GPxPatch 4.52 [Released]
Posted by SDI
xD 
@ParisHL
I did some test to find out how good game is at simulating the driving ability vs the engine power matter, and it handles this so incredibly good. For testing purposes I've run a qualify session (default game rules) at the Monaco (original 2001 with CC-line by Atticus) and Monza early 1970's (no chicanes, by Atticus as well) with the following perf file:
In short - all the top three drivers (Ferrari, Mclaren, Williams) are having the same worst (for this perf file) driving ability (15600) but the best bhp values (850), while worst (Arrows, Prost, Minardi) have the opposite values (16200) drivers grip value and 790 bhp. And here are the results:
Monaco (left).....and.....Monza (right):
It's just amazing how good this game at simulating little things like this. Frentzen got so high at Monza cos he's got lucky to ride behind the Barrichello's car throughout the circuit on his flying lap and even was able to pass him at the enter of parabolica (only to be re-passed by brasilian before the start/finish line, I believe), despite the huge lack of bhp. This is exactly how the famous 5-cars finish of 1971 happened with the cars being packed up at the drag race with the equal chances to win basically. This is really amazing, tbh. I honestly forgot how excellent this game is
Though you have to watch the qualy session at the real time or use the "accelerated time" option. The game uses it's own calculations during theaccelerated time/skipping the session, and the track configuration doesnt affect it anyhow, so the accelerated/skipped results will be all the same for different track layouts 
edit - the accelerated results are fine. Thanks to SDI for correcting me on that
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For a list of EVERY download for GP4, look here:[docs.google.com]
Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2019 08:00PM by Soutsen.
@ParisHL
I did some test to find out how good game is at simulating the driving ability vs the engine power matter, and it handles this so incredibly good. For testing purposes I've run a qualify session (default game rules) at the Monaco (original 2001 with CC-line by Atticus) and Monza early 1970's (no chicanes, by Atticus as well) with the following perf file:
In short - all the top three drivers (Ferrari, Mclaren, Williams) are having the same worst (for this perf file) driving ability (15600) but the best bhp values (850), while worst (Arrows, Prost, Minardi) have the opposite values (16200) drivers grip value and 790 bhp. And here are the results:
Monaco (left).....and.....Monza (right):
It's just amazing how good this game at simulating little things like this. Frentzen got so high at Monza cos he's got lucky to ride behind the Barrichello's car throughout the circuit on his flying lap and even was able to pass him at the enter of parabolica (only to be re-passed by brasilian before the start/finish line, I believe), despite the huge lack of bhp. This is exactly how the famous 5-cars finish of 1971 happened with the cars being packed up at the drag race with the equal chances to win basically. This is really amazing, tbh. I honestly forgot how excellent this game is
Though you have to watch the qualy session at the real time or use the "accelerated time" option. The game uses it's own calculations during the
edit - the accelerated results are fine. Thanks to SDI for correcting me on that
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For a list of EVERY download for GP4, look here:[docs.google.com]
Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2019 08:00PM by Soutsen.
You are right, SDI. The time accelerating during a session leads to the plausible result, which is fairly amazing. And now I love this game even more, lol
Also, while you are here, could you explain what makes the driver to be consistent on the track? How to make the drivers to be less consistent without adding the high error chance value?
I thought higher "variance" would lead driver to produce less consistency, but as it can be noted here:
[www.grandprixgames.org]
There is an inverse correlation, with the difference between the worst (highlighted blue on the screen in that post) and best (highlighted red) lap is respectively:
747 670 680 572
Also, what happens if the default 63,64 lines of the MD (valued 512 and 2048) called "AI random perf range Min/Max" would be changed? Could it produce more inconsistency to the drivers pace?
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For a list of EVERY download for GP4, look here:[docs.google.com]
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2019 07:50PM by Soutsen.
Also, while you are here, could you explain what makes the driver to be consistent on the track? How to make the drivers to be less consistent without adding the high error chance value?
I thought higher "variance" would lead driver to produce less consistency, but as it can be noted here:
[www.grandprixgames.org]
There is an inverse correlation, with the difference between the worst (highlighted blue on the screen in that post) and best (highlighted red) lap is respectively:
747 670 680 572
Also, what happens if the default 63,64 lines of the MD (valued 512 and 2048) called "AI random perf range Min/Max" would be changed? Could it produce more inconsistency to the drivers pace?
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For a list of EVERY download for GP4, look here:[docs.google.com]
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2019 07:50PM by Soutsen.
Yes, I have those selected, and it uses a laps.log file, which gives a complicated info:
Btw - what is this about?
Had no luck finding info about this feature at the GPxPatch ChangeLog.
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For a list of EVERY download for GP4, look here:[docs.google.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2019 01:28PM by Soutsen.
GameStart,20190903203934,8 TrackLoad,20190903203950,11,162ef9e1,"" SessionStart,20190903204013,Race,76,4209 Standings,20190903204013,0,0h00m00.000s,3,2,12,6,1,11,17,4,16,9,7,5,10,8,19,15,23,22,20,18,14,21 Entry,C,3,"mika hakkinen","mclaren","mercedes",2,18,20,57.500,24,30,36,41,47,53 Lap,20190903204036,0,C,3,1,1,-:--.---,-:--.---,-:--.---,0h00m01.184s,0.00,39.11,0.00,0.00,39.11,43.95,100.20,SD Entry,C,2,"rubens barrichello","ferrari","ferrari",0,18,20,57.500,24,30,36,41,47,53 Lap,20190903204036,0,C,2,2,2,-:--.---,-:--.---,-:--.---,0h00m01.709s,0.00,62.34,0.00,0.00,62.34,42.94,100.08,SD Entry,C,12,"jarno trulli","jordan","honda",0,18,20,57.500,24,30,36,41,47,53 Lap,20190903204037,0,C,12,3,3,-:--.---,-:--.---,-:--.---,0h00m01.986s,0.00,77.16,0.00,0.00,77.16,43.94,100.66,SD Entry,C,6,"juan-pablo montoya","williams","bmw",0,18,19,57.500,24,30,36,41,47,53 Lap,20190903204037,0,C,6,4,4,-:--.---,-:--.---,-:--.---,0h00m02.275s,0.00,90.17,0.00,0.00,90.17,45.94,100.52,SD Entry,C,1,"michael schumacher","ferrari","ferrari",0,18,19,57.500,24,30,36,41,47,53 Lap,20190903204037,0,C,1,5,5,-:--.---,-:--.---,-:--.---,0h00m02.477s,0.00,102.05,0.00,0.00,102.05,46.94,100.25,SD etcThese values are too much for me (though I'd like to see them explained - I'm sure there should be some post/topic about that on these forums somewhere - so point me in), and at first look I couldnt even realize what about are all these numbers after the engine name. Maybe these are some values taken from MD file, but I'm not sure about it. Anyway, what I need can be seen here. This is a different log, placed in the same folder and it is named gpxlap.log
Btw - what is this about?
Had no luck finding info about this feature at the GPxPatch ChangeLog.
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For a list of EVERY download for GP4, look here:[docs.google.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2019 01:28PM by Soutsen.
Hello, 
im having a lot of fun with your program. The new updates are the reason why i started playing and editing the game again. I am having some difficulties understanding how i can add Bpmax and min to my performance sheet. Could you help me? Also i didnt understand how to make the cars go back to the track quicker. Thanks a lot for the attention and for the great work.
im having a lot of fun with your program. The new updates are the reason why i started playing and editing the game again. I am having some difficulties understanding how i can add Bpmax and min to my performance sheet. Could you help me? Also i didnt understand how to make the cars go back to the track quicker. Thanks a lot for the attention and for the great work.Hi All
Any idea how to make display this ?
Is it from gpxpatch ?
Thanks
Any idea how to make display this ?
Is it from gpxpatch ?
Thanks
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