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Automobilista 2 February 2021 Development Update

Discussion in 'Automobilista 2 - News & Announcements' started by Renato Simioni, Mar 2, 2021.

  1. Renato Simioni

    Renato Simioni Administrator Staff Member

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    Greetings everyone!

    It´s hard to believe that we have already hit March 2021 - time is flying by faster than a Sauber Mercedes C9 set to max boost!

    This means this Dev Update has actually run a couple of days late as we focused on wrapping the big update just deployed this past Sunday - February just wasn´t long enough :)

    March is likewise shaping up to be another very busy month as we gear up to what should hopefully be another major update - one that will mark the first anniversary since AMS2´s initial EA release.

    For that reason, we´ll be keeping this dev update a bit leaner than usual, focusing on the information that´s most important as we approach this new milestone.

    LAYING DOWN THE GROUNDWORK

    Sunday saw the release of v1.1.2.0 update to AMS2, which has just been complemented by the v1.1.2.1 hotfix earlier today, with another minor update scheduled to be deployed before the end of the week.

    While the rate of development has remained pretty intense from the very first public release, the last couple of months in particular has seen a big influx of updates to physics, AI and FFB, and regular users would have been forgiven for feeling like the game was under maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience, but it has truly been to better serve you :)

    On the physics front, the core of the dev work has been focused on tire and driveline development - these are two components of the physics engine that were completely new in the Madness engine relative to what we had been used to up to AMS1 - they are also much more sophisticated, which has proved to be a steep learning curve to get on top of.

    Things did pick up pace in recent months, and physics for certain cars went through some big changes in between updates, occasionally with some sideways steps or even slightly backwards before things come together to lurch forward again - we realize this may have been a bit frustrating to go through for the users, but it was important to get it done and cover most ground in the shortest amount of time so we could establish the stable baseline we´ll be relying on moving forward.
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    As physics change, the AI needs to be adjusted to suit since they run on simpler tire and driveline models relative to the much more complex physics used in the player´s car - the AI has received plenty of developments of its own, with several adjustments to their behavior and an increased breakdown of previously global parameters allowing for car-specific tuning of various aspects which compose their overall performance - this allows for more detailed fine tuning of AI in any given series, which is crucial in a sim featuring everything from rental karts to racing trucks.

    The latest update has also seen some valuable FFB development, with the default profile now providing more accurate self-aligning torque and various handling dynamics such as brake torque, wheel lockup, and traction loss also becoming more detailed through the FFB.

    These three fronts are key for a satisfying driving and racing experience, and while all will continue to evolve through AMS2´s shelf life, we have hopefully reached a state from which progress should become more incremental, and users thus can be more reliant on the experience remaining a lot more consistent from one update to the next.

    We now have the solid baseline needed to introduce & flesh out more gameplay features to make the best use of all this groundwork - that is the plan as we enter this 2nd year in AMS2 development, and the first big step should arrive already later this month.

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    THE NEXT UPDATE

    Next month will mark the first anniversary since the initial Early Access release of AMS2 on March 31th 2020, and over this first year we have mostly focused on developing the simulation core and assembling a large, diverse content base; the second will still be primarily about introducing new gameplay features that make best use of all this groundwork.

    Given the extent of the physics updates in recent months and their impact on the performance of several cars, we have decided that a reset of Time Trial boards and its setup DB will be in order with our March update; likewise a substantial update to championship mode with several new options will mean saved championships from the current version will no longer work after the late March update.

    So a bit of inconvenience ahead, but a necessary clean slate to bring these game modes up to par - while it´s always possible this may again be necessary further down the line in case of a major breakthrough, we assure that at least for the foreseeable future things should remain much more stable.

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    There is a lot of cool stuff coming up with the next update and subsequent months that we are eager to share, but we´ll leave that for the Dev Update we´ll be posting later this month just before the new version is released, so we can cover them in more detail :)

    In the meantime we hope you all manage to stay safe and enjoy a fun time with AMS2 or whatever else tickles your sim racing bone, wishing it´s contributing to that crucial little bit of indoor joy while we continue to hunker down in these tough times!
     
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  2. Manuel Staedel

    Manuel Staedel Active Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Nice job, you're all on a good way.
     
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  3. kkdrummer

    kkdrummer Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    This update is such a tease! Cannot wait! :D:D:D
     
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  4. Marius H

    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Lovely read.

    Building on core and mandatory sim-features gonna be a nice welcome
     
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  5. Ettore

    Ettore Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Nice! Any word on the MP upgrade with rankings?
     
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  6. DaVeX

    DaVeX AMSUnofficial Staff AMS2 Club Member

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    Nice addendum to the latest batch of updates!
    Great to see the core development is going well!
    Congrats guys!
     
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  7. Coanda

    Coanda aahhh whinge whinge f@#ken whinge.. Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    You guys should be extremely proud of what you have achieved over the last 12 months..

    There's these moments where I go through a corner and the car behaves and feels a certain way and I get a little smile along with a little tingle a think to myself... f@#k yeah! :cool:
     
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  8. XettMan

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    I am a little bit confused, but it seems custom championship is not mentioned..?
    So will it be part of march update as pronounced earlier this year?
     
  9. VFX Pro

    VFX Pro Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    What is the track in the first and last photo?
     
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  10. VFX Pro

    VFX Pro Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    I can't imagine how much fun this sim will gain when the rally/dirt tracks from AMS1 will show up!!
     
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  11. BrunoB

    BrunoB TT mode tifosi

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    Thank you Reiza for listening and added this RL parameter in the Sauber.;)
    Hehe eventhough you call it a "Spoiler" in the setups then we all know you mean splitter.

    ByTheWay: I guess it would be fair to reset the TT LB´s for the Group C - because of the mentioned BOP.
    Because the Sauber is now about 0.5-0.8 sec slower per lap on Spa 2020.
    Normally I dont bother but taken from the notes its not only the 962 that is bopped faster but also the Sauber that is now slower.

     
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  12. nemesis

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    Ohhhh no That’s twice now I would of had my WR times scrubbed off the leaderboards totalling over 200 combined I’m happy as it’s for the better going forward
    Big thanks to the reiza team for striving forwards and constantly making the game better as a whole.
     
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  13. Dhansi09

    Dhansi09 Active Member AMS2 Club Member

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    I think all photos are the Group C in Spa 1993
     
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  14. 2ndLastJedi

    2ndLastJedi Free speech matters AMS2 Club Member

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    Nice look ahead and thanks for the year behind. Amazing progress and so many great hours. Thanks for your hard work.

    Oh and Reiza, plonk a ban on this guy and the leaderboards :p

    Joking of coarse :D your times always give me an unachievable goal to chase :)
     
  15. Marius H

    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    just change your steamname to The Nemesis 69 :p
     
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  16. Roland Horn

    Roland Horn New Member AMS2 Club Member

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    the german flag on the roof of the porsche is the wrong way round.
     
  17. AndrewMigL

    AndrewMigL New Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Thanks for all your hard work! Looking forward.
     
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  18. Rodger Davies

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    They're both Spa '93
     
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  19. BRIAN ROGERS

    BRIAN ROGERS Member AMS2 Club Member

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    You are doing great things to get this game towards the top of Sim Racing games.
    Couple suggestions:

    1. Any thoughts on adding a Save Game option for off line races? I know many of us love endurance racing however with work, family, whatever it’s nice to be able to come back and finish a long race?

    2. Couple different default set up options would be nice like PC 2.

    3. The Crew Chief set up options in PC2 was amazing for those of us who want better handling cars but don’t know how to do it.
    Great game, keep it coming.
     
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  20. Kuku Maddog

    Kuku Maddog Flying Kiwi AMS2 Club Member

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    Amazing work from the team .
    Imagine if Government departments worked this hard and responded to the people so willingly
     
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