It is with great pleasure to announce the public release of V8Factor Unleashed Beta v0.9.
Unleashed is the Base Mod for ORSM to build on to include many seasons on V8Factor.
Soon to be release is the 2010 season, with further season releases planned for the near future.
Please ensure you read this post as it contains essential information relating to the work to be completed yet.
Links to the Mod can be found at the bottom of this thread, and will continually be updated with further mirrors as these can be added.
Please enjoy.
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V8Factor Unleashed (V8FU)
Base Install (with Community Edition cars)
Australian V8 Supercars MOD for rFactor
by
Team ORSM (OCEANIA RACE SIM MODDERS)
http://www.teamorsm.com
Version BETA v0.9 - March 14 2011
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Installation:
Follow the instructions in the Installer. Please make sure you select the correct path to your rFactor installation. Files will be automatically installed.
This base Install includes the Community Edition cars. There are no other season included. Seasons can be downloaded separately.
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Known Issues:
* Old 2006 mod cockpits with minor alterations are being used. New cockpits are underway but not yet complete.
* The Ford Falcon FG does not yet have lower level detail models (LODs). May be addressed in a future patch.
* The Ford Falcon BF does not yet have its lowest level detail model (LOD). May be addressed in a future patch.
* The cars look quite bad under lights at night. May be addressed in a future patch.
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Special Features:
UPGRADES: We have utilised rFactor's upgrades system to allow for more customisation options. You can select different levels of cockpit detail for example, change wheels, change exhaust position, and even change steering wheel types and readout displays. Make sure you take a look at the upgrades system and try some of the changes. NOTE: These upgrades are visual only and have no performance differences. Exhaust positions should be taken into account if painting new skins.
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Suggested Game Settings:
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If you use a wheel as your controller you will get much better feel and response in driving the cars by setting "Speed Sensitive Steering" to zero (move the slider all the way to the left).
Also VERY IMPORTANT is the Controller.ini setting called "Steer Ratio Speed". This acts as a secondary kind of Speed Sensitive Steering and increases your steering lock to help get your car out of the garage and into the pitlane at slow speeds. However by default rFactor sets this to 20 metres per second which equates to 72Km/H. That means in slow hairpins or while trying to recover while going off track you may have your steering lock significantly increased without realising it. We suggest setting this parameter to zero, or 10 at the most (36km/h).
eg. Steer Ratio Speed="0.00000"
We suggest you take a little time to 'tweak' all your controller settings to make sure you are getting the most responsive input for your particular controller.
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Suggested Player file settings:
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Your Player file is called "[yourplayername].PLR" located in rFactor/UserData/[yourplayername] and can be opened in Notepad. NOTE: Editing the PLR file is done at your own risk. We suggest you backup the file by renaming it to [yourplayername].bak before editing.
- Low Detail UI="0" -> Default is "1". Increase the visual quality of the User Interface (UI) by making this value "0".
- Autocalibrate AI Mode="0" -> Default is "0". When this feature is switched on (by changing it to "1") rFactor ignores the talent files, meaning all AI will have the same skills as each other. If you are not creating track learning files make sure its set on "0" for the best AI racing.
AI Limiter="0.00000" -> Default is "1". The V8Factor AI race better when this parameter is set to zero. Otherwise you occasionally get one or two cars having an extremely slow lap, which tends to cause collisions.
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Recommended RealFeel plugin settings:
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NOTE: Steering rack is now behind the axles and so reelfeel forces are no longer reversed.
[V8 Supercar]
MaxForceAtSteeringRack=1500.000000
SteeringDamper=2500.000000
FFBMixerRealFeelPercent=100.000000
SmoothingLevel=1
These are subject to personal taste as well as the type of wheel you use.
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CREDITS:
OCEANIA RACING SIM MODDERS
V8Factor Unleashed
PRODUCTION
Still_Bacon
Gavin Greenway
Neil Faichney - 'Krunch'
PHYSICS MODELLING
Neil Faichney - 'Krunch'
VEHICLE MODELLING
Richard Davie - 'Mojoman'
Kevin West
VEHICLE TEXTURING & LIGHTING
Kevin West
Richard Davie - 'Mojoman'
Some1 (Siim Annuk) for the shaders and tail light glow
VEHICLE SKINS & ANCILLARIES
Gavin Greenway
Still_Bacon
DougP
Chaos F1
T-Man
LOGOS & GRAPHICS
Neil Faichney - 'Krunch'
TRAILERS & INTRO MOVIES
Ryan Callan
MUSIC
Duel Fuel
Angry. Our thanks go to you and Duel Fuel for your contribution, and our thoughts go out to you in your battle ahead. Wolfie.
INSTALLER
Neil Faichney - 'Krunch'
VEHICLE SOUNDS
George Savvas
Sergio Meira - 'klaatu'
WEB & FTP MASTER
Portstevo
MISC CONTRIBUTIONS
SPECIAL THANKS
ISI - For the best race sim & supporting the modding community
RaceDepartment.com
Rod Monk (Troyton Racing)
Ben Eggleston (Eggleston MotorSport - tons of driving feedback)
Ric Kemp (Race Technique Engineering - heaps of technical and driving info)
Shane Van Gisbergen (for his feedback over the years)
Lee Holdsworth (for his feedback while driving V8F during a Top Gear promo shoot)
All our wives and partners for putting up with
the countless late nights and tardiness around
the house. Thanks!
Anyone else we forgot to mention!
RIP Derek Hill (Kiwi_NZ)
We miss you mate.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
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DEFINITIONS:
"THIS WORK" = "V8FACTOR UNLEASHED"
THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN IS STRICTLY FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE AUTHOR(S).
THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN IS LICENSED SOFTWARE CONTENT. OWNERSHIP OF THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN REMAINS WITH ITS ORGINAL AUTHORS(S).
THIS WORK IS STRICTLY FOR PERSONAL USE WITHIN THE I.S.I. SOFTWARE TITLE "RFACTOR" ONLY. CONVERSION OF THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN TO ANY OTHER SOFTWARE IS NOT PERMITTED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUTHOR TO REQUEST CONVERSION TO OTHER SOFTWARE. THE AUTHOR RESERVES THE RIGHT WHETHER OR NOT TO CONVERT THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN TO OTHER SOFTWARE.
DERIVATIVE WORKS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARTWORK, RENDERINGS, IMAGES, VISUAL COMPOSITIONS, VIDEOS, AUDIO, ETC. FOR COMMERCIAL USE BASED ON THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN ARE NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE AUTHORS(S).
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DISTIBUTION OF THIS TRACK IS ONLY PERMITTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED NON-COMMERCIALLY AND WITHOUT CHARGE, TRADE, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF GAIN, UNLESS PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT IS GRANTED BY THE AUTHOR(S) AND ANY THIRD PARTY COPYRIGHT OWNERS.
2. THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED IN THIS INSTALLER AS A WHOLE UNLESS PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT IS GRANTED BY THE AUTHOR(S). DO NOT REPACKAGE THIS WORK OR ANY PART THEREIN IN ANY WAY FOR DISTRIBUTION. IF INCLUDED IN A TRACK PACK IT MUST BE INCLUDED IN THIS INSTALLER FORM - NOT IN ANY OTHER FORM. THIS IS TO MAINTAIN QUALITY AND AVOID SERVER MISMATCHES.
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ALL MODELS, MESHES, TEXTURES, GRAPHICS, ARTWORK, AUDIO AND ANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF THIS WORK AND INSTALLER PACKAGE REMAIN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPECTIVE AUTHORS AND MAY NOT BE USED, COPIED, REWORKED OR RE-PRESENTED WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORS.
ALL DUE CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS WORK AND INSTALLER PACKAGE HOWEVER THE USE OF THIS WORK AND INSTALLER PACKAGE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR ACCEPTS NO REPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF INCOME, DAMAGE TO MATERIAL ITEMS, DAMAGE TO HARDWARE, DAMAGE TO SOFTWARE, LOSS OF DATA, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM THE INSTALLATION OR USE OF THIS WORK AND INSTALLER PACKAGE.
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DISCLAIMER
ORSM HAS NO ASSOCIATION WITH AVESCO/V8SA NOR HOLDS ANY RIGHTS TO THE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS AND LIKENESSES CONTAINED WITHIN. THOSE COPYRIGHTS REMAIN WITH THEIR ORIGINAL OWNER(S). NO REVENUE WAS RAISED IN THE PRODUCTION OF V8FACTOR UNLEASHED.
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Thankyou for playing V8Factor Unleashed by Team ORSM
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We invite you to check out our official forum:
http://www.racedepartment.com/team-orsm/
And our official website:
http://www.teamorsm.com
(hosted by v8gaming)
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In memory of the Legendary Peter Brock 1945 - 2006
He will remain always the "King of the Mountain"
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Don't forget -> in "Controller.ini" -> Steer Ratio Speed="0.00000"
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Links for Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?1ffskg446dqz69a
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ca01806/n/V8FU_Base_Install_BETA_v0.9.exe
http://hotfile.com/dl/110125767/c3965d9/V8FU_Base_Install_BETA_v0.9.exe.html
http://depositfiles.com/files/oqfk25sk5
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20125...A_v0_9_001_exe - Thanks to Dave Oliver
http://www.race-driver.net/modules/D..._BETA_v0.9.exe - Thanks to Andy Bonar