2025 iRacing 24 Hours of Daytona

[Kenadian]

Prolly missed it but do I have to paint something?

 

[Nejtun]

The BMW GTP please Ken, if you don't have it , i will message you a replay file at VIR tomorrow.

 

[Kenadian]

The BMW GTP please Ken, if you don't have it , i will message you a replay file at VIR tomorrow.

I'm guessing you're referring BMW M Hybrid V8?

If so, I don't believe replay files are required anymore? I simply updated the car and can paint it without ever owning it.

I think all I need is for someone to download and attach the paint file here. I can skin it and view it in the vehicle info panel for content I've yet to purchase.

I performed a test and added a Trading Paints Livery to this car (even though I don't own it), and it appears in the aforementioned iRacing window.

 

[Nejtun]

That's the one Ken, here is the template. I didn't know you could do it without loading the sim at all!

Edit: added the replay just in case!

 

[Nejtun]

@Noodleguitar I am getting 27 laps including the out-lap with half a litre to spare.
42 seconds (stationary) to get fuel and tyres
20 seconds just tyres, 10 fronts , 10 backs.
3.25 litres per lap for me.
34 seconds travel time cone to cone if you stop for a service
~31 seconds cone to cone for a drive through.

 

[Noodleguitar]

@Noodleguitar I am getting 27 laps including the out-lap with half a litre to spare.
42 seconds (stationary) to get fuel and tyres
20 seconds just tyres, 10 fronts , 10 backs.
3.25 litres per lap for me.
34 seconds travel time cone to cone if you stop for a service
~31 seconds cone to cone for a drive through.

Nice, thanks for measuring this!

 

[Kenadian]

That's the one Ken, here is the template. I didn't know you could do it without loading the sim at all!

Edit: added the replay just in case!

Honestly, neither did I until I checked last night.

Thanks @Nejtun, much appreciated!

 

[Kenadian]

Alright everyone, I'm starting to wrap my head around Affinity, and the livery is well underway.

Having said that, there is no way I'll have the livery fully complete by raceday as I'm making design changes carrying forward into 2025. I'm not even sure what the final design is, I just want vehicles to look more aggressive from the front and more interesting from the side.

So, I'll attach .tga and .mip no later than 10 Friday for your review.

If possible, I'd like feedback on big items so I have time to fix them prior to the 24hr.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

 

[Noodleguitar]

Alright everyone, I'm starting to wrap my head around Affinity, and the livery is well underway.

Having said that, there is no way I'll have the livery fully complete by raceday as I'm making design changes carrying forward into 2025. I'm not even sure what the final design is, I just want vehicles to look more aggressive from the front and more interesting from the side.

So, I'll attach .tga and .mip no later than 10 Friday for your review.

If possible, I'd like feedback on big items so I have time to fix them prior to the 24hr.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

That program looks pretty fancy at a glance, it even has a car livery at the top of the front page.

Our car liveries will be e-sports ready, now only to get our driver skill there

 

[Skid_Marc_]

Updated OP with "Availability"

 

[Kenadian]

Work in progress:

 

[Skid_Marc_]

Loving it!!

 

[Noodleguitar]

Needs more QR codes! Kidding, it looks really good @Kenadian .

Something to note about the 3D model renderer though. The colors can look quite a bit different in the sim, with an actual Sun and shadows compared to the 3D model viewer with a fully white plane and no environment.

 

[Nejtun]

Looking good Ken! not seeing the flames down the side, no flames? just down the side?

 

[Kenadian]

Thanks for the kind words all, much appreciated!

@Kenadian .

Something to note about the 3D model renderer though. The colors can look quite a bit different in the sim, with an actual Sun and shadows compared to the 3D model viewer with a fully white plane and no environment.

Yeah, I'm aware of that as I learned when attempting red chrome in developing the 2023/24 scheme.

The more metallic/chrome the paint, the more affected it is in sim.

For this color scheme I've no chrome outside of the B2O Logo (which will be adjusted soon).

The remaining colors are metallic. They will be affected but won't know how drastically until I see the car in sim; hopefully the impact isn't too extreme.

 

[Kenadian]

Seems to hold color pretty well outside, at least, in the sun.

I'll check other weather states later today.

 

[Noodleguitar]

The weather forecast is available:

The session start is 13:00 in-sim. Assuming we are doing the 12:00 GMT timeslot, that means that we have to account for the track possibly being wet to some degree from 17:00 GMT onwards.

 

[Skid_Marc_]

NGL, after experiencing 2 hours of 90% chance of rain... I'm feeling a bit more optimistic about 27%. That 16%, at night with no sun, might be more intimidating.

 

[Deb]

Seems to hold color pretty well outside, at least, in the sun.

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I'll check other weather states later today.

Looks amazing!!!!!

 

[Nejtun]

Looks amazing!!!!!

you wait until you see it under the Daytona lights Deb, we only have the first version and it really stood out, Fantastic!