@PepperoniAC24 good tips, but not everybody knows how to do all this...I don't...
In ac/content/cars/name_of_the_car/skins/name_of_the_skin, you got all the files related to one skin for the car you want to change.
In the skin's folder of the car, there is some *.dds files, use a software that open dds files, like photoshop with nvidia applet or something like xnview, a free software.
Then change resolution of the file you want to change: driver_suit, gloves, car_skin etc
How to do that, open the dds file, then picture/resize
You got something like width 4096, height 4096
You put other values like 2048, 2048
Then you save, you now got a file with half the size in resolution and 5 times less in Mo!
Stantard resolution are like this:
...
128x128
256x256
512x512
1024x1024
2048x2048
4096x4096
8192x8192
...
For exterior of the car, good compromise: 2048x2048, i will never go under 1024x1024 for the exterior of the car, or i think you loose too much details and under 1024x1024 on a 32 inchs, you will see it.
But if like me, you don't use the pilot, don't see your hands and only see gloves and driver's suit for your opponents,
512x512 for the suit and 256x256 for gloves it's really ok, i got files of 25Ko instead of 44Mo in certain case!
And visually, i do not notice anything at all!
It's an easy change to do, it could take some time if you got a lot of cars to change, but i think it worth it, for me it's a game changer, i do not lie when i said that i could race with 28 cars instead of 9 (how much for those who can already run race with 20 or 30 cars?) ! On track in max setting instead of high and for no price at all in term of visual appareance.
Also, do it case by case, for example, in my case, in some car's class, i use always the same car with the same skin, so for this car, for the interior for example, i will put a better resolution, because the cockpit and all its details are important for me, but for all the other car, i don't care of their cockpit, i do not see their odometer when i overtake them or follow them, so a smaller resolution for them, sometime something really, really small, who care of something he will never see at all?
Hope it could help you, if you got questions do not hesitate
