Bug Reports - Automobilista 2 (Read the Opening Post)

Track & Layout Used: Interlagos Kart 3
Car Used: 125 cc
Applicable Settings: Online lobby
Report: Right after you enter pits, the human animation has people floating in the air, and one guy is half in the concrete barrier and another is outside the wall in the track area.

 

Track & Layout Used: n/a
Car Used: BMW M3 E30 DTM
Applicable Settings: chase cam
Report: no sound
Steps to reproduce: drive in chase cam

 

Track & Layout Used: Any
Car Used: Any
Applicable Settings: HUD enabled
Report: Brake Bias HUD popup displays a new popup for each incremental change.
Steps to reproduce: While driving with the HUD enabled, change the brake bias and each incremental change will display a new popup window, which makes it difficult to see what the actual bias is when driving. The ABS and traction control don't behave this way, each incremental change is displayed in a single popup with is much cleaner and far easier to read. Please change the brake bias HUD popup to behave like the ABS and traction control popups.

 

Track & Layout Used: Any
Car Used: Any
Applicable Settings: Overcast weather
Report: frame rate loss
Steps to reproduce: Drive in any scenario with overcast weather .

Hi . Think I've seen reports of this problem before but after looking through the forum I can't find the relevant posts .
Seems that the overcast weather causes a 20 - 30 FPS drop ( for my system ) regardless of quality settings selected , weird really as shadows and sun rays seem non existent under these conditions !
If anyone has any experience with this problem I would love to hear your thoughts .
Thanks .

 

Are the car headlights on in these conditions?

 

Weather can have a big effect on performance in most games.
Overcast and night require the game to render more lights (light poles/headlights), shadows, particles, and environmental effects like fog.
Although the developers can optimize these conditions it will never render as fast as clear daylight conditions.

 

No headlights , 11am start .

 

Yes I understand this but what I don't understand is that this is 11am start .
No shadows /headlights or track lighting at all . I don't have any problems with fps at night , even with thunderstorms at night with 20 car grids . Seems like a poor optimization ?

 

car/track settings probably make no difference.
thanks to new member@Dre111

 

This sort of thing probably happens to everyone, so will balance out over time I think.

 

no need to pull the plug. anybody can make a backup of his documents folder before race and if lose rating, restore it

 

Track and Layout used: Imola (Happens on every track though)
Car used: Mclaren Gt3 720s (happens on all cars with headlights)
Applicable settings: Race, 22:00 (any Night race), triple screens
Report: The FPS drops from 110fps to 40fps when there is a car behind with the headlights on. It doesn't happen on races with cars without headlights (ie. Formula cars around Long beach during night)
Steps to reproduce: Triple screens, test day any gt3 car during night and FPS are good, race with the same car and the same track, fps drop to 40, let all the cars go by, FPS increased to 110fps. Race with any formula car around any track during night, FPS are the same as day races.

 

I don't have this problem in ACC or AC during night races but only in AMS2... Clearly this is an issue with the engine and the optimization. Please check my report above and how easily you can replicate the issue.

 

Night racing yes I can appreciate the extra light sources and such that need rendering , overcast ? Literally no shadows or lights so why the huge drop in these conditions ?

 

Track & Layout Used: Any
Car Used: Any
Applicable Settings: Mandatory Pitstop
Report: Finishing the race in the pitlane, going over the line, counts as a valid mandatory pit without the need to stop in the pit box.
Steps to reproduce: See above report

 

Track & Layout Used: Any
Car Used: Any
Applicable Settings: Rolling Start
Report: Any driver not in pole can hold back and accelerate to top speed before lights out, gaining a massive advantage. The pole sitter cannot do this as they must maintain a certain speed. A sitting duck at race start.
Steps to reproduce: Don't qualify on pole. Hold back a little and time it so you're up to full speed as lights go out.
Fix: Ensure ALL drivers maintain the rolling start speed rather than just the pole sitter.

 

Are the headlights of the cars behind turned on?

 

No headlights at all . 11am start at Silverstone club circuit , overcast . Must be at least a 20 FPS difference between overcast and sunny ( or any other weather conditions )

 

You didn't reply in the thread I made about this subject, I don't think we should discuss this in the bug-report thread, Frame rate Overcast weather

I tested at silverstone, (open wheeler)
Overcast gives me 98-112 fps, The same settings but with light cloud i get 96-127 fps.
So the top is cut off and the maximum is less, but the minimum is almost the same, and that is the most important one for me.
So minimum fps is almost the same

Are you talking about maximum or minimum fps ?

 

Minimum . Mine ranges from 54 - 70 overcast to 65 - 75 in other conditions .