Automobilista 2 V1.4.6.1 Officially Released - Now Updated to V1.4.6.4

Discussion in 'Automobilista 2 - News & Announcements' started by Renato Simioni, Mar 4, 2023.

  1. john Ellis

    john Ellis The Rectifier of Names AMS2 Club Member

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    The imminent release of Reiza's historic Nordschleife and Südschleife in AMS2 is akin to the first laser-scanned Nordschleife in Assetto Corsa--for any devoted simracer, it's a big deal. I would imagine that our shared passion for all things motorsport is robust enough to celebrate the mutually-exclusive content additions to both AMS2 and ACC. Given ACC's narrow SRO GT purview, its update is a significant one for the title. There are no losers when it comes to these releases, and both Kunos & Reiza should be applauded for their continued efforts. After all, we're over 1/3 through 2023 and the 2020-2022 Season Pass is still paying dividends.
     
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  2. Mazdaspeed

    Mazdaspeed Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Craig Breen died just last week because of some wooden poles, no matter how modern or safe a race car is, no windscreen will prevent a wooden projectile breaking it and potentially killing a driver.
     
  3. McClutch

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    The only let down for this historic Nordschleife release is a lack of contemporary cars that are NOT open wheel formula cars. But at least we have a vintage BMW, a vintage Porsche and a vintage Corvette that fit the timeframe of the early 70's
     
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  4. john Ellis

    john Ellis The Rectifier of Names AMS2 Club Member

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    Speaking of the BMW 2002, I so wish Reiza would have opted to model a race-spec BMW Ti instead of the road-spec BMW turbo. The Alpina and Schnitzler tuned, twin-carb Ti are the cars that truly laid the foundation for BMW's touring car legend. bmw-alpina-2002ti.jpg
     
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  5. Marius H

    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    I did read he died, but didn't know his cause of death. That's indeed sad to read.
     
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  6. Rodger Davies

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    100% agree with you - I really hope that there are some 70s touring and GT cars lined up (come on Ford, play nice!) for later in the year.

    BUT this pales into insignificance with the accomplishment and excitement for this track - as above, it's a milestone for sim racing, not just for AMS2.
     
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  7. Scar666

    Scar666 Zum Glück bin ich verrückt

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    Just like when AC released the Nordschleife as the first developer ever released version...

    The Gesamtstrecke is going to be the biggest thing for sim racing enthusiasts of all ages when it drops...
     
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  8. Gabriel "Pai" Legnini

    Gabriel "Pai" Legnini Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Just a FYI: Grand Prix Legends did release the old Nordschleife back in 1998 as part of the official content. Not saying this is not important, because it truly is; it's a landmark and a first in many aspects. But GPL was also ahead of its time by placing users on the old Ring before anybody else, and it was daunting as foxtrot.
     
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  9. john Ellis

    john Ellis The Rectifier of Names AMS2 Club Member

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    Welcome to VROC!

    BTW, everyone ought to throw "daunting as foxtrot" into a conversation before the next update posts....
     
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  10. DavidGossett

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    Kubica's was a guard rail, unfortunately a wooden post is what just claimed the life of Craig Breen. A scary reminder that what was a freak accident today could've happened at any mistake back then.
     
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  11. Marius H

    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Yeah, guard rail / barrier. Scary stuff. Can imagine how it must have looked when it happend with Breen. A horror image.
     
  12. CatAstrophe05

    CatAstrophe05 The Andrea De Cesaris of simracing

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    On the topic of AC's Nordschleife, and by extension the modern one, isn't a revamp to the current version coming alongside the historic one? Heard it a while back but haven't heard much since
     
  13. Ettore

    Ettore Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Maybe if a few ACC streamers spend a few hours on the 1971 Nordschleife it could draw some attention.. Just sayin'... :whistle:
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  14. Ettore

    Ettore Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Vette and Porsche are still racing in the GTE category
     
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  15. Gevatter

    Gevatter The James May of Simracing AMS2 Club Member

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    My last info is that the modern version will be updated, but I'm not certain to which extent.
     
  16. Marc Collins

    Marc Collins Internal Tester AMS2 Club Member

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    In addition to the 1967 Ring in GPL that @Gabriel "Pai" Legnini pointed out was released in 1998, there was also the modern Ring in Race 07/GTR Evolution from 2008...long before AC was even a thought in anyone's head. I am pretty sure the Ring was probably also in console titles prior to AC, but don't pay close attention to any of them.

    AMS 2 will be the first title to have BOTH modern and historic versions at the same time and is the first developer-level release of the Sudschliefe as far as I know.
     
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    Scar666 Zum Glück bin ich verrückt

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    Just goes to show what kind of achievement this is...
     
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  18. Mazdaspeed

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    I think Gran Turismo 4 in 2004, was the first console game to feature the Nordschleife, obviosuly not laser scanned, but it was a very big deal back then having such a long circuit in a console game.
     
  19. Gevatter

    Gevatter The James May of Simracing AMS2 Club Member

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    What Kunos did was to release the first laser scanned version of the Nordschleife, not the first ever. Here is a relatively comprehensive list of PC racing games that include the Nordschleife as stock or DLC content up to 2017 at least: Every Nurburgring Nordschleife on PC compared
     
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  20. AlexBfromG

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    GT3s have to get an update at some point, especially next year when they are even running WEC.

    Modern cars always a weak spot for AMS2, you just cant recreate your tv race weekend on PC, unless you are from Brazil, and even there only SCB is up to date, that is great though.
     
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