Wow it's been a long season and 22 races later and we've completed the season. Christmas is now around the corner, and I've got lots of goodies for you, all free as usual. Although, if you appreciate the work and you're feeling generous, there is a donate button.There's still more to do, but this is likely the last chance I'll get to do any modding before Christmas.
Car Liveries
Williams FW43B
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| Williams FW43B 2021 Saudi Arabian GP livery |
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| Williams FW43B 2021 Saudi Arabian GP livery |
First up is the Williams livery from the Turkish GP and the Saudi Arabian GP. They ran the Turkish GP livery for most of the tail end of the season. Sadly, Frank Williams passed away on the week leading up to the inaugural race in Jeddah and all teams ran with Frank Williams tributes, a logo from the original team. The halo also includes a quote from the film Top Gun, a favourite of Frank's.
I will update the Abu Dhabi livery soon, but until then, enjoy the Saudi Arabian GP livery.
Alpine Liveries
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| Alpine Qatar 2021 GP livery |
Alpine ran with a green rear end at the Saudi Arabian GP, which was to commemorate 100 races with Castrol as the fuel supplier, formerly known as Renault. This dates back to the 1997 season where Jacques Villeneuve won the title in a Williams powered by Renault at the time.
This livery is included, as well as the US GP livery where they changed the main logos to Mandiant.
It also includes the Abu Dhabi livery, where they retained the green, but put the Alpine logo back on it. It also includes 'El Plan' on the rear wing.
The original work was done by Excalibur and Hega from RSCT, all I've done is amend the livery slightly.
Special Helmets
I feel like there's a mountain of helmets yet to do, but there's quite a few completed so far. I'm not doing them in any particular order, generally I'm picking off the easier ones first. As always, I'm indebted to Jvinu for the shapes and templates available on his blog. It means these helmets are compatible with ACSPRH helmets in other games.
Sebastian Vettel
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| Sebastian Vettel 2021 Mexican GP helmet |
Here's Seb's Mexican GP helmet. Because of the nature of the helmet, the majority of this helmet is created from photos rather than painted, it was the only way for me to be happy with how the helmet looked in the end.
In Saudi Arabia, Vettel was promoting his own political message, supporting equal treatment of women, particularly in motorsports. The world map is now reminiscent of a train map, which has glow in the dark sections in. That's not exactly possible in GP4, but I have given them as shiny alpha channels as I could to try and replicate the effect.
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| Valterri Bottas 2021 Brazilian GP helmet |
Here is Valterri's coffee inspired helmet, designed once more by his girlfriend. This helmet went through various iterations during its creation, in the end I found most of the source pictures, which I had to carefully place on a sparkly base. I'm quite pleased with the alpha channel and reflections on this helmet too.
Charles Leclerc
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| Charles Leclerc 2021 Saudi Arabian GP helmet |
Charles ran an amended version of his white helmet in Saudi Arabia, adding several red triangular lines and other subtle changes.
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In addition to the car running tributes to Frank Williams, Russell ran this rather simple yet striking helmet design that looks great with the car.
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George Russell
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| George Russell 2021 Saudi Arabian GP helmet |
In addition to the car running tributes to Frank Williams, Russell ran this rather simple yet striking helmet design that looks great with the car.
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Daniel Ricciardo
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| Daniel Ricciardo 2021 Qatar GP helmet |
It was almost not worth doing a preview of this helmet, but it's the same as the Qatar GP only with updated logos on the visor strip. Other than that, the helmet is the same.
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| Daniel Ricciardo 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet |
In Abu Dhabi, the shiny helmet became glittery. Quite a lot of the helmet has been re-coloured and the alpha layer is completely different. Both helmets are included in the pack.
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Carlos Sainz
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| Carlos Sainz Jnr 2021 Abu Dhabi GP Helmet |
Carlos began the season with a glittery version of his standard helmet, and he's done the same again at the season finale, except the sparkly bits are on the opposite parts of his helmet to the Bahrain version. Also the base colour of the helmet shines between purple, blue and even yellow in some shots. Out of all the sparkly helmets so far, this one is my personal favourite that I've created so far.
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This was Lance Stroll's 100th GP and he ran with an amended helmet livery with a special 100 Races logo added. It's also a glittery helmet with the Maple Leaf and the Wings now a very reflective green.
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Lance Stroll
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| Lance Stroll 2021 Abu Dhabi GP 100th Race helmet |
This was Lance Stroll's 100th GP and he ran with an amended helmet livery with a special 100 Races logo added. It's also a glittery helmet with the Maple Leaf and the Wings now a very reflective green.
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Yuki Tsunoda
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| Yuki Tsunda 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet 'Thank you Honda' |
I thought Yuki had finished updating his helmet for the year, but he rocked up at the final race with this helmet, with colours amended to reflect more of the Japanese red and white in tribute to Honda's final race in F1. All of Honda's era's in F1 are marked on the top strip. There's shots of two of his helmets painted side by side, and the grafitti is different on both of them. Anyway, out of all the grafitti designs he's worn all year, I'm happiest with how this one turned out in particular.
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I quietly released the first iteration of this helmet that Sir Lewis has worn at all the Middle-Eastern rounds, but the season finale saw him wear a sparkly version of it. Generally speaking, it's not gone well with drivers who have worn special helmet designs going into title deciders (Max's lid carried a small thank you to Honda on it, so that doesn't really count), so I guess that trend continues.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| Lewis Hamilton 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet |
I quietly released the first iteration of this helmet that Sir Lewis has worn at all the Middle-Eastern rounds, but the season finale saw him wear a sparkly version of it. Generally speaking, it's not gone well with drivers who have worn special helmet designs going into title deciders (Max's lid carried a small thank you to Honda on it, so that doesn't really count), so I guess that trend continues.
Antonio Giovinazzi
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| Antonio Giovinazzi 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet |
In the final race of the popular Italian, Antonio ran a tribute livery for his team-mate, Kimi Raikonnen, who is also leaving the team, in a design inspired by Kimi's 2007 Championship winning helmet. Nice, simple, effective and I certainly think it's Kimi's helmet before remembering it's actually Antonio's lid.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| Kimi Raikkonen 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet |
Kimi ran his first proper special helmet of the year, this one inspired by his first helmet some 20 years ago when he drove for Sauber. The helmet also carries a message of thanks on the rear.
I hope you enjoy this bumper release edition. Until the next post, I want to wish you all a very happy Christmas.
