readme - wide grids for server - Grand Prix Legends (GPL)
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About
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These are 1x1 staggered wide grids for Grand Prix Legends server for safer starts at online races.
Clients do not need to install wide grids!

It was created by using the freeware OnlineGridTool by John Smith.
You can download this tool at https://code.google.com/archive/p/onlinegridtool/
(alternative download at http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=5057).


Installation:
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Just unpack the wide grids on your server to your GPL track folder ( ...\SIERRA\gpl\tracks ).
To unpack a 7-zip (.7z) file you can use the freeware 7-zip ( https://www.7-zip.org/ ).
The package includes a "Track_Backup" file (which was created by the OnlineGridTool)
for most of the original "track.inis", just in case you want to go back to the original grid. 
To be on the safe side make a backup of your track.ini (or your complete track folder) before you 
unpack to your GPL track folder.


Important:
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A GPL server reads mod specific "track.inis" (if there are any) before it reads the track.ini.

With new mod patches, new car mods and also with new tracks
mod specific "track.inis" get stored in the track folders, e.g.
"track55.ini"
"track65.ini"
"track66.ini"
"track67.ini"
"track68.ini"
"track69.ini"
"trackGT.ini"
"trackSC.ini"

To prevent the server from using a "mod.ini" instead of the modified 1x1 "track.ini" (created with the OnlineGridTool) it is recommended to rename them so that the GPL server can`t read them anymore,
e.g. with an underscore before:
"_track55.ini"
"_track65.ini"
"_track66.ini"
"_track67.ini"
"_track68.ini"
"_track69.ini"
"_trackGT.ini"
"_trackSC.ini"

Instead of renaming you can of course also delete the "mod.ini" files if you are sure that you will not need them anymore.


Happy online racing!

14.01.2022
Stefan Roess