Addon tracks

[meck2]

Hi,
its possible to import new tracks and more stuff to Race 07, its moddable.
I've imported some Tracks to Race07 and i want to upload it, but there is no section for race07... plz add a new downloadsection. so long i will upload it to rapidshare.

Have a nice day!

EDIT :
Donington4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59516684/Donington4Race07.zip) - finish
Nuerburgring4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59514389/Nuerburgring4Race07.zip) - finish
Zhuhai4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59518376/Zhuhai4Race07.zip) - finish
Spa4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59521065/Spa4Race07.zip) - finish
Hockenheim4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59524293/Hockenheim4Race07.zip) - finish
Dubai4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59545986/Dubai4Race07.zip) - finish
Enna4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59552999/Enna4Race07.zip) - finish
Barcelona4Race07 (http://rapidshare.com/files/59566678/Barcelona4Race07.zip) - finish

[daviking]

Yes a new section for addon tracks & mods for Race 07 seem like a great idea for sure.:D

Btw - Your rapidshare tracks links doesn't work anymore.:(

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[meck2]

i forgot some things. sry. finished yet. :)

[paulclh]

Thank you for sharing.

[Robert]

Thanks! Very nice!

PS: I'd love to have a download mirror :)

[WOOFER]

WOW! This must be very awsome! :)
Well done..
ps: mirror would be cool to indeed.

[Mr Man]

Cool stuff! How did you import them?

[meck2]

with textedit...

[paulclh]

I have tried the first two , very good.
Well Done!!!

However, it takes time to download all of them.
(need to wait a long time after pervious download)

A new download section would be the best solution.

[drdrum]

I noticed Donnington National was in the track folder but it does not show up in Race 07. How do you get it in game?

[Mr Man]

with textedit...

With textedit? What do you mean? Could you describe the procedure a little better? I mean if it is really easy to import tracks from GTR2 or other games into Race07 that is really cool! And something that makes me very interested in buying it. After buying the last game, that was so locked down, I wasnt really interested in 07.

[bursco]

I noticed Donnington National was in the track folder but it does not show up in Race 07. How do you get it in game?

Same here - cannot see Donnington and followed the instructions, not had time to try another have to wait 95 mins for next d/l.

[meck2]

i try donington national, be patience. i will wrote a little how to, with psd template etc.
-------
Edit: i tryed Donington National and no problems here. (Downloaded,new install)

pls look...

http://www.meck2.de/menu.jpg

[Dan]

http://www.nogripracing.com/files.php?maincat=5

I'll edit the main menu to reflect it shortly

[drdrum]

Thanks I didnt look there

[skyreen]

Nice.:)Thank you Dan:up:

[zill]

http://www.nogripracing.com/files.php?maincat=5

I'll edit the main menu to reflect it shortly

Nice, thanks.
Please add a skin section, too.

[Frankalexandre]

The gmt's are on GTR2 format?

[Alexease]

THX! Great Works!!

I converted Nordschleife yesterday, but HAT file not working:( What's wrong?

[slider916]

Can someone please upload these tracks to another source?

Thanks in advance.

[meck2]

gmts are in gtr2 format.
im uploading at the moment, needs to be activated.
you must load a new hat file from original source with exact same gmt datas.

[Diswanio]

Very Cool Thnx meck2 So Much! Could you add Keimola PLEAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Lits of GTR2 Tracks and so on Down here,

ftp://81.209.24.149/gtr2/tracks/

[slider916]

Would it be possible to convert Zolder and Mondello layouts from GTL to GTR2?

[slider916]

I just tried Donington National and the AIW are really slow during practice.

[Mr Man]

Would it be possible to convert Zolder and Mondello layouts from GTL to GTR2?

That has been done a very long time ago. Check out rsc. The tracks are converted by Dangerous Beans. Very nice conversions as well.

[slider916]

That has been done a very long time ago. Check out rsc. The tracks are converted by Dangerous Beans. Very nice conversions as well.


I'm sorry. I mean to RACE07.

Thx.

[simracer]

I just tried Donington National and the AIW are really slow during practice.

There was a fault in the TRK file, I have attached a fix....

Overwrite your 2004_nDonington.trk with this one.
:)

[slider916]

There was a fault in the TRK file, I have attached a fix....

Overwrite your 2004_nDonington.trk with this one.
:)


Works awesome simracer.

Thank you.

:)

[Peter K.]

Hi


The time is not counting on Hockenheim Short. Can anyone fix this?

Regards Peter

[vayn3]

Anyone tested if these addon tracks working online?

[wilson3a10]

Addon tracks come out so fast:)

[meck2]

i will fix that.
working online with no problems.
workin rainreflect like the original.

[Diswanio]

Would you be so kind to convert Keimola 4 me please?! I´ve tried, but without luck any lol

[meck2]

who has converted/build it? ask him and i will do it

[Diswanio]

Kimmo Kokkonen´s, ill try to find/ask him

[slider916]

Mondello and Zolder layouts would be great with these cars.

Thanks for the awesome work meck2.

:)

[Mr Man]

^

What he said.

:)

[Diswanio]

Kimmo Kokkonen said its ok to covert Keimola 2 Race07!!

[Diswanio]

That's very quick!!!!! Major THNX So Mucho Meck2!!

[meck2]

There was a fault in the TRK file, I have attached a fix....

Overwrite your 2004_nDonington.trk with this one.
:)

Same Problem is in Dijon. What i have to do/change to fix that?

Thanx... :)

[simracer]

Same Problem is in Dijon. What i have to do/change to fix that?

Thanx... :)

Hi,
For the 'X files' the collision target must be set to true.
i.e

MeshFile=xpitin.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False
MeshFile=xpitout.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False
MeshFile=xsector1.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False
MeshFile=xsector2.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False
MeshFile=xfinish.gmt CollTarget=True HATTarget=False

Some tracks are set to false for some reason, but Race07 needs them to be true to work.

[meck2]

Ah ok... :wave:
thx for info... :)

[bursco]

Do these tracks work in the demo - because if they do then I am doing something wrong.
Would someone who has them working in the demo tell me how to do it pleeeeze.

:confused: :)


Thanks in advance

[slider916]

Saw that Zolder and Dijon are posted.

Awesome stuff!! Meck2 :up:

Thanks for the great work. You're quick.

Can't wait for Mondello. Great racing there in the past.

:)

[meck2]

Didnt try it with the demo yet, dont know.

[GT VIRUS]

Ok gettting technical...

First do we need to edit .trk's or anything? I assume because of the ease of installation that no converting of files was nessicary. Oh i can't wait for the steam version to come out :)

BTW, Mugello has my permission for the 'convert'

[BMWFan]

Whats with the mother(Nordschleife)?
Is it possible to konvert it to race 07?

[Peter K.]

The Oldring is also a very nice track. I hope, anyone convert this track

Regards Peter

[slider916]

The Mother and OldRing. I'm sure you would need to permission from the original authors before releasing a conversion.

[meck2]

Ok,Mugello & Mondello are the next tonight.
The green hell works fine here, but awaiting permission.

@GT Virus:
Edit the TRK, Edit the GDB. Extract the content from masfile into seperate directorys. Make new bik file, make new tga file. Example like Donington. Thats all. Have fun!

[slider916]

Ok,Mugello & Mondello are the next tonight.


:up:

:drool:

[fane]

Great job thank you:up:

[stormbringer11]

Thx , with packing (crypt) I got Nürgurgring working in race WTCC (NOT 07!)
I edited the Champ-file , too. The loadingscreen is still from Monza , but driving works very fine.

Thx!

[RKipker]

Thanks Meck.... I'm still waiting for my version in US ships Oct. 7th.... but now I can get the tracks...Great Work!

[daviking]

Yes most excellent work for sure.!
The more addon tracks the better, no question about that.;)

For now it's collecting time ( love collecting tracks ) and
October the 12, when Race07 is released in Denmark it's
racing time for sure..:D

Keep up your most excellent work Meck.:up:

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[paulclh]

Will there be Suzuka in the near future ?
I love this track very much.
Thanks.

[Ramon van Rijn]

Don't forget to donate this site instead of only collecting guys :-)
(no I am not involved in nogrip!)

Thanks meck2! Your work is really appreciated.

[slider916]

Just curious if there will be fixes posted with tracks that had the xsector colltarget issues to avoid online mismatches?

Thanks

:)

[daviking]

Hi Guys,

Maybe we should consider requesting Alexease to convert his
( Most excellent, I'm sure ) upcoming RaceParks Track Builder,
to this new -HOT- Race07 platform.:D

http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=RaceParks

Then we would all be able to contribute to the addon track production,
and by that - help Simbin selling more tickets aswell..

RaceParks The Peoples Track Builder : Create, Share, Race ...:roflmao:

A wild but hopefully not an unrealistic thought.

Take Care Guys,
Daviking..:)

[johnkyhappy(spn)]

i need for this game a nordschleife 2007

[slider916]

I see Adria posted on the main page, but can't download it yet.

[starship]

I see Adria posted on the main page, but can't download it yet.

This file is waiting for approval by the Site Administration.

[zill]

Adria doesn't work. :confused:

[starship]

Adria doesn't work. :confused:


Same here. Just crashes to the desktop. Tried running a trace, but that gave no clue. Guess we'll have to wait for a fix.

[CodeF1]

Hi guys:

Yes I have pulled Adria. I am encountering a very weird problem as well. It is inconsistent as sometimes Adria will load and other times it will CTD. I am trying to get to the bottom of it. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
CodeF1

[Diswanio]

Is it possible to get a normal cockpitview than that helmetview?

[SuperCouilles]

Is it possible to get a normal cockpitview than that helmetview?

See the thread I just opened my friend...

[slider916]

Hi guys:

Yes I have pulled Adria. I am encountering a very weird problem as well. It is inconsistent as sometimes Adria will load and other times it will CTD. I am trying to get to the bottom of it. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
CodeF1

Thanks for the update CodeF1. Look forward to it when it's all fixed up.

:)

[karberhel]

Are these Tracks only for offline-installation? In Online-installation i can't find a location-folder:confused:

[IronFly]

Are these Tracks only for offline-installation? In Online-installation i can't find a location-folder:confused:

it's for both.
it works also online.

[sjorge]

if your main HD is called C it's:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\youraccountname\race 07\
copy the folders ´Gamedata and UIData` and put them in there and thus creating 2 new folders.
It worked for me.

[IronFly]

someone has a Ring conversion, maybe the 2.0 for rF?

can you pm a link?

thanks

[audir8fan]

I'd like to see some of the old GTR2K2 tracks, like Brands '02 (it has Dingle Dell), Laguna Seca '03 and Kyalami in RACE 07

[diveplane]

the tracks seam very dark when you run them in heavy wet...?

way to lighten them up?

[diveplane]

noticed in heavy rain conditions the ai use the lights on the addon tracks,

what piece of code line changes the ai to use there lights on the default tracks in the sim?

[Gopher04]

the tracks seam very dark when you run them in heavy wet...?

way to lighten them up?

Yep i agree, normally i would say that to lighten them up it would be to make adjustments in the .gdb or .trk, but need to open up one of the orignals to see what settings they are using..

[Gopher04]

I have managed to make the addon tracks lighter when its raining, so they match up with the orignal tracks, but it does involve changing some settings in the .gdb, but have to be careful here as this will cause mismatches online, so the tracks need updating by meck2..

[diveplane]

maybe you should contact him

[diveplane]

does the ai safety car come out i have never seen it come out yet?
what setting changes this in plr?

[Gopher04]

does the ai safety car come out i have never seen it come out yet?
what setting changes this in plr?

I've tried changing settings in the .plr, and it seems to have no effect what so ever ingame..

[splitpbt]

noticed in heavy rain conditions the ai use the lights on the addon tracks,

what piece of code line changes the ai to use there lights on the default tracks in the sim? That's good news diveplane. Anybody figured this out yet.?? thanx in adv. mafrien's.
@Meck2, CodeF1, and noname - thanx very much for your work...

[Yoshi1982]

waiting for the Nordschleife 2.0 :cry::cry::cry:

[Zhuravlik]

waiting for the Nordschleife 2.0 :cry::cry::cry:

+1

[IronFly]

waiting for the Nordschleife 2.0 :cry::cry::cry:

+1

[RKipker]

Well tried one Hockenheim worked great... THANKS for these tracks, please do Birmingham....an AWESOME track!

But any and all are appreciated!

[zill]

To you mean Birmingham from rFactor?

[RKipker]

No, there's a Brimingham in GTR2 as well, same track, but is available in GTR2.

[phil23]

Bathurst would be cool to:)

[jimmy c]

Also shanghai....a fav of mine

[Maxime89]

Zolder please! :cool:

[simracer]

Zolder please! :cool:

Zolder has already been done....

http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=6074

:up:

[Martidinho]

Mantorp Park would be great!:) And more british tracks like Snetterton, Thruxton, Croft, Oulton Park etc,etc.....
Also Mo I Rana would be nice;)

[Klurax]

Mantorp Park would be great!:) And more british tracks like Snetterton, Thruxton, Croft, Oulton Park etc,etc.....
Also Mo I Rana would be nice;)

Agree!

[PieterN]

Hi all, I've got a question about the flags in the track-menu. Dubai hasn't got a flag and so I want to make one. Where do you force the game to use that flag ?

[yojimbob@blueyonder.co.uk]

As far as I know this only works with the disc version of the game.you have to start the online game and create a profile first.
Then download your tracks and extract the data from the zip file
Then go to your steam folder and open the steamapps folder inside that
you will find a folder with your profile name on it go to the race07 folder inside that and paste in the the extracted gamedata and uidata folders from your downloaded track. please email me if this works on your machine


also create a folder called music in the same directory and import your own music into that file and it will play in game.

[TrippleB]

I put the folders in my Race 07 folder, but then I couldnt start the game and steam prompted me to download and install Race '07.

Is anyone else having trouble with the online version of the game and the add-on maps (I only tried mondello and zolder)

[Eno]

A really nice track to convert would be Nords 2007 from rFactor. I understand Dutch Devil is going to do it for GTR2. But this is one heck of a track. In rFactor, Its one of the best. Dont know if it can be done for RACE07 though. Im no programmer.

[Dzul]

Is this going to become "NoGrip's TrackPack for Race07"? :D
This could help prevent track mismatches online, quiaff? ;)

[Husky42]

Gopher04, i'm doing some converison work and noticed you made mention about the rain settings. Being that you normally have a good insight what type of values did you come up with?


Another quick quesiton: Adding the flag icons, some countries do not apear with the flag icons - Is there a set way to add these into race so when you type say Location = Zhuhai, China The little round icon has chinese flag. I noticed vancouver has this and when i did my conversion of Montreal it did the same. But Zhuhai and others do not have the icon.

[dub713]

Very Cool Thnx meck2 So Much! Could you add Keimola PLEAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Lits of GTR2 Tracks and so on Down here,

ftp://81.209.24.149/gtr2/tracks/

who's site is this? if he's got all this GTR2 stuff, and a Race 07 directory with just the demo in it, can we ask or put these addon tracks there? kind of sucks being a registered user here, and having to wait another 23 hours to download another couple of tracks.

btw... great work on theses addons though. nice to have some other tracks to run. let us know when Laguna, Sears Pt (Infineon), and Nordschleife are done! :D

[splitpbt]

I put the folders in my Race 07 folder, but then I couldnt start the game and steam prompted me to download and install Race '07.

Is anyone else having trouble with the online version of the game and the add-on maps (I only tried mondello and zolder)
Just make the Directories yourself. Mine used to look like this with the full game installed: C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\splitpbt\race 07\
It now looks like this...
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\splitpbt\race 07\GameData\Locations\
And of course, you can start adding into that: race 07\GameData\Teams\
and anything else you like.
Hope i've explained this ok mafrien' and this works 100%

See attached pic...

[JMSpeed]

I write up for this would be nice! I could convert my own GTR2 tracks (in the same way you did as to prevent mismatches) without using nogrip server bandwidth.

Or include only the files that were altered, and we can get the rest from our GTR2 folder :)

[=MM= Simmons]

Guys,

Does anybody know if a good version of Monaco is available for Race?

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[TrippleB]

Just make the Directories yourself. Mine used to look like this with the full game installed: C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\splitpbt\race 07\
It now looks like this...
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\splitpbt\race 07\GameData\Locations\
And of course, you can start adding into that: race 07\GameData\Teams\
and anything else you like.
Hope i've explained this ok mafrien' and this works 100%

See attached pic...


Thats exactly what I did. But I am thinking my problem was a fluke, because while playing (with the maps removed) last night, I logged out and logged back in and steam gave me the same "re-download" promt....after clicking the download button I was told I have the game, and when I clicked to play again it all worked. I will reinstall the maps tonight, as see if I can run em...probably just go through that same hoop at worst. I have never been a fan of steam :/...ah well...thanks for the help btw!

[F2kSel]

Interlagos still issues the cut track warning in the middle of the last turn just the same as in GTR2 and GTL.:mad:

[simracer]

Snetterton 2005 now released.
Get it here....

http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=6341

This was converted to Race07 from Lasercutters GTR2 version with his full permission.:up:

Enjoy
:)

[meck2]

nice one...

:p :up:

[Eurostc]

Thank you.......!!!

now to find SilverStone......!!

[motoringfun]

Wow - this is all new to me! How cool is this??? Adding tracks from another game into Race 07 :).

I found Sebring from GTR2 and will see if I can find a way to make it work in Race 07. However, if anyone has experience doing this, it would be much appreciated if they could make a "standardized" Sebring for online game play :). Thanks for your help in advance!!!!

[sassou]

Wow - this is all new to me! How cool is this??? Adding tracks from another game into Race 07 :).

I found Sebring from GTR2 and will see if I can find a way to make it work in Race 07. However, if anyone has experience doing this, it would be much appreciated if they could make a "standardized" Sebring for online game play :). Thanks for your help in advance!!!!

Have you gtr2 ?

It's necessary to have gtr2 to retrieve the *.hat file of track You want to convert.

Go to http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15466 for learn to convert.

[motoringfun]

Have you gtr2 ?

It's necessary to have gtr2 to retrieve the *.hat file of track You want to convert.

Go to http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15466 for learn to convert.

Just installed GTR2 and I can play Sebring in GTR2. I have started the conversion process of Sebring, but I can not find a Sebring "hat" file anywhere. Do I need to extract this from some GTR file?? I can see Sebring listed under my "Add-on" track listings in Race 07, but when I select it, it gets as far as loading the cars and then seems to hang. I also can not seem to find a ani, grd or scn file. Thanks in advance for your help!

[sassou]

Normally the *.hat file is on UserData\LOG\HAT and his name is the same as the file of track.

[simracer]

Just installed GTR2 and I can play Sebring in GTR2. I have started the conversion process of Sebring, but I can not find a Sebring "hat" file anywhere. Do I need to extract this from some GTR file?? I can see Sebring listed under my "Add-on" track listings in Race 07, but when I select it, it gets as far as loading the cars and then seems to hang. I also can not seem to find a ani, grd or scn file. Thanks in advance for your help!

I can help with a few things you mention.
You don't need a scn file as Race just uses these for ingame advertising boards, addon tracks work fine without it.

You can copy any grd from another Race07 track and rename it to yourtrackname.grd. as these are all the same in Race, and it's only the gridwalk screen before a race.

The ani file is for animated flag marshals and moving spectators etc.
Addon tracks work fine without it, but it's quite easy to make your own by
getting all the right co-ordinates from your track to place them in the correct places.

[motoringfun]

Thanks for the tips guys! I got Sebring loaded up now :). Unfortunately it looks pitch dark (almost like night racing)... I think I saw somewhere on the boards for a fix for this. Will go back to searching for that solution. If you have a quick fix for this - please feel free to post it here as well. I will also post the info here if no one else has to help future visitors...

Thanks again!

[motoringfun]

Thanks for the tips guys! I got Sebring loaded up now :). Unfortunately it looks pitch dark (almost like night racing)... I think I saw somewhere on the boards for a fix for this. Will go back to searching for that solution. If you have a quick fix for this - please feel free to post it here as well. I will also post the info here if no one else has to help future visitors...

Thanks again!

Dang - can't seem to find a post about how to lighten up the track... Any thoughts??

[N2LO]

Dang - can't seem to find a post about how to lighten up the track... Any thoughts??

Did you add the Skyboxi entires in your .trk file?

[Gopher04]

meck2, anychance you can get the wet weather reflection working in your Nuerburgring 2007 conversion please?

[simracer]

meck2, anychance you can get the wet weather reflection working in your Nuerburgring 2007 conversion please?

Good news Gopher04, I have already made them and sent the files to mech2.

He will include them in an update of the track.
:up:

[meck2]

comes soon, after sunday i think...

[Gopher04]

Cheers guys..by the way is there anychance one of you can make the track country flag for Dubia??

[simracer]

Cheers guys..by the way is there anychance one of you can make the track country flag for Dubia??

I like a challenge...

Drop these into your UiData\Menu\Textures folder.

[Gopher04]

I like a challenge...

Drop these into your UiData\Menu\Textures folder.

Thx's simracer, just one problem they don't show up for some reason???

[simracer]

Thx's simracer, just one problem they don't show up for some reason???

Make sure your gdb has a line that says this:

Location = United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Then it will work.

[Gopher04]

Make sure your gdb has a line that says this:

Location = United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Then it will work.

Yep that was the one, it was there but written like this:

Location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Now all is fine, cheers bud..:thanks:

[Nevermind]

Noticed a bug at Hockenheim short while driving an online race: the lapcounter doesn't work....

[Gopher04]

Anychance if someone could have alook at the aiw at Djion? on the approach of turn 4, the left hander on the downhill, the aiw seem to have a big problem with it, its like they overbrake and loose the rear end....please.

[DerDumeklemmer]

Hi,

Interlagos still issues the cut track warning in the middle of the last turn just the same as in GTR2 and GTL.:mad:

guess you're using an outdated version...
..there is no cut warning with Gobi+Werthers version anymore, pls check www.pilsbierbude.de for the GTR2 and www.altbierbude.de for the GTL verison....

cheers,
Uwe

[daviscotex]

These Addon's are amazing, and Monaco is unbelievable! :eek:
Thank you so much...

[darock]

Hi,



guess you're using an outdated version...
..there is no cut warning with Gobi+Werthers version anymore, pls check www.pilsbierbude.de for the GTR2 and www.altbierbude.de for the GTL verison....

cheers,
Uwe

Thanks for the two links to GTR2 and GTL, but do you have a link to any RACE07 tracks?

[daviking]

Exactly what we need, more Race07 Tracks..:up:

I have already (kindly) requested Uwe to get active into Race07
Track conversions / since his work (always) are top-notch and on top
of that he is a master of getting permissions for releasing them as well.

Hopefully more top notch GTR 2 & GTL track converters will consider to
help out on the Race07 scene as well, since that will help to keep the PC
sim racing scene alive - both short & long term basis.;)

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[DerDumeklemmer]

Hi,

Thanks for the two links to GTR2 and GTL, but do you have a link to any RACE07 tracks?

currently we're supporting "only" GTL, GTR2 and rF at our websites (altbierbude.de, pilsbierbude.de, bockbierbude.de).

Since I've learned never to say never let's see if if an additional "Bude" will support Race07 as well in future....


cheers,
Uwe

[DerDumeklemmer]

Hi,


I have already (kindly) requested Uwe to get active into Race07
Track conversions / since his work (always) are top-notch and on top
of that he is a master of getting permissions for releasing them as well.


thanks for your kudos!

It's realy nice to have some feedback that someone likes my/our conversions also.
Basically I receive more complains about remaining issues in the conversions :D

It got nothing to to do with beeing a "master of getting permissions".

Most of the scratch builders (the real magic guys we can not thank enough because they spend unbeliveable time in let become a new track reality in the Racing-SIM-Universe) are very friendly as long as you respect all those working hours they spend for free for our community.

IMHO this is the minimum we (the humble conversion guys) can do to make sure these guys earn the credits for their kind efforts, isn't it?


cheers,
Uwe

[daviking]

Hi Uwe.

Must say i'm abit surprised to hear about complains about your conversions.
In my opinion they are top-notch / I have collected & treasure them all.;)

Yes, respect for the original track creators is a must & giving them all the
credit possible is something that is very important for sure.:up:

The problematic situation for Race07 is that GTR2 & GTL tracks are the
easy ones to convert / but all require extra permissions - since they are
all scratch build from Rfactor & GPL etc..

I too have heard that permissions is just about asking the guys in question,
99% of them are very friendly & permission to convert will be granted.
( So it's nice to have this confirmed by you / just ask must be the solution )..

I will keep my fingers crossed that the Race07 "situation" will work out
in a way that addon tracks & car mods will be released in good numbers,
just given abit of extra patience from the end-user angle..

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[Mojo66]

Anyone have contact information for Raceking? I have tried to send him an email but it bounced back. I have his Nordschleife sitting here waiting for release.

[Raikku]

Can somebody convert Varano to RACE 07, please.

This game needs Varano very badly....

[daviking]

Interesting you mention Raceking since I have been wondering what
has happened to him as well.?

His tracks would be very appriciated for Race07 indeed..;)

Let me check out if I can help abit..

Via his Rfactor Central account I discovered where he & the other cool
Chinese modders are hanging out....:
http://www.c-race.com/bbs/

Maybe it will be possible to get Race07 permissions for all his tracks,
if you manage to get a hold of him / one way or the other..:D

Structured / "largescale" permissons might be a usefull idea.??
( Getting permissions for all the tracks of each trackbulder, if possible ).

Anyways I wish you the best Mojo & will be looking forward to race
your track conversions asap..:up:

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[SuperCouilles]

Wondering this:
Let's suppose you convert the track.
Let's suppose you start modifying it to huge extent.
At what point should we consider that the release doesn't need approval but a kudo or a reference to the orginal author?


... Hope to see Nordschleife soon.

[F2kSel]

Hi,



guess you're using an outdated version...
..there is no cut warning with Gobi+Werthers version anymore, pls check www.pilsbierbude.de for the GTR2 and www.altbierbude.de for the GTL verison....

cheers,
Uwe


Your right I haven't run either game for a few months so it's fair to say they are old versions thanks for the update.

[daviking]

Wondering this:
Let's suppose you convert the track.
Let's suppose you start modifying it to huge extent.
At what point should we consider that the release doesn't need approval but a kudo or a reference to the orginal author?


... Hope to see Nordschleife soon.

Extremely good questions, I have been wondering about what system
would be the easiest & most rewarding for the track converter(s) as well.

1..Getting the permissons first / to avoid doing work that cannot be released.
This is a must since work in vain of course is not to be recommended..

And the trick lies in requesting for permissions all more / all tracks of
each original track maker & most original tracks are made for Rfactor
and GPL / N2003 & F1 99-02 etc..

2..Performing the conversion(s) & after that releasing them..
( Of course releasing them with full kodos to the original creater )..

To use Raceking of China as an example & Mojo as the track converter
requesting for permissions...:

First solving the hard part getting a hold of Raceking, maybe by placing
a post on the chinese modders forum, which seem to be the only solution atm..

Lets say Raceking responded to the post, then Mojo could request
permissions for all the Racekings Rfactor tracks in one go & thereby saving
future time of getting a hold of Raceking at a possible later stage..etc..
-----------------------

To make sure that the Race07 scene got as many addon tracks as possible
the Race07 track converters could form an association or a release group.

The organizing of things is of essense, to get most result on the table with
as less effort as possible...

1..Making a nice standard letter to all the original track makers & shipping
the letter to them, requesting for permissions of releasing all their tracks
for Race07 / or some of the tracks if the track creator(s) prefer that better.

2..When the permissions arrive, split the work up in-between the members
of the association / release group etc..

3..Then upload the tracks to No-grip along the way / when the convertions
are complete / one track at a time of course..

The problematic issue is that easy going track conversion to Race07
seem to from GTR2 & GTL to Race07..

The permissions obtained as described above would be for the original
Rfactor, GPL etc..track../ Permissions for the GTR2 & GTL versions must
be obtained as well - for this system / plan to work as described.

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[TSXGirl]

if your main HD is called C it's:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\youraccountname\race 07\
copy the folders ´Gamedata and UIData` and put them in there and thus creating 2 new folders.
It worked for me.

Hi, when I tried putting in the "UIData" folder, it asked me if I wanted to override the original "UIData" folder. Did you do that?

[Eurostc]

Hi, when I tried putting in the "UIData" folder, it asked me if I wanted to override the original "UIData" folder. Did you do that?


Yes ::)

[TSXGirl]

Yes ::)

Thank-you! :)

[darock]

You know, the way we could possibly get more RACE07 tracks out of the huge resource of converted GTR2 tracks might be simple.

If we simply emailed some of the guys who converted tracks for GTR2 (the guys who converted the track we'd really like to have in RACE07, for example) and told them how much we enjoyed their GTR2 track and how nice it'd be to have the sucker in this excellent new sim................ and ask 'em nice................. maybe, just maybe they'd do the deed.

I'd really like to have Watkins Glen and Lime Rock Park. guess I oughta take my own advice..........

[motoringfun]

You know, the way we could possibly get more RACE07 tracks out of the huge resource of converted GTR2 tracks might be simple.

If we simply emailed some of the guys who converted tracks for GTR2 (the guys who converted the track we'd really like to have in RACE07, for example) and told them how much we enjoyed their GTR2 track and how nice it'd be to have the sucker in this excellent new sim................ and ask 'em nice................. maybe, just maybe they'd do the deed.

I'd really like to have Watkins Glen and Lime Rock Park. guess I oughta take my own advice..........

I agree. So far I have started playing around with converting GTR/GTR2 tracks to see how hard it is (actually it is not that bad). Sebring and Daytona were my first 2 tracks I attempted (for personal use of course since I have not contacted the authors). Sebring I am stuck with pitch darkness (but I think it is a syntax issue with brackets), but Daytona converted pretty good. I am having so much fun with Daytona that I think I am going to figure out how to contact the orig. author so others can play this track with his permission.

If anyone is interested, here is a quick 4 lap race I captured at Daytona in my MINI:

http://www.motoringfun.com/2007/11/13/virtual-mini-challenge-daytona/

[DerDumeklemmer]

Hi,

although I own RACE07 - purchased only to support the developer of my favorite SIM….(GTL) - I do not have it on my HDD currently since I do not like that steam sh*t is contacting the internet each time I boot my PC.
So maybe someone could answer just a small question?

Is it possible to use the AddOn stuff (cars and tracks) for ONLNE-Multiplayer sessions or just only for OFFLINE racing?

Cheers,
Uwe

[David Wright]

Hi,

although I own RACE07 - purchased only to support the developer of my favorite SIM….(GTL) - I do not have it on my HDD currently since I do not like that steam sh*t is contacting the internet each time I boot my PC.


Its easy to stop Steam running every time your PC boots up. You can also turn off the game ads that appear after you've run a Steam game.

[Eurostc]

I agree. So far I have started playing around with converting GTR/GTR2 tracks to see how hard it is (actually it is not that bad). Sebring and Daytona were my first 2 tracks I attempted (for personal use of course since I have not contacted the authors). Sebring I am stuck with pitch darkness (but I think it is a syntax issue with brackets), but Daytona converted pretty good. I am having so much fun with Daytona that I think I am going to figure out how to contact the orig. author so others can play this track with his permission.

If anyone is interested, here is a quick 4 lap race I captured at Daytona in my MINI:

http://www.motoringfun.com/2007/11/13/virtual-mini-challenge-daytona/

this is the one from James...??

http://www.realracin.net/James_Burroughs.html


if so , he a great guy and maybe will help you get it Race 07 ready and
releasable...:-)

[drapin]

although I own RACE07 - purchased only to support the developer of my favorite SIM….(GTL)

Hmmm, I fear you made a little mistake there, because the "Simbin" that developed RACE07 is not the same Simbin that developed GT Legends.

GT Legends (and GTR2 too) was developed by the team/company that is now called Blimey! Games.

Support Blimey! if you want to support someone in that manner and spirit ! :up:
(...well, although they haven't yet released any sim after GT Legends and GTR2.)

[NEM33]

Thanks to all, that are making track conversions..:).


Could someone please convert Cadwell for Race07, id be most grateful.

Thanks.

[daviking]

You know, the way we could possibly get more RACE07 tracks out of the huge resource of converted GTR2 tracks might be simple.

If we simply emailed some of the guys who converted tracks for GTR2 (the guys who converted the track we'd really like to have in RACE07, for example) and told them how much we enjoyed their GTR2 track and how nice it'd be to have the sucker in this excellent new sim................ and ask 'em nice................. maybe, just maybe they'd do the deed.

I'd really like to have Watkins Glen and Lime Rock Park. guess I oughta take my own advice..........

Yes, I think your ideas are the right way to approach this issue.:up:

The GTR2 track converters both have the permissions & the know how
to do the job..:D

Maybe a co-work job between the GTR2 section of No-Grip and this
section could be usefull for a project of this scale as well.?

In any case it sure seems that we are getting closer & closer
to find just the right angle into this RACE07 track problem..;)

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[darock]

Hi,

although I own RACE07 - purchased only to support the developer of my favorite SIM….(GTL) - I do not have it on my HDD currently since I do not like that steam sh*t is contacting the internet each time I boot my PC.
So maybe someone could answer just a small question?

Is it possible to use the AddOn stuff (cars and tracks) for ONLNE-Multiplayer sessions or just only for OFFLINE racing?

Cheers,
Uwe

RACE07 can be installed as an offline install, without the Steam code at all. And another install can create the application for use when you choose to run it online.

I have the two separate installs. Both were done from the CD I purchased. When I wish to run without any connection to Steam, I use the offline version. etc

I have an application that shows what is running on my pc whenever I wish to check. Steam does not startup when I boot my pc. It starts when I start the RACE07 version that goes online. After I leave the online version, the steam connection will remain on, so I simply EXIT it from the tool tray. It's connection is terminated then and there is nothing running and I get nothing from Steam with it terminated.

Both the cars and tracks can be used online and offline. Many of the addon tracks are being used online right now. And the cars can be used both places also. I use the cars I've uploaded here online and I see them in replays. If other users online have them loaded they will see my car and I will see them in whatever car they are using, if I have that skin in my CustomSkin folder. ........... Since I have two installs, one for offline and one for online, whenever I place a custom skin into my offline folder, I also place it into the online folder. There is a folder in my offline install and a folder in my online install.

I have two installs because I do not wish to be connected to Steam when it's not necessary.

It works well for me that way.

[PBrown]

still dont know where to put the tracks.
same folder as the skins?

[darock]

still dont know where to put the tracks.
same folder as the skins?

A track has two required folders that have to go into the correct folders within RACE07.

So tracks are handled differently than cars, that have only one folder that is easy to deal with.

So most track downloads are extracted into the RACE07 root directory. And that puts the two folders where they belong.

They usually have a readme in them that explains it, but that takes a step or two just to read the readme. And it basically says to extract that zip file into RACE07's root directory.

[Mojo66]

Via his Rfactor Central account I discovered where he & the other cool
Chinese modders are hanging out....:
http://www.c-race.com/bbs/


Thanks daviking for digging this info out, but I'm unable to register there. Not sure what the problem is, maybe the topmost field. Any help appreciated.

[daviking]

Hi Mojo..

Just tried to regup there myself, without any success as well..:(
The problem lies in the Chinese character set, I expect..

Maybe try getting in touch with Arnold Wong & ask him to helpout..??
http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=299986

Would be truely great to get all his tracks converted for Race07..
After that we only need a nice Rally Mod to race his cool rally tracks.:D

Anyways, hope you get lucky by getting in touch with him via Arnold Wong..:up:

Take Care,
Daviking..:)

[gungho]

No lap timer in short layout.How do I fix?

[jiggyman195]

ftp://81.209.24.149/race07/tracks/

the tracks are quicker here