GP4: 2024 Pack

As 2024 draws to a close, I wanted to thank you for all the support and appreciation for this blog and my content. 

Looking back, I can't quite believe the amount I've been able to achieve.

The 30th Anniversary of the 1994 mod, in memory of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, has received a lot of positive feedback, even from outside the GP4 community, with my cars having been converted into F1 2014 and Automobilista (with permission). It is an ongoing project, and I hope to do more on this mod soon. 

I also worked on, with Meteoro405, the IMSA vs WEC carset, which included the 2023/24 IMSA mod, 2023 WEC/Le Mans mod, 2024 WEC/Le Mans mod and a mod that combines them all together. This mod started off by doing a few cars for fun, being inspired by Meteoro405's IMSA Random mod, and the revival of endurance racing. In the end, it was a very complete mod, and it was something different from the usual F1 mods and I enjoyed the project immensely. I enjoyed some of the colloborations and content from the wider modding community to complete this mod. I'm also grateful that drt01 updated his 'petite Sarthe' Le Mans track to 2024 standards. 

Later in the summer, I released my 2023 mod, with the mod structured to include the 2024 mod at a later date. The 2023 mod included lots of new additional content and liveries, and at the time I thought it was a pretty comprehensive mod. The 2024 mod, in comparison, started life as a small add-on, but the updates kept on coming, and its certainly kept me very busy over the past few months. I'm really proud of what has been achieved. 

Below are some repackaged downloads. 

The original 2024 mod update v1.7 release missed the Sauber Las Vegas livery, so here is v1.7b reloaded, simply install this over the existing update. For the latest files for the 2024 mod, check this page out..

By popular demand, I share with you my 2024 helmet set separately. There's more details on each helmet included on the annual helmet page here.

I also share all my 2024 cars in one pack too. Again, the details on the cars are on the Christmas update post.

Not only has it been a busy year of modding for me, on top of that, I've been trying to keep this blog up to date, seeking to preserve as much as I can from GP4 community modding history, and trying to keep things as simple as possible for new-comers to this classic game. 

Feel free to show your appreciation with a no-obligation donation using the donate link at the top of the page. 

Wishing you a very happy New Year and keep racing.

GP4: F1 2024 mod v1.5 update

The 2024 mod was only released in August, and two months later, we're already on the fifth update pack. That's in large part due to real life driver changes, but also thanks the great community pumping out quality updates to add to this mod. 

Thanks to Excalibur for his most recent update to the VCARB car, with Liam Lawson's number 30 skin now added to the mod. 

2024 VCARB by Excalibur

I've now completed the 2024 version of Liam Lawson's helmet, designed by MDM Designs and painted by BS helmets onto the Bell helmet with a solid wing. I've also added the team-art for Liam. 

2024 Liam Lawson helmet by fongu

I've also taken the liberty to add this special helmet of Franco Colapinto from the Mexican GP (and used at the Brazilian GP too). He's racing with a tribute to Carlos Reutemann's classic helmet design. I don't know about you, but it took me a while to realise the FC on the front of his helmet stands for Franco Colapinto, not some other franchise.

2024 Franco Colapinto Mexican GP helmet by fongu

Ollie Bearman once again stood in for Kevin Magnussen (this time through illness) and he wore his alternative Haas helmet. This is basically red instead of yellow, a different colour visor and slight detail changes. 

2024 Oliver Bearman Brazilian GP helmet

Lewis Hamilton had the privelege of running in a 1990 McLaren at the Brazilian GP, and ran a special Senna inspired helmet for the whole weekend. I couldn't help but add this to the collection. 

2024 Lewis Hamilton Brazilian GP helmet

As promised, my McLaren MCL38 has now been added to the mod. In the mod, there is a new selection for which McLaren you want to use, mine or Isaint's. Below is a screenshot of my version of the Monaco GP livery, the Senna tribute. 

2024 McLaren MCL38 Monaco GP by fongu

... and the Legends livery used at the Singapore GP,

2024 McLaren MCL38 Singapore GP by fongu

... and the shiny Chrome livery used at the US GP at the Circuit of the Americas (no off-track overtaking happened in the creation of this screenshot).

2024 McLaren MCL38 US GP by fongu

Thanks to Paulo Derpich and his epic work to complete all the sponsor changes on my McLaren. There's also more track specific liveries, including the Singapore GP Mercedes, VCARB liveries and the latest Williams liveries, including the yellow engine cover. There's also some cockpit updates to the Mercedes, VCARB and McLaren.
Super job! 

There was a request to add a new weather option, 33% chance of rain, so that's been added to this 2024 mod. 

Other than a missing CSM preview picture, some performance file updates and fixes, fixed alpha channels on the Red Bull, that's all for this update. 

Oh wait you want more?

I'm sharing with you my all new version of the Sauber. It's a bit less toxic green than Isaint's version, and comes with Stake and Kick livery variants. 

It's a shame the livery is so vile because I quite like the shape. Well, at least the car is pretty much confined to the rear of the grid and mostly out of sight. Anyway, the car gets its exclusive release as part of this mod update, but I do plan on releasing the car separately soon. 

2024 Sauber C44 by fongu for GP4

Well that's really it for this update. The file size suggests there's more in this mod update than there are in some mods. 

Installation Notes

This update requires 2024 F1 mod previously released on this blog here: 
https://fongugp4.blogspot.com/2024/08/gp4-f1-2024-mod-v10.html

• Download both the 2024 CSM mod updates below

CSM update - 2024 CMU24 update 4 v1.5
CSM update - 2024 CMU24 update 5 v1.5
CSM update - 2024 CMU24 update 6 v1.5

• Open CSM
• File | Install new carset template | select F1_2024_CMU24_update4_v1.5.cmu
• File | Install new carset template | select F1_2024_CMU24_update5_v1.5.cmu
• File | Install new carset template | select F1_2024_CMU24_update6_v1.5.cmu

As ever, happy racing.