Automobilista 2 September 2021 Development Update

This forum has a historic record of not making the end of the month, without going full "South Australia"...

 

Probably end of the month. Better take a few weeks and release something more polished than rushing and releasing content that may not be ready.

 

I have absolutely no issue with that but I find it strange that Reiza said it could be out for Monza weekend and that was nearly 2 weeks ago. Think that comment was slightly misleading

 

To be fair, they said they might have the GP version ready, nothing else. When they missed the date, they probably decided to get the whole "Monza" package out together at the end of the month.

 

I think more optimistic than misleading

 

I wouldn't say misleading, more like overly optimistic.
They're working on it, I've seen some really interesting posts in the beta forum, I'm sure when the time is right they'll release more info.

 

Yeah, strange because we have never seen delays happenign lately. Earlier releases just means more post-release fixes, and more waiting. Im glad Reiza turned to a "It is done when it is done" policy.
From that perspective it also does not matter if next major Update is end of September or early October if later means less hotfixes needed.

The only date that matters is my sunday evening

 

A combination of excitement and impatience usually shortens peoples' fuses in all fairness

 

Just purchased this. Very much looking forward to getting into it tonight in VR.
Would love to see Melbourne Albert Park F1 track!
Keep up the great work on this game.

 

"Could" means it might happen or it might not. You had hoped it would happen and are disappointed that it didn't, but there was nothing misleading about the comment. As Marlo said in The Wire, "You want it to be one way, but it's that other way".

 

A few pre-emptive VR tips:

• Medium MSAA really cleans up the image from jaggies and shimmer, though not perfect
• AMS2 doesn't respond to SteamVR SS setting changes in realtime. You have to be in a session to do it in the first place. And then exit and start another session (or even restart the game, I can't remember) to get the new settings active in game.
• Play with the world movement slider in camera settings if you think the car is moving too much around you, or too little
• Map cycle camera. It's worth trying the helmet camera. You can switch off the helmet in camera settings and now you have a camera that applies some G-force effects (also a slider in cam settings) with a slightly different feel than the default cockpit camera
• Map next and previous camera so you can switch between VR trackside cameras (not available at all tracks and layouts) in replay mode.
• If you use an Oculus headset, SteamVR mode still uses OculusVR in Madness. You won't see fpsVR in game for example. Not sure how stable this fix is, but... (worked for me before my G2): to get around forced OculusVR you can run AMS2 in Win7 mode. Find the AMS2AVX.exe executable, right click to properties and find the compatibility mode dropdown. Switch it to Windows 7.
• Further performance optimisation: check the FSR thread here on the forum. You can get 10-20% headroom with a similarly clean image when using that new magic technique

 

10 points for Marlo Stanfield reference. Bravo!

 

Thanks a bunch for those tips! I will definitely follow this. Cheers.

 

In fairness, I feel like this isn’t the first time we’ve been teased with something coming out early, and then it’s turned out to be way too optimistic a forecast and just come out more or less when scheduled anyway. I do NOT have a problem with Reiza’s release schedule, think they’re absolutely brilliant and Steelcast’s recent interview with Renato has endeared me even more/given me further understanding, but… there’s no need to make it harder on yourself by indicating fanciful release dates when none of us would be any less happy if you’d just released it at the end of the month like usual!

 

Going full South Australia?! What does that mean?

 

You've not seen any of the mayhem yet? Look it up, it's escalating by the day...
This is what happens when people stray from simracing!

 

Hmmm assuming that's the crap in Melbourne at the moment?! This is where I'm from.

 

It's not in South Australia. It's really just a few hundred Trump wannabees from Melbourne who probably watch Fox and Newsmax clips on Youtube.
Just ignore them.
The reality is, Melbourne and Sydney are charging towards 80% vaccination and should be opening up again within the next month.

Oh yeah, and really looking forward to Monza! That artwork at Parabolica (Curva Alboreto) looks absolutely fantastic.