Official Patch v1.128 Released!

[Eckblad]

Official Download

Mirror 5 is great.
About 320 kb/sec.
The patch is 289 MB,

UPDATE PACKAGE CONTENTS
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** Your Manual is located in your root ARCA REMAX FOlder:ASR08 MANUAL.pdf
**An additional help guide is located in the same folder: ASR08 Troubleshooting

PATCH VERSION 1 BUG FIXES:
- Corrected Controller unmaps, sound volume resets, & mph/kph changes
- Fixed Setups Parce Ferme is fixed
- Fixed Track Select Buttons for tracks that had loading issues
- Lucky Dog rule now gives the correct driver a lap back
- Fixed Performance Issues with dedicated server
- AIW tweaks and corrections to all tracks, including pace car & AI
- Corrections and improvements to Salem (guardrail, dx7 lightpole texture, pace car)
- Correction to spec maps at Pocono, and a few other tweaks
- Correction of Chat lobby scroll bar
- Fine Tuned RUling and Scoring
- Listings, tracks list by name not venue
- Fixed Stack the Field, now works in Warmup correctly
- Admin panel now works in spectator mode (if you leave and come back, scoring will not)
- NetComm = 0 corrected
- Speed Limit at Duqoiun in practice corrected
- Can now select Milwaukee Mile and Duquoin from track listing without crashing
- Car skins #27, #39 & one other corrected
- Rechecked Iowa AIW to ennsure over 30 cars can race
- Adjusting the Activation warning when DVD is not found or protection is circumvented
- Optimizations to the models and tracks to help with some FPS issues and graphic quality
- fixed client grid window and admin grid window which was causing errors when attempting to use admin race control functions
- fixed graphics for the lobby chat window
- fixed graphics for lobby server list
- fixed track change buttons for Duquion and Milwaukee Mile in admin panel
- edited some .veh files due to errors
- edited .hdv files for all makes to remove tire pressure on the fly to more accurately simulate real world stock car racing
- edited .hdv files to more accurately simulate damage repair time
- adjusted LOD values in .gen files to improve performace with large fields
- adjusted LOD models to improve graphics
- adjusted track .cam files due to changes with LOD #'s in .gen files
- altered graphics on track select screens
- altered graphics for track loading screens and loading bar


PATCH VERSION 1 ADD-ON FEATURES:
- Added drag & drop stack the field function to MPCLient and MPHostRace game play(Only available during happy hour)
- New cockpit optimizations
- Re-Built entire rear end of the interior of the cockpit
- Added Tach Light to the Dash Panel
- Replacement Daytona with more accurate physic modelling, track modelling & other changes
- Added in Rockingham Speedway vehicle physics, tire compounds and engine parameters for track which is coming the week of May 12th.
- Changed Race Countdown from 30 seconds to 60 seconds
- New Track Loading Screens and Track Thumbnails
- Loading Bar Color Change
- Added ASR PLUGIN Setup Comparer plugin by Robert Cobb
- added new pop up window when exiting MPHOST and MPClient game play to verify you actually wish to leave server
- added track change button for Rockingham in admin panel

ADDED BONUS SCREENRACER DEMOS
visit screenracer.com for more information or install demos to check it out. Screenracer is a new and unique racing screensaver.
There is a stock car only version and a Full version with different series of cars.

ARCA SIM RACING '08 (c) 2008 Sim Factory LLC. All Rights Reserved.

TRACKS NEARING COMPLETION:
- Chicagoland Speedway™
- Michigan International Speedway™
- Kentucky Speedway
- New Jersey Motorsports Park (Road Course)
- Dover Motor Speedway™
- Charlotte/Concord Speedway

[Patrick van Driel]

Great !!! thx

[Gareth Hickling]

Superb!

[Christopher Aponte]

ooh yes....let's see how the Arca will evolve with this patch
tnx for sharing Eckblad

[Sascha Henken]

Nice. Thanks for that. Now I will check this out and will patch the servers too. Please keep this thread updated with reviews, tips, issues that we all get. Maybe we can use them to evolve ARCA even more to support TSF with bugs yet not known after the patch ;)

[Patrick van Driel]

Cant tell you more then that the patch has crashed at the installation :Sad:

This is the message:


Error
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Failed to extract file from archive:
diff_000004.dif
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OK
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ill try to download from another mirror.

[Christopher Aponte]

redownload it from the link Patrick

because it was a perfect dl for me ;)

[Sascha Henken]

Originally Posted by Patrick van Driel

Cant tell you more then that the patch has crashed at the installation :Sad:

This is the message:


Error
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Failed to extract file from archive:
diff_000004.dif
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OK
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ill try to download from another mirror.

That means that the archive you´ve download, because the patch.exe is normally an automatic install archive is corrupt. Therefore you have to download again! This can happen but shouldn´t!

[Patrick van Driel]

Yeah it looked perfect for me 2 m8 Only thing i have my game not installed on C: drive and also had the folder named ARCA. Maybe that is the problem. Now i renamed it to ARCA Remax . Now almost done downloading from mirror 1. So i hope it works now.

Your right i think Sascha, ill let you know in a minute

[Sascha Henken]

Just place the ARCA1128.exe file into your ARCA install folder and start it from there. It´s works perfectly!

[Patrick van Driel]

Must be my lucky day :spammer: Now at the end of the patch ...it was almost done ....
Error
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Failed to extract file from archive:
diff_000138.dif
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OK
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Im getting my big rope and call it a day.:sign0174:
I tried like you said Sascha ,patched it from the game folder and still the same error.
Now i have 2 patches with 2 different files missing.
Ok im looking for a new mirror pfffffff

[Patrick van Driel]

Allright !!! After 3 times downloading ( 28 min each ) its now working.
Weird weird. But whatever its ok now

[Yoeri Gijsen]

Had it too, but the 2nd time was the charm. File needs to be 289MB,not 138KB

[Sascha Henken]

The download and installment of the patch went pretty smooth. Because i´ve switched to Windows Vista x64 Business two days ago, I had to reinstall the entire game and directly applied the patch to it. Make sure you place the Patch into your ARCA Sim Racing Root Folder and apply it from there. Should do it without problems!

What I expected came true. The new Daytona with a new issue (see Bug Reports section). I must say that I do really like the new Daytona layout. There are more bumps in the corners and it is more challenging than the old version! The other thing is that the entire game seems to perform much better now. Better overall performance in bigger fields etc. Also the cockpit was revised a little. I had no Unmapping issues anymore. Also my wheel profile keeps loaded as it should. Fixed Setups are now working too which is cool for Fixed Setup Racing to give people a chance to show their driving skill instead of setup skills ;)

I haven´t tested the Stack Field function in Happy Hour (Warm Up) but the button is now useable and you can sort the drivers grid with it! Cool stuff! This week we should expect the new track coming called The Rock (Carolina). Looking forward to that track since it is a great track.

Catch yall later on track again

[Gareth Hickling]

I must agree the new daytona is awesome. The bump mapping is fantastic and it is so much better than the old one. I cant wait for a good quality race on there.

[Sascha Henken]

Originally Posted by Gareth Hickling

I must agree the new daytona is awesome. The bump mapping is fantastic and it is so much better than the old one. I cant wait for a good quality race on there.

just had one an hour ago on the RD server with Yellow Flags. Only americans were there but they know how to drive clean. Was a blast nearly a 40 laps green stint

[Brett Bagstad]

Man i keep forgetting this isn't an American league. lol. I got up at 6 am here and i seen the patch was out at rsc and i came over to post it here and there was already like 6 replies to the original post.

[Sascha Henken]

Originally Posted by Brett Bagstad

Man i keep forgetting this isn't an American league. lol. I got up at 6 am here and i seen the patch was out at rsc and i came over to post it here and there was already like 6 replies to the original post.

LOL Brett but you are always welcome to race with us

[Brett Bagstad]

Originally Posted by Sascha Henken

LOL Brett but you are always welcome to race with us

I try to race with you guys but when its night there and your all racing im still in school...only two weeks left tho.

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Brett Bagstad

I try to race with you guys but when its night there and your all racing im still in school...only two weeks left tho.

Lets get together late night our time weekends,

[Brett Bagstad]

how bout saturday gareth? I can get online at 8am cst which is -6 gmt so it would be 2pm your time right?

[Gareth Hickling]

Originally Posted by Brett Bagstad

how bout saturday gareth? I can get online at 8am cst which is -6 gmt so it would be 2pm your time right?

That sound good to me, You know if you want to run something later on its also good for me, That would be 3pm as we are currently +1 GMT here in the UK.

Maybe a couple of hours later and we can get some more of the europeans in on it! I will be up for it whatever time