Misc GTR2 16th Anniversary PATCH Part-2 16.0.0

[GTR233]

GTR233 updated GTR2 HQ Anniversary PATCH part-2 with a new update entry:

GTR2 16th Anniversary Patch Part-2

part 2 of 3

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[Djshio]

GTR233 submitted a new resource:

GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION - HQ textures for GTR2 and Power&Glory3



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GTR233,
You are correct. I finally figured out how to unzip the archive and it's working fine now. I give your effort five stars!

 

[RemusRacing]

Love this update! Just got back into GTR2 on my new setup and this feels so much better

Is there a way to make the hud smaller? I'm using a xbox controller and external view at the moment. The hud just feels a bit big for my screen setup. I did try mini but I prefer hud 5 to look at

When my wheel is back out of storage I will go back to cockpit view

 

[GTR233]

Smaller HUDs are Anniversary MINI and PnG3.

 

[RemusRacing]

I tried the mini but will give the PnG3 a whirl. It's more the motec size I find distracting but it's not major

Still a big improvement over the original

 

[Spinelli]

What happened to the GTR2 HQ Mods Collection using JSGME? I used to use it along with the manual files of the Anniversary patch mods to combine both to make sure I had all the fixes & improvements and all their newest versions.....

Also, there were 2 different sets of improved default cars included. 1 was the HQ cars pack but there was another as well (I forgot the name). I remember testing both to see which physics I liked better...

 

[chrisracer]

OK. I'm not an expert here but can someone help with this? I've downloaded all three parts (part one is a PDF file?). When I put them in the GTR2 directory and try to extract part two or three, they just extract to a new zip file. When I try to extract that file it just goes into another newzip file. I'm lost here.

 

[Durge Driven]

OK. I'm not an expert here but can someone help with this? I've downloaded all three parts (part one is a PDF file?). When I put them in the GTR2 directory and try to extract part two or three, they just extract to a new zip file. When I try to extract that file it just goes into another newzip file. I'm lost here.

Part 1 is not a PDF
Download latest 7ZIp which was used to compress this
7Zip run as admin select zip and rar extensions and enable context menus
right click on part 1 " extract here" whatever

7-Zip

 

[Dave_6]

Got this installed last night and I was surprised that it all works, with CrewChief as well. Pretty awesome updates if you ask me! I can't figure out how to get any AA working with either Nvidia Inspector or NVCP. The in-game AA 'works' but regardless of what I do with the others it doesn't. Yes I did follow the guide included with the Anniversary patch but I'm probably not doing something right.

 

[Spinelli]

Got this installed last night and I was surprised that it all works, with CrewChief as well. Pretty awesome updates if you ask me! I can't figure out how to get any AA working with either Nvidia Inspector or NVCP. The in-game AA 'works' but regardless of what I do with the others it doesn't. Yes I did follow the guide included with the Anniversary patch but I'm probably not doing something right.

I'm not sure if Crew Chief changes anything because they do some deep fundamental changes beyond just "mods" like flatspotting and such so I have no idea if they did anything with graphics but, assuming things still act like normal, you just enable AA from regular Nvidia Control Panel and, Nvidia Inspector if you want to use Sparse Grid Supersampling. A lot of people recommend using the Diablo 3 AA profile flag (near the top of NV Inspector).

If the AA isn't applying, you may need to check "Disable fullscreen optimizations" (right-click game's EXE). You should generally do this anyways as fullscreen optimizations can lower framerate, cause stutters, and add input lag compared to running the game in full-on fullscreen mode. Optimizations is a deceiving word as Windows is not optimizing anything, it's just making the game run more like it's in Windowed mode.

I read, with Win 11, you don't want to disable fullscreen optimizations as that can cause issues due to Win 11 handling things completely different. I have no clue if that is true or not but with anything pre Win 11 (eg. Win 10), I highly suggest disabling fullscreen optimizations.

 

[The Iron Wolf]

CC changes some aspects of graphics but not AA. For DX9 follow this https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/retrolux-reshade-gtr2.42342/ it explains how to enable SGSSAA. But for absolute highest image quality, check out CCGEP manual on how to configure custom GTR2 DXVK fork, after some configuration this will produce the highest quality image in terms of AA and depth accuracy.

 

[Dave_6]

I'm not sure if Crew Chief changes anything because they do some deep fundamental changes beyond just "mods" like flatspotting and such so I have no idea if they did anything with graphics but, assuming things still act like normal, you just enable AA from regular Nvidia Control Panel and, Nvidia Inspector if you want to use Sparse Grid Supersampling. A lot of people recommend using the Diablo 3 AA profile flag (near the top of NV Inspector).

If the AA isn't applying, you may need to check "Disable fullscreen optimizations" (right-click game's EXE). You should generally do this anyways as fullscreen optimizations can lower framerate, cause stutters, and add input lag compared to running the game in full-on fullscreen mode. Optimizations is a deceiving word as Windows is not optimizing anything, it's just making the game run more like it's in Windowed mode.

I read, with Win 11, you don't want to disable fullscreen optimizations as that can cause issues due to Win 11 handling things completely different. I have no clue if that is true or not but with anything pre Win 11 (eg. Win 10), I highly suggest disabling fullscreen optimizations.

I didn't note but I am on Win 11 now with my new build.

EDIT: Seems to be working now, whatever I did.

 

[Shumanator]

do i need to download al 4 parts? i got the first part installed but part 2 and 3 say "can not open file, not an archive" the hotfix opens fine though.

 

[Flamehead]

do i need to download al 4 parts? i got the first part installed but part 2 and 3 say "can not open file, not an archive" the hotfix opens fine though.

You'll need to ensure parts 1-3 are all downloaded first to the same location on your PC, i.e., desktop, wherever. When you proceed to extract the part 1 file, it will automatically extract parts 2 and 3 as well. There is no separate step of manually extracting the parts 2 and 3 files.

The key, though, is to ensure the 7-zip files for all 3 parts are downloaded first and reside in the same location before you extract.

 

[Shumanator]

You'll need to ensure parts 1-3 are all downloaded first to the same location on your PC, i.e., desktop, wherever. When you proceed to extract the part 1 file, it will automatically extract parts 2 and 3 as well. There is no separate step of manually extracting the parts 2 and 3 files.

The key, though, is to ensure the 7-zip files for all 3 parts are downloaded first and reside in the same location before you extract.

Can you make a video or a quick break down on what exactly to do from downloading the game to getting it going. I got so lost. I got the game to work woth the HQ anniversary patch but when I rub the PnG installer, it fails eith an error saying could not open Config.ini file but I have the config file.