Usage
Open an archive
Open… — select a .DAT / .ARC.
Large files show status + progress while reading and identifying types.
Nested archives
Select a Nested GT-ARC entry and use Open Nested ARC (or double-click) to browse inside it.
File names
Use the Names dropdown (or Load list…) to apply a region list.
- Bundled lists:
src/gtarcexplorer/filelists/ - If no list matches and the archive contains an embedded name list of the same length, those names are used automatically.
Extract
| Action | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Extract All | Every entry → folder |
| Extract Selected | Only selected rows |
A manifest.txt is written for future lossless repack.
Expand TIM packs
Enable Also extract TIMs from packs.
000.tpk
000_tims/
refrect.tim
circuit.tim
…The original .tpk is always kept.
Expand INST / ENGN
Enable Also extract samples from INST/ENGN. Banks stay intact; samples can be written for editing.
Asset Viewer
| Content | What you get |
|---|---|
| TIM | Texture preview, zoom / fit |
| TIM pack | List of TIMs; click to view |
| GT-CTEX | 4bpp car texture; Pal ± / CLUT ± |
| GT-PS | Course model info / point cloud |
Supported TIM formats: 4-bit + CLUT, 8-bit + CLUT, 16-bit, 24-bit.
Preview tab
Headers, hex, text, filename lists, GTHTML strings, and structured car-part tables (SPEC, COLOR, EQUIP, TIRE, …).