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

The other day I had a 50% race at the "Azure" (Monaco) track as part of a classic F1 championship. As usual, it was an unsatisfying experience with the AI. Mass crashes every other lap, completely blocking the track. Leading cars unable to pass backmarkers, losing 10 seconds per lap. By the penultimate lap I led by two laps, before encountering a stranded car in the middle of the road at the harbor chicane sending me flying on my roof. No yellow flags were shown. Race over, great fun!

Coming back to Renatos quote - I'm well aware, that that track is one of the worst to showcase the AIs abilities, but nonetheless I'd really like to see, how the 1.6 AI behaves on Azure and whether it is now possible to have a somewhat decent race there. I am curious if the lapped cars move over and leave enough room to pass.
As I guess there won't be a such a video - and fully understand from a marketing stand point - I am going to try that myself, when the update is out.

So, am I reading this right, that this is a global menu option for all the AI cars/drivers like the overall strength? For example, if we set the traction skill to the lowest value all drivers won't find their throttle pedal and accelerate like grandma on a sunday afternoon drive?
Wouldn't it be possible to set this individually for each driver in the talent file, so that the greats have better abilities than the back end of the field? I'm thinking of the great season mods by IMG and others, for those that would be a great option to further diversify the field.

 

A pretty good picture of simracing game landscape (except I don't expect much of ACE in sports racing department).
Although I cannot complain about the MP side of AMS2 (for small groups), I see the point of not having, at least, 60 cars in MP experience been a problem for certain communities, like endurance racers (although, they are not the big chunk in simracing either).

Really hoping to have an even more rewarding experience with AI in AMS2 in the future.

 

The question has probably already been raised, but do yellow flags actually work? I've tried experimenting with the various options, but I've never seen yellow flags signal a hazard on the track, whether caused by me or the AI.

 

drove a multiclass 45 min. race on RCO yesterday on SPA, around 9 LMDHs and 9 GT3s
Was highly enjoyable.
Also shows that you do not necessarily need a full grid to have fun and engaging races, if the population grows enough, that it provides kinda similarly skilled player distribution on services like RCO or LFM.

 

That is very odd to me, because yellows are working most of the time and in most cases yellows give me enough warning timewise to adjust. Thats not to say there are problems, but "never" indicates like you having the feature off.

 

In the May Dev update Renato talked about this

"We have also added support for various types of new vehicle lights, ranging from extra headlights to blinking warning LEDsas well as purposeful LEDs such as the P2P status lights in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro series."
Could any Beta tester confirm if the P2P light on Brazilian stock cars is working? If you can, please share it, of course!

 

Yes of course, on Sunday
also in the hope of taking home something cheap....

 

Oh we're definitely special, they have schools and olympics for people like us.

 

Well, we’re obviously playing the wrong game to start with, just ask the internet… it’s madness! Now we’re all stuck in the “Derek Zoolander center for kids who can’t race good and who wanna learn to do other stuff good too”

But truthfully, I do not think there is much hope for us.

 

Not for me , I’m mainly offline so can’t comment on online. I never see a yellow and have come across cars stuck across the track under no flags

 

I can’t recall one , Nearly 500 hrs offline

 

I'm down for that party!
I'll be easy to spot in the crowds.

 

The full Le Mans layout with only 32 cars feels very empty most of the time. Same with the Nordschleife.

 

Me too, more than 2000 hours offline, I only have full course yellow, or absolutely nothing. I never had a local yellow flag. Also although most of circuits are fine for offline racing, Monaco is the exception. It’s really hard to have a decent offline race, AI behaviour there is still far from ideal. Normally I won’t use it on custom championship due to this reason. And also Monza 91 first chicane is also a bit of a mess. Hope both benefits from 1.6 update.

 

After 50 hours of playing which I will admit is not a long time but with 98% of it spent offline, I've never had local yellows nor full course yellow flags. I've run multi-class events and blues work correctly but I can't say the same for yellows. Next time I'm home I'll try and cause a carnage on track to see if they come up.

 

I don't recall yellows either (aside from FCY) but Jim always gives me a heads up!

 

Will the sound mix be updated in the future?
I have to say, the way LMU sounds when you’re overtaken or have a car beside you is incredible! But I’m wondering if there will be improvements to the overall sound mix.

Will the raindrops on the windshield be redesigned in an upcoming update?
Right now, the raindrops don’t reflect light realistically compared to other sims like AC, ACC, iRacing, or RF2.


It would be great to see improvements here, as it’s mentioned in this thread from 2021 too:
https://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/water-on-windshield-kinda-an-immersion-breaker.18523

For those testing 1.6: Has the cartoonish look been fixed?
Any chance we might get a white balance editor? I know reshade can fix it, but that’s not an option in VR.

 

Will the raindrops on the windshield be redesigned in an upcoming update?
Right now, the raindrops don’t reflect light realistically compared to other sims like AC, ACC, iRacing, or RF2.
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It would be great to see improvements here, as it’s mentioned in this thread from 2021 too:
https://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/water-on-windshield-kinda-an-immersion-breaker.18523

For those testing 1.6: Has the cartoonish look been fixed?
Any chance we might get a white balance editor? I know reshade can fix it, but that’s not an option in VR.

 

Welcome to the forum o/
That looks like an accidental double post Sir