Cars Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth BTCC 2021

[Monol]

This is nothing against the maker of the mod, but I am wondering how many more iterations of the same Sierra model from nine years ago we do actually need, still. There's currently four mods with the exact same model on RD, all of them basing themselves on a prior mod.

Just curious here, again, no ill meaning intended.

 

[AadHofman]

Who are "we"? Nobody's forcing anyone to download anything.

 

[Leonardo Ratafiá]

I think you should try to do the car not to please the ai but the people who drive it. Modifying physics to make the ai drive better makes no sense since there are already parameters for the ai. If you don't know you should learn, ask people who knows and might wanna help.
Just a thought.

 

[Wietie]

At least it only has one update now...

 

[AadHofman]

I think you should try to do the car not to please the ai but the people who drive it. Modifying physics to make the ai drive better makes no sense since there are already parameters for the ai. If you don't know you should learn, ask people who knows and might wanna help.
Just a thought.

I'm not as dumb as you think I am. Of course I adjusted the ai parameters, but they didn't help. No point in having a car which the AI can't handle.

 

[Leonardo Ratafiá]

oh, I got the wrong idea then, sorry

 

[AadHofman]

Regarding the old 3d model, I only offer one version (there will be no more), and the idea was to provide proper physics and sounds, not rehashed old physics and Kunos' Celica sounds you get elsewhere. If only the 3d model matters, then it is a bit pointless, I agree.

 

[AadHofman]

oh, I got the wrong idea then, sorry

No problem.

 

[Mirta27]

I'm not as dumb as you think I am. Of course I adjusted the ai parameters, but they didn't help. No point in having a car which the AI can't handle.

That's interesting seeing as the AI can drive a stair truck and an RV without rolling them over

 

[AadHofman]

That's interesting seeing as the AI can drive a stair truck and an RV without rolling them over

Indeed. But don't worry, I won't be uploading anything anymore. Not worth it.

 

[AadHofman]

Yay, I solved the AI-rolling mystery! Too much lift on negative angles (for the AI), so it was mostly aero related.

Update may be coming relatively soon, whether you like it or not.

 

[AadHofman]

Bad news: The aero tweak didn't solve the myster altogether.

Good news: Removing tire lookup tables did! AI doesn't seem to like them. I have to retweak the tires to suit Kunos default calculations, which isn't that big of a problem since we are not dealing with a high downforce car here.

 

[AadHofman]

Btw, now that I have joined the VR camp, I noticed that the timing of rev light and shifting animation needed fixing, so I did those. I also have noticed some holes in textures, but I'll leave that for later, perhaps.

 

[mclarenf1papa]

Bad news: The aero tweak didn't solve the myster altogether.

Good news: Removing tire lookup tables did! AI doesn't seem to like them. I have to retweak the tires to suit Kunos default calculations, which isn't that big of a problem since we are not dealing with a high downforce car here.

Would you mind posting an example of the lookup table you were using? The AI shouldn’t have problems unless the LUT has issues.

 

[AadHofman]

Would you mind posting an example of the lookup table you were using? The AI shouldn’t have problems unless the LUT has issues.

Sure, as soon as I can.

 

[AadHofman]

PM sent.

 

[AadHofman]

AadHofman updated Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth BTCC with a new update entry:

Final update...

...at least with all the skins present and vanilla physics. Smaller, if any, updates from now on.

- Tweaks all around, including suspension geometry (again, doesn't show properly in CM, for some odd reason). Old setups pretty much useless -> my apologies to the Great Moloch of simracing.
- Tire LUTs removed as they caused the AI cars to roll over. Original (higher) center of gravity restored.
- More beer

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[homecalendar]

Cool mod! Thanks! I found a bug with front left rim. Its like total transparent when it's blur. And rear lights of opponent car are seen only if follow it very close.

 

[AadHofman]

Thanks for the report! I will check and verify.

 

[homecalendar]

Thanks for the report! I will check and verify.

So I made an experiment and found that the disappearance of the rear lights when they are turned on is connected to the LOD. They disappear when the second LOD activated. Possibly rear lights should not be connected with LODs.