u/Maksimme

Something I've been working on for the last week while waiting for the F1 McLarens to finally drop. Initially started out as just a simple basic skinpack so I could do a F3 season before getting into my F1 mega-career (which starts in 1996) but it's become more than that.

Its biggest problem right now though is that it uses the Dallara F301 from the Brazil F-3 class. It is a problem because that car only has 12 livery slots, which makes it the limit of cars you can have on track.

Still, its pretty fun to drive with. I never spent much time with the F-3 class before, but this pack makes it worth it.

It's not out yet, but it may be very soon. I don't have a set date in mind, but its mostly completed already. There's just a few things left to tweak. So watch out on Overtake.gg for when this drops! :D

First, no, my 2005 F1 skinpack isn't released yet. Still waiting for Reiza to release the missing McLaren cars. Yes, I'm impatient too. We're in this together haha. Though the good news on our part is that the F1 2005 skinpack is about 99% completed. Only a few tweaks and tests left to do to get the release version completed!

But in the meantime, while the McLaren aren't in the game yet, it still leaves the door open to recreate one of the most infamous races in F1 history, as the McLaren didn't race that weekend! It's pretty easy to set up such a race. While configuring it, select a Bridgestone car and then in the Opponent settings menu, select "Identical" in the opponent type. That should limit you to only the Bridgestone cars.

I did a 3 lap race as Patrick Friesacher in his Minardi. I started in last, climbed to P4 but failed to follow after Tiago Montero and the Ferraris. On the straights I dropped to P5 on lap 2, and fought Karthikeyan for the rest of that lap. He overtook me on the start of the last lap, but I defended myself and pushed him just a tiny bit off track. I coasted to the finish without issues :)

The McLarens can't come out quickly enough :D

The 1996 & 1997 F1 skinpacks were just updated to use the latest features added in the game's last update!

They now includes Performance Scalar (aka Bops), which alters a car's performance to add more diversity between them. What that means is that if you chose to drive a Forti or a Minardi, you will go slower than if you were driving a Williams or Ferrari! This is applied to AIs too!

Custom tires are also present now. Before on this class, the tires had blank textures. But with the new tire wall override, the tires will now display Goodyear or Bridgestone branding! I love that Reiza added this feature, especially for this class. They add so much immersion!

There are other changes included, like a new XML Selector from Alain (who also made the new AI/BOP files), a new Jordan 1997 from GTIDustin (much better than my rushed one from the previous version of the pack), new visor tear-off texture and helmet specular maps, and livery tweaks.

Go take a look at our skinpacks on Overtake.gg! They're worth the download, even if you have the old version! :)

F1 1996: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/f1-1996-skinpack-for-formula-v10-gen-1.80579/

F1 1997: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/f1-1997-skinpack-for-formula-v10-gen-1.80687/

PS: Dustin also brought a small update to his new F1 2006 Skinpack earlier today, so you can go download this as well: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/f1-2006-skinpack.84740/

Screenshots by GTIDustin.

Minutes ago, Reiza released the latest update to the game, which includes Formula classes based on F1 seasons 2005, 2006 and 2008.

And with that updates comes the F1 2006 Skinpack for the F-V8 Gen 1 class, made primarily by KRRTDustin (with small contributions from AFry, myself, and Kesk).

All the F1 2006 teams and drivers are featured, and support the new performance scalar/bop feature, which means that each car's performance reflect those from real life, and are no longer equals!

The 2006 Skinpack can be downloaded on Overtake.gg here: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/f1-2006-skinpack.84740/

EDIT : I forgot to mention, but the 2005 and 2008 F1 seasons are also in development, respectively for the V10 Gen 3 and F-V8 Gen 2 classes. Dustin is following up his 2006 skinpack with 2008, while I am working on 2005 myself :)

Only 4 car/driver combos have been completed so far (Alex Palou, Felix Rosenqvist, Will Power, and Kyle Kirkwood), and only in Indy 500 variants (but I plan to do regular seasons livery too eventually).

My goal is to make this the best Indycar skinpack available for that class. The F-USA 2023 isn't a proper DW12 unfortunately, but outside of editing game files, this is what we have. It's not like you really notice the different car shape once you're racing on track anyway. And with proper liveries, they do look rather good! :D

Right now this skinpack is a bit of a side project I've been working on in my free time since my focus is mainly on F1 stuff for the upcoming AMS 2 update. But once that's done, I plan to work full time on this Indycar skinpack. :)