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[Milos]

Thanks a lot I hated this game just because of that

 

[puffitheone]

Wow...quick testsession in Bahrain:1.26.xxx,Melbourne 1.20.xxx and last corner now i can go through to the start-finish straight with full throttle,i´m speechless-love itThank´s for this.

 

[Philipp Koch]

lol griplevels in original F1 2012 are very good so why this? ^^

 

[Milos]

lol griplevels in original F1 2012 are very good so why this? ^^

If good = CRAP, than yes

 

[Salut Gilles]

@Milos Ancevski and @puffitheone )) I only wish I knew about how to use these hex-editing tools a lot earlier (I would have made these mods a lot earlier).

I tried to do them with Ryder's converter, Fergo's binxml, et al, to no avail: the game was always crashing (I know it's not Ryder's fault if CM uses different binary XML for different files).

 

[Philipp Koch]

well i do not have any grip-problems in the game ^^

 

[Salut Gilles]

lol griplevels in original F1 2012 are very good so why this? ^^

So? Easy: don't use these mods. I knew these bragging replies were coming (and I don't care). These mods are for those who need them. You don't need them? Good for you. Fine. Now go away.

 

[Milos]

well i do not have any grip-problems in the game ^^

Why would you post these kind of posts on a grip thread. It's like "Thread only for Alonso fans", and you post "I'm a Vettel fan"

 

[Philipp Koch]

sure or is it not allowed to post an opinion?

 

[Milos]

sure or is it not allowed to post an opinion?

That you like the un-modded game? Opinion on the mod, saying is it good/bad, not on the un-modded game

 

[Salut Gilles]

Sure, and I replied with my own opinion. Looks you don't like my opinion?

 

[puffitheone]

I had also no big probs with grip,but now for me i can dirve more agressive on a next high level...and i think the times are not so realistic in real life....but it´s a game so i´ve tried this and i like this.

 

[Milos]

I had also no big probs with grip,but now for me i can dirve more agressive on a next high level...and i think the times are not so realistic in real life....but it´s a game so i´ve tried this and i like this.

It's like 2011 in terms of grip, but no more stupid un-catchable powerslides

 

[Salut Gilles]

It's a game, and being such should be for every one buyer FUN to play with. That's why options should be given, in Single-Player Mode, by the devs themselves, not by modders. Maybe they would not lose millions of sales every year like they do...

 

[Salut Gilles]

I had also no big probs with grip,but now for me i can dirve more agressive on a next high level...and i think the times are not so realistic in real life....but it´s a game so i´ve tried this and i like this.

I never play online, so in SP mode with this mod, I have to adjust the DB's track_difficulties, and track_model grip numbers for P3, Q1, Q2, Q3 and race.

Lot of work, but it's fun.

 

[Philipp Koch]

That you like the un-modded game? Opinion on the mod, saying is it good/bad, not on the un-modded game

it doesn't mean anything with like and dislike this mod or the game i't only an opinion nothing more ^^

 

[Salut Gilles]

it doesn't mean anything with like and dislike this mod or the game i't only an opinion nothing more ^^

Alright, so I apologize for being kinda rude upthread. But I also think it's the devs fault for not giving enough options to lousy drivers like myself. I paid them almost $200 so far for their crap, and still haven't got what I really want...

 

[Salut Gilles]

I never play online, so in SP mode with this mod, I have to adjust the DB's track_difficulties, and track_model grip numbers for P3, Q1, Q2, Q3 and race.

Lot of work, but it's fun.

(Follow up) After fine tuning all the above numbers, along with many awesome AI mods, that's what I really always wanted, and never had b4:

All that (close to RL results!), with default factory settings on the car (47% probs of rain in next day's race, parc fermé).

Edit: Still is about 0.5 sec faster than RL, so a little more fine tuning is required:

But I'm not THAT much a perfectionism fanatic!
B4 this mod (grip+40% here), my best hot lap was in the high 1:17, with the 11/11 "bug" and never ever close to RL (when not ending in the pitlane-exit wall...)

 

[w1n1x]

If good = CRAP, than yes

For me f1 2012 is better. It's harder to handle it was a challange. Unlike in 2013 where the times were fast as hell and even a 10 years old could drive it perfectly. F1 2013 was to easy. Lot of players became very good at it because it's easy to handle . 2012 in rain was one hell of a challange.