Season 2003 from Ralph Hummerich
& Ivo Franic
for F1Challenge '99-'02


Season 2003 by Ralph Hummerich & Ivo Franic
packed by Matthias Marquardt [EMAC]

Downloadable Files

 Files   Size   Date 
 Cars,
Shapes,
Helmets,
Pitcrews,
Garage,
Drivers
and much
more...
2003RH_4 F1C99-02_v1.3_basic.zip [24.8 MB] 06 Jan 04
This package adds the actual F1 Season 2003 to the game F1 Challenge '99-'02
  • all cars (liveries and shapes) of season 2003
  • all driver helmets of season 2003
  • the pitcrews of season 2003
  • the driversuits of season 2003
  • menu backgrounds for season 2003
  • pit garages
  • diver names, stats and sound files of season 2003
  • season 2003 pit order
  • season 2003 track order
  • adjusted driver performance data
  • new 2D and 3D-rims for each team (plus brake disk, brake callipers for each team)
  • 3 lap qualifying rule for saturday only
    (please read '2003 rules section' in the RH2003_README.TXT)
  • new season 2003 point system
  • downshift backfire !
  • optional HighPerformancePC car generation file
    (please read 'ADVANCED USER SECTION' in the RH2003_README.TXT)
Requirements [Please READ!]:
Preparation:
  • Additional 51 MB free disk space on the drive where the F1C'99-'02 game is installed.
  • Download the archive from FilePlanet
  • Unzip the downloaded file.
Installation:
  • In contrast to our previous F1-200X installations - this Season 2003 addon can be installed in a single step. Start the Installation by double click on '2003RH_4_F1C99-02.exe'. After you have read the license agreement you have to select the destination directory. Please choose your 'F1 Challenge 99-02' directory. After all files have been copied to your harddrive (no orginal files will be overwritten) a batch file will be automatically executed. This batch will copy some original season 2002 track files to the new Season 2003 directories. Please wait until this copy procedure is completed.
Running:
  • After all files have been copied by the Installer you simply can start your F1 Challenge '99-'02 game. When going to the season & car selection a new Season 2003 Icon will be available. By selecting this icon you can choose any Season 2003 car.
  • VERY IMPORTANT: DO not forget to decrease your number of AI-Players to 19 in order to simulate the Season 2003 correctly !!!
  • Please note, that the NT, NA and other special edition cars are not visible in the car selection spinner - these liveries will be automatically loaded when you drive on the specific tracks [MON, CAN, FRA, GB, USA].

  Optional:
more Cars,
more Shapes,
more Helmets,
more Pitcrews,
and
much more...
2003RH_expansionpack_4 F1C99-02_v1.3.zip [19.0 MB] 06 Jan 04
This is the expansion package to the basic version 1.3 [or v1.2] of the Season 2003 package for EASports F1Challenge 99-02. This means, that it adds (almost) all car shapes and livery versions which showed up during the whole 2003 season.
These different versions will only appear on the tracks they appeared in the real 2003 season. Of course it didn't make sense to put all the tiny logo changes for Minardi and Jordan (nose sides) in, so the Minardi is always a "summary" of the races (black version for early season, "Trust"-version for later) but all noticable, bigger changes are there for all cars and you will be able to see the aerodynamics of each car improving during the whole season as well as livery - and sponsor changes on the track they took place. There is a real lot of different livery textures and mts-files for each team like trackdependant wings settings (e.g. Monza) or unique helmet creations like Montoya's helmet of the Brazilian GP.
Please be aware that you won't see all that in the car selection screen. The cars you will see there are pretty much the same as for version 1.2b jus because they are the default versions from out of the MAS-files. Because it is not possible to create dynamic driver switches during a running season, we had to make some compromises. So each team still has the drivers who made the most races for it; this means Pizzonia is still there, Wilson is still in Minardi and Kiesa won't appear at all because he only made 5 races. Also Villeneuve will race in Suzuka. Because of the same reason, there won't be any replacement drivers (Baumgartner, Gene, Sato).
Requirements [Please READ!]:
Preparation:
  • You need to have Season 2003 by Ralph Hummerich & Ivo Franic installed [either v1.2 or v1.3].
  • Additional 410 MB free disk space on the drive where the F1C'99-'02 game is installed.
Installation:
  • Start the Installation by double click on '2003RH_4_F1C99-02_expansion.exe'. After you have read the license agreement you have to select the destination directory. Please choose your 'F1 Challenge 99-02' directory. After all files have been copied to your harddrive (no orginal files will be overwritten) a batch file will be automatically executed. This batch will copy the expansion car files to the different Season 2003 track directories. Please wait until this copy procedure is completed.
Running:
  • Just select your 2003 Team and select the a track. All track dependant shapes & textures will be loaded automatically.

  Optional:
Tyre updates [based on PROZAC's v3.0]
2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_allinone_v1.2.zip [4.6 MB] 19 Jan 04
This package adds new Tire shapes to your Season 2003 [2003RH] to the game F1 Challenge 99-02. This new Tyre Pack supports four different Versions of the tyres - just install the one of your taste. Please read the install instuctions of the README very carfully in order to avoid any problems [you also might want to check the 'Bugfix' thread in our Forum].
The Default Version
This Version comes with a subtile shine - the tires will look like they are pretty used - the grooves will not shine.

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The Wall Shine Version
In contrast to the 'default' version, this pack comes with shining tyre walls.

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The Grooves Shine Version
In contrast to the 'default' Version, this pack comes with shining grooves.

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The Shine Everywhere Version
This version combines the 'Side Wall Shine' with the 'Groove Shine' Version. The tires will almost look like on the car presentations.

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IF you know already what kind of "shine" you preffer you can decide to download the much smaller 'single' versions. In these files only the DEFAULT' or only the 'GROOVES' or only the 'SHINE_WALLS' or only the 'SHINE_EVERYWHERE' Versions are included.
2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_default_v1.2.zip [1.1 MB] 19 Jan 04
A subset of files included in the '2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_allinone_v1.2.zip' archive. It only contains the installers for the Default Version.
2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_shine_walls_v1.2.zip [1.2 MB] 19 Jan 04
A subset of files included in the '2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_allinone_v1.2.zip' archive. It only contains the installers for the Side Wall Shine Version.
2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_grooves_v1.2.zip [1.2 MB] 19 Jan 04
A subset of files included in the '2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_allinone_v1.2.zip' archive. It only contains the installers for the Groove Shine Version.
2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_shine_everywhere_v1.2.zip [1.1 MB] 19 Jan 04
A subset of files included in the '2003rh_tyres_4_f1c9902_allinone_v1.2.zip' archive. It only contains the installers for the Shine Everywhere Version.
Requirements [Please READ!]:
Preparation:
  • You need to have Season 2003 by Ralph Hummerich & Ivo Franic installed.
  • If you have already installed PROZAC's Tyre update V3.0 (that comes with modified cdb.mas & cmaps.mas files) then you have to get back the original files from your original F1C99-02 game CD - alternative you could download the two files from fileplanet [3.7 MB].
Installation: First of all you have to decide what version you like to install. This pack comes with FOUR different Version - each of them is splitted into two installers [so in total we have 8 different installers].

You can choose between 'DEFAULT', 'GROOVES', 'SHINE_WALLS' and the 'SHINE_EVERYWHERE' version - each of them come with a different shine style. Where the DEFAULT Version have almost no shine (tires look like used ones) up to the 'SHINE_EVERYWHERE' Version where the tires will look like you see them on car presentations.

After yo have choosen the tire shine style you have to decide which of the two installers you have to execute. One is for users who are will use High/Full pitcrew Details [and does not watch replays] -> these users should install the *_HIGH+FULL.EXE version. The users who will load & watch freqent replays or have set the (cause of performance) pit crew details to Low or Medium should install the *_LOW+MED.EXE Version.

Choice A:
Use High/Full pitcrew Details in the game - but get CTD's when want to watch a Replay (cause in replay always Low/Med pitcrew details are used and in this Version the use of Low/Med pitcrew Details will cause CTD's). So when you want to use High/Full pitcrew details, then you can not watch replays anymore as long as the tire pack is installed.
-> Install the file that end with '_HIGH+FULL.EXE'

Choice B:
Use Low/Med pitcrew Details in the game - No Problems everywhere - except when you will set your pitcrew Details to High or Full then the Bridgestone Teams will not have the updated tire wall texture (the original F1C texture will be used instead).
-> Install the file that end with '_LOW+MED.EXE'

Summarize:
So A) is for users that does not watch replays and like to use high/full pit crew details in the game and B) is for users that want to watch replays. But please note, that when your choice is B), then you HAVE TO set your pitcrew details to Low or Medium in order that all the tires will work correctly.

After you made your choice:

  • Start the Installation by double click on '2003RH_TYRES_4_F1C9902_[VERSION]_[CHOICE A/B].exe'.
  • After you have read the license agreement you have to select the destination directory. Please choose your 'F1 Challenge 99-02' directory.
  • After all files have been copied to your hard drive (no original F1 Challenge 99-02 files will be overwritten) a batch will start that take care of the correct installation of the tire files in your F1Challenge installation.
Known Bugs:
  • When using High/Full pitcrew details the "original" Bridgestone texture will be loaded [only happens when you have the HIGH+FULL Version installed] This can be fixed by setting your pitcrew details back to Low or Medium or simply install the 'High/Full pitcrew detail' version of this tire pack.
  • When you are using Low or Medium pitcrew details the game will 'Crash back to desktop' (CTD) after the track have loaded. This happen in Testmode for Bridgestone Teams only (except Sauber). And it will always occour when you want to watch a replay independant from your PitCrew detail settings.
    This can be fixed by setting your pitcrew details to High or Full [except for the replay CTD] or simply install the 'Low/Med pitcrew detail' version of this tire pack [fix both of the problems].
Uninstall:
  1. Start windows explorer
  2. Go to your F1C'99-02 installation directory
  3. Open the SeasonData folder - then open the Vehicles folder
  4. Rename the file 'Generic_F1_2003RH.gen' to 'Generic_F1_2003RH_tire.gen' (you simple can rename a file by selecting the file and press the F2-Key)
  5. Rename the file 'Generic_F1_2003RH_org.gen' to 'Generic_F1_2003RH.gen'

  Optional:
Track updates by Tantra
Tantra's 2003 Track updates [site closed]
but we have mirrored (with permission) the DL now...
[various] 13 Jul 03
Tantra have created currently 6 Track updates for the Season 2003 by Ralph Hummerich and Ivo Franic.
Currently the following Track updates are available (click on the Trackname to DL the installer):
 •  Australia [3.45 MB]
 •  Austria [1.51 MB]
 •  Monaco [3.71 MB]
 •  Canada [618 KB]
 •  Europa [2.42 MB]
 •  Germany [1.68 MB]

Update v1.0-v1.1 2003RH_4_F1C99-02upd_v1.0-v1.1.exe [2.8 MB] 20 Jul 03
Update v1.1:
 •  New Shape of Minardi
 •  updated liveries for BAR, Jordan, Minardi and Williams

Update v1.1-v1.2 2003RH_4_F1C99-02upd_v1.1-v1.2.exe [6.9 MB] 25 Jul 03
Update v1.2:
 •  NT & NA Liveries for Magny-Cours, Silverstone and Indianapolis (just guessed)
 •  Special Jaguar liveries for Monaco & Silverstone
 •  Special Minardi livery for Canada

Update
v1.2-v1.2b
2003RH_4_F1C99-02upd_v1.2-v1.2b.exe [330 KB] 30 Jul 03
Update v1.2b:
 •  Fixed Ferrari Mirrors in T-cam view

Update
v1.2-v1.3
Sorry but there is no update from 1.2 to 1.3 23 Dec 03
When you want to update your v1.2 to v1.3 you can either simply just install the Expansion pack v1.3 [that will give you all the latest cars as well] - or you simple download the v1.3 BASE Version and install that again. [Please understand that an update from 1.2 to 1.3 would had almost the same file size then the Expansion Pack itself - that's why we did not prepared such an update]

Having problems with the DOWNLOAD?

Think about, that almost everybody wants to get this carset asap !

So the website is extremely busy right now - might be, that you have to try it for a while before you can download the files completely.

Normally the average download volume of the website was 5GB a day - so please be patient - and thanks have go to the sponsors of emac's side [they are paying your download]

PLEASE do NOT send us a email, if you have download trouble - the files are there - but it might be, that they are tough to get.


See a preview of this Season 2003 Package...