[MOD] Real Weather for Crew Chief GTR2 Enhancements Plugin

Status: Ready
- Requires CCGEP. Click here for Installation steps.

Latest Release: 2024-09-19
- New tracks supported: Adria International Raceway, Castle Combe Circuit (Wiltshire, England), Grand Prix of Cleveland (Burke Lakefront Airport), Falkenbergs Motorbana, Gateway Motorsports Park (World Wide Technology Raceway), Circuito de Jerez, Ring Knutstorp, Mondello Park, MotorLand Aragón (Circuito de Alcañiz), Nelson Ledges Road Course, Salzburgring
- Improved dry weather slot selection logic to be based on real weather stats instead of a basic random selection. Wet weather slot selection was already based on real weather stats.
- Improved real weather data weather states to improve preciseness of stats. For example, in meteorology, a Thunderstorm may or may not have Rain. So, stats were improved to be more precise in cases like this.
- Fixed starting state logic by removing Minute=0.25 logic which might been confusing AI about the right tyres to pick during a race. This is different than initial weather conditions logic which is still there. So, weather will still progress from an 'initial' state into the first slot's time but it will be far more gradual as it relies on the in-game weather progression algorithm.

Description

Enjoy real weather scenarios, based on real weather data from OpenWeatherMap.org, including realtime and slots-based weather, inspired by AMS2 Weather Slots, that just works in-game by new Rainfall selector options powered by the Crew Chief GTR2 Enhancements Plugin (CCGEP) by the The Iron Wolf.

Full details at Simwiki.net:

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The same page also includes full install steps to setup the Crew Chief GTR2 Enhancements Plugin.

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Weather costs $10 per location from OpenWeatherMap.org. For that price, you get 40 years of data with hourly granularity. The data is open, can be freely shared, and has potential for re-use and repurposing for other mods, games, or software. I think it's good value.

Purchase OpenWeatherMap.org Marketplace > History Bulk weather data, download it, and share a link to the download.

If you do, check and double-check:
1. Date range: 1979-01-01 to 2023-12-31
2. Weather Parameters: All
3. Units: Kelvin
4. File Format: CSV
5. Download: File per location

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Questions

Is CrewChief Required?
- Technically, no, you don't actually need Crew Chief, itself, just the files that it installs. So, to get setup, get Crew Chief, set it up and get it to install its files, and you'll be good to go.
- If you're running beta, all you need are the beta files from discord. See link above for install steps including beta steps.

Does it work with any tracks?
- Yes, edit the UserData\Log\custom_log\*.ccgep-mapping files and add the track's GDB name, without the extension. You can add one per line.
- Latest beta (2024-06-04) supports * as wildcard character. Instead of writing 3Anderstorp and SAnderstorp (for each GDB), you'd just write: *anderstorp*
- Mapping files are simple text files that you can edit with any text editor

How does it work with the Rainfall selector?
- CCGEP adds Rainfall options in addition to the options already there so, after Changeable, you'll get new options like Realtime, 10min Slots, 15min Slots, 20min Slots, 30min Slots, 1hr Slots, 2hr Slots.
- Slots are random weather like Clear, Mostly Cloudy, Overcast, Light Rain, Moderate Rain, Storm, and Thunderstorm.
- If you're familiar with AMS2 weather slots, that's what they're intended to work like.

How can I save disk space?
- Saving space with multiple GTR2 drops
-- If you run multiple installations of GTR2:
-- Place the custom_weather folder in a common location (Ex. '''C:\GTR2CustomWeather''')
-- Edit '''CrewChief.INI''' and set '''customWeatherPath=C:\GTR2CustomWeather'''
- Saving space by keeping only the weather sets you use
-- If you only use, for example, Realtime and 20min Slots, then you can remove the other files
-- Ex. If you only use Realtime and 20min Slots then remove 10min-slots.zip, 15min-slots.zip, 30min-slots.zip, 60min-slots.zip, 120min-slots.zip from each of the folders
-- Note: If you then try to use Realtime or Slots by the in-game Rainfall selector that you don't have the files for then CCGEP will select a random weather file from among the files you do have.
- Saving space by keeping only August weather
-- You can save disk space by removing all UserData\Log\custom_weather\monthN folders except the '''month8''' folder indicated by setting customWeatherMode=8 in CrewChief.INI
-- Then all tracks will only use August weather
-- It must be cutomWeatherMode=8 and folder month8. No other months will work in this way.
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Tracks Already Supported

All Original GTR2 Tracks:
- Anderstorp Racing Club
- Barcelona-Catalunya, Circuit de
- Brno (Masaryk Circuit)
- Donington Park Circuit
- Dubai Audodrome
- Enna-Pergusa (Autodromo di Pergusa)
- Estoril (Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva)
- Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg
- Imola (Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari)
- Magny-Cours (Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours)
- Monza, Autodromo Nazionale
- Oschersleben, Motorsport Arena
- Spa-Francorchamps, Circuit de
- Valencia (Circuit Ricardo Tormo)
- Zhuhai International Circuit

Extra Tracks:
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Adria International Raceway
- Algarve (Portimao), Autódromo Internacional do
- Assen, TT Circuit
- AVUS (Grunewald)
- Brands Hatch
- Cadwell Park Circuit
- Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport)
- Carolina Motorsport Park
- Castle Combe Circuit (Wiltshire, England)
- Chang International Circuit
- Cleveland, Grand Prix of (Burke Lakefront Airport)
- Croft Circuit
- Daytona Interational Speedway
- Detroit Belle Isle [Shared with Detroit Street Circuit]
- Detroit Street Circuit
- Falkenbergs Motorbana
- Fuji Speedway
- Gateway Motorsports Park (World Wide Technology Raceway)
- Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal), Circuit
- Goodwood Motor Circuit [Donated by Wingnut]
- Helsinki Thunder
- Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City), Autódromo
- Hungaroring
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Ingliston Racing Circuit
- Interlagos (Autódromo José Carlos Pace)
- Jarama, Circuito del
- Jerez, Circuito de
- Knockhill Racing Circuit
- Knutstorp, Ring
- Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
- KymiRing [Shared with Helsinki Thunder]
- Laguna Seca Raceway
- Lausitzring
- Lime Rock Park
- Long Beach, Grand Prix
- Macau Grand Prix (Guia Circuit)
- Madonie (Targa Florio, Palermo), Circuito delle
- Mallory Park Racing Circuit
- Mantorp Park
- Miami International Autodrome
- Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
- Monaco, Circuit de
- Mondello Park
- Mont-Tremblant, Circuit
- Moscow Raceway
- Most, Autodrom
- Motegi, Mobility Resort
- MotorLand Aragón (Circuito de Alcañiz)
- Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit (Bathurst)
- Mugello Circuit
- Nelson Ledges Road Course
- Norisring
- Nürburgring Grand-Prix Strecke
- Oulton Park Circuit
- Pau-Ville, Circuit de
- Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
- Portland International Raceway (Oregon, USA)
- Red Bull Ring
- Riverside International Raceway
- Road America
- Road Atlanta
- Rockingham Motor Speedway (Corby, UK)
- Sachsenring
- Salzburgring
- Sarthe (Le Mans), Circuit de la
- Sebring International Raceway
- Sepang International Circuit
- Shanghai International Circuit
- Shanghai Street Circuit [Shared with Shanghai International Circuit]
- Silverstone Circuit
- Slovakia Ring, Automotodróm
- Snetterton Cicuit
- Sonoma Raceway (Sears Point Raceway / Infineon Raceway)
- Suzuka International Racing Course
- Thruxton Circuit
- Virginia International Raceway (VIR)
- Watkins Glen International
- Willow Springs International Motorsports Park
- Zandvoort, Circuit
- Zhejiang International Circuit
- Zolder, Circuit