2016 Modder Appreciation Thread.

Hi folks , we all love and thank kunos for their amazing work with assetto but i feel the modders have played a big part in assettos success and i would like too thank all of the modders but i will do a short write up the mods i love in no order of favouritism just what comes to memory first.
Tracks .
Paul Ricard what a great track that i never thought id enjoy(cant wait for ver1.0) . thankyou Tony Messagers.
VIR awesome track great collaboration from Darren Blythe and Rigel roll on their next project.
Donnington goes without saying continually improving ( just with youd start another track lol) Thanks BRUN
Riverside and Bridgehampton. Thanks Lilski going back in time to keep the memories alive of long forgotten gems.
Poznan . What a little gem of a track thanks Krzysztof Szymikowski .
Must give mentions to mitja bonca for grobnik , which is a very undertated track and to rigel for Mills metropark which is underated too . Thanks guys.

Cars
IER awesome work guys. Any news on the update? Thankyou.
Ferrari f2002 amazing teamwork.

Sounds
Fonsecker , Nevercrash and Mrmike for making assetto sound more orgasmic , keep it going going guys.

A massive thankyou to all the skinners out there for making photomode more enjoyable (for me ).

Peter Boese for the beautifull clouds.Chris kennedy , wagnum pi and co for the weather work too.
Big thanks to joshkerr for Autumn nords . Amazing.
Thanks for all the love and i look forwards too 2017.( sorry if ive forgotten or not mentioned other mods but thats whats this threads for)

 

Havent tried that many cars or tracks this year. But I always run the game with @Atle Dreier's anticlipping app, its really helpful so thanks for that!

 

@x4fab a big thank you for what is to me the most awesome mod in 2016, Content Manager is not only brilliant, it makes AC a better SIM, x4fab determination and support to the user is outstanding. Well done and thank you Sir.

 

My List:

Tracks
Bridgehampton
Donington Park
Riverside International Raceway
Tor Poznan
Virginia International Raceway

Cars
Jaguar XJ13

Other
Minorating
STracker
Admin Tools
Race Essentials

Thanks AC modding community, you are awesome!

 

My thanks to the creators of Tracks and Apps, featured:

Donington park
Paul Ricard

Helicorsa
Map Display (A visual enhancement would be welcome)
Pitboard
PitConfig
Prunn
Ptracker
RaceEssentials

 

My list is basically the same as this with the additions of the following:

CrewCheif App
Sidekick App

With the above two apps you dont need anything else apart from Chat and optionally Realtime for MP. I have even done away with helicorsa thanks to CrewCheif!

 

I would love to use Sidekick instead of RaceEssentials but I can't go clicking boxes mid race I wish it could be customised a bit.
If it was up to me I would remove the pedal input bars and put lap time and delta 1 on top of the other in that space. I would also remove race position and make fuel readout a lot smaller. With all of the space created I would show tyre wear, tyre temp, tyre pressure and brake temp so all are visible without having to cycle boxes... Current gear and speed arent really needed either, maybe I would put lap time and delta there instead

 

Tracks were already covered with Donington, VIR, RIR, Bridgehamptonas being top-notch mods. Also add Grobnik, Miseluk and Aspertsham. Need a bit more laps to get warm with Tor Poznan.

Cars:
Opel Kadett C V8 'Yellow Psycho'
Ferrari 643

The 643 is just amazing, but after a while of really pushing the car it will start to play with your mind and will simply melt your brain.


Others:
Content Manager by x4fab, must-have for me
HeliCorsa
MinoRating
ptracker/stracker
Sidekick by Topuz
several PP-Filters for Screenshots
Fonsecker Sound Mods
LUT generator and FFB clipping tool (Logitech G25)
and of course the stunning weathers of Peter Böse's 'Good and Bad weather' mod

 

I use the keyboard rather than click if I need to change one of the readouts. Alt+A to cycle through and Alt+S to change the highlighted one.

 

I have it setup without the need of changing manual.
1: PB 2: Delta on PB 2: autocycle lap, position 4: autocycle fuel rem., per lap, laps rem. 5: autocycle wear, tyre temp. were with brake overlay

Sometimes added by a tire PSI app though.
So Sidekick, HeliCorsa plus max. 6 player ptracker, added by tire PSI helper.
Online added with chat and admintools.

 

Natural Graphic Mod
Helicorsa
RHM
FFBClip (not use anymore after OSW switch)

 

I couldn't agree more! CM makes the sim almost AC 1.5 - I love it!

 

Well, I'm at AC 1.11, so...

 

Ill go ahead and thank the various 2D/3D Skin Artists of 2016, sure the work isnt as intense as some of the other mods out there but damn the level of detail on some of the skins is outstanding and the sheer number of skins we got this year was uncanny so thanks guys thanks for brighting up that field of cars not to down play the fantastic work from all the modders this year. Lets hope we can make 2017 even better

 

Another vote of appreciation for the Ferrari 643

 

Lets see, I'm more of a mod maker which takes up so much time, but there are some stuff which brought a smile to my face this year. Hopefully by this time next year I'll have actually released something for others to enjoy

I should preface that probably not all of this actually came out this year, but I enjoyed it this year
No special order, mostly alphabetical as I browse the content:

Tracks:

60's Hockenheim - Nice insight into Old Hockenheim by Sergio Loro
Aspertsham - Great atmosphere, nice to chuck around small street cars, by @THL
Deutschland Ring - Fromt @Fat-Alfie, not released yet, but just wait - spectacular circuit.
Donington - Top track, superb quality BRUN
Modena - Had to get this after Aris' videos. Really nice job, @Rigel
Paul Ricard - Great for testing, looks lovely too, @Strark3D
Riverside - Never heard of this before as the ignorant Brit that I am, but amazing job, and superb to race on, @LilSki
Thomson Road - Again not finished, but another brilliant circuit from @Fat-Alfie and high quality job
VIR - Like Riverside, I had no idea what all the fuss was about. I soon figured it out! From @Rigel

Special Mentions

Skidpad 0.5 - Ideal for modding, has a banked oval, braking marks, place to test g's.
Suspension Test Track - Another modding must have, testing bumpstops etc.
Test Pad - Again, modding special. Good for checking you colliders are accurate.
Flat Floor - For aero modding this is great, get nice clean data without worrying about crashing!
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Cars:

Honda S800 and RSC - From @A3DR, absolutely the benchmark in my view for keen modellers - great inspiration for me and a fun little thing to drive too (physics by @aphidgod). Particularly fond of the street version.
Jaguar XJ13 - Of course, can't skip this one. Brilliant work from @mantasisg 2, nice to see the evolution from what was a pretty rough model to something as polished and complete as it now is. Great work by @aphidgod on the physics for this one too.
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Lol, I'm kinda surprised at the ratio between cars and tracks - I suppose the majority of modded cars in my library are from me

 

Agree, you really need a low powered street car like this one for Aspertsham

 

A bit noisy for me that one.

This one is more suited I reckon

 

I dunno... it looks a little too race car, i'd be worried about damaging the front bumper on the roof of one of those houses

 

Well for me it was track wise VIR was great the vast majority of my mods are cars the standouts were 643, F2002 the AE2, MP4/4, CLR, s800 and the Opel Kaddett, and Jag xj13