Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 v5.9

Ferrari unveiled their new GTE class racer in 2011 to take part in Championships sanctioned by ACO and FIA. The 458 Italia GT2 drops the “flex splitter” found in the road cars and replaced with a more conventional inlet, with the air exit out through louvers in the bonnet. Under new restrictor regulations, the 4.5L engine produces 464 hp (346 kW; 470 PS), which is less than the road car and the 458 Challenge. Unlike the road car, which has a high-revving low-torque engine, the GT2 version only revs to 6,250 rpm, but maintains a close-to-stock torque number even with the horsepower loss. The double-clutch gearbox had to be replaced, but paddle-shifting is retained since rules in 2011 allow them.

So far the 458 Italia GT2 has had an impressive racing record. The car won the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring and two editions of the Petit Le Mans, the first in 2011 and the second in 2012.

In 2011 the 458 Italia GT2 took the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup GTE Manufacturers’ and the GTE PRO Team Titles, the Le Mans Series GTE Manufacturers’ and GTE PRO Team and Drivers’ honours and the International GT Open Overall and Super GT Team and Drivers’ crowns. The following year, with the creation of an FIA-managed World Championship, the car obtained the GTE Manufacturers’ and GTE PRO Team Titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In the same year the Italian car gained the European Le Mans Series GTE PRO Team and Drivers’ honours and the International GT Open Overall and Super GT Manufacturers’, Team and Drivers’ crowns. In 2013 the car repeated its successes, winning the FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Manufacturers’, GTE PRO Team, GTE Drivers’ and GTE AM Team Titles, the European Le Mans Series GTE Team and Drivers’ honours, the Asian Le Mans Series GTE Team and Drivers’ crowns and the International GT Open Overall and Super GT Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ Titles. In 2014 the 458 Italia GT2 achieved, for the third straight year, the FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Manufacturers’ and GTE PRO Team honours, as well as, for the second time in a row, the GTE Drivers’ crown (which had been instituted in 2013). For the fourth time the car also clinched the European Le Mans Series GTE Team and Drivers’ Titles, but it didn’t take part in the International GT Open and Asian Le Mans Series Championships (the 458 Italia GT3 raced in both these series that year).

In 2015 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 cars competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series and Tudor United SportsCar Championship.

The car was replaced for 2016 by the Ferrari 488 GTE.

Version 5.9 (December 2017) :

i have added / converted a better internal high poly cockpit from AC.

specific updates on internal cockpit :

– converted cockpit parts and made all adjustments for GTR2
– cutted unneeded, not visible parts for better performance / fps
– separeted rollcage from cabin for better texturing
– renamed all materials and textures
– remapped some parts and reworked / created partly new textures
– reworked all texture settings
– added new safety nets
– created new chassis
– added basic MoTeC created by Scorpyo
– created new rpm and warning LEDs
– improved flickering lines on MoTeC
– added rainscreen

other updates :

– added 2016 teams and physics by GT Italia Modding Team
– corrected rims positions (closed gaps between tires and rims)
– reworked texture settings for all rims
– created / reworked partly rim textures
– corrected distorted ferrari logo for team Extreme Speed Motorsports
– added new gloves to internal arms textures (gloves created by BariCZ)
– created Talent file
– reworked CAS file
– reworked all CAR files
– reworked backfire
– added better ambient shadow texture (from GTR2 HQ Mods Collection created by GTR233)
– and some more i can’t remember…

Version 5.6 (September 2017) :

– reworked cockpit parts (3D updates like closing gaps, textures settings etc.)
– created new cockpit chassis and added new mirrors for style 1
– reworked cockpit windows
– added rainscreen
– added new collision and shadow file
– added default tread textures for tires (slick, intermediate and rain)
– reworked CAS file
– added new damage file
– reworked .car files
– added new sounds and adjusted .aud file

i recommend always to DELETE FIRST any previous versions of this car / mod to prevent crashes / mismatches !

for that, navigate into your “GTR2\GameData\Teams\GRID_GT\…” directory and delete the complete folder “Ferrari 458 GT2 Teams” – done.

to install, extract with WinRAR or else and drop the GameData folder into your GTR2 main-directory – allow to overwrite existing one with “YES ALL” – done.

no original GTR2 files will be overwritten.