Hello I would like to introduce you to my project. It is a portal where you can exchange simracing setups for different games and cars. All shared setups can then be downloaded by other users. In addition, all setup files go through an automatic verification process. During this process, the files are checked by Virus Total. Only files that are 100% clean by Virus Total are released. It is also possible to update the setups in the form of versions. In addition i also added an feature where you can link an discord webhook with the platform to recive notfication when new setups get published. The whole project is of course free, I want to make a contribution to the simracing community so that even inexperienced players can get good setups. I have done a lot of research and I think this is the first project of its kind. Now I am looking for a few people who are interested in sharing the setups they have created, as this is the only way the platform can grow and function. I would be very happy to recruit one or the other for this project. Please note that this is a first beta version. More and more features will be added over time. The project can be found at https://racing-setups.com
Good Luck! I also have made a Setup Sharing Site in 2015, but it wasn't really used/noticed from the Community.
I've not tested any of the setups but note that most lines in setup files are commented out as the defaults are being used. If that's true then does a setup file ONLY need to have the non-default lines? Checking one of @redapg setups for a BMW then viewing the [GENERAL] section it contains 14 lines but only five aren't commented out so set as default. I was just thinking that the setups "could" (also?) be provided as a document with written details of the changes from the default configuration. A bit like "Front Left Ride Height: was 50mm but set to 75mm as car is more stable under braking for turn 3" That could be useful as it's then possible to see what's been changed and by how much, and also the logic applied by the person creating the original setup file rather than a simple file to download.
@trichens The "Problem" is, that you can not force anybody to give detailed Information. On my Site, the Uploader can write whatever he wants, to describe his Setup. But as you can see, there are only a few uploaded Setups with, if ever, a few Information. So you can be happy, if anybody uploads his Setups at all. 68 uploaded rF2 Setups in 9 Years isn't so much, isn't it?
in my "project cars" era there was a website where all uploaded setups showed all the values and you could even compare them with other setups. That was a good and functional setup page. But it would be too time consuming doing that for rf2. Though graphical graph of a setup's dampers would be cool too, I also think there was a tool for that somewhere for "project cars" at that time.
@ThomasJohansen Yes, you can do a lot of Things and the best Thing, what could happen to animate somebody to do it, are uploaded Setups in a worthy Amount.
I agree, and I can see I actually have uploaded about ten setups in 2020 and 2021 ;-) But alot of things have changed since that, so maybe I should look in my inventory to see if some setups deserves to be uploaded.
I'm sure that a large number of people never make any changes to the car setups. That's likely to be because many can't actually notice any difference between a default setup, a setup A and a setup B. That and perhaps being too inconsistant to be able to tell if a particular setup is 0.2secs per lap quicker or not, or whether it's just familiarity with car and track making a natural improvement. IRL spent time at tracks logging times and setup changes and often found that when we reverted to our defaults there was an improvement over the initial logged times. Of course there were a lot more variables that were out of our control. If you download a setup without knowing exactly what changes have been made from the default then it makes it difficult to understand what's going on if you DO notice a difference. I've checked the rF2 setups on the Racing Setups site which are for BMW M4 GT3 at Spa. The only difference between them are Fuel Setting, Rear Wing Setting and the Engine Mixture Setting. That might imply that the defaults are probably generally okay in most situations.
I think it's difficult to say, if a Setup Download Database/Download Page makes Sense. But from the Beginning of my online Racing Activities, you could join any Server and it didn't last long and the first Request, to send a Setup showed up (of course Nobody asked me for my Setup ). And when they got it, they wasn't really faster at all. A Setups that fits for Player A must not neccesarily fit for Player 2 too. It starts with the driving Style already, where, e.g., One likes a loose Rear and the Other a stable Rear... The best "Setup", from my Experience is to drive and learn the Track. When i did make my Setups Download Site 9 Years ago, my Motivation was a Combination of offering the Service and work with html, php and sqlite, to stay in Practice. But i never had the Hope, that hundreds of Setups would be uploaded.
Hey the setups are realy basic to have some example content on the page. Im basicly not good in creating setups. I just want to create an platform where people can share setups they have created with others. So tldr this means only because i created the platform this means not that i can deliver high quality setups. I was written that i made small changes. So the platform lives with the content the community is creating. Of course there will be come more advanced features like an desktop app and other cool stuff. But first i need to activate some people to actualy share setups. Also i work for 20 years as programmer now. I started with html, js and vb and ended with C++. Right now i work with other people together to create an FPS game. If you want to see more you can check also my github https://github.com/Andy16823. In the end i would say i have the programming know how and i need to find people with the setup know how
Not meant as being critical at all @Andy90 I'm no good with setups and still having trouble being consistant enough for setup changes to be meaningful. Just pointing out that rather than just have a svm file, a written document that detailed the changes made from default would be a useful addition. If the front ride height is changed for a particular reason then it would be useful to know that information. Personally... I'd prefer a setup sheet with the settings on that I would enter into the car settings through the UI myself. Something a bit like this... View attachment upload_2024-6-26_22-54-28.png
Unfortunately....that Data can not be taken from a rF2 Setup File and because the Physics of DLC Cars are encrypted, you can not get that Data from these Cars at all. And i think that it is also a Problem with Uploaders, that, the more Data they have to add to their Upload, the less motivated to upload a Setup they are. Another basic Problem (in my Opinion) is the Automization of such Sites. My Target was, to make it in that Way, that i have to do nothing. The User can add new Car Types and Tracks..... If it is not automatted, the Owner of the Site would have to work with every uploaded Setup (add Pictures, Info...), which may work if you have only a few uploaded Setups per Week, but if there are a lot, it will grow to a fulltime Job.
The most stuff for the administration ist automated. The only thing i need to do is to publish the setup. The scan with virus total is complete automated. So whenever a new file for a setup gets uploaded it will send this file with the api to vt. After the check is complete and clean the system publish the file. If any scanner from vt marks the file negative the file gets deleted.
I just thought at Things like the Picture of the Car, for that the Setup is, that is shown on your Website. Such Things can not be fully automated, right? (I'm no Programmer, just a "Learning by doing" Guy )
