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2022/21 NTT INDYCAR SERIES - 2022 Indycar mod
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Skins 2022/21 NTT INDYCAR SERIES 1.20
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yes you put the mas file into the cars install folder Programfiles86/steam/steamapps/common/rfactor 2/installed/vehicles/DallaraIR18_2020/1.43 you just drag and drop the file into that folder
This is a very comprehensive package with lots of liveries and really improves on what S397 has offered. So thank you putting this together as those generic liveries where getting a bit boring.
A few things I have noticed,
Some of the UI icons have a black background instead of being transparent.
I also noticed the file sizes for the skins are very big, some are 80MB which suggest that they are not in the correct dds format for rF2. S397's are about 20MB for instance. Also the "12_Penske_region.dds" file is considerably larger than the other region maps and one of the liveries lacks mipmaps, which not only affects performance but also the texture will shimmer at a distance.
For my own use I converted the liveries to the correct format (BC3 or DXT5) using "NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter" and managed to save 1.3GB of un-compressed data and made the Mas file 200MB smaller. Which not only makes the pack smaller on my HDD but also reduces VRAM usage, while maintaining compliance with the game engine.
A few things I have noticed,
Some of the UI icons have a black background instead of being transparent.
I also noticed the file sizes for the skins are very big, some are 80MB which suggest that they are not in the correct dds format for rF2. S397's are about 20MB for instance. Also the "12_Penske_region.dds" file is considerably larger than the other region maps and one of the liveries lacks mipmaps, which not only affects performance but also the texture will shimmer at a distance.
For my own use I converted the liveries to the correct format (BC3 or DXT5) using "NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter" and managed to save 1.3GB of un-compressed data and made the Mas file 200MB smaller. Which not only makes the pack smaller on my HDD but also reduces VRAM usage, while maintaining compliance with the game engine.
Thank you for that I made all of these skins in gimp so its hard to compress them and I dont have the right tools to do so. I am still learning skinning myself so I do plan on working on making the overall package smaller I just have to learn how.
just drop the mas file into 1.43 and it should show up in game
I was wondering why with this pack the tire squeal sound was back when it was fixed in an earlier IR-18 patch. Then I noticed this in the veh files,
Sounds=DallaraIR18.sfx
If you change it to,
Sounds=DallaraIR18_-snd.json
it will use the new balanced sounds for the new sound engine.
Sounds=DallaraIR18.sfx
If you change it to,
Sounds=DallaraIR18_-snd.json
it will use the new balanced sounds for the new sound engine.
thank you for that I actually had no idea. All of the veh files were made before the update so I will for sure change all of them in the next update.
No problem, I was lucky with a skin I made (Newman-Haas Cart 98 inspired Fantasy) that I copied one of the veh files after the update, otherwise I would of done the same as you.
It does show that they are using a json file to override the original sfx file to add the new sounds, similar to how you can override shaders with json's.
It does show that they are using a json file to override the original sfx file to add the new sounds, similar to how you can override shaders with json's.
Hi, the cars won't show up anymore, I believe that it is due to the update to the car.
alecking448 updated 2022/21 NTT INDYCAR SERIES with a new update entry:
Car V1.65 update.
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Car V1.65 update.
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Yes its a known issue the game has a problem detecting what icon is what if the two cars have similar names.
So I've dropped it in the 1.64 and 1.65 folders but nothing happened, what am I doing wrong? Also if I add cars how do I choose their livery?
Yeah, this doesn't work at all on 1.64 or 1.65.
I want to use these but it seems I cannot...
I want to use these but it seems I cannot...
It appears that just placing a MAS file in the latest folder no longer works for any vehicle. Have S397 changed something in an update?
Ignore this statement, I was wrong. The issue seems to be with the naming of the category in the veh file that means it doesn't appear.
Man awsome job, but how to install? This file .mas and i dont have .mas file installed. Please man help me? Thanks
Hello, did you find a fix ?
