Uhm... Firstly, I've never changed third_spring_str_front or rear. Maybe you're not comparing with stock files. Only thing I've done is lower all downforce settings by 0.05 and last night I lost 3 hours adjusting gear ratios and drag.
First off, yes my mistake, you did not change the third_spring parameter, nor did you change the car_setup_name...Johnny did in order to achieve close to real life performance. I had too many CTF files open when I made my first response and was looking at the wrong one. My fault.
Second, since you're so convinced I'm wrong, I'll go through these topics one at a time.
In the 2 CTF pictures I've included you'll see a comparison of your CTF files for Ferrari at Shanghai and McLaren at Abu Dhabi (just a random sample). Your CTF files are on the left, Original in the middle, and Johnny Dangerously's CTF files on the right (with my custom grip levels).
You can see how similar your aero values are when compared to Johnny's. Maybe this is simply a coincidence of two good minds thinking alike.
6th and 7th gears are the only gear ratios that I see changed for any of your CTF files. 1st - 4th would show up in this comparison had they been changed. Not a big deal, not faulting you, just showing you what I see.
Secondly.. I've taken Hill's competitive braking mod?? You serious?? I've modified both braking points and cornering speed. Which he hasn't done. His mod is competitive BRAKING mod. Secondly, I haven't even tried that mod. I have no use for it at all as a matter of fact, because I've modified AI's cars so they have to brake later due to the lower speed.
We'll take Abu Dhabi and Montreal just for example here. I've checked other files of yours, and they all follow this exact trend. If you convert your track files with Ryder's BXML converter, and then go to www.comparemyfiles.com and compare hill's track files with yours, you'll find they are, also, incredibly similar. Abu Dhabi comparison is first, Montreal is the second picture.
Like I was saying...very, very small differences. Maybe, once again, it's two good minds thinking alike...maybe.
And what the - are you talking about? I haven't edited any setups, I haven't edited third_spring or anything. I just have no idea how did you come up with this one... o.O
Covered this already.
Kartik's work? Yeah, I did test his mod before doing mine. I got smoke by the end of a 100% race out of my car. I don't want that. I've just ENABLED these values so they can break. I haven't adjusted much like Kartik.
Perfectly fine, like I said I didn't look into your raceload.jpk file. I had the same smoke issue with Kartik's file, so personally I like yours better. Good work.
And yes, rear-ending happens. So? You've got a problem with that? Yea, I can remove it if I want to. But then AI won't outbrake each other. I'm sorry I didn't record any nice overtakes from the AI because I was working on the mod at that point. And actually, where did you see rear ending in the video? I'm really interested, because I didn't notice that. Maybe you wish for it too much that it happens?
0:13, 0:23, and 1:08/1:10 you hear a collision and then see a Ferrari hit the back of a Force India car out of nowhere. I know I'm being childish by being so nit picky about this, but you asked.
Oh, and by the way. I'm claiming this is better, that is better? When did I say this mod is better than anyone else's mod? You're the one who claims your mod is "THE MOST REALISTIC". Not me. I'm just saying what's improved over stock.
Had you bothered to read what I said before getting so hostile, I said "Not that you've claimed your AI is better, but I just don't see the reason for yet another AI mod with values that show no signs of significant improvements or breakthroughs than what's already available."
It's your AI files, and you've included them with your mod. That's fine. Yes it's better than the original, I agree. I was simply saying I didn't see the need for yet another AI file mod given what has already been made available on these forums. It's just my opinion on the matter. No harm, no foul.
So, you can always think whatever you want. I don't give a f**k. Just shut your mouth with all the blaming when you have absolutely no idea what're you talking about. Go to your mod, do whatever you want, post whatever you want. I don't care. Don't wanna be aggressive, but I hate people who go against you because they're jealous. The only mod that isn't mine is the Safety Car mod. I've asked remy for that. I gave them credits. Everything is OK. Maybe I should download that braking points mod to compare. Maybe we do have similar values. But I haven't used anything. I can tell you who my tester was for the AI. You can ask him about the AI. They were going very wide on a few tracks. They were too fast through some corners. It took time to balance everything. And I lost 1 week and a little to make a mod so you can what? So you can come here and talk **** about me? You're even new here. What? You learned what 5 lines do and think you're awesome or something?
I think the above evidence is more than enough to allow me to say that I do, in fact, know what I'm talking about (excluding the raceload.jpk file which I've never really looked at). Lastly, it's more than just "5 lines" as you say...it's one file, after another, after another that are, frankly, shockingly similar to work that has already been posted on this forum.
I stand by what I originally said, I'm going back to my mod, and I'll leave you alone since I can already tell arguing this any further won't get anyone anywhere. For the record, I am NOT saying any one person's work is better than another person's work. I am pointing out the apparent, and rather blatant similarities between your files and what is already on these forums.
Good work on the raceload.jpk file though, kudos.