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[Bigfoot]

Since getting this game about 2 weeks ago, I THINK? I have all the tracks & Mods I could find, maybe not. But I'm wondering, is there any closed cockpit mods for GPL? Like the old BMW's or Porsches's? Seems all I found are all open cockpit mods. Their great, but love the closed better. Just wondering. I'm surprised how popular this game still is over the 20 years, that more mods weren't made for this great game. Thanks !!!!!!!!!

[db312]

There is a Mod with closed cockpits, have a look here

http://www.sportscarlegends.net/

This page could perhaps be interesting for you

http://www.gpllinks.org/index_html

And you have a message

Edited by db312, Jan 18 2018 - 10:06 PM.

[Bigfoot]

Thanks for the links. I'll check this out.

[db312]

You're welcome

And don't forget to click on the little mail box at the top right of the screen.

[Stefan Roess]

Here you can see all released GPL mods (= with new physics) up to date:
GPL Easy Installation Guide
http://www.gplworld....tion-guide.html



GPL 1955 mod
http://55f1.gplworld.de/




GPL 1965 Mod

GPL 1965 Mod Installer 2.0.2

and

GPLPS Track Installer for F1 1965 season

http://gplps.wordpre...-gpl-installer/




GPL 1966 Mod
http://srmz.net/inde...ads&showfile=39


66 Patch: http://gpltd.bcsims.com/?ir=Mods




GPL 1967 Extra Mod/ Historical Mod

http://srmz.net/inde...showtopic=11180




GPL 1969 Mod
http://srmz.net/inde...ads&showfile=40


69 Patch: http://gpltd.bcsims.com/?ir=Mods




GPL 1969 Extra Mod
http://srmz.net/inde...?showtopic=6918




GPL 1966 Can-Am Mod

http://canam66.gplworld.de/




GPL 1971 Can-Am Mod

http://canam71.gplworld.de/


CA71 Patch: http://canam71.gplworld.de/





GPL F2 Mod (1967 Formula 2)

http://www.f2legends.net/





GPL GT Mod (1967 Sportscars)

http://www.sportscarlegends.net/





GPL Stratos Mod (RX)
http://srmz.net/inde...topic=5624&st=0


Click here for the
Installation Guide GPL Stratos Mod (RX)
http://srmz.net/inde...135#entry110139





GPL ThunderCars Mod (TC)
http://srmz.net/inde...ads&showfile=41






GPL Night Mod (N65/ N67)
http://srmz.net/sub/ftommi/index.html



Note: Check that the installer points to the right path, like
X:\...\SIERRA\gpl
and not

X:\...\SIERRA\gpl\gpl

Edited by Stefan Roess, Jan 22 2018 - 08:31 AM.

[Art-J]

Bigfoot, on Jan 18 2018 - 10:00 PM, said:

Just wondering. I'm surprised how popular this game still is over the 20 years, that more mods weren't made for this great game.

Unlike most of post 2005 simulators, GPL was typical, mostly closed architecture game from 1990s, not designed for any modding (apart from adding tracks and editing simple stuff like textures). There also wasn't any open SDK ever built for it and no source code was legally/illegally released.

All you can see here is the result of dedicated (and desperate ) community cracking / reverse-engineering the hardcoded game as much as was possible and making their own development tools from scratch. Needless to say the fact that any mods were made at all has been a major accomplishment in itself, but there will never be as many as in post-rFactor era, open architecture type games.

[Pete Gaimari]

Are you sure you have all the tracks? There's over 500.

GPL is all about vintage GP cars. So, that's where the focus has been.

[twinpotter]

Could we ever have any cracking and reverse engineering to replicate this 🤔

https://youtu.be/n_SLOiYLe9I

TP

Edited by twinpotter, Jan 19 2018 - 03:25 PM.

[Bigfoot]

Pete Gaimari, on Jan 19 2018 - 02:16 PM, said:

Are you sure you have all the tracks? There's over 500.

GPL is all about vintage GP cars. So, that's where the focus has been.

Well, guess I don't have all the tracks, lol. I have maybe 30? Some links I did find for tracks are dead. Running out of sites to google.

[JonnyA]

For tracks, this is the link you need:

http://gpltd.bcsims.com/?menu=Advanced

[John Woods]

Dead links while annoying and inconvenient stand as markers for what was there.
Sometimes all you get is an offer to sell a domain name.
Other times only part of a site or page remains.
Sometimes it all shows up on web crawler archives.
Then there is a small universe of sites and support that has sustained and continues to maintain Grand Prix Legends history.
Like here. (Happy to be a supporter).

If investigation of a dead link yields something relevant please post news of the find.
If you are looking for something, please post a note about it.

Edited by John Woods, Jan 19 2018 - 05:00 PM.

[Michkov]

I havn't yet seen a track installer that is completely lost*. There is a thread for each track just ask in there and someone will be around to help.

Apart from Goodwood HC but that's another story

[webfoot]

I would echo the above.  Dead links does not necessarily mean it's lost.  Post a request here at SRMZ and there is a good chance somebody will have a copy of any missing stuff.  (for example I have over 35Gb of GPL related downloads in my archive).

Oh yes, Goodwood HC - the one that got away.... saw it on the weekend, but didn't get a chance to drive it.

[ginetto]

Bigfoot, on Jan 19 2018 - 04:09 PM, said:

... Some links I did find for tracks are dead. Running out of sites to google.

If you are looking for GPL tracks, as already mentioned, the only place you need to check is the Track Database http://gpltd.bcsims.com/ . You can also rate the tracks after you try them.
Plus ,it also has a section with all the links for the MODs

[vitamin]

I have a question about mods for GPL - how do you manage them? I installed only 4 and already managed to break my game. And now I'm thinking to make separate installs for all mods. Is it a preferable way to deal with all the mods and tracks versions?

[Stefan Roess]

vitamin, on Jan 22 2018 - 08:06 AM, said:

I have a question about mods for GPL - how do you manage them? I installed only 4 and already managed to break my game. And now I'm thinking to make separate installs for all mods. Is it a preferable way to deal with all the mods and tracks versions?

Have you tried this GPL Easy Installation Guide?
http://www.gplworld....tion-guide.html

I have all mods installed in one GPL installation and never broke anything.
But some prefer seperate installtions for each mod.

Edited by Stefan Roess, Jan 22 2018 - 08:31 AM.

[vitamin]

Yes, I followed the guide and everything worked fine until I started to apply some patches in GEM+. And now I don't know how to revert them back to the original state. Point #2.4 in the Easy Installation Guide is not very clear for me.

Quote

In case you need a new patched mod .exe (gplc**.exe), just delete your mod .exe (gplc**.exe) in your “gpl” folder and let GEM+ create a new one by closing GEM+.

How does this work actually? BTW, I have 3 different *.exe files for 65 mod (gpl65d, gpl65g, and gplc65) - which one should I delete?

[Pete Gaimari]

You said you applied patches in GEM. I suspect that's your problem. Tell us what patches and exactly how you installed them?

Edited by Pete Gaimari, Jan 22 2018 - 11:19 AM.

[vitamin]

Well, I'm having some troubles with 2 patches: 'AI Speed Control' and 'Pressure Bug Fix'. But I would rather not talk in detail about it here (not right sub-forum for that I guess). I just would like to know how to properly apply patches in GEM+ and also how to revert the back.


EDIT:
To be more precise: The question is - do I need to delete some mod's *.exe files everytime I applied a patch?

Edited by vitamin, Jan 22 2018 - 12:32 PM.

[Lee200]

Vitamin, see here:

http://gplmotorworks...dd-Patches.html

Pay attention to the last sentence.