Automobilista 2 V1.3.5.1 Officially RELEASED - Now Updated to v1.3.5.2

When will the dedicated server get its update, this has not been updated, so cant run the new cars and track on a server now, i also checked if the server had a release candidate or beta option, but it doesn't have that

 

Nice! Looking forward to learning more about the new AI additions!

 

Really hate to say this, I really do but, I spoke way too soon! Got way over excited after just a lap last night in a car where I know the tire compounds are screwed up and thought it had been fixed, but i was too tired for proper testing and had to go to bed (as im under the weather). Today did proper test in all cars I could think of that have messed up tire compounds i.e. Slicks faster than Wets in the wet and.... Nope, nothings changed. Have to be totally honest, im massively dissapointed. Having slicks working better in wet than wet tires is like having a kettle that freezes the water instead of boiling it. Its the most serious issue with the sim by far atm, especially when its on cars that only came out recently like the F-USA (yep, try it, compounds are screwed up!). Anyway gunna go check out the new formula Ultimate as that seemed like fun (from the small go I had in it last night (feck is it fast!). I like the new track, did a few laps round it last night. I like the3se airfield tracks, they're a real challenge, you can totally see how folks get lost easily on the Top Gear test track IRL, its so flat and devoid of reference points, you really have to work on finding the best line, good stuff!
Heres to hoping that the tire thing is just not in the beta but will be in the coming update. Right, im off to try that F car and the new Stock car!

 

Yeah I know, but I was just hoping this issue may have also been sorted. I guess don't worry too much as Crimson Essence has assured me its being worked on, just hope its in the next full update as its massively important. As for cars, F-USA cars, Some F Retro cars I think, GT1's. Take them out on a test day at a short track like Silverstone national (short so you dont have to spend ages on each lap) make sure its medium rain but also a wet track, get some consistent lasp in on both tire sets, you'll find your lap times will be pretty much the same on either Hard Slicks, or Wets (sometimes ever so slightly faster on the hards).

 

guess ACC and AC+CSP+SOL is your thing. REIZA won t mess up with those sims. It s another playground here.
I m far away from the sims mentioned above where u need a 5K RiG and a luxury GPU.

 

This is a great sim with some features that the other sims mentioned simply don't have, having said that there's no sim yet that can't be improved. I have them all (apart from iracing, its the only one i've not tried yet). I don't agree that AMS2 just needs GT3 cars to compete, even if AMS2 had no GT3 cars at all I'd still love it because It has some cars & tracks the others don't, not that im complaining that it has GT3's at all, I race them alot! The FFB has gotten better and better over time but yes, its not up to say RF2 standards yet but thats pretty much gold standard and has the highest Hz FFB of any sim so its hard to beat. AC actually runs better than AMS2 in terms of FPS, especially when it comes to turning on headlights, but yes ACC is a massive resource hog! What specs are you're system though? I may be able to help you with getting ACC to run better. Cheers!

 

Cheers mate, you're v good at keeping us informed! Sorry to bang on about it, I just got too excited too quickly, and its really important, im just an impatient bitch! I've had a cold shower now!

Oh btw, having said that, i've been trying to figure out which class of car to run a championship in and think its gunna be either GT3's or F3's as with quite alot of thurough testing i've found that 1. The tire compounds work as expected with these two classes and 2. The A.I. performace in wet and dry relative to yours is about the same, which is important as I wanna have some different weather conditions in the Champ. I did try the GTE's and although the tire compound work properly, the A.I. with these cars have a massive performace drop in the wet, they just slow right down.

Anyway i've got two class'es there that work well so im happy for the moment!

 

The Gen 2 is still a blast, but with this new ERS system I'd like to see a new dashboard on the steering wheel.
It doesn't really offer any useful information, starting from the SoC. The bar on the HUD is really too small to keep track of the battery

 

Somewhere in the trees in the upper left corner of the new track, the car will fall out of the map

 

Out of curiosity, how did your car end up in the trees in the first place?

 

Could it be that this update reset the head movement settings to zero? Can’t remember to have it at zero but don’t know which value I had. I noticed this when I tried the new track and even with “high speed shake” set to off I got extreme screen shaking with Indy Gen3 car. Then I found out that head movement at zero (with legacy mode on in VR) caused this…

 

True, I call that area haunted forest.

Some of us like to explore the track areas. Galeao Airport has a huge area one can explore, unfortunately there's a bunch of spots where one can fall through the map.

 

I wonder, could this be to do with choosing a different ERS setting than them? Also, what A.I. skill level are you running?

 

The Gen 2 is a blast to drive, thank you very much for the addition and the hard work involved, I hope the affected staff members stay safe.

It's great to have ERS management in car, it adds a lot to the strategy side of things.

I tested the car in a 50 lap race at Jerez (with chicane), and noticed the brakes start to fade 30 laps into the race, and lost all braking power 8 laps later showing severe damage and a pit stop required to fix them.

At this moment I don't know if it's a feature, a bug, or my driving style, because the Gen 1 car did the same on previous versions, regardless the brake duct openings (I set ducts to 60/50 by the way on this track, but tested 100/100 on the Gen 1 before with similar outcome on several tracks).

I will test at other tracks, but anyway I wonder why those carbon fiber brakes didn't last an entire F1 race. I can try babysitting them, but the lap time loss would be massive against the AI, who doesn't seem to be affected in the same way the player does.

Any hint about that will be welcome. Thanks, and keep the good work.

 

@Renato Simioni @CrimsonEminence just out of curiosity: with the F-Ultimate does the AI use different ERS modes and/or different engine modes during the races?
Being able to set specific buttons for ERS is a good thing, could it be possible to implement an option to set buttons to change engine mode as well?

 

It absolutely is not necessary to have a monster pc to run these games though. I have to say AMS 2 runs the best put of these at high settings but ACC and AC with CSP and Sol/Pure easily give me 75+ fps in every case after a bit of tweaking around with the settings. I'm sure most people only look for 60 fps too so there's even more room for that.

 

Hi, not OP but in my testing at Jerez, I was a lot faster on the straights even with the balanced setting on the ERS, 105 AI skill, 60 aggression.

I was faster, and the sleapstream effect was really big, so a lot speed difference at the end.