I have two sugestions:

1 – To Endurancers:

Would be great if you release a list of sugested tracks based on the series (ALMS, LMES, etc). I know we can check on the internet about the real tracks on each serie and then download then. But this is not a big deal and can easily be included in your website or in the next release. It’s only a sugestion, so we can all download the same tracks and have all in the servers.

2 – To bedelix:

Seems you know a lot about sound, and also in your job you’re supposed to have a realy good perception of sounds. I would sugest you to release a sound pack with the car sounds you was talking about. I think this would be a great contribution with the community.

Thank you all guys, I’m anxious to see what will be in the next Endurancers release.

Here’s a sort of summary. First, I installed the Endurance Series (ES) mod to a dummy directory, examined the file structure and moved folders to an rFactor test directory. That resulted in the problem. I deleted all the moved folders, ran the test directory .exe file and it ran. Then I re-installed rFactor to a new directory, deleted many of the rfm files, tried, it ran. Moved the ES folders to this new directory and it failed. Since I trust the files being installed, I installed directly to the rfactor test folder. That bombed when executed. I have a Cart Factor mod with just the CART vehicles and a Toyota Supra Pace Car. This mod runs – though the trace is full of many problems. I added the ES folders to Cart Factor and it bombs. If I remove the four ES files in the rfm folder, it runs. Removing Vehicle folders one at a time and all at one time, it still bombs on each attempt. The trace file contains many lines like the following – in all P1, P2, GT1 and GT2 categories.

GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96ALMS_PRODRIVE\ASTONMARTIN_060007.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96ALMS_PRODRIVE\ASTONMARTIN_060009.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96FIA_BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA\ASTONMARTIN_063023.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96FIA_BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA\ASTONMARTIN_063024.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96FIA_CIRTEK MOTORSPORT\ASTONMARTIN_063017.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96FIA_PHOENIX RACING\ASTONMARTIN_063005.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96FIA_RACE ALLIANCE\ASTONMARTIN_063032.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96FIA_RACE ALLIANCE\ASTONMARTIN_063033.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96LMS_LARBRE COMPETITION\ASTONMARTIN_061050.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96LMS_TEAM MODENA\ASTONMARTIN_061061.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96LMS_TEAM MODENA\ASTONMARTIN_061062.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96LM_BMS SCUDERIA ITALIA\ASTONMARTIN_062069.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle GAMEDATA\VEHICLES\ENDURANCESERIES\GT1\ASTONMARTIN_DBR96LM_PRODRIVE\ASTONMARTIN_062007.VEH (either because it did not pass filter or error)
setup.cpp 1672: Did not add vehicle

Hope this posting isn’t too big and hope someone can help.

Anyone have any sugestions?

it is probably the best porsche i’ve ever done in a sim (GTR1, GTR2, rF, GTL..) !!

Sensekhmet:
You do realise that not everyone has an uber-brag-leet PC, do you?

Yikes! I meant not to come off bragging at all, ha, ha. I just wanted to share my experience(s) with certain hardware. But you’re right, I guess it’s like talking about my little son you know; “he’s nothing special, but you should see him play ball… lightning fast and able to leap tall buildings!” Pride sometimes pops up. I apologize.

What I meant by encouraging the use of consistent good quality hardware was so that this mod series can have a great opportunity at being built accurately and as realistic and as immersive as possible. Kind of like if NASA or say Scuderia Ferrari, with all their resources would focus on a sim for us, with it of course being able to run on all various machines efficiently using their resources because of well written code.

Now, I’ve got to go get my 3 year old of the roof.

mjmueller:
Well, go watch the Mid-ohio race and watch them go over the right handed hump turn and just watch the cars slide, it’s a blast to watch. All you have to do is turn TC on & it solves your problem. If real teams didn’t have TC enabled they wouldn’t be able to drive either.
mj

The only place I have ever heard that all GT cars run with TC was in this mods readme. Curious where you got this info, perhaps the prototypes run with TC but really surprised GT1/2 do.

EDIT
Just read here that as of 2010 the FIA are banning traction control for GT1/2 which I guess means they must use it at the moment.
http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1436

I also used to think there’s something wrong in the way rF can calculate physics, but its the gMotor FFB that is the problem.

mj

Howie47:

Any Real drivers want to weight in on this issue?

As a racer, my experiences are limited to low powered FWD cars on street tires. Plenty of warning they’re about to let go, on a race track the steering wheel serves only to set a general turn direction (left/right), the rest is up to pedal work, no problem at all to corner with all 4 tires slipping, even with a driver such as me.
Race cars. Here, my experience is from working as a track marshal. In general, even on slicks cars can move a lot ‘on the rubber’, but it’s prefectly possible to suffer from a nasty snap-spin. There’s a big interview with Simbin on RSC (? can’t remember…) and they say they received feedback from racing drivers who said the GTR/GTR2 tire model (basically grip, grip, and suddenly no grip at all, and as effect slides that were pretty much impossible to correct) is not realistic, and they changed it to the progressive one as found in RACE.