Comes with a custom installer so you can select which mods you want to use.
Different Mods can be selected at any time from a desktop shortcut.
I have been making mods here since 2013 with over 10,000 downloads.
You can safely ignore any anti-virus warnings, its false, its the installer software I use.
Mods tested and working with:
Epic version 1.5.1, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.8, 1.69
Steam version 1.6.8
STEAM & EPIC STORE VERSIONS: >> DOWNLOAD HERE <<
PLEASE DO NOT USE DYNAMICS AND PERFORMANCE MODS ONLINE!
A REPRESENTATIVE FOR NACON AND KYLOTONN GAMES HAS STATED IN THE DISCUSSION THREAD THAT ANYONE FOUND TO BE USING PHYSICS MODS THAT ENHANCE PERFORMANCE ONLINE TO POST STAGE TIMES WILL BE BANNED, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
About...
Changing the physics affects many characteristics of how the car handles, grips the surface, brakes, jumps, handles bumps, slides in turns, slides on the hand brake, wheel spins, crashes, spin offs etc.
You should now find you can cut corners and clip bumps without instantly flipping up the car, throw the car into corners and perform power slides better, use the gears and hand brake much more effectively to brake into corners and power through corners at speed sideways.
The idea behind the mods is that from watching WRC clips on YouTube and then watching the in game replays, In real life the cars have weight, suspension and tyres that keep the cars very much planted to the ground, something the game was not emulating very well. Just watch for example WRC 2019 Finland, Spain, Germany clips on YouTube.
As everybody's imagination of how the cars should behave is different I made multiple versions of the mods and every mod is customisable by the user, to give various results.
Try them all out to see if you like any of them.
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PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS MODS:
STANDARD PHYSICS MODS:
Default-PLUS
Basic default game physics
Adjusts Angular Momentum
Adjusts Angular Damping
Single selectable grip levels
Option of Ced's performance Mod
Option of ABS+ Mod
Will make steering wheel force feedback feel nicer.
ENHANCED PHYSICS MODS:
Installs a special single Mod version with the ability to choose separate grip levels for tarmac and gravel setups
These have extended and offset grip levels for tarmac and gravel setups
The mods all have 9 separate grip multiplier levels for different surfaces.
Combine these grip multipliers with the tire mod grip levels to tune the cars handling to your personal preference.
Sim-PLUS+ & Sim-PLUS+ PRO
Adjusts Main Gravity
Adjusts Angular Momentum (Sim-PLUS+ x2, Sim-PLUS PRO x4 default game)
Adjusts Angular Damping
Adjusts Centre of Gravity
Adjust Inertia Tensors
Lower centre of gravity for all cars
Centre of gravity moved forward for front engine cars
Raised the car up to compensate for the added weight/gravity on the car
Brake strength increased to compensate for the extra weight of the cars
Engine braking increased
Suspension damping adjusted
Suspension travel increased
Suspension droop increased
All suspension adjusted to be stiffer on tarmac and softer on gravel
Extra Options:
CED'S PERFORMACE MOD:
Mods the cars performance including:
Adjusts Engine power
Adjusts Engine torque curve
Adjusts RPM
Adjusts Turbo
Adjusts Gearbox
Adjusts Differential
Adds more weight to the cars.
The performance of the car will feel more realistic instead of feeling like you are driving a rocket ship.
Change the gear ratios of gears 1, 2 and 3 of WRC1 cars
ABS+ MOD:
Braking adds grip as the tyres bite the surface, reducing under steer.
More progressive and realistic feeling handbrake.
Handbrake now slows the car more.
All physics mods will also make steering wheel force feedback feel much nicer
TYRE FRICTION MOD:
All mods increase or decrease the friction level of all tyre compounds in the game.
Combine this mod with the physics mods to tune the cars handling to your personal preference.
Options:
There are 2 versions of each mod.
With the second version you can increase the side wall stiffness of all tyre compounds in the game.
This reduces the sloppy feeling of the car as the weight shifts from side to side when turning.
Feels much better when using force feedback wheels.
Default Friction Model:
Games default friction model but with the option to change the side wall stiffness.
Sim-PLUS+ Tuned Friction Model:
Increases grip of all asphalt tires.
Increases grip to all Gravel tires when on Tarmac/Wet Tarmac/Pavement/Wet Pavement.
This is noticeable on stages that have multiple surfaces, eg. Dyfi Wales.
Fixes unrealistic scenario where cars are barely drivable when on the wet asphalt sections.
Sim-PLUS+ PRO Tuned Friction Model:
Increases grip of all asphalt tires.
Increases grip of all Gravel tires when on Tarmac/Wet Tarmac/Pavement/Wet Pavement.
This is noticeable on stages that have multiple surfaces, eg. Dyfi Wales.
Fixes unrealistic scenario where cars are barely drivable when on the wet asphalt sections.
Front and rear friction levels are now offset, less friction on the rear to simulate the rear of the car sliding when cornering.
Using this mod allows you to dial up the grip level and eliminate most understeer while still being able to slide the rear around.
IMPACT PHYSICS MOD:
Sim-PLUS+ PRO
Barriers, Armco, Walls, Fences, Hay Bales Signs, Ditches etc. will now affect the car much more than the default game. Crash physics are much stronger and dynamics are more realistic.
Novice
Barriers, Armco, Walls, Fences, Hay Bales Signs etc. will now not slow down the car down as much as the default game and will not grab the car and drag it to a standstill as often. During crashes the car will slide more and take longer to come to a stop. Crashing into the terrain and running wide across bumpy terrain should not buck the up car up into the air as much as default.
AI DRIVERS MOD:
Adjusts the AI drivers stage times to make the game more challenging or easier when using the car dynamics mods.
Choose an AI Mod, In game set your difficulty to Realistic and then tune to your preference from there.
STAGE TIMES MOD:
Adjusts the time goals required to complete the "Extreme Conditions" tests and also the time goals get medals etc.
Use this mod when using Ced's performance mods because the car is now slower and the games default time targets can not be met.
STAGE CONFIG FIX:
Fix for Wales Great Orme stages using gravel tyres and not tarmac tyres.
FORCE FEEDBACK MODS:
Enables engine RPM vibrations.
Increase the strength of the gear shift force.
Reduces tyre slip vibrations.
Reduces damaged car vibrations.
Reduces engine over rev vibrations.
Reduces self centre force.
The strength of the engine RPM vibrations can be adjusted in the games controller vibrations settings page under "Engine" setting.
Damage Mod:
The cars will now get more visual damage, dents, scratches etc.
CHEAT MODS:
No Damage Mod:
Car will not break no matter which difficulty setting you choose in game.
Repairs Are Free Mod:
Repairs to your car will cost 0 and use no time.
Career Mod:
Start career with...
$1,000,000
Faster Legendary Cards
Faster Epic Cards
All Manufacturer Relationships %100
Perks Mod:
Puddle impact perk %50 instead of %1
Perks are static
%100 Chance of getting perks
R&D Skill Tree Mod:
Eveything costs 0
All unlocked
High grip tyres - all surfaces (use with free roaming patch)
Gives all tyres high grip to enable easy off road driving when exploring
Use this when using the free roaming patch to easily climb mountains and explore the levels
PATCHES:
Patch - Fix loud in car water splash sounds:
This will patch the loud water splash sound when using in car views.
Patch removes the games default loud shotgun water splash sound and replaces it with the same water splash sound that is triggered when using external camera views.
Patch - Puddles don't make the car spin:
Water puddles will not spin the car as violently as in the default game.
Patch - Free Roaming (disables all respawns)
With this patch enabled the respawn system will be disabled.
You can now roam off track and go anywhere in the world you want to.
Crashing off track will not respawn you.
Crashing into spectators will not respawn you.
Going backwards will not respawn you.
When using this patch you should enable high grip tyres in the CHEATS menu to help you climb steep mountains
Have fun
VEHICLE AND HUD MODS:
ENHANCED HEAD LIGHTS & SHADOWS MOD:
Allows you to adjust the intensity of the cars front spotlights.
There are 6 levels for the front spotlights.
The lower settings make night stages more natural looking and also reduce bloom effects. (if you have bloom enabled)
All Mods:
Boost the brightness of the cars normal headlights
Change the headlight bulbs to 6500K
Adjust the brake light intensity and spread
Adjust the beam spread of the front spot lights
Enable enhanced shadow casting for headlights and spotlights
Fixes a developer error where they missed a line of code which then makes each front headlight a slightly different color
Increase the brake disk glow
The enhanced shadow casting fixes most of the problems where the cars front lights are lighting up parts of the environment that should not be.
Lighting in replays will look much more realistic.
There are still problems with lights shining through bridges etc.
OPTIONS:
Default headlight beams - Keeps the fake headlight beam texture (seen on the ground and the environment ahead of you)
Full flood headlight beams - Removes the fake headlight beam texture, this give a large uniform flood of light.
COCKPIT VIEW, RAIN, DAMAGE AND DIRT MODS:
OVER BRIGHT IN CAR VIEW FIX:
Fixes the over bright in car camera views.
WINDSCREEN DIRT MOD:
Dirt and mud build up on the windscreen up are now controllable.
Mods the dirty screen wiping effect to match the level of dirt you have selected.
5 Levels of dirt build up can be selected.
REAL RAIN MOD:
Adds a more realistic rain drop effects to all glass.
Rain drops are much finer with more rain drops on the front windscreen and side windows.
All mods will make the cracked windscreen effect more subtle with higher resolution cracks and finer detail.
VEHICLE LIGHTS DIRT LEVEL MOD:
When driving on dirty stages the cars headlights get dirty but then on the replays etc. it looks strange as the level of dirt has no effect on the actual headlight brightness.
On muddy stages you can barely see the headlights but they shine on the ground as normal and just look odd.
This mod changes the transparency of the dirt texture on the cars headlights and tail lights to make replays look more natural.
SNOW DIRT MOD:
This Mod will change the textures that are applied to the car during snow stages so that the car does not look like it has been in a deep freezer by the end of a stage.
There are 3 versions.
The Mod changes the snow dirt textures applied to the:
Windscreen
Car Body
Car Lights
Car Wheels
Car Tires
CAR PAINTWORK, REFLECTIONS AND RAIN DROPS MOD:
Adds finer rain drops to the cars bonnet and bodywork
Deeper and more glossy car paintwork
Deeper car paintwork colour
Clearer more natural bonnet reflections
Reduces the reflection strength on the bonnet to look more natural
2 Versions:
Normal paint retains the orange peel effect in the cars pain
Extra glossy paint smooths out the reflections you see in the bonnet
HUD MOD:
Custom in game HUD and gauges.
Better colours.
HUD components are more transparent
Removes flashing over rev effect from RPM gauge edge.
More transparent replay controls.
Removes the on screen "Skip" button from the stage intros.
Mods the following:
Progress bar
Speedo
Speedo needle
Turbo gauge
MPH/KPH
Timer
Damage meter
DASHBOARD MOD:
Mods the in car dashboards.
Adjusted all rendering positions to avoid the displays clipping into the cockpit surrounds.
Increases the size (as far as I can fit them into the surrounds and look ok)
Increased colours and saturation of the displays
Larger shift lights (Fiesta)
Reduced backlighting
Reduced glare
Clearer easier to read
COCKPIT & WORLD MOD:
Everything in the cockpit will be darker and less glossy.
Materials look more realistic and interact with light much more naturally.
Dashboard
Steering Wheel
Roll Cage
Drivers bodies, helmets, gloves
Door Panels
Harnesses
Darker co-pilot pace notes
and more.
Many objects in the world will be less glossy and darker.
Armco barriers, Signposts, Kerbs, Buildings etc. making everything look more natural.
Armco etc, will now look like galvanised metal and not like a mirror.
Mods the front windscreen sun visor decal to be more colourful and darker (this also helps hide the bad wiper overlap)
PACE NOTES MOD:
More transparent pace notes icons.
Pace note icons moved lower on the screen
2 options:
Default pace note icon size.
Larger pace note icon size.
COLOURED COUNTDOWN MOD:
Traffic light coloured start race count down.
EXPANDED CAMERA ADJUSTMENT MOD:
Installs a modified camera settings file.
Provides extended in game camera adjustment to get you view just where you want it.
(Options, Gameplay Settings, Camera)
IMPACT SHAKE, FOV AND CAMERAS MOD:
Enables in game dynamic field of view for in car views.
When enabled the field of view when the car is stopped is 80 and at full speed is 105.
This enhances the illusion of speed.
Effect can be turned on/off in game settings.
Removes the effect of the camera shaking when you hit an object.
Fixed chase cameras option., Chase cams are fixed in position. It takes a while to get used to but when mastered can result in very precise car positioning and control.
Centred cockpit cam option. The behind the wheel cockpit camera is replaced by a fixed camera in the centre of the cockpit. Has default game road reflections. There is another mod in the "Surfaces & Reflections Mod" section that has a special centre camera view that has the full correct surface reflections as seen in external camera views.
OPTIONS:
Disable Impact Shake
Enable Dynamic FOV
Enable Dynamic FOV + Disable Impact Shake
Enable Dynamic FOV + Disable Impact Shake + Fixed position chase cams
Enable dynamic FOV, Disable impact shakes, Centred cockpit camera
GRAPHICS AND SHADER MODS:
FALLING RAIN AND SNOW MOD:
Mods the falling rain and snow to be denser with finer detail and more transparent.
Changes the length of the rain drop so that they don't look so much like shooting stars.
Changes how sunlight and headlights illuminate the falling rain and snow.
WATER DROPS MOD:
Mods the water drops effect that cover the screen in bumper, bonnet, chase cam views and in replays and stage intros during wet stages.
Options:
Finer more subtle screen water drops 1 - Fine rain drops
Finer more subtle screen water drops 2 - Extra Fine rain drops
Remove the water drops completely
ENHANCED STAGE SURFACES AND REFLECTIONS MOD:
Reduces the brightness of the reflections on wet stages.
Enhances the ground textures, rain and reflections, puddles, lakes, ocean of all stages, all weathers, all times of day.
Changes how light is scattered on the stage surfaces.
Higher resolution puddles.
Changes the rendering of puddles to look more natural and fixes weird looking puddles seen on many stages (Wales, Hafren, Storm for example)
Adjusts shaders to fix ALL reflection flickering issues seen on many wet stages on the ground and in the puddles.
Wet stages look more detailed and natural with more subtle reflections.
Wet stages with in car camera views look much better.
You will now be able to see more of the surface details on wet stages. Soaking wet patches, dry patches, puddles, wet asphalt repair patches, tire tracks, skid marks, pot holes, flooded areas, etc.
Asphalt patches, skid marks etc will blend in much better and look more natural.
Mods the white road markings on asphalt stages to blend in better, show reflections, and rain drops.
Reduces the size of the rain drops on the ground and extends the draw distance of the rain drops.
OPTIONS:
- WITH NORMAL CAMERA VIEWS:
3 different levels of reflections.
All standard camera views are available.
- WITH SPECIAL COCKPIT VIEWS:
This version is tailored to cockpit camera drivers.
Installs a special version of the shader mod specifically made for cockpit views.
The bonnet cam is now replaced with a special cockpit camera view. By doing this the new cockpit camera view will show screen space reflections on the surface stage ahead. By default screen space reflections are turned off in cockpit cams by the devs to avoid artefacts caused by the wipers.
Because I have greatly reduced the intensity of the reflections, when the car is moving the artefacts are now barely noticeable.
There are 2 versions. Each Mod has 1 new custom cockpit view with full reflections so the road ahead looks the same as if you were in bonnet view.
The mod overrides other camera mods and also removes the on screen water drops, otherwise we would have rain when inside the the car
To adjust the camera position for the new views, in game go to camera settings and adjust the settings for the bonnet view.
NOTE: The dashboard will not show in the new hacked views until you have changed views to one of the normal in car views.
NOTE: In these new views the rain on the windscreen and glass cracks show motion blur (remember we are actually in bonnet view) Turn off or turn down the motion blur in the in game settings if it bothers you.
The mod will also install a modded windscreen sun visor decal to be more colourful and darker, this also helps hide the bad wiper overlap.
BEAUTIFUL SKIES & VIEWS MOD:
Reduces the brightness level of the sky.
Changes the level of the fog in the distance so you will be able to see more details in the far distance of stages.
Reduces the light on the stage surfaces and objects.
These reductions combined help make the stages look more moody, darker, more natural and make the clouds and weather effects more visible.
FOG MOD:
Reduces the intensity of all fog effects
Reduces the brightness of the fog and foggy sky
When combined with the surface reflections mod the evening storm stages will look much better and more natural
BLOOM CONTROL MOD:
Lowers the intensity of the bloom effect and fake camera lens smudges when bright light shines at your view.
INCREASE EXPOSURE AND SHADOW BLEND MOD:
Increases the light exposure for all parts of the game making everything brighter and more natural.
Moves the ground shadow blend distance further ahead on the stage.
COLOUR GRADING MOD:
Enhances the games built in colour grading.
REDUCE LUMINANCE MOD:
Reduces the luminance level.
Makes everything look more natural.
SHADOWS MOD:
Mods the shadows cast on the ground.
Makes the shadow softer an look more natural.
CRYSTAL CLEAR MOD:
Removes the blur that covers the whole game.
Everything will look much more clear, vivid and more natural looking.
GRAPHICS FILTERING MOD:
Mods the strength of the game engine blur / smoothing shader.
Helps to reduce aliasing and shimmering.
OPTIONS:
Off (No filtering):
Turns off the filtering for a clean sharp image.
Medium:
Higher than default, adds extra filtering / smoothing to all graphics
High:
Higher than default, adds extra filtering / smoothing to all graphics
DEPTH OF FIELD FIX:
Fixes the games built in depth of field effect to look much cleaner.
Use this in combination with my "Post Process Mod" for a much nicer depth of field effect.
EXTRA MOTION BLUR:
Enhances the motion blur shader.
Makes the effect of scenery moving past you look much better.
SMOKE FLARES & PARTICLES MOD:
Makes all particle effects in the game more transparent.
This will make many effects in the game look more natural and less cartoon like.
Makes particle effects look better in replays.
Modifies:
Road side coloured smoke flares
Water spray effects from the cars wheels
Water splash effects from puddles
Dust effects from the cars wheels
3 settings for transparency levels
Option to reduce the size of the flares and particle effects.
COLOURED SMOKE FLARES MOD:
Swaps the coloured smoke flares for other effects from the game. Coloured light is still emitted into the environment.
OPTIONS:
Hide the coloured smoke flares (flares will still cast colour onto the stage)
Swap all smoke flares to fire works (just for fun)
Fireworks are great fun at night
TYRE PARTICLES MOD:
Removes the water spray effects etc. that emit from the rear of the tyres.
LENS FLARE MOD:
Removes the sun lens flare effects.
OPTIONS:
Hide the sun halo
Show the sun halo
SETTINGS MODS:
HIGHER QUALITY GRAPHICS MOD:
Installs a modified graphics preset file.
Takes effect when using the Very High Graphics Preset in game.
Enhances the following:
Shadow quality.
Particles quality.
Terrain quality.
Vegetation quality.
Spawn distance of objects.
Anisotropic quality.
Adds very high in game setting for sharpen.
Adds very high in game setting for motion blur.
USER SETTINGS FILE MOD:
Installs a modified game settings file.
MODS:
Disables RGB Shift (Chromatic aberration)
Disables background blur when in menus.
Disables Dynamic Resolution
(For 1:1 graphics quality)
Modifies various graphics settings.
Enhanced motion blur. (Looks great in replays)
Remove Sun Rays \ God Rays.
There are 8 versions with different combinations.
POST PROCESS MOD:
Higher quality depth of field and god rays.
OPTIONS:
1.0x Scale
1.5x Scale
2.0x Scale
ENHANCED GOD RAYS / SUN RAYS:
Makes the God rays / sun ray more transparent and natural looking.
Reduces the brightness of the sun (designed to work with the beautiful skies mod)
Options:
Low:
Default ray length
Rays are more transparent
Lowers the brightness of the sun
High:
Longer ray length than default
Rays are more transparent
Lowers the brightness of the sun
VARIOUS MODS:
MENU ANIMATIONS MOD:
Removes menu animations making menu navigation much faster.
REMOVE WRC 8 LOGOS MOD:
This Mod will remove many of the games WRC 8 Logos from replays etc.
NO INTRO MOVIES MOD:
This Mod will skip over some movie files and also allow you to skip other movies by pressing a button so the game will start up faster.
VARIOUS MODS:
Darker and more transparent HUD:
Mods the game menus to look a little nicer
RESHADE:
ReShade AND MY WRC8 PRESETS:
This will install ReShade 4, Shaders and my WRC8 presets
into the games folder.
Once in game press:-
F10: Reload Shaders
F11: Enter the ReShade GUI
F12: Enable / disable ReShade
END: Next Preset
HOME: Previous Preset
When using my presets set the in game settings to:
Anti-Aliasing FXAA & TAA ON
Colour Grading ON
Sharpen OFF
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NOTE:-
When the graphics mods are first installed and you enter the graphics settings menu in game you will see many of the settings show "Customised" this means the setting has been enhanced by the mod.
If you change any of these settings you will not be able return to the enhanced setting unless you reinstall the user settings mod and graphics mod. The "Very High" graphics preset now also uses more enhanced graphics settings over standard.
And remember:
Always play the game at 60Hz Standard V-Sync on for the games physics and graphics engine to work correctly and close all background apps especially app that monitor your pc Aida64, iCue, NZXT Cam etc.
Thanks to icebob2016 for the great videos
David Rodriguez
Wet Night Stage: No Mods
Wet Night Stage: Hud Mod, Lighting Mod, Water Drops Mod, Lens Dirt Mod
Some screen shots with Mods On:
Different Mods can be selected at any time from a desktop shortcut.
I have been making mods here since 2013 with over 10,000 downloads.
You can safely ignore any anti-virus warnings, its false, its the installer software I use.
Mods tested and working with:
Epic version 1.5.1, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.8, 1.69
Steam version 1.6.8
STEAM & EPIC STORE VERSIONS: >> DOWNLOAD HERE <<
PLEASE DO NOT USE DYNAMICS AND PERFORMANCE MODS ONLINE!
A REPRESENTATIVE FOR NACON AND KYLOTONN GAMES HAS STATED IN THE DISCUSSION THREAD THAT ANYONE FOUND TO BE USING PHYSICS MODS THAT ENHANCE PERFORMANCE ONLINE TO POST STAGE TIMES WILL BE BANNED, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
About...
Changing the physics affects many characteristics of how the car handles, grips the surface, brakes, jumps, handles bumps, slides in turns, slides on the hand brake, wheel spins, crashes, spin offs etc.
You should now find you can cut corners and clip bumps without instantly flipping up the car, throw the car into corners and perform power slides better, use the gears and hand brake much more effectively to brake into corners and power through corners at speed sideways.
The idea behind the mods is that from watching WRC clips on YouTube and then watching the in game replays, In real life the cars have weight, suspension and tyres that keep the cars very much planted to the ground, something the game was not emulating very well. Just watch for example WRC 2019 Finland, Spain, Germany clips on YouTube.
As everybody's imagination of how the cars should behave is different I made multiple versions of the mods and every mod is customisable by the user, to give various results.
Try them all out to see if you like any of them.
_________________________________________________
PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS MODS:
STANDARD PHYSICS MODS:
Default-PLUS
Basic default game physics
Adjusts Angular Momentum
Adjusts Angular Damping
Single selectable grip levels
Option of Ced's performance Mod
Option of ABS+ Mod
Will make steering wheel force feedback feel nicer.
ENHANCED PHYSICS MODS:
Installs a special single Mod version with the ability to choose separate grip levels for tarmac and gravel setups
These have extended and offset grip levels for tarmac and gravel setups
The mods all have 9 separate grip multiplier levels for different surfaces.
Combine these grip multipliers with the tire mod grip levels to tune the cars handling to your personal preference.
Sim-PLUS+ & Sim-PLUS+ PRO
Adjusts Main Gravity
Adjusts Angular Momentum (Sim-PLUS+ x2, Sim-PLUS PRO x4 default game)
Adjusts Angular Damping
Adjusts Centre of Gravity
Adjust Inertia Tensors
Lower centre of gravity for all cars
Centre of gravity moved forward for front engine cars
Raised the car up to compensate for the added weight/gravity on the car
Brake strength increased to compensate for the extra weight of the cars
Engine braking increased
Suspension damping adjusted
Suspension travel increased
Suspension droop increased
All suspension adjusted to be stiffer on tarmac and softer on gravel
Extra Options:
CED'S PERFORMACE MOD:
Mods the cars performance including:
Adjusts Engine power
Adjusts Engine torque curve
Adjusts RPM
Adjusts Turbo
Adjusts Gearbox
Adjusts Differential
Adds more weight to the cars.
The performance of the car will feel more realistic instead of feeling like you are driving a rocket ship.
Change the gear ratios of gears 1, 2 and 3 of WRC1 cars
ABS+ MOD:
Braking adds grip as the tyres bite the surface, reducing under steer.
More progressive and realistic feeling handbrake.
Handbrake now slows the car more.
All physics mods will also make steering wheel force feedback feel much nicer
TYRE FRICTION MOD:
All mods increase or decrease the friction level of all tyre compounds in the game.
Combine this mod with the physics mods to tune the cars handling to your personal preference.
Options:
There are 2 versions of each mod.
With the second version you can increase the side wall stiffness of all tyre compounds in the game.
This reduces the sloppy feeling of the car as the weight shifts from side to side when turning.
Feels much better when using force feedback wheels.
Default Friction Model:
Games default friction model but with the option to change the side wall stiffness.
Sim-PLUS+ Tuned Friction Model:
Increases grip of all asphalt tires.
Increases grip to all Gravel tires when on Tarmac/Wet Tarmac/Pavement/Wet Pavement.
This is noticeable on stages that have multiple surfaces, eg. Dyfi Wales.
Fixes unrealistic scenario where cars are barely drivable when on the wet asphalt sections.
Sim-PLUS+ PRO Tuned Friction Model:
Increases grip of all asphalt tires.
Increases grip of all Gravel tires when on Tarmac/Wet Tarmac/Pavement/Wet Pavement.
This is noticeable on stages that have multiple surfaces, eg. Dyfi Wales.
Fixes unrealistic scenario where cars are barely drivable when on the wet asphalt sections.
Front and rear friction levels are now offset, less friction on the rear to simulate the rear of the car sliding when cornering.
Using this mod allows you to dial up the grip level and eliminate most understeer while still being able to slide the rear around.
IMPACT PHYSICS MOD:
Sim-PLUS+ PRO
Barriers, Armco, Walls, Fences, Hay Bales Signs, Ditches etc. will now affect the car much more than the default game. Crash physics are much stronger and dynamics are more realistic.
Novice
Barriers, Armco, Walls, Fences, Hay Bales Signs etc. will now not slow down the car down as much as the default game and will not grab the car and drag it to a standstill as often. During crashes the car will slide more and take longer to come to a stop. Crashing into the terrain and running wide across bumpy terrain should not buck the up car up into the air as much as default.
AI DRIVERS MOD:
Adjusts the AI drivers stage times to make the game more challenging or easier when using the car dynamics mods.
Choose an AI Mod, In game set your difficulty to Realistic and then tune to your preference from there.
STAGE TIMES MOD:
Adjusts the time goals required to complete the "Extreme Conditions" tests and also the time goals get medals etc.
Use this mod when using Ced's performance mods because the car is now slower and the games default time targets can not be met.
STAGE CONFIG FIX:
Fix for Wales Great Orme stages using gravel tyres and not tarmac tyres.
FORCE FEEDBACK MODS:
Enables engine RPM vibrations.
Increase the strength of the gear shift force.
Reduces tyre slip vibrations.
Reduces damaged car vibrations.
Reduces engine over rev vibrations.
Reduces self centre force.
The strength of the engine RPM vibrations can be adjusted in the games controller vibrations settings page under "Engine" setting.
Damage Mod:
The cars will now get more visual damage, dents, scratches etc.
CHEAT MODS:
No Damage Mod:
Car will not break no matter which difficulty setting you choose in game.
Repairs Are Free Mod:
Repairs to your car will cost 0 and use no time.
Career Mod:
Start career with...
$1,000,000
Faster Legendary Cards
Faster Epic Cards
All Manufacturer Relationships %100
Perks Mod:
Puddle impact perk %50 instead of %1
Perks are static
%100 Chance of getting perks
R&D Skill Tree Mod:
Eveything costs 0
All unlocked
High grip tyres - all surfaces (use with free roaming patch)
Gives all tyres high grip to enable easy off road driving when exploring
Use this when using the free roaming patch to easily climb mountains and explore the levels
PATCHES:
Patch - Fix loud in car water splash sounds:
This will patch the loud water splash sound when using in car views.
Patch removes the games default loud shotgun water splash sound and replaces it with the same water splash sound that is triggered when using external camera views.
Patch - Puddles don't make the car spin:
Water puddles will not spin the car as violently as in the default game.
Patch - Free Roaming (disables all respawns)
With this patch enabled the respawn system will be disabled.
You can now roam off track and go anywhere in the world you want to.
Crashing off track will not respawn you.
Crashing into spectators will not respawn you.
Going backwards will not respawn you.
When using this patch you should enable high grip tyres in the CHEATS menu to help you climb steep mountains
Have fun
VEHICLE AND HUD MODS:
ENHANCED HEAD LIGHTS & SHADOWS MOD:
Allows you to adjust the intensity of the cars front spotlights.
There are 6 levels for the front spotlights.
The lower settings make night stages more natural looking and also reduce bloom effects. (if you have bloom enabled)
All Mods:
Boost the brightness of the cars normal headlights
Change the headlight bulbs to 6500K
Adjust the brake light intensity and spread
Adjust the beam spread of the front spot lights
Enable enhanced shadow casting for headlights and spotlights
Fixes a developer error where they missed a line of code which then makes each front headlight a slightly different color
Increase the brake disk glow
The enhanced shadow casting fixes most of the problems where the cars front lights are lighting up parts of the environment that should not be.
Lighting in replays will look much more realistic.
There are still problems with lights shining through bridges etc.
OPTIONS:
Default headlight beams - Keeps the fake headlight beam texture (seen on the ground and the environment ahead of you)
Full flood headlight beams - Removes the fake headlight beam texture, this give a large uniform flood of light.
COCKPIT VIEW, RAIN, DAMAGE AND DIRT MODS:
OVER BRIGHT IN CAR VIEW FIX:
Fixes the over bright in car camera views.
WINDSCREEN DIRT MOD:
Dirt and mud build up on the windscreen up are now controllable.
Mods the dirty screen wiping effect to match the level of dirt you have selected.
5 Levels of dirt build up can be selected.
REAL RAIN MOD:
Adds a more realistic rain drop effects to all glass.
Rain drops are much finer with more rain drops on the front windscreen and side windows.
All mods will make the cracked windscreen effect more subtle with higher resolution cracks and finer detail.
VEHICLE LIGHTS DIRT LEVEL MOD:
When driving on dirty stages the cars headlights get dirty but then on the replays etc. it looks strange as the level of dirt has no effect on the actual headlight brightness.
On muddy stages you can barely see the headlights but they shine on the ground as normal and just look odd.
This mod changes the transparency of the dirt texture on the cars headlights and tail lights to make replays look more natural.
SNOW DIRT MOD:
This Mod will change the textures that are applied to the car during snow stages so that the car does not look like it has been in a deep freezer by the end of a stage.
There are 3 versions.
The Mod changes the snow dirt textures applied to the:
Windscreen
Car Body
Car Lights
Car Wheels
Car Tires
CAR PAINTWORK, REFLECTIONS AND RAIN DROPS MOD:
Adds finer rain drops to the cars bonnet and bodywork
Deeper and more glossy car paintwork
Deeper car paintwork colour
Clearer more natural bonnet reflections
Reduces the reflection strength on the bonnet to look more natural
2 Versions:
Normal paint retains the orange peel effect in the cars pain
Extra glossy paint smooths out the reflections you see in the bonnet
HUD MOD:
Custom in game HUD and gauges.
Better colours.
HUD components are more transparent
Removes flashing over rev effect from RPM gauge edge.
More transparent replay controls.
Removes the on screen "Skip" button from the stage intros.
Mods the following:
Progress bar
Speedo
Speedo needle
Turbo gauge
MPH/KPH
Timer
Damage meter
DASHBOARD MOD:
Mods the in car dashboards.
Adjusted all rendering positions to avoid the displays clipping into the cockpit surrounds.
Increases the size (as far as I can fit them into the surrounds and look ok)
Increased colours and saturation of the displays
Larger shift lights (Fiesta)
Reduced backlighting
Reduced glare
Clearer easier to read
COCKPIT & WORLD MOD:
Everything in the cockpit will be darker and less glossy.
Materials look more realistic and interact with light much more naturally.
Dashboard
Steering Wheel
Roll Cage
Drivers bodies, helmets, gloves
Door Panels
Harnesses
Darker co-pilot pace notes
and more.
Many objects in the world will be less glossy and darker.
Armco barriers, Signposts, Kerbs, Buildings etc. making everything look more natural.
Armco etc, will now look like galvanised metal and not like a mirror.
Mods the front windscreen sun visor decal to be more colourful and darker (this also helps hide the bad wiper overlap)
PACE NOTES MOD:
More transparent pace notes icons.
Pace note icons moved lower on the screen
2 options:
Default pace note icon size.
Larger pace note icon size.
COLOURED COUNTDOWN MOD:
Traffic light coloured start race count down.
EXPANDED CAMERA ADJUSTMENT MOD:
Installs a modified camera settings file.
Provides extended in game camera adjustment to get you view just where you want it.
(Options, Gameplay Settings, Camera)
IMPACT SHAKE, FOV AND CAMERAS MOD:
Enables in game dynamic field of view for in car views.
When enabled the field of view when the car is stopped is 80 and at full speed is 105.
This enhances the illusion of speed.
Effect can be turned on/off in game settings.
Removes the effect of the camera shaking when you hit an object.
Fixed chase cameras option., Chase cams are fixed in position. It takes a while to get used to but when mastered can result in very precise car positioning and control.
Centred cockpit cam option. The behind the wheel cockpit camera is replaced by a fixed camera in the centre of the cockpit. Has default game road reflections. There is another mod in the "Surfaces & Reflections Mod" section that has a special centre camera view that has the full correct surface reflections as seen in external camera views.
OPTIONS:
Disable Impact Shake
Enable Dynamic FOV
Enable Dynamic FOV + Disable Impact Shake
Enable Dynamic FOV + Disable Impact Shake + Fixed position chase cams
Enable dynamic FOV, Disable impact shakes, Centred cockpit camera
GRAPHICS AND SHADER MODS:
FALLING RAIN AND SNOW MOD:
Mods the falling rain and snow to be denser with finer detail and more transparent.
Changes the length of the rain drop so that they don't look so much like shooting stars.
Changes how sunlight and headlights illuminate the falling rain and snow.
WATER DROPS MOD:
Mods the water drops effect that cover the screen in bumper, bonnet, chase cam views and in replays and stage intros during wet stages.
Options:
Finer more subtle screen water drops 1 - Fine rain drops
Finer more subtle screen water drops 2 - Extra Fine rain drops
Remove the water drops completely
ENHANCED STAGE SURFACES AND REFLECTIONS MOD:
Reduces the brightness of the reflections on wet stages.
Enhances the ground textures, rain and reflections, puddles, lakes, ocean of all stages, all weathers, all times of day.
Changes how light is scattered on the stage surfaces.
Higher resolution puddles.
Changes the rendering of puddles to look more natural and fixes weird looking puddles seen on many stages (Wales, Hafren, Storm for example)
Adjusts shaders to fix ALL reflection flickering issues seen on many wet stages on the ground and in the puddles.
Wet stages look more detailed and natural with more subtle reflections.
Wet stages with in car camera views look much better.
You will now be able to see more of the surface details on wet stages. Soaking wet patches, dry patches, puddles, wet asphalt repair patches, tire tracks, skid marks, pot holes, flooded areas, etc.
Asphalt patches, skid marks etc will blend in much better and look more natural.
Mods the white road markings on asphalt stages to blend in better, show reflections, and rain drops.
Reduces the size of the rain drops on the ground and extends the draw distance of the rain drops.
OPTIONS:
- WITH NORMAL CAMERA VIEWS:
3 different levels of reflections.
All standard camera views are available.
- WITH SPECIAL COCKPIT VIEWS:
This version is tailored to cockpit camera drivers.
Installs a special version of the shader mod specifically made for cockpit views.
The bonnet cam is now replaced with a special cockpit camera view. By doing this the new cockpit camera view will show screen space reflections on the surface stage ahead. By default screen space reflections are turned off in cockpit cams by the devs to avoid artefacts caused by the wipers.
Because I have greatly reduced the intensity of the reflections, when the car is moving the artefacts are now barely noticeable.
There are 2 versions. Each Mod has 1 new custom cockpit view with full reflections so the road ahead looks the same as if you were in bonnet view.
The mod overrides other camera mods and also removes the on screen water drops, otherwise we would have rain when inside the the car
To adjust the camera position for the new views, in game go to camera settings and adjust the settings for the bonnet view.
NOTE: The dashboard will not show in the new hacked views until you have changed views to one of the normal in car views.
NOTE: In these new views the rain on the windscreen and glass cracks show motion blur (remember we are actually in bonnet view) Turn off or turn down the motion blur in the in game settings if it bothers you.
The mod will also install a modded windscreen sun visor decal to be more colourful and darker, this also helps hide the bad wiper overlap.
BEAUTIFUL SKIES & VIEWS MOD:
Reduces the brightness level of the sky.
Changes the level of the fog in the distance so you will be able to see more details in the far distance of stages.
Reduces the light on the stage surfaces and objects.
These reductions combined help make the stages look more moody, darker, more natural and make the clouds and weather effects more visible.
FOG MOD:
Reduces the intensity of all fog effects
Reduces the brightness of the fog and foggy sky
When combined with the surface reflections mod the evening storm stages will look much better and more natural
BLOOM CONTROL MOD:
Lowers the intensity of the bloom effect and fake camera lens smudges when bright light shines at your view.
INCREASE EXPOSURE AND SHADOW BLEND MOD:
Increases the light exposure for all parts of the game making everything brighter and more natural.
Moves the ground shadow blend distance further ahead on the stage.
COLOUR GRADING MOD:
Enhances the games built in colour grading.
REDUCE LUMINANCE MOD:
Reduces the luminance level.
Makes everything look more natural.
SHADOWS MOD:
Mods the shadows cast on the ground.
Makes the shadow softer an look more natural.
CRYSTAL CLEAR MOD:
Removes the blur that covers the whole game.
Everything will look much more clear, vivid and more natural looking.
GRAPHICS FILTERING MOD:
Mods the strength of the game engine blur / smoothing shader.
Helps to reduce aliasing and shimmering.
OPTIONS:
Off (No filtering):
Turns off the filtering for a clean sharp image.
Medium:
Higher than default, adds extra filtering / smoothing to all graphics
High:
Higher than default, adds extra filtering / smoothing to all graphics
DEPTH OF FIELD FIX:
Fixes the games built in depth of field effect to look much cleaner.
Use this in combination with my "Post Process Mod" for a much nicer depth of field effect.
EXTRA MOTION BLUR:
Enhances the motion blur shader.
Makes the effect of scenery moving past you look much better.
SMOKE FLARES & PARTICLES MOD:
Makes all particle effects in the game more transparent.
This will make many effects in the game look more natural and less cartoon like.
Makes particle effects look better in replays.
Modifies:
Road side coloured smoke flares
Water spray effects from the cars wheels
Water splash effects from puddles
Dust effects from the cars wheels
3 settings for transparency levels
Option to reduce the size of the flares and particle effects.
COLOURED SMOKE FLARES MOD:
Swaps the coloured smoke flares for other effects from the game. Coloured light is still emitted into the environment.
OPTIONS:
Hide the coloured smoke flares (flares will still cast colour onto the stage)
Swap all smoke flares to fire works (just for fun)
Fireworks are great fun at night
TYRE PARTICLES MOD:
Removes the water spray effects etc. that emit from the rear of the tyres.
LENS FLARE MOD:
Removes the sun lens flare effects.
OPTIONS:
Hide the sun halo
Show the sun halo
SETTINGS MODS:
HIGHER QUALITY GRAPHICS MOD:
Installs a modified graphics preset file.
Takes effect when using the Very High Graphics Preset in game.
Enhances the following:
Shadow quality.
Particles quality.
Terrain quality.
Vegetation quality.
Spawn distance of objects.
Anisotropic quality.
Adds very high in game setting for sharpen.
Adds very high in game setting for motion blur.
USER SETTINGS FILE MOD:
Installs a modified game settings file.
MODS:
Disables RGB Shift (Chromatic aberration)
Disables background blur when in menus.
Disables Dynamic Resolution
(For 1:1 graphics quality)
Modifies various graphics settings.
Enhanced motion blur. (Looks great in replays)
Remove Sun Rays \ God Rays.
There are 8 versions with different combinations.
POST PROCESS MOD:
Higher quality depth of field and god rays.
OPTIONS:
1.0x Scale
1.5x Scale
2.0x Scale
ENHANCED GOD RAYS / SUN RAYS:
Makes the God rays / sun ray more transparent and natural looking.
Reduces the brightness of the sun (designed to work with the beautiful skies mod)
Options:
Low:
Default ray length
Rays are more transparent
Lowers the brightness of the sun
High:
Longer ray length than default
Rays are more transparent
Lowers the brightness of the sun
VARIOUS MODS:
MENU ANIMATIONS MOD:
Removes menu animations making menu navigation much faster.
REMOVE WRC 8 LOGOS MOD:
This Mod will remove many of the games WRC 8 Logos from replays etc.
NO INTRO MOVIES MOD:
This Mod will skip over some movie files and also allow you to skip other movies by pressing a button so the game will start up faster.
VARIOUS MODS:
Darker and more transparent HUD:
Mods the game menus to look a little nicer
RESHADE:
ReShade AND MY WRC8 PRESETS:
This will install ReShade 4, Shaders and my WRC8 presets
into the games folder.
Once in game press:-
F10: Reload Shaders
F11: Enter the ReShade GUI
F12: Enable / disable ReShade
END: Next Preset
HOME: Previous Preset
When using my presets set the in game settings to:
Anti-Aliasing FXAA & TAA ON
Colour Grading ON
Sharpen OFF
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NOTE:-
When the graphics mods are first installed and you enter the graphics settings menu in game you will see many of the settings show "Customised" this means the setting has been enhanced by the mod.
If you change any of these settings you will not be able return to the enhanced setting unless you reinstall the user settings mod and graphics mod. The "Very High" graphics preset now also uses more enhanced graphics settings over standard.
And remember:
Always play the game at 60Hz Standard V-Sync on for the games physics and graphics engine to work correctly and close all background apps especially app that monitor your pc Aida64, iCue, NZXT Cam etc.
Wet Night Stage: No Mods
Wet Night Stage: Hud Mod, Lighting Mod, Water Drops Mod, Lens Dirt Mod
Some screen shots with Mods On:
