GTR2 10th Anniversary Patch

[GTR233]

Non exhaustive list of fixes in HQ Cars&Tracks (all these bugs are present in Original GTR2 + Official SimBin patch 1.1) :
- fixed bad engine sound location in some cars
- fixed bad driver/hands/feet positions in some cars
- fixed BMW_MCOUPE_CHASSIS_A.GMT
- fixed MC12 steering wheel in showroom
- fixed Anderstorp/Donington/Dubai/Monza/Enna max vehicles
- fixed Donington pitcrew position
- fixed Oschersleben safety car position which blocked cars pit exit
- fixed Oschersleben invisible start lights box
- fixed AI qualification/race speed huge gap
- fixed Viper Roos Optima wheels style
- fixed GDB championships (skip Qualif.1 to avoid random grid bug)
- fixed BMW M3GTR CPIT03 MASK
- fixed Chrysler Viper Zwann's cockpit
- fixed F575 BODY MASK
- fixed MAGNETTI MT940 SURROUND MASK
- fixed 996 INTERIOR3
- fixed Viper GTS-R rear lights bloom
- fixed F550/F575 steering wheels
- fixed safety car roof lights
- fixed Lamborghini masks
- fixed TVR masks
- fixed dash redlights misalignment (MC12, 993, 996RS-RSR)
- fixed wrong tyres for 993GT2 Proton Competition (Yokohama and not Dunlop)
- fixed 996 RS 03072 Seikel Motor Sport logo on side wing
- fixed 996 RS 03085 JVG exhausts transparency
- fixed 996 R 03061 EMKA GT3 R logo on back
- fixed 996 RS 04105 Emeraude Racing skin and wheels
- fixed Mosler rear lights
- fixed Stack LCD glitch (PRACTICE/WARMUP/RACE were randomly displayed over laptime)
- fixed Gillet shoulders in mirror
- fixed 996GT2BT gearbox
- fixed Seat toledo gearbox
- fixed F360 spin when downshifting from 2nd to 1st gear
- fixed F360 03052/03053 wrong tyres (Pirelli and not Dunlop)
- fixed F550 Wieth wrong tyres (Dunlop and not Pirelli)
- fixed M3GTR cube maps in mirrors
- fixed F575 wrong cube maps on steering wheels
- fixed RSR hood/door misalignment
- fixed TVR rain screen wrong direction (rain falls from top to bottom and not right to left)
- fixed mosler wrong cube maps in cockpit
- fixed 350z cockpit/banner
- fixed 996GT2 chassis style2 black polygon
- fixed tracks black polygons
- fixed shaders
- fixed unfair AI tyre wear in default game where AI can keep tyres longer than player
- fixed crazy damage bug for viper GTS-R
- fixed all brake discs size/position, disc glow and added nice aluminium reflection on every brake disc
- fixed radiator opening reversed values
- fixed Z3/Lotus/C5R/viperCC/F360/F550/lambo/lister/morgan/mosler/GT3Cup-RS/saleen missing wing shadow
- fixed Viper rear shadow bug by night
- fixed TVR rear shadow bug by night
- fixed BMW M/F360/Lambo/Lotus slick tread always ON : now you will see intermediate/hard wet/soft wet tread too
- fixed BMW M3 GTR too dark tread
- fixed wheel ffb clipping for some cars and central dead zone
- fixed Corvette C5R steering wheel position to see oil pressure needle
- fixed Seat toledo steering wheel black polygon
- fixed Viper Roos broken LCD gear indicator and enabled it for all Vipers
- fixed F575 center mirror (image is no more deformed and tiny holes have been removed)
- fixed Murcielago mirrors (removed abnormal cube map reflection)
- fixed MC12 motec bug : removed the black polygon and made the RPM lights work
- fixed F360 cockpit glitches (fixed roof blurry texture, fixed misspelling "IGNITION", fixed "PULL" misalignment)
- fixed F550 Wieth anti-roll bars wrong spec map
- fixed Saleen broken RPM lights
- fixed M3GTR classe to be seen as G2 and not GT
- fixed Vertigo gear display position for better visibility
- fixed corvette black polygon on right door
- fixed lamborghini broken 6th RPM led
- fixed GT3CUP-RS-RSR low fuel led misalignment
- fixed F550 Pi dash fuel/speed misalignment
- fixed broken dash lights (Rev limiter/Shift) in F550 Wieth
- fixed chassis holes in 996 GT2 biturbo
- fixed center mirror in 350z
- fixed Lotus Elise mirrors position and wiper glitch in cockpit
- fixed Morgan broken wheel leds
- fixed P993 GT2 black polygon bug on front chassis
- fixed F550 Wieth deformed mirrors
- fixed Anderstorp weed
- fixed Barcelona bridge reversed textures
- fixed fake gauges in F550 cockpit with real working ones
- fixed broken LEDs on BMW Z3 dash
- fixed C5.R rollcage top front bar which was too low and too big
- fixed headlights flickering and added White/Yellow/Endurance styles
- fixed non working endurance lights for RS#160/RSR#66
- fixed hockenheim speed limiter bug on pit exit
- fixed Barcelona flickering pit walk under rain
- fixed missing ExtDriver-ShiftR_M.LMA/ExtDriver-ShiftL_M.LMA driver animations
- fixed rain bug in TVR cockpit doors
- fixed F360 #72 endurance lights
Plus,
- increased resistance to damages to prevent AI to pit in for small aero damages
- increased driver seat position range (use LEFT or RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON then drag mouse to adjust view)
- removed bump maps from Morgan/ViperCC/350Z cockpits because of cartoon/plastic effect
- removed spa invisible wall in pits
- updated Enna tyres stack with moving ones
- updated 996CUP #123/124 ugly safety net with nicer one from ViperCC
- updated 996 RS with 3 styles : Motec+H gearbox / Motec+Seq gearbox / Stack+H gearbox
- updated all MoTeC/Pi/Stack fonts, display and cube maps, added red zone to Stack and added rev limit to MoTeC
- added 996 GT3 R versions
- added missing brakes/tyres temperatures motec line : now available in ALL cars (cycles show lap time, oil/water/tyres/brakes temperatures)
- added specific Ferrari/Porsche brakes
- added missing #109 Porsche GT3 CUP from 24h Spa 2003 event
- added laptimer to all cars with flags/pit icons
- added missing safety net in #108 C5R cockpit
- added wipers and dirt/rain effects on side windows
- fixed many black polygons on some cars
and many more (as CocaCola I will not give my detailed recipe because of people copying my work but you must know that there are more than 300 patches) during 7 long years of work on this project...


GTR2_SETUP :
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GTR2_SETUP.CMD (double click on CMD file to run it) is a basic DOS-Shell menu I have made and which allows to set 45 pages of options very easily, quickly and flawlessly ; you don't need to ask you where to put files because ALL IS AUTOMATIC, you just need to type a number or letter at each page :
I - language
II - HUD style
III - Corner Marker Arrows
IV - Pit Chief voice
V - movie intro
VI - binary choice
VII - plugin
VIII - FOV defviews
IX - tweaked PLR
X - HEAD movement
XI - Settings.DDB
XII - UI theme
XIII - Music on/off
XIV - GFX shader
XV - nude GTR2
XVI - PnG3 HQ Anniversary Patch
XVII - wiper animation
XVIII - Safety Car skin
XIX - headlights style
XX - backfire effect
XXI - spark effect
XXII - cube maps reflections
XXIII - Lens Flare effect
XXIV - MARBLES
XXV - rain effect
XXVI - HDR skies
XXVII - gravels on tyres
XXVIII - smokes effects
XXIX - driver suits
XXX - GTR2 base cars ON/OFF
XXXI - driving school cars
XXXII - HQ textures for base tracks ON/OFF
XXXIII - HQ textures multi-patch
XXXIV - daylights
XXXV - AUD sound files
XXXVI - SVM files ON/OFF
XXXVII - AI talent RCD files
XXXVIII - AI and physics for HQ game
IXL - tyres for HQ cars
XL - start lights animation
XLI - SpecialFX file
XLII - Stock game files to play ONLINE
XLIII - cheat ON/OFF
XLIV - configure video settings
XLV - options to run GTR2

 

[The Iron Wolf]

No kenny there are no key to toggle wipers because it is an automatic animation whenever it rains. I would have preferred to record Pcars rain animation but it requires to make a nude car with windscreen only and to be in front of a plain green wall : modding required...it was easier for me to do that with RaceOn

I have done m3gtr, z3 and c5r today so it will be finished...when it will be finished

I may be able to wire a button to toggle different animation if we somehow manage to pack them both into the same car. But not sure when I will have time.

 

[GTR233]

It is tea time and, as english don't do as others, morgan wipers are reversed and lotus has only 1 wiper

 

[GTR233]

Finally all wipers are done for GTR2 cars, I still need to make 2005 extra cars though.
Here are some previews : wipers will be available exclusively in next HQ Anniversary Patch 15.1 in february

 

[GTR233]

Today I have fixed another 14 years old bug : no more rain inside cockpit doors of tvr
Will be available on valentine's day in HQ Anniversary Patch 15.1

 

[Francis96]

Has anyone had problems with running GTR2 on an Nvidia graphics card?
It's just that on my 2060 Super gaming rig I seem to be getting weird frame drops/screen tearing at around half race distance every time, this with the 4GB patch and Lasso running.
I had the same issue on my old 1060 6GB equipped PC, but if I run it on my laptop-that only has a basic Intel HD chip- GTR2 runs for the full race without any problems.
Was hoping that some people here might have had any similar things in the past, Cheers

 

[GTR233]

I have an old nvidia without such issue, @Bjarne Hansen has got gtx970+rtx2070 and they both work fine too.
Did you follow ALL install instructions in hq anniversary patch readme+install.txt ?
There is a major memory leak in original DucFreak UI MOD which can give such issue you encountered, it is been fixed since hq anniv. Patch v15.0.
I have written memory advices in readme too

 

[Francis96]

I haven't actually got the patch installed right now on my main PC as I couldn't get CC to function, but it was the same even when I had it installed.
I do have the patch on my laptop with the Intel HD card, I've also tried running the game 100% vanilla on my PC and I get the same issue, which makes me think it's a more fundamental problem

 

[Jempy]

Did you check your PC components temperatures yet ? ....
This might be the problem or maybe also a crappy Nvidia driver ( that happens also ).

Maybe also a Nvidia driver update when it's often updated and the previous versions not fully deleted.

Personally I had a GTX1060 6GB and now a RTX2070 Super 8GB and never noticed what you mention for GTR2.
At the time of the 1060 I noticed such problems with ACC ( even with very low graphic settings ) and the main reason was the CPU overheating.

NB: when I find a good driver I mostly don't change until a next GPU change or problems.

 

[gwaldock]

I have observed none of these anomalies on any of my three aging home-built Intel / nVidia rigs but they are all liquid cooled. My old "Boot-Camp" Apple Pro does not have these issues, either.

 

[Francis96]

Thanks for the replies guys, yeah temps are all good.
Interesting idea about the driver though, I normally just express install rather than do a comprehensive fresh one, that's something I'll try.
It's just strange I've had it on two separate PC's, must be something like the driver to cause a problem of this nature

 

[Kenny Paton]

Has anyone had problems with running GTR2 on an Nvidia graphics card?

How about some more details.
Specifically:
No. of cars and class
Track, weather, time, race length and anything else you think might be useful.
Maybe see if I can duplicate it with my gtx 960 as so far I'm having no problems either.

 

[Francis96]

How about some more details.
Specifically:
No. of cars and class
Track, weather, time, race length and anything else you think might be useful.
Maybe see if I can duplicate it with my gtx 960 as so far I'm having no problems either.

Well I'm noticing it in everything I do, I mainly run the FIA GT 2000/09 mod but everything else I've tried does the same thing, tracks included.
Timewise I just leave on the default (12pm I think), laps I normally go for 11, then the issues begin at around 5/6 and get progressively worse as the race goes on.
The first laps are absolutely silky smooth and fine, consistent.
It seems to be a universal problem across all game modes/content.

 

[Kenny Paton]

The first laps are absolutely silky smooth and fine, consistent.
It seems to be a universal problem across all game modes/content

Do you do practice and qually as well?
I don't have that mod but I'll test it tomorrow and see what happens, although I normally do 20 minute races without issues.

 

[Francis96]

Ah yes good point, the issue is present in the short practice/qualy sessions I have completed too.
Yeah I honestly wouldn't worry too much about deep testing as it clearly sounds like a problem on my end, I'm grateful enough or the replies so far as I have a couple more things to try

 

[Bjarne Hansen]

I used to have issues with Gtr2 and my slightly overclocked Gpu that didn't show up in other games and didn't show up in benchmarks
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It could show like yous but for the most ended with a CTD
I am using driver version 357.30 without those older issues.

Another issue I had was my my computer was hijacked by miners which gave same the issues as you have.
The mining load on Gpu would slowly crank up it did effete other sims but mainly Dx9 sims

Used one of those malware removed with a basic fee version that worked great
Think it was bitdefender but not sure anymore.

Not sure what cpu you uses but having Gtr2 run one more than 2 core general double the fps.
Also to run your Gpu more cool and be able to crank up to higher turbo speed you should limited your fps to 120-180 fps or what ever you can run in and like. Might still dip slightly at race start in the rain nor at night but with a RTX 2060 super it should only be for 10- 15 seconds, if you enable the cpu to run on 2 core or more. or all cores.

Regarding can't run Crew Chief. To to fix your computer so you can run a basic Gtr2 install first and CC will likely run. If not come back and we will help you getting that sorted.

Hope you get it sorted

 

[Francis96]

Yeah I got CC working by removing the anniversary patch, adds a whole level of immersion to the title.
I seem to have made good progress by reinstalling the Nvidia driver (461.40) completely fresh, while the choppiness is still there (pretty much exclusively when I run over/hit curbs) it is greatly reduced and significantly less annoying than in the past, I'm finding myself able to stay immersed and stay in my rhythm in a way I wasn't able to before.
Thanks again to everyone that posted, I'm really grateful that I've finally made good headway with the issue and it's very much appreciated

 

[GTR233]

Yeah I got CC working by removing the anniversary patch

hmmmh...I asked you if you read readme.txt and install.txt : obviously not because answer is clearly written to make CrewChief work with HQ Anniversary Patch, plus I would say HQ Anniversary Patch is THE ONLY solution to make CrewChief work if you don't have Steam version but only original DVD.
ANSWER is GTR2_SETUP with 32 pages of tweaks, and what you must do to make CC work is to type 2 at page III, then update fov at page IV then plr at page V because clipplanes must be set differently whether you chose 1 or 2 at page III.

 

[Jempy]

Do you use ENB Series or/and XD or map plugin ?
If you don't use them you may install Anniversary Patch, start the setup.cmd and choose the other GTR2.exe
With it CC will work but not the ones I mentioned above.....

as GTR233 just wrote while I was writing this message.

 

[Kenny Paton]

@Francis96
I ran a race weekend at Spa, 32 cars HQ track and cars HQ official 2003 (full), did 10 minutes practise and qually followed by 8 lap race.
No issues, fps never below 173 no tearing, jaggies.
@GTR233 I really must congratulate you on the AI, first lap no pile ups at Eau Rouge or Les Combes. There's a few of the newer games can't manage that.

 

[mikeae1]

This is a really nice result, will be nice for the future, that i have also a newer pc run-machine, will test after over 18 Years ATI-Grafigs (today AMD) to Nividia.
With this fps, the FFB Setting is easier and feels better in every Situation.