Bug Reports - Automobilista 2 (Read the Opening Post)

Version: 1.3.1.1
Track & Layout Used: Many
Car Used: Formula USA (CART)
Applicable Settings: Race, Mandatory Pit Stops
Report: AI in this class has problems with going to pits on many tracks. They drive too fast, then shred their car or get lost anywhere off track.

 

Hi @Domagoj Lovric , yes you are correct. Right at the beginning when the car goes "live" during time trial, the initial jerk/surge is huge. It feels to me that the physics are not fully initialized or settled during the initial "car drop" thus the telemetry is being activated too early, but I could be wrong.

 

Version: 1.3.1.1
Track & Layout used: Watkins Glen GP
Car: F309

Bug: Camera placed me in other drivers car in online session. I had no control over my car and it stopped on track and wouldn't allow any input.

 

Report: Strange Audio crackling noise when revving the engine at or near the red zone.
AMS Version: 1.3.1.1
Track & Layout Used: Any
Car Used: Catheram C-620r (the fastest one).
Applicable Settings: None. 7.1 Logitech Headset, using logitech software. In-game audio "Headset Mix" is off

 

Probably related to this issue I reported including steps to recreate. Had it happen today in multiplayer with the Caterham Superlight. It's a pain having your tuning changes revert during qualifying with no error or warning message.

 

Track & Layout Used: Brands Hatch Indy
Car Used: Stock 2021
Applicable Settings: Fuel and tire wear 5x
Report: AI does not pit, then DNF. They collide into the wall at entry.
Steps to reproduce: Start single race and monitor AI.

 

Track & Layout Used: Velopark
Car Used: Stock 2021
Applicable Settings: Fuel and tire wear 5x
Report: AI crash into the wall on pit entry.
Steps to reproduce: Start single race and monitor AI.

 

Track & Layout Used: Goiana External
Car Used: Stock 2021
Applicable Settings: Fuel and tire wear 5x
Report: AI crash into the wall on pit entry.
Steps to reproduce: Start single race and monitor AI.

 

Track & Layout Used: Hockenheim Short B
Car Used: Stock 2021
Applicable Settings: Fuel and tire wear 5x
Report: AI does not pit, then DNF. They first steer into the pit, then suddenly just before the entry they steer away and continue towards to front straight.
Steps to reproduce: Start single race and monitor AI.

 

Track & Layout Used: Snetterton 200
Car Used: Stock 2021
Applicable Settings: Fuel and tire wear 5x
Report: AI collides into eachother on pit entry when they are close.
Steps to reproduce: Start single race and monitor AI.

 

Track & Layout Used: Interlagos Outer
Car Used: Stock 2021
Applicable Settings: Fuel and tire wear 5x
Report: Some AI retires at pit exit, beside wall. Perhaps out of fuel?
Steps to reproduce: Start single race and monitor AI.

 

Mandatory pitstop right now is a bug, not a feature. Many AI just do not pit at all and get a DQ at the end of the race.
And no, settings should not play any role. If mandatory stops are on, they have to pit. Works like a charm in Race Room, does not work at all in AMS2.
One group of AI just ignores pitting, the next shreds the car at pit entry or is way to fast to brake at their garage spot.

Just had a race with F_Vee. 25 laps at Hockenheim Short. Only one AI out of 20 managed to pit, the rest was disqualified.
Another issue is the frustrating fact that stops of the AI which manage to pit are often much quicker as the one of the player, even if you only change tyres, without repair or refueling.

 

Some settings should play a role. If you have fuel set to 5x and do half hour races then they should pit at least once even without mandatory pitstop. I have had a number of races where I have pitted on the last lap that I can do without running out of fuel and then I find that some AI can do a couple of extra laps than I can, and that is if I am running fuel on normal mixture, and the AI are in identical cars as me.

 

What I meant is that settings should not play a role when it comes to mandatory stops, because the AI should pit at least once if this rule is activated instead of ignoring it.
Next thing I am gonna play a bit with is the line "<tyre_management>x.x</tyre_management>" in custom AI files. Will give a driver the value of "0" there and see if he has to pit earlier or more often than others.
Edit: Lowering the values for tyre management has no noticable effect.

 

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Formula V10_Gen 1:
In setup screen as in ICM, the dry tyres are greyed out. Monsun/Extreme tyres are available in Setup menu but not in ICM.

 

I have no problem to force AI to pit. That works actually really good!! The AI pits 4 or even 5 times during a 30 min race. The issue is with the AI pit driving line I believe. They either way collides into the wall, or do not recognize the pit line and they do not go to pit lane.

 

Track & Layout Used: Kyalami (or any other)
Car Used: GT3
Applicable Settings: Any weather - dedicated server not using any rotation
Report: Setting the server.cfg file to allow refuelling at pit stops does not work. The setting has to be set manually by the host on the server.
Steps to reproduce: Set the below in server.cfg, run the server and see that refuelling is not allowed unless changed manually by the host before the session start
"DisablePitstopRefuelling" : 0,

 

- When setting the race length to "time", you can not even setup a mandatory stop, as the option just is not there if you do not set length to "laps".
- That's what you wrote today:

Even with mandatory stops activated, they often just do not give a damn about the rule and do not pit at all.
I mainly drive with open wheelers, set their management to "0" for a certain class for a test in custom file - no effect. All AI disqualified for not pitting at all.

It is a simple thing: If there is an option like "mandatory stop" in a game, the AI should do a stop, no matter which settings are chosen when it comes to fuel usage/tyre wear/race length. Otherwise, this rule/option is just fake.
Works perfectly in other games, but not in AMS 2.