Installing Your Edits Into the Game (MediaPC)

Editing a file is only half the job — the game has to load it. Almost every "my game is stuck loading forever" report traces back to one of the two mistakes below.

Use MediaPC, not the original files

Do not overwrite the game's original car ZIPs. Instead, load your edits through the mediapc folder, which the game reads in preference to the base files.

1. Create a cars folder inside your content\mediapc\ directory if it doesn't already exist.
2. Place your edited car ZIP there, using the same filename as the original.
3. Launch the game.

Mistake 1: zipping the folder instead of its contents

This is the single most common cause of a broken car.

When you re-zip an extracted car folder, select all the files inside the folder and add *those* to the archive. Do not zip the car folder itself.

• Correct: opening the ZIP shows the car's files directly.
• Wrong: opening the ZIP shows a single folder, which contains the files.

Mistake 2: an incomplete ZIP

The ZIP must contain every file the original had — not just the ones you changed. A common workflow is:

1. Extract the original car ZIP in full.
2. Modify only the files you need.
3. Re-zip the complete set of files (see the structure rule above).
4. Drop the result into content\mediapc\cars.

Leaving only your modified files in the archive will hang the game on the loading screen, because MediaPC expects the full set.