Automobilista 2 V1.4.1.0 Released - Now Updated to V1.4.1.3

I also reinstalled as I was getting really funky behavior and bad ai. I was running a race with yesterday's date and weather at 10am on the Catterham supersport at Watkins Glen, and for some reason the AI was destroying me and I wasn't able to accelerate past 3rd gear. The weather was also jumping from sunny to cloudy for some reason with the same settings. I reinstalled/deleted the folder and everything started to work again, and the AI was reasonable (at the same settings) again. Maybe the folder deletion would have been enough, but something definitely changed.

Unrelated but I later tried a race with the Formula Vintage gen1 also at Watkin Glen and it was amazing. That car was undriveable the last time I had tested it. Great fun and amazing race against the AI, until I missed my breaking point and slammed into a wall 9 laps a 10 lap race trying to outbreak the leader which I had been battling for 3 laps straight. Had a blast regardless!

 

I was racing at 63 iirc... I will try and record my settings and a few laps

 

Offline. I don't race AMS2 online. I've tried it both on headphones and on soundbar with same result. No other car is doing this.

 

I use VR equipment to drive VW virtus on the go kart track, which is very interesting. I just finished my driving test. Unfortunately, I can't see my carbody in the rearview mirror. Otherwise, it's really perfect.

 

Agreed that the AIs need major upgrade and I am sure the team is prioritizing it. If you watch real racing and see how human behave, that's what AIs should do as well. Make everything competitive, from pit stop strategies to cutting lane at the right time. Looking forward to the day when every game I race is a competitive one and I don't mean AIs cheating either. It's got to be logic and fair.

As for sound, I like the way it is for now. When you drive a formula car up near the wall, it gets louder. I would like to have a similar effect when an AI car is next to me?

 

It's sorted now. All I did was adjust all audio settings up one tick in AMS2 to save settings and went into Windows Sound Settings and deselected and reselected everything to again get a fresh save and it worked.

 

I'm hoping that when Reiza starts planning for Automobilista 3, they'll license the Avalanche Apex engine.

It already has vehicle support, they could add VR, the scenery would be beautiful, and when we're not racing, we could go hunting and fishing.

 

It's a step, but so far, not enough, at least the Formula Classic Gen 1 Model 2 is still too fast on a straight line. Details on my dedicated thread for it.

 

Paul (the Tarmac Terrorist), just finished a superbly detailed breakdown of the latest patch (3 hours!), with lots of detailed testing. If any of you aren't following him on YouTube yet, then check him out. He does such amazing work, and he's hands down the nicest sim-racing YouTuber on the circuit (click on the 'watch on YouTube' link):

 

Ok, after a full re-install (that I will NOT be doing again btw..) everything runs great EXCEPT the Formula Trainer, the basic one, I did not try FT Advanced. It is amost like the front brakes are dragging and the rear tires are just lighting up. I am not the fastest driver by any stretch of the imagination, and the rear tires are over-heated within 3 laps. Other than that, all the cars I tried are simply fantastic. I haven't been near my PC since yesterday so I don't know if a hot-fix has been done..but the Trainer really needs one. This game is outstanding otherwise..Thank you Reiza!!

Edit: Run the F-Trainer at WWT Short Road Corse..the rear tires just light up on the banking section, start/finish line area..

 

I fully agree that the labels for the sliders are unintuitive and not particularly helpful. I have already suggested some alternatives.

I am sure that "tool tips" are planned for this page and most other parts of the UI, too. But as always with a small team, the core focus is first to get things working satisfactorily and then second to add the documentation and frills.

If anyone thought AMS 2 was just going to be a re-skinned PC 2, by now they should realize how far off that was. Thank goodness....

 

What FFB settings do CSL DD users use? I use fanatec’s recommended, but is there anything better?

 

This is a good point. If most cars feel good and behave well, but there is one or three that do not, be assured the problem is with those individual vehicles.

Since the cars in AMS 2 use FFB that derives directly from the physics, it can be a tough task to make physics changes designed to make the cars more realistic and then have to go back and adjust the car-specific FFB to accommodate, then make more physics adjustments, etc. Sometimes the cycle can be a step behind.

Some times there are just issues with the vehicles (as I think is the case with the Old Stock and Trainers) that are yet-to-be-resolved. They clearly are not responding to the (same/similar) tires the way other vehicles are, so...more home work required.

 

I just had a session with friends online on Project Cars 2 Red Bullring (Spielberg) on the club circuit ( the top half of the track). It was pretty good With 3 sharp braking points. Any chance we can get this configuration in AMS2? It shouldn#t be too difficult of a task. Just I think no pitting is possible. But otherwise its a pretty handy track. And the added section where you join two parts of the track is quite challenging down hill turning and a bit blind.



I know this track is a bit of a fantasy as it was active only 1996-2004, but its still cool and represented in Project Cars 2.

 

Is that all? No idea why it's taking so long...

Elon Musk might be able to help, though, but I suspect Reiza can't afford his services.

 

My settings are on post #895 of this thread.
For csl dd compared to my dd2 settings;
Increase AMS2 gain in increments of 5 until you have the wheel strength that you want.
Then look at increasing damping a smidge.
Keep LFB on zero.
For FX some csl users have reported on here to use either 0 or 1.
You may need to increase Fanatec ffb strength too, again try increments of five.
See how you get on and if you enjoy it, please post your settings so others can learn too.