Anyone else have this grass texture issue?

[Esco GT-R]

Hi guys

Does anyone else have this grass texture issue where it looks like the grass is growing through run off areas? From my experience it only seems to occur on Patrick's tracks.

https://imgur.com/a/7dnIo

I have tried all sorts, from changing track texture level, fresh install of the game and track mega pack and deleting .hat files. I've been in contact with Patrick and he has never seen this before.

Cheers

 

[Esco GT-R]

@David Peres

On Monza when you come to brake for the parabolica (the little patch of green on the left) which i use for a braking point.

 

[Marc Collins]

I have the same issue on that spot in Spa-Francorchamps (the Patrick Giranthon mod). It's the only track where I saw that and it got my OCD senses tingling so I uninstalled the mod.

Looking at your last screenshot, it looks like the grass was actually put there by the modders, in the same pattern you can see on this photo, but underneath there's the paved run off area like on this photo. It's like 2 different eras of Les Combes corner where made one on top of the other.

I assume that Mr. Girathon started with the grass version (because that's what I saw in some older videos of this mod iirc), and later added the paved run-off but forgot to take the grass out.

Do you have that problem in any other tracks?

This seems most plausible. And at some point, taller grass got injected. But why do we not all see it? I would look for stray grass texture files.

However, if it happens in a clean beta install with no mods besides Patrick's tracks....a big mystery.

 

[Esco GT-R]

The only other thing I've tried was reining in some settings in Nvidia control panel and NV Inspector and reverting em back to what Reiza advisers. It's obviously some sort of texture issue with the game and or track mods but that was the only other thing i could think off. No luck unfortunately

 

[Esco GT-R]

*UPDATE*

Guys who have this problem..... @Reb.Ellion contacted me and came up with a fix for the grass texture issue.

He kindly gave me permission to upload to RD, here are the links.

http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/grass-texture-fix-for-patrick-giranthons-spa.18528/

http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/grass-texture-fix-for-patrick-giranthons-monza-gp.18529/

Both fixes worked for me, i hope they do for you.

 

[Marc Collins]

What is the nature of the fix?

 

[Reb.Ellion]

Remove the grass where it does not belong. If you do not have the problem, you do not need to install it.

 

[Marc Collins]

Thanks, but do we know why some see it and some don't? I'm glad removing it fixes it, but if there is a lesson for modders in there, besides not having redundant textures, it would be good to know and share. Closely overlapping vertical textures seem to cause no end of problems in the ISI-based sims, too...like z-fighting/flickering.

 

[Reb.Ellion]

I don't know why this happens only by few people. I downloaded and installed the standalone Spa and Monza, grass are there. Deinstalled and installed again from the Megapack , grass still there. My fix works, but i don't know why the grass is there. Maybe grafical settings.

 

[Esco GT-R]

It is very strange how some have the issue and others don't. I did contact Patrick about it but he has never seen the problem before and i think i may have been the first to come forward and tell him about it.