Automobilista 2 December 2021 Development Update

Given that historic F1 racing is their USP, probably better to put more eggs in that basket than releasing yet more GT3 cars.

 

Now we just wait for some 50s-early 60s representation

 

I am fan of historic open-wheelers, so modern cars do not interest me too much. So historic content is a good thing, I also think that some additional CART tracks are needed, like Detroit Belle Isle - typical track used for almost 30 years in Indycar.
CART definitley is short of tracks now. Watkins Glen was not CART track, and I do not like it too much.
Some F1 from 1975-1998 all those easily have 10-12 tracks in championship - and I take only those circuits which were in real life part of the schedule.
I would like to have a bit older Azure circuit as well ~ 1990(?). Historic Long Beach?

 

Thank you Reiza for all the hard work. 2021 has been impressive with the new cars and tracks. I am super hyped to drive the Formula Retro Gen 3 and classic F1 Lotus, Brabham and McLaren.
I am also curious to test older Spa and Nords. I do agree with Marg an older version of Azure (Monaco) would fit the classic F1 content.
And also i cant wait to drive the Nissan GT1 and Group C. Ah if only we had a Le Mans !

 

The Detroit GP city track would be nice to compliment the 1983 cars . Zandvoort was on the calender in 83. Love the news! Happy new year to all

 

I simply love the fact that Reiza adds nearly all decades of openwheel racing (F1), the early 80s F1 cars are a fantastic addition. No other sim offers such a variety of F1 cars from all those eras. So that's a big thumbs up from me.

More modern racecars - especially GT cars - can be found in every other sim and are nothing special. However of course it is not bad to have them, because the average simmer will probably only use those. Just take a look at all the MP lobbies: 95% GT cars all the time.

I'd be happy to have an LMP1/LMP2 or even a LMH at some point.

 

This plus Le Mans, or even "Totally Not Le Mans" would be sweet.

 

I wouldn't mind a 2005-08 style car and a 2014-16 style car to pretty much complete the categories excluding the 50s.

 

Firstly, really happy with the general direction of the game and how far it's come in a relatively short space of time. You're constantly improving the AI and my hope is there'll be plenty more of this going forward so it can be solidly the best offline multi-class experience going.

I'm not too worried about release dates moving - I see them as a target, not a promise - and I would much rather be involved in this process with you than be left in complete darkness of what to expect when. The dev updates are also hugely important to me so thanks for these, would ideally like to know as early as is feasible when there won't be one that month.

Content-wise, thank you for the update on Spa and Nurburgring and for confirming that they're '70s versions of both. Assetto Corsa mods have given a great 1950s and '60s game with huge depth, but there's a real opportunity for a '70s, '80s and '90s focus seeing as there are hardly any tracks from this period anywhere to be found (especially '70s).

Really glad to hear mention of expanding on other classes, the Nissans for GT1, Group C and presumably GT3 will be fantastic thematic additions. Fingers crossed the 70s GT and touring classes see some love in the coming months as these are the cars which did the bulk of racing at the two classic circuits mentioned above.

A few specific 'fingers crossed' mentions: BMW CSL and Ford Capri for GT Classics, an Escort for 70s Touring, Aston Martin AMR1 for Group C and a Panoz for GT1. There's my car wishlist.

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed that oval racing and dirt racing are in for the year ahead. It adds to the feeling that sometimes the game is 'wide' rather than 'deep', but if the oval racing can bring a FCY procedure that works for the whole game then I will doff my hat to you all once more. And I certainly think that's possible. Off-road content in this sort of game won't be my cup of tea, but the historic track packs certainly will be.

Anyway, looking forward to the year ahead, thanks for raising expectations based on the year just passed!

 

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Maybe the former could be a Formula Reiza G1 considering they both share V8s, and seeing the Formula Extreme return would be nice (if not under a different name, I personally find it a bit unfitting compared to the Ultimate )

 

2005 would have been a V10 but yeah, your idea could work.

2014-2016 could just be a Formula Reiza Hybrid as the next step from the 2011-13 Formula Reiza.

 

I try to make F1 1991 season, but point system of that time is unavailable in menu. But... new CUSTOM V10 Gen1,2 championships have appeared! And I just simulated quickly a race, drivers received proper points 10, 6,4,3,2,1 for TOP 6 places. Why there is not such an option 10(or 9),6,4,3,2,1 in point system choice menu?

 

I didn't mean GT3 or GT4. If i want to drive a GT3/GT4 car, i would play ACC. I meant different race series. That could be WTCC, BTCC, super v8 cup, old gt series or street legal cars etc. I can see that the Reiza wants to diversify the game on the formula series and differentiate than other games. But i would like to point out that this game will start to get out of my field of interest. Of course this situation could be my problem. They will always do what the majority of the community wants. I wrote that maybe there are people who think like me. There is not any problem if the majortiy wants the formula cars

 

Yes, Zandvoort p l e a s e !

 

I don't agree that 95% of lobbies are GT cars, at least not lately. I stick to lobbies with shorter races and have been happy to see so much variety. Pumas, Copa classics, P3 (fantastic in the wet), GT1, Formula Trainer and F-USA of course.

 

You can't solve this situation by adding more formula cars anyway. Most formula series are not played anyway. We have a lot of series but do not have enough car diversity. If you always play GT3, you choose same cars almost every race. If several more content rich series are created, then lobbies with similar series will decrease.

 

BTW, in Long Beach race with 26 F*USA AI cars has a stuttering now, but it wasn't before the last update...

 

Gib me moar F1 cars... I need moar.

 

I took some time and count the total cars and series. In summary;
We have theese;
67 Total Series
- 17 of them are Formula Series
- 5 of them are Carting Series
- 45 of them are the rest
136 Total Cars
- 40 of them are Formula Cars
- 5 of them are Carting Cars
- 91 of them are the rest

If we look at the statistics;
- 34% of the series are formula and carting series.
- 33% of the cars are formula and carting cars.

And it shouldn't forget that more will come.

If this much formula cars don't save mp lobbies, we should focus other series rather than addinf more formula cars then. This is my opinon.