Automobilista 2 V1.2.0.0 & Racin´ USA Pt1 RELEASED - Now Updated to V1.2.1.4

Did see some evidence of A.I. slipstreaming in your vid mate at a couple of points, i've just posted a vid of what I was able to find, hope its helpful! Think its mainly down to the wqay they use it.

 

There is no doubt there is still need for improvement in AI overtaking, especially some multi-class scenarios. Since we know in a prior build they were overtaking like maniacs, unfortunately with a bunch of negative behaviours as well, we know they can overtake readily. It seems to be a balancing act to get them to be assertive, but not overly aggressive "elbows out at all times."

We also know the AI still sometimes don't see cars ahead of them properly. But compared to the past, this problem is much less frequent.

There are also series-specific AI adjustments that will get utilized more often once the basic behaviours are plausible and securely in place.

 

Great video, that is undisputable evidence they are towing, thanks!

You are right, they seem to be towing but just do not dare to do the overtake in some situations where it would definitely be clear to do so. That is why I see them glued together for too long.

Another thing that might be interesting to investigate is if the tow the player gets is much stronger than the AI's.

 

Thanks mate, from what ive experienced so far it seems to be about the same, although i have to be honest, there have been a couple of times whilst racing online i've thought it was harder to get a tow from other players cars, but then that might just be me being more afraid to get too close to the car infront knowing theres a human driving it, and being a little less sure of what moves they may make if i went for the close overtake. (mainly because if im in VR and they are on a single creen with a v limited FOV, they just may not see me when im right next to them and knock me off track)

 

The video is showing something which appears to be slipstream but if it's really exist the most obvious thing it's showing is it's broken. Also it's presented in a very specific track configuration so can't be seen as something definitive. We've seen some scenarios were the AI suddenly get lot of speed without a car ahead of it in some circuits. So whatever it is, the obvious consequence of it is the AI flocking which is raising a wave of complain among players.
Just my two cents.

 

Don't quite understand how its showing that its broken, it shows it works. Also its not just that particular track, i've experienced the A.I. slipstreaming me and each other pretty much everywhere and mentioned them doing it many times now in videos that have involved me racing them. Im interested to know what you mean by it showing thats its broken? I think the A.I. flocking or (a group of say 3 or 4 close together) may come from cars trying to overtake using the slipstream, slingshot technique, but then not pulling out earlier enough to break out of the slipstream and make the pass, so they get right up to the bumper of the car infront, then slow down before making the pass, effectively loosing the more advantages speed benift, and ending up at the same speed of the car infront. I could be wrong though

 

Will we have an update for ams2 this week?

 

You mean "this month"?

 

Did Reiza make an official announcement that we'll receive the Racing USA pack 2 on a specific date? Eagerly awaiting it's awesomeness

 

Is there a link of what will comes in part 2 and 3?

 

Just a reminder that Reiza released this very nice trailer exactly a year ago today. Happy Birthday, AMS2.

 

YAAAY!!!! Thanks Reiza! Happy weekend!

 

Regarding the Practice, Qualifying and RaceLiveTrackPreset values, how do they currently work on the DS side for the server.cfg and sms_rotate.json files? The way I see it, it works like below. Can you confirm?

Code:

0 = Default Progressing
1 = Wet
2 = Damp
3 = Green
4 = Light Rubber
5 = Medium Rubber
6 = Heavy Rubber

Edit: nvm. I saw the DS Changelog

 

Im getting crash to desktop right after launching the game. This is despite following the logitech hub advice above and then validating my Steam files. Never happened before.
Edit: I don't own a Logitech wheel (Thrustmaster TMX owner), but I do have logitech hub software for my mouse. The software downgraded to the version you recommend and auto updates disabled. Still, the game crashes shortly after start-up.

 

There is a setting in ghub to allow games to control lighting profiles (on by default). I turned this off and haven't had problems since. (Previously every time i went into a race with pcars or ams my keyboard lights would turn off.) … worth a try.

 

Thanks, but it doesn't change anything for me. I've already had it disabled.

EDIT: I have now uninstalled all logitech software from my system. Still the game crashes. I'ma very sad panda.

EDIT2: HA! I needed to delete the entire AMS2 folder in the Documents directory! Now it works.

 

Thank you but where is the Porsche RSR?