As said before if you go into the CSP version cars car.ini file and change version 'extended -2' to '2' it loads into game with no discernible difference in feel at all as far as I can see.
Interestingly I found the VRC physics to be quite a decent reproduction. While I haven’t driven the Accord or Vectra in real life, I have raced both Mondeo and Primera Supertourers, and the VRC physics is about as good as I could have hoped for (with the Mondeo and the other two a level above the PM3DM Primera) - torque steer, the wacky corner weights of a transverse FWD that invariably puts more energy through one tyre, and the need to carefully manage the tyre warmup to get the most out of them over the whole race (rather than just one lap). If there was one aspect of the VRC cars (Mondeo in particular) I would love to see dialed up it’s the sound - the Mondeo lacks that kind of throaty sewing machine sound, and the straight-cut transmission whine that makes your ears bleed.
Do you know how motivation works? I would imagine that Patrik CAN finish those cars because he has the skills to do so, but it's pretty obvious from his posts that he doesn't have the time or motivation to finish them. It's a completely different thing.
Interesting to read. Must admit that I have done only a couple of laps in all six cars yesterday (Brands Indy), driving like I would drive any FWD car in AC and it is totally different. The car (with softs well into temp window) would slide as on a dusty track and throttle correction always made the fronts spin immediately and produce tons of smoke, obviously without actually helping the car keeping on track.
If a car has a fuel_cons.ini file in data folder, then it will always start (even in quick race) with the correct amount of fuel to finish the race. Because this file defines to the ai the amount of fuel, car burns on average per km. If the file does not exist, you can create iz yourself. Not at the rig now to give you the exact content of the file, but it's just two lines (you can copy a file from another car that has it, and change the value). You can go into car.ini and take the values there to then calculate the usage per km an write that info in the fuel_cons.ini. Or if you want a very accurate calculation, you go into a race, you can leave the ai to drive 3,4 laps and bring up fuel consumption widget to get the value of fuel used per lap and then calculate how much that is per km and write that into the said file.
I tested on several tracks (minimum 5). Cars from Kunos and mods: Mercedes C9, Porsche 962c, Mazda 787b, Lancia LC2, Jaguar XJR9, Nissan R89c, etc.
That's as easy as making each car not need a 'parent' via CSP.
I'm pretty sure the tyres reverted to the originals after some experimentation with different compounds, so (like the physics) remain pretty much as per the original car albeit with minor tweaks, ie like hot glue on sandpaper in a treacle factory. So, probably, grippier than supersofts. Not sure how to quantify it though.
You were suggesting that every single car and mod in AC now automatically has data files added if you click extended physics. I don't believe this is true. If one mod by VRC has it then fine, great, I'm not disputing that.
As easy as copy the KN5s over, unpack the ACD, edit the lods.ini, and then make the car independent, yes.
