This Week In Project CARS - 2012/04

[VELOCIPEDE]

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Another week has passed and you can tell that Project CARS is developing at a breathtaking pace as this is our biggest "This Week in Project CARS" update yet! So if you have blinked for too long, chances are that you have missed some of the important stuff that has happened during the past few weeks:

Development News

Our Render Lead Robert Dibley has made a very interesting posting, explaining reflections in Project CARS - Click Here

Andy Tudor has revealed some of the improvements that will be made to the UI this week - Click Here

Our animators have been making great progress on including driver animations in cockpit view - Click Here & Here

Mike Laskey has checked in a big update to the Force Feedback system - Click Here

Meanwhile, Mark Watson has been making excellent progress with the input system overhaul as his newest status update reveals - Click Here

First info on the "Live Editing Suite" that provides the base for future team member tools - Click Here & Here

Our Physics & Handling Consultant Ben Collins has shared some new feedback and his impressions of the recent improvements - Click Here & Here

Check out the first preview videos of Project CARS' time cycle system by our Art Director Darren White - Click Here

Content Previews

First in-game preview of the 2011 Formula A car by Matt Clark - Click Here

The Shifter Kart 250cc is prepared for export and you can check out all its liveries - Click Here

Vit Budin has posted a first preview of the historic open-face helmet - Click Here

Lots of new previews show off Sven Moll's progress with the Bathurst trackside objects - Click Herehttp://forum.wmdportal.com/showthrea...ll=1#post50929

Belgian Forest is receiving plenty of trackside objects as shown in new previews - Click Here

First previews of Connecticut Hill's animated on-track leaves - Click Here

Andrea Fabris & David Rezac have been making great progress equipping California Raceway with plenty of trackside objects - Click Here

Fixes & Updates

Doug Arnao has been tweaking the tyre heatup of several cars to be more realistic - Click Here

Our leaderboard pages have been improved with several new features, including display of ranking changes & offset times - Click Here

The physics of the Leonus F77 & F86 cars have received an update by Doug Arnao - Click Here

The issue of low speed grip with the current tyre model will be addressed in a new build soon - Click Here

Doug Arnao has lowered the engine inertia for several cars and enabled the e-brake for streetable cars - Click Here

Help Out!

Project CARS will be coming to Nintendo's WiiU and we want to hear your ideas on how to make most of the system's controller - Click Here

Do you have web design skills? Then consider helping our styling our still basic-looking leaderboard pages - Click Here

You can get involved in the design of the driving line & track map aids in Project CARS - Click Here & Here

That's it for this week, have fun checking out all the material and make sure to join the discussions yourself!

The links above are for WMD team members only. If you´re a free user and want to follow the development of Project CARS as well as enjoy regular development builds, simply click here to pick a tool pack and join the fun!