FORMULA AMERICAS 2019

Re-Publication

* LOD2 now within new triangle count limits

Parity Update
* swapped livery order in preparation for Formula Americas 2022 parity update (ATL livery now default)

Update
* updated default road course setup (more stable, less tire overheating)

Update
* New Petronas Livery
* New Updated i3D livery (to replace the former TPSK livery)

bug fixes
* fixed outer rollhoop mapping appearing on the interior of the rollhoop structure
* minor livery tweaks

Update
* minor tweaks to skin mapping (front fin now separated)
* New livery (Castrol)

Update
* Improved Steering Wheel visuals

update
* new livery
* minor smoothing and triangle fixes

minor update
* default tire sidewall changed to Bridgestone Potenza

hotfix
* minor fix to TPSK livery

minor update
* added shading textures to both current liveries

hotfix
* hotfix for incorrectly mirrored rear wing

Visual Update
* bodywork tweaks to top of sidepod
* Skin Mapping tweaked and updated (should have minimal effect on existing liveries although sidepods will need to be mirrored. Sorry in advance)
* New Penske/Shell-inspired livery

Update
* front section of floor reworked
* huge amounts of skin mapping changes and updates
* rear diffuser reworked
* issue with customizable colors not working on select sections of the car has been resolved

Likely the Final Update
* tweaks to rear diffuser
* tweaks to brake ducts

minor update
* base setup tweaks (road course setup brake strength increased, final drive extended

hotfix
* part of front wing changed to carbon fiber
* rear brake ducts fixed

update
* carbon textures lightened
* brake ducts added
* cockpit detail adjusted and improved
* LOD 3 adjusted

minor update
* louvres adjusted
* glass deflector added just behind steering wheel

hotfix
*fixed top layer of louvres being missing in speedway and short oval configuration

* New engine supplied by Terga

major quality update
* huge smoothing group reworking
* louvres added
* exhaust moved and redesigned to closer match real life counterpart
* fender flares reworked
* transmission scaled up (visual only)

minor update (experimental)
* rim color changing improved
* car now has michelin sidewall tires by default

hotfix
* minor smoothing group and NC level reorganization

hotfix
* fixed missing LOD2

minor update
* mirrors reshaped closer to real life counterpart
* small sections of nose and sidepod rebuilt to fix smoothing issues

minor update
* updates to steering wheel
* front fin raised slightly

hotfix
* steering wheel size scaled down
* steering animation tweaked to match changes
* RPM lights 9 and 10 being mapped to the same light has been fixed

update
* new overhaul for steering wheel

hotfix
* minor retexturing work on the front fin and nosecone

hotfix
* fixed unmirrored onboard camera

minor update
* car now has only one road course setup (deleted the garbage understeery one)
* slight update to sound (lower off throttle volume)

update
* added stabilizer fin to the front nose of the car
* added onboard camera just above the rollhoop
* fixed issue with the front wing and rollhoop main elements appearing black on default livery

hotfix
*engine sound had not imported properly

minor update
* pit limiter lights added to steering wheel

Public release (second time)
* oval setups updated

* new default skin

* updated default setup

* new tires

hotfix
* undertray aero center pushed further backwards

hotfix
* suspension re-calibrated

*undertray aero shifted further fowards

Public testing of new overhaul

hotfix
* collision mesh tweaked

hotfix
* more skin map corrections

hotfix
* skin mapping issues hopefully resolved

hotfix
* more attempts to fix skin mapping issues
* steering wheel updated to newer spec

hotfix
* steering wheel buttons removed from skin file

minor hotfix
* fixed black showing up as a really dark brown by default

temporary update
* skin mappings done by nikopdr
* temporary steering wheel added (similar to previous version but with temporary textures due to data loss)

* smoothing groups and n.c. levels fixed

minor update
* steering wheel display changed

minor patch
* fixed driver's arms clipping through the survival cell at max steering lock

hofix
* LOD2 added (has been missing for a few updates)

experimental update
* steering lock increased to 20 degrees

experimental update
* engine torque rpm increased at the cost of reduced overall torque output

experimental update
* engine power and torque decreased
* transmission switched to paddle shift

hotfix
* hotfix for wrong engine file

experimental update
* transmission changed to sequential with ignition cut
* engine idle rpm lowered

customization update
* more customization; car now has 4 customizable sections
* nose shape tweaked
* Center of car widened

Public Release
* Front nosecone tweaked
* Website photos updated to better reflect the current version of the car
* Car made public

minor update
* Updated speedway front wing (looks closer to real car)
* Updated speedway and short oval base setups

minor update
* new temporary engine by AOR Nova (MicroSpecV) with increased torque

experimental update
* undertray aero center pushed further backwards

Minor Update
* Small tweaks to rear wing endplates
* Headrest now matches body color (more realistic)
* Bodywork around roll-hoop has been cleaned up
* Nose straightened slightly

minor update
* "Testing" setup tweaked; it is now a clone of the "Road Course" setup but with Road Supers

experimental update
* aero center pushed back

Hotfix

* Steering animation fixed

Bodywork Overhaul

* Rear Wing endplates rebuilt from the ground up
* Rear Wing texturing issues fixed
* minor mirroring issues around the car fixed
* Sidepods reshaping has been completed
* The rear-most section of the engine cover has been cleaned up and reshaped slightly
* Sharkfin once again reshaped and rebuilt
* LODs edited and fixed

* Base setup switched to one by Mamba (mamba824)

Minor update
* Experimental handling tweaks
* LOD tweaks
* More edits to sidepod
* Small smoothing group tweaks

Massive Overhaul

* Wheels resized slightly
* Rims edited to be closer to real car
* Front wing elements have been cleaned up and refined
* Minor texturing issues fixed
* Front wing now has more visible angle
* Front wing endplates widened and a crease was added to match the real car
* Nose cone reshaped
* Suspension geometry reworked massively to match real car
* Rear diffuser fixed and cleaned up
* Most Unnecessary textures have been removed
* Center of car is now slimmer
* Mirrors are further forward and now visible without the need for VR
* Sidepods slightly reshaped (bigger overhaul coming soon)
* Roll-hoop reshaped to better match real car
* Shark fin remodeled and cleaned up
* Driver position tweaked
* Steering animation tweaked
* Steering wheel tweaked
* The cars floor is now thicker to better match the real car
* Location of Aerodynamic effects have been moved
* Fuel tank resized to match real specifications
* Aerodynamics and drag fixed to better match real car
* Car shortened
* Wheelbase shortened
* Base setups altered to match bodywork and physics overhaul (still a WIP)
* Positions of engine, battery, and fuel tank have been altered to better match real car
* Engine torque and horsepower altered to better match real specifications
* Weight altered to better match real specifications
* Weight distribution altered to better match real specifications

fixed default setup ride-height

updated LOD3

same as previous update (i posted the wrong file)

Major visual overhaul: bodywork reshaped to look more realistic, the car's color can now be changed (at the cost of the Penske colors), car drag tweaked to make the car faster

switched transmission to Paddle Shift Gearbox (apparetly it was Sequential with Ignition Cut the entire time). Minor setup tweaks for short oval and speedway sets

Added 3 (hopefully final) setups; Speedway, Road Course, and Short Oval and their respective aerokits

base setups (hopefully) perfected, minor tweaks elsewhere

base setup tweaks, undertray downforce adjusted (again)

Adjusted weight to be more realistic (the car weighed several hundred kilos more than the real one)

hotfix for lack of engine power

aerodynamics changes

more suspension geometry changes, base setups altered for better first impression, downforce levels tweaked

Suspension geometry tweaks

urgent fix (hopefully) to the massive amount of rear downforce the car generated from the underbody

Visual Overhaul; slight suspension tweaks, slight steering wheel overhaul, cockpit glass removed, better colors added