UFO?

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  1. muzarati

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    At the risk of being ridiculed, when following an AI car at the start of a session, occasionally there is a small disk like object ejected from underneath the car in front of me, it looks like a center wheel nut and flies up into the air. It doesn't appear in the replay though so I haven't been able to catch it on video. Anyone else seen this?
     
  2. Marius H

    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    If I recall it's a tiny rock/marble being flung in the air and hitting your car. Happens so and then. Immersion is topnotch :D
     
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  3. muzarati

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    No I don't think so, it doesn't look like a rock and it's always a couple of corners from exiting pit exit, nothing to do with immersion.
     
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    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Well, next time a screenshot then ;)
     
  5. muzarati

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    Ha ha, will try but it's a bit hard to catch while driving!
     
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    I've certainly had a bit of rubber thrown up that you can hear hit the car.
     
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  7. muzarati

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    Not the best shot of it, pretty hard to catch
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    Only happens after exiting the pits for the first time, although I have seen it at the start of the race once. Normally it comes from the car in front and shoots way up hi in the air, this one was different.
     
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    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Yes, that's a rock, marble, rubber. ;)
     
  9. muzarati

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    Only happens at very start of practice and normally fires off into space, sometimes it looks like a ring
     
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    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    I will summon my colleague that told me the very same 4 years ago. Hereby I choose you @Marc Collins
     
  11. Zask

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    Yes it's bits of rubber or other dross flying up. It can sometimes hit your car with with clunks and pops audible.
    If you don't like it I guess setting particles to low in performance settings may reduce it. Mine are at ultra and I get these bits flying about quite often.
     
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    I didn’t know that you have Pokémon
     
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  14. muzarati

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    Track is green at start of event, why would there be rubber marbles the size of cricket balls flying from random directions? Total fail IMO!
     
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    Looks a bit strange.
    The times I have seen similiar it is slunged back from the car in front of you.
    This one seems comming from your own car.

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    Marius H Internal Beta Tester Staff Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Then it's a rock. :rolleyes:
     
  17. muzarati

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    Ha ha...from where?
     
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    This isn't a great example, generally they do come from under the car but even then, they go straight up into the air, totally bizarre!
     
  19. Marius H

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    Maybe from the front wheel tossed up? Or maybe particle distance too short? No idea. But I am done. It's a rock/marble/rubber. DOT. Bye.
     
  20. Kuku

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    A green track doesn’t mean that’s it’s been swept clean by a magic track cleaning crew .
    and often IRL a car that has been serviced in pit lane might have a build up of rubber in the inner guard that can fall out onto the road after being disturbed by mechanics messing around in there .
     
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