Casual comparison to other sims

Discussion in 'Automobilista 2 - General Discussion' started by Shadak, May 2, 2020.

  1. Shadak

    Shadak Active Member

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    I havent played that much of AMS2 yet but from what I tried in the last couple of days, I have to say for early access this is turning into something awesome!

    There was a lot of discussion on the interweb about various sims (mainly iRacing tyres lately). For the last year or so, Ive been mainly an iracing guy. I do have ACC and admit the physics and FFB in that game are pretty good. Im not a hardcore racer, I do have couple of decent cars IRL but alas, I dont track them. In my RX8 however, I can feel a lot of details on the road when pushing so there is at least this little I can compare to.

    I have a DD1 and iRacing actually has decent FFB after some tuning (with some min.force after last tyre update), as everyone keeps saying though, tyres arent great on most cars. ACC seems better but is lacking the online competitive aspect and for some reason the UE is just odd for racing imo. And GT3 only.

    I spent some time playing with settings in AMS2, tried the custom FFB file thats on here and it was great but after today's update I have gone back to "new default" and actually really like that one now.
    Over all though, the FFB in this game (to me!) feels absolutely amazing. This may be the first game where I actually feel like I know what the tyres and mainly balance of the car is doing. Its incredible, the various details like ffb getting slightly lighter on acceleration and heavier under braking as the car shifts, tyres compressing, feeling the downforce, etc. Obviously still not like the real thing but when I imagine all the forces applied to the car transfering to the wheel FFB in an ideal way, this is probably it. Just driving around alone on the track feels so good. Some of the circuits are beautiful. (photo mode is sweet).

    There are some quirks and bugs which is expected, for example I was in an online lobby and after quali when waiting for a race, I accidentally right clicked which took me back to main menu without warning! Obviously didnt let me return :) .. I hope the online part of the game will grow. Not sure if anything like race schedules with ratings are coming at some point but I assume this game is a bit "niche".

    Anyway, just couple of things I observed and Im glad I got the game to be able to experience the progress.

    Cheers
     
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