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A few things regarding the Copa Trucks I just had a lot of fun with around Goiania, and a lot of offroad time.

The Vulcan has both the Spool and an LSD set to on in the setup screen. The other trucks as far as I've seen only have the Spool, so I guess it's just a UI flaw.

The Vulcan has a very high seating position compared to eg the MAN, but also in general. At default seat hight, I'm looking at the sunblocking strip. Easily rectified of course, but maybe worth a consideration.

The FFB is very heavy in the Copa Trucks generally. Looking at onboards of real drivers, they ofter drive long stretches with one hand on the wheel steering into corners and the other on the gear stick - just like commercial truck drivers The wheels in the real trucks seem to be quite effortless to turn with one hand. I found that for me, 80% FFB strength in the car setup works very well. Mabye also a point to consider.

How realistic are the gear ratios and the top speeds? Or, to pose the question differntly, where should I stop to rev the engine? Going by what real trucks rev to, around 2500-3000 revs?

Watching the onboards at Goiania, there seems to be some coasting involved at the end of the long straight, after the speed trap toward the first fast right hander, but sadly there were no gauges visible to see the speeds. There are some on older videos I found with values on screen, but I'm uncertain how precise they are. Does anybody have any better experience with or knowledge of the Copa Trucks in this regard?

Will there be class specific rules added some day, like the speed traps and when the Pace car comes, will there maybe be a pace truck for the Copa Trucks? ^^

 

After thurough testing I can tell you the Porche 962C standard and low downforce models have exactly the same top speed which is just a smidge over 330kph, aint that weird, thats running with all ducts and rad closed, 0 wing settings for both & same gearing. They are the same car, they litterally just look different!

 

Absolutely. Just for the record I really do like the default ffb apart from that one trait , if I could find a way of taming the aggressive return to centre on my wheel for that profile I would definitely be using it .

 

Yes I understand that, im just trying to figure out what works and what does'nt atm as Its all got a bit confusing with this RC build, more than usual. For instance I know the low DF version of the Merc CLK GT1 does work physically aswell as visually. Maybe I should have said The Porches are the same physically ATM but different visually

 

Fair enough, but i've made another discovery recently that im curious about. It is not something new to the sim at all, its been there since the beginning. No matter if i fill the tank or If I leave it almost empty, the car hits the same top speed, in the same amount of time. So am I to take it that fuel adding weight to the car is not working? If so is this an RC build problem?

 

You should create a Wiki for all this stuff

 

This is great stuff, makes sense, one last question for something i wanna try out, does AMS2 simulate where the fuel load is situated in the car and add weight to that point (like making the front heavier in a Porsche GT3? Sorry for all the questions, I just love this stuff!

 

Definition of flushy

: somewhat flushed : reddish.

For the multicultural nature of the net!
sloshing/slosh /slosh
(of liquid in a container) move irregularly with a splashing sound.

 

This is super interesting! Somebody ask another question!!

 

The word you want is ‘sloshing’, as in: to slosh!
it’s also slang for being drunk (as in ‘sloshed’ ).

 

I Know, sry could not help it!!

If the 'jiggle; pin in the watercooled cars cooling system is jammed closed will this lead to engine failure (full damage on 100%)

 

Do other Sims, simulate this stuff? I can't help but feel these little nuances could be the reason AMS2 feels different to other sims. People don't know and assume it's wrong when it's possibly more right that the rest...