Tracks Fontana Speedway 1.1

[Dann Murillo]

Yeah it maybe a little hijacking but I think its good info for everyone interested in CART & modding.

Patrick wrote a topic on how to update skies for SCE which works fine for AMS as well. I did this with most of the aforementioned tracks. Some I could not figure out 100% but they still work with their stock skies.

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

The Toronto skies look beautiful.

 

[reechard]

anybody else receiving the error that the .MAS file is corrupted?

I've downloaded the file 3 times, using a different program to unrar each time and still finding that the .MAS file is corrupt.

 

[TobiasR]

We had a clubrace on this track yesterday and it was absolutely amazing. Stunning track!

 

[PieterN]

Racing the CART Extreme is loads of fun as well. Had a nice battle with my heroes from the Indycar-era !

 

[Dann Murillo]

I have a download option for @reechard . Will send PM now.

 

[Danneskjold184]

Great track. But a lot of people are getting tripped up on the install. I.E. They are taking the "Fontana" folder and putting it in locations, not the "USPits" folder.

 

[Dann Murillo]

Great track. But a lot of people are getting tripped up on the install. I.E. They are taking the "Fontana" folder and putting it in locations, not the "USPits" folder.

Come on people. Patrick (and other modders) spends hours on these tracks and people cant understand how to extract files...

 

[TassyDevil]

Come on people. Patrick (and other modders) spends hours on these tracks and people cant understand how to extract files...

I was one of "those people" and stuffed up myself, but Patrick put me right

 

[Gringo]

It was with rolling starts. It loads in with the field rolling and the back half of the field all crash into each other.

Hello Fontana Speedway Fans.

The "fast rolling starts" and the "skip formation lap" were broken for some reason. I made too many attempts to solve the problem but each time I got the same result (for no reason I could see).

I gave the problem one more round in the octagon, this time I used an older rFactor editor and reset, then re-draw the inside/outside lines. It worked... and now the AI do as they should for the diferent race start modes.

One exception, the "Formation with Standing starts" do not work at all in AMS (at least for now).

Find the new AIW file attached to this post... rename "Fontana.AIW.txt" to "Fontana.AIW" and overwrite the original file.

Cheers

 

[crocbait]

Come on people. Patrick (and other modders) spends hours on these tracks and people cant understand how to extract files...

It's not as clear to me as it is to the seasoned modders. I do not see a US Pits folder anywhere in the download or in the Automobilista folder. I obviously am missing something that most of you understand. Can someone clear it up for me please? Thanks in advance.

 

[Gringo]

Can someone clear it up for me please?

Hi,

The download has the track folders packaged inside a compressed archive file. It is normal convention to include (in the archive) only the folders needed to be copied to ..\GameData\Locations.

So in this case when you extract (or simply open) the compressed file you will find these folders ..\USPits\Fontana.

Copy ..\USPits\Fontana to ..\GameData\Locations and you get ..\GameData\Locations\USPits\Fontana.

The USPits folder is tripping some people up.

Cheers

Edit: To add a note about addon tracks and AMS (rfactor).

Unfortunately the way the game works, if you add a track but you get the folders wrong ("the path to the files")... the track will still show up in the AMS track list. However, the track will not load because it cannot find the track files (due to the incorrect path to the files), and the sim crashes.

If you do not have software for extracting the download packages (most tracks are packed with WinRAR) I recommend 7-Zip... It is freeware opensource that will unpack WinRAR compression (and many other types) , but cannot pack WinRAR.

 

[Marcus Miller]

Hi,

The download has the track folders packaged inside a compressed archive file. It is normal convention to include (in the archive) only the folders needed to be copied to ..\GameData\Locations.

So in this case when you extract (or simply open) the compressed file you will find these folders ..\USPits\Fontana.

Copy ..\USPits\Fontana to ..\GameData\Locations and you get ..\GameData\Locations\USPits\Fontana.

The USPits folder is tripping some people up.

Cheers

Edit: To add a note about addon tracks and AMS (rfactor).

Unfortunately the way the game works, if you add a track but you get the folders wrong ("the path to the files")... the track will still show up in the AMS track list. However, the track will not load because it cannot find the track files (due to the incorrect path to the files), and the sim crashes.

If you do not have software for extracting the download packages (most tracks are packed with WinRAR) I recommend 7-Zip... It is freeware opensource that will unpack WinRAR compression (and many other types) , but cannot pack WinRAR.

Thank you very much Gringo! That is exactly the info I needed!

 

[MaxiSabino]

I have a problem when I skip the formation lap. All cars crash and the yellow flag whith safety car appear. somebody have the same problem?

 

[Gringo]

somebody have the same problem?

http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/fontana-speedway.124165/page-2#post-2286284

Hi, An update will come soon. You can use this ^ for a fix.

 

[Patrick Giranthon]

Patrick Giranthon updated Fontana Speedway with a new update entry:

Matching the megapack version

some new parameters like aiw and gdb.

No need to dl if you have the megapack.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[gamer19]

Patrick you're machine man...
Imagine my surprise when I saw this morning that I have... 21 alerts !?! And 18 of them are yours !
Not sure have you already been on some summer holidays but for sure you deserve one now.

 

[Patrick Giranthon]

Patrick Giranthon updated Fontana Speedway with a new update entry:

Single track package of Fontana for AMS to syncronize with the MEGA pack v1.1

This is the same track version as found in the 23 track MEGA pack update v1.1 in a single track package.

Updated with AMS v1.2x AIW and TDF parametrers.
Improved UI track list cascade menu.
Track info details are corrected and up to AMS standard.
Accurate pit lane speed limits.
Support for the F-Truck diesel smoke effects.

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[Patrick Giranthon]

Patrick Giranthon updated Fontana Speedway with a new update entry:

Single track package of Fontana for AMS to syncronize with the MEGA pack v1.2

This is the same track version as found in the 24 track MEGA pack update v1.2 in a single track package.

Updated AMS v1.4x AI parameters and tire compound syntax.

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[Patrick Giranthon]

Patrick Giranthon updated Fontana Speedway with a new update entry:

Grass updated and updated temperatures

Grass updated and updated temperatures

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