This Week In Project CARS - 2012/05

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This Week In Project CARS - 2012/05

Since last week, a lot has happened in the Project CARS universe as our developers are as busy as ever adding new features and improvements based on your feedback to the title.

Just in case you can't spend 24 hours a day in the forum and have missed some of the exciting news, there's a little recap below. And if you want to go back further, last week's updates can be found

here

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Development News

We have released a new Junior build on Friday, giving all members the chance to enjoy all the latest improvements & features as well as the brand new 2011 Formula A -

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The Loire 24 track will soon be included in the upcoming builds -

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The UI has received a major overhaul lately, including a new "Digital Manual" feature -

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Some news on the Pit2Radio feature by our Audio Programmer Stuart Hunt -

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A new day & night cycle preview video by Darren White shows off impressive lighting effects featuring lightning -

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Andy Garton confirms downloadable ghost laps as upcoming feature on pCARS -

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Our Render Lead Robert Dibley discusses the challenges of rearview mirror detail rendering -

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Fixes & Updates

Doug Arnao has checked in a new AIW for Connecticut Hill -

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Furthermore, Doug has been working on the Kart AI as well as a major revision to the fuel consumption of all cars -

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Also, Doug has checked in new physics for the two karts in pCARS, including the low speed tyre model fix -

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The aspect of downforce is the next thing to be added to pCARS evolving Force Feedback model -

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Content Previews

Work on the Caterham SP/300.R will soon start as the CAD data has been checked in -

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JF Bouchard & Matt Clark have kicked off work on the 2011 Palmer Jaguar JP LM -

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Michal Jaschke is making great progress on the mighty Northampton wing pit building -

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More previews of the Classic Helmet by Lukas Mensik show off several color variations -

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Environment Artist David Rezac is making quick progress on adding lots of details to Belgian Forest -

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Lukas Mensik has shown off first previews of the pitcrew characters -

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Help Out!

Last week we´ve asked you to help us design the driving line aid, now it's time to vote on the submissions -

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Our developers are looking for reference material to build a NASCAR-style stock car -

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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

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to pick a tool pack and join the fun!