From: Andrew S. <And...@la...> - 2008-11-27 23:54:45
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Hi Xavier, > I have commited the first version of the first GP4 Indy carset this last weekend, but only in the sdl-port branch > because this convert take very much time and she could not be ready at time for the release torcs-ng 1.3.1. Ok, makes sense :) > Andrew, if you can see the file XML of this car ( if you have a little time), because it's just a copy of the file > sc-f1 XML. I imagine these cars will need a lot of work to get them handling correctly (the sc-f1 certainly does not!) Do you have any setup information from GP4? For instance - the torque curve, wheel info (grip, rolling resistance, tyre pressure, width, rim height etc), mass distribution, aerodynamics (sq m front area, drag coefficient, wing areas etc), differential ratios/types/efficiency, and importantly the suspension (spring hardness, travel distance, shock absorber bump/rebound hardness etc). It would all help a lot in configuring these cars for NG. > PS: Andrew, why 1936's cars are not free ? They're free as in "beer", but not free as in "speech" because they use the real car names - Alfa, Mercedes, Bugatti, Maserati etc. There could be trademark problems if we included them in the free car distribution. I could obviously rename them, but it'd feel terribly wrong to do so. cheers Andrew |