Automobilista 2 Custom Force Feedback - Overview & Recommendations

I didn't feel the need to change much other than the road_noise which I think is this?:

Road speed & older road fx strength settings
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(road_fx 0.2) ====== I want to increase rolling noise but without affecting kerbs, is this the right one?

I increased the stationary engine noise from 2.5 to 3.0 as well.

Happy with the rest!

 

Hey Steve,

Because the centering enhancement is enabled, it should be possible for you to go lower on the lfb(I actually run it at 1, remember Reiza has a bug if you set it to 0) & you would get some more dynamic range outside the low forces too.
Maybe try to adjust it downwards as far as you still like it.

Cheers!

 

Awesome thanks!

Right, "road_fx" will only affect the rolling noise, as long as you don't also have mid&low road enhancements enabled, in which case they would be boosted as well. Those are disabled by default.

Do post your final adjustment on that one too

Cheers

 

Right so Im up to 0.8 on road_fx and can't notice much difference. What I did notice is the feel of the road oscillating and matching the chassis oscillation.

 

Maybe I misunderstood?
When you said rolling road I thought you meant that oscillating effect, a rumble, but perhaps you meant the road details?
Those you can turn up by going higher on the "fx" in game. But if you need fx where it is, you can turn it up by changing the "micro_gamma" from 2.2 to something slightly lower(corrected).

Hope it helps?

 

And remember that CSW v1 doesn't respond to settings the same as v2/2.5, so please have two categories for CSW

 

Ok, so I meant that constant "noise" or "feel" you get from the wheels rolling against the road. Say in Donington, when you go over those big dark patches you can clearly feel it now, and when you come off them it feels almost muted cos the asphalt is smooth right? In earlier versions, you had an almost constant noise/feel that would vary with colour and type of patch but it was always there. It would vary from car to car but again aways there.

Perhaps, this was a faulty FFB to some degree because it is still there but now is much lighter, doesn't seem to vary from car to car anymore and oscillates with the lateral weight of the cars. Almost like if the wheels dug into the track in response to weight transfer from side to side (truth to a degree)

What would you categorise that as? in the file? I know also that it isn't engine noise because it didn't necessary varied that way and it is still there with this new file, just very low and not constant.

I'm gonna have another go at the fx, I did push that quite a lot, I think I'm up to 70 but I will try more.

 

I think that might be the details_boost_smooth_value

Try upping it from 0.002 to 0.003 or 0.004

If that doesn't do it then try changing the 2.2 here:

(micro_gamma (+ 1.0 (power fx 2.2)))

To 2.0 or 1.8.

 

Thanks for that Karsten. I tried your recommended settings but the rattling is still there. It is probably not as bad as the default but not much of an improvement either. I think it could be the f3 needing specific ffb tweaking from Reiza or myself needing a new wheel lol.
My G920 settings are 70/70/1.

Anyways thanks for helping out!

 

Hey kkdrummer,
Actually now you should try out the latest "Equals", as then you can lower the Lfb and that should help, I would think!

Cheers

 

Love the work you guys have been doing. It's a great help to all of us. Is there somewhere we can download all the FFB custom mods from? I don't really want to wade through 11 pages here and 70 pages from the other FFB thread. If someone says they liked a certain FFB custom mod, it would be nice to just go and find it in a database somewhere.
I do love the naming that you are using for each FFB custom mod. A data base of all these would be nice to have when v1.0 comes out.

 

I try and keep post #3 of this thread updated with the latest version.

 

Removed - see here for latest update

 

Karsten you were right, after modifying the file a lot I decided to go as high as I could with FX and got the "road_noise" back. My fear was to go too high with FX and compromise kerbs and scrub, but it's all about finding that sweet spot, which I did lowering the LFB.

I think I found a nice balance between all cars for now, and apart from engine noise up to 3.0 don't think this file needs much more adjustments. Thanks mate! @Karsten Hvidberg , @NuScorpii

 

Hi can you share your custom FFB file if possible? Thanks

 

Sure, there's no change to the original other than stationary engine noise and enabled CSW.
If you are on the CSW2.5 and wants to try my settings:
on-wheel = FFB100,Force100,drift -2 and FEI100
in-game = 70.65.75

I hope it helps!

 

Great yes I'm on CSW 2.5 I will give a go this weekend. Do you keep rest off in fanatec wheel i mean damper spring etc.? Thanks for sharing.

 

I'm using the recommended Fanatec for AMS1 since the physics in AMS2 are trying to replicate it from AMS1:

Tuning Menu Settings:
SEN AUT
FF 100(45 recommended on the website)
SHO 100
ABS User Preference (have my at 80)
FOR 100
SPR 100*
DPR 100*
BRF User Preference
FEI 100

*SPR and DPR values have no effect. (apparently! kept them at 100 anyway)

In-game is quite different, but have a look it might help you find the best settings for your liking.
Automobilista (PC) - Fanatec Recommended Settings

 

Thanks. Will try those.

 

I've been a bit under the weather so to speak the past few days, but in the process I found this video from Niels which does an amazing job explaining the steering forces that are factored into the FFB for AMS. I highly recommend giving this a watch (and take notes!) for anyone who is using the Custom profile. This took my FFB understanding to a whole new level, for sure!