Racing groove

ivanvolf · 30 July 07, 10:06

My racing groove is backwards in most addon tracks, how can I get it right?

redi · 30 July 07, 10:55

Not sure it's backwards, but in my experience it seems to depend on the time of day.

For example (I noticed this in GT Legends) at Cadwell, during practice all looks OK, but when going to qualification the race grooves are all wrong and look very similar to the picture you posted. This is with a race start set at 12:00.

GTI-Heizer · 30 July 07, 15:46

The grove must be adjusted to values gtr2 understand.
rf aiw editor did it not right for gtr2/gtl.

David Wright · 30 July 07, 15:58

GTI-Heizer is right. I think its linked to livetrack and wp_galpha values in the AIW file. GTL/GTR2 seem to use a maximum of 0.45 while rFactor uses upto 1.00. If you use the higher values in GTL/GTR2 the groove works in practice sessions but in the race it disappears. I'm guessing Livetrack multiplies the value for the race to make the groove darker, but if the value exceeds 1.00 when multiplied presumably it doesn't work.

I think Strava did a tool for grooves but I don't have a link.

N2LO · 30 July 07, 17:56

I am pretty sure the maximum alpha value for gtr2 is 0.7 I use Strava GTL groove tool to fine tune all my tracks and I always set the maximum value to .7 and I don't believe any of my tracks suffer from the dissapearing race groove, atleast not on my system. I don't have a link to this tool, but I believe I found it in a forum thread over at RSC. If anyone needs this tool, I can post it this weekend at filefront temporarily.

30 July 07, 10:55	#2
redi Superator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On a thin crust covering a huge ball of hot molten stone whizzing through space Age: 40	Not sure it's backwards, but in my experience it seems to depend on the time of day. For example (I noticed this in GT Legends) at Cadwell, during practice all looks OK, but when going to qualification the race grooves are all wrong and look very similar to the picture you posted. This is with a race start set at 12:00.

30 July 07, 15:46	#3
GTI-Heizer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ruhrpott, Germany Age: 47	The grove must be adjusted to values gtr2 understand. rf aiw editor did it not right for gtr2/gtl.

30 July 07, 15:58	#4
David Wright Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK	GTI-Heizer is right. I think its linked to livetrack and wp_galpha values in the AIW file. GTL/GTR2 seem to use a maximum of 0.45 while rFactor uses upto 1.00. If you use the higher values in GTL/GTR2 the groove works in practice sessions but in the race it disappears. I'm guessing Livetrack multiplies the value for the race to make the groove darker, but if the value exceeds 1.00 when multiplied presumably it doesn't work. I think Strava did a tool for grooves but I don't have a link.

30 July 07, 17:56	#5
N2LO Join Date: Apr 2006	I am pretty sure the maximum alpha value for gtr2 is 0.7 I use Strava GTL groove tool to fine tune all my tracks and I always set the maximum value to .7 and I don't believe any of my tracks suffer from the dissapearing race groove, atleast not on my system. I don't have a link to this tool, but I believe I found it in a forum thread over at RSC. If anyone needs this tool, I can post it this weekend at filefront temporarily.