Automobilista 2 September 2024 Development Update - The Road to V1.6 Pt2

This was my plan as well but I didn`t realise it would be so long either so I`m back playing again.

 

Well he is the lead AI developer I guess he has a bit of a soft spot for AI in general, and gets a little more agitated than usual if the improvements made aren't seen...

 

It's his job to showcase these changes, and so far, the only noticeable improvement seems to be in AI stability (no more erratic weaving). What I'd really like to see are videos of the AI vs. AI actually battling one another and overtaking slower traffic, etc Will we get those previews? Time will tell. But based on what I've seen so far, it doesn’t look much different to the previous update, and the update before that, and the update before that.

I’d say I’m cautiously optimistic, but honestly, it's hard to ignore what I've seen already. We will see..

 

Some commented on the fixed distance between AI cars...
In AMS2, I do notice some lack of traffic harmonic effect, leading to a sense of constant "group formation". Blue Angels do that, it's a skill there, but not in (sim)racing .

Perhaps because of AI (that and the lack of a touch of unfiltered head roll and tilt), AMS2 is the sim I least feel accelerations.
In the past, although not 'real', I sugested some wheel angle based head roll - it should be simple to implement and it gives great effect while turning (verified on sims that support it).

Anyway, I've been racing FU2@Monza lately and, with custom AI, the field seems to spread out nicely during the course of 35m races, despite those annoying hesitations already mentioned.

I don't know how AI is done in AMS2 and how hard is it to change it, but very soon we'll have someone making ML (weight based) AI decisions that will look like humans (yes, also including our stupidity ). And I guess it doesn't take many parameters to get good, natural, unpredictability to AI decisions.

Reiza, get LFM to save replays, you'll need that data!!

 

I'm happy. I'm don't give a &#_#_ for profissional streamers "reviews", "impressions" or "showcases".

I watch devs updates, random videos of gameplay, and try by myself. Steam have a refund option.

Enjoy!

 

This sums up what almost all real race cars feel like on dry pavement.

 

True, the M1 Procar in V1.6 feels dangerous 100% of the time now though to me, I can crash it at any time, even when cruising. I do enjoy driving it though, just requires a lot of attention.

 

Any new Physics with the Karts?

 

M1 is one of my favorites but it's slidey in 1.5. Does it feel more planted with 1.6 ? Do you feel connected with the M1 ?

 

As a beta tester who mainly races long ( 2hours+ ) multi-class races, I was shocked at how bad the AI seemed to be in 1.5 when I went back to it.

A recent race I did at Daytona with LMDh, GT3g2 and GT5, I lost 3s a lap getting through the slower classes, as the AI managed to pass them quicker than me.

Keep the faith AMS2 brothers.

 

Not sure how to describe it really, best you try it yourself when update finally comes out.

I find it quite rewarding to drive and no issues with feeling connected, just hard to get good and consistent lap times out of it without the car getting away from me and getting myself into all sorts of trouble. Probably a skill issue.

Edit: Crimson helped out

 

So now that the stream of OT is passed what is the plan for the upcoming days about dev part 3 , live of other content creators and realese of 1.6 update

 

Thank you for the work done, we are waiting and really hope that AMS2 will take a high place among all racing games. That AMS2 will have a sequel in the form of AMS3.
But while AMS3 is still very far away, we will be happy with v1.6
I am only concerned about one thing: will we have time with the development before the start of the new LFM season, which is scheduled for October 7?
What are our chances?

 

Is this true even if you, the player, complete a viable qualifying lap?

[EDIT: I see further posts to yours. My point being the button is designed to cut short a Q session, after you have a satisfactory Q lap, so you do not have to wait around in real-time for all the AI to finish theirs. It is not meant to fully simulate a Q session unless the intention is to not participate (and start at the back because you have no lap time).]

 

ENOUGH !

The only real issue is :
Sebring : Where and when ?

My mental health depend on it.

 

Probably not as I expect that if you have a valid quali time and simulate the rest of the quali session, you will be at the position of your quali time (I have not tried it as I only simulate quali fully for having AI properly sorted by their performance for the race).

I wished that when there is no quali session configured, AI would be automatically sorted by their performance instead of being in random order for the race. Or that you could choose one or the other. The possible issue with random order is that slower AIs may cause problems to faster AIs behind them for overtaking, creating AI trains. Maybe it is less of a problem in v1.6 with better overtaking abilities, I have not tried that scenario. Still, in most real world races (bare maybe a few exceptions) race grids are sorted by driver best lap times.

 

"skip to the end" is buggy as hell since ages, but it tends to sort the field after performance, if the AI has laptimes already, regardless of you having a time either.

I couldnt do AI races/championship without at least 20min qualification.