RBS 1.13 darkyjoe (Real Billboards & Stuff) new Winter Monza 1.0 and Autumn Nords 1.1 by JW modding 1.13

A Mod with 3 mods!

• Real Billboards & Stuff. Replaces all Kunos billboards in the tracks with real ones
• Autumn Nords 1.1 Modify the season in the tracks, turning it into a cold and frozen autumn
• Winter Monza 1.0 As above, but more detailed only for Monza

Another Mod for Assetto Corsa , a "must have" because you will get all the billboards and track signs exactly as they are in real life.In Assetto Corsa, Kunos has done an excellent job modifying the billboards and replacing the originals in many places with Kunos branding and Assetto Corsa branding which, by the way, are nice to see. 

The goal of every driver, however, is to simulate reality as closely as possible and so this Mod offers us a great help because it has modified the graphics of the simulator by restoring the original advertising.

And not just that, it has modified the marshals, the kerbs and so much stuff that it is better to read it here where you can download this very useful Mod.

RBS 1.13 (Real Billboards & Stuff) new Winter Monza 1.0 and Autumn Nords 1.1 by JW modding - Updates | RaceDepartment 

Great work from the first release in 2016.

The zipped file take up 383Mb and, after downloading it, I explain how to install it in an easy way and without going through Content Manager.

You have simply to unzip it in the Assetto Corsa directory, but be careful, not the one you find in My Documents, because it would not work there, but in STEAM.

Double click on the zipped file:

Open WinRAR or any other program that unzips the program

Click "Extract to".

Search for and click on the STEAM folder

Double click on steamapps so that the path opens up

Double click on common so that the path opens up

Double click on assettocorsa where the package will be installed by pressing OK.

The WinRAR job is done.

Now we look for the folder RBS 1.13 - Autumn nords - Winter Monza by JW modding inside which we will find a program that will allow us to select the various environments.

In practice we redo the path that we did to install the zipped file, then:

Click the STEAM folder then double click on steamapps so that it opens the path

Double click on common so that the path opens up

Double click on the assettocorsa so that the path opens up.

and here is the folder we are interested in RBS 1.13 - Autumn nords - Winter Monza by JW modding .

Double click on RBS 1.13 - Autumn nords - Winter Monza by JW modding where there are six files

What we are interested in is the file JSGME.exe, which gives us a choice of 3 settings:

• Autumn Nords 1.1
• Real Billboards & Stuff 1.13
• Winter Monza 1.0

Then click on JSGME.exe and allow the computer to open the application

Select with a click the scenery you want to activate in Assetto Corsa, 

e.g. Real Billboards & Stuff 1.13, click on the > sign

and the scenery will switch to the Activated Mode window in a couple of minutes, depending on the speed of the computer.

If you do not want any further changes, close with Close

If you want to restore the original Assetto Corsa environment, just do the procedure in reverse, clicking on the environment in the Activated Mode window, then on the < sign and in a few minutes the original environment will be restored.

Now to the practical part. Assetto Corsa's appearance changes, and how! Much more realistic.

Here are a few examples:

You can find a lot of odometers for Assetto Corsa, but my choice was focused on this Mod Initial D Arcade Tachometer 2.2 for two reasons: in one package there are 5 odometers and their look is nice and nice.

It is downloadable free here:

 Initial D Arcade HUD | RaceDepartment 

You need to download Custom Shaders Patch to work properly.

The zipped installation file takes up only 3.5 Mb and, after downloading it, just move it to Content Manager (page with Drive highlighted) with a drag&drop. Content Manager will take care of putting the folders and files where they belong.

In Content Manager you can find it in SETTINGS

All options appear.

An impressive number of options allow you to modify

• the theme by changing the number
• unit of measurement: Kmh or Mph
• night vision
• lights
• pedal
• background
• position
• width and height
• etc

Here are the odometers listed with the number you can edit in Content Manager

7

6

5

4

3

On the author's "Vegetable Tsai" resource page

Resources by Vegetable Tsai | RaceDepartment 

I suggest you to download these mods because besides being free they are HUD variants and contain other gauges

There you will find the D Extra package with these gadgets:

D Advantage

It signals the advantage in meters over the car following you or the gap from the car in front of you.

D Driver

It writes down the name of the driver and the type of car and the position of those ahead or behind you.

D Lap time

Current lap time

D Map

Writes the number of the lap you are running.

D Records

Best time, last time, lap difference on best lap

Extra Settings

Allows you to modify the parameters of the gauges

Conclusions

Great job, very visually pleasing, useful and intuitive. Another Mod must have.

In the multitude of Mods for Assetto Corsa, Sol (Peter Boer) is among the most downloaded and constantly updated. In particular, Sol has a very interesting cloud management and, of course, a long list of weather changes ranging from fog to clear skies, rain, etc..

Download HERE or HERE

The zipped installation file weighs a good 240 Mb and, after downloading it, just move it to Content Manager (page with Drive highlighted) with a drag and drop. Content Manager will take care of inserting the folders and files where they belong.

Once installed you can find all its effects in Content Manager:

Hard to say which one is the best. At the moment there are 32

Let's see them at 8 a.m.

No Clouds (Sol) - Clear sky, no clouds, optimal visibility

Clear (Sol) - Clear skies, some light very high clouds, excellent visibility. 

Weather: 0 octave cloud cover. That is, skies totally or nearly clear of clouds. Sky conditions with less than 1/10th cloud cover.  

Few clouds (Sol) - Clear skies, few scattered clouds, excellent visibility.

Weather: Fine weather prevailing, with generally clear skies or with few scattered clouds. Some temporary increase in cloudiness.

Scattered clouds (Sol) - Clear skies, lots of scattered clouds, excellent visibility.

Weather: A cloud layer that covers between 3/8ths and 1/2 of the sky.

Windy (Sol) - Cloudy skies, moderate winds, lots of large, dark clouds, excellent visibility.

Weather: Scattered clouds, Wind 15 mph to 25 mph with mild temperatures.

Broken clouds (Sol) - Very cloudy and almost completely overcast skies. Good visibility.

Weather: Clouds covering between 5/8 and 7/8 of the sky.

Overcast (Sol) - Sky practically covered with thick, dark clouds. Visibility good.

Weather: Sky condition when more than 9/10 of the sky is covered by clouds. Dull, gray skies with extensive cloud cover.

Mist (Sol) - Overcast skies, haze, good visibility.

Weather: Consists of microscopic water droplets suspended in the air, producing a thin grayish veil over the landscape. Reduces visibility to a lesser extent than fog, but visibility remains more than a mile.

Fog (Sol) - The sky is indistinguishable, fog and reduced visibility.at less than 1 km.

Weather: Condensed water in the form of a dense mass , at ground level, with a cloud of very small droplets reducing visibility to less than one km (three thousand and three hundred feet).

Haze (Sol) - Clear skies, lots of scattered clouds, excellent visibility, but slightly dusty environment. Good visibility.

Weather: Fine particles of dust and pollution suspended in the atmosphere that reduce visibility and can be distinguished from haze by its bluish or yellowish hue.

Dust (Sol) - Grey sky, dusty environment, good visibility

Weather: Windblown dust at moderate heights above ground and visibility decreases to less than seven miles.

Sand (Sol) - Yellow sky, slightly sandy environment, fair visibility

Weather: Sand particles carried by the wind. Sand particles are mostly confined at the bottom.

Smoke (Sol) - Dark sky, smoky environment, reduced visibility.

Weather: A suspension in the air of small particles produced by combustion or pollution that limit visibility.

Light drizzle (Sol) - Partially overcast and dark skies with light drizzle. Fair visibility.

Weather: Humid day, not particularly cold, but with occasional light drizzle.

Drizzle (Sol) - Overcast and leaden skies, drizzle, reduced visibility.

Weather: Small, slowly falling water droplets with diameters between .2 and .5 millimeters. Fairly uniform precipitation consisting solely of very small water droplets very close together.

Heavy drizzle (Sol) - Overcast and very dark skies, persistent drizzle, reduced visibility.

Weather: Small drops of water falling quickly, with diameters between .2 and .5 millimeters. Fairly uniform precipitation consisting exclusively of very small water droplets very close together. 

Light rain (Sol) - Overcast sky, light rain, reduced visibility.

Weather: Light rain is light precipitation covering a large area and commonly coming from stratocumulus. These rains are shorter in duration, cover a small area and are fast. At least 0.1 mm/h

Rain (Sol) - Completely overcast and dark skies, rain, reduced visibility, cars raising a trail of water.

Weather: Liquid water droplets falling from the atmosphere, larger in diameter than light rain (0.5 mm). 0.5-1 mm/h

Heavy rain (Sol) - Completely overcast and very dark skies, heavy, heavy rain, poor visibility, cars lifting an intense trail of water. 

Weather: Precipitation rate is > 7.6 mm (0.30 in) per hour with values ranging from 10 mm (0.39 in) to 50 mm (2.0 in) per hour.

Light thunderstorm (Sol) - Completely overcast and dark skies, heavy, driving rain, some thunder and lightning,, poor visibility, cars raising a trail of water. 

Weather: A short-lived weather disturbance with occasional thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus cloud usually associated with winds and heavy rain.

Thunderstorm (Sol) - Completely overcast and very dark skies, heavy, driving rain, thunder and lightning, poor visibility, cars raising an intense trail of water. 

Weather: A weather disturbance with thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus cloud usually associated with winds and heavy rain.

Heavy thunderstorm (Sol) - Completely overcast and dark skies with low, black clouds, very heavy rain , lots of thunder and lightning, poor visibility, cars raising an intense trail of water.

Weather: Violent weather disturbance producing winds of 58 mph and up,heavy rain and/or  hail three-quarters of an inch or more. Very dark low-level clouds.

Squalls (Sol) - Very cloudy and almost completely overcast skies, but sudden strong wind although short-lived. Visibility good.

Weather: A strong wind characterized by a sudden onset in which the wind speed increases at least 16 knots and is sustained at 22 knots or more for at least one minute or sudden increase of the mean wind speed which lasts for several minutes at least before the mean wind returns to near its previous value.

Tornado (Sol) - Skies completely covered with black clouds, occasional thunder and lightning, very violent rotating wind, reduced visibility.

Meteo: A violent rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, hanging from a cumulonimbus cloud and heavy rain It has a typical width of tens or hundreds of meters and a duration of minutes to hours.

Hurricane (Sol) - Completely overcast, very dark skies, heavy rain with thunder and lightning, extremely violent winds, reduced visibility.

Weather: An intense tropical cyclone with sustained winds of more than 137 kmh ( 74 miles per hour or 64 knots). On the Saffir-Simpson scale intensity is rated from 1 to 5, based on the intensity of the maximum winds present.

Light snow (Sol) - Gloomy, overcast skies with high clouds, light sleet, fair visibility.

Weather: Light icy precipitation composed of ice particles in complex hexagonal patterns from cold clouds, turning water vapor into ice on the way down.

Snow (Sol) - Gloomy, overcast skies with high clouds, snow fair visibility.

Weather: Light icy precipitation composed of ice particles in complex hexagonal patterns from cold clouds, turning water vapor into ice on the way down.

Heavy snow (Sol) - Leaden sky, overcast with low clouds, heavy snow, very limited visibility

Weather: Heavy icy precipitation consisting of ice particles in complex hexagonal patterns from cold clouds that turn water vapor into ice on the way down.

Light sleet (Sol) - Leaden skies, overcast with high clouds, light sleet, fair visibility. 

Weather: Light mixture of rain and snow or snow melting into rain, basically sleet. Sleet usually bounces and does not stick to objects.

Sleet (Sol) - Gloomy, overcast skies with medium clouds, sleet, fair visibility. 

Weather: Mixture of rain and snow or snow melting into rain, basically sleet. Sleet usually bounces and does not stick to objects.

Heavy Sleet (Sol) - Gloomy, overcast skies with medium height clouds, heavy sleet, reduced visibility. 

Weather: Intense mixture of rain and snow or snow melting into rain, basically sleet.  Sleet usually bounces and does not stick to objects.

Hail (Sol) - Leaden skies, overcast with low clouds, hail, reduced visibility. 

Weather: Precipitation in the form of irregular balls or lumps of ice whose size may vary from 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) to 15 cm (6 inches).

Conclusions.

At the moment the most complete and quality weather mod for Assetto Corsa, the effects are very realistic.

Rain, Hail, Thunderstorm and other effects related to rain and visually important weather events, while being very nice looking, do not have sounds which greatly reduces the fun, but most importantly the realism.  Sounds are available with Patreon subscription on Ilja Usupov's site.

The rain is perfectly visible on the windshield, but outside the cockpit you can't see it and you can't even see it on the asphalt and same situation for snow, at the moment. Maybe in a future release.

In tight turns in the rain you can hear the tires whistle, which is pretty improbable on wet asphalt.

For less fast computers, I recommend version 1.5. to get an acceptable fps (frames per second) and avoid jerking in the view.

Apart from these inconveniences, of which it was necessary to warn, but which will surely be corrected in future versions, is a fantastic free mod that I recommend to everyone.

Natural Graphics Mod & Filter by Chris Kennedy is an application (Mod) that improves the graphic appearance of:

• cars
• tracks
• weather situations

adding more realism.

This mod can be downloaded for free HERE , it weighs only 2.840 Kb and is easily installed with a drag&drop in this page of Content Manager.

In order to apply these changes to Assetto corsa, after installing this Mod, just go to Content Manager on this page, select "SETTINGS" and, in the menu on the left "VIDEO". Scroll down the page with the mouse until you find "Post-processing". If the box is not enabled, click on it to enable it.

Content Manager offers the option to instantly test the changes with the "Benchmark" button at the bottom right of its page.

The absolute best effects, in my opinion are:

N.1   Natural_Mod_Photomode   di Natural Graphics Mod & Filter

N.2   HDR natural

N.3   HDR photographic

N.4 HDR Natural_Mod

N.5 HDR  default

As you can see, even if these images do not have the definition of your monitor, the differences are evident, especially in the sharpness. 

In addition to the top 5, there are still many other effects, some of them exaggerated, but I show you all of them.

Assetto corsa with the box "Enable post-processing effects" disabled.

default

Alpen Ultra

b&w

blue_steel

default_bright

default_dark

HDR cloud

HDR night is an effect that obviously has its best results in the dark. During the day it is overexposed.

HDR photo

HDR Ultra

HDR Movie

HDR Sepia

HDR Vintage

HDR Warm clear

HDR Warm cloud

HDR Warm night

HDR Warm photo

HDR Warm Ultra

HDR Xsedgraf clear

HDR Xsedgraf cloud

HDR Natural_Mod_Rift

HDR Natural_Mod_Photomode

So, great Mod, you're spoiled for choice in terms of effects.

Content Manager

Content Manager is the most useful program for Assetto Corsa and without it you will have to spend a lot of time managing all the options.

Content Manager is free in the basic version and can be downloaded from this site:

Content Manager (acstuff.ru)

Weighs only 10.851 Mb

How to upload to your computer

If you have downloaded it, you will find in Download the file

Open the file with any unzipping program and you will find 3 files:

Launch Content Manager.exe and this warning will appear, which will install Content Manager in the right directory and recognise you as a Steam user, if you are already registered on Steam

In any case, it is important to check that the Content Manager.exe file is located in this position

Steam/steamapps/common folder

if not, look for the Content Manager.exe file and move it to the right folder.

What is it for and how to use it

Let's take a look at the most important advantages of this extraordinary programme which will simplify the (complex) management of Assetto Corsa.

The premise stands in the definition of the content of this program: it is a launcher of Assetto Corsa, i.e. it directly starts the simulator and provides various control panels from which you can choose or modify the configurations of the simulator.

First advantage

One of the many advantages of Assetto Corsa, linked to the longevity of this simulator born in 2014 and which I still consider to be the best, is the availability on the web of a very high number of mods, i.e. applications to be inserted into the simulator. So we're talking cars, tracks, utilities, weather, etc..

Each of these mods must be inserted in a specific Assetto Corsa path and folder, otherwise it won't work and you'll waste a lot of time looking for tutorials, studying them and putting into practice what is recommended.

Well, Content Manager saves you all this time. Do we need to add a car? Generally cars, like all mods are in .zip format and so we should first unzip the.zip file into a folder and then look for the directory to put it in. This is a big waste of time and can also cause errors.

With Content Manager it's just a matter of a drag&drop from the zipped file to the "Drive" page.

A new page will open, we just have to click on "Install" and Content Manager will put the car in Assetto Corsa in the right place.

Same procedure for tracks and so on.

 A new page will open, we just have to click on Install and Content Manager will put the track in Assetto Corsa in the right place.

Second advantage

The graphic look is one of the most important features of Assetto Corsa and it is related to the most realistic look possible that every player would like to see on his monitor.

In the "SETTINGS" page under "VIDEO" there is an impressive number of settings that serve to improve the graphic appearance. Don't be impressed by titles that may sound unfamiliar and whose values are normally fine as you see them because they have been extracted from the video card. The most interesting setting is the Post-Processing under "Filter", which contains a pop-up with a number of effects that change the appearance (colour, sharpness, blurring, lighting etc.) of Assetto Corsa.

Some of the best mods that change the realistic look of Assetto Corsa with links, in order of my preference:

Sol  Peter Boese

Natural Graphics Mod 5.0.1   Chris Kennedy

New Horizon Shades  Master

A3PP  Marocco2

None of these mods conflict with the others as they can be enabled or disabled by the "Filter" popup.

This filter can also be disabled.

Third advantage

On Assetto Corsa the settings are a bit scattered, while in Content Manager it is easier to have an overview and above all to test every change instantly. For example, in Post-processing, the LUT is used to better distribute the force (Force Feedback) that the simulator attributes to the steering wheel.

Content Manager has hundreds of features that you could write books about and there are many reviews on the web, so I will stop here at the most important advantages of this outstanding software.