How to make a dynamic weather during race sessions in GTR2?

[GT_GAMRx22]

Hello guys.
I am looking for how to make dynamic weather during race sessions in this game.

By default, in-game weather does not change during the race session. It doesn't matter if it starts in dry or rain, it doesn't change.

Please help me, I would like to know what to do to.
Thanks for reading.
Regards.

 

[Shovas]

Get the Crew Chief GTR2 Enhancements Plugin to fix the changeable weather option in-game

Set the Weather option in-game to Changeable

Check the GTR2 downloads here for weather generators

Save the weather.txt to GTR2\UserData\LOG\

More details here:

Weather Generator for GTR2 – eSport-Racing.de

esport-racing.de

 

[Deleted member 13397]

because the codders of GTR2 mispelled a name the weather does not change,
the easiest way is to use weather patch or you edit the EXE file once

 

[The Iron Wolf]

Throwing in CCGEP or editing the .exe will re-enable the feature. I personally also disable time scaled weather because I am under impression that it is broken. However, the generator itself in GTR2 is not very good, most often weather does not change. I am hoping one day someone with interest will write some tool to generate better weather.txt via command line tool or a .dll and I could call it automatically from CCGEP (passing in active session parameters), then we could have more interesting weather in "changeable" session. There are tools available, but they need to be ran manually before starting GTR2.

 

[jgf]

This may be of interest (from NoGrip years ago)-

"Weather files explained - NoGripRacing Forums

NoGripRacing Forums > Simbin Simulations > GTR2 > Power and Glory Mod
Weather files explained

31 March 10, 12:34 #1
JJC1
Join Date: Apr 2008
Weather files explained

There are several Weather Generator programs available in the GTR2 download section.
This post is just to explain the file format for anyone interested in the subject.

The file is called WEATHER.TXT
and lives in your PnG2\UserData\LOG folder
or in your PnG2\UserData\LOG_DEDICATED for a server

You have to set it's READ ONLY file attribute, before starting GTR2 or it will be overwritten.
In the game menus you set the Weather to "Changeable"

Overview of the file
there's a section in curly brackets for each session

Weather{
Testday {Conditions=67.00..........}
Practice1 {Conditions=67.00..........}
Practice2 {Conditions=50.00..........}
Qualify1 {Conditions=67.00..........}
Qualify2 {Conditions=67.00..........}
Warmup {Conditions=67.00..........}
Race {Conditions=67.00..........}
}
Overview of a Session
first five lines describe conditions at minute 00.000
Thereafter you can choose Conditions and air temp for any timestamp.

Race{
Conditions =67.00 - conditions at the start
OnPathWetness =0.00 - racing line wetness
OffPathWetness =0.00 - off racing line wetness
AmbientTemp =11.00 - air temperature in degrees C
TrackTemp =11.00 - track temperature in degrees C
Minute=3.50 {Conditions=67.00 AmbientTemp=11.00} - looks cloudy
Minute=5.00 {Conditions=75.00 AmbientTemp=11.00} - peak of rain shower
Minute=10.00 {Conditions=70.00 AmbientTemp=11.00} - rain stops
Minute=15.00 {Conditions=60.00 AmbientTemp=11.00} - Sunny and clouds
.
.
.
}
Conditions=nnn.nn
0 -> 70: goes from sunny to totally cloudy
70 -> 90: goes from light rain to heavy rain
90 -> 100: thunderstorms
The initial wetness of the track is set by these two
OnPathWetness=nnn.nn - on the racing line
OffPathWetness=nnn.nn - off racing line
00.00 = Dry
00.01 -> 40.00 = Wet from Light rain
40.01 -> 75.00 = Wet from Heavy rain
75.01 -> 100 = Wet from Thunderstorms

Last edited by JJC1; 2 April 10 at 10:35.
JJC1"

If anyone is interested, I have the "Autosim Weather Generator v1.0 by Alex Zhdankin"; the "Weatherfile Generator for GTR2 v2.3" by Ivan Witteveen; and the "Changing weather patch - unified v1_2 by jtsn".

 

[GT_GAMRx22]

Ok, thank you. I will try to do these methods

 

[Speednut357]

Hey there! I wanted to share my experience with you. I read a post a while back about Crewchief fixing the weather bug in GTR2. I was surprised but decided to give it a shot after a fresh install. And you know what? It totally exceeded my expectations! It's a total game-changer.

 

[GT_GAMRx22]

Ahhhh, I forgot to reply haha

The most useful way that I found is using Weather Generator or also editing the weather.txt for myself. It's easy to edit but it's also boring when I am bored.
Thanks to jgf for helping me with the Weather guide.

I also tried Crew Chief but it broke my game every time, I have the Steam copy.

Thanks for your help guys :heart:.