This is caused by Kolss' corsair that has a wrong bit depth - 1 bit. We went through all accessories before the release, but clearly this one got overlooked. Oops! This has already been solved for the post-Giro bugfix, but for now you can download this file to fix the problem, and extract it into 3D\Cyclists\Cloth\Team\17kls.


Pretty much the same problem as above. These handles have a bit depth of 8 bit, so they don't make the game crash, but are not shown correctly by the 3D engine. You can download this file to get around this issue, and extract it into 3D\Cyclists\Cloth\Team\17amo.


Tour of China II has 2 new stages this year, but we forgot to include them! This has been solved for the bugfix, but here's a workaround if you want to play the Chinese stage race. Just extract the 2 cdx files you find in there in CM_Stages.


We've recently discovered that PCM has an upper limit for team IDs of 314. We only had 1 team with an ID higher than that, and that team just so happened to be Wibatech. Download this cdb and put it inside Documents\Pro Cycling Manager 2016\Mod\PCMdaily2017DB, overwriting the old one.


Quick simulating the non existing 5th stage of the Dubai Tour does the trick, any classifications will remain unchanged. We've fixed this for the post-Giro bugfix, and you can do so as well, before creating a new career, by removing ID 5420 from sta_stage.


In STA_Race, change the gene_sz_classification_xml of the Tour of Rhodes from t2_rhodes_class to t2_rhodes_class.xml. This should normally fix the issue. This can be done in both the ongoing save (to apply in this save) and in the general DB (for any future save you will start)

You don't necessarily need a clean installation of Pro Cycling Manager 2016. We recommended this when we released the 2016DB for PCM 2015, because of the large amount of problems the Expansion Pack was causing back then. Since the 2016 EP or the EP Lite haven't caused any gamebreaking bugs since the final patch, you don't need to perform a clean install before installing V1 of the 2017 DB.

However, performing a clean install will save you quite some disk space if you had the EP or another database installed before, and will of course lower the risk of incurring in annoying crashes.

To perform a clean install, go to your installation directory and delete all contents of the folder Pro Cycling Manager 2016. Don't delete the folder itself! Open Steam, go to your Library and right click Pro Cycling Manager 2016. Select Properties and go to Local Files. Click Verify integrity of game cache. Steam will now check which files are missing (all files) and will automatically download and install them again.

Most likely, you unpacked the database in the wrong directory. As a general rule, you need to install the Expansion Pack in the same directory as the one where you can find the PCM executable file (PCM.exe). In our archive, you should manually change the installation directory. The standard location where Steam installs your game is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Pro Cycling Manager 2016, but this directory can be different if you set Steam to install the game in another directory (f.e. D:\SteamLibrary\common\Pro Cycling Manager 2016).

This has been a bug of the game, which has been solved by Cyanide in one of the first updates (1.2.0.0 if I recall correctly). You'll have to update your game in order to get this fixed. If you have prevented Steam from updating your games automatically, you can update PCM manually in the Settings of the game in the Steam Library.

Considering that the game has only been released as Steam game as of PCM 2016 (so not in the Program Files\Cyanide directory anymore), the information above should be enough to solve this problem if you have legally purchased the game. For those who haven't installed the game through Steam, we would like to point out that this community is partially funded by the profits of the game (when bought using the GamePlanet link you can find on the homepage of this website).

Next to that, the game wouldn't exist any longer if we all decided to obtain pirated copies of the game instead of buying it. Therefore, we won't provide support in this case, if we find out that you're using an illegal (pirated) copy of Pro Cycling Manager 2016.

Recently, we have heard of cases where users who bought the game through retailers, were actually shipped a pirated copy they were charged money for. In this case, unfortunately, we can't do anything about it, and if you suspect you might have been scammed like this, you should contact the online store/retailer you bought the game from.

We tried to configure this database in a way that it can be installed alongside another database. However, there are some files that could get overwritten when you install another database. This could result in alterations of your gameplay (like different sponsorkits or missing/wrong jerseys, accessories, etc.) or even crashes. So it is possible to install multiple databases, but it's risky.

You can however try to make a second installation of PCM in a different path. This way you can play 2 databases with virtually no risks!