Endurance Series by Enduracers

[klo-che]

After 3 years of work, Enduracers and the Gentlemen Racers are happily releasing the 1st package of the Endurance Series mod for rFactor. It will give you the chance to simulate the best endurance racing experience ever seen in a video game. Cars from ALMS, LMS and the Le Mans 24hrs are scheduled for this mod. Audi vs Peugeot, Aston Martin vs Corvette, Porsche vs Ferrari...

For this important mod EnduRacers has chosen to work in packs. After the initial release including the mod base and first pack of cars, Enduracers will release frequent "Service Packs", adding new car models, sounds, physics and skins. That is why the mod can be classified as "evolutive" and will live and grow continuously after the initial v1.0 release.

Don't forget to read through the readme carefully, you will find a lot of important information in order to use the mod in the best possible way. Don't forget that the mod is very big, and that this is endurance. Don't judge it by doing 2 laps with 1 car, take your time to learn it and really appreciate it.



FEATURES

• 11 Brand new 3D models from 2006 to 2008 from ALMS and LMS championships, with accurate shapes and aero configurations and high detail cockpits.
• All the cars skins from 2006 to 2008 seasons of ALMS, LMS, Le Mans and FIA GT Championships available in high/low detail.
• Helmet and Driving suits of each Team.
• Pitcrew suits for each Team
• Several graphic details added for more realism and to feel the "endurance spirit" better.
• Specific UI Data menu textures, using modern showroom by Maciex.
• Realistic sounds for all cars using real onboard & exterior recording sounds samples, and with a completely new development philosophy. Thanks to several real racing teams for their collaboration.
• Very accurate physics, created in collaboration with Gentlemen Racers physics team, with help from real teams and drivers.
• Physics validated with telemetry and real drivers, up to date specific
• 1.250 optimisations (tyres wear curves, pit menu,...).
• Specific real endurance racing physics settings : tyres choices, fuel consumption, aero configurations, traction control use, engine mapping configurations,...
• Driver swap support.
• Realistic pit crew menu configuration.
• FFB upgrades to choose your preferred steering force, see following paragraph to have optimum settings for FFB.
• Real Feel FFB and Leo FFB support (see readme for tested setups).
• Advanced damages.

Known issues:

• Random bug on led displaying in some cockpit(can be fixed with a reconnect in online mode).
• Random bug with addition of a darker square in some motec cockpit(can be fixed with a reconnect in online mode).

README

• English version
• French version

TRAILER

CREDITS



EnduRacers Modding Team

• Alexandre Van HOOREBECKE "Vancop" : Sounds
• Christophe LEMESLE "Chris91" : Skinning
• Yoan BOULLE "CPR" : Media
• Greg HUON "Migreg" : Media, Cameras
• Hervé THOMAS "Vevex" : Texturing, skinning
• Jietse MELOTTE "Integra" : Quality control
• Kyle WILLIAMS "NightSt@lk3r" : Modeling, Integration
• Marc CHAPELLE "klo-che" : Coordinator, Integration, Skinning, ReadMe content
• Matias VALERIO "mjv_c0h1" : Modeling, Texturing
• Maxime MENANT "LeBLOB777" : Texturing, Skinning
• Mike MUELLER "mjmueller69" : Skinning
• Nicolas PAPELEUX "ViveMclaren" : Modeling
• Sam ELIAS "Frosty 20" : Beta Test
• Thomas ARNAUD "Icedob" : Texturing
• Yoann LE JEUNE "Yoann56" : Modeling
• Yoann RAGEOT "F1 Mania" : Modeling
• Maxime MOREAU "Ricco" : Skinning

External skins

• Playmobil : Skinning

Test Drivers

• Jaroslav honzik : Test driving, Beta Testing
• Sean Edwards : Test driving
• Stuart Moseley : Test driving
• Tom Milner Jr. : Test driving

Gentlemen-Racers.org Physics Team

• Alexandre Puigsegur alias Fuelex : Physics, Test driver,Engine GFX
• Julien VIDOT : Physics, Test driver
• Pawel Kasprzycki alias Pawel : Gen optimisations, Test driver
• Bailly Christophe alias Dolphins : Test driver
• Daniel JUSTOU alias MaD_King : Physics team coordination, Collision help, Skinning help, HTML ReadMe, RealFeel compliance, Test driver
• Grosjean Francis alias BigJohn : Test driver
• Aloko Dimitri alias Aloko : Test driver
• VAN DE WOUW Patrice alias PatciVW : Test driver
• DECOSNE Jerome alias Gerhom : Graphical interface, Test driver
• Greg HUON alias Migreg : Test driver
• Paulo Soares alias Paulo : Test driver
• Joubert Pascal alias Djoubs : Test driver
• Christophe Hornus alias Chrisdoud : Collision tester, Test driver
• Final beta testing and general feeling, Gentlemen-Racers.org pilots and friends

DISCLAIMER

• All EnduRacers stuff included in this pack is under protection of Creative Commons intellectual work protection licences.
• All files included in this mod (including 3d files, sounds, physics, skins and all other files) are property of EnduRacers.
• It's not allowed to modify the 3d model, or other 3d parts of the mod. Physics or sounds files are not allowed to be modified.
• It is not allowed to convert the mod on any other platform without agreement from Enduracers.
• This mod may not be profited from commercially by a third party.

EnduRacers © 2009

Download @ RD:

 

[klo-che]

The official Endurance Series SP2 cars templates are now released. We're in process of building the car's 3D render scenes, so please don't try to crack the models in order to do them yourself, we're working on it. Thanks.

http://www.enduracers.com/downloads_es.html

LMPC - Oreca FLM09 : http://www.multiupload.com/BAJVVLNOHI
GT1 - Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT : http://www.multiupload.com/8RMAPTVALE

 

[klo-che]

The SP2 3D scenes are now available : http://www.enduracers.com/downloads_es.html

Oreca FLM09 : http://www.multiupload.com/624B9IYG32


Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT : http://www.multiupload.com/Q74AXLWNRC

 

[Sven Hielscher]

At first I want to thank you for the great SP2!
But I have found one error with some of the alpha channels on the new Porsche skins...they seem to be saved in the wrong format or with the wrong settings. I downloaded the SP2 as a single download and the full package and found the same mistakes with the alpha-channel:


The skins with this issue are: 11LM_Larbre Competition, 11LM_Proton Competition, 11LMS_Felbermayr Proton and 11LMS_Proton Competition.

I will fix it by myself but maybe a official patch would be needed?! Or is everyone willing to fix it by himself?!

EDIT: The issues some reported on the dirt in the cockpits seems to come from missing int-window textures for the respective skins...the old skins all do have those int-window textures

 

[Stuart Phillips]

Superb work guys!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Although the models and the sounds of this mod are awesome and second to none in rFactor I still have to cry each time I fire it up to race any of the cars. The physics are so strange that it makes driving for me almost impossible.

Is there no way to adjust this mod so that the cars actually have some grip and don't spin out everytime you lift the throttle under braking or with snap oversteer?

 

[William Levesque]

These cars do snap oversteer in real life by the way, they are not what you can call "progressive"... Lift off oversteer ? On what car ?

As for grip, it's pretty spot on the way it is to be honest, we don't want a "Serie Internationale Du Mans" clone, where GT cars have grip on par with LMP's

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

I want realistic racing grip. Not iceskating grip

 

[William Levesque]

It feels pretty grippy for me to be honest, so I don't really know why you find there's no grip... What track have you run on ?

 

[Philip Grimm]

I always found the grip to be kinda funky in this mod, I still love it though it is just very hard to drive most of the cars without loads of assists for me.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

It feels pretty grippy for me to be honest, so I don't really know why you find there's no grip... What track have you run on ?

I must be playing another game then

 

[Balazs Kiss]

I think the differential lock is **** in whole mod, (and not just me sayin' this sentences). I saw better differential locks. I switch up the "power" to 60 or upper and donuts is really hard, i can make around 500 degrees without any assists, seriously is it real? I don't think so.
Grip is really funny ye its "iceskating grip" how Bam just said. Sometimes the car live other life, movement of car's bottom is random, doesn't matter which track is it. Suspension's physics is very bad, i can't feel the changes. :eek:
It's could be better.

I'm waitin' for the 2012 session's cars

 

[EIF]

I downloaded SP2 and tried this for the first time in ages. 50 cars at Paul Ricard without a hint of slowdown, great stuff.

Its really difficult to spot the prototypes gaining on me in cockpit view mirrors though and they will ram me off without a second thought. AI sucks in rFactor all together tho

 

[massimiliano]

olaguys,I hope you canhelp me.I'mlooking for whereyougetthenissangtrbe includedin theendurance series.Icantell whereI candownload it.....thanks a lot

 

[massimiliano]

ola guys,I hope you can help me.I'm looking for where you get the nissan gtr be includedin the endurance series.I can tell where I can download it.....thanks a lot

 

[EIF]

I didn't know the GTR was in this mod. I'd be interested to get this as well!

 

[William Levesque]

There's none, mainly because Ugly Godzilla runs in FIA GT1, which is different to what it was before, I think... Anyway, you don't want that car ! :eek:

 

[dimagico]

well, i hope someone can help me out here..
i kinda like this enduracers sp2 ... driving offline. So basicly...i created own endurance championships by adding some more LMP1 cars (Aston Martin, Toyota and Bentley... changing some skins... and switching some engine files for more competitive champs. Anyway, in original enduracers pack was pretty annoying.. by setting 1h race with 3 or 4 x fuel consumption,tyre consumtion and time elapse... i usually finding Audi and Pug refuelling quite a lot before than LMP2 cars...Acura,Spyder,Courage...which showed quite a strange results, with Pugs and Audis all finishing behind those smaller cars due to fuel consumption. OK...i did check engine files and noticed consumptions:
Peugeot:FuelConsumption=7.365e-05
Audi: FuelConsumption=7.017e-05
Acura:FuelConsumption=2.575e-05
so...i did tweak those settings, that Pug and Audi could go more distance, but even that i changed just a little...like Pug consumption 6.000e-05 and Acura (which i drive) just a bit more consumption ..arround 3.5, now i´m getting even more bizzare results, because even with my Acura having less consumption i must pit first at least lap or two before Audi´s. How could this happen? ...or...maybee somebody have values which could fit, to have solid races, where Audi´,Pug,Aston have an edge with speed, but to have some great races where my LMP2 car could just snatch some glory with better strategy, by saving fuel,tyres,car...etc. Now, that would be fun for my kind of racing...and could set races for hour or two, and also given the car to PC to run some stints inbetween. Any idea how to solve that? thx

 

[klo-che]

Endurance Series mod - SP2.1 Patch - Released

Complete news : http://www.enduracers.com/newsletter_32.html

EnduRacers Modding Team is proudly releasing the SP2.1 PATCH dedicated to the Endurance Series mod for rFactor. The package includes an overall improvement of the physics of all the cars

included in the mod, in particular in tyres behaviour. We have in addition perfected the sounds of some cars.

A new car is introduced in the mod, the Flat6 GT3. This fictionnal car may remind you one of the car currently running the ALMS championship, adding more diversity and even more close

battles during the race. You will be able to drive it in the mod, inside the new GTC category. You will be able to enjoy numerous new real paint shemes, and in addition some new paint shemes

for the Oreca FLM09.

COMPLETE FEATURES :
* Graphics - Added a new 3D Model : GTC - Flat6 GT3. Introduction of the GTC category in the mod.
* Graphics - Added all the real paint shemes of the Flat6 GT3 coming from the 2010 to 2012 seasons of the ALMS championship.
* Graphics - Added all the real paint shemes of the Oreca FLM09 coming from the 2012 season of the ALMS championship, and the ALMS 2010 Green Earth Gunnar skin.
* Sounds - Update of all cars sounds to correct the problem of opponent sounds volume linked to driver swaps (Opponents volume has now to be tuned from 50% to 100% in the game

configuration).
* Sounds - Update of LMP cars ambient sounds (sound levels).
* Sounds - Update of the Ferrari F430 GT2 sounds.
* Sounds - Update of the Lamborghini GT1 sounds.
* Sounds - Update of the Oreca FLM09 LMPC sounds.
* Physics - Tyres improvements on all the models of the mod, coming from v1, SP1 and SP2.
* Physics - Optimisation of tyres wears, in particular for the Super Soft (for qualifications) tyres.
* Physics - Race balance performance adjusted (by making adjustements on fuel consumption, fuel tank and tyre wears) for the LMP1 Petrol and Diesel cars.
* Physics - Ajustement on the inertia and the aerodynamic performances of all cars, to fit with tyres improvements.


INSTALLATION :
* If you already have the Endurance Series mod with SP2 Pack installed, Download the Endurance Series SP2.1 Patch. Install it in your rFactor main folder.
* If do not have the Endurance Series mod with SP2 Pack installed, download the Endurance Series rF1 full version (including v1, SP1, SP2), install it in your rFactor main folder. Then

download the Endurance Series SP2.1 Patch, and install it in your rFactor main folder

README : Endurance Series - Readme


DOWNLOADS :
Endurance Series - Download page

Endurance Series - SP2.1 PATCH
Endurance Series - SP2.1 PATCH
Endurance Series - SP2.1 PATCH
Endurance Series - SP2.1 PATCH
Endurance Series - SP2.1 PATCH


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EnduRacers Modding Team
www.enduracers.com

 

[FerrariMan96]

Can I just say that the Flat6 GTC is an amazing car to drive. You've really outdone yourselves, and quite frankly I think this is the best rF1 will ever be. The car is a blast.

It's good to see that any... issues... have been worked around

 

[Kevin Cordice]

Totally enjoying the mod update