Formula One 2006 for rFactor by CTDP

[AndyCTDP]

Hello everbody,

First of all, let me introduce our group. We, CTDP (“"Cars & Tracks Development Project (http://www.ctdp.net)”), are an international group of game and formula 1 enthusiasts. We are creating Formula one modification for several games, starting with F1 2001, F1 2002 over Grand Prix 4 to F1 Challenge and finally to rFactor. So rFactor is the base game we’re currently working with. Our modding-group is existing for 7 years now and we have grown from 3 german boys to an international team with over 20 members.
You can find the crew list here:

http://www.ctdp.net/crew.html

This is what we did so far:

-F1 1995 mod for F1 2002, F1 Challenge & Grand Prix 4
-F1 1998 mod for F1 Challenge
-F1 2003 mod for F1 Challenge
-F1 2004 mod for F1 Challenge
-F1 2005 mod for F1 Challenge & rFactor
-Bahrain International Circuit for rFactor

Our current project is the Formula one 2006 mod, the last season of Michael Schumacher and we’re working on a new version of our Bahrain track.

So enough words and let me show you guys some ingame footage and renders.

http://www.ctdp.net/index.php/f1-2006-screenshots.html

These shots are all ingame and unedited.

Here are some renders of various artists:

http://www.ctdp.net/f1-2006-renders.html


We have integrated all livery and model changes during the season, even car-physics changes during the season 2006.

Some more pics:

http://pix.nofrag.com/c/5/1/6e7190b53da3ec08e9c38a602d67ct.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/c/5/1/6e7190b53da3ec08e9c38a602d67c.html) http://pix.nofrag.com/3/c/8/206b324de817070b34e61696708a7t.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/3/c/8/206b324de817070b34e61696708a7.html) http://pix.nofrag.com/8/c/7/8f887b746070c951e83a12e65a18at.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/8/c/7/8f887b746070c951e83a12e65a18a.html) http://pix.nofrag.com/7/4/9/a607e99f9ed432ce1d714619cadd4t.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/7/4/9/a607e99f9ed432ce1d714619cadd4.html) http://pix.nofrag.com/d/9/8/9c8aa749d3237fe3a0ffe9e38c1f7t.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/d/9/8/9c8aa749d3237fe3a0ffe9e38c1f7.html) http://pix.nofrag.com/f/e/b/8a2abad990607a733c1bec67d3fe6t.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/f/e/b/8a2abad990607a733c1bec67d3fe6.html)

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We’re currently working on an intro for the mod and we have a small preview ready.
The first part will be CG, rest will be ingame footage. Have a look and we’re happy to get some feedback. We will post video updates when we get them.

http://www.mad-motion.net/media/CTDP06_Playblast60fps.wmv (http://www.mad-motion.net/media/CTDP06_Spielblast.wmv)

That’s all for now, if anybody has questions or some constructive feedback we are always happy to hear it.

To see all our current progress on the mod, you can visit our devblog:

http://devblog.ctdp.net/

[lookdown11]

hy there and wellcome to your team on cg-cars.

its very nice to have your great work also here around and i hope u will get lots of helpfull replies!

keep it up :buttrock:

greetz

[P2sta]

hi, really interresting project, pictures looks really good for me, good luck with this fantastic work guys ;)

[Ravens]

Holy shit! I raced your mods like everyour i had left! Really sick! If i had 5 mins spare time, i hooked up my wheel booted rF and took a lap! And got to late for school :P


This project is just the best ever!

[rodderworld]

looks incredible. makes me want to race :D

regards,
rodder

[Paps]

absolutley fantastic!
i have the 2005 mod and i must say its one of the best for rFactor!
One question. Whats the poly count on models?

[AndyCTDP]

absolutley fantastic!
i have the 2005 mod and i must say its one of the best for rFactor!
One question. Whats the poly count on models?

Polycount is between 15 000 (Scuderia Toro Rosso Team) and up to 24 000 (Mclaren - the chrome car), without tyres and brakesystems. Polycount depends on how complex the winglets, bargeboards and other wings on the bodywork of the car are built.

If you have a look at the williams (the blue white car) it has one of the most complex bodyworks, just insane imo.

[petter]

hy there and wellcome to your team on cg-cars.

its very nice to have your great work also here around and i hope u will get lots of helpfull replies!

keep it up :buttrock:

greetz


great..., great...
you guys are doing a great job there. keep it up !!

[Paps]

Polycount is between 15 000 (Scuderia Toro Rosso Team) and up to 24 000 (Mclaren - the chrome car), without tyres and brakesystems. Polycount depends on how complex the winglets, bargeboards and other wings on the bodywork of the car are built.

If you have a look at the williams (the blue white car) it has one of the most complex bodyworks, just insane imo.

AHA, it sure does. The cars all are modeled so close to real if not almost perfect. Do you have some blueprints or do you mostly use reference images and model from them?

[AndyCTDP]

AHA, it sure does. The cars all are modeled so close to real if not almost perfect. Do you have some blueprints or do you mostly use reference images and model from them?

We don't have any blueprints because the formula one teams don't give them away even years after the real seaons. So there are only technical books and image websites for reference left and sometimes it's pretty hard to find pictures from certain areas e.g. the exhaust area or the area under the frontsuspension. That's all, so modeling is very challenging ;)

[AndyCTDP]

Onboard and Cockpit Screens of almost all cars

http://devblog.ctdp.net/?p=196

[Paps]

awesome work. it looks great. how much of a difference is there to physics from 2005 mod? 2005 had a very good physics and im very excited to see what new one is like. :)

[AndyCTDP]

awesome work. it looks great. how much of a difference is there to physics from 2005 mod? 2005 had a very good physics and im very excited to see what new one is like. :)

There are many changes in physics. We have at least 7 different tyre constructions during the season for each tyre manufacturer. Each tyre construction has 3 different versions (cold,warm,hot), Each version has different "optimal temperatures". The cars are becoming better during the season, for example williams was quite competitive at the first races in 2006 but their car development was not as good as the one from ferrari. We integrated all track specific changes like aero upgrades or engine upgrades in both ways, graphical and physical.

Driving close behind another car is extremly difficult because of the "dirty air effect" so you get massive understeer. In CTDP 2006 it's really important that you have "clean air" to get a good pace.

That's the main difference between the 2005 mod i think.

[Paps]

sounds great, and very challenging :) tho i dont play rFactor much (LFS S2 is kinda priority when it comes to simracing), im really looking forward to try F1 mods, specially quality ones like yours.

[AndyCTDP]

http://www.virtualr.net/ctdp-f1-2006-exclusive-bahrain-previews/

New screens:

http://devblog.ctdp.net/?p=201

Now the grid is complete. I'm working on the Safety Car (Mercedes CLK 65 AMG) and the CG part of the intro atm :). Stay tuned for more information and pics.

Q&C are welcome :)

[P2sta]

looks really cool man

[Paps]

amazing stuff man. that Bahrain track looks really good!

[rodderworld]

that's incredible work. i like the view from the cockpit but appreciate them all.

regards,
rodder

[AndyCTDP]

Some new shots, using the HDR Plugin for rFactor. http://www.virtualr.net/ctdp-f1-2006-exclusive-hdr-previews/

[element]

that looks sexy andy :)

[P2sta]

really awasome

[AndyCTDP]

Thanks guys, hopefully i can post news about the intro sequence soon....

[AndyCTDP]

http://www.ctdp.net/f1-2006-teaser.html

small teaser video :)

[Ravens]

Sweet stuff man! Cant wait to play the new one in rF!

[dannisbet]

Already can't wait for it Andy! :)

[P2sta]

really sweet work, waiting to play it too ;)

[AndyCTDP]

http://devblog.ctdp.net/?p=207

First pics of the safety car on our blog.

Used CG cars textures for the tyrewall and tread. Normal maps were created with crazy bump. Lightbar on the Safety Car is still missing.... and the interior :dead:

Anybody here who can provide us with CLK 63 AMG Safety Car Interior Pictures?

[lookdown11]

does the int not look like the standart int ?

greetz

[AndyCTDP]

Nope!

This is the CLK 63 AMG Black series (very similar to the F1 Safety Car)
http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/article/795/795781/mercedes-benz-clk63-amg-black-series-20070611061300287.jpg


But i can remember that they got some special stuff in the cockpit for communicating the "Race Control"....

[AndyCTDP]

Some new renders:
http://www5.picfront.org/picture/PLJ22dA23hu/img/F1_2006_CTDP.jpg

and

http://www5.picfront.org/picture/DCpvDT5b/img/renderscenemax08_2.jpg

Progress is going quite good. Safetycar is finished as well, now only driverbody and safety car cockpit is left on graphicl side. But physics balance will need more time i think. A release within the next 3 month is possible.

[younglion]

wow thats very nice..but there seems to be some stretching in the rims

[AndyCTDP]

Yeah these rims are pretty old and for renderings only. I already gave new ones to Raul but he still uses the old ones :banghead:

[Paps]

great to see progress :) nice work, and that mclaren render is really good

[AndyCTDP]

Exclusive Preview:

http://www.virtualr.net/ctdp-f1-2006-exclusive-preview

:)

[AndyCTDP]

http://www4.picfront.org/picture/Bp17a9Kg0S/img/mp4_21_final2.jpg

Still with ugly tyres/rims :banghead:

Ingame shots (photoshoped):

http://s4.directupload.net/images/080610/4cgi28rf.jpg

http://s4.directupload.net/images/080610/752qs3je.jpg

http://s1.directupload.net/images/080610/rd2mdsy3.jpg

[Paps]

looks very nice :buttrock: final release date known? :)

[AndyCTDP]

looks very nice :buttrock: final release date known? :)

Not yet, but it will be a damn hot summer ;)

[AndyCTDP]

http://home.mnet-online.de/solaris84/ren_melb.mkv

working on new engine sounds....

[AndyCTDP]

http://devblog.ctdp.net/?p=236

Something not mod related, but it can be useful for other ppl dealing with the .DDS format ;)

[jomar machado]

Amazing work man...How I would like to play one of these...

I have the GP4 and F22 Total Air War. They both are
showing their age, so it's good to see some fresh air in the horizon...

cheers, :)

[AndyCTDP]

Not really 3D related but what is a game without menu music?

http://www.rmxs.nl/ctdp.html

[AndyCTDP]

http://ctdp.onlineracer.de/ftp-datenaustausch/Intro_Shot_Animatic_1_h264.mov

First very very wip Animatic.

Untouched ingame shapes animated by RAL ;)

[AndyCTDP]

New screens, unedited:

(http://pix.nofrag.com/c/8/b/43f7b34a8d82124291fc0d0262668.html)

[sm@rt]

It works for me, can you see the thumbnails in my post?
Yes, I can see them. This is the trouble of my connectuion, I think... :(

[AndyCTDP]

Yes, I can see them. This is the trouble of my connectuion, I think... :(

EDIT:

You have a pm with directlinks to all pictures ;)

[AndyCTDP]

Some shots of Mclaren, BMW, Renault.

[AndyCTDP]

Shots of the Super Aguri SA06. This car was introduced during the Season at the German GP in Hockenheim.

[younglion]

stunning work man

[ray-xtreme]

Impressive work, man!
Really nice!!!

[AndyCTDP]

Thanks guys!

[DaveCox]

class work man!

[tsolina]

you are freaks, amazing work guys, wow...

[AndyCTDP]

Some new wips.

Safety car Interior almost finished, texture work left to do and the new driverbody with biped rig is ready for texturing.

Gauges of the Safety Car are fully functional. (speed, gear, water and oil temperature).

[rodderworld]

everthying looks amazing.

regards,
rodder

[lookdown11]

grate job mate !! :buttrock:


keep it up ;)

greetz

EDIT: just saw that u have get my 1,000 past ;) ! :D

greetz

[AndyCTDP]

everthying looks amazing.

regards,
rodder

Thanks!

@ lookdown11

969 post for me to go :D

[sm@rt]

new pics looks very good. Keep game modding up! :)

[P2sta]

great work guys ;)

[Dahie]

Hello everbody

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm lead texture artist and webmaster at CTDP. For the current mod, I worked on Toyota, BMW, Toro Rosso and McLaren and I do the final touchup on all textures.

Yesterday however I had the joy of a different small work. The new driver body is finished and rigging is nearly done. We did a few test-videos. Here is the first:

http://devblog.ctdp.net/?p=259

Enjoy! :)

[AndyCTDP]

CTDP Development Blog: Let’s dance to ? (http://devblog.ctdp.net/?p=259)

[petter]

what's with tha gay !? =))
lol, joking:D

[younglion]

lol that was great

[AndyCTDP]

6e66o has created an impressive onboard video with CTDP’s Formula One 2006 mod for rFactor. Back in 2006, Michael Schumacher clinched his 66th career pole position at Imola.


http://www.virtualr.net/ctdp-f1-2006-imola-on-board-video/

Full Quality download (rapidshare).
http://rapidshare.com/files/144230085/ctdp_michael_imola.wmv.html

[rodderworld]

that was really cool to watch.

regards,
rodder

[younglion]

thats was impressive...but one thing i noticed was that the drivers hands didnt turn with the wheel.

[AndyCTDP]

thats was impressive...but one thing i noticed was that the drivers hands didnt turn with the wheel.

Yes, that's correct. Animations are not possible with rFactor at its current development stage.

[Sotman]

like i told you @ work ... i wanna know who drove that lap :P

cant be u hehe :D

[AndyCTDP]

like i told you @ work ... i wanna know who drove that lap :P

cant be u hehe :D

Shut up!!! :D

Driver = Michael Schumacher :D (Georg Ortner)

[AndyCTDP]

Some work in progress shots of our scratchmade Monaco :)

[DaveCox]

that second image kicks ass!

[P2sta]

agree, it looks really great ;)

[younglion]

the second image and the tunnel scene looks great

[Paps]

looks exceptional!
i was just driving 2005 season and watched Ferrari(Imola) video on youtube.:buttrock:
I have also seen on rFactorcentral that progress is near finish.
So i guess October release is possible?

[rodderworld]

it's hard to go wrong when you're working with the best track on the circuit but you did a really good job.

regards,
rodder

[AndyCTDP]

Some experiments with the refections. We're not sure if we should add it to the release version or not. So we need feedback :)

[sm@rt]

I like reflections, but in the second picture car is fall in ground :clown:

[revelli]

i love your renders guys, that ferrari doesnt look for a lowpoly car :love:

[AndyCTDP]

Some news about the mod:

http://www.virtualr.net/ctdp-f1-2006-live-on-psrtv/

[AndyCTDP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvB2ISmgeE

New Video. :)

[daantjuh44]

ooh thats really nice ! :buttrock:

[lookdown11]

great shots :deal:

what about a better quality vid link :p :)

keep it up

greetz

[AndyCTDP]

http://ctdp.net/f1-2006.html

released :)

[ljabli]

hello nice cars there :)

i see you are a good convertor for Rfactor i like that game and i think of converting some of my cars to that game :)

[Paps]

great Andy. Allready tried it and im really satisfied. watched the race, also very good. Just one thing. when i drive Ferrari i cant see the road ahead. so i miss almost every turn cuz i cant see turns. maybe camera just abit higher or can i change that in rfactor?

anyway other than that its great :love::p:D:deal:

[petter]

congratulations for the release...!! :buttrock:

[P2sta]

great work guys, congrats for the release

[AndyCTDP]

great Andy. Allready tried it and im really satisfied. watched the race, also very good. Just one thing. when i drive Ferrari i cant see the road ahead. so i miss almost every turn cuz i cant see turns. maybe camera just abit higher or can i change that in rfactor?

anyway other than that its great :love::p:D:deal:

Hey paps,

Have you tried to adjust your seat ingame? You can map keys in rFactor to adjust your seat in each direction.

[Paps]

Hey paps,

Have you tried to adjust your seat ingame? You can map keys in rFactor to adjust your seat in each direction.

Hey Andy

I havent, didnt know i can do that, thx for the tip :)

[TwoOneOne]

Congrats for finishing this.
I checked it out yesterday and i have to say holy s#!t that´s a tough game.
I guess i have to get me one of those logitech steering wheels coz i bareley can drive down a straight passage with my Xbox Gamepad :D

Anyways,
nice work on the mod and especially on the cars.

Cheers

[rodderworld]

wow! it's done. i have a feeling i'll spend a lot of the holidays with this.

regards,
rodder