File Tree¶
GT6 Folder Structure¶
USRDIR Contents¶
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├─ USRDIR
│ ├─ db/
│ │ └─ userdb<VERSION>.dat # Contains a cached sqlite file holding replay metadata & more other user contents
│ ├─ grim2/ # Grim cached contents & responses
│ ├─ PDIPFS # Packed game contents (Polyphony Digital Patch File System)
│ ├─ TPPS-<VERSION>/ # Pending PDIPFS update to be applied to the game (Binary Patching), removed once applied
│ ├─ UPDATENODEINFO/ # Metadata on how a PDIPFS update should be applied
│ ├─ FIXEDELF114/ # Hack-fix from PDI to fix an incorrectly applied patch in 1.13
│ ├─ EBOOT.BIN # Bootstrap executable, boots EBOOT.SELF
│ ├─ EBOOT.SELF # Main executable (it is possible to replace EBOOT.BIN with this file)
│ └─ update.txt # Alerts the game of the current update for potential patching
│
...
Volume Contents¶
The GT6 folder structure is nearly identical to the GT5 one, with a few changes to the car, and scene folder.
textdata's events has been mostly moved to game_parameter
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├─ car/ # Car models & wheels for each car. Depends on ModelCode in MODEL_INFO table
│ └─ XXXX/ # Unique identifier for each manufacturer/tuner
│ └─ XXXX/ # Unique identifier for each car
│ ├─ hq/ # High quality model for menus
│ │ ├─ body # Model file
│ │ ├─ body_s # Streamed and compressed model data (polygons, etc)
│ │ └─ wheel # Wheel model
│ │
│ ├─ race/ # Model for races
│ │ └─ ..
│ │
│ ├─ info # Car information file (Camera positions & more)
│ ├─ interior # Interior model
│ └─ meter # Strobe/Animation file representing & emulating car speedometers/dash
│
├─ carparts/ # Model files for car parts
│ ├─ hq/ # High quality models
│ │ ├─ heXXX # Custom Rim Model - XXX is ID from
│ │ ├─ htXXX # Custom Rim Model - If ID is >= 1000
│ │ ├─ weXXX # Wind End Model
│ │ ├─ wmXXX # Wind Mount Model
│ │ ├─ wpXXX # Wing Plane Model
│ │ └─ wsXXX # Wing Stays Model
│ │
│ ├─ race/ # Race models
│ │ └─ ..
│ │
│ ├─ image/ # Images for car parts
│ │ └─ [Undocumented files]
│ │
│ ├─ wheel_thumb/ # Wheel thumbnails
│ │ └─ XXX_YY # XXX = ID from WHEEL_EX, YY = Color Number (refer to NumColor in WHEEL_EX table) # WHEEL_EX stands for exchange
│ │
│ └─ wing_thumb/ # Wing thumbnails
│ └─XXX_YYY # XXX = Parts Type from CUSTOM_WING, YYY = PartsID from CUSTOM_WING table
│
├─ carsound/ # All car sounds (engine, turbo, horns, start). All IDs depends on soundNum from ENGINE table.
│ ├─ aes/ # Overrides any other specified sounds
│ ├─ engine/ # Engine sounds
│ ├─ normal0/ # Cars with no turbo, for the stock level exhaust (non#turbo includes supercharged and electric vehicles)
│ ├─ normal1/ # For the sport level exhaust
│ ├─ normal2/ # For the semi#racing level exhaust
│ ├─ normal3/ # For the racing level exhaust
│ ├─ se/ # Vehicle sound effects such as horns
│ ├─ start/ # Vehicle starter sounds (used when switching car)
│ ├─ turbo0/ # Turbocharged cars, for the stock level exhaust
│ ├─ turbo1/ # For the sport level exhaust
│ ├─ turbo2/ # For the semi#racing level exhaust
│ └─ turbo3/ # For the racing level exhaust
│
├─ character/
│ └─ [undocumented]
│
├─ crowd/ # Crowd packs for each course
│ └─ xYYYZZ # x = Course type, Y = CourseID, Z = unknown
│
├─ crs/ # Course files
│ └─ XXXX # Course, from COURSE table
│ ├─ .ad # Autodrive file for AI driving
│ ├─ .cam # Camera positions & behavior
│ ├─ .cinf # Course Info (Drift sections & gps stuff)
│ ├─ .envptr # Environment Parameter (Mostly weather & time of day setup)
│ ├─ .envsky # Undocumented
│ ├─ .esp # Autodrive Special
│ ├─ .layout # Gadgets
│ ├─ .lv # Vision List
│ ├─ .lv0 # Vision List (Unknown)
│ ├─ .map # Minimap Model
│ ├─ .occluder # Unknown
│ ├─ .patch # Unknown
│ ├─ .road # Unknown
│ ├─ .rwy # Runway (Collision, road boundaries & surface)
│ ├─ .shapestream # ZLib Compressed & streamed mesh data
│ ├─ .sky # Unknown
│ ├─ .texstream # ZLib Compressed & streamed textures
│ ├─ .vvls # Unknown
│ └─ x # Main model "pack", lods, contains most crucial course definition
│
├─ database/ # Database files
│ ├─ <branch_name>/
│ │ └─ menudb.dat # SQLite file handling most menu related data, Salsa encrypted by default
│ │
│ └─ gt6movie/
│ └─ caption.dat # SQLite file holding movie captions, Salsa encrypted by default
│
├─ description/ # Car descriptions
│ └─ <branch_name>/
│ └─ <2 char region code>.rt2 # Localization file
│
├─ effect/
│ └─ [undocumented]
│
├─ font/ # Game fonts, loaded at boot before adhoc
│ ├─ logo/ # Logos, which can be seen in the manual menu
│ │ └─ menu_imagefont.bin # Image container for all logos
│ │
│ └─ vec/ # Fonts as vector format
│ ├─ fontset_<REGION>.txt files # Defines all available fonts for use
│ └─ *.vec # Vector font # read based on each fontset definition
│
│
├─ game_parameter/ # Game events & Autodemos
│ ├─ gp_cache/ # Serialized events from XML to binary # Names depends on whats inside each fgp
│ │
│ └─ <branch_name>/
│ ├─ arcade/ # Arcade events
│ ├─ autodemo/ # Autodemo files
│ ├─ events/ # GT Mode events, missions & more
│ └─ license/ # License events
│
├─ icon/ # Save game icons
│ └─ <branch name>/
│ ├─ game_bg.png
│ ├─ game_icon.png
│ ├─ replay_sr_bg.png
│ └─ replay_sr_icon.png
│
├─ motion/
│ └─ [undocumented]
│
├─ movies/ # Movie files, in PAMF format (encrypted beforehand). Depends on t_movie table from menudb.
│
├─ piece/ # Most game images
│
├─ products # Adhoc scripts & widgets defining all usable widgets as prototypes
│
├─ projects # All game menus.
│
├─ rtext # All localized game text (not car descriptions)
│ ├─ common # Common game text
│ └─ manual # Text for the manual menu
│
├─ scene/ # Scene data
│ ├─ misc/ # Miscellaneous data used by scenes
│ └─ script/ # Files that set up a scene. May be in text format, or EVS (EventSchedule) format. Names are found from SCENE_ALIAS table.
│
├─ scripts # Adhoc scripts.
│ └─ <branch_name>/
│ ├─ main.adc # First script executed on boot.
│ ├─ util/ # Utility scripts
│ └─ global_status/ # Defines save game nodes
│
├─ sky
│ └─ [undocumented]
│
├─ sound_gt # All game sounds
│ ├─ etc/ # Sound setup files
│ │ ├─ se_master.pmf # Controls volumes
│ │ └─ car_sound_gt5.pmf # Controls car sounds
│ │
│ ├─ guide/ # Additional sounds for events
│ │ ├─ moon # Moon sounds
│ │ └─ vettel # Vettel sounds
│ │
│ ├─ library/ # Defines soundtracks and playlists in the game
│ │ └─ GT6.lib # Main library file
│ │
│ ├─ se/ # All sound effects
│ └─ track/ # All musics. Vgmstream can play those.
│
├─ specdb/ # Car specification databases.
│ ├─ <NAME>
│ ├─ JP
│ │ └─ CarName.dat # Car name file for japanese
│ ├─ US
│ │ └─ CarName.dat Car name file (any other region)
│ └─ DBXXXX.dat # Main sqlite database file, normally salsa encrypted. XXXX is version (major, minor)
│
├─ ted/ # Track Editor samples
│ └─ <branch_name>
│ └─ .ted
│
└─ tire # Tire models
├─ hq/ # High quality tires, for menus
└─ race/ # Tire models for race
GT5 Folder Structure¶
USRDIR Contents¶
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├─ USRDIR
│ ├─ course/ # Locally-saved course files
│ ├─ db/
│ │ └─ system.db # Contains a cached sqlite file holding crucial game information (course listing, event listing & much more)
│ │ # This is translated from textdata's XMLs for performance
│ │ # Only updated when the appropriate version in Adhoc scripts is incremented
│ │ # Can be deleted to enforce an update (will lose all links to replays/photos/courses)
│ │
│ ├─ grim2/ # Grim cached contents & responses
│ ├─ pace/ # Cached pace files (GTTV tracker/torrent download)
│ ├─ PDIPFS # Packed game contents (Polyphony Digital Patch File System)
│ ├─ PDIPFS_bdmark # Same structure as PDIPFS with dummy files, alerts whether to load files from the disk (bdmark) or not
│ ├─ photo/ # Locally-saved photo files
│ ├─ replay/ # Locally-saved replay files
│ └─ EBOOT.BIN # Bootstrap executable, boots EBOOT.SELF
│
...
Volume Contents¶
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├─ car/ # Car models & wheels for each car. Depends on ModelCode in MODEL_INFO table
│ ├─ decken/ # Textures for each sticker number
│ │
│ ├─ hq/ # High quality model for menus
│ │
│ ├─ race/ # Model for races
│ │
│ ├─ info/ # Car information file (Camera positions & more)
│ │
│ ├─ interior/ # Interior models
│ │
│ ├─ meter # Strobe/Animation file representing & emulating car speedometers/dash
│ │
│ ├─ thumbnail_M/ # Thumbnails for each car
│ │
| ├─ wheel_thumb/ # Wheel thumbnails
│ │
| ├─ cc.bin # Car Color
| └─ cd.bin # Unknown
|
├─ carsound/ # All car sounds (engine, turbo, horns, start). All IDs depends on soundNum from ENGINE table.
│ ├─ engine/ # Engine sounds
│ ├─ normal0/ # Cars with no turbo, for the stock level exhaust (non#turbo includes supercharged and electric vehicles)
│ ├─ normal1/ # For the sport level exhaust
│ ├─ normal2/ # For the semi#racing level exhaust
│ ├─ normal3/ # For the racing level exhaust
│ ├─ se/ # Vehicle sound effects such as horns
│ ├─ start/ # Vehicle starter sounds (used when switching car)
│ ├─ turbo0/ # Turbocharged cars, for the stock level exhaust
│ ├─ turbo1/ # For the sport level exhaust
│ ├─ turbo2/ # For the semi#racing level exhaust
│ └─ turbo3/ # For the racing level exhaust
│
├─ character/
│ └─ [undocumented]
│
├─ crowd/ # Crowd packs for each course
│ └─ xYYY # x = Course type, Y = CourseID
│
├─ crs/ # Course files
│ └─ XXXX # Course, from COURSE table
│ ├─ .ad = Autodrive file for AI driving
│ ├─ .cam = Camera positions & behavior
│ ├─ .cinf = Course Info (Drift sections & gps stuff)
│ ├─ .drline = Unknown
│ ├─ .envptr = Environment Parameter (Mostly weather & time of day setup)
│ ├─ .envsky = Undocumented
│ ├─ .lv0 = Vision List (Unknown)
│ ├─ .road = Unknown
│ ├─ .rwy = Runway (Collision, road boundaries & surface)
│ ├─ .shapestream = ZLib Compressed & streamed mesh data
│ ├─ .sky = Unknown
│ ├─ .texstream = ZLib Compressed & streamed textures
│ └─ x = Main model "pack", lods, contains most crucial course definition
│
├─ description/ # Car descriptions
│ └─ <branch_name>/
│ └─ <2 char region code>.rt2 # Localization file
│
├─ font/ # Game fonts, loaded at boot before adhoc
│ ├─ logo/ # Logos, which can be seen in the manual menu
│ │ └─ menu_imagefont.bin # Image container for all logos
│ │
│ └─ vec/ # Fonts as vector format
│ ├─ fontset_<REGION>.txt files # Defines all available fonts for use
│ └─ *.vec # Vector font # read based on each fontset definition
│
│
├─ icon/ # Save game icons
│ └─ <branch name>/
│ ├─ game_bg.png
│ ├─ game_icon.png
│ ├─ replay_sr_bg.png
│ └─ replay_sr_icon.png
│
├─ motion/
│ └─ [undocumented]
│
├─ piece/ # Most game images
│
├─ products/ # Adhoc scripts & widgets defining all usable widgets as prototypes
│
├─ projects/ # All game menus.
│
├─ replays/ # Replay files for each local event (i.e license).
│ └─ <branch name>/
│ └─ license/
│
├─ scene/ # Scene data
│ ├─ lightprobe/ # Lightprobe files used by scenes
│ ├─ list/ # Defines all available scenes in the game and their formats
│ ├─ misc/ # Miscellaneous files used by scenes
│ ├─ runway/ # Runway files used by scenes
│ ├─ strb/ # Strobe Animations used by scenes
│ └─ script/ # Files that set up a scene. May be in text format, or EVS (EventSchedule) format.
│
├─ scripts # Adhoc scripts.
│ └─ <branch_name>/
│ ├─ packed_main_loop.adc # First script executed on boot.
│ └─ util/ # Utility scripts
│
├─ sound_gt # All game sounds
│ ├─ etc/ # Sound setup files
│ │ ├─ se_master.pmf # Controls volumes
│ │ └─ car_sound_gt5.pmf # Controls car sounds
│ │
│ ├─ library/ # Defines soundtracks and playlists in the game
│ │ └─ GT5.lib # Main library file
│ ├─ narration/ # Narration sound files for the japanese version
│ │ └─ jp/
│ │
│ ├─ se/ # All sound effects
│ └─ track/ # All musics. Vgmstream can play those.
│
├─ specdb/ # Car specification databases.
│ └─ <NAME>/
│ ├─ *.idi # Label information (linked to dbt)
│ ├─ *.dat # Database Table (holds the row data for each table)
│ └─ *.sdb # String database
│
├─ textdata/ # Contains events in XML format, but also other vital information.
│ │ This information is converted from XML into a local sqlite database (system.db)
│ │ It must be wiped or the relevant version from adhoc scripts incremented in order to update.
│ └─ <branch_name>
│ ├─ aspec_race/ # A#Spec Events
│ ├─ bot/ # Unknown, left#over debug
│ ├─ bspec_race/ # B#Spec Events
│ ├─ event_race/ # Left#over from local events hosted by PDI
│ ├─ license/ # License Events
│ ├─ online_car_set/ # Defines the cars for each car set online, limited to 250 cars
│ ├─ special_event/ # Special Events
│ ├─ arcade_courselist.xml # Defines all courses available in arcade mode
│ ├─ arcade_difficulty.xml # Defines difficulty parameters for Arcade
│ ├─ carlist.xml # Defines the car list (for dealership mainly)
│ ├─ courselist.xml # Defines courses present in the game
│ ├─ dealerlist.xml # Defines all the dealers in the game
│ ├─ event_present.xml # Defines all the present from events in the game
│ ├─ event_present_<GAME_VERSION> # Defines presents to give if the player has updated
│ ├─ freerun_courselist.xml # Defines all courses available in freerun
│ ├─ gameitem_category.xml # Defines all item categories & their localized strings
│ ├─ gameitem_category.xml # Defines all item categories & their localized strings
│ ├─ gameitem_category.xml # Defines all item categories & their localized strings
│ ├─ gameitem_category_<GAME_VERSION>.xml # Unknown
│ ├─ gameitem_data.xml # Defines all the items in the game & their localization
│ ├─ gpsdatalist.xml # Defines GPS information
│ ├─ lnames.txt # Defines the driver name generation table
│ ├─ online_car_set.xml # Defines the car sets available online
│ ├─ photo_travel.xml # Defines all available photo travel locations
│ ├─ photo_travel_wed.xml # Leftover GT5 wedding file
│ ├─ presentcar.xml # Defines all the car prizes
│ ├─ shuffler.xml # Defines the car pool for shuffle race (online)
│ ├─ shuffler_dirt.xml # Defines the car pool for shuffle race (dirt tracks, online)
│ └─ speed_test.xml # Speed Test Event file
├─ tire/ # Tire models
│ ├─ hq/ # High quality tires, for menus
│ └─ race/ # Tire models for race
│
└─ wheel/ # Wheel models
├─ hq/ # High quality tires, for menus
└─ race/ # Tire models for race