Automobilista 2 V1.1.2.0 RELEASED - Now updated to v1.1.2.5

The new Automobilista 2 update brings some fantastic historical content, another major batch of FFB, physics & AI developments along with several improvements & fixes.

V1.1.1.3 -> V1.1.2.0 CHANGELOG

CONTENT

Tracks

• Added Spa Francorchamps 1993 layout

Vehicles

• Added Group C class featuring Sauber Mercedes C9 & Porsche 962C
• Added Stock Car 1999 Omega series

GENERAL

• Implemented new LiveTrack wet weather rubber washing (rubber is now gradually washed away from track surface as it gets saturated with water)
• Expanded available opponent classes to 9 (10 total)
• Bumped headlight range from 160 to 240m for all cars
• Corrected number of opponents in Championship mode to match the series current total number of opponents
• Added function to set different presets of rubber depending on type of session (making option available to player will soon follow)
• Added new functions to control when vehicle headlights & tail lights should remain on and DRS rules remain disabled based on track wetness threshold (previously was solely based on environment light levels)
• Replaced Spa 2020 with Spa 1993 on the calendar of pre-2005 championships

UI & HUD

• Re-styled event rules & regulations page
• Re-styled single player opponent settings page
  
• Added help texts to online Opponent settings screen
• Fixed wrong value link on gear 7/8 assignments
• Fixed redundant adjustable wing setup option being available for cars without such aero components
• Corrected tire names for various cars using street or semi-slick compounds
• Fixed missing French & German localization for track limits setting
• Adjusted font size on track limit warnings labels for Rules & Regulations UI screen

FFB

• Introduced routine to reset FFB in case of FFB loss (game detects the loss and reset FFB automatically, should be seamless for player)
• Adjusted default FFB profile for more accurate self-aligning torque, milder force spikes over big bumps and other such sudden tire oad.change; adjusted effect from braking torque (should provide better feedback during lockups); split FX signal from Low Force Boost setting

PHYSICS

• Added slow damping function to all tires (generally improves tire damping & fixes bouncing effect at very slow speeds previously proeminent in formula cars)
• Added intermediate & extreme tyre compounds for modern protos, GTs & formulas
• Adjusted tire tread for 60s touring cars, Opalas, Copas Fusca, Uno, Truck, Caterham Academy & F-Trainer
• Adjusted semi-slick tire tread (F-Trainer Advanced, Caterhams, ARC Camaro)
• Adjusted F-Vee, Opala 1979 & Old Stock tire treads
• Increased RPM threshold for reduced engine life in 2-stroke karts
• Moved Metalmoro AJR diffuser center of pressure rearwards by 2cm (slightly rebalancing overall aero distribution)
• Slightly falloff rates in rain for all slick tires (addressing issues with tires losing all adherence beyond a certain saturation point)
• Minor stifness adjustment to GT / Proto / StockCar tire carcasses
• Added minor preload resistance to open diffs in cars with more powerful engines
• Adjusted Porsche 911 GT1 engine compression curve
• Adjusted default gear ratios for Mclaren F1 GTR & Mercedes CLK in GT1 class
• Minor crankshaft mass adjustments to F1 cars
• Corrected 720S GT3 negative rear toe setting (setup reset recommended)
• Moved default brake bias slightly rearwards for Copa Truck, F-Trainers (requires setup reset recommended)

AI

• Various AI behavior improvements, adding car-specific parameters to improve their overtaking assesments both against human player and AI vs AI
  
• Added car-specific overrides for previously global parameters controlling the amount of lifting off the throttle AI would do while running over puddles, & introduced new car-specific parameter controlling the amount of lifting while on wet tires (generally less than on dry tires, improves their straightline performance when going through large amounts of standing water)
• Added several car-specific overrides for previously global AI parameters such as brake and reaccelaration distance thresholds, start reaction times, distance triggers for defending position
• Reduced likelihood of AI crashing into wall when side by side with human
• Increased AI drivers performance range
• Minor AI callibration pass for performance dropoff with tire wear
• Azure: Smoothed corridors in several locations
• Slightly increased AI grip @ Bathurst, Nurburgring GP & Velocitta

TRACKS

• Adelaide: reduced road mesh noise; smooth curb at entrance to T13
• Imola: Fixed camera man pop up
• Kyalami: removed glitchy helicopter animation
• Silverstone: trimmed 3D grass clipping walls in some places; fixed a few object pop ups; consolidated some grand stands into larger objects (same materials); optimized shadows
• Revised "Max AI participants" for various tracks, correcting when this differed from available garage slots
• Disabled DOF blur in all trackside VR cams for tracks that have them (currently only Grade A tracks)

VEHICLES

• F-V10 Gen2: fixed visual tire tread not corresponding the actual tire when switching from wet to dry
• F-Classic (all gens): added Dirt/Scratch map + New UV channel 3 mapping for carbon fiber cockpit material
• Copa Montana: added Dirt/Scratch map
• BMW M6 GT3: Fixed red carpaint issue in cockpit view (car #91)
• F-V10: Fixed visual glitch with windscreen in rain
• Gol Classic B: Fixed front splitter glitch
• Ultima GTR: Fixed oil pressure needle
• F3 F309: corrected RPM bars range
• Lancer R & RS: Livery override entry added for windscreen and wing
• Corrected cockpit POV in Metalmoro AJR, Mclaren 570S, Ultima GTR
• Corrected rain tire tread for F-Retros

V1.1.2.1 Changelog:

• Fixed bug where blue flag could be triggered incorrectly in some instances
• Minor adjustments to aero / tires for Group C cars & Omega
• Minor Group C BoP adjustment to improve 962C pace against Sauber C9 (slightly better aero efficiency)
• Minior AI callibration pass for Prototypes, SprintRace & SuperV8
• Adjusted Turbo Volume for Sauber C9
• Increased wet grip for concrete, low grip roads, curbs & astrotruf
• Spa-Francorchamps 1993: New AI path revision addressing some slow corners; minor art pass correcting some objects popping
• Ibarra: Reworked outer terrain export settings to solve LOD pop in rear view mirror
• Updated StockCar Omega interior textures

• AI performance callibration for Opala86 & Omega
• Fixed Porsche 962c still having spool enabled (now its a setup optional)
• Further art pass for Spa Francorchamps 1993
• Minor audio adjustments to Sauber C9, Omega Stock Car
• Minor AI callibration pass for all F1 cars, Opala 1986, Omega 1999, StockV8 & Sprintrace
• Adjusted Omega StockCar windshield texture

V1.1.2.3 CHANGELOG

• Added support new Logitech SDK, TrueForce technology & G923 controller
• LiveTrack now applies even standard water saturation accross whole track at start of session if first weather slot is rainy (previously racing line would be slightly drier)
• Fixed bug where LiveTrack wasn't correctly identifying covered areas such as Azure tunnel.
• Tire tread physics adjustments for F-Reiza, F-V10, F-Ultimate, F-Classic, F-Retro, F-Vintage, Procar, Group A, Group C, Superkart
• F-Classic (all cars): Adjusted rear wing efficiency
• Minor pneumatic trail adjustments for F-Retro, F-Vintage, F-Classics, Lancer Cup
• Reduced braking distance threshold for AI on formula cars
• Ai callibration pass for F-Reiza, F-Vintage, F-Trainer, Group C
• Reduced distance AI cars factor cars behind to take a defensive line
• Adjusted AI Grip multi for Nurburgring Veedol layout
• Added new Stock Car Omega engine sounds.
• Adjusted Mercedes CLK GT1 shift sounds & external engine sounds.
• Nurburgring: Art & optimization pass for all layouts
• Brands Hatch: Added VR trackside cams
• MINI Cooper 1965: Reworked rear number plate; added additional skin
• Lotus 23: Replicated default official liveries to help fill up the grid (4 in total)
• F-Ultimate: Added Dirt/Scratch map
• Ginetta G40 GT5: Added new livery (#28 Mike Channell)

V1.1.2.5 CHANGELOG

CONTENT

• Added Stock Car 2021 series

UI & HUD

• Fixed AI name occasionally disappearing from list in session timing board
• Fixed name text being partially clipped in session timing board
• Added missing DRS on trackmaps of circuits featuring DRS zones (Azure, Hockenheim, Imola, Kansai, Montreal, Nurburgring, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Spielberg)

PHYSICS & FFB

• Further tweaks and cleanup of new TrueForce device and Logitech sdk support
• Added pneumatic trail, caster trail, rar wheels forces as customizable variables FFB script
• Fixed in-session per vehicle FFB adjustments not being maintained when restarting a sessionRevised F-Retro tires
• Minor tire tread adjustments for F-Vintage, F-Trainer, GT3, P1, intermediate & wet compounds
• Initial pass on tire wear revisions for various compounds (WIP)
• Adjusted splitter / Front Wing height sensitivity for Group A, F-Vintage, F-Classic, Copa Classic, Hot Cars, Ginetta G58, Camaro GT4R, F-Trainer, Superkart, ARC Camaro
• Corrected error on Opala differentials introduced in the previous build which led to it not being fully open
• Adjusted Ginetta G58 damper rates
• Adjusted pneumatic trail for Porsches & F-Vintages
• Reduced pitch & yaw sensitivity for Group C cars
• Adjusted Procar default rear ARB & clutch setting
• Minor timing adjustments to F-Ultimate gearbox

AI

• Further callibration of AI wet weather performance
• Further customized AI brake distance offsets per car
• Minor Bathurst AI Grip adjustments

AUDIO

• Updated SprintRace transmission whine
• Updated Porsche 911 GT1 engine & turbo sound
• Updated McLaren F1 LM: engine sound

TRACKS

• Cascais: Minor art & performance pass
• Silverstone: Minor art & performance pass
• Added VR trackside cams to Snetterton 300 & VIR Full
• Added rainblockers to indoor section of Speedland kart layouts
• Updated trackside ads for Interlagos & Goiania

VEHICLES

• Super V8: Fixed incorrect team names
• Stock Corolla: Fixed Brake disc visual glitch
• Omega StockCar: Fixed the RF wheel arch edge loops
• Fixed base windscreen textures to fix white windscreen problem on some cars when users turn on livery overrides

• Fixed version number still displaying as v1.1.2.4 in main menu instead of v1.1.2.5
• Stock Car 2020/2021: Revised tire carcass physics, suspension rates, front splitter aero; reduced default caster; Minor adjustment to FFB max force
• Stock Car Cruze 2019: Stiffer damper default damper rates; Minor adjustment to FFB max force
• Increased FFB smootheness in 60s TC cars
• Minor Group C soft tire tread adjustment
• SuperV8: Minor tire carcass adjustment, CoG height reduction
• Spa-Francorchamps: Added some remaining minor trackside objects; missing start lights
• Brands Hatch: Fixed trackside cameras not working in Indy layout
• Further trackside advertising updates for Stock Car tracks
• StockCar Corolla 20/21: Removed Suzuki driver name sticker from steering wheel
• Further trackside advertising work for Stock Car tracks

 

legends!

.. that should shut a few people up..

 

nice

 

F@#K ME!

I just tested this odd combo at Bathurst and the Ai were unreal. I watched from the pit in FP1 how the faster cars navigated through traffic and it was very natural looking. In the race they also behaved very well.

A very nice step for the Ai.

 

Much improved for me on my test mule; G58 at Silverstone 2001.

Add: Super V8 is improved too..