The Public Beta of PCM.daily's 2012 DB. Contains 83 teams that are fully updated with its 2012 rosters and stats. This package is an update which means that PCM.daily's Expansion Pack V1 is required.
Installation
1. Download PCM.daily's Expansion Pack and install it before installing this package.
2. Run the .exe-file and install the Public Beta to your main PCM-folder.
3. Pick the database in your game's Options menu.
4. Report any bug that you find in
this thread.
Features
First of all, these are the main changes between the Expansion Pack and the 2012 DB:
- 83 teams. Rosters have been updated to 2012. Of these 83 teams, 46 have 2012 graphics (shirts, transferts, logos)
- 3328 riders - 1837 of them are free agents, including riders who are coming back from doping suspensions in 2012
- Updated stats
- 2012 photos for 26 teams
- Rider statistics/palmares updated to 2011
- National champions updated to 2011
- 15 new races and lots of profile updates for existing races (fewer duplicates)
- 2012 race routes for 18 races, including the Giro d'Italia, the World Championship, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour Down Under
- Several new variants (now 10 different World Championship routes, 8 different Tour de France routes and 6 different Vuelta routes)
- A few new future sponsors, Hong Kong added as scoutable country and other minor changes
The 2012 DB also contains the equipment from Fenian's Expansion Pack Add-On. However, we're currently re-doing the equipment part, and these changes won't be available until the release of the final 2012 DB.
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The original feature list of the Expansion Pack (2011 DB):
Teams and riders
- 80 teams (
full list here)
- 3132 riders
- 1653 free agents
- Photos for 95 % of the riders - many of these are 2011 photos
- 2010 Champions (2011 Champions version to be released later)
- PCM.daily stats - completely revised stats (compared to the Cyanide DB)
- 104 track riders with realistic stats
Races/Stages
- ~100 % of the stages are made especially for PCM11 (no AI issues)
- 25 new races, including the new World Tour-race Tour of Beijing and several new national championships (
full list here)
- Lots of new stages with real profiles/terrain
- Changing routes for the major races:
- 5 new Tour de France routes
- 2 new Vuelta a Espana routes
- 5 new Giro d'Italia routes
- 2 new Paris-Nice routes
- 4 new Tirreno-Adriatico routes
- 3 new Tour de Suisse routes
- 2 new Criterium du Dauphine routes
- 1 new Vuelta al Pais Vasco route
- 2 new Tour de Pologne route
- 1 new Tour de Romandie route
- 1 new Tour Down Under route
- 1 new Volta a Catalunya route
- 6 new routes for the World ITT Championship
- 7 new routes for the World RR Championship
- ... and "random" variants for National Championships in some countries
Equipment
- 59 frames
- 92 wheels
- 97 helmets
Graphics
- Updated race logos
- New sponsorkit, replacing the standard Cyanide banners with real logos
- Yellow Mavic car, replacing the standard Cyanide car
- New race category icons
- New country flags
- "Cyanide News" replaced with "L'Equipe"
Other features
- More realistic names for generated young riders
- A few more scouting zones and more realism in terms of which countries that produce the best riders
- Realistic staff names (and more staff in general)
- More than 100 real journalists
- The Cya Top Tour renamed to UCI World Tour
- The Superprestige Ranking renamed to CQ Ranking
- Cyanide Trophy has been renamed to Velo d'Or
- 242 real-name sponsors with correct shirts, logos and mini-shirts
... but i think that the final version will be disponible as soon!
Great great job. Keep up the good work