F1 2020 Modding Questions Thread

[KeisariKine]

use DDS from Intel Texture Works. it seems when using nVidia DDS, the game turns the color pale (except we're using nVidia DDS for saving normal or specular map)

it's just about sRGB vs RGB. You can save both in the Intel plugin, the game uses both at times.

 

[Menos]

use DDS from Intel Texture Works. it seems when using nVidia DDS, the game turns the color pale (except we're using nVidia DDS for saving normal or specular map)

That was a way simpler fix then I thought. This worked! Thanks!

 

[venus]

Hello, does somebody know how to mod the outfits,driver cap,boots on "my team" ?
Thanks

 

[fstlaneukraine]

Hello, does somebody know how to mod the outfits,driver cap,boots on "my team" ?
Thanks

What specifically are you asking? Where the files are? \Steam\steamapps\common\F1 2020\2020_asset_groups\character_package\team_livery\fom01

Either FOM01 or Racenet.

 

[fstlaneukraine]

Does anyone have some tips on how to make sure textures on the car livery are not grainy or any how pixelated? I tried to find the biggest logo PNGs I could on Google and import them in but once placed and resized, they started to get choppy.

 

[KeisariKine]

Does anyone have some tips on how to make sure textures on the car livery are not grainy or any how pixelated? I tried to find the biggest logo PNGs I could on Google and import them in but once placed and resized, they started to get choppy.

just make the texture larger, scale it from 4096x4096 to 8192x8192 and that'll help (though can lead to performance issues if your PC isn't great

 

[Maian]

Does anyone have some tips on how to make sure textures on the car livery are not grainy or any how pixelated? I tried to find the biggest logo PNGs I could on Google and import them in but once placed and resized, they started to get choppy.

There are websites that post a lot of vector logos that you can open in Illustrator, then copy+paste into photoshop. Paste as a Smart Object, and it will be resizeable like a PNG but will maintain the vector quality. You have to rasterize it though if you want to warp it conform to a curve in the template.

I use https://seeklogo.com/ for most of my logos. Occasionally I have to draw one myself. I found this website and downloaded a ton of them when making liveries for Project Cars 2.

If you haven't used it, get familiar with the Pen Tool in photoshop so you can make and manipulate logos. When I have to modify one to fit a curve (typically sidepod geometry), I rasterize the smart object, 'warp' it to fit how I want, then trace it with the pen tool in photoshop to get the sharp outline. This is what I did to get the 'Philips' logo on the sides for this livery (Project Cars 2):

 

[fstlaneukraine]

just make the texture larger, scale it from 4096x4096 to 8192x8192 and that'll help (though can lead to performance issues if your PC isn't great

You mean make it larger before importing on to the Texture model itself? Won't I then have to make it like 200x200 to fit some small fit or something on the model? Sorry, not sure I'm following. Apologies.

There are websites that post a lot of vector logos that you can open in Illustrator, then copy+paste into photoshop. Paste as a Smart Object, and it will be resizeable like a PNG but will maintain the vector quality. You have to rasterize it though if you want to warp it conform to a curve in the template.

I use https://seeklogo.com/ for most of my logos. Occasionally I have to draw one myself. I found this website and downloaded a ton of them when making liveries for Project Cars 2.

If you haven't used it, get familiar with the Pen Tool in photoshop so you can make and manipulate logos. When I have to modify one to fit a curve (typically sidepod geometry), I rasterize the smart object, 'warp' it to fit how I want, then trace it with the pen tool in photoshop to get the sharp outline. This is what I did to get the 'Philips' logo on the sides for this livery (Project Cars 2):
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Ahh okay, maybe my issue is that I wasn't using illustrator so it was losing the quality due to that. And yes, I did have to use Warp on some of the suit stuff (the collar, etc.).

Thanks again!

 

[KeisariKine]

You mean make it larger before importing on to the Texture model itself? Won't I then have to make it like 200x200 to fit some small fit or something on the model? Sorry, not sure I'm following. Apologies.



Ahh okay, maybe my issue is that I wasn't using illustrator so it was losing the quality due to that. And yes, I did have to use Warp on some of the suit stuff (the collar, etc.).

Thanks again!

make the paint file itself larger, that's what will help. You can't really improve things even with SVGs much if it has to be rasterized anyways and used in a small pixel size spot anyways.

 

[Michael Sandee]

My livery is in the game but how come that I cannot change the color when I pick it in the livery selection screen. As you can see in the screenshot provided, (Yes I am Dutch that's why the game is in Dutch even though I live in Canada)

I'm still using the specular map of the racenet livery could that be why the color is so blah?
Any help is very much appreciated.

 

[fstlaneukraine]

make the paint file itself larger, that's what will help. You can't really improve things even with SVGs much if it has to be rasterized anyways and used in a small pixel size spot anyways.

Ahh, gotcha.

 

[KeisariKine]

My livery is in the game but how come that I cannot change the color when I pick it in the livery selection screen. As you can see in the screenshot provided, (Yes I am Dutch that's why the game is in Dutch even though I live in Canada)

I'm still using the specular map of the racenet livery could that be why the color is so blah?
Any help is very much appreciated.

View attachment 393869

looks like the paint file isn't saved in sRGB (iirc it's DTX5 sRGB/BC3 sRGB)

 

[Maian]

My livery is in the game but how come that I cannot change the color when I pick it in the livery selection screen. As you can see in the screenshot provided, (Yes I am Dutch that's why the game is in Dutch even though I live in Canada)

I'm still using the specular map of the racenet livery could that be why the color is so blah?
Any help is very much appreciated.

View attachment 393869

It's only because you changed the Racenet livery. That one doesn't allow color customizations. Similarly, the Cosmos livery, and the Schumacher liveries don't either.

 

[Michael Sandee]

@Keisrikine
@Maian

Thanks for the answers, that's why I love this community people are always helping each other out.

 

[samideluxe]

Does someone know if/how I can get the 3d helmet model into Cinema 4D? Is this possible?

 

[Tcoombs85]

Is there a PSD file for the FOM Car kicking around? I've tried searching for it but had no luck. I want to have a punt at doing a myteam livery.

 

[fstlaneukraine]

Is there a PSD file for the FOM Car kicking around? I've tried searching for it but had no luck. I want to have a punt at doing a myteam livery.

FOM Car 3D Model

FOM CAR 3D MODEL With this photoshop model you can edit your "My Team" car using the racenet livery. You just have one texture to edit and it's much more easy than normal F1 or F2 cars to edit. Update 1.1 (14/07/20) - Added Wireframe

www.racedepartment.com

 

[jburon72]

Is there a PSD file for the FOM Car kicking around? I've tried searching for it but had no luck. I want to have a punt at doing a myteam livery.

Use my 3D model instead as it has the complete paint area [ driver headrest ] and numbers. It will also be updated in the future.

3D Model for Photoshop [FOM car]

Hello guys. This is the first version of the FOM/MyTeam car 3D model for photoshop. This will be updated once I got the 2020 plugin for a better version. DETAIL Version 1.0.1 - 3D model for Photoshop of FOM car/MyTeam car - Only have the paint...

www.racedepartment.com

 

[Xcore21z]

Anyone know what Codemaster doing with the Myteam car coloring code this year, i want to extract this paint scheme but what i found is an incomplete paints file without the blue line

 

[Maian]

Anyone know what Codemaster doing with the Myteam car coloring code this year, i want to extract this paint scheme but what i found is an incomplete paints file without the blue line

When you open the _M file, make sure you open it WITH the alpha channel. The message is something like "Load Transparency as Alpha Channel". Check that box and you can see the full image. It uses the 4 channels for the 4 colors.
Primary Color: Red Channel
Secondary Color: Green Channel
Tertiary Color: Blue Channel
Quaternary Color: Alpha Channel

Any part of the masking map you DON'T want to have affected by color choice needs to be black. Black on the masking map translates to being transparent in game, allowing the diffuse map to show (or maybe white if no diffuse).