Richard Burns Rally EVO

So with all new stages now having received their well deserved weather and particle updates (see v0.6.10) we are creeping closer to a big v0.7 release. The planned surface audio feature is already in place. It just needs some audio files to work with. In this regard, an opportunity arose, which lead

This is just a cumulative re-upload of the sub-updates from this update cycle to make it easier for people who are not constantly monitoring the mod to catch up, now that all the newly released stages of this update cycle are covered. If you downloaded the previous incremental updates, you don't nee

OK, I'm finally through with all the new stages from the latest RallySimFans Update. Now, as always, I'm going to work on new functions and new content for the EVO mod and its Service Park Launcher. For update v0.7 I'm planning on adding additonal wet clouds and implementing the surface sounds audio

Great stages all around in this batch: - Komokoriki Hill Road is awesome. Even though it fits right into the other New Zealand stages it has a distinct diverse look to its landscape, making it stand out, even among AJNZ other amazing stages. It now also features my favorite particle set of this enti

- Tough set: built new particle files for Colorado Springs with some new super dynamic particle physics, applied only under specific cornering forces. Had one for dry, one for damp and one for wet, only to find out when combining the three that RBR max caps the particle files at some point. So now w

.... so regarding this DLSS5 thing for RBR: I had a look into it for the past several days and tried it myself. I’ve seen some RBR related DLSS5 videos and wasn’t really convinced, especially considering the enormous performance hit this new neural rendering causes (even the author of the video link

This batch is filled with great and compelling stages! Always wanted a Greece stage (if I ever were to create my own stage it would be a Greece mountain stage) and we got a great one with Limnis-Plastiras. Monti di Ala is an amazingly interesting stage (although it suffers mightely from the "shadow

I get major Semetin vibes from Vyskovec, which is the highest RBR praise I can give, since Semetin is still the gold standard for me. I think I even spotted the occasional Semetin texture and Vyskovec even has the same lighting issue at the start of the stage as Semetin. Might be coincidence but Sem

Ruapuke is exactly the kind of stage I'm doing this for: great stage with enormous potential and with a few tweaks it gets visually spectacular. On the opposite side of that spectrum is Bignone. I hope Bignone gets an update soon because the layout looks great but from a weather and particle standpo

TODAYS CHALLENGE: Time on stage Comb: 6:13:58 with the Subaru Impreza WRC 2.0 (During my testing I somehow accidentally stumbled into a run without crashing, which you will find attached to this post) Slow start. Coming from my modding position, I'm convinced that Brantega is the worst stage in the

Well, the timing of the recent Rallysimfans update is really bad, since I'm still on vacation through the rest of this week. Once I return I will start on building the new particle and weather settings for the newly released stages. This time I'm going to update the finished mods in more incremental

The tiniest of updates: fixed an issue with the 301-Karowa 2009 weather table To update: Download and extract to merge its Maps folder with your existing one in your RBR root folder. This will apply the update. No further action is needed. New to EVO: Download and install the full mod from here.

The tiniest of updates: fixed an issue with the 301-Karowa 2009 weather table To update: Download and extract to merge its Maps folder with your existing one in your RBR root folder. This will apply all of the updates' content. New to EVO: download and install the full mod from here.

Some needed tweaks to fix some small errors that went unnoticed during the release of the major v0.6 update to keep the free version as up to date as the Patreon version. Namely: -fixed a mispelled shader name to fix the in-game Help screen (ctrl+H) -fixed a weather issue on 559-Karagita-Ruma and on

It was inevitable: A follow-up update is needed to clean up this latest massive update that overhauled pretty much the entire Service Park thingy while adding this chonker of a feature with the Dynamic Presets. This update fixes a few issues, some of them were explicitely caused by the Vulkan reshad

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: - Reinstall the ReShade component via the ONE CLICK INSTALLER - Reinstall the Retextures component via the ONE CLICK INSTALLER - DYNAMIC PRESETS need to be switched on MANUALLY in the settings window (see video above) Almost all elements of the Service Park received major overhau

All major new changes in update v0.6 concern the Patreon version and the Service Park, most of all, the new function of dynamically created reshade presets depending on what weather you selected, what stage you're on, what surface you're drifing on, the time of day, whether you're in a replay or dri

What are we doing? What's happening? I can tell you what's happenning: With a planned date by the end of this week a new version of EVO will be released. A lot will change and some pretty major new features will be added. Mainly a routine that allows for completely automated ReShade presets being cr

Initially planned as a quick hotfix regarding some of the persisting ReShade issues that still haunt a Richard Burns Rally installation, this now expanded to a full fletched EVO update. This one will solve a lot of ReShade related issues and provide feedback how to fix them, if anything goes wrong o

Full tutorial and explanation to the full EVO mod installation, including ReShade, from scratch Note: The Service Park Launcher is only available through the Patreon subscription This is supposed to be the "one-stop go to" source regarding any EVO installation related questions. Content of the video

Full tutorial and explanation to all of the settings and functions of the Service Park Launcher. Note: The Service Park Launcher is only available through the Patreon subscription This is supposed to be the "one-stop go to" source regarding any settings and functions related questions. Content of th

This is a detailed tutorial video on how to use and set up and adjust ReShade in-game after an EVO Service Park Reshade installation. Note: The Service Park Launcher is only available through the Patreon subscription Content of the video: 0:00 Intro 1:04 POV Headlights/High Beams 2:27 Adjusting the

... aaand we are hotfixing again: found an issue with some of the ambient sounds that caused crashes (thanks to @sunghoon ha for pointing that out!). (Some of the files were stereo files while RBR only allows for mono sound fx files) To Update: Extract into your RBR root folder to merge the Maps fol

"The Taming of Reshade" Initially thought to become a quick hotfix, this turned out to be another huge update, at least code wise. The EVO SERVICE PARK LAUNCHER was fully revised and received several changes, all regarding a streamlined and automated reshade installation/handling experience. It also

Finally fixed the issues I encountered regarding the missing necessary shaders in the new EVO reshade preset "TV". Installing ReShade and downloading the correct shaders is still a pain to do manually (something the EVO SERVICE PARK LAUNCHER would do for you automatically) but I have detailed the pr

Finally, the enormous stage drop of the latest RallySimFans update makes it to the free version of EVO. See the changelog v0.4.txt file for a list of all changes To update: Download and extract to merge its Maps folder with your existing one in your RBR root folder. This will apply all of the update

This will go down as EVOs biggest update on its road to version 1.0! It's a long and boring video but I highly recommend watching it, as it not only introduces the new functions but also includes instructions on how to use the new features of the EVO Service Park Launcher. See the changelog v0.4.txt

Richard Burns Subaru Impreza Livery: I noticed that we haven’t had an iconic Richard Burns Subaru Impreza livery, so I created my own to showcase EVO’s progress in my videos. This livery is kind of a bonus DLC for EVO and just an approximation, as it is based on the 2003 Impreza model—the only viabl

Not the most sexy content but it might come in handy: a set of loading screens with the keyboard shortcuts to turn the post processing effects of the EVO reshade preset on and off, on the fly. Most popular circumstances are propably: - ctrl H to open Help screen in-game - turn DoF off when in cockpi

And we conclude the sub-updates with v0.3.3 that adds the last batch of stages to the EVO weather and particle mix. 6 new stages where added to the EVO portfolio, making it now a total of 25 new stages for the current update cycle that goes through v0.3.1, v0.3.2 and now v0.3.3. The next update v0.4

Need your help deciding how to pack the patreon version of the mod: From your experience, after downloading the patreon version of the mod, would you have expected for all of its components to come pre installed?

If you downloaded the latest update v0.3.2 before this entry was posted (April 20th, 10 A.M), you will have a slightly corrupted version of it: I forgot to add an additional underscore in one of the folders names. It is fixed now. - If you find in your RBR root/Maps/ folder a folder named "_EVO" you

I think you know the drill by now: new sub-update covering another batch of stages that have been updated to EVO. (Added 5 new stages, and several fixes to previously added stages have been applied. Full changelog in the download section below.) To update: Download and extract to merge its Maps fold

EVO v0.3.1 Update for Richard Burns Rally: we start the new update cycle with tons of content. 12 new stages and 12 updated stages have already made it into the first iteration of this update cycle. The second batch of roughly a dozen new stages that were introduced with the latest huge RallySimFans

Changelog Update 0.3 (free): • 14 new ambient sounds (up to 150+ in the patreon version) • 12 new damp clouds (up to 100+ in the patreon version) • ~400 real-life ad banners replacing defaults on vanilla stages (from update 0.2.3) The next major update, concluding the current update cycle. Since we

The next major update, concluding the current update cycle. Since we weren't treated to new stages by the RallySimFans and stage creator mod teams, I call this update the "Housekeeping" update. Some major and necessary new changes have been made and were implemented, positioning EVO perfectly for th

This update adds real life ad banners to the vanilla stages as part of the EVO retexture project to replace the roughly 400 default ones. INSTALLATION: download the file attached and just extract to merge the Maps folder with your existing one in your RBR root directory. This will automatically inst

This update adds real life ad banners to the vanilla stages, as part of the EVO retexture project, to replace the roughly 400 default ones. The video above also teases some additional new functions for the EVO Service Park Launcher that will come with the next major update 0.3, including: - random c

Go-Beep-Beep-Go: This is an emergency reshade fall back file. It´s an archived version (6.5.1) that is known to work with RBR. If you encounter any issues with a later reshade installation from reshade.me fall back to this archived version and please contact me (either direct message here or on disc

Just extract into your Richard Burns Rally root folder to merge the Maps folders. The changes made to the stages by this update are then automatically applied, no manual installation after that is necessary. Since the free version doesn't include the Service Park Launcher there is no way of randomiz

Finally one of the most prominent features of EVO has made it into a release: This update introduces the teasered cloud randomizer that comes with several hundred new randomly applied cloud shapes. For now this includes only dry clouds with damp and wet clouds following in future updates. Update 0.2

changelog 0.1.3 NEW STAGES 588-Whaanga Coast Just extract into your Richard Burns Rally root folder to merge the Maps folders. The changes made by this update are then automatically applied, no manual installation after that is necessary. This is the last sub-update of the current update cycle. All

changelog 0.1.2 NEW STAGES 584-Cierru-Los-Pinos-2023 585-Cierru-Los-Pinos-2023 rev. 586-Pirttijärvi TWEAKS AND FIXES 378-Mattila (weather tweaks) As always, just extract into your Richard Burns Rally root folder to merge the Maps folders. The changes made by this update are then automatically applie

The first update of the new update cycle for the recent RallySimFans update is live. Changelog update 0.1.1: NEW STAGES: stage 571 - Cueva Santa stage 573 - Lebozan 2010 stage 580 - Helette stage 581 - Dylanda stage 582 - Gastabudstrofen stage 583 - Cercados de Espino FIXES: stage 578 - Mattila - we

Detailed installation guide for reshade and the EVO reshade preset. It´s just drag and drop but the most convenient way to handle, install and uninstall it, is to use the EVO Launcher (patreon) though. A detailed tutorial on all of the fetures of EVOs reshade preset ad how to handle them can be foun

Feature overview and tips on how to use, set-up and manage reshade and the EVO reshade preset and its post process effects. A detailed installation guide for reshade and the EVO reshade preset can be found here and in the "RBR EVO Tools" video collection. Hint: Even though the EVO weather settings w

Quick summary and overview of the release of EVO update 0.1.0, the first major one with additional content (EVO reshade), "final" tweaks to the latest stage releases, and finally the first update for free users of EVO. Cumulative update including previous v0.0.1, v0.0.2, v0.03, and v0.0.4. This upda

update 0.0.4 with changes to Nujiang particles and weather settings to accommodate for the changes in the latest RSF update for latest RSF v1.56.0 (2025-07-06) Changelog: 515 Nujiang-72Turns-R (wet particles optimized and changes to weather settings and shadows accommodating for the changes in the l

Update including stage 579 Kuri Bush and stage 578 Mattila for latest RSF v1.56.0 (2025-07-06) Changelog: 578 Mattila (new) 579 Kuri Bush I (new) downloading and merging the Maps folder with your existing one, will automatically apply/install all changes made with this update. No need to manually in

Main download page for the Patreon version of EVO including a video tutorial on how to set up and use the EVO SERVICE PARK LAUNCHER. Extraction/Installation: extract the contents into your RBR root directory to merge the Maps-folders, then run the _EVO Service Park Launcher.bat in the Launcher go to