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On 11/25/2021 at 3:02 AM, chaozbandit said:

PS5 exclusives 

From what i can tell .. its the same CSL DD internally but also PS compatible 

[chaozbandit]

This is a thing... and I'm whelmed. 

Like it quite a lot, understeers a bit but good fun. Not as exciting as the vantage yet.

First half hour with the car.
 

 

[chaozbandit]

Man I dunno if its the updated tires or diff behaviour, but AMS2 is actually fun again (except the front may be slightly oversensitive now)

 

 

 

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Oh noooo i'm gonna have to buy this dlc sooooon

 

Not even mad that its still kinda buggy, and some project cars quirks are still in the engine, but that was truly some fun racing even if its against bots.

 

TLDR: tracks are as much familiar as they are in PC2 but updated cars are worth it; audio mixing needs a looking at and theres still some pitstop strategy bugs.

 

 

 

Even at 100% AI, they dont know how to handle big ovals lmao. Breezed through the pack but bunged up my fuel strat by 10L and needed a splash at the end. Also absolutely no tire temp (about half optimal at late jan weather) through the night making for some tricky braking.

 

 

 

On a traditional road course the AI seem much better behaved, top half of the class achieved alien pace but had a blast tustling with the bottom split and working through traffic. Somehow magically the BOP has the stratification close to what makes sense, when the AI aren't racing in dumb packs. Tried one-stopping tires and fueling to the end (properly) since theres not much deg in an hour sprint, but I still just missed out on the podium fight by a lap. Filtering through the GT classes wasn't as hectic as I was expecting and track evolution didnt seem to factor. Kind of embarassing how long it took to record this session since I just lost the car at weird times, or the AI decided to seppuku, but by the end I was into a groove and it felt great. RE: pit strategy bug, one recording had AI takeover control despite setting no driver change, and by the time I fixed it I was two laps down and not having fun anymore.

 

Gonna try my hand in VR tomorrow and see if its improved any

[chaozbandit]

I love racing on airports /s

Thanks matt for doing this so I dont have to
 

 

[chaozbandit]

Pros: AMS2 VR runs more smooth than PC2 did, somehow

Cons: I still suck driving in VR

 

Maybe its the default setups, but I had a rough time getting to the end of these sessions without spinning LOL no idea why it defaults to softs when they feel like they drop off so quickly and are insta dead when you get them dirty, but also the default setup overheats the rears and I cba to change it. Could never match the ai here and the bop seemed to favour the 911 down the straight. Got fed up near the end and stopped for fresh tires which felt as good as the set at the start, so maybe it was just bad temps. Vette is very rear sensitive and hard to catch once it comes around.

 

 

Long beach went by slightly better just because I used to main it, and was good fun in a three class split. Non alien AI seemed completely SOL here and didnt put up a fight, somehow ended up spinning on my own every time but still managed to finish P3. The final hairpin is the death of me. DPi filter in at 10m and GTEs catch the tail end of GTD at 30m. Felt much better on aired down mediums but the car doesnt like heavy trail braking or bouncing over big curbs lol.

 

 

Fun weekend, deffo polished up PC2 tracks but they felt good; cant wait for road america.

[chaozbandit]

Also I'm glad Matt is really liking the content in AMS2, if anything for the quality in lesser known tracks
 

Also also
 

 

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They forgot to turn off the free weekend :slight_smile:

 

 

 

Totally expected the much newer caddy to be faster than the early cycle Ginetta yet they still drive so differently. G58 is very mechanical of a brute but easy to handle, DPiVR feels more softly sprung but much more aero and very long gear stack for BOP

Also knockhill!! I had so much fun at this place in PC2, Ive been meaning to revisit it

Kept thinking it was in AMS2 and was gonna run some cars there T_T oh well, guess I'll play with bigm8 and 911 some more (both are done really well imo)

[chaozbandit]

 

Kinda bummed I didnt try out any of hte cart cars but its just not my era; cleveland was fun tho

[chaozbandit]

omg this looks more fun than the urd dtm cars
 

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[QuantumSingularity]

Guys, i'm trying to get away from PC2 by spending more time in ACC, AMS2, even went back to rFactor 2, but i can't seem to find many players there. The largest race i''ve had so far was with 12PPL in ACC at Monza and most of the time i log in any of those game, there is like 1/10 of the people who are driving in Project Cars 2. I am yet to witness a full lobby. And i watch in YT videos that people are organizing full lobby races. What am i doing wrong ?

[Napper198]

12 hours ago, QuantumSingularity said:

Guys, i'm trying to get away from PC2 by spending more time in ACC, AMS2, even went back to rFactor 2, but i can't seem to find many players there. The largest race i''ve had so far was with 12PPL in ACC at Monza and most of the time i log in any of those game, there is like 1/10 of the people who are driving in Project Cars 2. I am yet to witness a full lobby. And i watch in YT videos that people are organizing full lobby races. What am i doing wrong ?

I suggest looking at twitch streamers or YouTube videos to find communities you might enjoy. The videos you looked at might just as well already have discord servers linked in their description. 

[xAcid9]

Anyone have experience sim-ing with the Quest 2 headset? Is the experience good? 

I've been contemplating between replacing my broken TV or getting a VR headset. 

 

The simjunkie is me is shivering right now after over 1 year of no sim racing.  

[Napper198]

2 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

Anyone have experience sim-ing with the Quest 2 headset? Is the experience good? 

I've been contemplating between replacing my broken TV or getting a VR headset. 

 

The simjunkie is me is shivering right now after over 1 year of no sim racing.  

I haven’t messed with VR in a while but imo displays are just that much more comfortable over time and way easier to use.  Sure, immersion is unparalleled and it is awesome but even something simple like browsing menus is quite a chore if your particular game isn’t built for it. 
 

if possible I’d advise to test out some VR headsets first to see how you like them. 

[QuantumSingularity]

Yo dudes, is there a way to edit the config file for the key shortcuts in Project Cars 2? I want to put the fuel mixture shortcuts on my wheel, because it's really hard going shift+q/shift+1 during races like the ones at Monaco, Long Beach or Fuji. 

[chaozbandit]

Yooooo the CTMP DDT is finally available in AC! Commissioned by a charitable enthusiast group but modelled by the same guy that did the LIDAR CTMP GP, its a bit rough but the key features are all there. Easily among the best canadian tracks available. DDT is used for track days, time attack and the porsche canada driving school is on this site, so you can finally use the oem porsches from the DLC somewhere.

 

 

https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/mosport-d-d-t-ctmp-d-d-t.50332/

 

Also AMS2 dropped the formula ultimate gen2 recently, which is basically the 2022 f1 aero car in early guise. Drives like a faster indycar but tricky on power, takes a bit to adjust to but loads of fun.

 

 

[QuantumSingularity]

Guys, i'm thinking of moving from a triple monitor setup to VR. After looking through the prices decided to go for Oculus Quest 2. Since i'm only gonna use it for sim-racing and won't play any other VR games with it, is the 128GB more than enough? Also is there any support trouble with any of the major titles - Project Cars 2, ACC and Automobilista 2? For now it will go along with my poor old EVGA GTX 1070 FTW2 - should i expect problems with the performance? And last - is there anything better at that price? I knowthe HP Reverb G2 is the golden standard, but it's waaaay too expensive. 

 

P.S

The only thing that worries me is that when you proceed to checkout it specifies:

• Facebook account and wireless internet required for use.

 

Do i really need FB account and Wi-Fi if i'm gonna use the expensive cable to connect it to my PC for sim racing?

 

[PandaCopyRight]

20 hours ago, QuantumSingularity said:

Guys, i'm thinking of moving from a triple monitor setup to VR. After looking through the prices decided to go for Oculus Quest 2. Since i'm only gonna use it for sim-racing and won't play any other VR games with it, is the 128GB more than enough? Also is there any support trouble with any of the major titles - Project Cars 2, ACC and Automobilista 2? For now it will go along with my poor old EVGA GTX 1070 FTW2 - should i expect problems with the performance? And last - is there anything better at that price? I knowthe HP Reverb G2 is the golden standard, but it's waaaay too expensive. 

 

P.S

The only thing that worries me is that when you proceed to checkout it specifies:

• Facebook account and wireless internet required for use.

 

Do i really need FB account and Wi-Fi if i'm gonna use the expensive cable to connect it to my PC for sim racing?

 

I am probably not the best to answer questions like these, but ill try my best to help out. (dont have much experience with VR in general)
i would stay away from anything oculus as i hear that they basically demand you link it with your facebook account to use it
Plus the Quest 2 is for the most part meant to run standalone mode separate from any console hence the 128gb memory specs.(as far as i know the pc link doesnt use any of the memory)
That doesnt mean it cant run with a PC as Oculus clearly offers you an (imo) overpriced cable to connect it to one (but hey, at least its guaranteed to work).
It should work the same as other headsets through steam so shouldn't have issues regarding separate games.

the unfortunate thing is that this is by far the cheapest entry into VR and as you mentioned the one id say is worth it (HP reverb G2) is too expensive for you 

Regarding the ability to run, its basically gonna render 2x of the same image ... which is like 1900x1900 pixels per eye for the quest 2 if i remember correctly.

May need to lower a few settings in the game and wont be the best experience, but i think it should be fine

[xAcid9]

On 4/22/2022 at 9:23 AM, QuantumSingularity said:

Guys, i'm thinking of moving from a triple monitor setup to VR. After looking through the prices decided to go for Oculus Quest 2. Since i'm only gonna use it for sim-racing and won't play any other VR games with it, is the 128GB more than enough? Also is there any support trouble with any of the major titles - Project Cars 2, ACC and Automobilista 2? For now it will go along with my poor old EVGA GTX 1070 FTW2 - should i expect problems with the performance? And last - is there anything better at that price? I knowthe HP Reverb G2 is the golden standard, but it's waaaay too expensive. 

 

P.S

The only thing that worries me is that when you proceed to checkout it specifies:

• Facebook account and wireless internet required for use.

 

Do i really need FB account and Wi-Fi if i'm gonna use the expensive cable to connect it to my PC for sim racing?

I use 128GB Quest 2 for simracing, 128BG is more than enough if you're only going to use it with PC.

Yes you need FB account and WiFi. I don't know what I did wrong, I can't use Oculus Link without using Oculus Air/WiFi. 

 

I highly recommend you buy a 3rd party head strap because the default one sucks. 

[QuantumSingularity]

Guys, i've seen a lot of videos of Audi RS6 C5 generation for Assetto Corsa, but can't find any mod anywhere. All the links i've found seem to be dead and some whole sites are no longer alive.  Can't find anything in racedepratment. Can anyone help if you have a model?

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1 hour ago, QuantumSingularity said:

Guys, i've seen a lot of videos of Audi RS6 C5 generation for Assetto Corsa, but can't find any mod anywhere. All the links i've found seem to be dead and some whole sites are no longer alive.  Can't find anything in racedepratment. Can anyone help if you have a model?

after a quick google search this is the best i could find, dunno if the download link is legit .. but the only one that has a download link that exists 

 

[QuantumSingularity]

On 4/30/2022 at 7:51 PM, PandaCopyRight said:

after a quick google search this is the best i could find, dunno if the download link is legit .. but the only one that has a download link that exists 

 

Thx, mate. Tried it and it's not half-bad. Leaves more to be desired, but is perfectly acceptable as is

[QuantumSingularity]

Yo.. i have question - did they make some changes to the Zolder circuit in ACC? I've watched countless videos with people taking the first chicane with extreme cuts, but no matter the car and the setup i just can't hit it the same way. In the videos the curbs seem waaaay falter than what they appear in the game. Especially the 2nd curb... i tried to take it at least 1000 times with different cars the way they take it in a video, with the same setup and even a softer one and the car always launches into the stratosphere - something missing from every single track guide video.

[QuantumSingularity]

Why you should never lose focus on the track beyond the car in front of you.

 

 

 

[QuantumSingularity]

Guys, with the crypto crash i'm now finally on the market for a GPU but i notice what a giant mess everything is. At first i was thinking about RTX 3070, but it has only 8GB of VRAM and i intend to use Oculus Quest 2, but at first it will be at 5760x1080 setup, which currently drains every last MB of my 8GB GTX 1070, so 8GBs is not enough. Then we have the AMD path where there is enough VRAM, but no DLSS and i have no clue what the performance is gonna be. The only safe bet there would be the RX 6800 XT, the card i laid my eyes ever since the launch, but of course it being a nice card to mine, it still holds above €1500 price - more in some cases than the RTX 3080. The only card that's reasonably close to its MSRP is the RX 6700XT, but i'm afraid it won't be fast enough to keep high FPS with descent details. Also we have the issue of Ray Tracing performance. More and more games start to adopt the RT feature and, well the RX 6700 XT simply doesn't have the horsepower. So with all of that in mind i was wondering what is the best route - should i just go ahead and buy the bang-per-buck option the RX 6700 XT, should i just wait for the prices to drop even further, although with the next peak, they can skyrocket again or should i wait for the launch of the next gen GPUs and hope that this last gen would finally get some proper pricing ?

 

BTW posting the question here and not in the GPU section, because 95% of the time it will be running some sim-racer.