| Mini-FAQ: Installing new tracks in GP2 |
As I get a lot of questions about how to install new tracks for GP2, I decided to put up a little list
of things you need to do in order to be able to play those great new tracks.
If something is still not clear to you, feel free to mail me at marc@gprix2.com and
I will try to answer your question. However, I expect you to have read this little piece of text before mailing me.
This is what you should do:
- Download "gp2nocdrom" : gp2nocd.zip.
- Make a "full" installation of the game (GP2), from the CD, onto your harddrive
- (the install program will put the game into a GP2 folder in whatever drive you want)
- Place NOCDROM patch in the GP2 folder on your harddrive
- Run the NOCDROM patch (this patches GP2 in a way that it will look for the tracks on your harddisk from now on, instead of the CD).
- Create a new folder in the GP2 folder on your harddrive called "CIRCUITS"
- Browse the CD and find the circuits folder
- Copy only the circuits (F1ct01.dat - F1ct16.dat) from the CD to your \GP2\CIRCUITS\ directory
Now you should be able to run the game from your harddrive, without the CD.
For instructions how to install specific downloaded tracks, read the information included in the
zipfile. Most of the time this comes down to making a subdirectory in your gp2\gamejams\
directory to store the graphics that come with the track, and the copying of the
track datfile to your \gp2\circuits\ directory and renaming it to anything like "f1ctXX.dat"
where XX is a number from 01 to 16.
Good luck
Nowadays, track distributions (zips) come with jaDs included, instead of the jaMs we all got
used to.
The reason for this is, that jaDs are a lot more compressable than jaMs. Track zips
are therefor a lot smaller and that's something we all want. Unfortunately, GP2 does
not recognize these jaDs so they will have to be converted.
Most zips contain a converter program and instructions on how to you it, but if it's not
there, you can get it here: Convert [6 kb].
To use it, simply unzip the convert.exe file to the directory you and run it once. All jaDs in that directory
will be converted to jaMs and if you followed the other installation instructions, you are now ready to race
your new track.
There are some other, common questions I get a lot. Here are some answers:
- Using the GP2NOCD patch will make GP2 no longer play the ingame music.
- You do NOT need to copy the Trackdat.bin from the CD to your harddisk. It's 205 Mb of rubbish!
- It might me smart to remove the read-only flag from the circuits you copied to your harddisk.
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| Last update: July 26, 1999 |
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I get a lot of the same questions every day. So here's a Mini-FAQ with which I hopefully can answer most of the questions you have about installing new tracks.
If you still can't find the answer you are looking for on this page, or simply want to see something else explained, ask me, and I'll add it to this FAQ.
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