Tracks Thomson Road Grand Prix 1.1

[Fat-Alfie]

Friction values have changed slightly for the update. I have split the track into old road (0.97), new road (0.98), pit (0.98), hairpin bend in pits (1.2), grass (0.7), rough grass (0.65 / 0.06 damping). Time penalties have been removed, and laps are disallowed in Qualifying if 4 wheels go onto the grass anywhere around the circuit. In the race, I figured if you go that far off line, you will lose enough time anyway.

 

[GT VIRUS]

Time penalties

That's what the light poles are for!

 

[melanieuk]

Quality scratch made Circuit, added to my list of must have scratch made track for Assetto Corsa.

 

[Mathieu Labbé]

Had quite an encounter tonight at Thomson

Dont know if its related to the track or AC in general but that was funny as hell. Its not everyday you get to jump through a gigantic baloon in a vintage car

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Oops!

Thank you for pointing that out. I will double check the random spawn point height variable - it might be a tiny bit low at the moment

(Great shot though, thanks for posting it. Looks like something out of a sci-fi film )

 

[Deleted member 223075]

Little drift on Lotus 49

 

[Deleted member 223075]

 

[ALB123]

Little drift on Lotus 49

The Lotus Type 49 is a lot of fun on this circuit, but the Lotus Type 25 has been my obsession lately. I'm well into the triple digits for laps in the last week. Not only am I doing it for the enjoyment and the occasional race, but I'm trying to learn how to setup these cars, well any car actually.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Doesn't it feel a totally different beast, with TM10? I really like it now - it feels much more predictable to me.

And I am glad you are enjoying the track - its popularity has really taken me by surprise

 

[aphidgod]

I still told you so.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Do did, yes, but even so...

Perhaps I need to adopt an attitude more like some mod-makers on this forum, whose comments I read today, about their own work. They go along the lines of:
- "No one will miss this release!"
- "This will blow you away when it is released!"
- "I won't need to publicise my work as everyone else will be so amazed by it that they will do all the publicity for me!"

I really don't think that's my style, but then, I don't charge for my work so I guess I don't have to blow my trumpet quite as loud

 

[Kenny Paton]

Do did, yes, but even so...


I really don't think that's my style, but then, I don't charge for my work so I guess I don't have to blow my trumpet quite as loud

You can just let your work do the talking, and that's louder and sweeter than most

 

[cerebralvortex]

I was running Crew Chief with Thomson Road the other day and had some issues with it.

I did a race weekend with Ford GT 40's and I got error logs in crew chief all the time. Crew Chief was working but seemed to think the end of the lap was 2 turns before the last chicane.

The Crew Chief mod maker had a look at it and reported this :

Jim Britton : OK, looking at the data for the Thompson GP track, the game reports that there are 4 sectors but there don't appear to be any at all - the game reports that the player is always in sector1. I don't think it'a possible to work around this in Crew Chief

Any thoughts ?

 

[Fat-Alfie]

What do Kunos say? "As designed..."

Thomson Road has 4 Time Attack gates (Start/Finish plus 3 others around the circuit), which works without issue in AC. The problem seems to be that the plugin expects to find 3, and will not accept more than 3.

I don't plan to change my track, so I think your only solutions are to stop using the plugin, or to delete the entry for one of the checkpoints in the overlays.ini (CHECKPOINT_3 would be easiest). This would, of course, cause a checksum error should you try and use the track online.

 

[ALB123]

What do Kunos say? "As designed..."

Thomson Road has 4 Time Attack gates (Start/Finish plus 3 others around the circuit), which works without issue in AC. The problem seems to be that the plugin expects to find 3, and will not accept more than 3.

I don't plan to change my track, so I think your only solutions are to stop using the plugin, or to delete the entry for one of the checkpoints in the overlays.ini (CHECKPOINT_3 would be easiest). This would, of course, cause a checksum error should you try and use the track online.

While I have absolutely no intention of doing anything to Thomson Road Gran Prix, I'm glad I caught your post to @cerebralvortex - I will lock this away in the ole memory bank that I call my brain, in case I encounter this situation in the future with a different track.

 

[Keith Gregg]

Great track...but does anyone else have the prob where the AI cant make it around the first tight bend without a massive pile-up?

 

[Fat-Alfie]

I have not seen this problem myself, but then I have not tried the track since Kunos updated the AI code. Maybe it is related to that

Which car were you using, and on which level of difficulty? I will try to replicate the issue myself - it's possible that I can adjust the AI spline or the aihints file.

Thanks for pointing this out (and for trying my track)

 

[ALB123]

I never experienced this -- and I was hooked on this track, running many different races with different cars. Like Fat-Alfie said, I haven't tried since the new AI was installed. Hopefully I will remember to give it a go when I next have a chance.

 

[Keith Gregg]

I have not seen this problem myself, but then I have not tried the track since Kunos updated the AI code. Maybe it is related to that

Which car were you using, and on which level of difficulty? I will try to replicate the issue myself - it's possible that I can adjust the AI spline or the aihints file.

Thanks for pointing this out (and for trying my track)

I was driving the Toyota Celica against a random grid made up of 15 AI including the Celica, Fiat Arbarth Assetto Corse and Mazda MX5 Cup...AI set to 90% with 5% difference and aggression set to 50%...I just tried another 2 races and the same thing has happened...I can make a recording if necersary or any screenshots you might need of my settings if that would help?.
One other thing...if I was to buy you a beer or 2 and include a download link, may I, with your permission, use your circuit on my server?...it really is a good circuit
Cheers
EDIT
To ALB123...good to see someone with a good taste in music ...I have had the privelage of seeing Mr. Gilmour play with Floyd on 2 different tours

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Ok, thanks for the feedback. I'll run a test today, using those settings, and see what I can find.

I'm glad that you enjoy the track I assume by server you mean online MP racing. If so, of course you can use it, and no need to ask permission. If you mean hosting a download, then no, I would rather just keep it hosted here on RD so I can pick up on any issues or feedback like you gave today

Will report back with my AI feedback