Bug Reports - Automobilista 2 (Read the Opening Post)

Car Used: GT4 Chevrolet Camaro
Applicable Settings: Rain (and VR if it affects this)
Report: The driver's helmet visor gets water droplets in VR in the GT4 Chevrolet.

 

Applicable Settings: Race only, real weather. More impact in single player. Haven't tested in MP.
Report: The track wetness state progresses while in the pre-race standings/setup screen. Time should be frozen while sitting in that screen since the race always starts at the set time, so the track should not be drying up or getting wetter.

The weather stays the same as far as I can tell, it's just the track state that changes.

It seems that the AI chooses its tyres based (at least partially) on the track's wetness, so this leads to races where the AI starts on wets but the track is already almost dry by the time the race starts, depending on how much time has been spent in car setups, AFK etc. The player can figure out that slicks are the right choice and potentially drive the race without pit stops, gaining an unfair advantage.

Edit: If real weather always gives the same results for a set place, time and date, then modern Spa, 1st of July 2021 14:00 can be used for testing.

 

Applicable Settings: Real weather
Report: Viewing a replay mid-race can reset the track wetness state. I drove about 20 minutes of Spa that started without rain and with a damp/wet track. The track had dried by the 20-minute mark. At that point I checked out something on a replay, and when I continued the race the water was back on the track. You can see the reset happening in the full race replay.

 

Car Used: GT3 Mclaren 720s
Report: Both mirrors (left + right) in VR only get changed by the "Left Mirror" Setting. "Right Mirror" does nothing, aswell as "Center Mirror".

 

Ongoing issue - cosmetic - pit crew is parked in the walls for instance in nordschleiffe full 2020 at the end of the race when parked in garage. All bungled up like they have been “beamed” into the wall. Looks funny but not very realistic.

 

Pit Stop Times:

Throughout the last weeks, I did some races in different car classes with mandatory stops. Number of laps was set according to race times between 35-40 minutes.

Although I was always just changing tyres, no refuel or repair (yes, I have always checked that in the setup and in the ICM and you see what's going on in pits on the bars of the HUD), my stops always lasted longer than the ones of the AI. Their standing times were always ~ 5 seconds, while mine in Formula cars were ~ 10 secs and in some other classes up to 25.
Could it be that AI always has standing times as if it just was some kind of Stop-and-Go?

 

Other people are complaining about this issue in the Steam forums:
brake noise :: Automobilista 2 General Discussions

 

V. 1.3.4.0
Track Used: Some Brazilian tracks like Velo Citta, Curvelo, Santa Cruz do Sul, Taruma and Curitiba...
Car Used: P1, P2, P3 and P4
Applicable Settings:


Report: Weather transition doesn't work, it remains the definition of the first slot in the whole race.
Note 1: Could someone try the above configuration and confirm the problem or if it would be specific to some of my configurations.
Note 2: Why does the mandatory pit only work with the racing definition in laps?
Thanks.

 

You have set weather progression to "Real Time", which means that every weather slot lasts one hour.
When you scroll over this option with your mouse, you will see an explanation on the right top of your screen. If you set progression to 2x, each slot last 30 minutes and so on.
"Sync to Race" means that the game switches through the slots by itself during session.

 

@deadly thanks man!

 

Track & Layout Used: Guaporé, Cascavel, Interlagos (seems to happen in any track)
Car Used: Ginetta G55, Porsche Classic (happens with every car I tested)
Applicable Settings: Weather - partially cloud, fog, clear (looks to happen in avery conditions)
Report: The passenger view in replays changes automatically to other views
Steps to reproduce: Save and watch the replay of the races. I select the view, and instead to stay at the passenger view it changes to other cameras.

 

Change the weather progression to "duration of the race" (or something named similar).... you can't have 4 different weathers changes within 30 minutes using real time since it's not realistic.

 

Copa Fusca:

Within the UI it is said that the car would have headlights, but they just have such on the rear not on the front. Can be a bit misleading for players who start a nightrace with these cars and then find theirselves in complete darkness on track..

 

True, I reported this a while ago:

 

MRX Duratec P4:
Interior dash lights aren't working during online race at Cadwell Park.

 

Track & Layout Used: Laguna Seca
Car Used: GT1 Porsche (Merc tested as well)
Applicable Settings: Online lobby / Ambient Air Temp 81 deg F / Track Temp 126 deg F.
Report: In the GT1 Porsche after just 2 laps my Water Temps were 338 deg F with 80% radiator open. Opened it up to 100% and ran another 2 laps and the temps were already at 300. I then switched cars to the Merc. GT1, same lobby and temps, with radiator to 100% I ran very hard and never got above 222 F (I believe) in a 7 lap race.

 

V. 1.3.4.0
Track Used: Cleveland GP (and quite a few other tracks)1
Car Used: Mercedes GT3
Applicable Settings: Time Trial. No issue in Test Day, same time of day and same graphical settings.
Report: 10-20 FPS drops.

 

It'll be absolutely realistic once Knockhill is added to the tracks list

 

V. 1.3.4.0
Track Used and Cars Used: any
Applicable Settings: Online races
Report: Multiple online races, I've been unable to all fuel using the ICM menu. I even set up the Pit Strategy prior to race but no go. Same with tires, sometimes it'll change them, sometimes not.

 

V. 1.3.4.0
Track Used: Monza 1991
Car Used: FClassic Gen 3 Model 1
Applicable Settings: Drive with the default setup using race fuel
Report: The car is constantly scraping the bottom, drives very strangely and snappily as a result. It is not possible to increase the rear ride height sufficiently to fix the problem as there is an upper limit. Requires excessive fiddling with bump stops etc. to even get the floor to stop dragging.