Power & Glory Version 3.2 Released!

[Paul Jeffrey]

The GT Legends Workshop team have released a substantial update to the legendary Power & Glory mod for GTR2.

Following a break of several years, a now considerably reduced GTLW team have been hard at work further refining and improving on this classic release, introducing a number of fixes to long standing issues and heavily improved physics to the Ford GT40 and Porsche 906 cars in game.

New users can directly install version 3.2 from scratch (assuming a vanilla install of GTR2 is installed) or updating from the previous version can be achieved via an updater.

DOWNLOAD: Download Power & Glory Version 3.2 here

CHANGELOG

BUG FIXES / OPTIMIZATIONS:

• Fix for the 1974 Zakspeed Escort RS1600 tyre file, which was causing CTD when using Soft Wet tyres.
• Fix for a wrongly referenced mesh in the Boss302 Mustang cas file, which could cause CTD at low detail setting.
• Fixed wrong tyre textures used on Boss302 Mustangs #15 and #16.
• Fix for missing shadowreceiver of Boss302 Mustang bonnet scoop in cockpit view.
• Fix for exhaust smoke position on Corvette Grand Sports.
• Fix for wrong body mask in Cortina GT #64021.
• Fix for material conflict in all affected 60’s Touring cars.
• Fix for material conflict in all affected 70’s Touring cars.
• Fix for material conflict in all affected GT Over 2 Liter cars.
• Fix for material conflict in almost all affected GT Under 2 Liter cars (still need to do Lotus 7).
• Fix for material conflict in all affected PTC Over 2 Liter cars.
• Fix for material conflict in all affected PTC Under 2 Liter cars.
• Fix for material conflict in Safetycar.
• Fix for to render ABS non-functional on Ford GTs and Porsche 906s
• Fix for wrong dirt/rain screens in Capri 2600 #72023
• Removed unnecessary “invisible” plane under zakspeed escort chassis meshes, and adjusted graphicalOffset in .hdc to correct height.
• Removed unnecessary “invisible” plane under Detomaso Pantera chassis meshes, and adjusted GraphicalOffset in .hdc to correct height.
• Removed front windscreen banner from Porsche 914/6 #70040 chassis meshes.
• Altered Porsche 914/6 lit headlight texture. #70040 headlight glow now correctly shows no tape marks when lit.

PHYSICS / FEATURES / GAMEPLAY:

• Revised physics for all Ford GT40s
• Revised physics for all Porsche 906s
• Reduced rolling resistance and drag for Alpine A110, #76 & #78 – 1300 engine replaces 1100
• Small changes to Lotus Cortina tyre diameter, ride height and suspension travel. ’65 Mann car now has Goodyear tyres. 67 Alain Dex car now has Firestone tyres
• Lotus Cortinas now in a single category, rather than the previous Works/Mann categories.

GRAPHICS:

• Removed right side mirror and cutoff switch box from Boss302 Mustang #70009
• Revised skin and body mask on Ford Capri #72054
• All GT40s slightly widened and lower nose re-profiled
• Correct diameter tyres for all GT40s
• New BRM style wheels to replace Halibrand wheel for the GT40s which used BRM style wheels
• Revised cockpit for Ford GT MkII – new gauges and repositioned mirror
• Revised cockpit for Gulf GT40s – new tape strip and wheel boss and #6 now has same gauges as #7
• Four sets of correctly sized tyres replace single set on Porsche 906
• Back-fire and passenger seat added to Alpine A110 – #76 & #78 now have 1300 engine exhaust
• New cockpit/dash for 1964 model Lotus Cortinas
• Revised cockpit for later model Lotus Cortinas
• Revised 3D model for Lotus Cortina body featuring new details such as side exhaust, boot lock, 3D Lotus badges, central fuel filler, and bonnet strap.
• New or revised skins for all Lotus Cortinas – #65037 replaces #66013 and #66001 replaces #66027
• Larger diameter tyres for all Cortinas

SOUNDS:

• Minor pitch corrections for the Ford GT40 and Ford GT MkII, to suit the physics corrections done in the car.

UI / HUD / OPTIONS:

• Included the “PnG UI Language Switcher” tool (located in the main installation folder), so that users can change the language of the Interface and without needing to download this tool separately.
• Corrections in the Italian dictionary files for better translation (external contribution from ‘NickM’).
• Separated the Corvette C2 L76 Roadster from the Corvette C2 Z06 in class lines, so that it can be selected separately (also for dedicated servers).
• Rectified missing lines/text for the specs in showroom for the Corvettes C3 L88 #68002, #68003 and #68045.
• Minor checkbox changes (spacing parameters).
• Car picture in the set-up screens has been changed to a top-view image (of a Cobra roadster) this substitutes the underside one (of a Ferrari 250 GT) causing confusion to some.

• NEW ADDED CONTENT:
  1969 IGFA German Racing Team Ford GT40

Are you planning to try this new update to P&G? What's you favourite car combination to race in game? Leave your comments below!

 

[Paul Bennett]

borked out during install unable to read a file in my documents aprox 95%+ through installation but still fires up.


That's my error just seems to hang so never fired it up, did n't think it was installed

 

[Bez]

Im just trying the method they outlined to fix this problem, ill let ya know if it works.

 

[Bez]

Nope, exact same error running the installer as admin "unable to open file c:/...CONFIG.INI"

Edit: this was a clean install of gtr2 on steam and using the mega links for p'n'g installer, OS is win 10 pro x64

 

[Johnny Speed]

My update went smooth and all works well.

I want to thank you guys for making a brilliant mod.

 

[Roccoveer]

i have a strange issue. during the setup i have this issue "ERR. unable to open c:/documents/GTR2/config.ini and i can't go forward :/ can somebody help me?

 

[Paul Bennett]

Me & Bez having this aswell, seems to a bug for Win10

 

[aSaThatsme]

Install problems with missing CONFIG.INI

Hi everybody I'm known as aSa and I'm the one responsible for all the install problems PnG has .

I had to make an account here (at least temporary) to get this CONFIG.INI "madness" done with somehow. I'm not sure yet why this happens and I'm here to find that out.

For starters:

1. You all use Steam GTR2 ?
2. Do you launch GTR2 *ONLY* from Steam (with default settings i.e. with Admin rights) ?
3. What OS you have ? W7, W8, W10? 32/64-bit?
4. Have you removed (or even tried to remove) the UAC control? UAC is the thing that keeps popping up those rights elevation requests and some find them overly annoying.
5. When you installed your OS, did you make your Documents folders private (so, that other users can't see or access them) ?
6. Anything you could think of that differs from the great masses ?

When I know why this happens, and when, I can fix the installer to take care of that problem. Thank You.


cheers.. aSa C[_]

 

[Bez]

1. Steam
2. Yes standard steam launch
3. Win 10 x64 pro
4. UAC is on not tried turning off yet
5. Standard install of the documents folder
6. Brand spanking windows install with nothing but drivers, steam, rf2 and gtr2

 

[Paul Bennett]

Same as above

 

[MoerasGrizzly]

I fixed the config ini madness by simply copying the config.ini file from the installed GTR2 folder to the my documents/GTR2 folder. In case you need a quick fix:

(So quickest way for the installer to fix that would be to do the same?)

I am using Win10 and had the same issue with a non-steam GTR2 (the direct download version) as well as the steam version.

 

[Phil Shillitoe]

I had P&G a couple of years back, but have reformatted my machine since and dont have v3.0 or 3.1 anymore. Do I need these in order to use 3.2?
NB IGNORE - i've found the link to download the full version

 

[aSaThatsme]

Thank You for your info, Bez and Paul. Much appreciated.

And MoerasGrizzly, I've been studying the effects of that "cheap fix" too. I know now the installer fails miserably handling this "Steam-use only" related problem, but I didn't want to take brave steps any more without an in-depth view of what else is happening The missing CONFIG.INI is just a sign of other (minor) problems that also needs to be taken care of until I'm happy with the installer. Please report if you notice any problems.

Btw MoerasGrizzly, what direct download version you're referring to? It also launches GTR2 with admin powers? O tempora, o mores..

cheers.. aSa C[_]

 

[MoerasGrizzly]

Btw MoerasGrizzly, what direct download version you're referring to? It also launches GTR2 with admin powers? O tempora, o mores..

Nope, that one doesn't. The direct download version I am referring to is the one that is available on Gamersgate.

 

[DaVeX↯]

4. UAC is on not tried turning off yet

I have Installed it on win10 x64 with no problems too, download the full install, turn off UAC, install as admin, installtion type #1 (copy file from gtr2 folder without overwriting them) if still not working try compatibility mode for win7.

 

[ernietheracefan]

Time to drive..
With keyboard, sadly..

 

[Kostadin Kostadinov]

Hi, first of all thanks for the awesome mod, I remember playing it back in the day and decided to take the opportunity and relive the experience. Sadly the installer is not working for me. Maybe I can ask for some help.

I've downloaded the complete package form the mediafile links, I've checked all files with the additional app and all is OK. Running Windows 7 64bit, when I click on the PnGv3.2_installer.exe it doesn't do anything it just stalls (tried running as administrator as well). It starts three identical processes called "PnGv3.2_installer.exe *32" and I can't even end the process or the process tree.
... and that's as far as it goes

 

[RichardHessels]

well, I hope at some point they move to a more modern game, like rF2, AC or AMS.

They would not be allowed to use these models on any other sim than GT Legends, GTR2 or Race07.

 

[David Ignjatovic]

Epic work....gfx fixes and most cars now drive like champs.
I had no probs with W7 install.

 

[Kevin Knorpp]

Anyone have a favorite car? Mine is Boss 302 simply because it is so convincing but I haven't tried all cars yet.

 

[David Ignjatovic]

Anyone have a favorite car? Mine is Boss 302 simply because it is so convincing but I haven't tried all cars yet.

No doubt one of the great cars, but how could you choose among such a huge list, lol...