Automobilista 2 V1.6.9 RELEASED - Now Updated to V1.6.9.2

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V1.6.9.2 CHANGELOG

• Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo: Fixed white-looking lower LOD issue
  

 

Only had time for a very short race yesterday, but the update of blue flag behaviour for endruance classes is amazing, thank you so much for this. The slower classes now don't slow down on purpose, but just leave the faster cars a bit of space to move through when they pull up.

Can we get an official statement if Ligier 2025 will ever be split up in two seperate classes? I really like the cars but it just has so many flaws by being counted as one class (scoring, AI slower class fighting the faster one, can't set up custom grid count, etc)

 

Tested with Quest 2, Max resolution, 1.3 Supersampling, and 80Hz refresh rate.

 

Nice to hear

I don't have tried the newest iteration yet but it gave me better FPS while looking good.
One thing i had noticed with TAA was a not good looking moiree-effect on some curbs.
Not using VR but a 27" Monitor at max 165Hz.
Will try the newest implementation and see if that's still the case.

Edit: I can confirm that the moiree is still there and supersampling has no effect on that.
Sharpening is at 100. With MSAA the effect is much less noticible but here other parts of the screen are more flickering. Unfortunately i can't provide a screenshot of it because my screenshots of AMS2 in steam look like this since some time :

Steam Community :: Screenshot

To reproduce it try the curbs at Watkins Glen on the left after the first corner.
It happens where the dark lines alternate with the red ones. In motion there's
black waves wandering from left to right, which makes it look unstable.

Still, TAA seems to be the best option for me.

 

This happens because the moire effect is a part of the non-antialiased frame:


TAA's jitter does mean it can resolve what is effectively a supersampled image, but the jitter isn't sufficient to hit other colours in the curb pattern.
Usually texture filtering will avoid this, but the curbs are 3D so it's a geometry aliasing issue that MSAA resolves better

 

Did they fix the free camera issue? I've had the problem where I switched to the new aerial camera, and when I went into a race, it didn't return me to the car. It should automatically return when I switch sessions.

 

Nice LSD ReShade.

 

I see, good explanation. So the dark lines i mentioned are not part of the texture, but actually shadows thrown by the geometry and lighting? If so, would better shadow quality in the settings help with that?

 

Now I understand where the term roadtrip comes from....

 

He's talking about texture filtering. I think he means you could experiment a bit with anistrophic filtering. With 16x or 8x anistrophic filtering, the image often becomes very harsh and jagged.

It's never truly perfect. Either some areas have textures that are too soft, while others are too sharp. Very sharp textures can appear jerky in motion, even though the frame rate and frame times don't change. The image becomes unsettled, and the eye keeps wandering to those areas.

Even if you'd like to set it to 16x because of the minimal performance loss, it's sometimes counterproductive in VR. I've observed the exact same jagged edges in Live for Speed. The positive aspect of this simulation is that you can adjust all the graphics options live on the track. It makes you realize that less is sometimes much more.

It reminds me of the sharpness function on a TV. Sometimes it looks great, and two seconds later you see scenes where it looks incredibly bad.

In VR, the duvet always looks too short. One leg is always sticking out.

 

Just wanted to add some flaws that I see in the current safety car logic in AMS2 that could be improved in the future:

• Currently the field get's sorted just by the current position on track to each other when the SC phase starts. In real life the field always get sorted by class and positioning of each class, so everyone can have a fair restart in their class and how their class is sorted in the race.
• In multiclass or being laps behind race leader the current sorting can lead to unfair advantages since the split who has to catch up to the end of the field in made via the raceleader. Let's say your next opponent is just meters away from you, but the race leader is in between in your fight. When SC appear you will now be stuck behind race leader while the opponent is allowed to catch up a full lap to the end of the field.
• Currently Safety Car can end before the whole field has catched up. This also can lead to quite an disadvantage when your race resumes before you're back of the field
• Cherry on top would be but a differentiation between FCY (countdown to a speed limit without sorting cars) and SC (sorting all cars by classes and position)

 

I tried an Indy 250 with FUSA G1 (until I crashed,haha). Open wheel oval AI is in the best spot it has ever been. They still pack race a lot making the experience not quite there yet.