QuickNick

Taking a Break

I think the Driver and Tuning changes suck!

Tuning

The community may have requested tuning ... this is not tuning!
What FM have done is given us temporary upgrades.
Tuning could have been great if properly implemented.

• Tuning parts are upgrades.
• Tuning is associated permanently with a car, not the driver, and not just for the SE.
• Purchased tuning can be adjusted to suit the event and track.

Drivers should not affect a car’s performance, that is ridiculous.
This is not a driver-management game, it is a racing game.

SE Tuning and Driver Levels means we now upgrade the same car multiple times.

Driver XP

Putting aside how absurd it is that driver levels affect car performance, this is obviously a method to ensure we play more which FM can then use to generate advertising revenue. It takes absurdly long to earn enough XP to level-up (25,000 XP requires about 100 laps of Daytona Road Course) so this is now a massive drain on our time. M$ are limited (daily and max) so earning XP is a protracted process or race earnings are lost. And after all of that we still have to pay Gold to level-up, so Driver XP is meaningless, it should be one or the other. I suspect that very soon Driver XP will be another IAP, yet another currency.

Another issue is that because we can’t FU these cars our (WT)TT Drive is limited (so we have to wait or pay Gold) and customization extras (paint, vinyl packs, wheels etc) will no longer be free.

None of these changes benefit the player, this is all about generating revenue for FM, directly through IAP of currencies and indirectly through the play-time (it takes to earn XP) being used for advertising.

Community Feedback

The recent survey was a joke as FM had already decided what they were going to do!
If FM are really interested in community feedback and improving the game ...

• Proper tuning.
• Fix the (2 year old) throttle and brake failure bugs.
• Stop OMP cutting by placing blocks at cut points (rather than the poorly coded penalty routines which punish braking mistakes but not cutting!)
• Improve controls e.g. constant throttle.
• Feedback of what the car is doing ... I suggested a couple methods more than a year ago on Reddit, FM didn’t bother responding!
• Make track limits consistent and let us know where they are! I suspect they refuse to do this because their off-track detection is poor.
• Weather effects.
• NOTE: gameplay and race content has not improved since the game was released 7 years ago!
• Rear-view mirror.
• TT Ghost optional.
• Car customization. More colours. More layers. More vinyl packs. Text layer. Combined paint-through and mirror modes. Separate resize and rotate controls. Finer placement of vinyls. Undo feature. etc etc etc.

All of this has been repeatedly mentioned (here on the Wiki, on Facebook, on Reddit, etc) over the last few years. FM invite feedback and then ignore it.

Nick's Stuff

Feel free to download/use anything you find here.
Please contact me if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback.
If you think you've found a mistake on one of my pages, please don't edit it, a lot of the data is generated so the error might be re-created the next time I generate the data! Send me a message and I will make the necessary changes. Thank you.

Work(s) in Progress

• Update v7.6 Main Page
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• PQ-generated calendar
• Cars All Data. To be able to generate data for Cars list pages e.g. Cars
  • User:QuickNick/CarsAllData ... Sample page
  • User:QuickNick/R/CarsAllData ... Row template for it. More examples.
  • User:QuickNick/R/CarsAllData2 ... Similar to above but to go on the car's page, so no Make-Logo or Car-Image column.
  • User:QuickNick/R/CarsAllData2a ... Similar to v2 but without the Base, R$ Upgraded and Fully Upgraded info as it's already in the Characteristics' section of the car's page. Example page
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• User:QuickNick/R/Tracks ... LIVE! See the Circuits page.
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• User:QuickNick/FormatNumDP3 ... LIVE! See the FormatNumDP template.
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• User:QuickNick/CarImageText2
• User:QuickNick/CarImageText3
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• User:QuickNick/Parser Names
• User blog:QuickNick/Hi-Res Images

Power Query

• Power Query forum
• Example Cars page PQ script
• Extracting the New Series Tables
• See my Spreadsheets page which includes a download of my Cars spreadsheet which uses PQ to retrieve the cars and upgrades from the Wiki. It's a bit old (please excuse my early code!) but still works.

If you need any help with (or have any suggestions regarding) PQ, feel free to contact me.

WTTT (History)

This is now LIVE! on the Tournaments page.

The following table is now a template ... WTTTcurrent
It can be included in your Profile/Article page by adding

{{WTTTcurrent}}

and will be automatically updated.

WTTT Tracks and Cars for 09-Jun-2020 to 16-Jun-2020
Event Info	Cars
Silverstone The National Circuit 09-Jun-2020 to 16-Jun-2020	PORSCHE CAYMAN S	NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R (R34) R3 SPEC	CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY Z51
See the WTTT page for more info on Cars, Tracks and WTTT History.

Visit the WTTT page which shows ...

• The Current WTTT Events.
• All Cars and their usage.
• All Tracks and their usage.
• (Nearly) All of the WTTT Historical Events.

Best-Paying Events

Visit my Best-Paying Events page.

Series Rewards

Visit my Series Rewards page.

Upgrade Strategy

Visit my Upgrade Strategy page.

Levels, Fame and Gold

Visit my Levels, the Fame Required and the Gold Rewards page.
Note: FM have now supplied the Level-Fame-Gold info, see Fame Chart, which shows how accurate Filippo’s formula was!

Wiki Badges

Visit my Wiki Achievement Badges page to see the badges and points you can earn for editing the Wiki.
Thanks to Michael for (help with) compiling this data, I just added the images and made it look pretty!

Sandbox Pages

Section	Link	Description
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox01	A copy of the Sandbox editing page! Also see the (other) test templates. {{User:QuickNick/R/Sandbox|R=1|Career Page LIVE!|User:QuickNick/Career3|Generated career page! User:QuickNick/Series and Special Events
All Events. LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02base	Base page, no data. Use this to re-create the All Events page.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02	First pass. To be deleted.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02t	TEST. 500 rows using a template.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02a	OK. Created using RR3 Wiki Exporter.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02b	OK. Extended Race Info. Is page too large?
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02d	Base page for below, no data. Use this to re-create the new All Events page.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02e	New All Events page! Includes Group and Index Series moved to the left Extended Race Info
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02f	Base page for below, no data. Use this to re-create the new All Events page.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02g	New All Events page! Includes Career Group Series moved to the left Extended Race Info qWikiCcAllEvents4
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02j	Base page for below, no data. Use this to re-create the Test All Events page.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02k	Test All Events page! Includes Group abbreviation and name Series Index Race Info split into separate columns qWikiCcAllEvents5
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02l	Base page for below, no data. Use this to re-create the Test All Events page.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox02m	Test All Events page! Testing what fits. Group name removed again! Decimal place(s) removed from Battery and PR. Changed Time-of-Day to shortened versions ... Dawn, Morn, Aft, Eve, Nite. Some column-headings reduced e.g. Battery --> Bat, Rolling Start --> RS That said, I think the remit of this page should be to include all relevant information, and so what if it exceeds the page limits!
Enhanced Manufacturers page. LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox04	First pass. Needs car ALT names in italics.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox04a	Second pass. Car ALT names in italics.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox04b	OK. As above but coded workaround for #loop: issue.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox04c	OK. As above but without Continent column.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox04d	OK. Using modified template.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox04e	LIVE! Vertical model list.
Cars. Available Races. LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox05	First pass. Using original template.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox05a	LIVE! New template. Extended ALT car names.
	User:QuickNick/R/CarAvRace3	New template. Includes link to all events for car.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox05b	LIVE! Using above template.
Best-Paying Event(s) per Series. LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox06	First pass. Two tables, one for Fame, one for R$. They're not the same!
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox06a	Second pass. Using "proper" Wiki-standard template.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox06b	LIVE!. Modified template to use RowCount to sort Index.
Top-100 Best-Paying Events	User:QuickNick/Sandbox07	First pass. Two tables, one for Fame, one for R$. They're not the same!
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox07a	Second pass. Using "proper" Wiki-standard template.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox07b	Third pass. Using same (live) template as Sandbox06b.
Car Navboxes for Makes & Series. LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox08	First pass.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox08a	Second pass.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox08b	LIVE! As above but Series title doesn't have number of cars.
Most Profitable Races	Not going to happen, needed community input, disappointing response.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox09	First pass.
	User:QuickNick/R/ProfitRaces2	Modified layout. Using all current data.
	User:QuickNick/R/ProfitRaces2a	Modified template: R$/min and Fame/min calculated in template.
	User:QuickNick/R/ProfitRaces2b	Modified template: Rearranged data so TIME is last template field.
	User:QuickNick/R/ProfitRaces3	Modified layout. Using all current data.
	User:QuickNick/R/ProfitRaces3a	Modified template: R$/min and Fame/min calculated in template.
	User:QuickNick/R/ProfitRaces3b	Modified template: Rearranged data so TIME is last template field.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox10	Second pass.
Car-Series Minimum-Upgrades	User:QuickNick/Sandbox11	First pass. No templates. To be deleted.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox12	Second pass. Using templates. To be deleted.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox12a	Third pass. Playing with ALT names. To be deleted.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox12b	OK. Created using RR3 Wiki Exporter.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox12c	OK. Updated so that (series-) cars are in "proper" Wiki order.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox12d	OK. New template. Same car-name structure as Cars Available Races.
Upgrade Strategy	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14	Cars-Series, Upgrade Progression.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14e	Upgrade Strategy. Mandatory and Best Upgrades.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14g	Full Upgrade Strategy. Mandatory, Best and Optional Upgrades.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14h	As Sandbox14g but allows for cars appearing in subsequent series.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14i	Fixed the bug which occcasionally caused an unnecessary upgrade when the car was already partially upgraded! Changed "best" and complementary selection calculation.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14j	As Sandbox14i with subsequent-series-for-the-car column. This affects the "best" entry calculation and could explain why a more costly entry has been selected.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14k	As Sandbox14j with subsequent-series-for-the-car column moved next to the car column.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14l	As Sandbox14k with Career Group header rows and Series Reward now includes Series-Completion and Sponsorship rewards.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14m	As Sandbox14l with section headers and Table of Contents. Note: TOC only auto-generated for 3 or more headers!
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14n	As Sandbox14m but the Series column on the car-event line now shows all Series for the car allowing you to jump to the previous/next entry for the car.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14o	Included the event rewards in the total series rewards, converted Fame to Gold, makes a difference.
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox14p	Upgrades now done in Series PR order which fixes the issue with subsequent series with lower PRs.
All Events by Car for each Make. LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox15	LIVE!
	User:QuickNick/Sandbox15b	Modified table headers and car links.
WTTT (History) LIVE!	User:QuickNick/Sandbox16	Version 1.
	User:QuickNick/WTTT	LIVE! Includes lots of templates and revisions User:QuickNick/H/WTTTcurrent User:QuickNick/R/WTTTcurrent User:QuickNick/T/WTTTcurrent User:QuickNick/H/WTTThistory(-4) User:QuickNick/R/WTTThistory(-4) User:QuickNick/T/WTTThistory(-4) User:QuickNick/H/WTTTcars(-4) User:QuickNick/R/WTTTcars(-4) User:QuickNick/T/WTTTcars(-4) User:QuickNick/H/WTTTtracks(-4) User:QuickNick/R/WTTTtracks(-4) User:QuickNick/T/WTTTtracks(-4)
	User:QuickNick/WTTThistory	LIVE!
Car Gallery LIVE!	User:QuickNick/CarGallery	LIVE! Template:CarsGallery
All Car Database	User:QuickNick/Sandbox21	Just an idea I had! Work-in-Progress.

Car Gallery

LIVE!

I included this here as a reminder just in case I ever want to use it!

I duplicated the {{CarsGallery}} template using Power Query and created a Car Gallery template page.

• Template: {{CarsGallery}}
• Location: Template:CarsGallery

Useful Stuff

• Series & Abbreviations
• {{User:QuickNick/GoldSmall}}. A smaller
• {{User:QuickNick/R$Small}}. A smaller
• {{CarImageText}}. See Template:CarImageText documentation for how to use.
• {{Quote}}. Add a quote. See template for instructions. I modified it so that no attribution text is required!
• Special:WhatLinksHere ... followed by the page/template name to find which pages reference it
  • e.g. Special:WhatLinksHere/WTTTcurrent

My Spreadsheets

Descriptions and links on my Spreadsheets page.

• Wiki-based Cars/Upgrades
• Non-Wiki-based Cars/Upgrades ... Discontinued, use the Wiki-based spreadsheet

Wiki Editing

I created the following template for User:RusTORK but think it might be useful to others as a starting point for creating templates ... User:QuickNick/R/Garage

A list of useful/helpful articles for editing the Wiki ...

• List all parser functions on a Wiki
• .
• Wikitext Cheatsheet
• Help on Templates
• Conditional Tables
• String Functions
• .
• Help:Magic Words
• Help:Magic Words - MediaWiki
• Help:Parser functions
• Help:Extension:ParserFunctions
• Images
• Gallery
• Help:Links
• Help:Switch parser function
• Extension:Loops
• Advanced table formatting
• Table Sorting

And ...

• Power Query M Function Reference

And ...

• Special:Insights

Images

• rr3.fandom.com/wiki/File:Showcase [wiki car name].jpg
• rr3.fandom.com/wiki/File:Series [wiki series name].png
• rr3.fandom.com/wiki/File:Category [wiki category/group name].png
• rr3.fandom.com/wiki/File:Circuit [circuit name].png

The car images generally use a 1.777 ratio, e.g.

• 1280x720
• 1920x1080
• 2048x1153 (if copied from the VM's 2048x1536 screen)

If a car name includes a / the image file will have to use something else e.g. -
and a REDIRECT page created from the original image file name e.g.

• Showcase PORSCHE 936/77 SPYDER.jpg

... REDIRECTS to ...

• Showcase PORSCHE 936-77 SPYDER.jpg

Pending Images

[[File:Pending.jpg|200px]]
[[File:Pending.png|200px]]

   

[[File:Pending2.jpg|200px]]
[[File:Pending2.png|200px]]

   

Generic Example Image

[[File:Example.jpg|200px]]

Characters

Name	Image	Quote Image
Michael
Natalia
Eric
Norm
Magnus
Chip McGee
Ahmed
Zoé
Richard Petty
Danica Patrick

Characters can be displayed with a quote from the game

{{CrewQuote|character|comment}}

e.g.

{{CrewQuote|Magnus|You'll never beat me!}}

	“	You'll never beat me!	”
		— Magnus

Or you can display the images

[[File:Quote character.png|size|link=]]
[[File:Image character.png|size|link=]]

e.g.

[[File:Quote Ahmed.png|200px|link=]]
[[File:Image Norm.png|250px|link=]]

NOTES:

• The character images are quite large so remember to set the size.
• Set |link= to nothing or a page, if omitted it points to a generated page which shows the full-size image.

Navbox Templates

rr3.fandom.com/wiki/Template:Manufacturer/[wiki make name] rr3.fandom.com/wiki/Template:Series/[wiki series name]
IMPORTANT: Remove non-alphanumeric characters e.g. ( - / + : etc

EMPTY pages

EMPTY pages are in the EMPTY folder ...

• User:QuickNick/EMPTY/All_Series
• User:QuickNick/EMPTY/Cars_and_Circuits

and are used to re-create the project pages as it's easier to just CTRL-A cut the whole lot and then copy the EMPTY pages rather than trying to cut out the rest of the data.

Other Stuff

This is for my reference but might also be of interest to others ...

• Missing the clock? Check out Michael's How To Add The Clock blog.
• Want some tips on customization? Check out Topcon's excellent Customization blog.
  • Even better, check out Tommy299’s fantastic Vinyl Designs by the Layer blog.
• Want to use an Android Emulator. Check out Michael's interesting Blue Stacks for Android blog.
• Check out Sirebel's comprehensive Gold, Gold and More Gold page.
• Perpetual Endurance Races which is a work-in-progress.

WTTT Results Table

Copied from Dave (Sirebel)’s page.

Track	Car	PR Upgrades	Group Time	Split Group Global	Position Group Global	% Group Global	Margin Total
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	PORSCHE 918 SPYDER WEISSACH PACKAGE	89.4 (7453333)	B 01:46:589	0.424s 4.377s	673 1,919	13.5% 1.54%	4,311 124,600
Circuit de Catalunya GP Circuit	ASTON MARTIN VULCAN	88.7 (7453333)	A 01:18.232	4.065s 4.065s	915 915	83.79% 0.84%	177 109,200
Nürburgring Grand Prix Circuit	BUGATTI VEYRON 16.4 GRAND SPORT VITESSE	86.8 (7464333)	B 01:28.806	1.199s 4.970s	1,088 1,792	38.64% 2.55%	1,728 70,400
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	FERRARI FXX K	96.3 (6434344)	B 00.59.837	0.136s 2.785s	325 1,835	5.38% 1.22%	5,715 151,000
Overall			B	10.993s 16.197s	892 958	27.58% 1.45%	2,342 66,000

• The template has been updated to WTTT19 which is easier to understand as, thanks to Michael, it now uses named parsers.
• I have made further amendments to the template, see the documentation.
• I am now using it on my WTTT Results page.

Users

Other users who are doing (or have done) interesting stuff ...

• User:RR3_Michael_P
• User:Sirebel
• User:Chriscar2
• User:Amrosa
• User:RusTORK

New Pages

A list of what's new on the Wiki using the {{Newpages}} template ...