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8. How close are you as a team to completing this mod, and what is planned for the first release content-wise?
Currently, what's left to be finished is the new menu. That takes a long time, but we're doing our best to finish it ASAP. In the mean time, the last few bugs can be fixed. I'd say we are over 95% finished with our mod.
Content-wise, in the first pack you will get:
- 2004 High Detail Carshapes
- 2004 High Resolution Textures
- 2004 High Detail Helmet Shapes
- 2004 High Resolution Helmets
- 2004 Driver Names
- 2004 Track Order
- 2004 Pit Order
- 2004 Statistics
- 2004 Pitcrews
- 2004 Pit Garages
- 2004 Driver Performance
- 2004 Steering Wheels with NO LCD (LCD versions will arrive in a separate pack later on)
- Complete New Physics (You may need new setups, but you can use the setups included in this mod as a base)
- Completely New Menu Layout
- New Tyre Physics
- Downshift Backfires
- New 3D and 2D Rims For Each Team With Motion Blur
- New Brake Shape & Textures (brake disk, brake callipers for each team)
- 3 Lap Qualifying Rule For Saturday Only (compromise)
- Season 2004 Point System
As a separate pack, you will also get the first of our track updates, that is the long awaited Hungaroring track which has been mostly remodelled from the default version to make it more accurate.
9. Are there any further additions planned for the mod, or do you just intend to have a well-deserved break?
Well we all took short breaks in the summer. As soon as our work is finished, so while the people will be enjoying the 1st pack we release, we'll be working on track specific cars (actually work has already started), and new tracks. The first track we release will be Bahrain, followed by Shanghai, and a completely new Monaco. However we plan to do all the tracks in the coming years, and make them as accurate as possible, because we feel that tracks are a weak point in F1C. Besides, once rFactor and GTR are released we'll need to have F1 tracks for those, so we would already have the mesh and just convert them over.
10. What is the future of CTDP? Do you plan to continue with F1C, or are you interested in working with GTR or rFactor?
As for the future of CTDP, we plan to work on rFactor and GTR, probably both. However, if interest in F1 Challenge 99-02 stays high we will release for it as well. We will just do what people want us to do. But hopefully in the future CTDP will get it's own game engine and have no limits to what it can do, and compromises would be a thing of the past. However, that's just one of our long time goals, since to do that you need an experienced team of programmers.
Finally, I would like to send a message to any PROGRAMMERS and SOUND guys who are willing to help CTDP. We would greatly appreciate it if you would contact us, so we can improve the racing experience!
Above all, I would like to thank BlackHole Motorsports for their interest in our mod.
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Well, a big thanks to CTDP for agreeing to give up some of their development time and free time to answer our questions. It is very much appreciated. Thank you also for giving us an insight into the development process of the mod. I am sure I speak for everyone in the community when I say that we are really looking forward to this mod! A special thanks also to Matthew (aka kimifan) for arranging this interview in the first place.
If anyone wants to contact CTDP at all, or monitor the development more closely, then please do check out their website or check out their mod section here at Blackhole Motorsports.
A good forum with a development thread is High Gear
Thanks also to CTDP for providing BHMS with some exclusive screenshots of the new menus. I think you will all be amazed at what they have done.
All the best with the development guys!
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