netKar Pro – 1.3 Final Released

Kunos Simulazioni has released a final version or the netKar PRO 1.3.

Changelog:

GUI
-New GUI icons and organization
-Password is now automatically recovered from last session

Gameplay/Graphics
-New setup behavior (use nkpro.ini USE_OLD_STYLE=1 to go back to the previous behavior)
-Keyboard and GamePad quick selection keys moved to SHIFT+K and SHIFT+P
-Added g meter readings on the control overlay
-Mirrors are now using full shading scene

Physics
-Added “non linear” brake settings for professional pedalboards
-Added hand brake on wheel button settings
-Improved tyre model slip model
-Improved differential math model
-New collision detection and response system

Multiplayer
-Improved collision detection
-Improved collision response
-Improved lobby protocol
-Added “Reset”, “Next”, “Restart” on vote
-Improved network protocol, packets are smaller and delivered with a different strategy
-New prediction system for remote cars’ rotation
-Added overlay to signal low quality in client-server connection
-New protocol for client to server lobby connection avoiding MTU block by some routers

Additional Contents
-GT Vintage “Replica”

Licence for netKar PRO costs €14.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations, 1 hill-climb track Trento-Bondone and 8 different cars.

netKar PRO - Trailer v1.3

Kunos Simulazioni recently have launched their official YouTube channel. They also have released a video trailer highlighting new features of the netKar PRO v1.3 simulation listed below:

Graphics
- New shaders
- Improved track textures (Aosta)
- Improved tyre lighting

Gameplay
- Weather conditions
- Puddles
- Tarmac reflections
- Thunder and lightning effects

Physics
- New Tyre model

Multiplayer
- Reduced server CPU usage when idle
- Added "Damage Level" setting

Additional contents
- Classic GT Vintage
- Osella PA21-S
- Trento-Bondone Hillclimb Course

Licence for netKar PRO costs €14.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations, 1 hill-climb track Trento-Bondone and 8 different cars. You can also try new addon circuits made by simracing community.

netKar PRO - Nordschleife Released

Tomas Torasen has released the Nürburgring Nordschleife for netKar Pro simulation. The track was originally created by Com8 for rFactor. The Nordschleife circuit for netKar PRO include fall version, tourist layout and layouts used by the VLN series and the Nürburgring 24h race.

Originally, the track featured four track configurations: the 28.265 km long Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km Nordschleife ("Northern Loop"), and the 7.747 km Sudschleife ("Southern Loop"). However, the Nordschleife is still in use; nicknamed The Green Hell by Jackie Stewart, it is widely considered the toughest and most demanding purpose-built race track in the world.

Download here (290MB)

netKar PRO - Nordschleife preview video

YouTube user MrTomasT123 has posted a preview video of the Nürburgring Nordschleife race track that will soon be released for the netKar PRO simulation.

The track was originally created by Com8 for rFactor. The conversion is making great progress as the release of the legendary circuit for netKar PRO is just a few days away.

netKar PRO - Online collision testing video

YouTube user markus72000 has posted a new preview video showing a beta testing of an improved collision model in online mode.

Licence for netKar PRO is avalibale for €14.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations, 1 hill-climb track Trento-Bondone and 8 different cars.

netKar Pro – 1.3 Beta B Released

Kunos Simulazioni has released an update for their new version of netKar PRO 1.3 Beta.

Changelog
- Fixed crash in multiplayer races when client leaving the session
- Added the option to disable autoclutch in the Vintage
- Fixed unrealistic wheel steer for all the cars
- Fixed steer ratio range on the Vintage
- Added setup item to enable brake power editing on the Osella
- Fixed tyre audio skid levels on the Osella
- Fixed wing mirrors on the Vintage
- Fixed Osella appearing as “FTarget” in the time monitor
- Fixed driver face on the Osella
- Fixed range on the power multiplier on the Vintage
- Removed wrong 6th gear ratio setup on the Osella
- Fixed cockpit camera position on the Osella and Vintage
- Improved Vintage GT SFX sound

Licence for netKar PRO costs €14.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations, 1 hill-climb track Trento-Bondone and 8 different cars.

Download netKar Pro 1.3 Beta B Update (2.6MB)

netKar Pro – 1.3 Beta released

Kunos Simulazioni has released a new version of netKar PRO 1.3 Beta.

Graphics
- New shaders
- Improved track textures (Aosta)
- Improved tyre lighting

Gameplay
- Weather conditions
- Puddles
- Tarmac reflections
- Thunder and lightning effects

Physics
- New Tyre model

Multiplayer
- Reduced server CPU usage when idle
- Added "Damage Level" setting

Additional contents
- Classic GT Vintage
- Osella PA21-S
- Trento-Bondone Hillclimb Course 

Licence for netKar PRO costs €14.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations, 1 hill-climb track Trento-Bondone and 8 different cars.

Download netKar Pro 1.3 Beta

netKar PRO - Preview Trento-Bondone

Kunos Simulazioni has released new preview screenshots of the new hillclimb track Trento-Bondone for their netKar Pro simulation.

Trento-Bondone and the Osella Osella PA-21 hillclimb car will be available in a few days. Licence for netKar PRO will costs €14.90.

netKar PRO - Osella Preview Video

YouTube user markus72000 has posted a new preview video from the netKar PRO simulation showing the new car Osella PA21S on the Trento Bondone hillclimb track during a thunderstorm. Both addons will be available as a new patch in December 2010.

netKar PRO - New car preview

YouTube user markus72000 has posted a preview video showing the new car for netKar PRO simulation which will be available as a new patch in December 2010.

I am not sure what's the car, but I think it could be the AC Cobra or something similar. What do you think?

netKar Pro – 1.2C Update

Kunos Simulazioni has released a new version of netKar PRO 1.2C with several fixes:

- Improved server outgoing message flow
- Redesigned multithread implementation on Online Race Lobby to use less CPU resources
- Fixed server list ordering by connected users
- Fixed server list ordering by server name
- Server list is now ordered by connected users by default
- Added GUI option to select “loop mode” for hosted races
- Added “Invert first 6 places” loop mode for hosted races
- Fixed wrong aero drag calculation for extreme negaive body angle of attack value
- Improved contact response in car to car collisions
- Reduced aero draft effect
- Added “CONTACT” report to server log
- Added “START” report to server log
- Cars have more resistence to impacts
- Local car uses slot number 3 in top leaderboard
- Fixed server reporting wrong access code resulting in password box not showing up for started races
Licence for netKar PRO costs €19.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations and 6 five different cars, including 5  formula cars and the Fiat 500 Abarth.

Download netKar Pro 1.2C

netKar PRO - Rain Preview video

Kunos Simulazioni have released a preview video from their simulation netKar PRO showing us the rain effects from the cockpit view of the Fiat 500 Abarth.

netKar PRO - 1.2B Update

Kunos Simulazioni has released a new version of netKar PRO 1.2B with several fixes:

- Fixed FormulaKS2 windscreen hiding remote cars
- Fixed fog not correctly displayed
- Added “fog.ini” to allow per track fog customization. See “tracks/prato/fog.ini” for a reference.
- Fixed dds texture failing to load when quality level is not full and the file contains mipmaps.
- Added loading bar to KTO files
- Fixed cutoff timing on the KS2
- Fixed triple screen scenery pop-up
- Added option to disable gamma ramp correction (DISABLEGAMMA in nk3d.ini)
- Fixed sliding vector having wrong magnitude in the tyre model

Licence for netKar PRO costs €19.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations and 6 five different cars, including 5  formula cars and the Fiat 500 Abarth.

Download netKar Pro 1.2B

netKar PRO - Version 1.2

Kunos Simulazioni has released a new version of netKar PRO 1.2 with several fixes. It also adds new features listed here:

> Added the new FormulaKS2 car
> Improved tyre model
> Improved differential model
> Improved multiplayer contact response
> Improved loading times
> Added a live laptime report for multiplayer races
> Added realtime performance meter
> "Controls" overlay is now on by default
> Controls overlay now show brake and throttle activity during replay
> Fixed wrong steer ration showing during replays recorded with different steer lock
> Smoother steering wheel movements during replay
> Only PAYCODE is now NEEDED to unlock the lincense

Licence for netKar PRO costs €19.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations and 6 five different cars, including 5  formula cars and the Fiat 500 Abarth.

Download netKar Pro 1.2

netKar PRO - Interview with Stefano Casillo (Kunos)

Radical News has published an interview with Stefano Casillo, the producer of netKar PRO and Ferrari Virtual Academy simulation.

We are proud to bring you an interview with a legend in simulation developer. His name is Stefano Casillo, which might not ring a bell with all of you but to the true simracer this man is a genius! For others, the name KUNOS might rings some bells. Stefano is known for his excellent simulator Netkar which, was available free of charge in the early 2000s. Next, he developed netKar PRO with his enterprise and more recently many of you will know the title Ferrari Virtual Academy (FVA), which also shows the possibilities of his enterprise. We have been extremely fortunate to sit down with the maestro and find out a little more about the man behind the coder of arguably, the best single seater simracing experience currently out there.  Read more ...

netKar PRO - Preview video Formula KS2

Kunos Simulazioni have released a video showing the new car for their simulation netKar Pro called Formula KS2. You can see the Formula KS2 in action at race track Aosta in cockpit view.

netKar PRO - Preview of Mugello race track

Radiator Springs Racing team has released a preview video of their new project - Mugello race track for netKar PRO. Video shows a lap around the track in the Fiat 500 Abarth.

Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a race track in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Its length is 5.245 km. It has 15 turns and a long straight. The track is used for Formula One testing, mainly by Scuderia Ferrari.

netKar PRO - Version 1.1 Released

Kunos Simulazioni has released the final version of netKar PRO 1.1 with several fixes. It also adds new features listed in the article.

* New Auto Update feature
* 500 Abarth AC add on car
* Aosta add on track
* New interface
* Improved phisics model
* Improved audio&graphics engine
* Support for Track IR PRO, Logitech G27 RPM LEDS
* nKPRO track Importer (KofLite.exe)

Licence for netKar PRO costs €19.90. You will get 5 circuits with various configurations and 5 five different cars, including four formula cars and the Fiat 500 Abarth.

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