THIS IS THE OFFICIAL RELEASE. I WILL BE UPDATING THIS MOD FROM HERE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD FROM ANOTHER SOURCE. DO NOT UNPACK, DO NOT MODIFY.

NOTE: this mod conflicts with agent's r8 mod AND Poland map by feway. use one or the other.

April 10 Patch Notes:
- updated interior and wheel textures to be more subtle yet clear
- updated transmission and final drive gear ratios
- improved rear braking glowmaps to glow brighter
- improved several textures, including bumper grille textures to be transparent
- fixed interior camera being off
- fixed mirrors not detatching from doors
- fixed twitching doors
- fixed floating blinker stalk (no longer animated)
- fixed the engine sound and added a new startup sound (credits to jojos38 for the engine sound - https://www.beamng.com/threads/improved-lamborghini-gallardo-v1-28.80412/)
- fixed the broken tailgate glass UV maps
- fixed the roof, hood, glass, headlight, and exhaust jbeam (fixed the loud crash noise upon spawn, fixed the twitching left door and twitching exhaust, fixed the shaking headlights when braking hard, fixed the roof so that there is an actual jbeam for the roof, added an openable hood)
- added brake disc and caliper models 
- added Hycade, ABT, Vorsteiner, GT, and 2016-2018 body kits (Front and Rear Bumpers, Side Skirts, Spoiler, Wheels, etc.)
- added Spyder configuration (Rear Bumper, Roof, Rear Fascia
- added a v10 emblem for the rear fascia
- added adjustable-DRL-brightness headlights
- added the new dynamic mirror feature (you will have to adjust your mirrors)
- added a tachometer needle so that the gauge screen isnt useless
- added new configurations and updated pictures
- added red and brown interior colours
- added a rollcage (functional)
- added pedal textures
- added realistic drive ratios
- animated the interior shifter
- reorganized the emblem slots, now can be found under the body panel associated with the emblems
- separated the engine cover to animate with the engine model

Overall, this is the best Audi R8 mod you can get. For free, too.

Planned updates:
- more bodykits
- fixed jbeams for Hycade bodykit
- exposed openings to the engine bay on Spyder configuration
- fix door hinges
- skin UV
- interior lights
- pbr (dds) rendered textures for commonly used textures
- glowmap interior hazard button
- animated stalk
- RHD
- premium seats
- OEM chassis
- https://discord.com/channels/@me/1230371150580940821/1360877178560188530
- canards (rename)
- openable doors
- 2017 + 2024 LMS GT3 kits (in the works)

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