GTR2 Conversion and adjustments / fixes by Mojo66
Credits :
Original Track created by Team rF-Nordschleife for rFactor
Differences between Nordschleife v2.03c and v1.03 final :
this Version includes a Timing fix, to avoid driving a full lap before clock starts (unlike the version 1.03 final on which you have to drive a complete round over the Nordschleife before the time starts).
how it works :
Exit the garage, drive around the GP circuit, but after the last chicane, instead of turning left to the actual Nordschleife, follow the GP circuit back to the start/finish lane, where the clock should start running.
Track Infos from Wiki :
The Nürburgring is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer Nordschleife “North loop” track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. The north loop is 20.8 km (12.9 mi) long and has more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) of elevation change from its lowest to highest points. Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track “The Green Hell”.
Originally, the track featured four configurations: the 28.265 km (17.563 mi)-long Gesamtstrecke (“Whole Course”), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife (“North Loop”), and the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife (“South Loop”). There also was a 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop called Zielschleife (“Finish Loop”) or Betonschleife (“Concrete Loop”), around the pit area.
Several touring car series still compete on the Nordschleife, using either only the simple 20.8 km (12.9 mi) version with its separate small pit lane, or a combined 24.4 km (15.2 mi)-long track that uses a part of the original modern F1 track (without the Mercedes Arena section, which is often used for support pits) plus its huge pit facilities. Entry-level competition requires a regularity test (GLP) for street-legal cars. Two racing series (RCN/CHC and VLN) compete on 15 Saturdays each year, for several hours.
The annual highlight is the 24 Hours Nürburgring weekend, held usually in mid-May, featuring 220 cars – from small 100 hp (75 kW) cars to 700 hp (520 kW) Turbo Porsches or 500 hp (370 kW) factory race cars built by BMW, Opel, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz, over 700 drivers (amateurs and professionals), and up to 290,000 spectators.
more infos
Virtual Track Layouts :
this Version includes the following layouts :
– Nordschleife 24h
– Nordschleife 24h Fall
– Nordschleife 24h with fog
– Nordschleife Tourist Fall
– Nordschleife Tourist
– Nordschleife Tourist online
– Nordschleife Tourist with fog
– Nordschleife VLN
– Nordschleife VLN Fall
– Nordschleife VLN with fog
change-log :
Changes in version 2.03c :
– fixed cut track warning at Breidscheid bridge on all Tourist layouts
– fixed a strange bug that disabled FFB effects at Karussell and Schwalbenschwanz
Changes in version 2.03b:
– fixed cut track warning at Breidscheid bridge on all 24h layouts
– fixed pit exit car pile-up on tourist layouts
– fixed a syntax problem in all .gdb files that caused incorrect lighting
– added professional skybox by Nor
– added GTR2-style loading screens by Fiasco
Changes in version 2.03a:
– fixed a severe bug that caused most of the track to have too much rumble
– fixed racing line being too light in color on 24h layout
Changes in version 2.03:
– fixed lots of material names to be in sync with GTR2’s specialfx.tec :
* the proper sound is now played on contact with armcos, guardrails or cementwalls grip levels are now closer to their intended values, e.g. darker tarmac has higher grip than lighter coulored one (for more realism you have to buy rFactor) – proper FFB effects should now be present on bumpy road sections.
– merged in a few upcoming rF 2.1 improvements (by Nor) :
* improved color balance for non-fall layouts, fixed bug with kerbs at Adenauer Forst and Wippermann, replaced simple mountain scenery at Bergwerk with Tree walls and optimized forest at Nurburg hill.
– changed the look of the camp fires slightly
– removed 13 duplicate instances from the .trk files
– removed 134 illegal references to .tga
– removed 924 unused objects
– removed 986 duplicate identical textures from fallmap.gtr
– removed 468848 duplicate mesh points
Changes in version 2.02a:
– performance improvements for medium and low Track Detail settings
– fixed flickering horizon (skybox)
– fixed a few objects popping up in the distance
– fixed patchy racing line (AIW groove alpha)
– fixed incorrect shortcut warning at beginning of Dottinger Hohe (Online-Tourist layout only)
– fixed right hand side AI cars not starting correctly on 24h and VLN layouts
– added shortcut cones
– added road rumble to Karussel and Schwalbenschwanz
– lowered race time to allow for races < 40min
– lowered road grip level of all fall layouts by 10%
– moved region from central to north (less sunshine, more clouds)
– fixed incorrect lap records for 24h and VLN layouts
NOS Developing Team Credits :
Modelling and Track Design
• Alexander Hummler ( Com8 )
• Norbert Firlej ( Nor )
Additional Modelling
• Marcus “Mo” Jirak (VR)
Homepage and Forum Mastering
• Tobi
Camera Director
• Thorsten Rueter
AIW Team
• [KR]schofei
• KO-Karsten S
• Genghis 99
Coordination, technical advisory and ingame integration
• Genghis99
www.rF-nordschleife.de Betatester Team
• 4FunRacing
• 6e66o
• Ben
• Der Pa(t)e
• Hendrik Hemmler
• hendrixlebt
• Henki
• Jan2001
• Lumpi
• Mo
• Nardes
• NLWerner
• Nox
• RJ
• Simulationsfanatiker
• Tommykaira5500
• [FG]Pille
• Michael Orth
• Matthias Aman
GSMF Betatester Team
• Fonsecker (teamleader)
• GSMF|alien
• GSMF|checknix (admin)
• GSMF|rst
• GSMF|4helden
• GSMF|dirk
• GSMF|weischschon
• GSMF|hager tröger
• GSMF|spacekid
Kraut Racing Betatester Team
• KR|schofei
• KR|tomkey
• KR|ko-karsten
NLC Racing Betatester Team
• Rafael1976
• Mr.Ahab
• Olli
• Marty
• DTM-Racer
• pamali
• Misan
• Lopi
• Leholtet
• RMB Racetec
• Plankton
• Fraggon
• Davisfit
• Gorer
Europa Liga Betatester Team
• Raffaela Krammer (Admina and teamleader)
• Günter Heßbrüggen
• Thomas Fichtner
• Sven Pasztak
• Andreas Nüsken
• Frank Nüsken
• Frank Rasing
• Jürgen Janach
• Olaf Oberpichler
• Josef Müller
• Andreas Geissler
• Klaus “Ivo” Ludwig
• Franky Beuchel
• Christian Müller
• Ingo Gelfert
• Urban Dombert
• Matthias Jattiot
• Sascha Whohorny
• Uwe Schafft
• Patrick Ziller
• Georg Ortner
• Thorsten Kleyboldt
Loading screen artist
• RattenJäger
Special Thanks :
Image Space Corp, Live-Strip Racing Team, Marc Hennerici
Very Special Thanks : Team GSMF, Virtual Racing org, Kraut Racing, Europaliga
Special greetings to Stoneytone, Checotto, Superkoloss, Kavko, SLN, Monocosmos
Greets to all our friends and fans in the whole world. Keep racin’ green hell ….
Germany, August 2007
Team rf-NOS
Important Note :
before installing this version, make FIRST sure that you have NOT installed the “Nordschleife v1.0” as both versions use the same main folder “Nordschleife” wich will cause conflicts if you overwrite it. also make sure that you delete the corresponding .hat files.
Deinstall Instructions :
1. navigate to your “GTR2\GameData\Locations\…” directory and delete the folder “Nordschleife” (if exist)
2. navigate to your “GTR2\UserData\LOG\HAT\… directory and delete the following files (if exist) :
ns24h.hat
tourist.hat
vln.hat
(or simply delete all files in the HAT folder)
notes :
– all track layouts display as Version 2.03b. This is intended.
– this patch introduces a new way of dealing with the “delete .HAT files” problem.
Terms of Use :
– only for private, non-commercial use / entertainment
– use at your own risk
All copyrights belong to their respective owners.
The “Nordschleife” is the ‘king’……..or at the very least the ‘viscount’ of all circuits that I have downloaded. It is an ‘uber-monstrous’ country type circuit at about 18 miles in length! The graphics and textures throughout the entire track are of high quality. The surrounding German country side is very scenic. This is a very ‘hilly’ track full of elevation changes and innumerable turns. The chicanes and turns are generally high-speed but require much caution; you can’t put the ‘pedal to the metal’ very often. There are actually very few, if any ‘straight’ sections in this track, making it fairly challenging but fun to drive…