Featured Automobilista 2 V1.6 Development Update - The New Cars

Fiyah · Nov 16, 2024 at 6:37 AM

Essentials

Commandant Lassard · Nov 16, 2024 at 7:05 AM

deekracer said: ↑

Might be an impossible question to answer for beta testers:

What (sub)category of cars, i.e. open wheel, Vintage, GT classic, modern GT, karts, etc do you think are most improved in 1.6? I'm compiling a comparison list to mark the differences when the update arrives.

Sorry in advance if this question has been answered before.
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Not to sound like a complete fan boy but most of what I have tried is distinctly better. Personal stand outs recently are gt1s and fwd cars.

Roar McRipHelmet · Nov 16, 2024 at 7:33 AM

deekracer said: ↑

What (sub)category of cars, i.e. open wheel, Vintage, GT classic, modern GT, karts, etc do you think are most improved in 1.6? I'm compiling a comparison list to mark the differences when the update arrives.
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A bit of a dangerous answer, since there are still some unique bugs with these cars that don't apply to any other car in AMS2, but the karts have significant (whether they are "game-changing" is up to the driver to decide) improvements to tires as well as a number of long-standing bugs have been fixed, as well as improved AI. But like I said, there are still some remaining hard-to-chase-down bugs to fix for the karts in the coming releases.

Anyway, I would recommend that you try the following, both on v1.5 and on v1.6 when it releases:

Roar McRipHelmet said: ↑

Three things to try on v1.5 before v1.6 is released

Although the physics changes in v1.6 are significant, they can be quite subtle if you don't know what to look for and mostly drive safely below the limit, and if you cannot easily switch between trying the old and new version of the game. Until v1.6 is released, below are three scenarios that you can familiarize yourself with on v1.5 so that you can notice how the behavior is different on v1.6.

Scenario 1: Grip/slideyness on cold vs. warm tires, and cheating your way out of understeer by turning even more

Test Day: Porsche Cup on default setup @ Donington or modern Kyalami. Default Date @ 08:00, weather Heavy Cloud, track state Default Progressing.

Drive at least 3 laps, until the tires have finished heating up and you're no longer gaining lap time from the tires getting closer to optimal temperature. Then return to pits and drive a few more laps from cold tires.

Notice the difference in lap time between cold and warm tires (for me it is ~1s on v1.5)

Notice how relatively little difference there is in slideyness between cold and warm tires – cold tires feel pretty much the same as warm tires, just that they are slower

Note how the car feels when it starts to understeer, such as in the Craner Curves (the left-hander down to the Old Hairpin) or through Sunset/Mineshaft, and how you can overcome it. You should be able to "steer more to overcome understeer" by overturning your steering wheel to the extreme while staying on throttle.

Scenario 2: The ability to power your way through a corner with supernatural slip angle

Time Trial: Formula Inter on default setup @ Interlagos

Notice how easy it is to induce controllable oversteer when you brake late and release the brake abruptly while turning

Notice how easy it is to push through and control the slide by countersteering and adding throttle

Notice how this can be faster than staying below the limit. The rear tires get slightly warmer than normal, but it doesn't cost you time.

Notice how much room there is for error on when and how sharply you apply corrections and how tolerant/mushy the car feels

Scenario 3: FFB response "floaty" vs. "planted" at low/high speed and feeling the limit of grip

Time Trial: Formula Classic Gen 4 Model 2 on default setup @ Montreal, Default+ FFB flavor

While weaving on the straight at high speed, the car should feel planted, but the car becomes a bit vague and floaty in slow corners when below downforce speeds (100mph/160kph) where the car relies on mechanical grip

Notice and try to remember for later how the FFB feels on v1.5 during brake lockup and when balancing the throttle out of slow corners, it should feel more nervous in v1.6

(Note: this third scenario can be a bit difficult without actually having the ability to compare game versions side-by-side, and there can be a bit of placebo/nocebo involved)
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