IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - 2020 carset

by: eky78 


This carset covers the 2020 Season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and is based on the 2019 Carset made in 2020.
Thanks to:
- F.K. for the Prototype shape 
- Greyhead for the GT shape and for some cars (expecially BMW and Porsche) which I used as a start
- rremedio for his program "shapecopy" that I used to merge the two carshapes in one file
- Orloff from granprix.com for his GP3 IMSA carset

There are some imperfections in the carset but it should be enjoyable.

Entries
In this carset there are all the full season entries from 3 different classes (DPi, LMP2 and GTLM). There are also some GTD cars (8 this year) to make up the numbers.

The schedule (2020 Season)
Calendar                Distance                Total laps in 2020	Drivers per entrant			Fastest Lap (2020)
1 Daytona		24h			833			3 or 4 (GTs); 4 or 5 (Prototypes)	1:34.652 Van der Zande Cadillac)
2 Daytona		2h40			95			2					1:35.470 Bomarito (Mazda)	
3 Sebring 		2h40			83			2					1:47.675 Derani (Cadillac)
4 Road America		2h40			63			2					1:51.034 Cameron (Acura)
5 Virginia*		1h40 (only GTs)		85			2					1:41.333 Tandy (Porsche GT)
6 Road Atlanta		6h			273			2 (GTs) 3 (Prototypes)			1:09.690 O.Pla (Mazda)
7 Mid-Ohio		2h40			115			2					1:12.292 Montoya (Acura)
8 Charlotte*		1h40 (only GTs)		62			2					1:26.655 De Phillippi (BMW GT)
9 Road Atlanta		10h			460			3					1:09.722 Cameron (Acura)
10 Laguna Seca		2h40 			119			2					1:16.674 van der Zande (Cadillac)
11 Sebring		12h			348			3					1:47.740 R.Taylor (Acura)
* track not available for GP2 yet (Charlotte can be easily changed with the new Miami-Homestead roval made last year by Antonio Pessoa)


Suggestions for the remaining slots:
12 Long Beach
13 Mosport
14 Watkins Glen
15 Barber
16 Le Mans

 - IMPORTANT -
For the standard events (2h40´ format) usually prototypes stop 3 times during a race (stints of around 40´), while the GTs can do the full distance with 2 stops (each stint around 50´). Download Ale's Pit&Lap Editor from grandprix2.de to make realistic strategies!

Racing against the AI could be problematic with multiclass racing in GP2. I´d suggest you to change the values of Power and Grip in GP2Edit to avoid too much inequality. Maybe in the future I could change the datas of every tracks with the Slot and Tyre Editor but I can´t promise now.

In the folder there is a GT cockpit in case you want to race in a GT car (in that case you need to load it with GP2 Edit).

 - Sebring in the sunset -
I´ve also added 2 jam files for Sebring. I´ve adapted the sunset and the sky design from Fat Rat´s Westwood Raceway made in 2001 and available from www.grandprix2.de.
You first need to install the track (better use the improved version made recently by rremedio with a new cc-line) and then you need to copy my two files.
All credits go to Fat Rat.

 - BEWARE -
In some tracks (e.g. Mosport and expecially at Daytona) Prototypes tend to crash into the slower GTs, change the values in the Car Damage Editor in GP2Edit to avoid too many retirements. I don´t know if something can be done in the future to the cc-line of these two tracks.

I hope it´s everything...If you find any problem or you have any questions or suggestions don´t esitate to contact me on grandprix2.de/gp2forum/.

Have fun!
Eky

====================== INSTALLTION INFO================================

- Make sure that you have used the maximum (OPTIMAL) installation of GP2. (it requires 58MB of free space on your HD)

- Download and install GP2Edit v1.85 or higher. Remember to configure your GP2 location in GP2Edit : Window | Program Configuration.

- To install this carset, press the blue arrow or select from the tool bar: Options | Export To Game.

- Select the items you want to install and press EXPORT.

- Don't forget to export camera settings, and points data!

IMPORTANT: IN ORDER TO CARS' NOSECONES WORK, YOU MUST EXPORT THE "CAR NUMBER POSITIONS". IT'S ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOU 
HAVE THE GP2edit VERSION 1.85 OR HIGHER!

- For the Carshape you need to load the dat file with the CarEditor and export it (export the helmet aswell).