Automobilista 2 December 2022 Development Update

AMS2 can probably get a bit bigger with this content because I have no idea what sim has as much official historical content.

 

Amazing update!

 

Bathurst without the chase. Yippy!

 

Content can only you take you to the track... Keeping the players there is where they'll get the biggest boost... And in AMS2 adding cars is where it falls down... SP can have some awesome moments with the right car and track combination... MP on the other hand, chokes up after 8 drivers on a lobby that has a physical server to try and smoothen the experience of the p2p structure...

Reiza does have a great level of supported historical cars and tracks... And having 1983 Bathurst will definitely give it a boost... But it's after that initial bump that needs the attention...

 

for me real mod support is, when i do not need extracted bootfiles and similar hacked parts of the og game.
There should be just editable xmls to add content like we have with liveries and helmets.
Or just folders to put in content, with auto generating lists.
There should also be options to install plugins for huds, overlays and external control.

 

It seems like Reiza know somethings about how to fix the problems. Only time will tell if they fix these problems and make the player base grow even more than it does now

 

Would be nice if at some stage we can get fuel mapping mapped to a button or switch and for pit exit penalties to work in custom championship

 

100%

It should be just drop in and play for the users... None of this learning the inner workings stuff...

Just unzip and place the files and go race...

 

I think fuel mapping in the sim works in a different way to actual fuel mapping, but hope Reiza can make it work like IRL

 

With the whole MP conversation, give them sometime, I’m not expecting anything substantial to change until at least around 6 months time.
If you step back and look from where Pcars 1&2 were utilising this engine for car physics, handling and FFB, and to where Reiza has now taken that same engine, if that same work can be done on the MP side, we won’t see the very best of what AMS2 has to offer until at least Q4 2023.
They have got a lot of big issues sorted, which people constantly reminded them of, floaty cars, diffs and driveline issues. Now that the majority of that is a thing of the past, they can now begin to ramp up their R&D of the MP side of the game. Future will be bright.

 

It'd be nice if we could swap out the KERS up/down for fuel maps up/down... But a stand alone option for fuel maps would be perfect...

Going through the menu's to pick a fuel strategy is annoying and I've got unmapped buttons waiting for the day Reiza implement this...

 

Love the clarification. I love that I will be able to go over 300 kph in the pits and ruin peoples races

 

I was contemplating writing a little tool to make this easier also, if you have any specific plans it would be good to know (splitting up files or things like that).

 

Just to confirm - all upcoming AMS2 DLCs will be available for Level 6 backers, correct?

 

Personally I love the old-school faff to get mods into AMS2. Takes me back to the 2000s! If that process can be streamlined but a wee bit, then it’ll fly.

I’ve been foregrounding mods recently, but I’m a bit torn: AMS2 has much more studio content to give in the short term, and mods will draw the limelight away from that a bit. It’s a double-edged sword. But still, look at the content that could arrive fairly easily. It’s pretty damned formidable.

 

What is this from?

 

Would you look at that, AMS 2 managed to hook me up more than the CRPGs

 

This is from a funding campaign way back, before AMS1 was released.

 

All this news is frankly exciting!
However (we always want more!), I always wondered why there was not Fittipaldi's Copersucar?
After all, it is present in AMS1. And if Reiza offers a DLC of Piquet and Senna's cars (very good!), I think the Copersucar would have had its place there too.
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Toutes ces nouvelles sont franchement enthousiasmantes !
Cependant (on en veut toujours plus !), je me suis toujours demandé pourquoi il n'y avait pas la Copersucar de Fittipaldi ?
Après tout, elle est bien présente dans AMS1. Et si Reiza propose un DLC des voitures de Piquet et Senna (très bien !), je pense que la Copersucar y aurait eu sa place également.