As a fan of touring cars and the BTCC in particular this was done because of how much I love the way this feeder series car behaves in AMS2 now. The stock skins just didn't do it justice. And until there's anything that better represents the BTCC on the grid in AMS2 I figured I'd better get the most out of the BTCC tracks in AMS2.
A lot of liberties were taken when setting the skins up so they don't match the real life counterpart but come close enough to make them recognisable.
I also put work into an AI file to really close up the field to provide that close touring car racing feel. I've also given the relative advantages as I remember them, so some are better in the wet than others and team mates won't try and pit on the same lap for wets. Those who were in a RWD have better start reactions similar to that seen in 2022 which was just enough to make turn 1 interesting. Some drivers are more stubborn than others when it comes to blue flags. And those with a bad finishing record have higher chances of reliability and concentration issues.
BTCC Mini skins included
Motorbase Napa 2022 Ash Sutton #1 & Daan Cammish #9
ExceleR8 2022 Tom Chilton #3, Tom Ingram #80 & Dan Lloyd #123
Speedworks Toyota Gazoo Racing 2022 Rory Butcher #6 & Ricky Collard #21
BTC Racing Rich Energey 2022 Josh Cook #66, Jason Plato #11 & Jade Edwards #99
Laser Tools Racing 2022 Aiden Moffat #16 & Dexter Patterson #1
West Surrey Racing ROKiT 2022 Jake HIll #24
West Surrey Racing Pirtek 2018 Andrew Jordan #77
Ciceley Motorsport 2018 Adam Morgan #33 & Tom Oliphant #15
Team Dynamics Halfords 2016 Gordon Shedden #52
Motorbase Airwaves 2013 Mat Jackson #7 & Aron Taylor-Smith #8
West Surrey Racing 2003 MG Anthony Reid #4, Colin Turklington #5 & Warren Hughes #6
Team Dynamics Halfords 2005 Matt Neal #25
Prodrive Rapidfit 2000 Alain Menu #11, Anthony Reid #12 & #3 Rickard Rydell
888 Race Engineering Masterfit 1999 John Cleland #8 & Yvan Muller #7
Tom Walkinshaw Racing Volvo 1998 Rickard Rydell #4 & Gianni Morbidelli #14
Motor Sport Developments Esso 1997 Tim Harvey #12 & Patrick Watts #14
Andy Rouse Engineering Valvoline 1995 Paul Radisich #3 & Kelvin Burt #33
Currently the skins that will load with the defualt xml are as following.
Motorbase Napa 2022 Ash Sutton #1 & Daan Cammish #9
ExceleR8 2022 Tom Ingram #80 & Dan Lloyd #123
Speedworks Toyota Gazoo Racing 2022 Rory Butcher #6
BTC Racing Rich Energey 2022 Josh Cook #66 & Jason Plato #11
Laser Tools Racing 2022 Aiden Moffat #16
West Surrey Racing 2022 ROKiT Jake HIll #24
West Surrey Racing Pirtek 2018 Andrew Jordan #77
Ciceley Motorsport 2018 Adam Morgan #33 & Tom Oliphant #15
Team Dynamics Halfords 2016 Gordon Shedden #52
Motorbase Airwaves 2013 Mat Jackson #7
West Surrey Racing 2003 MG Anthony Reid #4 & Colin Turklington #5
Team Dynamics Halfords 2005 Matt Neal #25
Prodrive Rapidfit 2000 Alain Menu #11
888 Race Engineering Masterfit 1999 John Cleland #8 & Yvan Muller #7
Tom Walkinshaw Racing Volvo 1998 Rickard Rydell #4 & Gianni Morbidelli #14
Motor Sport Developments Esso 1997 Tim Harvey #12
Andy Rouse Engineering Valvoline 1995 Paul Radisich #3
The included AI file has all of the drivers for the skins, but if you are moving Rydell or Reid to Prodrive you have to change the AI file as well. Otherwise you just have to copy and paste the skin you want over the one you want to replace in the xml file with the provided data for the skin you want. And change the Livery_ID to match the one you replaced. And have fun.
To install just place the 2 folders in your Automobilista 2 directory. You will have to overwrite any skin xml or AI files you have for the minis.
