Formula 3 DLC - Released

Renato Simioni · Nov 2, 2011

Here we go again, for what is the (likely) final DLC package for Game Stock Car: the Formula 3!

links:

Mediafire (zip file)
Mediafire (exe installer)

INSTALLATION: Just point to your GSC install folder and go. The Formula 3 will be available from the bottom left of the main menu, from where you can cycle from series to series (make sure you have Update v1.70 installed).

DESCRIPTION: The car is the Dallara F309 Formula 3 car, very similar to the latest generation F311 Formula 3 chassis. It´s based on the car used in the Sudam F3 series, which has a slightly more powerful engine, but inferior tires to their european and japanese counterparts.

The car physics was built upon comprehensive data from the real car, with development support from various drivers, and finally checked against tons of telemetry data. It is by any measure, a pro-level Formula 3 simulator software, neatly packaged as a free DLC for all the fortunate GSC owners

Special extra official GSC-credits thanks to our man Domagoj Lovric who helped develop the sounds into their final state.

And here is the template for the skin painters out there.

Enjoy!

Bram Hengeveld · Nov 16, 2011

How come it is not possible to run a negative value on the rear toe-in with the F3? The range stops at 0.00

Dave Begley · Nov 16, 2011

@ Kevin: Just turn the wheel off in the options, you still have the info you need on the hud.

Niels_at_home · Nov 17, 2011

Bram, to my knowledge and experience, toe out (negative toe in) is not used on the rear wheels of rear wheel drive single seaters.

Bram Hengeveld · Nov 17, 2011

To my knowledge it is

Front of the cars look like this \ ---axel----/ (positve value) and the rear should look like this /---axel---\ (negative value)

In general the car (from helicopter view) will look like an "X" hence formula cars can attack the curbstones to the max and due to the reverse toe's they can drag themselves literally around a corner.

The above is only used on openwheelers. Touring cars and GT's use the classic way of setting up a car (negative on the front, postive on the back)

At least that is how the engineer of an International Formula Master team explained it to me a few years ago

Niels_at_home · Nov 17, 2011

Bram, to get the X shape (which is indeed what single seaters tend to have), front has *negative* numbers and rear has *positive* numbers in GSC.

Bram Hengeveld · Nov 17, 2011

Really? Is this for GSC only? So the V8's are also driving an X shape setting?

Confused

Ivo Simons · Nov 17, 2011

I learned that you always need to drive with negative on the front and positive on the rear.
But i dont have alot on the rear always. Max 0.5 most of the time.

Bram Hengeveld · Nov 17, 2011

Me too but in this game negative toe is then something different than I am used to. For me negative values are toe-in and positive values are toe out.

But reading Niels' comment a negative value in GSC means toe out.

RedMetal · Nov 17, 2011

Bram Hengeveld said:
Me too but in this game negative toe is then something different than I am used to. For me negative values are toe-in and positive values are toe out.

But reading Niels' comment a negative value in GSC means toe out.

I also have read contradictory information about toe on different setup guides, i guess its easy to get confuse with negative and positive toe
But in every sim i tried I think I always see negative front wheel toe and positive rear wheel toe.

From MaiDireSetup (its for NKP but a great and clear source of info about setups imo)

www.scribd.com/doc/49703556/MaiDireSetup-Ver-1-1-2-English

Toe is the angle between the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the central axis of the wheel. We have negative toe (toe-out) when the convergence is open (the front part of the tire is pointing towards the outside of the car) and positive toe (toe-in) when it is closed (the front of the tire is pointing towards the inside of the car).

Other sources (not sim related)

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=4

Toe is expressed in either degrees or fractions-of-an-inch, and an axle is said to have positive toe-in when imaginary lines running through the centerlines of the tires intersect in front of the vehicle and have negative toe-out when they diverge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_(automotive)

Positive toe, or toe in, is the front of the wheel pointing in towards the centreline of the vehicle. Negative toe, or toe out, is the front of the wheel pointing away from the centreline of the vehicle.

Alex Sawczuk · Nov 17, 2011

Those of you having issues with the F3 CTDs etc, try this fix. It just makes all the cars use the same steering wheel and does not cause mismatches.

(This is unofficial)

http://www.mediafire.com/?wq41maz4483duwb

Patrick Giranthon · Nov 18, 2011

Thank you!
I will test!

What is the process? Do I have to put it on the server too?
If I put it on my GSC and other don't, will it cause online mismatch?

Ivo Simons · Nov 18, 2011

"and does not cause mismatches."

Alex Sawczuk · Nov 18, 2011

just install it locally, server doesn't matter. it'll just stop you from having issues i think.

Patrick Giranthon · Nov 18, 2011

Ok, thank you.

Jake Adams · Nov 23, 2011

I found an error with the F3 which causes my F3 Championship to crash. The Rieza driver 01 and 04 have the same number (7) in the VEH file. This was causing a crash. I changed driver 01 to number 71 and it has solved the crash.This may be causing other F3 related problems
Also posted in the bug section

SOLO59 · Dec 15, 2011

I am desperate to try out the formula car but it doesn't work for me! non of the links work that I've tried... help me please. I need help

Ivo Simons · Dec 15, 2011

Try this one.

http://www2.racedepartment.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6046

Guilherme Gomes · Apr 28, 2012

So, i've been having a little problem with this DLC.
It seems when i touch another car, they're not just simply crashing, they're getting inside each other, for example on a side to side crash.
Anyone also having this problem or knows how to fix it?
If i recall it is also happening with the Formula Reiza DLC, but everything seems ok (PERFECT!) with the regular stock car.
Thanks.

Deleted member 130869 · May 25, 2012

Guilherme Gomes said:
So, i've been having a little problem with this DLC.
It seems when i touch another car, they're not just simply crashing, they're getting inside each other, for example on a side to side crash.
Anyone also having this problem or knows how to fix it?
If i recall it is also happening with the Formula Reiza DLC, but everything seems ok (PERFECT!) with the regular stock car.
Thanks.

Oi xará, does that happen online or in single player? I know that in rFactor such thing happens with open wheelers as an engine limitation (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken), and since the game is made on that same engine, it could be that.

Is it overlapping by a lot, or just the tires themselves, no suspension etc?