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MARCH 1998

NEWS

 

Sorry I haven't updated till now but I've been busy with my own site THE GRANDSTAND. I've moved the site and all its files. 75mb of files takes some time to move and set up! This is why some of the files here have had dead links, they were linked to my site. They are all fixed and if you have any problems just e-mail me.

Whats new this month:

New and updated carsets. New cockpit. New tracks. New and updated editors and utilities. This months Article of the Month is on setups.

Jim Dunphy

 

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EDITORS | UTILITIES | CAR ADS | TRACKS | TRACK ADS | COCKPITS | WHEELS | CARSETS | F.A.Q.| ARTICLE OF THE MONTH

 

PITS STUFF

*NEW* The Pits Pack - Neil Jedrzejewski, Patrice "Pat Painter" Schneider and Stefan Thauer
A nice new package of The Pits cars, ads, and cockpit...105k

 

EDITORS

*NEW* F1Career- Meinhard Schumacher
F1Career is a program that can be used with Grand Prix 2 or Formula One Racing Simulation. Basically it tries to create a career mode for these 2 games when you play a championship. You begin your career in one of the lower teams and then depending on your performance you are offered contracts during the second half of the season from other teams. Lots of fun 3.76MB

*UPDATED* Grand Prix Editor - Version 1.81 - Steve Young
Excellent Grand Prix Editor...Windows version.

What Does it Do?
GP2edit allows you to create single file car sets which can contain all cars, helmets, wheels, names numbers and performance data, custom cockpits, sound effects, track adverts and much more...

 

New in Version 1.81 :

Bugs fixed
Driver menu helmet editor. Onboard camera editor.
Updated cockpit editor (CPD v1.3 support). New helmet JAM editor.
Alternative Grid calculator. Improved import/export control.

Other features :

Edit team/engine names, performance and reliability. Edit driver names, numbers and performance.
Grid/race performance calculators. Disable up to 2 drivers/cars.
Assign car JAM bitmaps for each team. Import/export/edit helmet JAM bitmaps.
Import/export single driver helmets. 3d car viewer
Set high or low nose cones. Edit pit crew colours, pit lane position and speed limit.
Edit cockpit/mirror/wing colours. Change wheels.
Sound effects editor. JAM file editor.
Car damage editor. Cockpit design screen (with full CPD support).
Store up to 36 drivers (with helmets) in a car set. Display driver 1 as 1 or 0.
Choose available driver aids. Set players car power. Set quick race length.
Adjust players/computer car weight. Change players tyre grip.
Edit championship points. Set number of laps in 100% race.

Built in graphics conversion
Load/save single team files
Load/save performance text files.
Create self installing DOS car sets.
413k

*UPDATED* Track Editor Alpha Version 1.5.3- Paul Hoad
Here it is! The first track editor for GP2. Something not even Nascar 2 can claim. It is not the easiest to work with, but its getting better. Remember this is only an Alpha release and there may be many features that either do not work properly yet or are simply incorrect. 815k

*UPDATED* Track Order Editor- Meinhard Schumacher
Windows based editor. Imports tracknames stored in gp2.exe. Exports tracknames to gp2.exe checking tracknames (length) locating the gp2.exe-file and detecting version defaults - restoring default values (depends on gp2.exe version). It also allows for the track files to be named anything you want. This allows you to keep track of different versions of the same track by different authors or years. It is now an English version. A MUST!! 183k

Trackman Version 1.3 - Armin Krausse
A great DOS utility for editing the order in which the tracks are raced.

New in version 1.3 :

Trackpatch version 2.0 - Armin Krausse
It makes a slightly change in the new trackfiles, so they use their own graphics insteed of the Monza or Jerez graphics. Also patches the new tracks with new camera settings. 15k

Cockpit Editor Version 1.30 - Robert Kimber
A program to alter the GP2 Cockpit gauge layout. A must. Windows 95 only. 717k

Track Pack domo - Instant Access
An add-on track pack has just been released by Instant Access. It contains the updated tacks for Australia,Brazil, Italy, and others. Also new tracks, cockpits, drivers, names, and more. The demo includes a new track and cockpit with a new layout. 1.29mb

Setup utility - Mark and Jason Formo
Windows program that shows the relevant data on the car setup. 145k

Split time utility - Martin Granberg
Shows you the time difference between you and the fastest car on the track. 4k

Track object editor - Arjan Wijnveen
A object and track editor which allows you edit the location of the location of the trackside objects such as marshals. 374k

Camera location editor - Jeroen van Soest
A program that can edit any camera location on any circuit.. 127k

UTILITIES

Hotman Version 4.02- Frank Doege
An easy but powerful tool to control hotlaps 203k

Improved AI - Ross Neilson
A patch for use with the Track Pack by Instant Access. Gives the computer cars proper fuel consumption calculations for the new tracks. NOTE: You need need Microsoft EXEL to use this patch. At least version 4.0 45k

Camera Fix - Mauricio Vega
New camera locations for all the old and new tracks from Instant Access's Track Pack 14k

Jam file converter - Robert Kimber
Windows front end for gp2jam.exe. Allows easy conversion of .jam files to .bmp files for further editing. 17k

Car painting utility - Michael Andrasi
A nice image editor for painting GP2 cars. The painter has bountries so you don't go over the borders. 188k

Sound wav extractor - Maracick Giorgio
It allows you to extract the sound files from the sound.cat file and insert new ones. 16k

1997 Calender - Dick Swayzak
Allows you to race a Championship Season with the tracks in the order of the 1997 season. NOTE: you need the nocdrom utility. 2k

Mini No CDROM patch for GP2 - Unknown
A smaller version of the now famous no cdrom utility. However it only works with the U.S. version. 72k

Screenshot utility - Jesper Frandsen
This is a utility for capturing screenshots. 148k

Car setup Print/display utility- Craig Heath
DOS program to show/print the car's setup.12k

Windows Setup Display- Grant Reeve
Windows program that shows the relevant data on the car setup. 94k

No CDROM patch for GP2 - Unknown
Allows you to play GP2 without the CD. 1.14mb

CAR ADS

Car Ads - Daniel Felice
Great collection of car ads. All you will need to make your own great cars. 118k

Car Ads - Arjen van Hooydonk
A template file to easily create a car. It contains lots of adds and even some other stuff.73k

TRACKS

*NEW* Track - Chris King
Melbourne, Albert Park (Australia)

*NEW* Track - Andreas Bosch
Fiorano (Italy, Ferrari test track)

*NEW* Track - Azrin K.
Johor (Malaysia 1999. On the 1997 calander?)

*NEW* Track - Andreas Bosch
Zhuhai (China). A 1998 track?

*NEW* Track - Ponk
Sepoong (South-Korea). On the F1 calendar in 1999?

*NEW* Track - Matti Laitinen
Improved Monaco track.

*NEW* Track - Matti Laitinen
Improved Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal)

*NEW* Track - Matti Laitinen
Improved Spa-Francorchamps '97

*NEW* Track - Robin Day
Improved 1997 Hockenheim.

*NEW* Track - Andreas Bosch
Zolder (Belgium) Was in the F1-calendar in the 70's and 80's.

*NEW* Track - Ponk
Östereichring (the old A1-ring track)

*NEW* Track - Andreas Bosch
Mexico City

*NEW* Track - Ignasi Calvo
Rhodesia and Mount Layak

*NEW* Track - Ignasi Calvo
Elkhart Lake, from the PPG Cart World Series

*NEW* Track - David Hosking
Surfers Paradise, from the PPG Cart World Series

*NEW* Track - Graeme Nash
Burke Lakefront airport track (Detroit), from the PPG Cart World Series

*NEW* Track - Ignasi Calvo
Laguna Seca track, from the PPG Cart World Series

Track - Cybrien
The best of both worlds. Race Formula 1 cars at the Brickyard. A nice Indy Track. 8k

Track - Daniel Felice
A New Monaco Track, with the walls moved back. 24k

Track - John Doe
A very nice and very fast version of the 1968 Monza track in Italy. Nice work! 16k

Track - Cyprien Roudet
A new track. Just a nice simple oval. Fast. 8k

Track - David Brown
A flat Spa-Francorchamps. 17k

TRACK ADS

*UPDATED* Track Ads - Ville Tikkaoja
Updates the ads for 1997 season. From the Australian to European Grand Prix. 648k

Track Ads - Dave Foley
Updates the ads for Jerez. 137k

Track Ads - Dave Foley
Updates the ads for Suzuka. 25k

Track Ads - Danilo Meira
Updates the ads for Spa. 58k

Track Ads - Danilo Meira
Updates the ads for Monza. 77k

Track Ads - Martin Hughes
New track ads for Montreal. A must. 73k

Track Ads - Kari Koski
A new start sign. All red, then GO! 17k

COCKPITS

NOTE: All CPD cockpits are for use with either the Cockpit Editor or with Steve Youngs GP2 editor.

*NEW* CPD Cockpit - Richard DeLong
A nice package of .cpd and SVGA cockpits. Williams, Mclaren, Ferrari, and Personal.

CPD Cockpit - Adalberto Zapparoli
Two well done cockpits. A Williams FW19 and a personal cockpit. 81k

CPD Cockpit - Pat Painter
A Prost cockpit. 43k

CPD Cockpit - Rebrica Saso
A great Ferrari Cockpit. 116k

CPD Cockpit - Adalberto Zapparoli
A personal cockpit. 51k

CPD Cockpit - Jim Dunphy
A TSN cockpit. Simple but still my favorite. 43k

SVGA Cockpit - Pat Painter
A generic cockpit. 37k

SVGA Cockpit - Adalberto Zapparoli
A Prost cockpit. 52k

SVGA Cockpit - Dominic Demmel
A really nice generic cockpit. 38k

SVGA Cockpit - Pat Painter
Without a doubt, the most original cockpit avaliable! 30k

SVGA Cockpit - Dominic Demmel
A McLaren Cockpit 36k

SVGA Cockpit - Michael Crawford
For you Ferrari fans. The Best! 65k

SVGA Cockpit - Rebrica Saso
Complete set of Ferrari VGA and SVGA cockpits with car. 79k

SVGA Cockpit - Karl Zosel
A nice generic cockpit with great detail and a extra "nice" display. 17k

SOUNDS

*NEW* Sounds - Graeme Nash
Murrey Walker add-on sounds. 181k

*NEW* Sounds - Allan Dobbs
Murrey Walker add-on sounds. 173k

Sounds - Keith Quinton
Murrey Walker and Marin Brundle add-on sounds. 99k

Sounds - Reapher
Some great new sounds. 383k

Sounds - Eraud Francois
Three great new sounds. 98k

Sounds - Glenn Bowen
A replacement for the start of a race, engine sound, engine idles & engine start. 559k

Sounds - Kev Russell
Great sounds if your driving with Ralf or Giancarlo. 56k

Sounds - flashboy
A GREAT Ferrari replacement start sound for your car. 72k

Sounds - Mark Kerr
A GREAT Indy style replacement starting sound. "Gentlemen start your engins". 49k

Sounds - Eraud Francois
17 GREAT replacement sounds. 577k

WHEELS

Wheels - Pieter Rust
Grooved tires for the 98 season. 45k

Wheels - Vito Lombardi
Two sets of great fun wheels. 97k

Wheels - Pat Painter
Great OZ wheels. 45k

Wheels - Pat Painter
McLaren tires. 47k

Wheels - Ulf Jacobsson
Bridgstone tires. 50k

 

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