Featured Automobilista 2 V1.6.4.2 & Super Trophy Trucks RELEASED - Now Updated to V1.6.4.3

I suppose being a sim is exactly the problem in this particular case. Arcade games can "fake" the effect, while in a sim it is produced by the physics. But AMS2 (for performance reasons) only fully simulates the driver's car, while the other cars run in simplified physics, which apparently do not produce this effect. Don't know if it can be faked also in the sim for the AI cars, but I suspect it will be very difficult to make it look exactly the same as for the driver's car..

 

Exactly. I'm sure it's possible just requires a lot of time and effort to implement properly... Much like the more realistic AI mistakes. It is not like Reiza just looked and said "nah who cares" about implementing these things.

 

Just saying, repeating that bugs still exist won’t make them disappear. Finding the cause will. I don’t want to argue.

 

In my game I think the update seems to be working correctly. Despite the update racelogic continues to look awful....

 

Love the work the team has been doing!

I'm hoping some of the features such as the new AI mistakes and wet skill modifiers can be added to multiplayer sometime, would be really nice for our 2-3 player races.

Also is there a plan to bring AI damage closer to the player levels? The damage model is cool but I have to run it on the lower levels because the AI will sometimes crash spectacularly and seem completely unaffected, while the player gets bumped and receives a large percentage of damage.

 

I'm not at all interested in how the AI behaves in the game, but the fact that there are problems in the online game that need attention is a fact. In my community, people have been refusing to participate in events and championships due to frequent disconnections lately. You can delete this message like the last one.

 

I'm not at all interested in how online behaves in the game, but the fact that there are problems in the single player game that need attention is a fact. In a single player community, people have been refusing to play races and championships due to frequent AI issues. You can delete this message like the one above.


Sorry, I couldn't resist it.

There are two sides of the same coin, just because you want one side doesn't mean that the other side should be flat and neglected and your side should take priority. Right now both have issues and both are being constantly worked on.

 

Might be worth checking how the event is setup, cause using a dedicated server for over 2 years for our ams2 league races didn't cause a lot of disconnection issues, only major ones are when Steam does their maintenance and goes offline.
An occasional disconnect for community members, but that can also be down to a issue from their pc to the server/host, don't get me wrong, i'm not saying there aren't any issues, but experience tells me that some things can be done to minimize the risk of issues.

 

Thanks for resolving the truck steering lock issue. Would it be possible just as an experiment to permir a lower minimum value than 14 (say 9 or 10) on one car like the GT4 or GTE BMW and one oval car like the Indycar low downforce just to test and see how that affects twitchiness?

 

Problems appeared after the latest updates

 

Agreed, arguing is counter productive. This is, generally speaking, a really helpful and constructive forum. I believe an expression of frustration is valid, otherwise I wouldn't have posted it. Correct me if I'm wrong but I broke no guidelines by posting what I did. I read a lot, and only post rarely. It has got rather quiet here after a number of folk were banned, rightly, in the lead up to 1.6. It's really good to have Renato and his team posting here, explaining the intricacies of the updates and game engine, clarifying issues, and the future direction of the game. I am extremely grateful for that.

Because I work away from home a lot I don't get to play the game as much as I would like. This week has really been my first chance to get to grips with the 1.6 content. You could count the hours I've played on one hand since September last year until this last week! Mostly been driving the lmp2 g2 cars multi-class with lmdh and GT3 G2 in long (up to 4hr) offline races. Seeing the "long list" of issues still present was both disappointing and frustrating, especially when they prematurely end a long race! Hopefully this will clarify my position for all. Trust me when I say I love the game and want it to be the best it can for all to enjoy.

 

For real, I am genuinely interested to know of another current-generation, single-player racing sim out there where the AI drivers convincingly hold up their end of the bargain both on the track and in the pits after a four-hour multiclass race with--or even without--changeable weather.

 

LMU is ticking that box the closest for me currently although not perfect I must admit.
I’ve had some fantastic races with multiple saves throughout a 6 hr race. But it probably should as we are talking really about only 4 classes of car in the game.
Variety is one of AMS2’ biggest strengths but I also think this leads to many of its weaknesses.

 

We create a lobby in the game itself, the disconnection occurs because the internet disappears for a second, this happens exclusively with AMS, and it's not just me, I've played 745 hours in the game in a year, most of it is online and I can tell you for sure that our community has never had such problems before. Today we had problems with this again, I myself in two races out of three

 

Was there another update today? No patch notes.

 

Btw.: This latest update improved further the tire feel / driving feel towards a better (less slippery) grip feel and over-all driving experience! Well done! I have a lot of fun now, also with the GT3 (second Gen) cars.

 

Must have been a very small one