General Chit-Chat

I'd prefer testing things myself and play the game if I like it rather than relying on opinions from the interwebs.

The physics have to be cut down for various reasons, two being most prominent:

1. PC required to simulate reliably real physics are not quite widely available nor quick enough
2. Development alone would make such simulation to cost similarly to iRacing, but per minute, not per month to make ends meet.

So no title will be properly realistic in the near future and some content creators will have endless material to roast

 

I find sim comparisons by Coach Dave to be quite interesting, as he has RL racing experience + sim-coaching and also consults with game developers to improve physics for increased realism. He also speaks to differences between tire brands in RL racing and how they correlate to simulation realism - at least to some degree.

 

I feel like you shouldn’t listen to a guy who called AMS2 fans concussed. Calling someone names for not liking what you like is odd IMO

 

GM recently drove the Valkyrie around Nords , a very aero dependent car around a track it’s was never designed for , and was just sending it into corners, with wild steering inputs and complaining about it just loosing control when he had the thing lifting of the track ….

quantified his knowledge by using the same old tune, I’ve driven a Stripped out celica and a radical ( slowly and nowhere near the limit ) and half a dozen boring road cars despite having no license, but ultimately has learned car behaviour from years of Sims , especially AC . So he knows what he’s talking about.

 

It is often easy to confuse the opinionated with the informed.

The complaints he makes about AMS 2 now are not the same ones he used to make. Suddenly the tires are peaky, etc. etc. when it used to be that they were too forgiving.
He also happily comments his approval/agreement on Niels Heusinkveld's videos about the throttle model that is 'proper' in AMS1, 2 etc. and not AC, but then complains about AMS2 on throttle behaviour (and other aspects) "that's not how real cars drive".

People are so desperate to find someone who knows because it's hard to have the confidence in one's own opinion. And too often the person who is critical of things will seem more informed because, well, he is showing discernment, he must know what he is talking about. There is little true correlation between the two.

 

So a bit of a Donny Kruger effect?

 

I wonder, has @Renato Simioni already figured out what is gonna be AMS3?

We know that it will not use the Madness engine, since it belongs to EA now.

AMS2 is already 5 years old, and a new project will not see the sunlight before at least 3 years of work.

Of course, Reiza wants to make AMS2 profitable as much as possible, but with new sims coming to the market, it is fair to say it will not last twice its age, especially without a strong mod community.

What do you think about this, guys?

I would love to see Reiza working with another graphic engine - apart from UE - to see what they can deliver with all the expertise they have now.

 

Anyone know when the vantage GTE template will be updated? The download gives you the gt4 at the moment l, was hoping to do some liveries whilst I've got the time.