GTR2 16th Anniversary PATCH Part-2

GTR2 16th Anniversary PATCH Part-2 16.0.0

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| GTR2 HQ Anniversary PATCH part2 by GTR233 and friends |
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YOU CANNOT USE THIS part-2 ALONE, YOU MUST HAVE GTR2 HQ ANNIVERSARY PATCH PART-1 : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-anniversary-patch-part-1.21415/


Please read END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (EULA.txt) carefully before using the software. By installing or using this software, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA.

Archive size = 469 Mo
Archive MD5 = ac729eaf47fdccde69e06d19ed9174af
Disk space requirement : 2.2 Go

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)


IMPORTANT :
- PLEASE READ CAREFULLY and follow steps from "_GTR2_HQ_Anniversary_PATCH_install.txt" otherwise you will cry "HELP!!!"
- THIS PATCH IS NOT PAYWARE : YOU JUST NEED A FREE REGISTRATION TO RACEDEPARTMENT.COM! You can create a free mail address in 1 minute, then create a FREE account at RD (paid subscription is only an OPTION), then LOG IN RD with your new account and DOWNLOAD any mod for FREE !
- NO, THERE IS NO VIRUS IN THIS PATCH AT RACEDEPARTMENT.COM WHICH IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THIS MOD AND THE SAFEST PLACE TO DOWNLOAD MODS. In order to avoid virus, simply BUY genuine GTR2 DVD or STEAM digital then download and install GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch part1+2 from RACEDEPARTMENT.COM and RUN GTR2_SETUP.CMD : YOU WILL GET EXACTLY THE SAME GTR2 HQ GAME WHETHER YOU HAVE DVD OR STEAM! YOU NEED NOTHING ELSE BECAUSE OFFICIAL SIMBIN PATCHES + GREY CARS PATCH + 4GB PATCH + ALL FIXES DURING 15 YEARS + HQ TEXTURES ARE INCLUDED!!!
THANK YOU.


Disclaimer :
This is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and all of the content is provided free of charge "as is", without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, use it at your own risk : authors will not be held responsible for any losses incurred, either directly or indirectly by the use of files included in this mod. You are permitted to install and play this mod for personal home use only, any other uses are forbidden. It is forbidden to convert/modify/distribute any materials, or use it as part of another mod without authors written permission which cannot be ceded to a third party.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-anniversary-patch-part-2.32658/
This is not a 10TACLE\SIMBIN\BLIMEY!GAMES product.


Last Changelog
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v15.5.0 (NEW CLEAN INSTALL REQUIRED!!!)
- HOTFIX1: fixed PnG3 HQ Anniversary Patch GDB MENUs : added 4 cars (Austin Healey, Corvette, Lotus Elan, Triumph) in "PnG ROADSTERS" menu (there were only Austin Healey and Elan in original PnG3.2), added missing PnG icon in "Coupe des Alpes" menu
- HOTFIX2: added Shovas SHO Competition v9* in GTR2_SETUP, and also added original zip if you want to test extra versions (I have chosen v3 as generic version good for all wheels, plus the latest v9 taylor made for specific wheels)
- HOTFIX3: fixed overlapping text for few languages in Original Prime UI on FFB page
- HOTFIX4: fixed ghosting effect on HQ tracks around 7pm (thanks to PiotrGT for reporting bug), updated HQ headphysics
- HOTFIX5: added HQ 2005 Tracks ghosting fix
- HOTFIX6: reduced fog color and intensity to limit white trees, updated spa treelines to reduce flickering (there is still some but less than stock)
- HOTFIX7: removed VC redist loose files from RR binary because of conflict with last CrewChief updates (thanks to Jempy for reporting) : now you must go to Microsoft website and download Microsoft VC redist 2010 if you select RR binary version (similar to STEAM behavior).
- HOTFIX8: updated PnG3 HQ Anniversary Patch : fixed Lotus7 flip at Nordschleife Karousel, added nicer LOD_2.jpg for base tracks ; updated INSTALL.TXT instructions (thanks to Jempy)
- fixed medium compound name in Reborn Dunlop Viper tyre (thanks to The Iron Wolf for reporting mispelling)
- GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION is renamed GTR2 HQ Anniversary PATCH part-2 from now


Description :
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Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
These GTR2 HQ MODS represent 6 years of work (nearly 18 000 FILES!!!) and propose extra options for GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch.


Included :
----------
GTR2_SETUP.CMD allows you to tweak 37 pages of options :
I - language
II - HUD style
III - Pit Chief voice
IV - movie intro
V - binary choice
VI - FOV DEFVIEWS.CAM
VII - tweaked PLR
VIII - HEAD movement
IX - UI theme
X - plugin
XI - GFX shader
XII - nude GTR2
XIII - PnG3 HQ Anniversary Patch
XIV - Maserati Safety Car skin
XV - backfire effect
XVI - cube maps reflections
XVII - Lens Flare effect
XVIII - MARBLES
XIX - rain effect
XX - wiper animation
XXI - HDR skies
XXII - smokes effects
XXIII - driver suits
XXIV - GTR2 base cars ON/OFF
XXV - driving school cars
XXVI - HQ textures for base tracks ON/OFF
XXVII - daylights
XXVIII - AUD sound files
XXIX - SVM files ON/OFF
XXX - AI talent RCD files
XXXI - AI and physics for HQ game
XXXII - tyres for HQ cars
XXXIII - SpecialFX file
XXXIV - Stock game files to play ONLINE
XXXV - cheat ON/OFF
XXXVI - configure video settings
XXXVII - options to run GTR2


[EXTRA HQ MODS] are few HQ MODS not included in GTR2_SETUP yet :
> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (WITHOUT GRAVELS version) but alternate skins are available here.

> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK&STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Barry (aka barryg) for kind permission to include GTR2 Reborn MOD by IRG (2011) and NAPmod tyres fix
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Daniel Pistelli for 4GB patch
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
Fazerbox for GTR2MapPlugin
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
GTR233 for HQ MODS and all updates
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
Jon Denton & AutoSimSport for NAPmod (2006)
J-Santos for Portuguese Pit Chief Audio translation
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Reloaded for NOCD
Renato Simioni for improved tyre slip curves in RaceOn
Scorpyo for driver arms GMT
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan and his wife for realistic Pit Chief voice
The Iron Wolf for reporting memory leak in original DucFreak UI MOD and help to fix it, plus amazing work on CrewChief for GTR2
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
Yako for XD plugin


beta test/feedback/bug reporting :
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Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, DurgeDriven, fruitbirb, GP STONER, gwaldock, hkmp57, Iain Marshall, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leon_90 (aka Davide Nativo), leslav2012, Mach77, Miguel Batista, mike006, mildrew2, NeelJ, Peter van de Kolk, PiotrGT, RaceLM24, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Retrolux, revar, Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO, Vanaja, Verde_msk, Wes Brook.


SOFTWARE USED
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- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, HQ original idea and all HQ content © 2006-2021, All rights reserved.
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| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION SETUP v15.4.0 by GTR233 and friends |
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Please read END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (EULA.txt) carefully before using the software. By installing or using this software, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA.

Archive size = 374 Mo
Archive MD5 = 20b8308962490a1fc64e4eb03be4950d
Disk space requirement : 1.9 Go

YOU CANNOT USE THIS MOD ALONE, THIS IS AN OPTIONAL SETUP FOR GTR2 HQ ANNIVERSARY PATCH 15.4.0 : https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/gtr2-10th-anniversary-patch.152429/

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)

Last Changelog
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v15.4.0
- moved GTR2_SETUP files from GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch to GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION which is called GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION SETUP now
- updated PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH to v3.0 : added PnG3 style LODs for HQ tracks, escort 6816e external wiper fix, mirror fix for Elan 64054 and Mustang 6601B, deflector glass fix for GT40 6607, full working wipers and dirtscreen with side windows for all cars, cool brakes warning fix, replaced Cortina Mann/Works (not included in PnG3.2) with Ford Cortina GT/Lotus Cortina entries in "60's Challenge 3" menu, fixed porsche 906 entry in "Gr.6 Prototype Sports Cars" menu, removed fulvia (not included in PnG3.2) from "Coupe des Alpes" menu, fixed porsche_906_wheel_rr_c_style2.gmt bug (66058/6605P 906: you see a big wheel moving up/down when LODc is called on far distance), fixed Mustang/GT350 steering wheel axis bug (you see distorted wheel when you turn far left/right), fixed stereo sounds in all engine files and added specific Left/Right-Hand-Drive sounds for few cars, updated LODs in CAS files, updated BOP for some cars, updated tyres, increased seat position range, fixed alpine 66 classe.
- fixed Gillet Vertigo "Terminator2" bug with Front-Rear daylights
- added F360 endurance lights CTD HOTFIX (thanks to mike006 for reporting bug)


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
These GTR2 HQ MODS represent 6 years of work (nearly 18 000 FILES!!!) and propose extra options for GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch.


Included :
----------
GTR2_SETUP.CMD allows you to tweak 37 pages of options :
I - language
II - HUD style
III - Pit Chief voice
IV - movie intro
V - binary choice
VI - FOV DEFVIEWS.CAM
VII - tweaked PLR
VIII - HEAD movement
IX - UI theme
X - plugin
XI - GFX shader
XII - nude GTR2
XIII - PnG3 HQ Anniversary Patch
XIV - Maserati Safety Car skin
XV - backfire effect
XVI - cube maps reflections
XVII - Lens Flare effect
XVIII - MARBLES
XIX - rain effect
XX - wiper animation
XXI - HDR skies
XXII - smokes effects
XXIII - driver suits
XXIV - GTR2 base cars ON/OFF
XXV - driving school cars
XXVI - HQ textures for base tracks ON/OFF
XXVII - daylights
XXVIII - AUD sound files
XXIX - SVM files ON/OFF
XXX - AI talent RCD files
XXXI - AI and physics for HQ game
XXXII - tyres for HQ cars
XXXIII - SpecialFX file
XXXIV - Stock game files to play ONLINE
XXXV - cheat ON/OFF
XXXVI - configure video settings
XXXVII - options to run GTR2


[EXTRA HQ MODS] are few HQ MODS not included in GTR2_SETUP yet :
> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (WITHOUT GRAVELS version) but alternate skins are available here.

> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK&STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Barry (aka barryg) for kind permission to include GTR2 Reborn MOD by IRG (2011) and NAPmod tyres fix
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Daniel Pistelli for 4GB patch
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
Fazerbox for GTR2MapPlugin
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
GTR233 for HQ MODS and all updates
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
Jon Denton & AutoSimSport for NAPmod (2006)
J-Santos for Portuguese Pit Chief Audio translation
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Reloaded for NOCD
Renato Simioni for improved tyre slip curves in RaceOn
Scorpyo for driver arms GMT
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan and his wife for realistic Pit Chief voice
The Iron Wolf for reporting memory leak in original DucFreak UI MOD and help to fix it, plus amazing work on CrewChief for GTR2
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
Yako for XD plugin


beta test/feedback/bug reporting :
----------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, DurgeDriven, fruitbirb, GP STONER, gwaldock, hkmp57, Iain Marshall, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leon_90 (aka Davide Nativo), leslav2012, Mach77, Miguel Batista, mike006, mildrew2, NeelJ, Peter van de Kolk, PiotrGT, RaceLM24, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Retrolux, revar, Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO, Vanaja, Verde_msk, Wes Brook.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, HQ original idea and all HQ content © 2006-2021, All rights reserved.
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| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v15.0.0 by GTR233 and friends |
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Archive size = 317 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = 78c91932f0c4949c3f4feefcfa064e3c

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)


Last Changelog
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v15.0.0
- keep moving mods to GTR2 HQ Anniversary patch via dedicated pages in GTR2_SETUP : moved HQ Backfire, HQ CUBE MAPS, HQ Lens Flare, HQ MARBLES, HQ RAIN, and HQ SMOKES
- updated PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH to v2.0 :
-> fixed memory leak issue (thanks to The Iron Wolf for reporting issue and help to find the bug)
-> replaced Cortina Mann/Works (not included in PnG3.2) with Ford Cortina GT/Lotus Cortina entries in "60's Challenge 3" GDB menu
-> fixed porsche 906 entry in "Gr.6 Prototype Sports Cars" GDB menu
-> removed fulvia (not included in PnG3.2) from "Coupe des Alpes" GDB menu
-> fixed porsche_906_wheel_rr_c_style2.gmt bug (66058/6605P 906: you see a big wheel moving up/down when LODc is called on far distance)
-> fixed Mustang/GT350 steering wheel axis bug (you see distorted wheel when you turn far left/right)
-> reworked driving school 911 : updated weight/power for optimal driving school times, increased seat position range
- added PnG3 HQ Cars v1.0 : less heavy feeling, better brakes, fixed stereo sounds in all engine files and added specific Left/Right-Hand-Drive sounds for few cars, updated LODs in CAS files, updated BOP for some cars, updated tyres, increased seat position range, fixed alpine 66 classe, added [RESTORE ORIGINAL PnG3.2 Cars] folder to return to stock as default PnG3.2 mod


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies and lot of alternate skins variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced system tweaks/patches which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
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1> PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH v2.0 : added many tweaks to DucFreak menu, added Driving School, added PnG3 style LODs for HQ tracks, mirror fix for Lotus Elan, and cool brakes warning fix.
PnG3 mod must be installed FIRST, then GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch SECOND (IMPORTANT: DELETE GTR2 CARS WITH GTR2_SETUP.BAT), and FINALLY apply PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH.

2> PnG3 HQ Cars v1.0 : less heavy feeling, better brakes, fixed stereo sounds in all engine files and added specific Left/Right-Hand-Drive sounds for few cars, updated LODs in CAS files, updated BOP for some cars, updated tyres, increased seat position range, fixed alpine 66 classe.

3> GTR2 HDR Skies v9.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus 4k night skies I have made in collaboration with ArmedLightning, and HQ moon/sun. If you experience stuttering with 4k then use the 2k version instead.
2k included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

4> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

5> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v7.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (white/yellow) but alternate skins are available here (PnG/xenon).

6> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v7.0 : new head-up-display skins available in 14 colors/styles for 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).
HQ Anniversary HUD is included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here (HQ Anniversary HUD MINI, HQ HUD PRO, HQ HUD SPORT,...).

7> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

8> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

9> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

10> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

11> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (LARGE version) but alternate skins are available here.

12> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512). Careful as 2048 size can give stuttering on low config.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (1024) but alternate 2048 version is available here.

13> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK&STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.

14> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

Disk space requirement : 1.61 Go

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need free registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
You are permitted to broadcast videos of this mod on social medias (YouTube, Twitch, etc...).
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for driver arms GMT
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan and his wife for realistic Pit Chief voice
The Iron Wolf for reporting memory leak in original DucFreak UI MOD and help to fix it, plus amazing work on CrewChief for GTR2
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2021.
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| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v14.5.0 by GTR233 and friends |
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Archive size = 330 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = c17e86bdc44720e5ea15035b25519886

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)


Last Changelog
--------------
v14.5.0
- cleaned mods and kept only essentials because main HQ MODS are already included in HQ Anniversary PATCH with GTR2_SETUP.BAT tool to activate/deactivate them
- NEW PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH v1_0 : merged PnG3 UI HQ Anniversary with PnG3 LODs for HQ Tracks, added lotus elan mirror fix, added cool brakes warning fix if you want to keep pit sounds, added option to remove all pit sounds as in original PnG3 mod, and finally totally reworked PnG3 driving school mod. Now DS has got 17 different physics of IROC 911 to match GTR2 cars specs (you can also drive the 911 IROC DS on any track with M3GTR, Z3, C5R, LOTUS, VERTIGO, MOSLER, SEAT, VIPER, F550, MURCIELAGO, MC12, LISTER, SALEEN, F360, GT3RS, 350Z or TVR power specs), added GHOST and instructor car, added tga files.


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies and lot of alternate skins variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced system tweaks/patches which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
1> PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH v1.0 : added many tweaks to DucFreak menu, added Driving School, added PnG3 style LODs for HQ tracks, mirror fix for Lotus Elan, and cool brakes warning fix.
PnG3 mod must be installed FIRST, then GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch SECOND (IMPORTANT: DELETE GTR2 CARS WITH GTR2_SETUP.BAT), and FINALLY apply PnG3 HQ Anniversary PATCH.

2> GTR2 HDR Skies v9.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus 4k night skies I have made in collaboration with ArmedLightning, and HQ moon/sun. If you experience stuttering with 4k then use the 2k version instead.
2k included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

3> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

4> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v7.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (white/yellow) but alternate skins are available here (PnG/xenon).

5> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v7.0 : new head-up-display skins available in 14 colors/styles for 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).
HQ Anniversary HUD is included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here (HQ Anniversary HUD MINI, HQ HUD PRO, HQ HUD SPORT,...).

6> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.1 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

7> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

8> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

9> GTR2 HQ RAIN v14.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but mostly for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

10> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

11> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

12> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

13> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (LARGE version) but alternate skins are available here.

14> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (RED-BLUE version) but alternate skins are available here.

15> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

16> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512). Careful as 2048 size can give stuttering on low config.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (1024) but alternate 2048 version is available here.

17> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

18> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK&STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.

19> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

20> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

Disk space requirement : 1.65 Go

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need free registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
You are permitted to broadcast videos of this mod on social medias (YouTube, Twitch, etc...).
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for driver arms GMT
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2020.
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| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v14.4.0 by GTR233 and friends |
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Archive size = 444 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = 1863e6c38df3dd7ba1913355be56f427

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)


PREAMBLE: GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch and GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION are really different (many files in GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch are not present in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION and vice versa) :
-> for GTR2 : install first GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch then pick some options from GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION like HDR Skies by example
-> for PnG3 : use GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION only


Last Changelog
--------------
v14.4.0
- updated GTR2 HQ Tracks to v14.4 : increased rain probability in some HQ tracks (thanks to Bjarne for advice), updated bik, fixed headlights flickering for digital binary, added more fog (thanks to The Iron Wolf for advice).
- updated GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS to v7.0 : totally reworked HQ Headlights in collaboration with ArmedLightning and added endurance versions.
- updated HQ FOV DEFVIEWS to v12.0 : 2 versions are available now either for digital binary or for NOCD because clipplanes behavior is totally different.
I have kept vFOV from 30 to 72 : for VR you will need around vFOV 100-110 so take the 72 version and use CTRL+LEFT MOUSE BUTTON then drag mouse up/down to adjust vFOV to your taste (thanks to Bjarne for advice).
- removed GTR2 HQ TEXTURES MULTI-PATCHES because it is already included in HQ Anniversary Patch and it is totally useless for PnG3 MOD.

Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies and lot of alternate skins variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced system tweaks/patches which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
1> PnG3 UI MOD HQ Anniversary v11.0 : added many tweaks to menu like Driving School, available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).
GTR2 version is exclusively included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

2> GTR2 HDR Skies v9.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus 4k night skies I have made in collaboration with ArmedLightning, and HQ moon/sun. If you experience stuttering with 4k then use the 2k version instead.
2k included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

3> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

4> GTR2 HQ Tracks v14.4 : better physics/graphics/AI tweaks with advanced patches/fixes.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH, but HQ Cars are NOT included in HQ MODS COLLECTION !!!

5> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v7.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (white/yellow) but alternate skins are available here (PnG/xenon).

6> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v7.0 : new head-up-display skins available in 14 colors/styles for 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).
HQ Anniversary HUD is included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here (HQ Anniversary HUD MINI, HQ HUD PRO, HQ HUD SPORT,...).

7> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.1 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

8> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

9> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

10> GTR2 HQ RAIN v14.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but mostly for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

11> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

12> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

13> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

14> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (LARGE version) but alternate skins are available here.

15> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (RED-BLUE version) but alternate skins are available here.

16> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

17> HQ FOV DEFVIEWS v12.0 : no more in car headlight flickering at night and FOV choice (please see README). Note that textures flickering will depend on both the track used and the ClipPlanes : HQ Tracks have got less flickering because higher ClipPlanes values will show less flickering.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

18> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512). Careful as 2048 size can give stuttering on low config.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (1024) but alternate 2048 version is available here.

19> HQ MOON & SUN v7.0 (already included in HDR Skies though) : useful if you want to keep my moon skin when you install other skies.
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

20> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

21> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK&STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.

22> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

23> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

24> Shovas PLR FFB v3.0 : replace FFB lines in your own PLR file to get the best FFB experience (thanks to Shovas). Check Shovas last updates here : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sho-competition-ffb.30448/
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.


Disk space requirement : 1.66 Go

ATTENTION: HDR Skies and HQ FOV DEFVIEWS will overwrite stock files so make a backup first !!! (see instructions below)

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need free registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
You are permitted to broadcast videos of this mod on social medias (YouTube, Twitch, etc...).
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Culmone67 & DrivingItalia.net for HD track textures
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
derDumeklemmer for kind permission to use his Oschersleben start lights fix & Enna moveable tyres
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Fred_as for kind permission to use his HD track backgrounds
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for driver arms GMT
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
unseen/NacK for kind permission to use Default GTR2 tracks black terrain fix
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
vondutch51 for his work on AI which helped me to understand how it works


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2020.
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| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v14.3.0 by GTR233 and friends |
-----------------------------------------------------------

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)
Archive size = 491 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = 54ca9f5dbc996cd87285039cc3d5bb51

PREAMBLE: GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch and GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION are really different (many files in GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch are not present in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION and vice versa) :
-> for GTR2 : install first GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch then pick some options from GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION like HDR Skies by example
-> for PnG3 : use GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION only


Last Changelog
--------------
v14.3.0
- updated DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary to v11.0 and renamed it "PnG3 UI MOD HQ Anniversary" because I have removed GTR2 version which is exclusive to HQ Anniversary Patch now : added showroom button in championships, updated garage pages
- updated GTR2 HDR Skies to v9.0 : added more stars in background (thanks to ArmedLightning) and added blue light to all night maps
- updated GTR2 HQ Tracks to v14.3 : updated HQ Anderstorp aurora borealis with ArmedLightning's stars background, updated HQ track names in GDB to avoid some track conflicts (thanks to Bjarne for advice)
- updated GTR2 HQ RAIN to v14.0 : added latest ArmedLightning rainscreen effects
- updated GTR2 HQ TEXTURES MULTI-PATCHES to v21.0 : added BMW_M3GTR_CPIT01.DDS and its mask, reworked lister/maserati dash textures
- removed HQ AI Talent, HQ CARS SOUNDS, HQ F360 SOUNDS, HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS, HQ MASERATI SAFETY CAR, UIAssets Patch because they are not used in PnG3, plus they are available in GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch now with new GTR2 SETUP : https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/gtr2-10th-anniversary-patch.152429/


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies and lot of alternate skins variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced system tweaks/patches which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
1> PnG3 UI MOD HQ Anniversary v11.0 : added many tweaks to menu like Driving School, available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).
GTR2 version is exclusively included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

2> GTR2 HDR Skies v9.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus 4k night skies I have made in collaboration with ArmedLightning, and HQ moon/sun. If you experience stuttering with 4k then use the 2k version instead.
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

3> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

4> GTR2 HQ Tracks v14.3 : better physics/graphics/AI tweaks with advanced patches/fixes.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH, but HQ Cars are NOT included in HQ MODS COLLECTION !!!

5> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v6.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (white/yellow) but alternate skins are available here (PnG/xenon).

6> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v7.0 : new head-up-display skins available in 14 colors/styles for 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).
HQ Anniversary HUD is included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here (HQ Anniversary HUD MINI, HQ HUD PRO, HQ HUD SPORT,...).

7> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.1 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm).
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

8> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

9> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

10> GTR2 HQ RAIN v14.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but mostly for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

11> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

12> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

13> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

14> GTR2 HQ TEXTURES MULTI-PATCHES v21.0 : textures patches for several glitches that official patch v1.1 did not fix, plus many HQ textures.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but mostly for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

15> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (LARGE version) but alternate skins are available here.

16> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (RED-BLUE version) but alternate skins are available here.

17> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

18> HQ FOV DEFVIEWS v11.0 : no more in car headlight flickering at night and FOV choice (please see README). Note that textures flickering will depend on both the track used and the ClipPlanes : HQ Tracks have got less flickering because higher ClipPlanes values will show less flickering.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

19> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512). Careful as 2048 size can give stuttering on low config.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (1024) but alternate 2048 version is available here.

20> HQ MOON & SUN v7.0 (already included in HDR Skies though) : useful if you want to keep my moon skin when you install other skies.
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

21> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

22> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK&STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.

23> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32.
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

24> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).
Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

25> Shovas PLR FFB v3.0 : replace FFB lines in your own PLR file to get the best FFB experience (thanks to Shovas). Check Shovas last updates here : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sho-competition-ffb.30448/
Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.


Disk space requirement : 2.01 Go

ATTENTION: HDR Skies and HQ FOV DEFVIEWS will overwrite stock files so make a backup first !!! (see instructions below)

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need free registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
You are permitted to broadcast videos of this mod on social medias (YouTube, Twitch, etc...).
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Culmone67 & DrivingItalia.net for HD track textures
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
derDumeklemmer for kind permission to use his Oschersleben start lights fix & Enna moveable tyres
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Fred_as for kind permission to use his HD track backgrounds
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for driver arms GMT
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
unseen/NacK for kind permission to use Default GTR2 tracks black terrain fix
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
vondutch51 for his work on AI which helped me to understand how it works


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2020.
---------------------------------------------------------
| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v14.2 by GTR233 and friends |
---------------------------------------------------------

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)
Archive size = 498 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = 71d0ec56c4b47b8ab1606c284892a81f


Last Changelog
--------------
v14.2
- updated DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary to v10.1 : slightly reduced green glow which was too strong, added B&W + YELLOW themes
- updated GTR2 HQ AI to v5.0 : increased passing value
- updated GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION to v7.0 : added new HQ Anniversary HUD + MINI in 10 languages and updated all other versions
- updated GTR2 HQ TEXTURES MULTI-PATCHES to v20.0 : reworked BMW z3 dash carbon texture and few others
- updated GTR2 HQ Tracks to v14.2 : added Anderstorp weed fix by Bjarne, fixed Barcelona bridge reversed textures


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) 6Go RAM with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies, HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS, HQ F360 SOUNDS, and lot of alternate skins variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced system tweaks/patches which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
-> DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary v10.1 : nicer 16/9 UI with triple screen support (only basic tweak to avoid CTD, GTR2 HUD will be stretched so disable it and use XD plugin instead), available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian). Contrary to HQ Anniversary PATCH, no pit chief audio files here to match PnG3 mod where pit chief is disabled.

-> GTR2 HDR Skies v8.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus my scratched made night skies, moon and sun. If you experience stuttering then use the 2k version (2048*2048) which is included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> GTR2 HQ AI v5.0 : better AI Talents (for GTR2 cars only), these tweaks will not be applied to 3rd party MODS you can install afterward because most of them won't use these drivers, keep in mind it is only talents drivers tweaks here. I mean there are many other AI tweaks in other files like AIW/GDB/HDC/TYR (patched in HQ Cars&Tracks) and PLR by example. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but alternate skins are available here.

-> GTR2 HQ Tracks v14.2 : better physics/graphics/AI tweaks with advanced patches/fixes. HQ Tracks are included in HQ Anniversary PATCH, but HQ Cars are NOT included here in HQ MODS COLLECTION !!!

-> GTR2 HQ CARS SOUNDS v1.1 : added brake (Jandri)/skid (Fred_as)/horn/external tranny sounds & fixed overlapping sound issue when needed. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> GTR2 HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS v4.1 : headlights for day races with 2 options, either front or both front/rear lights. Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH as requested by my old nogrip friend Philipp.

-> GTR2 HQ F360 SOUNDS v2.0 : cleaned F360 engine wav sounds (removed noise in left channel). Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH as requested by my old nogrip friend bobwilliams.

-> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v6.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch). Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (white/yellow) but alternate skins are available here (PnG/xenon).

-> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v7.0 : new head-up-display skins available in 14 colors/styles for 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian). Only HQ Anniversary skin is included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.1 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm). Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> GTR2 HQ MASERATI 4200GT SAFETY CAR v5.0 : more detailed safety car skin available in 4 liveries (2003/2004/2005/2006). Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (2003) but alternate skins are available here (2004/2005/2006).

-> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (F1) but alternate skins are available here (GT-Fancy/alt).

-> GTR2 HQ RAIN v13.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but mostly for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

-> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

-> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

-> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

-> GTR2 HQ TEXTURES MULTI-PATCHES v20.0 : textures patches for several glitches that official patch v1.1 did not fix, plus many HQ textures. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH but mostly for HQ Cars&Tracks only.

-> GTR2 UIAssets Patch v1.0 : removed FNTCMOTM.BMP to allow skinned LCD. Note that this tweak is not directly visible but that unlocks motec skins. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (LARGE version).

-> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (RED-BLUE version).

-> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> HQ FOV DEFVIEWS v11.0 : no more in car headlight flickering at night and FOV choice (please see README). Note that textures flickering will depend on both the track used and the ClipPlanes : HQ Tracks have got less flickering because higher ClipPlanes values will show less flickering. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512). Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (1024).

-> HQ MOON & SUN v7.0 (already included in HDR Skies though) : useful if you want to keep my moon skin when you install other skies. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH (SPARK & STARS version) but alternate skins are available here.

-> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256). Not included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32. Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH.

-> Shovas PLR FFB v3.0 : replace FFB lines in your own PLR file to get the best FFB experience (thanks to Shovas). Included in HQ Anniversary PATCH. Check Shovas last updates here : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sho-competition-ffb.30448/


Disk space requirement : 2.16 Go

ATTENTION: DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD, HDR Skies, HQ AI, HQ SOUNDS, HQ FOV DEFVIEWS and UIAssets Patch will overwrite stock files so make a backup first !!! (see instructions below)

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need free registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
You are permitted to broadcast videos of this mod on social medias (YouTube, Twitch, etc...).
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Culmone67 & DrivingItalia.net for HD track textures
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
derDumeklemmer for kind permission to use his Oschersleben start lights fix & Enna moveable tyres
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Fred_as for kind permission to use his HD track backgrounds & squealing tyre sounds
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
Jandri for kind permission to use his nice brakes sounds
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for UIAssets.GTR advice, driver arms GMT, and nice DTM2018 showroom floor
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIDstalker for kind permission to use his nice DTM2018 showroom floor
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for original idea of the 10th Anniversary Patch, advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
unseen/NacK for kind permission to use Default GTR2 tracks black terrain fix
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
vondutch51 for his work on AI which helped me to understand how it works


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2020.
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---------------------------------------------------------
| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v14.1 by GTR233 and friends |
---------------------------------------------------------

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)
Archive size = 497 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = eb44d3ef83814dade7a6115fa41fdf28


Last Changelog
--------------
v14.1
- updated DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary to v10.0 : restored car spin manual rotation (thanks to cangrejin for advice), added current track name on garage monitor page, fixed black screen on unlocked track page (thanks to cangrejin for reporting bug)
- updated GTR2 MULTI-PATCHES to v19.0 : reworked Seat toledo steering wheel textures, reworked carbon textures in corvette cockpit
- updated GTR2 HQ Tracks to v14.1 : updated AIW/GDB


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies, HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS, HQ F360 SOUNDS, and HQ BRAKES/HEADLIGHTS/HUD/LENS FLARE/SAFETY CAR/START LIGHTS/SCREEN DIRT/TREAD/AMBIENT SHADOW/BACKFIRE/MIRROR/SPARK variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced tweaks which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
-> DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary v10.0 : nicer 16/9 UI with triple screen support (only basic tweak to avoid CTD, GTR2 HUD will be stretched so disable it and use XD plugin instead), available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian). NO pit chief audio files here to avoid conflicts with PnG3 mod.

-> GTR2 HDR Skies v8.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus my scratched made night skies, moon and sun. If you experience stuttering then use the 2k version (2048*2048) instead.

-> GTR2 HQ AI v4.2 : better AI Talents (for GTR2 cars only), these tweaks will not be applied to 3rd party MODS you can install afterward because most of them won't use these drivers, keep in mind it is only talents drivers tweaks here. I mean there are many other AI tweaks in other files like AIW/GDB/HDC/TYR (patched in HQ Cars&Tracks) and PLR by example.

-> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.

-> GTR2 HQ Tracks v14.1 : better physics/graphics/AI tweaks with advanced patches/fixes. HQ Tracks only so NO HQ Cars here !!!

-> GTR2 HQ CARS SOUNDS v1.1 : added brake (Jandri)/skid (Fred_as)/horn/external tranny sounds & fixed overlapping sound issue when needed.

-> GTR2 HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS v4.1 : headlights for day races with 2 options, either front or both front/rear lights.

-> GTR2 HQ F360 SOUNDS v2.0 : cleaned F360 engine wav sounds (removed noise in left channel).

-> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v6.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).

-> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v6.1 : new head-up-display skins available in 11 colors/styles and 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).

-> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.1 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm).

-> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution.

-> GTR2 HQ MASERATI 4200GT SAFETY CAR v5.0 : more detailed safety car skin available in 4 liveries (2003/2004/2005/2006).

-> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.

-> GTR2 HQ RAIN v13.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain.

-> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.

-> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.

-> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.

-> GTR2 MULTI-PATCHES v19.0 : patches for several glitches that official patch v1.1 did not fix, plus many HQ textures.

-> GTR2 UIAssets Patch v1.0 : removed FNTCMOTM.BMP to allow skinned LCD. Note that this tweak is not directly visible but that unlocks motec skins.

-> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.

-> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow.

-> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution.

-> HQ FOV DEFVIEWS v11.0 : no more in car headlight flickering at night and FOV choice (please see README). Note that textures flickering will depend on both the track used and the ClipPlanes : HQ Tracks have got less flickering because higher ClipPlanes values will show less flickering.

-> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512).

-> HQ MOON & SUN v7.0 (already included in HDR Skies though) : useful if you want to keep my moon skin when you install other skies.

-> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution.

-> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.

-> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).

-> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32

-> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32

-> Shovas PLR FFB v3.0 : replace FFB lines in your own PLR file to get the best FFB experience (thanks to Shovas), check his last updates here : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sho-competition-ffb.30448/


Disk space requirement : 2.05 Go

ATTENTION: DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD, HDR Skies, HQ AI, HQ SOUNDS, HQ FOV DEFVIEWS and UIAssets Patch will overwrite stock files so make a backup first !!! (see instructions below)

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Culmone67 & DrivingItalia.net for HD track textures
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
derDumeklemmer for kind permission to use his Oschersleben start lights fix & Enna moveable tyres
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Fred_as for kind permission to use his HD track backgrounds & squealing tyre sounds
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
Jandri for kind permission to use his nice brakes sounds
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for UIAssets.GTR advice, driver arms GMT, and nice DTM2018 showroom floor
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIDstalker for kind permission to use his nice DTM2018 showroom floor
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for original idea of the 10th Anniversary Patch, advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
unseen/NacK for kind permission to use Default GTR2 tracks black terrain fix
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
vondutch51 for his work on AI which helped me to understand how it works


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, cangrejin, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
-------------
- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2020.
---------------------------------------------------------
| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v14.0 by GTR233 and friends |
---------------------------------------------------------

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)
Archive size = 498 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = b2032801a5563ee072aa8712a4f840eb


Last Changelog
--------------
v14.0
- updated DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary to v9.0 : added HQ anniversary RED/BLUE/GREEN themes (thanks to Bjarne/DurgeDriven for advices)
- updated GTR2 HQ BRAKES to v3.0 : reworked brembo_01.dds skin and added brembo GT 2004 skin
- updated GTR2 MULTI-PATCHES to v18.0 : reworked GT3R-RS-RSR cockpit doors, mosler steering wheel, morgan top dash alcantara, corvette carbon dash and steering wheel, BMW Z3 dash, Seat cockpit DASH/DOORS
- updated HQ FOV DEFVIEWS to v11.0 : disabled shake
- updated GTR2 HQ Tracks to v14.0 : new HQ anniversary logo to celebrate the 14th anniversary, new sun lighting with higher contrast and darker shadows, removed spa invisible wall in pits
- added new HQ Desktop ICON with original style


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies, HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS, HQ F360 SOUNDS, and HQ BRAKES/HEADLIGHTS/HUD/LENS FLARE/SAFETY CAR/START LIGHTS/SCREEN DIRT/TREAD/AMBIENT SHADOW/BACKFIRE/MIRROR/SPARK variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 HQ Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced tweaks which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
-> DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD HQ Anniversary v9.0 : nicer 16/9 UI with triple screen support (only basic tweak to avoid CTD, GTR2 HUD will be stretched so disable it and use XD plugin instead), available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian). NO pit chief audio files here to avoid conflicts with PnG3 mod.

-> GTR2 HDR Skies v8.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus my scratched made night skies, moon and sun. If you experience stuttering then use the 2k version (2048*2048) instead.

-> GTR2 HQ AI v4.2 : better AI Talents (for GTR2 cars only), these tweaks will not be applied to 3rd party MODS you can install afterward because most of them won't use these drivers, keep in mind it is only talents drivers tweaks here. I mean there are many other AI tweaks in other files like AIW/GDB/HDC/TYR (patched in HQ Cars&Tracks) and PLR by example.

-> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v3.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.

-> GTR2 HQ Tracks v14.0 : better physics/graphics/AI tweaks with advanced patches/fixes. HQ Tracks only so NO HQ Cars here !!!

-> GTR2 HQ CARS SOUNDS v1.1 : added brake (Jandri)/skid (Fred_as)/horn/external tranny sounds & fixed overlapping sound issue when needed.

-> GTR2 HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS v4.1 : headlights for day races with 2 options, either front or both front/rear lights.

-> GTR2 HQ F360 SOUNDS v2.0 : cleaned F360 engine wav sounds (removed noise in left channel).

-> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v6.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).

-> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v6.1 : new head-up-display skins available in 11 colors/styles and 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).

-> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.1 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm).

-> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution.

-> GTR2 HQ MASERATI 4200GT SAFETY CAR v5.0 : more detailed safety car skin available in 4 liveries (2003/2004/2005/2006).

-> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.

-> GTR2 HQ RAIN v13.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain.

-> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.

-> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.

-> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.

-> GTR2 MULTI-PATCHES v18.0 : patches for several glitches that official patch v1.1 did not fix, plus many HQ textures.

-> GTR2 UIAssets Patch v1.0 : removed FNTCMOTM.BMP to allow skinned LCD. Note that this tweak is not directly visible but that unlocks motec skins.

-> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.

-> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow.

-> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution.

-> HQ FOV DEFVIEWS v11.0 : no more in car headlight flickering at night and FOV choice (please see README). Note that textures flickering will depend on both the track used and the ClipPlanes : HQ Tracks have got less flickering because higher ClipPlanes values will show less flickering.

-> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512).

-> HQ MOON & SUN v7.0 (already included in HDR Skies though) : useful if you want to keep my moon skin when you install other skies.

-> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution.

-> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.

-> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).

-> HQ Desktop ICONs v2.0 : 2 styles for GTR2 and one for PnG3 in 256*256 instead of 32*32


Disk space requirement : 2.05 Go

ATTENTION: DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD, HDR Skies, HQ AI, HQ SOUNDS, HQ FOV DEFVIEWS and UIAssets Patch will overwrite stock files so make a backup first !!! (see instructions below)

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chopchop (aka Ceaffinc) for kind permission to use his #69 Proton Spa liveries
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Culmone67 & DrivingItalia.net for HD track textures
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
derDumeklemmer for kind permission to use his Oschersleben start lights fix & Enna moveable tyres
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Fred_as for kind permission to use his HD track backgrounds & squealing tyre sounds
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
Jandri for kind permission to use his nice brakes sounds
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Scorpyo for UIAssets.GTR advice, driver arms GMT, and nice DTM2018 showroom floor
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIDstalker for kind permission to use his nice DTM2018 showroom floor
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for original idea of the 10th Anniversary Patch, advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
unseen/NacK for kind permission to use Default GTR2 tracks black terrain fix
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
vondutch51 for his work on AI which helped me to understand how it works


Advices/bug reporting/feedback :
--------------------------------
Apollion, Barcika (aka carTOON), bobwilliams, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.


SOFTWARE USED
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- 3DSimED by Dave Noonan http://www.sim-garage.co.uk/
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
- NOTEPAD++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/


GTR233, 2020.
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| GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION v10.3 by GTR233 and friends |
---------------------------------------------------------

This archive was compressed with 7-zip archiver v19.00 so you need at least v19.00 to extract archive without errors (update your archiver if it tells you that the archive is corrupted) : https://www.7-zip.org (I recommend to NOT download ALPHA versions, leave them to devs)
Archive size = 493 Mo
Archive MD5 hash = 370a5bea1f0a30fc190e65a6dc5bbc17


Last Changelog
--------------
v10.3
- removed GTR2 10th Anniversary PATCH HOTFIX v10.2.1 because it is included in v10.3 now
- updated GTR2 MULTI-PATCHES to v17.0 : added SEAT/F360 CPIT03.DDS HQ textures, reworked CORVETTE_C5R_CPIT01.DDS and its mask
- updated HQ FOV DEFVIEWS to v10.0 : reduced LODMultiplier to 1.1 which is still good enough to not see GRAND STAND pop up at Spa Rivage corner as with default 1.0 value (previous 1.25 value greatly reduced clipping such as trees/objects pop up but counterpart was a lot more CPU/GPU stress which tends to increase stuttering as reported by many people). By the way you can manually adjust LODMultiplier in menu : OPTIONS > ADVANCED > LEVEL OF DETAILS BIAS, increase cursor to the right if you experience no stuttering and want more objects displayed, on the contrary reduce cursor to the left to display less objects if your computer is not powerful enough


Description :
-------------
Developped on Dell Inspiron 531 Athlon64x2 5600+ (dual core 2.8GHz) with nvidia 9800GT 512Mo.
This GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION represents 5 years of work (nearly 10 000 FILES UPDATED!!!) and contains many HQ Mods/Patches for GTR2 plus extra options not available in the 10th Anniversary Patch (HDR 4k Skies, HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS, HQ F360 SOUNDS, and HQ BRAKES/HEADLIGHTS/HUD/LENS FLARE/SAFETY CAR/START LIGHTS/SCREEN DIRT/TREAD/AMBIENT SHADOW/BACKFIRE/MIRROR/SPARK variants).
Keep in mind that GTR2 10th Anniversary Patch includes exclusive content such as HQ Cars with both 2D/3D updates and advanced tweaks which are not included here in GTR2 HQ MODS COLLECTION : only 2D HQ textures here so neither 3D updates nor advanced modifications.

Included :
----------
-> DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD 10th Anniversary v8.0 : nicer 16/9 UI with triple screen support (only basic tweak to avoid CTD, GTR2 HUD will be stretched so disable it and use XD plugin instead), available in 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian). NO pit chief audio files here to avoid conflicts with PnG3 mod.

-> GTR2 HDR Skies v8.0 : nice 6e66o & Hudson Kerr skies reworked with HDR effect in 4k resolution (4096*4096), plus my scratched made night skies, moon and sun. If you experience stuttering then use the 2k version (2048*2048) instead.

-> GTR2 HQ AI v4.2 : better AI Talents (for GTR2 cars only), these tweaks will not be applied to 3rd party MODS you can install afterward because most of them won't use these drivers, keep in mind it is only talents drivers tweaks here. I mean there are many other AI tweaks in other files like AIW/GDB/HDC/TYR (patched in HQ Cars&Tracks) and PLR by example.

-> GTR2 HQ BRAKES v2.0 : realistic brake disc/caliper/discglow skins in higher resolution.

-> GTR2 HQ Tracks v10.2 : better physics/graphics/AI tweaks with advanced patches/fixes. HQ Tracks only so NO HQ Cars here !!!

-> GTR2 HQ CARS SOUNDS v1.1 : added brake (Jandri)/skid (Fred_as)/horn/external tranny sounds & fixed overlapping sound issue when needed.

-> GTR2 HQ DAYTIME HEADLIGHTS v4.1 : headlights for day races with 2 options, either front or both front/rear lights.

-> GTR2 HQ F360 SOUNDS v2.0 : cleaned F360 engine wav sounds (removed noise in left channel).

-> GTR2 HQ HEADLIGHTS v6.0 : better headlights with 4 different colors available in higher resolution (patched to avoid halo glitch).

-> GTR2 HQ HUD COLLECTION v6.1 : new head-up-display skins available in 11 colors/styles and 10 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Polish & Hungarian).

-> GTR2 HQ LENS FLARE v10.0 : nicer sun effects in higher resolution (max effects around 5-6pm).

-> GTR2 HQ MARBLES v1.0 : now you will really see marbles on track side in higher resolution.

-> GTR2 HQ MASERATI 4200GT SAFETY CAR v5.0 : more detailed safety car skin available in 4 liveries (2003/2004/2005/2006).

-> GTR2 HQ PIT & START LIGHTS v3.0 : better start lights available in 6 different animations.

-> GTR2 HQ RAIN v13.0 : nicer rain effects in higher resolution. Note that tracks lighting needs to be tweaked to get maximum water effect : by example, as in real, you cannot see your opponents in long straights when you are behind them with HQ Tracks at 100% rain.

-> GTR2 HQ SCREEN DIRT v9.0 : reworked dirt effect with smooth transitions in higher resolution (Clean/Dirty/Very Dirty). Note that "VERY DIRTY" means more dirt than "DIRTY" version but there will be less visible dirt on windscreen than stock game in order to make layers transitions quite invisible laps after laps.

-> GTR2 HQ SPARCO SUITS 2018 v1.4 : nicer racing suits/gloves/shoes in 4k for driver, and pit crew/marshalls.

-> GTR2 HQ TREAD v4.0 : more detailed tire tread available in 2 versions with or without gravels. Now every compound skin is different on contrary to stock game which shows same skin for all rain compounds.

New -> GTR2 MULTI-PATCHES v17.0 : patches for several glitches that official patch v1.1 did not fix, plus many HQ textures.

-> GTR2 UIAssets Patch v1.0 : removed FNTCMOTM.BMP to allow skinned LCD. Note that this tweak is not directly visible but that unlocks motec skins.

-> HQ AMBIENT SHADOW v3.0 : smallest second shadow under cars in higher resolution. By default the shadow is too large and exceeds car body which is on contrary to optical laws.

-> HQ BACKFIRE v4.0 : reworked flames on exhaust available in 2 versions either blue or yellow.

-> HQ CUBE MAPS v6.0 : better detailed car/track reflections in higher resolution.

New -> HQ FOV DEFVIEWS v10.0 : no more in car headlight flickering at night and FOV choice (please see README). Note that textures flickering will depend on both the track used and the ClipPlanes : HQ Tracks have got less flickering because higher ClipPlanes values will show less flickering.

-> HQ MIRROR v1.0 : rear view mirrors in higher resolution (1024*1024 or 2048*2048 instead of 512*512).

-> HQ MOON & SUN v7.0 (already included in HDR Skies though) : useful if you want to keep my moon skin when you install other skies.

-> HQ SMOKES v5.0 : better dust & smokes effects in higher resolution.

-> HQ SPARK v7.0 : more detailed sparks effects in higher resolution.

-> TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD by Teddie Tapawan : High quality audio sound mod in english available as MALE Teddie or FEMALE Kathy. This is not my mod but Teddie allows to distribute his mod as long as no files are modified (I have only moved the ALTERNATES folder on top because most people do not see it), plus I have made nicer HQ KATHY skins (2k 2048x2048) than the ones from the mod (256x256).


Disk space requirement : 2.05 Go

ATTENTION: DucFreak's GTR2 UI MOD, HDR Skies, HQ AI, HQ SOUNDS, HQ FOV DEFVIEWS and UIAssets Patch will overwrite stock files so make a backup first !!! (see instructions below)

No online mismatch


Usage Disclaimer :
------------------
This mod is PRIVATE (need registration to RACEDEPARTMENT.COM to download it), this is a non-profit work made by passion for old gem GTR2 and provided as is, without warranty of any kind, use it at your own risk.
You are permitted to install and play this mod for private home use only, any commercial or public uses are forbidden.
It is forbidden to convert/modify any materials, or use it as part of another mod without written permission.
The original source is only available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM : https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gtr2-hq-mods-collection.32658/
Archive was tested with Kaspersky AV and to be sure that the archive you have downloaded was not modified then compare MD5 checksum with the one available at RACEDEPARTMENT.COM


Credits (alphabetical order) :
------------------------------
6e66o for kind permission to use his nice sky pack
alex69722 for Russian UI
ArmedLightning for kind permission to use his AL SPECIAL FX
Art (aka Arthur Stepanov) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting, HQ HUD Russian translation, and new GMT ARMS with 2 shoes
Chopchop (aka Ceaffinc) for kind permission to use his #69 Proton Spa liveries
Chronus for his work on REBORN physics and detailed explanation at nogrip which helped me to understand how it works
Cristian Luis, simracing.pl/Skandre and Petr Nidecky for Polish/Czech translations
Culmone67 & DrivingItalia.net for HD track textures
Dave Noonan for 3DSimED
David Wright for advices and kind permission to use some parts of POWER & GLORY mod by GTL WORKSHOP
derDumeklemmer for kind permission to use his Oschersleben start lights fix & Enna moveable tyres
DucFreak for advices/help and for kind permission to use his nice GTR2 UI MOD
DurgeDriven for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
F1mate2 for 80 extra lines hungarian translation
Fred_as for kind permission to use his HD track backgrounds & squealing tyre sounds
Guimengo for some extra Portuguese translations
Hudson Kerr for kind permission to use his wonderful skies
Jandri for kind permission to use his nice brakes sounds
leon_90 (Davide Nativo) for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and support since the beginning
LeSunTzu for murcielago body mask from his FFSA2005 mod with kind permission
Luzperfecta for UI advanced FFB settings
Mach77 for advices and beta tests on HQ cars to match real lap times
NASA for their nice moon picture from Apollo 11
Petes László for kind permission to use original hungarian translation
Philipp for advices & kind permission to use his 996 fixes
Scorpyo for UIAssets.GTR advice, driver arms GMT, and nice DTM2018 showroom floor
Shovas for advices/beta testing/bug reporting and kind permission to include his PLR FFB settings
SIDstalker for kind permission to use his nice DTM2018 showroom floor
SIMBIN/Blimey!/10Tacle Studios (THANKS to David Wright, DucFreak, Doug Arnao, Mark Reynolds, Renato Simioni ...and BIG BOSSES Henrik Roos & Ian Bell)
Syhlif32 (aka Bjarne Hansen) for original idea of the 10th Anniversary Patch (may not be happen without him), advices/beta testing/bug reporting, and arms GMT fix
Teddie Tapawan for nice TTR PIT CHIEF SOUND MOD
unseen/NacK for kind permission to use Default GTR2 tracks black terrain fix
Velo for defviews info and SceneLighting ColorMatch tool
vondutch51 for his work on AI which helped me to understand how it works

Advices/bug reporting/feedback : Apollion, Barcika, bobwilliams, Crimson764, cyrac1, DrKruntz, hkmp57, ical_everon, Jempy, jgf, Jon c, JorritVD, Kenny Paton, LeGhoul, leslav2012, Miguel Batista, mildrew2, NeelJ, Razgriz (aka Menrva), Spinelli, Starraider, sunalp2, TzZyO.

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