>>What exactly is the 65 mod? Has GPL been redone or is it just
> cars/tracks?
> No tracks but basically there seem to be three elements.
> Most crucially, there is a new version of GEM which changes the physics
> parameters (grip, weight etc) to reproduce the 1965 F1 season.
> Apparently they have tweaked the tyres to help reduce understeer &
> improve feel. It should make the learning curve a little shallower I
> guess.
> There is also a complete carset for the '65 cars and some updated menu
> graphics etc.
> Then there is iGOR, which is apparently intended to entirely replace
> VROC. In addition to the 'normal VROC features it will also allow for
> restrictions to which set of physics you can join a server with,
> presumably like the F1/F2/F3 options in VROC. iGOR should allow further
> mods to gpl (different years etc) in the future & is intended to prevent
> cheating the physics, although time will tell I guess.
> It's been in development for several years now, and with luck should be
> released in a few days.
> Malc.
The mod will come in 3 download sizes.
Full (37Mb) , Midi(20ish) and Lite (8.7).
The full install has absolutely everything, the midi one leaves out the
hi-res cars and the lite version is just the physics and iGOR to get you
online. You can race just fine with '67 graphics.
All the missing components from the smaller downloads will be available
separately so 56k users can get the rest of the mod as and when they want.
ESSENTIAL items for your GPL install are the carsound patch (if you want
to use the provided mod car sounds) and the 1.2.0.2 (cpu/speed fix)
patch. Also, GEM has some neat movies of the cars in the selection
screen. You will need the free divx 5.11 codec to see them. You can turn
them off in the options though.
Still on course for release sometime on friday.
Kev