F-1 Challenge 2017 season by Constrictor Modding Team

CMT 2017 Formula One Season released for F1 Challenge '99-'02
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IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT AN EA SPORTS PRODUCT.
IT IS NEITHER SUPPORTED NOR INITIATED BY ELECTRONIC ARTS OR IMAGE SPACE INCORPORATED.
EVERY MOD DEVELOPED, POWERED AND/OR RELEASED BY CONSTRICTOR MODDING TEAM FOR F1 CHALLENGE '99-'02 IS FREE.

None of us make any money from developing and releasing this project. We do not accept to
receive charity or donations. If you really want to help us, please be part of this
project as a modder.

Constrictor Modding Team has not got an official trademark, and is not associated in any
way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

Constrictor Modding Team is an Spanish-speaking group of modders formed by professional
engineers, Formula One fans and sim-racing enthusiasts (sometimes all together!). The team
was founded in Venezuela in 2017, orgininally by three members: Francisco Torrealba,
Carlos Campos Castillo (me) and José Daniél Arévalo Hernández, all from Venezuela.
Then Cristian Antonio Luis Campoy, Fabián Vásquez Quintero, Sergio Nicolás Masía, Rafael
Alonso Campos, Daniel Alfonso Siso and Francisco Yebra Ferro joined us during 2018, and
thanks to all their collective dedicated effort we grow massively until having almost about
100 modders at our peak between members, collaborators and volunteers for CMT 2020. Our
main members are from Venezuela, Spain, Colombia and Argentina.

Our aim is to produce all the Formula One seasons as close to reality as we can within our
and F-1 Challenge '99-'02s possibilities with guaranteed uniform quality assurance, adapting
every single area of game design to F1C's standards. All cars have new physics and sounds,
along with extensive textures, 3D modifications and design personality on backgrounds, menus,
icons and displays. Depending of the season, we have also included some unraced F-1 cars. Our
way of developing mods can be considered professional, since our works allowed one of our
main members to work for Gameloft (under permanent/indefinite job contract conditions) without
having professional experience, university degree or programming background. Most of our team
is made of engineers, and the man who supervises the Physics has a Ph.D. in that area of study.
Of course, this does not spare us from making very serious (physics) design flaws when we fail!
In light of the physics developments, older setups will no longer work as expected. Physics,
user experience, gameplay and faithfully season representation are our strongest points.
Historical researches to update the models are at our project’s foundation.

This Formula One mod for F1 Challenge '99-'02 is also intended to run separately from
F1 Challenge '99-'02 game title (so, as stand-alone), featuring the classic Godzilla menus
implemented for the first time in Ralph Hummerich's 2005 season mod, and even a dedicated
soundtrack. The mod is literally like a separate, new game title. Because of all the
improvements the executable file has received over the years and the abandonware status
this game is catalogued nowadays, this mods doesn't need to be installed on a clean F-1
Challenge '99-'02 game install. With this package of contents you are able to play
F1C with the Formula One season you have selected and decided to have fun. In short, you
can play this game (recreating this Formula One season for F1C) straight out of the box!

To prevent us and you from any mismatch problems related to the downloaded version, this
package must be only downloaded on our present webpage.

This software is provided AS IS. No support is being provided or implied.
The user accepts full responsibility.




WHY F1 CHALLENGE '99-'02?
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First, the platform used, which is F1 Challenge '99-'02. This classic from Image Space
Incorporated and EA Sports features four full Formula One seasons in its original
incarnation, and due that everything can be done from very common file formats in an
extremely quick fashion (to the point that is its only saving grace) is perfect to use
as a development platform for our needs. This is the best basis possible.

Second reason: originally our team had extremely limited PC equipment in terms of
storage, which is the reason of develop F-1 seasons on our own instead of join F1 Challenge
VB (which has all seasons in one pack). Many Formula One modifications have been done
for this title, which along with permissions given by many, it all comes to make the
project of recreating all Formula One Seasons easier and more viable to become a reality.
Most mods (and even official titles) nowadays features a bunch of cars and tracks of
different categories mixed between them; which often ends in having races where all
F-1 teams use the exact same car, but with different liveries. From our viewpoint,
this doesn't constitute a solid basis to develop with, and we haven't meet yet a
simulator where mods are developed as quickly and efficient as this one. From
our experience we can guarantee that F1C is a robust jack-of-all-trades.

Third, we are looking for a game where we can race any F-1 car we want, have available
all F-1 seasons with all cars and its race by race variants; as well as all the tracks
with correct layouts and sponsors that provide good ambiance; being able to realistic
lap times using the physics developed by engineers; simple, straightforward and
extremely quick modding with common formats, racing cleanliness (to a degree); AI
to race with and which we can improve; no bugs related to gameplay; all-in-one-pack
without mod or 3rd party software installment and share a passion for classic F-1
with 3D modelers, sim-racing enthusiasts, Formula One fans and engineers fond of the
F-1 sport. All for free in an abandonware software that doesn't give legal issues,
and where everyone can enjoy a healthy community and join the game regardless of how
limited the PC equipment is and how poor is the internet connection as long as there is.

And fourth, some of our members are playing this racing simulator for more than a
decade, which made them to strenght a bond with this game title. Other members have been
here even when the game was released in June 2003 and haven't looked for more modern
racing simulators since. Even some of them are proud of themselves for that decision,
arguing about being satisfied. All their expertise in modding, passion for Formula One
and particular interests are in correlation with ours and we are here altogether creating
and developing all Formula One seasons. With those interests and our own passions and
knowledge, the decision of using F1 Challenge '99-'02 comes crystal clear.




IMPORTANT READ TO F1C MODDERS AND 2017 F1C MOD MAKERS
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-It is not allowed to use this package of contents as a source (modified or not)
for use in your modding project without our explicit permission. This includes
the use of any of these files (specially AIWs, physics, MAS, MTS, GDB, RCD, etc.)
in any carset without permission. Do not pretend you have created the stuff you
have stolen from here. Please, ask for permission to Constrictor Modding Team or
any of its members; it will not kill you. You are playing the F1C mod you want
to, not because of leechers. But because of talented modders who dedicated a big
amount of time and passion for creating the vehicle or track they wanted to see
in action (or in its former glory) and decided one day to share it with everyone.

-There it goes again our recommendation: if you want to use any material from
this to create your mod, ASK FOR PERMISSION. Especially if you're going to take
vehicle models, physics, tracks, or AIWs.

-Asking for permission about the usage of this mod to make your contents does
not imply that you have permission to use the rest of the materials published
by Constrictor Modding Team.

─As an F1C 2017 player, feel free to use this mod for any F1 Challenge '99-'02
league or gameplay upload to any video content platform.

─Commercial use of this product is not allowed. This includes racing leagues
who demands an amount of money from the participants of the league or a place
where certain hardware is installed.




Contact resources (from most recommended to least recommended):
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https://www.facebook.com/ConstrictorModdingTeam/
https://www.facebook.com/franjtl
carloscamposc.eng@gmail.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1uzKnfZLj1z-K8Qpt7YkA/featured




Support
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First of all, make sure you have read everything before downloading this Package,
because your initial problems with this mod could have the answer there.

If you need any help with this Package or having trouble with the installation or running
this Package, then please visit the Facebook page of CMT group where we can ensure, that
your question will be answered.




F1 Challenge 2017 Formula One Season by Constrictor Modding Team
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The 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 71st season
of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 68th Formula One World
Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars
which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération
Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of
competition for open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers competed
in twenty Grands Prix—starting in Australia on 26 March and ending
in Abu Dhabi on 26 November—for the World Drivers' and World
Constructors' championships.

As the reigning Drivers' Champion Nico Rosberg announced his retirement
from the sport in December 2016, the 2017 season was the first since
1994 in which the reigning champion did not compete. Mercedes started
the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having secured
their third consecutive title at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.

At the conclusion of the championship, Lewis Hamilton won his fourth World
Drivers' Championship title. Hamilton finished with 363 points, 46
points ahead of Sebastian Vettel in second with 317 points and Valtteri
Bottas in third with 305 points. In the World Constructors' Championship,
Mercedes won their fourth consecutive title at the 2017 United States
Grand Prix and finished with 668 points. Ferrari finished second with
522 points and Red Bull Racing were third with 368 points.




INSTALLATION:
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Just extract the mod from WinRar to your desktop, AND ONLY TO YOUR DESKTOP.

Uninstall any previous version of CMT 2017 mod in the exclusive case of
having it. After that, have a look at the readme file and follow its
instructions carefully to get a successful execution of the game.

Do not install this package of contents in any F1 Challenge '99-'02 folder.




UPDATE NOTES:
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This update will cause online mismatches with older versions, and it is not compatible
with seasons started with previous versions, so if this is your case, finish the season
before applying the update. In light of the physics developments, old setups will no
longer work.




WHAT CONTAINS THIS PACKAGE:
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-All cars of F1 2017 season;
-All tracks of F1 2017 season (with updated sponsors);
-All the main racing drivers of F1 2017 season;
-The pit crews of F1 2017 season;
-The driver suits of F1 2017 season;
-Menus of F1 2017 season;
-Historic Data of the F1 2017 season, which includes drivers, teams and tracks;
-Godzilla's, EMAC's and Ralph Hummerich's game menus;
-Realistic steering wheels for all teams;
-Accessible and usable menu backgrounds for F1 2017 season;
-Team individual engine sounds;
-Moderately realistic engine sounds;
-ISI's audio commentary files (including mute or white noise);
-F1 2017 season pit order;
-F1 2017 season track order;
-Highly accurate car physics;
-FPS friendly product: reduced polygon cars and no race-by-race stuff;
-Extensively revamped tyre physics;
-Improved AIWs, AI behavior, performance and physics;
-Revised physics, making the mod much more playable for rookies; keep
in mind that car physics have been measured and done by a specialized
engineer in mechanics, helped by a physicist;
-All Pirelli tires compound textures;
-Complete restoration of AI strategy, making this modification as
functional and versatile as the original F1 Challenge '99-'02
videogame in terms of gameplay and availability of options;
-Adjusted engines heating, cooling and wear;
-Adjusted brake properties;
-Extensive calibration to AI behavior;
-Display aspect ratio config added, to play with the correct inboard and onboard camera
regardless of the game resolution (maybe except for triple screen);
-Functional tracks with corrected AIWs and working garages;
-Tire logotypes and shape update;
-Correct pit speed trap for every session in the Grand Prix event;
-Tutorials for playing online, video included (special thanks to Mleziva Ricardo);
-Full DX8 and DX9 Support (it may cause some problems on low-cost PCs);
-Non-linear tyre grip and tyre damages through debris;
-All track scenearios redefined to get better FPS with los graphic game settings;
-F1 2017 season scoring system;
-Driving school (eight levels in total);
-Modified F12K2 file to suit the needs of this season and avoid gameplay issues;
-Correct use of tire compounds by the AI;
-Tramsission and engine care information in-game added;
-Four different options for qualifying duration;
-Redefined reliability for the cars that affects player and AI equally;
-Executable file tweaked to have 4 GB patch, multiplayer enabled and allow triple-screen;
-Multi-core and Artificial Intelligence in multiplayer mode added;
-DirectX, FreeTrack, ENBSeries and TrackIR support;
-Batch file for create advanced player files through seven different options
(plus one for delete). Special thanks to F1 Superleague and Cristian Luis;
-MACT and WADK compatibility support;
-Online exe by Pietrekk, EvilClip and GoldTime;




FORMULA ONE 2017 TEAMS, DRIVERS, CHASSIS AND TYRES:
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Car n: 44
Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Constructor: Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
Chassis: Mercedes F1 W08
Engine: Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ Turbo Hybrid V6 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 77
Driver: Valtteri Bottas
Constructor: Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
Chassis: Mercedes F1 W08
Engine: Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ Turbo Hybrid V6 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 3
Driver: Daniel Ricciardo
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Chassis: Red Bull RB13
Engine: Tag Heuer V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 33
Driver: Max Verstappen
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Chassis: Red Bull RB13
Engine: Tag Heuer V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 5
Driver: Sebastian Vettel
Constructor: Scuderia Ferrari
Chassis: Ferrari SF70H
Engine: Ferrari 062 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 7
Driver: Kimi Raikkonen
Constructor: Scuderia Ferrari
Chassis: Ferrari SF70H
Engine: Ferrari 062 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 11
Driver: Sergio Perez
Constructor: Sahara Force India F1 Team
Chassis: Force India VJM10
Engine: Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ Turbo Hybrid V6 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 31
Driver: Esteban Ocon
Constructor: Sahara Force India F1 Team
Chassis: Force India VJM10
Engine: Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ Turbo Hybrid V6 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 18
Driver: Lance Stroll
Constructor: Williams Martini Racing
Chassis: Williams FW40
Engine: Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ Turbo Hybrid V6 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 19
Driver: Felipe Massa
Constructor: Williams Martini Racing
Chassis: Williams FW40
Engine: Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ Turbo Hybrid V6 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 2
Driver: Stoffel Vandoorne
Constructor: McLaren-Honda F1 Team
Chassis: McLaren MCL32
Engine: Honda RA617H V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 14
Driver: Fernando Alonso
Constructor: McLaren-Honda F1 Team
Chassis: McLaren MCL32
Engine: Honda RA617H V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 26
Driver: Daniil Kvyat
Constructor: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Chassis: Toro Rosso STR12
Engine: Renault R.E. 17 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 55
Driver: Carlos Sainz
Constructor: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Chassis: Toro Rosso STR12
Engine: Renault R.E. 17 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 8
Driver: Romain Grosjean
Constructor: Haas F1 Team
Chassis: Haas VF-17
Engine: Ferrari 062 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 20
Driver: Kevin Magnussen
Constructor: Haas F1 Team
Chassis: Haas VF-17
Engine: Ferrari 062 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 27
Driver: Nico Hulkenberg
Constructor: Renault Sport Formula One Team
Chassis: Renault R.S.17
Engine: Renault R.E. 17 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 30
Driver: Jolyon Palmer
Constructor: Renault Sport Formula One Team
Chassis: Renault R.S.17
Engine: Renault R.E. 17 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 9
Driver: Marcus Ericsson
Constructor: Sauber F1 Team
Chassis: Sauber C36
Engine: Ferrari 059/5 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli

Car n: 94
Driver: Pascal Wehrlei
Constructor: Sauber F1 Team
Chassis: Sauber C36
Engine: Ferrari 059/5 V6 Turbo Hybrid 1.600cc
Tyres: Pirelli




FORMULA ONE 2017 CIRCUITS CALENDAR:
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Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit:
ISI, Tantra and Barrybumhead (heavily fixed by Birkuc and DMarques)

Shanghai International Circuit:
EAF-1.NET modding lab and DavidMarques (improved by VB and Davide)

Bahrain International Circuit:
CTDP and eaF-1.net mod. lab (redesigned by Wisdom)

Sochi Autodrom:
LFT & AR (converted by Jalnervion, fixed by JimmyF)

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya:
ISI, Nicolas B., Michael E., Sebastian R., RDMG, DavidMarques and Barrybumhead

Circuit de Monaco:
ISI and Watcher (redesigned by WCP, Alejandro and DJ-Jonathan)

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve:
ISI (heavily reworked by DJ-Jonathan and Cristian Luis)

Baku City Circuit:
Ferenczicsongor (fixed by VB, optimized by Cristian Luis, improved by Marcelo Fx)

Red Bull Ring:
Markus and Alex Maggio (heavily improved by F-1 Mania.ru)

Silverstone Circuit:
Esci, DavidMarques, Rated R and Greg B. (optimized by FMGC and VMT)

Hungaroring:
ISI, PK4ever, Debashish R., Matthew S., DavidMarques and Ethone

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps:
MMK, PK, Twig and Watcher (redesigned by DJ-Jonathan)

Autodromo Nazionale Monza:
ISI (reworked by DJ-Jonathan and VB)

Marina Bay Street Circuit:
Kevin Button (converted by DMarques, optimized by VB)

Sepang International Circuit:
Avalaya (converted by DMarques, optimized by Marcelo Fx)

Suzuka International Racing Course:
Asron, Syori & Yakkun (redesigned by F-1Mania.ru)

Circuit of the Americas:
SimRaceway (heavily improved by VMT)

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez:
Dani Paez (converted and fixed by VB and DMarques)

Autódromo José Carlos Pace:
Frizzo (heavily reworked by DJ-Jonathan)

Yas Marina Circuit:
WCP conversion (optimized and checked by DMarques)




CREDITS:
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Car models | Patrick34, updated and improved by Rafael Alonso
All extra textures, backgrounds and icons | Fran Torrealba and Rafael Alonso
All 3D vehicle modeling | Patrick34 (2017 Beta v0.1 cars), Sauber 2017 by Palinho61
Helmet textures | Jvinu2000, M-17 and AugustoSimbin
Rims | Patrick34
Game menus (functionalities and optimizations) | Godzilla, EMAC and Ralph Hummerich
Driver suits | Fran Torrealba, Luis Albornoz and Johah Báez
Polygon reduction in chassis, wings and tracks | Rafael Alonso and Cristian Luis
Original car textures | Patrick34 (Red Bull improved by Péter Kolozs)
Mirrors | Patrick34 (fixed by Rafael Alonso)
Steering wheel models | Patrick34 (improved by Rafael Alonso, Luis Albornoz and Johah Baez)
Rims and brakes | Patrick34
Suspension and tire models | Patrick34, Rafael Alonso and Carlos Campos
Sound Package | ISI, Pietrekk, IMrIMike and ACFL
AIW lines and AIW full fixes | Cristian Luis
AI improvements | José Arévalo and Cristian Luis
Damage definitions | Cristian Luis
AI driver performance and driver stats | José Arévalo and Fabián Vásquez
Intros | Fabián Vásquez
Gameplay and Legal screen | Fran Torrealba
Default setups | José Arévalo and Fabian Vásquez
Track GDB files | Facundo Fulco, Anderson Rojas and Marcelo Leandro
Engine .ini files and gear ratios | Carlos Campos
Car physics and tire physics | Carlos Campos
Physics advice | Francisco Yebra
Terrain physics | ISI (updated by Jalnervion and Cristian Luis)
Pit crew animations | ISI
Common maps and database | ISI and Markus Trott
Improvement of car textures | Rafael Alonso
Improvement of track textures | Cristian Luis
Driver commentary | CTDP, Alfredo Moreno, Valerio Bertolotti and Cristian Luis
Alpha testing | Jared Alburto, José Miguel and Carlos Jesús
Beta testing and additional help | Federico Schuin, Sergio Nicolás, Marcelo Francis, Anderson Rojas and Ronal Arévalo
Track scenario improvements | Francisco Yebra, Alfredo Moreno, Fran Torrealba and Cristian Luis
Game credits | ISI and Cristian Luis
League version of the mod | Carlos Campos and Cristian Luis
HUDs | ISI, Emmanuel David and Valerio Bertolotti
Tweakings, updates and optimizations| Carlos Campos
Accessibility, finalizing and game implementation | Cristian Luis
Sponsors update and collision detection fixes for each circuit | Frentzen127 and Cristian Luis
Bug-trigger | Kerem Yurtseven and Ronal Arévalo
AI strategy restoration | Anderson Rojas and Marcelo Leandro
Research | Alfredo Moreno, Fabián Vásquez, José Arévalo, Carlos Campos, Fran Torrealba, Sławek Śmietanka and Cristian Luis
Driving school | ISI, Julien Regnard, Shovas, CambioDeMarcha, Skip Barber, RacerAlex, Cristian Luis and Alfredo Moreno
Game.exe file | ISI (optimized by GoldTime)
Multiplayer Support | Mleziva Ricardo, Goldtime, Pietrekk, Poochihead, Sławek Śmietanka and EvilClip
Camera, qualifying and other additional files | Birkuc, Francisco Yebra and OLarrauri
Batch files | F1 SuperLeague (basis of player editor) and OLarrauri
User manual | ISI
Help with translations | Marta Márquez
Boss project | Carlos Campos

Enjoy the ride!

MEGA

MEDIAFIRE

Special thanks to ISI, EA Sports, GameSpy, Formula One, F1 SuperLeague and F1 Challenge Anniversary.

Sincerely,