09-19-2024, 03:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2024, 03:53 PM by checkpoint10.)
As I mentioned in the St. Pete thread, I wanted to turn my attention back to the modern era in light of IndyCar's admission that there are no new IndyCar games under development. I realize some of you are not fans of the new IndyCar. Personally, I don't like some aspects of the current IndyCar series, but I think it would be super cool and get some attention to ICR2 if we can collectively come up with a complete 2024 or 2025 mod for the game (i.e. tracks, cars, anything else possible).
This is the state of the current (2025) IndyCar tracks for ICR2:
Tracks that are already available for ICR2 - perhaps graphical updates may be done
3. Long Beach - current layout is available
6. IMS - available
8. Gateway - available (daytime only?)
9. Road America - available
10. Mid-Ohio - available
13. Toronto - available
14. Laguna Seca - available
15. Portland - available
16. Milwaukee - available
17. Nashville oval - available as night version
Tracks that need more attention
1. St. Pete - we have Wolf_pd's version, could be updated with new SG and graphics
4. Barber - only version exists without objects or AI
7. Detroit (new downtown) - only alpha version available with incomplete graphics and AI
Tracks that need to be built from scratch
2. Thermal Club - no ICR2 version
5. IMS road course - no ICR2 version
11-12. Iowa - no ICR2 version
Cars
We have Noorok's carshape which has liveries up to 2020. Will need to update it to 2024 (or newer) liveries.
However this carshape is incompatible with ICR2 Rendition so there could be a separate project to adapt it to work on Rendition.
Rendition compatibility
Ensuring all the tracks/cars are compatible with Rendition ICR2 is potentially a huge project. We should discuss as a community if it is worth spending the effort to make tracks and cars work in Rendition, or if that same time and effort should be used to actually create new tracks and cars.
Other possible mods
Update menu screens
Update sounds
Update cockpit perhaps using my analog dashboard tool to make the Cosworth steering wheel instead
We can use this thread to volunteer to help with anything above, and to post progress and questions about these.
This is the state of the current (2025) IndyCar tracks for ICR2:
Tracks that are already available for ICR2 - perhaps graphical updates may be done
3. Long Beach - current layout is available
6. IMS - available
8. Gateway - available (daytime only?)
9. Road America - available
10. Mid-Ohio - available
13. Toronto - available
14. Laguna Seca - available
15. Portland - available
16. Milwaukee - available
17. Nashville oval - available as night version
Tracks that need more attention
1. St. Pete - we have Wolf_pd's version, could be updated with new SG and graphics
4. Barber - only version exists without objects or AI
7. Detroit (new downtown) - only alpha version available with incomplete graphics and AI
Tracks that need to be built from scratch
2. Thermal Club - no ICR2 version
5. IMS road course - no ICR2 version
11-12. Iowa - no ICR2 version
Cars
We have Noorok's carshape which has liveries up to 2020. Will need to update it to 2024 (or newer) liveries.
However this carshape is incompatible with ICR2 Rendition so there could be a separate project to adapt it to work on Rendition.
Rendition compatibility
Ensuring all the tracks/cars are compatible with Rendition ICR2 is potentially a huge project. We should discuss as a community if it is worth spending the effort to make tracks and cars work in Rendition, or if that same time and effort should be used to actually create new tracks and cars.
Other possible mods
Update menu screens
Update sounds
Update cockpit perhaps using my analog dashboard tool to make the Cosworth steering wheel instead
We can use this thread to volunteer to help with anything above, and to post progress and questions about these.