Is there also a possibility to add mod tracks to the application aswell? If help is needed I would like to even though I don't really have a good understanding of the plugin
When you encounter a new track in rF2, which has not yet been seen, the track info gets saved into <data dir>\tracks\rf2\rf2_tracks_added.csv and after that it will be selectable from the track dropdown.
If you mean the track maps, it is quite simple to add them, but it can be quite time consuming.
With rF2 first you need to enable trackfile saving (by editing the settings\rf2\settings.xml
Find the following line and change the save_track_files from false to true, like below
<!-- Save file containing just the line driven -->
<entry key="save_track_files">
true</entry>
This generates track files into the tracks\rf2 directory. These files look like
sepang_grand_prix_trackfile.track14_264646500
Here the text prior the 'trackfile' text is the track name in the tool. And the extension '.track14_264646500' is just time + nanoseconds to make sure, the trackfiles don't get overwritten.
If you do nothing, the Tool will create the trackmap based on fastest lap data, which is called racingline_player.
But if you want to create better map, here is how you do it.
There are 3 level of trackmaps
1) Simple, only drive along the centerline of the map. Let's use the name from above. Now you rename the file to
sepang_grand_prix_centerline.track
When you change in the Tool from e.g. next track and then back to sepang, the Tool will use that file for the track centerline. After 12.0, the default trackmap with only centerline data will use the centerline to generate the trackmap.
2) Simple, but with real track boundaries.
Now to make bit better trackmap, you drive slowly along the tracks outerlimit, then do another lap, then one where you drive along the innerlimit of the track. This will create 3 track files, where you rename the first to
sepang_grand_prix_outerlimit.track
and the third lap to
sepang_grand_prix_innerlimit.track
Now if you have done it correctly, again change track and then back to Sepang, you will see the trackmap. So if you have the outerlimit and innerlimit, then the Tool will use those for the trackmap.
Creating centerline + the outer and inner limits takes 5 laps, i.e. about 10 minutes per track.
3) More detailed
So if you want to add the racing line, best is to enable in the game the racingline and then drive along that line. Then rename the generated track file to
sepang_grand_prix_racingline.track
Now if you look at the Map, the racing line is available.
If you want to add the pitlane on the map, you have to do it like this. Do a lap, where you drive into pits, leave pits and then return to pits. Now rename this line to
sepang_grand_prix_pitlane.track
You can edit the file and move the first sector data to the end of the file and remove the 2nd sector data totally. I typically edit the pitlane file, so that the trace starts at the point where you would start driving to the pits (from center of track).
To add the "boundaries", you drive around the outer boundary (i.e. track area outside limit) and then inside limit and rename the file s to
sepang_grand_prix_boundaries.track
sepang_grand_prix_inner_boundaries.track
My 'standard operating procedure' to create these traces is to drive the laps in this order 'out lap' - 'outerlimit trace' - lap - 'centerline trace' - lap - 'racingline trace' - lap - 'innerlimit trace' - lap - 'boundaries trace' - lap - 'inner boundaries trace' - in-lap - 'out-lap + inlap for pitlane trace'.
Depending bit on the track, to create the 7 track lines, you have to drive typically minimum 15 laps, so 2 minutes per lap means 30 minutes of driving (with Nordschleife full map would take 7 * 10 minutes + 8 * 15 minutes = 3h 10min)
And for this I also enable the debug feed, so I can redo the laps on the Tool, if needed.
Cheers.
