First impression and Bug reports

Discussion in 'Automobilista 2 - General Discussion' started by Kevin Karas, Apr 1, 2020.

  1. Kevin Karas

    Kevin Karas New Member

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    Hello devs,

    I just completed my first AMS session and I have to say I am overly positively surprised, especially with physics and FFB. Here are some things I noticed, that may well be on your list anyway.

    FFB
    FFB is really really good. It just felt natural and it felt like it should. Although I had to tune it down a bit, reduce the "Low Force Boost" to 0 and the "FX" to 20 to get a nice result. Im using the Fanatec v2.5. It would be nice, if some of the settings would be more suited for the used wheel, like a default profile.

    Controls
    One weird thing is, that I have to recalibrate my wheel for every car to get the right wheel range. E.g with karts, I have the full 900 degrees of rotation of my wheel to turn them while it should only by like 270 or so. So with the calibration as done in the settings I can never get 90 degrees IRL = 90 degrees in-game.
    So there should be an option to sync the wheel range of the cars.

    Also I do think the buttons for Brake Bias are the wrong way. Increasing puts it more to the rear while I expected it to go to the front.

    Game crashes
    I am experience couple of freezes of about 30sec in the menu or pit, but I cant reproduce them. Also I once wanted to try rain and that destroyed the whole game. It wasnt possible to load any car/track/weather combination. Also car showroom pictures went to white.
    I could ony solve that problem by completely delete and reinstall the game. Deleting the documents folder didnt help, also validating files with steam wont even start.

    Sound
    Sound is okayish. Could be more roar and details but its okay. I noticed that the engine sound of the old Formula cars and the muscle cars are way too quiet. E.g. I expected the engine of the vintage F1 cars to blow my ears but it was disappointing. Some tweaking should be done here.

    Online Name
    For Sim Racing, Im absolutely no fan of AliasĀ“ online. Although we cannot force users to use their real name, its maybe better to give the opportunity to set the for- and surname at the first game start.

    AI
    Well, I think you already heard the complaints of others. I think they are not up to 2020 standards, maybe not even 2015 standards. But im sure this will improve.

    Overall, I really like it and I do think you are going the right direction. Keep it going! Im looking forward to where this is going.

    Kevin
     
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  2. Kevin Karas

    Kevin Karas New Member

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    Additionally I was unable to let OBS detect AMS 2 as a game. I had to run a screen capture as an alternative.
    Also I would like to see a window borderless mode to display overlays on top the game.
     
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  3. Elton

    Elton New Member

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    Try running the game with these command-line launch options:

    -windowed -borderless
     

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  4. 250swb

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    Wheel calibration seems to be a problem with inconsistent steering ratios between cars, the only time so far the game has crashed is twice in a row when finishing a race at the Snetterton 200 track, i cross the line and I get the boot back to desktop.
     

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