Automobilista 2 V1.6 Development Update - The New Cars

The pit limiter dash screen is so sexy in the SC63

 

Honestly, I've felt the AI were a little too stable, you almost never had natural crashes and especially rarely multicar crashes in ams2, so cautiously hopeful, because it's not the most important thing, but its nice to have the ai occasionally have a multi car shunt because they were racing hard

 

I know I'm just the average user, but if you want someone to do voiceover for future videos...

 

I've gotta say, the UI changes are more than I was expecting as well.
Looking very crisp and tidy, especially considering they would have been working within the confines of Madness / PC2.
Well done team!

 

For me one of the most important aspects of a racing sim is the engine sound and the Audi R8 LMS and Alpine A424 sound PHENOMENAL.

Now all I'm hoping for is AI-to-AI driver swaps in endurance racing; and the AI to finally start using the medium and hard tyres.

 

I completely agree!
It's totally plausible for there to be a lap 1 incident at Eau Rouge in a GT3 race.
It was awesome to see it in full effect.

 

Still a bit worried about the led panel behaviour. No yellow flags when we make a mistake , no blue flag when it's needed.
Still WIP ?

 

Blue flags are there... Panels are working on tracks grade 1. Yellows still MIA though.

 

Being able to save the game during pitstops would be an awesome future update, to be actually able to run a 10,12 or 24 hour race in it's entirety would be fantastic.

 

We did a 12 against the AI a couple of weeks ago.
Just me, my son and my mate. Jumped in and out of the Sim when we needed to stop... Had pizzas and a little pit area set up in the lounge room. It was fun

 

Yeah, I gotta pace myself. Really hard on the face when your jaw is dropping to the floor constantly!

 

You are wrong

 

@Renato Simioni , I would also add Watkins Glen to the list of the IMSA Preset.

 

Yeah, but lets do that in 1.7 OK?

 

Are those AI ignoring the cold tires in aLe Man?

The little train formed behind the GTR is also kind of concerning, but I understand that the lack of a proper Qualy may have caused that. Yet, they should have solved themselves better. (Agression on medium might cause that aswell, I prefer AI on High there. Not Max, as they become wreckless)

The accident on Eau, while believable, shown that AIs still cant figure out this kind of situation, having to almost stop (judging by the cool new minimap). The "not so secure rejoin" later also had the fasters cars coming also slowing down instead of going around.
Also, no Yellow Flags :/

The LMPh passing the GT3 on LeMans was sweet, got me scared for a moment.
The climb on Eau on the second lap was scarring too.

Sound and the new colorgrading/shaders are amazing.

UIs are more elegant for sure and give a better visualization of the informations. The session screen in the Race menu is sweet.

There is a new option besides AI Agression: AI Mistakes. Nice.

TC and ABS blinking on the dash screen, is that new aswell?

Waiting on both Part2 now.

 

Oh nice nice.

 

That is definitely Spa!

 

I take back my words regarding the user interface, it's really cool, presets are very convenient for a single race, but it's a pity that the championship tab was not shown in the last video, because I was really waiting for an increase in the number of slots for championships and the ability to edit ready-made championship presets. And the main question: what will happen to the preview of modder liveries released for the old version of AM2?

 

Do the presets give another form of championships? if so, that would be one the most welcome surprises so far.