Stock Car Extreme - All the tips you need to know

Patrick Giranthon · Aug 20, 2014

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Personal settings

I want to put the virtual mirrors
I see vehicule parts in the rearview mirror
I have a strange feeling with my Fanatec wheel
I want to opimize my AntiAliasing setup

Server settings

My server doesn't run warm up
I want to raise up maximum drivers online
I want to allow driver swap in race
I want to add balast to some drivers
I want to reverse the grid or a part of the grid

DRS et tyres configuration for F1

DRS
Tyres

Issues and bugs

I have some stuttering
I can't load tracks
Night races give a big fps loss

spyros papadopoulos 2 · Sep 7, 2014

i think sfx files are hardcoded also

Chronus · Sep 7, 2014

Ah, thanks for the reminder, Spyros. Was probably thinking in terms of past versions...

Apologies to Frapp Lee for the wrong info there.

spyros papadopoulos 2 · Sep 7, 2014

no worries chronus. (hope to see u more active in modding!)

Chronus · Sep 7, 2014

Hey, thanks, Spyros.

Getting there. Who knows, maybe with GSC.

spyros papadopoulos 2 · Sep 7, 2014

gsc sounds fantastic! earlier in the evening i drove a half an hour race with reborn. still one of the best stress relieving remedies

Sk3ptik0n · Oct 5, 2014

Great thread, thank you. Is there any chance you could add a bit about making mods with multiple car models show up as their own mod or at least put all the cars on track?
I have asked this question before, but now I forgot where the answer is and I can't find it. And it's not one of those things you just memorize and remember every month or so.

Specifically, let's say you have a DTM mod with an Open, Mercedes and a Audi (this is just an example not based in reality). Ideally I'd like to have this mod appear among the choices the same as the Reiza native mods do. With their own page you selct with arrows (although, at this point I wish Reiza created an interface that was a bit more user friendly, showing you more choices at once).

Lacking that, in the "all car" mode, there are some mods that have multiple cars or classes, but they do not field all the classes in the same session. In my example, if you choose the BMW, you end up with all Beamers and none of the other cars.

Obviously, if you want to race a series in SP, you want the other cars on track.

Conversely, in some cases you choose a single car mod and you discover other cars ()also single car mods) end up on track with you.
I gather this has to do with some ID # in the mod, which I have no problem changing as long as I play the mod in SP mode. I can easily create multiple instances of GSC for that purpose. In fact, I could use the same tactic I used with rFactor where I used Symlinks to create installations that really only had the vehicle folder and shared all the other folders, such as sound, etc.

in any case, I wrote too much, but I think adding those kind of tips here (or create a new FAQ section just for these tips and tricks would be invaluable for GSC. Most rFactor mods work so much better in it.

Alex Sawczuk · Oct 19, 2014

Patrick, can you edit in this AA advice post, I think it's really useful.

http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/poor-edges-quality.88560/page-4#post-1784066

Patrick Giranthon · Oct 25, 2014

Alex Sawczuk said:
Patrick, can you edit in this AA advice post, I think it's really useful.

http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/poor-edges-quality.88560/page-4#post-1784066

Ok Alex, I have missed this post, I will do that

Alex Sawczuk · Oct 25, 2014

Thanks (y)

Spinelli · Oct 30, 2014

Wow, thanks for putting my AA post up. Sorry for rambling on in it, I should have made it a little more short, clear, and straight to the point, but thanks anyways!

Patrick Giranthon · Oct 31, 2014

If you rewrite it I can change the text ;-)

Bela Valko · Oct 31, 2014

I would like to ask you a somewhat stupid question.
How can I change the sky? Because everytime, everywhere I play the sky is totally clear and I want clouds not just boring clear, blue sky.

edit: and another one.
When I play against the AI they brake on the straights behind each other. It's a total immersion killer and also I'm sad when I setup a multiclass race and the cars in the faster class stay in line behind the cars in the slower class.
How can I make them to pass each other instead?

Thank you.

Patrick Giranthon · Nov 1, 2014

What track are you talking about?
If reiza track, you will not be able to change sky. Encrypted .scn

Bela Valko · Nov 1, 2014

Patrick Giranthon said:
What track are you talking about?
If reiza track, you will not be able to change sky. Encrypted .scn

Well, I thought there is some kind of a "secret" setting in one of the files where I can set the weather or if not the weather then at least the sky-scape. It's pretty disappointing that the sky is fixed to plain clear.

Patrick Giranthon · Nov 1, 2014

I have made a topic about how change the sky, but only with non-reiza tracks

http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/how-to-add-new-skies-from-v1-20-1-21.92856/

Alex Sawczuk · Nov 1, 2014

There are 4 or 5 sets of skies with the default tracks and different tracks have different skies. However yes they are all predominantly sunny.

Bela Valko · Nov 2, 2014

I don't have problem with the sun.

My problem is there are no clouds, not a single one.

Alex Sawczuk · Nov 2, 2014

Well, I'm not sure what's going on then, some tracks have a clear sky, but there are clouds at various tracks.

Spielberg Historic for example...

Bela Valko · Nov 2, 2014

I never tried Spielberg, but Guapore, Jacarepagua, Velopark, Goiania, Salvador, Campo Grande, Cordoba... no clouds. At least at afternoon, I usually play between 2:00-4:00 (I mean in the game).