News post: http://rfactor.net/web/2015/04/03/malaysia-v1-58-now-available/ We are very happy to make the new v1.58 Malaysia available to rFactor 2 users. The track has had quite an extensive overhaul for what is one of our oldest tracks. The last update was over two years ago! During the production schedule for the newly released Build 946 it became obvious that the old tonemapper wasn’t working very well on certain tracks. Both Saõ Paulo and Malaysia became the perfect place to experiment with the new tonemapper. Then, because Malaysia hadn’t been given a lot of attention in recent times, we wanted to grab this opportunity to give the place a polishing pass. It is, frankly, a superbly challenging circuit – it deserved it! Download Malaysia v1.58 Now! (Requires latest rFactor 2 Build). Changelog for v1.58s (from v1.43) - Increased road mesh density on South Loop – Added RealRoad tech to curbs – Remapped RaceGroove – Added special sign – Reconformed painted stripes – Cleaned up and improved road art – Improved road and terrain materials – Improved barrier materials – Improved vegetation textures and materials – Replaced seats with more recent artwork – Removed negative mip map bias on all key materials – Optimized access roads meshes – Optimized fence textures and materials – Optimized shadow casters – Optimized reflections – Optimized terrain materials a little bit – Optimized scene by removing a lot of non-essential objects – Grouped objects for better batching to cure stutters – Fixed about 100 microgaps in terrain – Fixed armco collision glitch – Fixed road mapping – Fixed odd wet patches – Fixed visibility of distance markers – Fixed object popups – Fixed curb reflections due to RealRoad tech (compromise) – Fixed scale of ambulances – AIW improvements – Updated TDF values – Removed Legacy HDR Profile
Love it! Quick 10 minute race first attempt with SB National... Realroad = green, 15X time scale 19 AI @ 110%/25% 30% damage http://simresults.net/150404-2o6 <== Updated Edit - Wow just read release notes what an overhaul! Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edit #2 - Just did a X60 time acceleration and very very very very very very impressed Great job!!!!!!!!!! Edit #3 - Updated simresults and number of AI above. Amazing race. My best lap was the slowest and a full second slower than 2nd slowest but my result was 16th of 20 because my consistency was 6th of 20
This update is really cool! Good job. But I have a question: is the AIW changed in this version? As letting my mod (F1RFT2013) drive this version results in always spinning of the AI in the last right-side corner of the track. They want to turn in, but hit the curbs with their left wheels and then spin. It wasn't the case for me in the last version of Sepang.
Stupid me, I read the changelog, but oversaw this one . Sorry. Well, then, the AIW updates may not be working well for my mod. I see the cars are driving over curbs more often now. Some open wheeler mods will not like that, I guess. But I need more tests to totally convince myself.
@Frenky - No problem mate, glad i could help! This track together with the new tonemapper look's fantastic! Many thanks!
Thx for the update! Nice improvement overall but I am mostly impressed by the tarmac/asphalt. Looks much better than what we had previously or until now at any track. The small reflections at some places are nice too, not overdone, just right. Midday the tarmac has a very light colour but it still looks like tarmac. Dunno what happened to the curbs exactly. Although the textures are older I guess, they fit now much better in aswell. Great work overall!
for some reason i cant uninstall the old malaysia track, & thus load the new one...in the new local content area it shows malaysia 1.42 italicized with an asterisk, so i presume its dependent on some other mods bc i cant uninstall it. unfortunately idk where it tells me what mods i need to uninstall first...hope someone can help me out
