What next?

I dont think there could be anything worse for this sim tbh.
Nothing against these disciplines (or you ) ofcourse, but when you have a sim thats mostly aiming at roadracing adding rally stuff etc is gonna come at the cost of the roadcars/handling etc.
Theres Rally games for these types of driving.

I think this is also where PC2 went wrong, spreading their butter over too much bread.
Id rather see recources invested in improving the handling model and depth in the already existing content.

But maybe this is exactly what Reiza are after, making a game thats as broad as possible while sacrificing depth and I should stfu and develop my own sim.

 

I beg to disagree. The RX cars off track were one of the more enjoyable experiences in pC2 and were quite well done. The madness engine can do off-road well and it does take time away from road racing, but I don’t see an issue in spreading some of that motorracing love away from the tarmac if it can provide great racing.
Look at it this way, if Reiza spends time working on off-road grip coefficients, they will probably also touch up on the grass grip coefficients and maybe it will become less slippery. Maybe the tire grip/slip values will improve across the board as it forces them to evolve their understanding of the seta tyre model. Some might fear this is too much time investment for too little return which I understand, but indeed they are the ones in control of development

 

Real Ovals would be great, and would add to the depth of the game,
It would give my playing a boost.

 

That is because you didn't race with people around your skill level then as the minor screw up and unpredictability of grip always made us catch up to eachother constantly.

 

Is it too much asked to get dirt tyres for the Uno if we get Tykki and other dirt tracks with airtime (as opposed to "just dirt tracks")? To infinity and beyond!

But seriously dirt and those huge tabletop jumps are a nice way to let off some steam if nothing else. I can't wait to do it in AMS2's VR implementation. I'm not expecting them anytime soon, but as @Shriukan said the engine is seemingly very much geared towards them and I'm excited to see how Reiza does it compared to PCars 2.

I do agree about the rules and flags in different series. I hope those can be implemented well going into 3rd and 4th year in continuous development. AMS2's penalty system is already a nice improvement on the legacy system.

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But first Long Beach

 

Yeah Its more complicated than how I stated it obviously.
Even though I played the hell out of Dirt Rally VR Im not a huuuge offroad guy.
But it would seem to me that a dedicated sim for every discipline would eventually be better for everyone.

Letting of steam offroad in VR is definitly a good thing tho.
Anyone know if Wreckfest comes in VR?

 

Assetto Corsa Dirtizione?

 

Technically no - as in it's not officially supported, but apparently it can be made to work (using vorpx), to some degree.
Comments seem to be it's better than playing on a 2D monitor, but not as good as it would be, if the title actually properly supported VR - stuff like head movement etc.
In short - it's been "kludged" to make it work, but the result's not ideal.
Have a read if you're curious, but don't ask me for details, as I don't use VR.
Steam Community :: Guide :: How to play Wreckfest in VR using vorpX

 

AMS2 already has the Stock Car Brasil 19/20/21 series with all the tracks, drivers, rules and full championships. I'm not sure how excited sim racers in general would be to hear Reiza are going to spend the next six months tweaking minute details of these cars to arrive at something like ACC. I doubt it would bring in many new players. People who say "AMS2 should focus on one series/type of car" actually mean "but not that one that I don't like".

 

Well I never said they should focus on one class but I think we can distinguish between road and offroad.

With all the current classes theyre already spread fairly thin imo.
And you can see that in the way different classes handle differently in terms of physics.
This is imo (thats shared by many others) what went wrong with PC2.
A jack of all trades but a master of none.

I dont think anyone wants AMS2 to become the ACC of anything but I do think ( and again this is just my opinion) most players would prefer quality over quantity.

 

At this stage it's a bit of a tightrope walk for a dev team. On the one hand, the more content you have, the more maintenance and bug fixing you have to do in order to keep existing users happy and perpetuate the PR work done by ambassadors and influencers. On the other hand new content and a promising backlog often make the stronger sales pitch.

Either way, these days even a quality product is pretty worthless if it's not viral in a very positive way.

 

What im currently missing is the ability to change date and season on tracks. I would like to recreate some events I have a RL connection to. Particularly the VLN/NLS Endurance layout of Nordschleife, where events take place from March to November. This is also the tracks where I Lost a RL club mate in 2000 in a racing accident.

 

A March / April Dev-update would be great

 

Maybe not repair costs but repair time. So the practice time has to be managed when having an accident. Or if crashing too hard, session is over.

 

Oh I am not saying we need RX. Just that the engine is capable of delivering a good off-road experience. For all we know we could see dirt ovals and some tiny big winged devils xD

My comment for you was a parenthesis from the topic I guess.

 

That would be cool!

I'd also like if the tracks and variants were named according to the years of the specific layouts.

Like for example 'Imola 1972-1973' or 'Silverstone 1991-1993'. Present day layouts could be named 'Spa-Francorchamps 2007 to date'.

 

On me Wishlist/Soap Box would be:
Spec Racer Ford: Can't believe this is not in this game.
Mazda mx5
Thunder Saloons
1980/1990 BTCC

Track wise, More Street Circuits.

Option for tyre warmers so test day doesn't take a week.

Race Category Licencing

Championships for all cars, maybe introduce a Budget to manage, with a free Car/Virtual Prize Money for a series winner.

In the distant future, A Reiza Studios Dakar Game for the win.

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