yes, indeed. Of course the 917 wouldn't know it without the ford chicane and armco, but otherwise they're a good match
[WIP] 1971 Porsche 917K
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2ndLastJedi
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Am i allowed to scream expletives here without getting in trouble? Who cares!
FU¢< YEAH!
Looks amazing and Thank You.
FU¢< YEAH!
Looks amazing and Thank You.
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Guimengo
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what is the problem mister jymp , as guimengo say she is updated , but may be we miss something
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Guimengo
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The update addressed more noticeable things especially the dashboard needles and the driver protruding out of the car. I'm sure we'll get a better car in the future, we still have the tire through chassis glitch too.
2ndLastJedi
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I find that the centre of the steering wheel on top to have a real glow / shiny spot in direct light with PP set to medium
, a bit distracting .
cosimo
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That is because the model textures are not correct colour-wise.
Anyway, the post-process effects can be disabled.
2ndLastJedi
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So whats the point of it then ?
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Guimengo
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The steering wheel needs a whole new texture-job, with a base layer and then others to give it depth and reflection, and simulate that hard leather... instead of it basically being a resized photograph 
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2ndLastJedi
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Is that something that will be updated ?The steering wheel needs a whole new texture-job, with a base layer and then others to give it depth and reflection, and simulate that hard leather... instead of it basically being a resized photograph
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Guimengo
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Seven Smiles
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I have just run a race at Sebring where the temperature is 45C and the engine overheats (even at 35C in practice it overheated very quickly). The Radiator Size is fixed at 1, I can't see any way to bring the temperature down. The engine survived a half hour race with smoke coming out the back which I think says there's something wrong there too.
Great fun to drive though
Great fun to drive though
Christopher Snow
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Cool! Particularly because this is still my favorite car, and in all likelihood always will be.
This is what happens to you when your father raises you on the passenger side floor of his Porsche 356 (and later his '67 911). You have to have one yourself, so you buy a '71 914...and then many years later you buy a Boxster...and a 996 (911) Cabriolet....
[I still own the last two]
...or maybe it's just me.
Anyway...let this be an abject lesson to all of you...lol!
[Thanks, Dad]
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So...there wasn't really any point to jumping into this thread until I finally had a new PC (mostly) running, but now that I do, I might actually be able, not just to cheer you on, but perhaps even to help.
My first question would be: Has anyone in the mod team heard from an Australian mechanical engineer by the name of "Bristow" [I think he might still be lurking about online] about any of this? I ask because he was the guy who pulled the entire physics package together for our "World Sports Car 1970" mod for rFactor, in which the 917 was the premier 5 liter car.
I was a test driver for that mod, and I had some very good physics data from an old Paul Frere book from the early 70's which I brought to the team. Bristow managed to secure a copy for himself too from his national library "down under," which we then used to bring our 917 into very good form (I thought). As I recall it, we also used it to extrapolate over into the Ferrari 512's, for which the numbers we had were considerably less solid.
PM me if you think I can help.
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As for me, I haven't managed to drive anything yet, though I hope to as early as tonight when I take the new box upstairs to where the old cockpit/projector rig resides (lying under a layer of dust about five years thick). Have got rFactor 2 installed thru Steam, and after I run some laps around Spa and Monaco in the Brabham (and the Eve), I hope to try this one out too.
Go, men, Go!!!
CS
This is what happens to you when your father raises you on the passenger side floor of his Porsche 356 (and later his '67 911). You have to have one yourself, so you buy a '71 914...and then many years later you buy a Boxster...and a 996 (911) Cabriolet....
[I still own the last two]
...or maybe it's just me.
Anyway...let this be an abject lesson to all of you...lol![Thanks, Dad]
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So...there wasn't really any point to jumping into this thread until I finally had a new PC (mostly) running, but now that I do, I might actually be able, not just to cheer you on, but perhaps even to help.
My first question would be: Has anyone in the mod team heard from an Australian mechanical engineer by the name of "Bristow" [I think he might still be lurking about online] about any of this? I ask because he was the guy who pulled the entire physics package together for our "World Sports Car 1970" mod for rFactor, in which the 917 was the premier 5 liter car.
I was a test driver for that mod, and I had some very good physics data from an old Paul Frere book from the early 70's which I brought to the team. Bristow managed to secure a copy for himself too from his national library "down under," which we then used to bring our 917 into very good form (I thought). As I recall it, we also used it to extrapolate over into the Ferrari 512's, for which the numbers we had were considerably less solid.
PM me if you think I can help.
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As for me, I haven't managed to drive anything yet, though I hope to as early as tonight when I take the new box upstairs to where the old cockpit/projector rig resides (lying under a layer of dust about five years thick).
Have got rFactor 2 installed thru Steam, and after I run some laps around Spa and Monaco in the Brabham (and the Eve), I hope to try this one out too. Go, men, Go!!!
CS