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Cristian Giordano

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[BETA] Steel Showroom 13: Pale v0.7

A new update is available to showcase your favorite cars!
This new showroom is taking shape.
New objects have been added and some have been moved across the scene.
Most of them had been remade from scratch with baked Ambient Occlusion.

Explore it and find a great spot for your next shots! 📸

FEATURES:

- 6 Car slots
- Pale cream colors (default)
- 2 Layouts (Indoor and Outdoor)
- Steel Studio compatible (TBA soon)
- Lights: colors and in...

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[ALPHA] Steel Showroom 13: Pale

A new showroom is available to showcase your favorite cars!
This is something unexpected, I know, but I started to work on more projects and if you are following me on Instagram you might seen some screenshots from this showroom.
Please keep in mind that this showroom is in the Alpha phase, meaning that most of the geometries and collisions are not good, layouts could be changed without notice.

Tho, you could take some awesome screenshots already :)

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Need some time (and more relax...)

That's one of the things that I don't like to say, but with deep regret I have to take a break from this awesome journey.

I was making some nice progress, but from a day to another everything can change.
And in the current situation, I'm not able to keep the "development cycle" high and make new content continuously.

Said that, I need more time to focus on my knowledge, work on my graphic/web skills and learn new things to help my career and work.
Other than that, I need som...

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(Almost) at the end of the road

... but that's not!

What happended?

Last week I've been impacted by a hard drive failure where my work in progress files are stored. This was not expected, as it was working normally and it's relatively new.
I took some backups, but some hours of work took the risk of being lost.

Fortunately, I found a way to recover the drive and restore everything,
and moved everything in a safer place.
This has led me to rethink on a better way to save my files (...

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[UPDATE] Steel Showroom 16: GT Auto (v1.1)

Update v.1.1 (2023/07/13):

  • 6 Skins
  • 4 color presets (ext_config presets)
  • Some material fixes

Features:

  • Original GT Auto location
  • Up to 6 Cars
  • Customizable Lights: 27 colors (ext_config)
  • Customizable light intensity, range, condition

Contributors: Extraction: 3Not21p  3D Trees: Kniker97

A new way to customize it as you wish!<...

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[RELEASE] Steel Showroom 16: GT Auto

A new showroom is available to showcase your favorite cars!

Features:

  • Original GT Auto location
  • Up to 6 Cars
  • Customizable Lights: 27 colors (ext_config)
  • Customizable light intensity, range, condition

Contributors: Extraction: 3Not21p  3D Trees: Kniker97

A new way to customize it as you wish!

Let's take a look at how to do so.

  • 1. All the cust...

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[UPDATE] Steel Showroom 14: GT Showroom (v.1.1)

A new showroom is available to showcase your favorite cars!

UPDATE v.1.1 (2023-07-20):

  • You can now drive outside the showroom
  • Fixed some duplicate materials and geometries
  • Fans are now spinning

Features:

  • Original GT Showroom location
  • 2 Studio Layouts (Default and Office)
  • Up to 7 Cars
  • 11 Skins for Billboards, Floor, Lights, Walls and Floors
  • Billboards of Mid Night R...

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Amalfi Camtool by ATR Cams

Get ready to immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of your cars racing on the hairpins and turns of this iconic circuit like never before!

Introducing the first set for my tracks by my friend ATR Cams, that worked hard on making a beautiful set of Camtool cameras to capture the most thrilling moments, ensuring you don't miss a single hairpin, elevation change, or stunning vista!

Download from his Youtube video description:
2023-05-16 18:54:06 +0000 UTC View Post

[RELEASE] Steel Showroom 12: Cube Room

A new showroom is available to showcase your favorite cars!

A new way to customize it as you wish!

Let's take a look at how to do so.

  • 1. All the customization is controlled by the ext_config.ini. You don't have to change any other file, just ext_config, contained in the extension's folder of the track.
  • 2. You have now a palette of 27 different colors ready to mix and match to ...

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[RELEASE] Volkswagen Golf 8 R 2022 Steel Racing Mod

New car for you! This time, I started with good car made by an unknown author but not completed, and customized it as my likings to create something new, much customizable in colors with the CM Paintshop!

Car Informations:

This is a Steel's vision of a Volkswagen Golf 8 R Custom modded car.

Features:

  • EXTRA A/B for Bags / Air Suspension 
  • Low ride height and tuning camber (more on setup) 
  • Volk Wheels + R...

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[Dev Log] April Update

Hello everyone!
It's been some time since I made a Dev Log, but I'm still actively working on every project.. just don't have too much time to talk about 🤣

Let's see what's cooking!

Amalfi: 

Update v.0.8 is in the works.
I nearly changed every light and added new ones for better nights.
New objects are coming for a modern look, and the grandstands are going to be done from scratch with better textures.
Some buildings changed and done from...

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[UPDATE] Volkswagen T-Cross '21 (v.0.6)

Update v.0.6 (23-03-28):

  • Baked Exterior AO for Body, Plastics, Chrome
  • Better Interior Decals
  • Rims Blur
  • Better Rear Turnlights
  • Openable Doors (EXTRA-A)
  • Better Headlights (material and light changes)
  • Changed 3D Driver
  • Added Realistic EU Colors:
    Ascot Grey, Deep Back, Energetic Orange, Makena Turquoise, Pure White, Reef Blue, Reflex Silver, Smoky Grey
  • More realistic Plates
  • Advanced L...

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[UPDATE] Costa di Amalfi v.0.7

A new build of the fantastic Gran Turismo 4 track is available to try!

Please note:
To avoid and prevent possible leaks, this download is only available to Discord users. Using the app is really simple and gives you access to new features and downloads in the Steel Racing server. If you have issues using the app, feel free to contact me.

Please, if you still didn't join us, enter the Discord Server and pick a role here:

1. 2023-03-13 19:26:20 +0000 UTC View Post

[UPDATE] Steel Showroom 02: The Dealer v.1.1

Kind of unexpected update, but I managed to fix most of the shadows and add some windows to add more lights to the scene at day.

Update v.1.1 (23-03-07):

  • Better shadows (no more wall shadow glitch)
  • New Preset 6
  • New Ceiling Windows (more light at day)
  • Fixes for spawn points

Important Infos:  

Lights activation change based on hours:
0:00am - 7:30pm: bottom led light
7:30pm - 12:00pm: c...

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[UPDATE] Costa di Amalfi v.0.6

A new build of the fantastic Gran Turismo 4 track is available to try!

These are the changes:

- Brand new Physics Road: New bumps and better geometries
- New Materials: 4 Pavings, 1 Stone, New Road, Lamps, Lights
- Replaced old transennas (barriers) with new with sponsors
- Replaced old lamps with new optimized, + more added
- Fixed some roads and side geometries: some more optimization
- New AI: Now working with pitstops! You can now race with...

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[RELEASE] Steel Racing Porsche 911 GT3 (992)

New car for you!
This time, I started with an already great car, the Porsche 911 GT3,
but customized as my likings to create something different by designing a really large widebody kit and new aerodinamic parts to make it complitely unique!

Car Informations:

This is a Steel's vision of a Porsche 911 GT3 Customization.
Original creation by Adriaan Suy (MNBA)

Features:

  • Unique Widebody Aero Kit
  • EXTRA A/B for Bags ...

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[RELEASE] Amalfi, Autodromo di Azzurro v.0.5

And finally, the wait is over!

The first beta build of Amalfi is here!
The amazing, famous Gran Turismo 4 track, now available in Assetto Corsa!

Before downloading please be aware that this build is only available to you, Patreons.

This is the current status:

  • Basic Track Layout: turns are pretty ready, but maybe will be slightly changed to have more bumps.
  • Basic AI: opponents are not playing well as of now, AI creation is unfinished.<...

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[Dev Log] January Update

Hello everyone!
A quick update on the projects I'm working on!

Ruffian GT40:

Changed a bit of the setup, it's more simpler to drive now as the modern car has some electronics. Still have to know if the real has ABS, TC, EDL (if anyone knows..)

Just started working on the gauge and interior parts.
Shoudn't need too much time to have a nice result.

LODs still missing: I have some issues with activating Simplygon as of now,
I need to wait som...

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[PROTOTYPE] Steel Racing: Flux Speedway

Sharing something new today!

Well, this is not a proper release, but more of a prototype.

Let me explain:

This is the start of a new project.

Something that could bring us a new, funny track, and that you can try and see how it changes in time.

This is the current status:

  • Basic Track Layout flow: turns are pretty ready, just the latest maybe has to be fixed.
  • No AI, times, or fancy things: this is just to test the layout in pr...

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[RELEASE] Steel Racing PPFilters v.1.0

Releasing my first set of PPFilters!
Based on the awesome Horizon Shades, this set of two filters works good with both Sol and Pure.

This are the ppfilters used in my own screenshots, so try them and enjoy!

The first has a more light effect, the second is more bright and saturated.

DOWNLOAD HERE <--- 

Installation:

1. Copy ...

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Official Discord Server now available!

It's official,
The new Steel Racing Discord Server is launching now and waiting for you!

A new place to share your Assetto Corsa pictures, videos and content,
with updates and news about my and other friend's projects!

Come join us and share this link with your friends:

https://discord.gg/HNC7HMqndH 


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[RELEASE] Subaru Impreza VT15R v.0.8

A new update for this great rally car!

Car Informations:

Built new for the 2015 rally season for drivers Travis Pastrana and David Higgins, this is a Vermont SportsCar built Subaru WRX STI.  Originally entered in the Rally America Championship, the car also that conforms to all current American Rally Association technical regulations.

Update v.0.8 (22-12-29):

  • RainFX (Wipers and Windscreen animations)
  • EXTRA B: Clutch...

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[RELEASE] Volkswagen T-Cross '21 (v.0.5)

Release Overview:

It's finally here! A new exclusive street car!
The Volkswagen T-Cross is a small german SUV (B-SUV).
Agile, Compact, Comfy and Funny car, perfect for the everyday life.

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[RELEASE] Steel Showroom 09: The Stage (v.1.1)

A new update is available for Steel Showroom 09,
the animated showrooms!

What's new:

  • A new Christmas themed animation
  • A New Year's fireworks themed animation
  • A new red cubes animated loop (anim2b)
  • New Christmas presents on the floor of the showroom
    (you can enable/disable them via ext_config.ini)
  • Added 3 controllable Spot lights to better control the illumination of the showroom
    (change color, intensity and condit...

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Would you like to test unreleased mods even if not finished?

I'm actively working on new projects that take much time to finish, so I would like to know what kind of mods my Patreons would like to try.

Do you prefer finished mods, or would you like to try test versions too and see/improve them as they progress?

Some examples: 

  • A new track without AI, pit boxes, unfinished geometry and materials.
  • A car with unfinished materials, no lods or fancy cockpit/dashboard.

Share your feedback and let me know your...

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[Dev Log] November Tracks Progress

Hi everyone!

Here's what new in development of new tracks and updates!

New Track: Costa di Amalfi (Autodromo di Azzurro / Capri)

If you played Gran Turismo 4, you already know that wonderful track.
Anyway, that's not only a conversion.
Most of the parts of the track will be remade from scratch, with new models and textures.

You can already see a screensh...

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[RELEASE] Steel Showroom 09: The Stage

A new showroom is available to showcase your newest cars!
This one is special: you can now use lively animations on the provided displays!

It's pretty simple:
you can use the provided animations or make your own.
Just think about the possibilities and the fantastic reels/tiktok videos you can make with it.

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Steel Showroom 09 Released!

"The Stage" showroom has just been released!
This is a really special showroom that allows you to play animations on big displays.
4 ready to use animations are already included and 3 different studio layouts,
with more to come soon!

Available to all the supporters (TIER1+)


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[Dev Log] Making progress...

Welcome to another Dev Log.
Had a bit of flu on these days, so I couldn't progress as much as I wanted, but still something good and new to show!

First, I'm fixing the release date of Steel Showroom #09 The Stage for Thursday, 24 November. This is a showroom with 3 different layouts, and is the first with animated displays. 2 More screenshots are attached here in the post!
This showroom will be reserved to the supporters (TIER1+)

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[Dev Log] Steel Showroom 09 (Evo) Sneek Peek

You never seen this in another car or showroom. I bet!

I had from some time already the wish to make my showroom more lively.
Not just for photos, but for videos and reels too.

The game actually don't give us to chance to use animated textures/videos, so I had the idea to start making a lua script for this.

What I ended up with is something relatively simple and unoptimized, but hey, that's a start!

So I started ma...

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