ERESO

Another legendary Czech car is in the making, this time it's the circuit version of the Škoda 130 RS

The 3D model comes from the Assetto Corsa mod by Trained Monkey Modding, used with the permission of the original mod author Fuzo. For the car body and interior, I used their LOD2 model, and for the dashboard and parts that are visible in more detail from the driving position, I used the more high-poly LOD1 model. Overall, it just about fits the 65k polygon limit.

Base specs:


Here is a rough to-do list:
- underbody textures
- engine sound
- improve base setup
- skin support
- default skins

Absolute fire, keep it up flame

not sure if it's the part of the underbody texturing you're about to do, but you can see through the inside of the fenders, visible in your first and fourth screenshots.

Thanks for noticing that! Same for the side intakes. I will try to fix that.

Edit: Fixed

Probably very fun to drive just by the look of it, can't wait to try it!

I think the dirt alpha that you used on the front window needs to be toned down a little bit.

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Probably very fun to drive just by the look of it, can't wait to try it!

I think the dirt alpha that you used on the front window needs to be toned down a little bit.

I have to agree, perhaps adding wiper marks would give it some nice detail?

What a beauty

Quote from lfsrm :

Probably very fun to drive just by the look of it, can't wait to try it!

I think the dirt alpha that you used on the front window needs to be toned down a little bit.

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I have to agree, perhaps adding wiper marks would give it some nice detail?

I'll see what I can do. I tried to create a wiper effect on the Hadraplan, but it's not as good as I would like due to the limited bit depth of the DDS alpha textures.

It looks nice!

What a beauty!

Perfect, please clean windows before public release!

I have increased the transparency of the window dirt and added the "wiper effect".

Also there's 2 configurations - closed and open window

is there a drag penalty for having the window open?

Aaaand it's ready for review There are still some things left to do, but it will be better for others to test it as well so you can give me feedback.

https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/99532-ERESO

Looks amazing! Sounds amazing! But still needs some suspension work doesn’t feel rear engine. And it’s too hard to control for a car with such little power

Thanks! Yeah I’m not entirely happy with the handling either but I couldn’t figure out how to improve it. I’ve tried your advice with offsets but it didn’t seem to help that much. I wonder if it can be fixed by adjusting the setup only or it’s a bigger issue in the suspension geometry itself.

Is the control arm length exact to real life? I’m just thinking the axis point and scrub radius could be adjusted I’ll take a look at it over the weekend

I don't have the real figures. I tried to get the dimensions close to the data from the AC mod suspensions.ini file:

I subtracted the first values of WBCAR_ and WBTYRE_ for TOP and BOTTOM and got these values:

and in editor they are almost the same:




Reference of the AC suspension:



Here's the photo of the real front suspension part:



I see that the inner control arm points should be higher up, maybe that would help.

Suspension will be hard to match, since the damper attaches in the middle of the bottom arm and goes through the upper arm, and goes up for another 15-25 cm. While you have it setup from bottom arm wheel side to upper arm inner side. I do applaud the detail work and the effort to make it as real as possible.

In short, another quality M.Kapal mod.

That’s true, I know about that limitation - however I could try moving the thrust bearing upwards to make the damper longer.

pro martin modfikation

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To-do list
...
- make default liveries

I am making a skin, it is not done yet but will look similiar to the attached picture. are you interested?

Sure, I can add it once you're done. The skin looks nice

PS: Not sure what "Proudový Kouzelník" was supposed to mean but it doesn't make much sense when translated directly, because it means "Jet Magician"

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PS: Not sure what "Proudový Kouzelník" was supposed to mean but it doesn't make much sense when translated directly, because it means "Jet Magician"

I used google-translate to generate the most realistic czech driver names.

Anyway, I seem finished for now. Skins are basically as in the picture except for minor differences but I can make more changes if wanted.
svg-file is included.

great mod

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great mod

That's a great skin! Do you think you could send me an editable file of it and give me a permission to include an unbranded version of it in the mod's default skins?

- Added default liveries:
-- Škoda 130 RS inspired #75 (thanks to mitsumeku)
-- Michelin #107 and #108 (thanks to Gutholz)
- Lowered exhaust sound volume to reduce clipping

I'm happy to see my mod being used in an official league. A couple of screenshots from the NFR Cup race at Rockingham last night

You can also watch the full race broadcast here:

Nice skins in that race.
What broadcast tool is that? I like the camera shots from high above. It might look a bit smoother if you stay at one camera position longer before cutting to a new viewpoint.

It is a custom system developed by Nanex and their team. I also like what they've done with the broadcasts.

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It is a custom system developed by Nanex and their team. I also like what they've done with the broadcasts.

absolutely not !

that is a GUM GARAGE tool ! it's a custom broadsystem developped and coded by KingOfIce with new special cameras like drone, opponent focus pursuit , start and finish sequence etc ...

look at the videos, you can see the GUM live Tool label on it.

ps : KingofIce as also developped "Detect&Monitor" : a full datas, parameters and a inboard radar spotter for LFS

Ah sorry for the misinformation. Great job on it nevertheless!

To clarify, the broadcast is managed by the NFR team (Nanex as manager of the NFR team and manager of Nanex TV channel and Hekatte as a super commentator / streamer).
They use a software that I developed which manages the driver/cars to follow (automatic or manual), all the cameras, some of which (mentioned by Tomfuel) are fully coded for the tool and finally the overlay display of the information appearing in the broadcast.

All this to show my beautiful fights with Flame CZE ! Who can then make beautiful pictures !

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... and Hekatte as a super commentator / streamer).

He is so good at communicating the thrill of the race that I wish my French was better so I could fully understand him!

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He is so good at communicating the thrill of the race that I wish my French was better so I could fully understand him!

PS. And kudos to everyone involved in this: Flame for recreating such a beautiful car, and the guys at GUM and the NFR for making this championship possible

Thank you Tango

Congratulations to the "Staff Picks" category This is my favorite mod so far. It is both nicely-done and fairly nostalgic. Reminds me of an old 110LS sedan which belonged to my grandma.

The car was so much appreciated last year that it deserved another race!
So everybody is welcome next Monday at ww.cesav.es Inscription before 21.30 CET race at 22.15

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The car was so much appreciated last year that it deserved another race!
So everybody is welcome next Monday at ww.cesav.es Inscription before 21.30 CET race at 22.15

Same thinking, it had to be in the French League this year, will be for the April race

Hi i noticed that the sound is clipping A LOT when there's multiple cars close together, can provide example if you want.

Hi!

I'm going to ask an admittedly weird question

While this mod is one of my favorites (well, it's on top of this list), I'm having a strange problem with it: the car just "lasts" too little time before some mechanical problem–which I'm unable to identify–kicks in.
To illustrate, I have attached a replay of me hot-lapping the reverse Town Course through the South City, and the car having some apparent problem with its engine/drivetrain at the end of the 7th lap; that's just too little a time for a racing car

I admit that's probably some problem with my driving style.
At the moment, I'm driving with the keyboard, so I have almost "digital" acceleration and braking which means the car is either in pedal-to-the-metal mode or experiences series of quick push/release cycles of the throttle pedal (say, while performing long cornering).
I do pefrorm "throttle blips" when shifting gears, so I think clutch overheating should not be an issue (the game engine controls clutch automatically for me).

Given all of the above, I'm still puzzled as to what are the reasons as I do not have the same issue with other stock cars or mods I've tried.

May I ask to look at my attached replay to try to identify what exact problems with my (clearly subpar) driving make the engine or drivetrain to break, and what exactly breaks?

I'm using the latest official patch (0.7D, I think).

You're overheating the clutch

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You're overheating the clutch

Oh, thanks: today I learned about F9 to get in-game info on this stuff

Do I understand correctly that the effect I'm observing–the revs going steadily up on any gear without the car accelerating–is the clutch's discs slipping against each other due to overheating, so no power transfer happens?

Well, I'm still at a loss anyway: as can be clearly seen during the replay if Display → Show Pedals is on, auto clutch works (the violet-colored bar), and I can even attest that the game tries to model what a human driver is supposed to do: when changing from neutral to the 1st, the clutch is being released slowly, and if I get the car into an uncontrolled skid, it disengages the clutch and keeps it that way until I switch to neutral.

I mean, I was sure in the case of the keyboard input, the clutch is supposed to "just work", and that I could ever get an overheated clutch while driving using a "real" contoller–that is, a wheel with three pedals

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You're overheating the clutch

Well, OK, with the clutch temp and pedals display I've managed to not overheat the clutch on the same route during 10 laps–looks like "throttle blips" must not really be blips but rather pronounced pauses allowing the simulated clutch pedal to fully go up.

I still have no idea why I never had this issue with any other stock car and mod I've tried but looks my problem is solved, thanks!

Sadly, this fact makes me think competing against AIs at levels above "OK" will be next to impossible as it shifts gears as fast as possible–at least I've got this impression. Need to re-check a bunch of replays involving AI drivers, though.

Well I have driven worn put clutches and no matter how gentle you are it slips like crazy. This car is very sensible to clutch overheating that explain you are suffering!

Will it be republished soon?

I’m remodelling the wheels to comply with the limits.

Thanks Flame CZE ! One of my favorite cars...

Updated rims to fit the triangle limit
Reduced exhaust volume to reduce clipping when multiple cars are close to each other