CTDP 2006 for rFactor

Description

The last year of the champion.
His last chance for glory.
He didn't succeed
Will you?

F1-season 2006 meets rFactor. Good things need time. We took this time to bring you the most complete season-package ever released. Again it's time to put on your racing gloves, lucky sneakers and to get out there racing. But it's not only about the driving skills you will need to succeed. Now, you will also need stratigic and technical skills to win the race. Use clever updates for your car to improve your performance and finetune your setups. Be prepared for your race.

Use your chances, fight for the championship, it may be your last chance!

2006 high detail models and high resolution textures
All special liveries throughout the season autoloaded on GP
Both Midland and Spyker included
Technical season upgrades for every grand prix
Open and covered brakes (with glow)
2006 helmets and driver (individual talent files for AI)
2006 steering wheels, all redone and new
2006 physics and performance (upgrades influence handling)
2006 tires and rims with motion blur
Up to 6 tire variants per track
Two variations of each compound with different working temperatures
2 tire brands
Non-linear tiregrip and tire damages through debris
9 Engine programs
Realistic wear of engine and brake
Realistic suspension model simulation (Single-keel, Twin-keel, No-keel, V-Keel)
Setups included
Full-drivable Safety Car with cockpit
Menu-Sounds and music by Lars J. Brouwer
Full DX7, DX8 and DX9- Support
Supports rFactor-Skinning-Feature (now with helmets and driver suit)
Support for RealFeel & LeoFFB
TV-Style-Overlays for Dinix' Plugin
6 different Gen-Files for best hardware optimization
ControlCenter

So have Fun!

Facts

Title:	CTDP F1 2006 Version 1.0
Author:	CTDP - Cars & Tracks Development Project
Other Works:	BMW Sauber 2007 for rFactor (ISI) 2005 for rFactor (ISI) 2005 for F1Challenge (EA) 2004 for F1Challenge (EA) 2003 for F1Challenge (EA) 1998 for F1Challenge (EA) 1995 for F12K2 (EA) 1995 for Grand Prix 4 (Infogrames) Tracks for rFactor (ISI) Other Stuff
Base:	Everything done from scratch
Known Bugs:	"All Cars and all Tracks" is not supported No 3-part-Qualifying The same bugs as the original game. Restart needed to activate CTDP Menu Unprecize collision model - ISI has to fix that
Build Time:	Starting May 2006, Release for rF December 2008

Disclaimer

It's not allowed to copy anything from this package without explicit permission from CTDP.

You use this MOD at your own risk! We're not responsible in case of problems and/or damages.

You do not have permission to put this package on any cover-cds without our explicit permission.

This modification may not be distributed for any commercial purposes.

If you are a webmaster feel free to mirror this mod, please tell us if you want to be noted as mirror on our website. We just want to keep overview.

Instructions

To install the CTDP F1-2006, run the installation and install it into your rfactor-directory.
Select CTDP F1-2006 in your Mod-Menu in rFactor. Done, ready to go, simple as pie.
This mod is built for rFactor Version 1.255f. Problems may occur with older versions of rFactor.
The driver's manual with explanations concerning setup and settings is in rfactor/ModData/CTDP/

Some advise for drivers with digital controllers (joystick, keyboard or gamepad)

Choose a high Traction-Control upgrade
ABS on low or high
Steering help to low or high

Uninstallation

Use the uninstallation to remove CTDP from rF.

Release History

Physics

Tyres, more compounds available for some tracks, some minor revisions to heating.Tyres are very similar, but have slightly more differences per compound.
New Slip-curve resolution for all cars, the main purpose was to improve the traction control system. However, the new slip curves enhance the driving experience as well to an extent.
The new traction control works much more accurately, reducing its effect in high speed corners, and as a result new traction control settings in upgrades menu are available to match.
Some of the upgrades for some teams had small mistakes: eg Redbull rearwing range
All engine RPM’s now match with what is said in the upgrades page.
Engine boost mapping has been reversed (B1 is max RPM, boost 6 is race RPM, B9 conservation), this makes the garage display more accurate, the shift lights more accurate.
Minor improvement (in terms of realism) to engine life for some vehicles.
Fixed a bug to provide more power loss when slip-streaming another vehicle.
The HUD shift light now automatically changes per track, although it can still be overridden by choosing an upgrade.
Toyota, slightly tweaked suspension geometry.
Suspension geometries are moved to possibly work better with LeoFFB, while not being compromised in any way.
Not quite physics related, but new Leo FFB settings are provided which provide better force feedback.
Setup notes contain suggested RPM for all cars now, you should have default setup loaded for this to work.

League Physics

Engine is now Cosworth CA2006 Series 6 instead of the Series 2 engine, thus providing about 15bhp more.
Traction control overrides now work in the league physics.
HUD Shift light changes now work with league physics.

Graphics

Added: Missing DVD-Cover
Fixed: Williams: Crash in DirectX 8 caused by texture bugs
Fixed: Renault: Mild Seven logo of right winglet reversed
Fixed: Ferrari: Front Wing Logos and new Case-Logo on the nose, which was missing on the north-american liveries
Fixed: Ferrari: Japanese rearwing texture, wrong color of lower plane
Fixed: Super Aguri: Minor texture errors
Fixed: Midland/Spyker: no Neutral-decals on the texture
Fixed: McLaren: Cockpit Fin was missing

Miscellanous

Added: Manual translations in Italian, German and French
Fixed: Crash after starting replay (bad MP3 encoding of music files)
Fixed: Crash of ControlCenter on startup
Fixed: Pit garage slots placement, the team order on some tracks was wrong
Fixed: Installer overwriting realfeelplugin.ini, if you already have a realfeel-configuration, this will be kept.
Updated: Extended credits list
Improved: Sound-pack by Michael Ode (new samples, high-samples improved, opponents quieter incar, external sounds slightly less agressive)

Credits

3D ARTISTS

Alexander Borro
Andreas Neidhardt
Daniel Segginger
David Bennewitz
Craig Longhurst
Eugénio Faria
Kevin Wong
Marco Büttner
Marko Stanic
Matthew Scerri
Omar Shaikly
Wai Keen Lam

2D ARTISTS

Daniel Senff
Florian Gramsch
Georg Ortner
Jiang Zheng
Julia (Valerossi)
Kyran Brazier
Paulo Fernandes
Raül M. Gullón
Roberto Yermo
Shaun Stroud
Steffen Krägelin

PROGRAMMING

Daniel Fredrich

PHYSICS

Alvaro Jiménez
Michael Borda
Sascha Grindau

CAMERAS

Dennis Fischbach

RESEARCH

Andy Hone
Steffen Max

MUSIC

Lars J. Brouwer

SOUNDS

Fonsecker (GSMF)
Michael Ode

VIDEOCOMPOSITING

Stabitz
Stefan Tapper

MISC

Stefan Triefellner for Safety Car gauges
TechAde for ReelFeel FFB Plugin
Leo Bodnar for LeoFFB Plugin
Motec Telemetry by DanZ
F1Alive for the grooved skidmark texture
Ace8 for the skidwall texture
prunn for his tv styles
Luca de Leo for FSOne sounds
Translation: Game_Fr alias F1.JeanPhi, Totorman, AngeEve, Maug, Will, Yoss, Dedios

BETA TESTING

from CTDP:
Steffen Max, Timo Vollmering, Marco Festini, Ryan Gilmore, Andrew Fuh, Ilkka Haapala, Karan Bawa
from WirPreRacing:
Günter Wirges, Ralf Pressler, Julien Dauber, Sebastian Meissner, Andreas Höppner
from VirtualRacing:
Daniele Bonaventura, Adriano Fugmann, Martin Kolibal, Thorsten Feyerabend, Andreas Behr, Mansuet Grasser, Stefan Berger, Martin Krampe, Thorsten Jaag, Jens Jung, Patrick Ziller, Michael Morgenthal, Frank Schichterich, Thomas Buchmann, Peter Mannweiler, Benny Loempke, Hans Bodo Kohl, Thomas Nolden, Pascal Scheiwiller, Carsten Krägel, Bernd Heidbüchel
from FSR:
Bruno Marques, Dave Carr-Smith, Ricard Forcada, Luca Bisello, Uriah Hill, Daniel Meier, Michael Lam

SPECIAL THANKS

Image Space Incorporated
Joe Campana
Gjon Camaj
Peter Engels
Paolo Capriosa
Bernard (Gezere)
Ingy
Silent Bob
SimracingLeague.de
and Testers
and "Echo478" our dear and reliable Subversion and Gameserver...
Readers of our Development Blog
And everyone else who was involved or contributed to this project.
Last but not least our everpatient fans, thanks!

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