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Sorry to step in here, even as AMS2 is my mainly used sim and I really like it. It is not the easiest to setup nor has it the user friendliest menus. Most of the people don‘t want to mess with FFB settings, custom files, neither want to mention the poor menus for input settings or triple screens (4 monitors are still not usable in 2024).
So for me the problems from all these Youtubers are made from Reiza and how the game has to be setup in order to perform in a great manner.
I still don‘t understand, why there is no Simucube Paddock profile (Kunos does this for example) or FFB recommended base settings for the different wheelbases from the game developers as it would be so easy to share nowadays. Instead you still have the comments about the floaty feeling and that people should set their wheelbases to a neutral FFB setting (whatever that is). I tried a lot of different settings from standard to standard+ to custom files, but I still don‘t really know how the developers wanted the FFB to be felt on my SC2 Pro.

 

Unfortunately, this is not as easy as you imagine. The selection of different bases has now become very large and they all process and output the FFB differently. Not to mention the systems (Belt, Gear or dd) No simulation can define that for all systems. Or think of the new technology that is now coming with “Fullforce” at Fanatec with “Trueforce” at Logitech and there will be more consequences. I don't understand people who buy such expensive hardware but they don't care about it and have the ideas and demands that it has to work perfectly right away. If you work with it for a while and test it, you will have more fun and success with your hardware

 

Definitely, it would be ideal to include profiles for at least the most popular bases, or at the very least, improve the default setups for some cars, looking at you, GT3. It would also be great if Reiza could incorporate technologies like Full Force or TrueForce.

 

Of course, FFB is subjective in nature, but the default FFB-presets provide excellent results in my experience (SC2 Pro). The FFB presets (per wheelbase) are of very limited use in any case (helpful for very basic setting such as wheel rotation).

My preferences in FFB are quite demanding and I struggle to find a better offering in FFB options from any other title. I suspect most issues with perceived "floatiness" may be related to improper Damping settings where the oversteer cues are lagging behind or with Head-Movement settings.

 

I have often read that 4 Monitor does not work!? Is this only if the 4th is connected with Hdmi? Because i´m using an USB 8´´ Monitor as 4th for Simhub and Tripple144Hz G-Sync Fullscreen in Nvidea Surround mode! Never had any problems...

 

I guess finding the proper ffb seems easy for me b/c it is the same way it was done in GTR2. Now there is much more info out there and the Internet is way faster. So, perspective, I guess. Relative to RF2 though, gotta admit, AMS2 is way more out-of-the-box friendly.

 

Yes I meant a proper screen connected to your GPU/iGPU it doesn‘t matter if it is connected via HDMI or display port. I had 5 monitors in total connected (have one on the desk as well) and for AMS2 only you had to disconnect 2 to have it working on triples. It is a bug or feature from the beginning and the only beside RRRE which really is a pain in this regard.

 

can't be that bad, right ?

 

If this happened in June when the race is on, then sure. But there is a reason races all around the northern hemisphere are not scheduled in winter. People want to see racing, not a s*** show of cars on tires that barely work in wet let alone snow.

 

It'd be pretty fun to mess around with in AMS 2 that's for sure!

 

Afraid of a little snow and ice? Psyched for the season to start!

 

Come to Scandinavia

 

I live in Canada...I know what snow and ice is and how you can race on it.

We might see snow and ice in AMS 2 some day for ice racing (AMS had this already). But to make modifications to run in regular race cars on regular race tracks in the snow is just a huge waste of time for the devs, but IMO so is racing in severe thunderstorms, dense fog and flood conditions that would never be allowed, either. There are console games for those diversions.

 

And yet, those are allowed in AMS 2. Maybe part of the point of simracing and what makes it special is being able to diverge from reality thanks to not having to deal with getting badly hurt or destroying a million plus dollar car. And frankly, if goofing off with an unrealistic scenario on occasion is for "console gamers" then 99% of ALL simracers are "console gamers"

 

Remember 2016?

No one needs this in a racing game/sim.

 

I agree entirely. Even though I am a stickler for authentic realism I do occasionally enjoy doing something that just wouldn't be possible in real life.

I would like red flag options when running championships for extreme weather but it really is a very different experience to race in heavy fog or rain and the option to do so should always be left open.

 

Yes, they are allowed, but cause all sorts of problems and complaints online. I remember my first MP race in AMS 2 way, way back at launch -- the GX390 kart at Otona. I was so excited because I thought I knew the vehicle and the layout well. I was "surprised" (can't repeat the real reaction here in a family-friendly forum) to discover that we were racing in a thunderstorm in the pitch dark.

Whether it was accidental (not paying attention to time, random weather setting) or on purpose, it was the expected waste of time for all involved.

I am not saying it can't be fun to do ridiculous things in a sim like race F-Trucks against rental karts. I am simply pointing out that to do snow and ice properly requires a lot of dev resources that are better spent on things that affect real racing or racing in plausible conditions rather than conditions that are or should be red flagged by officials. It took almost four years to get where we are now, just covering the legal surfaces and weather!!

 

As long as all "real life" sim racing issues are 100% resolved, then "pretend racing" can be developed, but NOT until.

Priorities.

 

No one here thinks snow should take priority. Just that it'd be a fun thing to add, at the very least as a purely cosmetic thing for trackside scenery.

Also Nitrorallycross HAS raced in the snow. So it's certainly not unrealistic when it comes to Rallycross.

Not to mention the time a Porsche 917 did a lap of snow-covered Nordschleife

Or the Porsche GP Icerace

Often reality is stranger than fiction.

 

A licensed Nitrocross sim with a full career path is #1 on my wishlist.