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11.
Motion Driver for F1 2013 (and DiRT 3 / Rally & 4) racing sims
A beta version is available
for the racing sim F1 2013. The download is on the
Introduction page.
NOTE: This version will also run
with CodeMaster's DiRT 3 and Rally sim series, but at the time of writing DiRT
3 generates winsock errors when its UDP data output is made active,
which will probably stop things for the time being. However if DiRT
3 is patched in the future the motion driver should run with it.....
Update July 2017 -V3.414
now supports Dirt 4.
Update May 2015 - I've upgraded
this version (V3.40b2) to now work with the new DiRT Rally. I
understand the winsock error described above has been fixed in this
version of DiRT.
Access to the racing sim telemetry
data is via the sim's telemetry data output via UDP - there are no plugins
required.
IMPORTANT: this is BETA
software and may contain bugs - please use with care!
Installation:
Installation of the motion driver
is mainly the same as the other versions - see
section 2.
To enable the F1 2013 (or DiRT) UDP
telemetry data output -
-
Go to the
hardware_settings_config.xml file (usually in the
Documents\MyGames\FormulaOne2013\hardwaresettings folder).
-
Set the motion enabled
line to -
<motion enabled="true" ip="127.0.0.1" port="20777" delay="1"
extradata="3" />
NOTE - in Dirt Rally / Dirt 4 the line to be set is slightly
different - it is:
<udp enabled="true" ip="127.0.0.1" port="20777" delay="1"
extradata="3" />
Where IP is the IP address of the PC on which the motion
driver is running (= 127.0.0.1 if on the same PC as F1 2013)
- this value must match that set for the IPAddress
parameter in your motion cue .bff config file.
Port is the target port for the UDP data - this value
must match that set for the PortS parameter in your
motion cue .bff config file.
extradata sets the contents of the UDP data set.
To cover most circumstances it may be best to set extradata="3".
Operation:
The software operation is mainly
as described in Section 3 Operation.
Some of the flight sim related
features such as heave movement recording due to turbulence etc are
not active in the F1 2013 motion driver for obvious reasons.
The default .bff config files in
the F1 2013 motion driver zip file contain cue settings better
suited to the faster dynamics of the racing car sim. You may wish to
experiment with them. Generally because the on-ground vehicle accelerations
are held for shorter durations before changing again rapidly there
is less need for washouts in the cue, so the sample configs don't
use acceleration washouts (other than where they are needed for basic cue
development - ie in the heave and yaw cues). The acceleration scaling to fit the cue limits may
also need to be adjusted to suit different vehicles.
NOTE: The telemetry UDP
data is not available from F1 2013 when the sim is either paused or
not in a live driving session. Note that when window focus is moved
away from F1 2013 is goes into paused mode which also stops the UDP
data flow, so to move the motion driver from Hold to Drive mode
whilst F1 2013 is in full screen mode it is best to use the Drive
and Hold hot-keys or hot-buttons which are defined in your .bff cue
configuration file.
To switch F1 2013 in and out
of Full Screen mode use the Alt + Del buttons.
The refresh rate of the motion
driver output can be increased up to the data refresh rate of the
F1 2013 telemetry data output using .bff configuration file
parameter MD_Delay.
UDP Data Forwarding:
Only one application can listen-in
to the F1 2013 UDP data output at a time. If you want the motion
driver to share the UDP data you can set the software to forward the
data on to a further IP address and port.
To do this set the IP_F_target
and PortF parameters in your motion cue .bff config file to
the IP address and port of the new target location.
Also set the IP_F_this IP
address from which the motion driver sends the forwarded data (can
be 127.0.0.1 if sending to the same PC or the LAN address of the
motion driver PC if sending to a remote PC).
NOTE: the data forwarding
arrangements are not required for Dirt Rally - multiple UDP outputs
can be set instead. See the sim documentation for details.
If you find any bugs or strange
behaviours in the beta version then please let me know.
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