Automobilista 2 V1.2.4.1 & Monza DLC RELEASED - Now updated to V1.2.5.1

Now let the sim racing community take care of it . It's inevitable.

 

have any of you noticed an issue with the Sauber C9?

For me it's revving in a very strange manner. The audio seems to be out of sync with what the car is doing, or else its blipping through 3rd and 4th almost as if they don't exist. Then in 5th it sticks around 6500 for a bit and then carries on, but it's accelerating the whole time?

 

Noticed since 1.2.4.1, very odd... Seems absent from the 962 fortunately.

 

Thank you!

 

The inevitable side-effects of hyper-realism and ultra-complex modelling...
Our crummy clutch work and aggressive shifting have it sitting jacked up in Reiza's workshop...

Let's hope they can fix it.

 

Just had an amazing race against the ai in F3 at Hockenheim. I do love that track However, its formalised a thought process in my mind that in turn means...
A Quick Question for the general community!
When setting difficulty do you set it so that you can just about squeak pole in qualifying or do you set it so that you can drive within your 'comfort zone' which might mean an easy pole but a race where you're not at 10/10ths the whole time?
Just a general interest question the answers to which might help me with my own difficulty settings. At the moment I tend to favour the 'just being able to beat the ai in qualifying' method, but this leads to exhausting races that are pretty much defensive the whole way through, especially with the corner exit ai grip that exists at the moment. Because of this Im now tending towards a less aggressive car setup and dumbing down the difficulty a bit... this compromises the qualifying competition a little unless I prioritise smoothness over raw speed..
Thoughts?

 

Known issue,problem with the auto-clutch.
Will be fixed next update.

 

I start with 110 AI and go into practice to see if I'm ahead or behind. If I'm 1.5 to 2.5 seconds off after 20 min of practice, then I lower a few clicks and go back into practicing. If it's a car / track combo I don't know then I could practice for a good hour or so over the course of a few days and then adjust AI back up if needed. If it's a car / track I do know then I usually only practice for about 10 min and adjust closer to 120.


Once practice is over then I move over to qual to see how close I get to pole. I’m usually ok with a 3rd place qual if I’m only about .2** off pace since it gives me something to work for during the race. But if .2** is closer to the back of the pack then I keep practicing in qual or lowering the AI one click. Also, if I feel I know the track ‘ok’ then I could most likely make up that time during the race and get to first.


Then off to the race and it’s much more fun when you’re fighting for position during the race. With the AI so close or fighting for position it makes things all that much harder. When I’m that close with the AI I do enjoy swapping places with them as it just feels like good racing. If I mess up, then sometimes I reset or sometimes I just keep going to see how far I can fight my way back up.

 

I set Ai difficulty so I qualify mid pack, I don't want to have no cars in front of me. Usually between 107-115.

 

I'm setting the AI so that i can drive in the middle of the pack. My goal isn't to win but to have hard and fun races.
And mostly it's ending in the junkyard *lol*
So my settings are not for everyone...

 

Thanks guys. I'll dial it accordingly! I must admit its a lot of fun having battles with the ai Sadly my pedals are showing their age and fine throttle control is tricky for those necessarily efficient corner exits.

 

Christmas is coming...

 

I dont do qualy. I set myself to start at the back. Most of the fun for me is battling through the field. If I win - good, if I dont I try again. If its hopeless I lower the difficulty.

 

I do much the same - don't do qualy and start at the back. However if I get into the lead I'm disappointed. Even more so if I win. I like it when I am able to battle the field but am losing places occasionally and not just gradually getting to the front. The AI still has issues but is improving and is already as good as any other game and better than most. Getting the right AI skill settings still seems more an art than a science - I think this might just be the nature of the beast.

 

Definitely. The right car/track balance can make or break it too. Worth experimenting a bit outside of pure settings sometimes.

 

Actaully just to be sure, no, they definately are still slow in the wet. I quali in about 12th in the dry with the fastest driver just over a second faster than me. Change quali to wet, samae difficulty level, smae setup (apart from tires obviously), now im in first! So still can't run a custom champ as as soon as i get to a track and its raining, ive pretty much one. Really wanna enjoy this changing weather system, but A.I. ability goes out the window once it rains

 

I did a race at Bathurst in the McLaren GT1 last weekend and found the opposite. The AI were absurdly fast in the wet, to the time of around 8-10 seconds a lap. It is like they were driving in the dry whilst I was on a skating rink.

 

Yep, exact same situation on a F-Ultimate race at Imola.