Chevrolet Corvette C6 2012 beta release

Niels_at_home

Reiza Studios
Hello from Siim Annuk and Niels Heusinkeld!

There is an all new Corvette C6 mod for rFactor, with the Coupe, Grand sport, Z06 and ZR1, the latter two having michelin cup tire upgrades available. Join public beta and see if you can find things we messed up. We'll try to fix it if we can, or perhaps you can help us. We spend a lot of time on it and hope you enjoy driving these cars as much as we had fun making them!

- It is beta things may be wrong or broken, tell us! :)
- read the readme.pdf for installation instructions
- Seriously, read the pdf, it helps!
- There is a PDF included, you may wanna read it.

Two links, feel free to add more mirrors, we'll add them to this forum post:

http://www.mediafire.com/?u1t3r36cf1926u6

http://www.4shared.com/archive/WYTuYnF7/CorvetteC6_2012_beta1.html

Use this thread at Racedepartment http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/chevrolet-corvette-c6-2012-beta-release.57464/ to comment, so we don't have to scan 25 forums to read what you all think. We may appear on other forums but lets call Racedepartment the official support forum!

We hope you enjoy the mod! Depending on the bugs and problems we hope to have a final version before xmas 2012!

Siim & Niels

PS: read the readme!

*** BUGS SOFAR ***
Z07 and PDE upgrades likely to create a new RealFeelPlugin.ini entry, which is not a bug, but I stupidly erased their default values. For these cars I suggest to copy all the values from the ZR1 entry.

The above shouldn't be true, there should only be 4 realfeel entries for the C6, GS, Z06 and ZR1. You may need positive or negative FFB strength in the rFactor menu depending on your wheel make. Choosing the Z07 or PDE upgrades should change your tires in the car setup to 'Mich Cup'. The default Zr1 has Mich PS2, the default Z06 has GY F1 Sup G2. FFB should not get inverted with any of these cars, so let us know if something weird happens.

LoL! well the problem was found. I should have deleted the ZR1_PDE.veh and Z06-Z07.veh files. Please delete these files in their respective gamedata/vehicles/CHEVROLET/CORVETTEC6_2012/MODELS folder. They were vehicles that pointed to the performance physics before we used upgrades for this. So delete these 2 files and install sticky tires with the car upgrades.



*** INSTALLATION ***


Installation

The Chevrolet Corvette C6 2012 mod comes as an almost complete rFactor installation. It is really easy to get going, but you do have to follow a few steps:
- Extract the zip archive to your hard disk, for example in D:\Games\
- Open the config.ini file in the CorvetteC6_2012 folder, Find the line “TracksDir=” and add the full path to your favorite rFactor locations folder for example: TracksDir=D:\Games\rFactor\GameData\Locations\
- Go to the CorvetteC6_2012\Userdata\YourName\ folder. Rename the YourName.plr file to your simracing name i.e. OttoVersteer.plr
- Run rFconfig to set screen resolution and set Shader Level to DX9. Vsync should be turned off for reduced input lag and improved car control!
- Double click the FullProc_HighPrio.bat file to start rFactor
- Assign controls in rFactor, some wheels may require negative force feedback strength! The default settings are for 900 degree wheels. Reduce the steering lock in the car setup if you don’t have a 900 degrees wheel or better yet, upgrade your wheel! J
- Set your graphics, driving aids, get a car, check the upgrades and go for a spin!

Sound settings

- Cars have upgrades available to use 44khz samples in case the default 192khz gives problems with your Windows / soundcard combination.
- Sounds can be very dynamic (large volume differences) which is realistic. Set engine and sound effects volume to 20% for the greatest dynamic range, best experienced with headphones.
- Set engine and sound effects to 100% for the least dynamic range, we advise against it!
- The maximum sound volume at 20% or 100% volume is the same! At 100% standing still idling is nearly as loud as doing 180mph, whereas at 20% there is a large difference in volume between these two states.


Why a full rFactor installation?

Rfactor is very flexible but that makes it prone to being badly setup. We provide a full installation so you get the plugins and settings we feel are the best. These are (most) of the things we did:
- Latest RealFeel plugin with pre-configured ini file
- Grinding Tranny mod for realistic gear shifting, available as car upgrade
- Optimize PLR file (sound settings, removed view shake, few other bits and bobs)
- Optimize Controller.ini for full RealFeel force feedback, no fake effects
- D3D9.dll for improved framerates on most systems
Without Vsync, the best way to remove most image tearing is to run rFactor at a frame rate that is a multiple of the screen refresh rate. Most monitors are 60hz, so you would fix rFactor at 60fps. However, plugins (RealFeel etc.) work best above 90fps, and input lag is further reduced if your pc is fast enough to do 120fps. Press control+f to see you framerate. If this occasionally drops below 120, lower details or resolution. If you still can’t get a steady 120, the last step is to open the PLR file and change the “Max Framerate="-120” to -60. If your pc can’t do 60fps, it is time for an upgrade!
 
Regarding sounds niels, if you can get hold of wolferl (sound god) im sure he'd help get your sounds up to scratch, atleast the exterior. also, the car suffers horrible understeer and is too unstable. also the mph on the dash dont match with the right kmh.
 
also the mph on the dash dont match with the right kmh.

Yeah, I'm aware of that bug. Also note that the speedometer on the real car is non linear (0-100 with 10kmh steps and 100-... with 20kmh steps) and since rFactor doesn't support non linear speedometers, the speedo will still show wrong numbers after 100kmh ;)
 
The mirror resolution depends on the mirror.bmp (2048x128) file found in the cmaps.mas file. I used a custom mirror.bmp that is 4096x256.
I've never got this tweak to work - do i have to put the mirror.bmp into every car folder or just vehicles? just put it where i see the cmaps file then?

*EDIT* Yep, where the mas file is. I guess in the past i kept putting this file in the wrong folders. Thanks for the tip!

ps, playing this every night on nord lately, totally love this corvette. Going to give the Supra a try too as i only just realized it was from you guys, too.
 
I have a question for you Niels. Can you send your realfeel setup used with your professional wheel, because with my wheel and his 11-12Nm, and the default setup, the wheel shake and it's too strong. I have change numbers in Realfeel.ini but I'm not sure that's my setup is ok. Thanks...
 

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