difficulty level question

hi everybody!
a little question... is it possible to modify the difficulty levels?
because if a chose "professionist", it is too easy to overtake cars and win races.
but if I chose "ace", it's IMPOSSIBLE to win, because the other cars are too much faster.
thanks for your help

bye!

tbh if you're somewhere between pro and ace i'd suggest to drive the races on ace level and accept loosing your first races. you will get better every race till you're able to fight for wins. additionally you could do some setup to get faster.it's much more fun that way imo.

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used to be GPGSL's Nick Heidfeld

it's possible. see in circuits folder the magicdata.

well.... I know, I know but I think I'm quite expert in driving GP4, because I starded 3 years ago
If i drive GP4 with original 2001 mod, in ace level I can be always in the first positions and win some races.
But now I'm into 1995 mod, and even with Benetton (the fastest car of the game), i can't win any race in ace level... it's impossible to equal the performances of Williams or Ferrari.
So my question was: what can I do to bring the ace level and take it easier?

sorry for my english...

thanks

how can I use magicdata? sorry for my questions, but I'd like to improve my modding skills :P

you must download cmagic4. where? i don't know if i can put a link here. maybe you have cmagic4 in the folder Circuits. When you have cmagic4 extract magic datas from S1CTXX.DAT (also in the folder Circuits). and you have this text file (in red values for levels: grip and power. + more difficult). changes values and put magic data in S1CTXX.DAT.

[GP4 magic file]

9 ; frontwing player dry?
8 ; rearwing
29 ; 1st
34 ; 2nd
39 ; 3rd
45 ; 4th
51 ; 5th
56 ; 6th
14 ; fw player wet?
14 ; rw
27 ; 1st
32 ; 2nd
37 ; 3rd
42 ; 4th
48 ; 5th
54 ; 6th
9 ; fw ai dry?
8 ; rw
29 ; 1st
34 ; 2nd
39 ; 3rd
45 ; 4th
51 ; 5th
56 ; 6th
5788 ; brake balance dry
14 ; fw ai wet?
14 ; rw
27 ; 1st
32 ; 2nd
37 ; 3rd
42 ; 4th
48 ; 5th
54 ; 6th
5738 ; brake balance wet
55 ; hard tyre
54 ; soft tyre
100 ; >= 50 tyretype 1 else 0
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
16002 ; track +grip -grip
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
24 ; (+=-down force)moins related to next value below
970 ; ride height-distance sol-voiture
16975 ; air resistance?
10152 ; consomation fuel autres voitures
128 ; subtracted from diff between field_e2 of 2 cars and then compared to speed of first car
15053 ; tyre wear
64768 ; (ai grip)added to car.field_108. related to cc grip factor
572 ; ai grip finetune
484 ; ?? cc power factor ace
480 ; ?? cc grip factor ace
477 ; ?? cc power factor pro
477 ; ?? cc grip factor pro
470 ; ?? cc power factor semi-pro
471 ; ?? cc grip factor semi-pro
461 ; ?? cc power factor amateur
464 ; ?? cc grip factor amateur
449 ; ?? cc power factor rookie
457 ; ?? cc grip factor rookie
512 ; ?? cc random perf range min
2048 ; ?? cc random perf range max
220 ; (ai errors) some chance. same chance multiplied with race perc.
64 ; (spin recovery-recuperacion trompo)segment count, range 1 to 256
2 ; sectors to pit in begin
19 ; sectors to pit in end
20480 ; pre pit speed limit
17015 ; fuel consumption player
17015 ; fuel consumption ai
3343 ; cc shuffler???
128 ; a segment nr before which flag 0x80 in car.flags_ce is not cleared
86890 ; timing factor? (dw)
0 ; timing factor finetune? (dw)
15400 ; helps decide if a tyre set needs changing? (dw)
21000 ; same as above (dw)
13 ; rain chance
6 ; segment nr (start of some range)
6 ; segment nr (end of some range)
256 ; another perf factor
20000 ; unk (dw)
136 ; unk (dw)
10000 ; black flag penalty
2048 ; blck flag
240 ; unk (dw)
115 ; new (dw)
110 ; new (dw)
13 ; new (dw)
0 ; new (dw)
1814 ; new (dw)
896 ; new (dw)
0 ; new (dw)
0 ; new (dw)
0 ; new (dw)
16384 ; unk (dw) (always 16384?)
16384 ; unk (dw) (always 16384?)
16384 ; unk (dw) (always 16384?)
16384 ; unk (dw) (always 16384?)
16384 ; unk (dw) (always 16384?)
16384 ; unk (dw) (always 16384?)
100 ; pitstop group 1 %
8 ; stop 1
2 ; pit window 1
0 ;
0 ;
0 ;
0 ;
0 ;
0 ; pitstop group 2 %
0 ; stop 1
0 ; pit window 1
0 ; stop 2
0 ; pit window 2
0 ;
0 ;
0 ;
0 ;
0 ; pitstop group 3 %
0 ; pit window 1
0 ; stop 2
0 ; pit window 2
0 ; stop 3
0 ; pit window 3
0 ;
1588 ; failure chance : suspension
0 ; failure chance : loosewheel
0 ; failure chance : puncture
2700 ; failure chance : engine
10 ; failure chance : transmission
2444 ; failure chance : oilleak/waterleak
0 ; failure chance : throttle/brake
14 ; failure chance : electrics
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
16384 ; unused
25968 ; bump factor
15 ; bump shift

[bumptable]

41,1
73,1
274,1
293,1
329,1
361,1
864,1
880,1

Zolf Wrote:
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> how can I use magicdata? sorry for my questions,
> but I'd like to improve my modding skills :P

Editing magic datas affects ALL cars' performance, so you won't be any faster.

To make your car faster, just do what n00binio already said: Edit your own setups for your car.
It's the only way.
Also will make you understand GP4 in a higher degree and enjoy it even more.
You may well improve your modding skills by starting with your own car !!!

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some of my GP4 works ...

4/1/2007 1995 Mod
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Title : 1995 F1 Championship Mod
Version : 1.0
Author : Fongu, Tony ... the 1995 Mod Team
ON the net : [www.grandprixx.com]

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* OVERVIEW *
=======================================================================

CTDP released a 1995 mod in the early GP4 days, and Fongu started
updating it a few years ago.
The final version is now almost ready, and every aspect of the mod has
changed greatly so its much more than just an update to the CTDP mod.

Some of the main features of the mod:
- all 13 teams
- all 35 drivers
- track specific car changes - over 70 in all
- track specific liveries - over 80 in all
- over 100 car variations in all!
- NT and other special or one off helmets
- track specific pit crews - almost 30 in total + marshalls
- different physics for each team - the better teams can be harder to
drive, so be careful!
- post season subset resembling the 1996 line ups
- team specific pit props
- track specific performance data
- full use of CSM's latest features

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I don’t know about you guys. I would be very proud given the opportunity to drive a Minardi.
Fongu and friends probably spent a huge amount of time on the physics.

I realize Zolf that English is not your first language however I thought I should point this out.

Use Gp4 Editor, open the performance file and increase AI car performance as needed.

KJ

Zolf Wrote:
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> hi everybody!
> a little question... is it possible to modify the
> difficulty levels?
> because if a chose "professionist", it is too easy
> to overtake cars and win races.
> but if I chose "ace", it's IMPOSSIBLE to win,
> because the other cars are too much faster.
> thanks for your help
>
> bye!

I’ve been meaning to try the 1995 mod for a while now thank you for prompting to do so, it was a lot of fun.

And the simple answer to your question:

Go to CSM run through the mod configurables - Launch TSM –Manage tracks click on the track you want example monza go to Magic Data at the top and at the bottom of the screen go to Ace grip factor, change it to 482 or less to achieve the same as Pro level.

Just by the way I was able to stay with the Benetton at ace level driving a Mclaren the Benetton was a little quicker down the straight.
I hope this helps.

thanks a lot very helpful