Readme addition for .NET

Upgraded to .NET8

Program.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace RacingDSX
 {
     public class Program
     {
-        public const String VERSION = "0.6.2";
+        public const String VERSION = "0.6.3";
 
 		[STAThread]
 		static void Main(string[] args)

RacingDSX.csproj

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <PublishSingleFile Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">true</PublishSingleFile>
 	<SelfContained Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">true</SelfContained>
 	 <PublishReadyToRun Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">true</PublishReadyToRun>

Readme.md

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 Tested and confirmed to work with DSX v2 and v3.1
+🔺🔺 It is REQUIRED to install .NET8 for racingDSX to work at all!🔺🔺
+Download .NET8.0 from the link here: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download
+
 
 
 # Setting up DiRT Rally 1 / 2 for UDP Connection:

obj/project.assets.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
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+    "net8.0-windows7.0/win-x64": {
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         "compile": {
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
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@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@
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+    "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Shared\\NuGetPackages": {}
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@@ -757,30 +758,42 @@
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+      "fallbackFolders": [
+        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\Shared\\NuGetPackages"
+      ],
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+        "net8.0-windows"
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+        "auditLevel": "low",
+        "auditMode": "all"
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@@ -814,20 +827,6 @@
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@@ -836,7 +835,7 @@
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+        "runtimeIdentifierGraphPath": "C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\sdk\\9.0.100/PortableRuntimeIdentifierGraph.json"
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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