Good luck getting Crew Chief for edit: Assetto Corsa!
mr_belowski said:
How far your seat is away from the tv and your in-game seat from the dash is also important, you want the in-game rotating axis for the look-into-corner to be where you're sitting IRL. Bigger Monitors/TVs are at an advantage.
The document is about the model Andrew created, some stuff of it ended up not being used or toned down in the game, for that dreadful word, game-play reasons
The document is about the model Andrew created, some stuff of it ended up not being used or toned down in the game, for that dreadful word, game-play reasons
flat-spotting: contact patch in mode is made up out of 3(rows) x 11 (blocks) each "block" own thread thickness. If you lock wheel, friction/heat/wear, resulted in some of those "blocks"being thinner than the rest of the tire --> flatspot. Problem was people started complaining about their wheel (too heavily) shaking off their desk/rig, so I think they turned the effect down (FFB) in game.
hydroplaning: never made it in the game, because the graphical presentation of the wet track is just random, created by (graphic)artist not by real data. So even though you see pools of water, they might not be there. They talked about limiting the max amount of water/rain (layer thickness) in the model so you would always be able to dispose that while driving. If they ended up doing it this way, not sure
It was massive in the Formula B in early testing, before the complaints
, so maybe some of it is still there (Formula + slicks). Have not had the opportunity to drive in the full game as my doctor still hasn't fixed my shoulder and I'm not a huge fan of driving games/sims and controllers . Would love to have a go at the latest update in iRacing It was massive in the Formula B in early testing, before the complaints
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6shX2Dp-0NM
So that was an adjustment. Tearing is still minor on certain tracks (common to me on Azure circuit), but performance is much better. It's locked to 60fps for the most part. Do a heavy storm race at night with 40 cars and you'll see some drops.
Comparison to Forza, well that's a loaded question. What did you like most about Forza? If you like the locked progression, grinding a grid of career races and saving to buy the best cars, customizing with crazy rims and custom liveries, perusing the auction house/storefronts, then this isn't close.
If you wished there was more a focus on motorsport, than this is right up your alley. If you enjoy race weekends with practice and qualifying sessions in dynamic weather then you're in for a treat. I got disqualified my very first race for jumping the start.
Personally, I prefer the physics to Forza (especially with the GT and LMP cars), I think the AI is good, and the gameplay gives experiences on console that are really remarkable sometimes, like racing at LeMans as the sun rises while a passing rain shower rumbles through.
It's not without it's faults though. The physics of the street cars still feel a bit off to me, way too twitchy and create snap oversteer/countersteer too easily, especially with a pad. The terms of the settings take some investigation, pad defaults are really rough. There are still odd glitches occasionally.
When you get everything dialed in with a pad and learn your way around the UI and what terms mean, then the game shines IMO. There are settings to customize darn near everything, it's amazing in that regard. More sims should have options like this. There are some great settings in this thread, and people are happy to share if you can't find them. Takes a while to tweak them to find what works best for you. And some car classes you may need to adjust differently.
And this'll probably get me some grief, but I'm honestly glad I don't have to deal with Forza anymore.
To me, Forza had a lot of "just pretend" that I didn't care for. The lack of motorsport/real racing features bothered me. Proper rules, flags, pit-strategy, all that. You know the arguments.
They have great licenses that they don't follow through with. American LeMans, FIA GT, Super GT, Aussie V8 all thrown together in a class, racing against each other on tracks they would never race on. Hyper street cars have no business racing in R class races either. Never in real life does an Indy car or F1 car race against LMPs at LeMans or anywhere else. These are great for hypotheticals but impossible to mimic real racing series or do a proper championship.
I never got on with boosting a street car into R class, getting a racing livery, and just pretending it's the racing version. I was never into drifting. My racing fantasy is not to take a limo or van on a track day. It's to be a GT3 driver.
And pCARS offers this perfectly. The career is just that, you're a driver for a team doing race weekends, only concerned about driving. Not running a team, managing the money or sponsorships, just driving. I know some think the career is bland and boring, but it's what I've been wanting from a race game for years.
Forza 5 and 6 are just total borefests, the racing just isn't exciting enough, every race plays out the same way, it's just a mad rush to the front to get dem monies.
No! I have ye olde iPad, and it can't update to the new iOS patches. But, I have a new iPad coming from work. That should work nicely. I'm excited to get these apps going.
I'm running multiple careers. GT3 and Endurance currently. Love the endurance for the multi-class racing. I hear custom championships are coming soon, so that could cure the same patterns for the next season.
Yes, the car list is a lot less, but depending on what you like, it may have your favorites.
And as Mascot has talked about, this game is great for the thrill of the racing in the pack. Sometimes you start in the 20s and work up to the teens by the end, and it's a great fight. You race for the racing, it's not always about cramming just to get to the front for the cash in a few laps.
That's awesome! About time. I've always wanted a way to set up custom class championship races in Forza.
No, sorry, you can't. And no multi-class races for free play, you can only choose one division.
I tried that, but in GT4 doing the sprint and right after that the real race on sunday turned me off. Maybe I'll give it another try in another career and class.