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Beware, The Storm! Development News Project CARS is now exclusively available via Steam. All info needed on how to get going with Steam can be found in this posting - Click Here JonZ has put together an amazing new Project CARS video trailer called "Speed & Sound" that you don't want to miss out on! - Click Here An improved version of the car setup screen has been added to the latest builds - Click Here The development of the WiiU version of Project CARS has made significant progress lately as outlined by Martin Griffith - Click Here Andrew Webber has shared some amazing details on the Flexible Simulation Platform feature - Click Here Our Render Lead Robert Dibley is working on improving the photographic exposure as outlined in his very detailed progress post - Click Here The painting template for the 2011 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG is now available for download - Click Here Darren White has further improved the dynamic time of day system, adding more scale variation to the new clouds - Click Here Nicolas Hamilton has not just provided lots of great feedback as usual lately, he's also shown off some cool photos of his racing setup for everyone to check out - Click Here Meanwhile, Ben Collins has been very busy testing Project CARS as well; make sure to check out his latest feedback blog - Click Here An exciting new licensing agreement has been announced as the Oreca 03 LMP2 car is coming to Project CARS - Click Here More Steam-related community features are due to be implemented as outlined by Stepan Vondrak - Click Here Our Materials Lead Gustavo Olivera has started polishing up the cockpit look with improved alcantara - Click Here Our render coders are making major progress on the WiiU version of Project CARS - Click Here & Here Stephen Viljoen has outlined the career championship design & race weekend format for the Karts in Project CARS - Click Here The lightning effects in Project CARS are being improved further as seen in a new preview video - Click Here Two winners have been selected by the community in the LeMans Prototype Design Contest - Click Here Nic Hamilton has shared his latest thoughts on the Karts in Project CARS following a visit to the Slightly Mad Studios headquarters - Click Here [gallery link=file" size="gallery-thumbnail" columns="5" itemtag="div" icontag="span" ids="1900,1895,1911,1904,1899] Content Previews Ivo Franic has finished the initial modeling work on the 2012 Formula Gulf 1000 as the car has been exported - Click Here Martin Olivera has added improved windscreen wipers to the 2012 BMW M3 E92 GT4 - Click Here In similar news, the 2012 BMW M3 GT2 & 1981 BMW M1 Procar have received a wiper update as well - Click Here & Here Andreas Moll has done some major work on Donnington Park, based on feedback from Nicolas Hamilton - Click Here Feedback from Nicolas has also helped Luis Barata to do some major changes at Monza - Click Here Nicolas has also shared lots of feedback on Circuit de Catalunya, helping our track team to make lots of improvements - Click Here Vit Budin has finished work on the press girl character model - Click Here Andre Fabris has been hard at work on Monaco Circuit, improving many of the trackside details and more - Click Here The LODX work on the 2009 Ford Focus RS is making lots of progress in the skilled hands of Matt Clark & Ralph Hummerich - Click Here Luis Barata has improved several sections of Nordschleife based on feedback from our WMD community - Click Here Sven Moll has improved the tree shadin/color at Imola, Hockenheimring & Silverstone - Click Here, Here & Here LOD work on the 2012 Mitusbishi Lancer Evolution X FQ-400 has started - Click Here Gustavo Olivera has done a lot of LOD work and other tasks on the 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X FQ400 - Click Here Andreas Moll has been busy improving the Donnington curbs based on the latest reference material - Click Here Bannochbrae has received some great new textures by Michal Beran - Click Here Ralph Hummerich is making great progress texturing the 2012 Formula Gulf 1000 - Click Here Ivo Franic has completed lots of LOD work on the 1967 Ford MKIV among some other tasks - Click Here The 2011 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG has been equipped with paintable custom livery rims - Click Here [gallery link=file" size="gallery-thumbnail" columns="5" itemtag="div" icontag="span" ids="1901,1915,1903,1906,1910] Fixes & Updates An improved AIW for Bathurst has been checked in - Click Here The BMW M1 Procar has received a new suspension geometry alongside plenty of other physics changes - Click Here The new flash tire with heating model has been added to the Ford Zakspeed Capri Group 5 as well as the Lotus 78 - Click Here The Lotus 98T has received the new flash tire as well - Click Here A text chat profanity filter has been added to the in-game multiplayer chat - Click Here Groundwork for upcoming weather sounds has been added - Click Here The Project CARS pitstop feature logic has received several updates - Click Here Doug Arnao has checked in an improved version of the Lotus 49 tire model - Click Here Furthermore, the BMW Z4 GT3 tire and the GT Slick Green Flash have been improved as well - Click Here More groundwork for the pit stop feature has been laid as the initial pit stop system infrastructure is now active - Click Here The amount of head tilting and turning has been toned down - Click Here Support for vehicle-specific default force feedback tweaker config files has been added - Click Here [gallery link=file" size="gallery-thumbnail" columns="5" itemtag="div" icontag="span" ids="1909,1914,1919,1898,1902] Test & Report Feedback Help us collect all current graphic bugs that need fixing - Click Here Help test us test the physics of various cars and report your feedback in the testing forum - Click Here The Car Physics Focus Testing events have been launched, make sure to try all three of them and share your feedback in the physics forum! - Click Here [gallery link=file" size="gallery-thumbnail" columns="5" itemtag="div" icontag="span" ids="1916,1907,1918,1908,1917] Other Besweeet has kicked off a pCARS-themed podcast, make sure to listen in! - Click Here Looking for an event to race in? 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Week 46, 2012 Development News Our new Handling Consultant Nicolas Hamilton has posted an extensive new blog with his take on several cars - Click Here Lots of tire work has been done as several cars have received an updated tire model - Click Here Mechanical failure sounds such as gearbox crunches will be coming to pCARS - Click Here The BMW Z4 GT3 Livery Contest poll is now open! Vote for your favorites to have them included in pCARS - Click Here Should we have occasional "New Member Signup Amnesty" days to allow new members to join Project CARS? - Vote Here Casey Ringley has outlined some of the recent physics changes to various cars - Click Here Content Previews James Kett has done some outstanding work on the epic new Caucasus Mountains track - Click Here Our Materials Lead Gustavo Olivera is making great progress on the legendary 1967 Ford Mk IV which has made it into the game for first tests - Click Here Daniel Karlsson has started the cockpit texturing work on the 1981 BMW M1 Procar - Click Here Lots of new trackside objects, details and other improvements have been added to Milan GP - Click Here Meanwhile, Heusden has received a lot of attention as well, including a shiny new pit building and more - Click Here Speaking of pit buildings, Moravia has also received one - Click Here JF Bouchard & Perran Truran are making great progress on the 1991 BMW M3 E30 Group A - Click Here New, dynamic, fence-mounted brake markers have been added to Wisconsin Raceway - Click Here Ralph Hummerich has kicked off the texturing work on the 1980 Ford Capri Zakspeed Group 5 - Click Here Lots of work has been done to Azure Circuit as shown in new previews - Click Here New dynamic advert panels have been added to the Test Track -Click Here Fixes & Updates A new dedicated server version has been deployed to address an issue with passworded sessions - Click Here Thrustmaster adverts have been removed from Derby - Click Here Vehicle to vehicle collisions have been adjusted - Click Here The ability to switch between AI systems has been added, allowing a new AI system to be developed while members can still use the old one - Click Here The rain windscreen of the Gumpert Apollo Sport has been fixed - Click Here The crowds at Memphis have been updated - Click Here Week 47, 2012 Development News Darren White has released a new preview video of the moving droplets in action - Click Here Our Handling Consultant Nicolas Hamilton has released the third of his detailed feedback blogs - Click Here Another Handling Consultant has recently made his return to WMD as former Stig Ben Collins has been busy sharing his impressions as well - Click Here The painting template for the 1981 BMW M1 Procar has been released - Click Here To go along with that, the BMW M1 Procar Livery Contest has started - Click Here to Submit a livery - Contest Rules The Caucasus Mountain track has been replaced in pCARS in favor of two new tracks, one of them the iconic Solitude - Click Here & Here Content Previews Ralph Hummerich is busy texturing the 1980 Ford Capri Zakspeed Group 5, helped by reference material that was recently captured at Zakspeed - Click Here Gustavo Olivera is making great progress on the 1967 Ford Mk IV, showing off some great suspension detail - Click Here Our track artists are busy adding plenty of great-looking trackside objects to Heusden - Click Here Perran Truran has started modeling the cockpit of the 1991 BMW M3 E30 Group A - Click Here More trackside objects are being added to Milan as new previews show - Click Here Azure Circuit is getting more detailed each week thanks to the splendid work of our track artists - Click Here New, dynamic, tall bollards have been added to Lakeville, Wisconsin and the Test Track - Click Here Fixes & Updates Game invitation handling has been added to the PS3 & Xbox 360 versions - Click Here Daniel Karlsson has started interior LOD work on the 2012 BMW Z4 GT3 - Click Here Tirewall & barrier issues at Derby have been addressed - Click Here Andy Garton has posted the FFB Tweaker default files for Build 360 - Click Here The issue of vehicles being spawned in the pits at race start has been addressed - Click Here Screenshot functionality has been added to the Project CARS.exe - Click Here Soft-stop and other steering wheel improvements have been checked in - Click Here Other Big Ron has released some great looking lighting settings made with the TweakIt tool - Click Here Kelnor34 has released some great custom injectors that come in handy with creating stunning-looking Project CARS screenshots - Click Here Help out with comparing the lap times in Project CARS with real life lap times - Click Here That's it for this week, have fun checking out all the material and make sure to join the discussions yourself! As always the above links are only for WMD members in possession of a tool pack.