05.02.2013 Release Notes

Dynamic Shadow Mapping

– Fixed a problem causing the new dynamic shadows to not render past the rear of the driver’s car in the mirrors, even when “high detail in mirrors” is enabled.

– Fixed a bug where selecting “low detail” cockpit mirrors with dynamic shadow mapping enabled on an SLI graphics card configuration would cause very bad frame rate.

Sound

– Fixed a bug where having over 40 cars that have the new engine sounds could overflow how many sounds the sim could allocate and crash the sim.

Sponsors

– Added Fanatec as a sponsor.

Chevrolet Impala Class B

– Updated richmond_fixed setup.

Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS

– Updated irwindale_basic, lanier_basic setups.

Chevrolet SS-Gen6

– Updated bristol_fixed, charlotte_fixed, darlington_fixed, lasvegas_fixed, sonoma_fixed, watkinsglen_fixed setups.

Dallara IndyCar

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

– Updated charlotte_night_fixed, homestead_road_fixed, homestead_oval_fixed, indy_oval_fixed, iowa_night_fixed, kentucky_night_fixed, lasvegas_fixed, milwaukee_fixed setups.

Ford Falcon V8 Supercar

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

– Updated baseline setup.

Ford Fusion-Gen6

– Updated bristol_fixed, charlotte_fixed, darlington_fixed, lasvegas_fixed, sonoma_fixed, watkinsglen_fixed setups.

Ford GT

– Stronger wheels to make the car less susceptible to wheel damage.

HPD ARX-01c

– Fixed a bug where the car’s shadow casting onto itself could flicker.

Kia Optima

– Can now reduce black box fuel add to 0.0.

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

Lotus 79

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

Mazda MX-5 Cup and Roadster

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

– Updated high_downforce setup.

Silver Crown

– Fixed a visual problem with the left-front suspension.

Sprint Car

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

– Cameras adjusted so rollbar and gyro cam aren’t looking at the back of the drivers head.

– Updated concord_advanced, iowa_advanced, irwindale_advanced, langley_advanced, lanier_advanced, martinsville_advanced, newsmyrna_advanced, nhms_advanced, nhms_basic, oxford_advanced, phoenix_advanced, richmond_advanced, richmond_basic setups.

Street Stock

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

– Updated lasvegas_legends_fixed setup.

Williams-Toyota FW31

– Updated to the new painting system to correctly show all license and car texture details properly.

Sonoma Raceway

– Fix infield tree problems.

Texas Motor Speedway

– Tunnel sign misspelled Nationwide Insurance.

USA International Speedway

– Updated sky to go along with the rest of the track’s recent texture upgrades.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

– Updated sky to go along with the rest of the track’s recent texture upgrades.

– Fixed tree shadows.

– Cutting into the pit exit lane from the main race track will now trigger a gained time penalty.