The steam version changes the way cars are saved. Before you would have 1 file for the car and 1 for the engine. Now (with steam) you have 2 for the body and 2 for the engine. Also there is no way to port the old saves to the current version (steam). So to make it cleat if you want to participate you need the steam version.
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The steam version changes the way cars are saved. Before you would have 1 file for the car and 1 for the engine. Now (with steam) you have 2 for the body and 2 for the engine. Also there is no way to port the old saves to the current version (steam). So to make it cleat if you want to participate you need the steam version.[/quote]
Not necessarily, Hellboy. This same update will come to the standard launcher, eventually. Once that happens, yes, Darkjedi, you’ll be able to take part, but I’m not sure if it’ll happen before the deadline.
hmm, thanks.
About the file renaming. The format is as follows “--.lua” but should i change only the player name or all fields?
Loving this challenge though, It’s so hard to find a good balance.
only change the player name so he knows where to put all of the files
Where are the automation save files now? I dont see them in the old folder.
Look in the “My Games” folder for Automation, there are 4 files you need to search for as well.
I also consider it to be bad sportsmanship, but… it’s not explicitly forbidden by the rules.
How can you guys set the tires wider than 115mm? I can’t make them wider than 115mm… 
Smaller rims? 
Yup. You’re going to have to use 10" diameter rims to fit 155mm wide tires. The older the car is, the taller the tire aspect ratio has to be. They didn’t have rubber band tires back in the 40’s.
Thanks for pointing it out, now i can really begin to finetune my car 
Granted with 10" diameter rims you have absolutely terrible brakes.
The brake diameters will make for interesting exploration of “sportiness” settings of the pad. More sportiness when the pad is undersized = better stopping distance, but also much more brake fade due to really low ventilation.
Good thing you mentioned this. What leo says is correct, and as I’ve mentioned in live chat: the safety option weights are calculated such that -15 quality is lighter than no safety at any quality (because no safety now doesn’t have any weight, which I thought was correct). I assumed that the ideal behaviour would be that any safety above no safety would increase the weight of the car, even if it was -15 quality.
I didn’t mention specifically what it was as I didn’t want to rock the boat, but then again that probably doesn’t make as much sense as actually patching the game to fix the behaviour if it’s considered aberrant. As for (repeated) allegations about my unsportsmanlike conduct, I hope my policy of open disclosure will allay your concerns. I’m not in this challenge to win it, I’m in it to help improve the game, so I consider running a build on the limits of the game where possible to be more helpful.
I hope that you, specifically Absurdist, will appreciate this for future reference.
I dont mind if you use an exploit in the game, we are here in early access to find these flaws and let people know about them so they get fixed. As Stop wrote in that epic post about launching your own race, if it isnt in the rules then you must assume it is allowed, if Der Bayer doesnt list a minimum safety number then this “exploit” is free to use for all.
To clarify: But as Der Bayer has said it’s not too late to refine the rules, I’m more than happy to get this ironed out before submitting! Because if it’s no longer possible to use the game in that manner (i.e. exploit the safety weight), then we’ll actually have a more properly level playing field. Unless you’re shooting for a wider range of entries, in which case… I’ll do whatever is more helpful.
You’re first comment suggested that you weren’t going to show what you found and that you intended to use it. So I think, it is fair for me to say that I don’t like that.
You are fantastic with this game and I admire that I just wish you didn’t use these things in the competitions.
I’d happily acknowledge that you’ve done far more for the game and community than I have.
Okay yeah I understand. That was a brain fart, my bad! It was, as I implied, me not wanting to specify what I thought were potential imbalances so soon after the steam release, but really, since there are other bugs that are being patched my concern was moot 
[size=85]Also, on reflection, that business with the BRC might warrant some explaining too, since nobody was privy to the specific roles within the team as they can’t read our PMs, but that’s probably all water under the bridge by now![/size]