Multiplayer - screen freezing mid race then continues

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes...

Saturday 25th June 2022

16:05 16 lobbies - F100 - 7x racers - Nords 4x laps - ?x DNF
NO FREEZE, stutter on lap 3.

 

Not sure it is a Windows issue as both my 5 year old Win 10 machine & brand new Win 11 machine both have the 'screen freeze' issue.
Out of interest, which update of Win 11 are you on?

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes...

Monday 27th June 2022

11:20 5 lobbies - U100 - 15 racers (11x ai) - 5 laps - Daytona - 4x DNF's
FREEZE lap 2!

12:00 5 lobbies - N/Rkd - 6 racers (13x ai) - 5 laps - Bathurst - 0x DNF's
EVERYONE QUIT AS LOBBY WOULDN'T MOVE ON FROM PRACTICE.

12:15 5 lobbies - N/Rkd - 5 racers (0x ai) - 30 min +1laps - Nurb - 3x DNF's
NO FREEZE.

13:45 5 lobbies - N/Rkd - 3 racers (0x ai) - 6 laps - Brands - 1x DNF's
NO FREEZE.

Game restart...
18:50 11 lobbies - League - 11 racers (0x ai) - 6 laps - Oulton - 1x DNF's
NO FREEZE.

19:10 15 lobbies - League - 11 racers (0x ai) - 6 laps - Oulton - 1x DNF's
NO FREEZE.

19:10 15 lobbies - League - 6 racers (0x ai) - 6 laps - Oulton - 1x DNF's
NO FREEZE.

20:15 15 lobbies - League - 5 racers (0x ai) - 6 laps - Nurb - 1x DNF's
NO FREEZE.

 

Exact same issues here. I gave up MP for now and just stick to single player with AI. Bit of a bummer, but it could also be so much worse.

 

Today during lunch Time I wanted to do a Quick race.. I looked online lobbies ... There were 5 lobbies not empty for a total of 15 players...

I joined one of the two on Q and realized that I didn't had any pedals inputs ( yes this Infamous recurrent bug). I quit relaunch the game ( because this is the only way to get rid of), rejoin the same lobby still displaying Q ... And I couldn't join because it was in the 2 min countdown ...

I gave Up .. start AC ( not ACC) that I didn't played for a long time looked online ... Around more than 50 not empty lobbies and more than 300 peoples connected ..
Select one lobby in Q, and when I joined the qual was over after 2 sec. Not a problem I was place directly at the back of the grid and was able to do a 12 laps whitout any issue of fuel or tire or whatever... Maybe not as beautifull as ams2 or very detailled FFB but Just clicking join and it Worked, no shuttering or freeze ( 30 people's race)and lot of people ready to Play. Some cars were jittering because of High ping but the game itself is fluid.

I think that sums Up why AmS2 MP become more and more deadly empty .. and that a shame because this game is very nice and one of the most VR friendly.

 

Welcome to the club. Nevermind AMS2 MP for now, don't stress about it. Maybe in 2023 it will finally be sorted out, but there is no hope for the short term.

 

I bought lot of AMS2 DLCs because as AC I like to have different cars and tracks than the usual ones from F1 or GT3 car's game.

But to be Honest I Will stop to spend money on it and see what's happend to the game itself.

On 2023 I Will have a look on Rennsport and see if unreal5 is better that Unreal4 for VR... ACC is a disaster

Anyway .. I Will stop There I don t want to polluate, Too Much, this post regarding freeze and other frame rate issues

 

In the 2022, have a good mp is a basic future for a sim. It is incredible that reiza in two years have not resolve this problem. If you want that ams2 win the battle with other sim, you must have a good mp. Many future are not present like skip session or restart session. Many sim have those future and onestly, in 2022,i don't thinks are more difficult. After 1550 hour on ac and 1500 on the acc, I bought ams2 and it's funny. But the mp is a really big issue. Only the server not ranked is good. There are much bug like not silync or other but the worst is the black screen for 3 second in the ranked server. Instead launch a dlc, i think that reiza MUST work on mp really. In single player is ok but... Tha race is online with other human driver.

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes...

Wednesday 29th June 2022

16:30 6 lobbies - N/Rkd - 8 racers (0 ai) - 6 laps - Monza 1991 - 2 DNF
FREEZE lap 4 + 7 (over finishing line)

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes

Thursday 30th June 2022
Running ReleaseCandidate...

10:55 6 lobbies - N/Rkd - 4 racers (1 ai) - 5 laps - Oulton - 1 DNF
Big STUTTER lap 3

11:30 8 lobbies - N/Rkd - 2 racers (0 ai) - 8 laps - Watkins - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE.

11:55 12 lobbies - N/Rkd - 8 racers (0 ai) - 4 laps - Silverstone - 2 DNF
NO FREEZE.

12:15 12 lobbies - N/Rkd - 14 racers (10 ai) - 2 laps - Camp Grande - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE.

12:35 12 lobbies - N/Rkd - 15 racers (10 ai) - 2 laps - Camp Grande - ? DNF
NO FREEZE.

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes

Running V1.3.8.1

Friday 1st July 2022

14:55 9 lobbies - N/Rkd - 12 racers (0 ai) - 10 min - Watkins - ? DNF
Grayed out car mirrors (virtual OK) & weird sync issue before rolling start DQ'd as out of position control taken & cars behind hit me.

Game restart.
17:30 8 lobbies - N/Rkd - 15 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Buenos #9 - 4 DNF
NO FREEZE.

17:45 12 lobbies - N/Rkd - 5 racers (0 ai) - 9 laps - Monza - 2 DNF
NO FREEZE.

18:10 12 lobbies - N/Rkd - 15 racers (0 ai) - 10 min - Buenos #4 - ? DNF
NO FREEZE.

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18:55 14 lobbies - N/Rkd - 15 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Donno - 4 DNF
NO FREEZE.

19:40 17 lobbies - N/Rkd - 24 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Nurburg Veed - 6 DNF
NO FREEZE.

A good day racing

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes

Running V1.3.8.1

Monday 4th July 2022

11:40 9 lobbies - N/Rkd - 20 racers (0 ai) - 4 laps - Fxd Setup - Silvestone - ? DNF
NO FREEZE.

14:40 7 lobbies - N/Rkd - 5 racers (0 ai) - 10 laps - NOT Fxd Setup - Imola - 4 DNF
BIG STUTTER on lap 3, as a player disconnected.

17:30 9 lobbies - U100 - 15 racers (0 ai) - 10 min 1+ laps - Fxd Setup - Imola - 4 DNF
NO FREEZE.

17:55 16 lobbies - N/Rkd - 12 racers (0 ai) - 6 laps - NOT Fxd Setup - Silverstone - 4 DNF
NO FREEZE.

18:50 16 lobbies - League U1000 - 12 racers (0 ai) - 20 min +1lap - Fxd Setup - Kansai West - 1 DNF
NO FREEZE.

19:50 16 lobbies - League U1000 - 12 racers (0 ai) - 15 min +1lap (Rev) - Fxd Setup - Kansai West - 1 DNF
NO FREEZE.

Another good day racing

 

I did some testing myself Sunday night. I jumped on a random public server with 15+ drivers and did about 5 races with no lag, no pauses, & did not see any MP issues at all! .. what?? Yes!
I now think that the 'server set up' might have a lot to do with the issues some of us have all the time. This server had rankings OFF, Damage was visual only & fixed set ups, tire ware & fuel use were on, 5 min Q & 7 lap races manual pit stops were off & standing start.
This is nothing like our league servers are set up where we have rankings on, damage set to performance impacting and open setup's & we also use timed races & manual pit stops
So I'm wondering if having these league settings ON effects how the server needs to exchange data & could be a culprit? IDK but it was a good night for AMS2 MP with this simple open server set up.. here is a vid i made

 

It is refreshing to see AMS2 MP with smooth car-ahead behaviour. If Reiza manages to fix things up, this has to got be the best sim overall. But for now, it is all about being lucky with sessions.

 

I got a screen stutter the other day offline running hot laps at silverstone.

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes

Running V1.3.8.2

Tuesday 5th July 2022

17:45 15+ lobbies - N/Rkd - 12 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Fxd Setup - Imola - 4 DNF
FREEZE lap 3!

18:20 15+ lobbies - N/Rkd - 16 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Fxd Setup - Donnington - 5 DNF
FREEZE lap 3!

19:00 15+ lobbies - League-N/Rkd - 12 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Fxd Setup - Buenos Aires - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE!

19:30 15+ lobbies - League-N/Rkd - 12 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Fxd Setup - Adelaide - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE!

20:00 15+ lobbies - League-N/Rkd - 7 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Fxd Setup - Montreal - 2 DNF
NO FREEZE!

 

Update on "testing multiplayer screen freezes" no hardware/software changes

Running V1.3.8.2

Friday 8th July 2022

12:20 7 lobbies - N/Rkd - 27 racers (18 ai) - 15 min +1 lap - Fxd Setup - Buenos #7 - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE.

12:50 7 lobbies - N/Rkd - 5 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Not Fxd Setup - Jerez - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE.

13:30 7 lobbies - N/Rkd - 5 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Not Fxd Setup - Buenos #9 - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE.

13:10 7 lobbies - N/Rkd - 4 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Not Fxd Setup - Buenos #9 - 0 DNF
NO FREEZE.

13:50 7 lobbies - N/Rkd - 24 racers (18 ai) - 15 min +1 lap - Not Fxd Setup - Leguna - 3 DNF
NO FREEZE.

19:25 20 lobbies - Rkd - 6 racers (0 ai) - 5 laps - Fxd Setup - Spielberg - 0 DNF
FREEZE start of lap 4!!!!
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Will be interesting to know if others players in your session have the same observations

 

Will be interesting to know if others players in yours sessions have the same observations

 

TexasSpecial also had the same issues in a session we were both in on Tuesday.