[REL] Swift 014.a and 016.a - Formula Atlantic - Released

Thank you for the cars, they are very nice to drive.

SR4L are running these cars tonight (Tuesday) at Pau Arnos track.
A 10 minute qualify starts at 7:30pm UK time followed by many many 10 minute races.
There are no points scored, so just for fun, no pressure.
Server open now, search for server SR4L.
See you on the track all.

 

The SCCA Runoffs were this past weekend. In the Formula Atlantic class, there were a total of 12 cars. Of the 12, 10 were Swifts. I was on site just for that day. I was able to meet and chat with Shane Kennett (finished 2nd in the race), who provided some of the 016 information during development. I then had a lengthy conversation with James French. James is an IMSA LMPC and Asian Lemans Series champion and has a lot of other racing accolades. He owns and raced an 014, but he also raced an 016 earlier this season. He was really blown away on how accurate the mods were. Unfortunately, he got caught in an incident not of his doing. Later on, Rob Radmann stopped by. I'm not sure why he wasn't racing. He expressed a very similar sentiment to what James said about the cars in game. He talked about how his IRL car has a certain wiggle at the Road America carousel, and the in game car had the very same reactions.

In celebration of the Runoffs, I'm planning an update to add all the cars that participated in. That'll add a few additional skins and do a bug update. Other bug fixes planned:

- Fix the UI Number for the #75 Swift 016 - Thanks Goanna
- Try to slow down the AI. Even James said they were a little too fast

If there is anything else, let me know! I really haven't heard of anything else on any of the channels

 

Chris, your work is committed and commitment in rFactor 2 brings an almost perfect illusion and replication of reality... so the news you received and conveyed to us here, do not come as a surprise to me.

But... embarrassingly, I have not driven the Swifts yet :-/ and I need to make amends on that.

 

Great mod!!

 

The SCCA Runoffs are the Olympics of Grass Roots Motorsport!
I was active with SCCA from 1974-1993, made the Runoffs at Road Atlanta every year. At the time I lived in NC about an hour south of VIR.
I found a few of my credentials hiding in the corner of my toolbox I fished out a few days ago. I was about your age back then.

 

That's pretty awesome!

 

amazing cars

 

First of all let me thank you for these amazing racing machines. Secondly, i had so much fun driving them at Laguna Seca that it's almost an addiction. Amazing add-on for rF2, seriously addictive ahah

 

Just want to keep every one updated.
2025 SCCA Runoffs
Skins - 10 of 10 complete
Regions - 10 of 10 complete
Livery Materials .json - 6 of 10 complete
Helmets - 10 of 10 complete (Boy there were a few difficult ones)
Icons - 0 of 10 complete

This past week I received the final piece of car information. I received the dyno sheet for the 2.0L Mazda MZR in the Swift 014. I need to convert the line graph picture into something to get the values off of.

Depending on my time, it may take another week or two to finish. Let me know if there is anything else that I can improve!

Here are the 2025 SCCA Runoff cars!
#66 Hans Peter & #46 James French


#2 David Burkett & #00 Jeremy Hill


#02 John Norton Jr. & #09 JR Smart


#74 Dudley Fleck & #68 John Mcaleer


#63 Shane Kennett & #49 Tony Ave

 

Chris - these cars are super fun and so responsive to race. Thanks for your expertise and diligence in bringing them to RF2

 

Gave a very quick spin with the toyota powered and it felt amazing.
In my favourite track for testing - andrea's Hermanos Rodriguez - I found myself overshooting turns, misjudging how hot the fronts were and how much grip they were giving me... what a fantastic and organic feedback of the grip progression/fluctuation.
Visually, one remark: tyres remained brand spanking new on the contact patch - glossy - even after several laps

 

Update released! Hopefully I didn't miss anything.
Swift 014 v1.10 2025 SCCA Runoff Pack
#09 JR Smart - Mazda
#46 James French - Mazda (Existing skin updated)
#00 Jeremy Hill - Toyota
#02 John Norton Jr. - Toyota
#2 David Burkett - Toyota

Updates:
- New Mazda torque curve based on real info
- Small decrease in Toyota power to match dyno numbers
- AIPerfUsage from (1,1,1) to (0.97,0.97,0.97). That should reduce AI speed
- Slight change to AICornerRates to try and prevent AI bottoming out at high speed

Swift 016 v1.10 2025 SCCA Runoff Pack
#49 Tony Ave
#63 Shane Kennett
#66 Hans Peter
#68 John Macaleer
#74 Dudley Fleck

IRL skin for Greg Labadie #35. The Swift 016 project would not have happened with out his assistance.

Updates:
- Slight change to AICornerRates to try and prevent AI bottoming out at high speed


SCCA25 should be a selectable class which will include only the Runoff cars.

@vava74 - I see what you mean about the tires. I haven't figured out the fix for it yet. If anybody has any ideas, please let me know.

 

Chris, thanks for this, a great mod, being improved even further.Just what RF2 needs new content.

 

Thank you.