Automobilista 2 May 2024 Development Update - The Road to V1.6 Pt1

As I said, those are not critical for me, neither are expectations, just some nice-to-haves in a simracer in 2024. They are definetly not that critical and I believe that most people agree on that.

 

Will 1.6 address the issue with tyre splash clipping through the chasis of the cars?

 

I do believe that what is now an exception will be the standard from now on.

 

I don't think we will see any of the things you've listed any time soon, if ever.

Out of those things, I have to disagree that AI more "human-like" is not critical. I believe it is critical indeed if ams2 mp is unable provide a good experience.

 

For me, the game having MP at all isn't critical, but the ongoing improvements to the AI are essential.

But my point is that everyone has their own preferences - no right and wrong answers. Impossible to win completely as a developer because you can't please all the people all the time.

Personal note, but this would 100% be my most requested feature too. Being able to have a lot of Porsche 962s but only a few works C9s would be ideal, for example - to keep the rarity of the rarer machines.

 

Moreover, AMS2 might very well have some of the best singleplayer of any sim as of now, so focusing on that strength could be a good move. I've read in the part 1 post that they do have improvements on the AI on the horizon. It's already good but that makes the more meh moment that much more jarring

 

Uuuh... just watching now but... IMSA at Martinsville speedway? Looks like just the MX-5 cup but not sure

 

It is not ideal, but you can do this if you create a custom AI file. It will then select the cars you have AI assigned to. So if you only do 2 mercs and a bunch of the other cars when you start a race with the matching number of opponents to what you set for custom AI the game will select those cars.

 

I believe you are waaaaaayyy to pessimistic.
After all , we have pistop lights , SC , FCY, Led panels for flags etc etc .We will have cold start with the LMDH , IMSA content and more. That is just insane for me to see that. When you know the game Engine. Who would have thought that in 2020/2021?

So for me : Nothing is "finished", the game will have more fearures to come. And i BELIEVE in this studio.

Forgive my terrible English.

 

Maybe a new HUD or overlays coming with update 1.6 ? for ex: new full trackmap.....

 

Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s included with the UI overhaul they working on

 

I'm unreasonably excited about the new menu/HUD. I'm hoping the revamp includes a whole new art direction that is a lot more modern looking - stylish. The current HUD art style is straight up amateurish - I'm a VFX professional, and the art style looks like a place-holder put together by one of the coders. It does the job, but it just doesn't look good. pCARS2, LMU, ACC, hell, the Wipeout series and even AMS1 - all do a better job at representing the cool factor of sim racing. AMS2's... that font... oof.

Here's hoping. A nice to have, for sure. But presentation matters.

 

Nope. I tried it some time ago. Tried it again today after reading your suggestion. Does not work for me. I merged the mods by editing the crd file. I edited the Group A.xml. Added exact numbers of BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Opel, Sierra. 25 in total. Set game to use 25 opponents. Way to much Sierra with generic driver names. Whatever the game selected, it's not my list at all.

 

This clip may give you some hope!
It looks like there's a free camera in development mode at least.

 

That's because you're using mods. If you want to edit what mods cars would appear you'd have to edit the rcf files not just the crd files.

I don't know how AI would work with the mod cars as I haven't tried combining mods with vanilla content.

If it's also not working correctly it may be that there is a slight error in how you're setting up the AI files. If even a single character is off the file won't work correctly.

 

I have to say the lighting/shaders/reflections look amazing in this video. I am not sure I'm impressed by the smoke stuff... but that's personal preference. Am I confused and this is standard lighting already or is this possibly with the new shaders?

 

Free camera was in development mode always, I remember early PCars 2 dev blogs that used free camera.

 

Thanks for your reply. There's a good possibility (and kinda hoping) I messed something up in that AI file. Gonna have to check that out later. I think I remember some drivers actually having the right custom names, which might point to something else going on. Anyway, it's not really bugging me too much right now. I'm just curious and love to experiment with things to get an immersion as good as possible.

 

Messed around a few hours in game trying to tinker with the cameras and I've put what I've learned into a guide
Steam Community :: Guide :: Free Camera in Replays* (Kind of)

Hope Reiza do end up making an actual fully free cam one day.

 

I think Reiza's Twitter account got hacked