Yup, I'm talking about this again. As an aspiring modder, I want to get my feet wet with something I'm familiar with, and that is stock car racing and to answer my long standing question, "Is rFactor oval racing any good?" And If not, tweaking things until they are myself. This is the one thing that I feel plagues rfactor on the oval side, is not many people bother to properly set up the AI, so I will take it upon myself to tinker and experiment with what I view as a promising platform.
Now to start this project, I need to state my focus: The goal here is to create fun, door to door AI oval racing to a standard in which I am happy with. This means tweaking hdv, mas, and talent files. This is very much a learning experience for someone with little experience in sim tweaking, having traditionally run things as is, whether NR, rFactor, or any other sim, and never getting under the hood.
Luckily, rFactor's inner workings are well documented, and most cases have been explored, solved, and information put out there, so that should make my life easier.
To minimize variables at this point in time, I will be playing with a stock install with stock NSC06 and stock tracks, those being Jacksonville, Bama SuperSpeedway, Joesville, and Orchard Lake.
Hopefully I can learn some tips and tricks that I can pass on to others, so they too can have a fun experience. And by documenting my experiments, I can have them readily available, as well as gather input form my fellow sim racers, and hopefully showcase the true potential of the isimotor2 engine.
Buckle up, and enjoy the ride!
Now to start this project, I need to state my focus: The goal here is to create fun, door to door AI oval racing to a standard in which I am happy with. This means tweaking hdv, mas, and talent files. This is very much a learning experience for someone with little experience in sim tweaking, having traditionally run things as is, whether NR, rFactor, or any other sim, and never getting under the hood.
Luckily, rFactor's inner workings are well documented, and most cases have been explored, solved, and information put out there, so that should make my life easier.
To minimize variables at this point in time, I will be playing with a stock install with stock NSC06 and stock tracks, those being Jacksonville, Bama SuperSpeedway, Joesville, and Orchard Lake.
Hopefully I can learn some tips and tricks that I can pass on to others, so they too can have a fun experience. And by documenting my experiments, I can have them readily available, as well as gather input form my fellow sim racers, and hopefully showcase the true potential of the isimotor2 engine.
Buckle up, and enjoy the ride!