Feature request: make "few clouds" the default option for "clear" Real World Weather

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  1. Bruno Marques

    Bruno Marques New Member

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    AMS2 real world weather is really an awesome feature, but it can be improved. Most real world forecast use "Clear" to designate a day with few clouds, but REIZA uses the "clear" preset. This preset is very unrealistic, giving a boring blue gradient with no clouds. If you go outside in a sunny day, there's probably some few clouds in the sky.

    I suggest to do something similar to CSP + SOL solution for Assetto Corsa:
    • real world CLEAR forecast = few clouds in game
    • real world PARTIALLY SUNNY weather = medium clouds in game
    • real world OVERCAST = overcast in game
    • Rename "clear" preset to "no clouds"
    Clear (no clouds, unrealistic)
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    Few clouds (what should be the default for "clear real world weather))
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    Please like/comment if you agree to get Reiza attention.
     
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  2. Gevatter

    Gevatter The James May of Simracing AMS2 Club Member

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    Well, no. We have cloudles skies here in Austria.
    This is the Google street view of a mecahnic's shop where I used to have my car repaired when I still lived around there. Look up and tell me how many clouds you see:
    Google Maps
     
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  3. Bruno Marques

    Bruno Marques New Member

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    Yeah, I'm not saying this does not exist, I'm saying that the "clear real world weather forecast" could mean "no clouds" and "few clouds". And between those two, few clouds is more frequent. Maybe it could alternate between both in game presets randomly, but defaulting to "no clouds" seems the worst scenario because it is the exception case - not the rule.
     
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    Mazdaspeed Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    I dont mind it much, even though yeah, at least in the caribbean you will never see a cloudless sky, even when scorching hot. I am more bothered by the rain drops, the light rain drops look more like heavy rain to me, at least on the replay cams.
     
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  5. SaxOhare

    SaxOhare Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    A clear sky is a clear sky in the Netherlands, no clouds, perhaps a little haze when it is hot and there is no wind.
     
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  6. bandqit

    bandqit Active Member

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    Here where I live we also have weather
     
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  7. hb22

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    I think clear should still be clear. But regardless it could be an idea to change the default selected preset to light or medium cloud - then we get to appreciate the beautiful lighting engine in the 99% of online lobbies that leave default weather which is currently clear.
     
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  8. rmagid1010

    rmagid1010 Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Maybe more cloud options could be made avaliable or atleast possible under 'light clouds' option, like sol mode for assetto corsa. Clear skies are possible and happen infrequently in the summer, and I cant imagine why they ought to be removed.
     

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