AC GPK Barcelona 2023 2.01

Assetto Corsa Grand Prix Karting Barcelona 2023
update version 2.0


AC GPK Barcelona 2023 (update version 2.0)

New Layout
The update version 2.0 now has the 2023 and 2022 layout.

Sausage kerbs
The tires at the inside of corners for preventing cutting corners are replaced by sausage kerbs. These will still prevent you from cutting corners, but when hitting them it will be less dramatic.

3d trees
The old 2d trees are replaced by the newest 3d trees. For seeing these trees you need to have Content Shaders Patch version 0.1.79 (or later) installed. With older CSP versions or no CSP you will still see the old 2d trees. We have tested the impact on FPS, and in our tests it had no significant impact.

Track lights
Not all older GPK tracks did have track lights. With the 2023 updates all tracks will have track lights.

Update version 2.01
Spectators
Small bug fix, no spectators on the main grandstand in the 2022 layout, but now they are back again!

FSGP 2023
During every Formula 1 weekend in 2023 we organize a FSGP race in the MAD Formula MFT02 on the GPK version of the Formula 1 circuit. Information can be found at simracinggp Formula Student community.
For every FSGP race there will be released a new 2023 update of the GPK track.

The track
In the current Formula One era, a F1 season has started traditional with testing on Circuit de Catalunya. F1 teams have a lot of data of F1 cars on this track from the past, and the track is a bit of an average of all tracks on the F1 calendar. It has fast corners, slow corners and a long straight. The Grand Prix Karting update version 2.0 has the 2023 layout and the 2022 layout.

Grand Prix Karting
Grand Prix Karting tracks are F1 tracks with the layout of the original F1 track but the size, look and feel of real world kart tracks. No big runoff areas, but modern wide kerbs, pit not on the infield but on the outside of the track, not many grand stands but a pitbuilding which is also a grandstand. These tracks are not a resized conversion of existing tracks but scratch build. Not laser scanned (because they are fictional circuits) but hand-made, which was a bit of a challenge with some tracks with a lot of elevation in the track and the terrain surrounding the track.

The Assetto Corsa GPK tracks are dedicated for Formula Student and the rFactor GPK tracks are dedicated for karting.

Online racing
Would you like to race online on these GPK tracks with the MAD Formula Team MFT02 Formula Student car against people from all over the world? Then join the simracing.gp Formula Student community, and race with us in the FSGP Series. The series offers short, fast-paced races across the year, competing in GPK tracks

Formula Student
Formula Student is a competition involving universities from all over the world. Students from these universities develop, build and race these purpose-built, single-seater racecars against other universities in competitions that take place all over the world during the summer months. Formula Student is probably the most prestigious engineering competition at a student level.

MAD Formula Team
MAD Formula Team is one of these teams, representing University Carlos III of Madrid across Europe. The team is a relatively small and young team composed of over 50 students from various degrees, and currently fully focused on designing and developing the MFT01, the 2021 challenger. The team developed the MAD Formula Team MFTC3, MFT01 and MFT02 mods for Assetto Corsa, and you can test it out for free here:

Credits:
Track converted to Assetto Corsa by @rmi_wood & @Ofitus21
Track lighting and 3d trees added by @zuno toto
3d tree models by @zuno toto
Original track created for rFactor by @Nitro McClean