The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[GzeroD]

Hello, i would like to ask if anybody has a clue how to generate downforce in assetto corsa that is not speed dependable. So if the car generates 500kg of downforce this downforce should remain 500kg from 1km/h to 500km/h (lets say). A good example is the Chaparral 2J.
Thank you in advance

You can find a working example by searching 'Miscellaneous Minutiae GROUP 7'

Doesn't need CSP either.

wing_body.lut was done by hand, if I knew how to automate calculating the curve I would generate one with an entry for every step rather than every five steps.

 

[AadHofman]

@monza17, @Stereo​

Ok, I have tested the Aero fan implementation, and it works indeed. Wing app doesn't show the added force but you can feel it in FFB, how the car handles and lap times. I set 5000 Newton for every pitch angle, and no changes in aero balance. I tested it with a car that had an aeromap already, and it worked together with the original values.

One can do a proper Chaparral 2J now, one without suspension copied from 917/30.

 

[fastfab]

An update on the track that I will finally release on friday in 0.7 version.
Finally put out a video that show the track entirely in replay.

You can also see on the channel a reallife vs AC video comparison I posted earlier. ;-)

The track will come out with two identical layout. One for trackdays faithful to the original track and one for racing with pit boxes, vans parked and some track skin with Alpine branding. The short school layout will come later.
Features: Grass FX, AI line, TV cam, 2 layouts, map, works best with SOL and CSP.

Plan to add short layout, night lighting, rain fx, and static cam in the future.
The track features 2018 scenery. I will update the track to 2021 scenery in later version.
The video is shot with a custom Reshade I made to enhanced SOL lighting.

 

[AadHofman]

Testing aero fan implementation with the "sucker". Obviously a sound mod needed (using T70's sounds here). This lap was 3/10s slower than Vic Elford's pole position time (Riverside, 1970).

 

[Fonsvinkunas]

Testing aero fan implementation with the "sucker". Obviously a sound mod needed (using T70's sounds here). This lap was 3/10s slower than Vic Elford's pole position time (Riverside, 1970).

Is this the Chaparral 2J you are working on?

 

[AadHofman]

Is this the Chaparral 2J you are working on?

Yes.

 

[Nicecuppatea]

Working on the sound

I'm in two minds about it right now, I like the bassy burble for the exhaust and the clickety-clack of the engine but there's that sort of howling wind sound over it all that seems too prominent, have to work on the sample or use the filters in FMOD and see if I can get MOAR BASS and less howling wind sound.

 

[Fonsvinkunas]

Yes.

Nice to see that, do you know much it's faster than the Lolas?

 

[AadHofman]

Nice to see that, do you know much it's faster than the Lolas?

Well, it was 2 seconds faster than the rest at Riverside in 1970, so it's defo faster than Lola T70.

 

[Fonsvinkunas]

Well, it was 2 seconds faster than the rest at Riverside in 1970, so it's defo faster than Lola T70.

Will it be public once you finish it?

 

[Ben O'Bro]

I left my tiny island for some vacations.

thought i'd have a coffee with Phoenix, and talk about good times on LAC.
So West Coast USA it is.
(for the record, it's all virtual, i didn't really leave my computer..)


Fancy-Alfie-©-bushes-approved

hand-made-normals-following-kstreegroup

early normals testing .gif

Spoiler: gif maker

pro tip simple & free gif maker i found : https://www.screentogif.com/

dry/green presets (with customs normals) and CSP grasss

and now figuring ways to select north/south side of the mountain to distribute said presets !
With a simple selection ignoring the back faces:

or the fancy way with TySelect modifier, and grow/threshold options, so i have a bit more control over the result!
(tyflow is a free plugin for 3dsmax, with a LOT of stuff)

it's pretty cool to see my selection matches the dryer section of the satellite
So the resulting distribution for the presets should look coherent!

 

[AadHofman]

Will it be public once you finish it?

If so, it will be a separate physics download.

 

[Trava]

dry/green presets (with customs normals) and CSP grasss

Too bad actually good vegetation is not possible. You gotta work with what you have I guess....

 

[Ben O'Bro]

Too bad actually good vegetation is not possible. You gotta work with what you have I guess....

that's a weird motivational quote, but thanks i guess

 

[Trava]

Not saying yours is bad, it's just.... I don't know of a way that would allow vegetation and terrain in general to look up to modern standard other than 3d trees and as we know that's just not feasible with the way AC handles models.
You can get the cars to look damn near render levels but then you take a look at the track and it all just falls apart.

 

[Ben O'Bro]

Not saying yours is bad, it's just.... I don't know of a way that would allow vegetation and terrain in general to look up to modern standard other than 3d trees and as we know that's just not feasible with the way AC handles models.
You can get the cars to look damn near render levels but then you take a look at the track and it all just falls apart.

objection, it's certainly limited with AC, yet great things are still possible : https://www.racedepartment.com/members/fat-alfie.138572/#resources

 

[Trava]

Thats what I meant; while Alfie's tracks are top shelf at the end of the day it's still engine limitations holding back the looks.
No matter how much magic you try, it's still ugly cardboard cutout 2d trees sticking out like a sore thumb.

The resulting contrast is extremely jarring considering that you can get cars to look like this.

Spoiler

 

[Amir Vodokotlic]

^^^

Isn't Ilja working on 3d trees?

Think it was posted on his patreon that he is looking into it. (there was screenshot posted)

 

[Johnr777]

3D trees are very much possible. What we need is a way to morph between 3D and 2D billboards which is what newer gen games do I believe

 

[Kyuubeey]

Well, games since like 2008 or so have been doing 3D LOD0 with 2D LOD2+.

If we could get that, it'd be a gamechanger.