SimRacing General: successor to Forza/Gran Turismo/Racing thread

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[QUOTE=ulvemann43;51772706]Are there actually any good pc racing games which feature a crap ton of body kits?[/QUOTE]

Need for Speed Underground 2 lol, the driving is fun

There's actually a texture mod out there that makes it look decent.

[Nikpo]

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;51772981]Need for Speed Underground 2 lol, the driving is fun

There's actually a texture mod out there that makes it look decent.[/QUOTE]

I tried playing NFS UG2 again last year, those body kits look absolutely awful for the most part

[SpeedyHeart]

oh god what have i done
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/LRy1Yld.jpg[/thumb]

[BF]

So in FH3 I was browsing my own storefront when I accidentally downloaded one of my own uploaded tunes (so I deleted and un-shared the other version that I had), and now whenever I try to re-share or even delete this tune, the game won't let me because 'Cannot upload selected Tune to Storefront because it is locked'. What the fuck? Why can't I just delete the damn thing that I made myself?

Does anyone know of any way for how I can delete it? Furthermore, why can't sharing things in general just be a painless experience? You get similar problems when you share designs.

[editline]4th February 2017[/editline]

So I googled it, and it turns out that this has been an issue in FH3 [i]for at least four months[/i]. What the fuck are Playground Games doing?

[TheAdmiester]

[QUOTE=BF;51775141]So in FH3 I was browsing my own storefront when I accidentally downloaded one of my own uploaded tunes (so I deleted and un-shared the other version that I had), and now whenever I try to re-share or even delete this tune, the game won't let me because 'Cannot upload selected Tune to Storefront because it is locked'. What the fuck? Why can't I just delete the damn thing that I made myself?

Does anyone know of any way for how I can delete it? Furthermore, why can't sharing things in general just be a painless experience? You get similar problems when you share designs.

[editline]4th February 2017[/editline]

So I googled it, and it turns out that this has been an issue in FH3 [i]for at least four months[/i]. What the fuck are Playground Games doing?[/QUOTE]

I think going to the setup manager or upgrades section (either works) will tell you it's locked but also ask you if you'd like to remove it, try that.

[Spectre1406]

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that's a big wang

[BF]

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;51775443]I think going to the setup manager or upgrades section (either works) will tell you it's locked but also ask you if you'd like to remove it, try that.[/QUOTE]

Both places are where I've tried to delete the tune. I don't get a message telling me that it's locked. When I try to delete it, I receive the message 'Cannot upload selected Tune to Storefront because it is locked' message. Yes, I get that when I try to delete it.

[editline]5th February 2017[/editline]

I've posted a support thread on the official Forza forums but I've got no reply yet

[laserpanda]

[QUOTE=venom;51773047]I tried playing NFS UG2 again last year, those body kits look absolutely awful for the most part[/QUOTE]

I don't know what you're talking about.
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[Septekka]

(posted this elsewhere but on second thought probably should've posted it here, so i am)

so im playing need for speed underground 1 and i want to make my car purple, so i unlock more paint colors and im like "shit yeah now my car can be purple" and then i [I]still cant mkae my car purlpe??/??[/I]

and i look it up and apparently i need to beat event like 60 something out of 111 to unlock purple

like i would get it if it was like fucking turquoise/lime/orchid fuckin pearlescent fuckin candy ass fuckin custom shit

but i have to finish [I]more than half the game[/I] to unlock

mother

fucking

[I]basic

ass[/I]

[I][B]purple[/B][/I]

[GetBent]

[QUOTE=venom;51772318]Menus are no longer super duper slow, game runs quite a bit better for me, but I've also since swapped out to a 1070 so it runs perfectly on ultra for me now.[/QUOTE]

Funny cause I have a 1080 and the performance is pretty mediocre, especially in the city.

[Nikpo]

[QUOTE=GetBent;51778096]Funny cause I have a 1080 and the performance is pretty mediocre, especially in the city.[/QUOTE]

Weird, not a CPU issue is it?

I get a solid 60 pretty much everywhere, even in the new snowy areas with the fancy snow deformation.

[TheAdmiester]

[QUOTE=venom;51778131]Weird, not a CPU issue is it?

I get a solid 60 pretty much everywhere, even in the new snowy areas with the fancy snow deformation.[/QUOTE]

Surfer's Paradise is a killer, I've taken to naming it Sufferer's Paradise myself. Even on a 6700K at 4GHz with a 980Ti and some fast RAM it kills my performance. I can be running at a capped 72 (which to be fair is quite impressive), but as soon as two or more skyscrapers are in view it tanks to the mid 40s. Try driving down the street with the tram tracks and watch your framerate counter.

[Nikpo]

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;51778144]Surfer's Paradise is a killer, I've taken to naming it Sufferer's Paradise myself. Even on a 6700K at 4GHz with a 980Ti and some fast RAM it kills my performance. I can be running at a capped 72 (which to be fair is quite impressive), but as soon as two or more skyscrapers are in view it tanks to the mid 40s. Try driving down the street with the tram tracks and watch your framerate counter.[/QUOTE]

I haven't actually been down there in a while, I'll have to try that and see how my FPS handles it

It still seems a lot better than it was on release, where I'd barely be able to sustain 20fps for the 30 minutes between crashes

[BF]

On XB1 the problem with Surfer's Paradise isn't the graphics

It's the fucking traffic

I'm sick of being t-boned at every single intersection by those stupid drivatars that go around and race each other, and having to weave through the regular traffic which act like morons.

[Lord of Boxes]

Hell yeah, I got the Austin Mini Cooper S Horizon Edition!

I was having a ton of fun with the standard edtion, it's probably my favorite car in the game performance wise!

[Saber15]

[QUOTE=BF;51778200]On XB1 the problem with Surfer's Paradise isn't the graphics

It's the fucking traffic

I'm sick of being t-boned at every single intersection by those stupid drivatars that go around and race each other, and having to weave through the regular traffic which act like morons.[/QUOTE]

I hate Surfer's Paradise because of all the [I]shit[/I] laying around everywhere. In MP you have to constantly swerve around all the telephone poles people knock over lest it sap all your speed. Or stay the hell away from the walls because they're full of rogue geometry that will get you stuck.

[Zotobom]

My game still crashes in Surfer's Paradise if I have Static Geometry on high :shrug:
Speaking of performance, I can run a capped 30fps on medium with my i5 3470 and XFX 280x 3GB Black Edition. Which is alright-ish I suppose.
Excited for FM7 though! Hope I can run that atleast the same.

[SocMinarch]

I might finally be able to join an AC track day in about a month (if that's still a thing)

[Psygo]

[QUOTE=Adam.GameDev;51779217]I might finally be able to join an AC track day in about a month (if that's still a thing)[/QUOTE]

it could be a thing, but it isnt really a thing, don't think we've done one for like almost a year soon.

[waylander]

if someone organized one people would probably join, id rather play ac for a bit of fun atm rather than iracing

[Cyteless]

[video=youtube;aexkB3UbZeI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aexkB3UbZeI[/video]

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=waylander;51779370]if someone organized one people would probably join, id rather play ac for a bit of fun atm rather than iracing[/QUOTE]

just drove the lotus exos for a few laps around RBR and had so much fun i was literally was about to come into the thread and ask if anyone would be interested in an AC racing series

id be willing to organize it if people would show up

[editline]5th February 2017[/editline]

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;51778144]Surfer's Paradise is a killer, I've taken to naming it Sufferer's Paradise myself. Even on a 6700K at 4GHz with a 980Ti and some fast RAM it kills my performance. I can be running at a capped 72 (which to be fair is quite impressive), but as soon as two or more skyscrapers are in view it tanks to the mid 40s. Try driving down the street with the tram tracks and watch your framerate counter.[/QUOTE]

how much VRAM does your 980Ti have? I have 16GB system ram, 980Ti with 6GB VRAM and a 4770k and i get at an average of around 100FPS in most areas and about 70-80 in surfer's paradise on highest settings and unlocked framerate

[TheAdmiester]

[QUOTE=Zombii;51780069]how much VRAM does your 980Ti have? I have 16GB system ram, 980Ti with 6GB VRAM and a 4770k and i get at an average of around 100FPS in most areas and about 70-80 in surfer's paradise on highest settings and unlocked framerate[/QUOTE]

6GB, it's one of the top-range factory OC'ed ones. In some benchmarks it's about on par with a Titan X at 1080p so it's not just a dud card affecting FH3.

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;51780134]6GB, it's one of the top-range factory OC'ed ones. In some benchmarks it's about on par with a Titan X at 1080p so it's not just a dud card affecting FH3.[/QUOTE]

do you have AA turned on? that may be it, i play with no AA because it just makes games look worse IMO and it destroys performance

[𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓈𝒽 ✔️]

[QUOTE=Zombii;51780069]how much VRAM does your 980Ti have?[/QUOTE]
fyi every 980ti has 6gb vram

[TheAdmiester]

[QUOTE=Zombii;51780165]do you have AA turned on? that may be it, i play with no AA because it just makes games look worse IMO and it destroys performance[/QUOTE]

I use 4xMSAA, but AA doesn't matter at all around Surfer's. No MSAA has the same drops as even 8xMSAA.

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;51780784]I use 4xMSAA, but AA doesn't matter at all around Surfer's. No MSAA has the same drops as even 8xMSAA.[/QUOTE]

Afaik AA matters in any scene, especially cluttered scenes with lots of edges. MSAA is better than SSAA but it's still wayyyy more intensive than modern post processing methods like TXAA, SMAA or FXAA. I'd maybe try running without it and see if it helps at all

[QUOTE=cr4sh!;51780744]fyi every 980ti has 6gb vram[/QUOTE]

EVGA makes an 8GB 980ti but yeah you're right nothing lower than 6

[TheAdmiester]

[QUOTE=Zombii;51780865]Afaik AA matters in any scene, especially cluttered scenes with lots of edges. MSAA is better than SSAA but it's still wayyyy more intensive than modern post processing methods like TXAA, SMAA or FXAA. I'd maybe try running without it and see if it helps at all

I meant the drop is the same. If for example I have 70FPS when I have 0xMSAA and I drop to 50FPS in Surfer's, and at 8xMSAA if I had 60FPS and dropped to 40FPS in Surfer's, it's still making me lose 20FPS. The whole game runs slower with AA of course but what I meant was that Surfer's still tanks just as badly.

EVGA makes an 8GB 980ti but yeah you're right nothing lower than 6[/QUOTE]

EDIT: No idea why this posted blank when I typed stuff out.

I meant that AA doesn't affect how much Surfer's causes the game to drop. AA affects my performance overall, but what I meant is that if I lose 20FPS with 8xMSAA in Surfer's, I'll still be losing 20FPS with no AA at all.

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;51781064]EDIT: No idea why this posted blank when I typed stuff out.

I meant that AA doesn't affect how much Surfer's causes the game to drop. AA affects my performance overall, but what I meant is that if I lose 20FPS with 8xMSAA in Surfer's, I'll still be losing 20FPS with no AA at all.[/QUOTE]

ah, okay. thats really weird

[editline]5th February 2017[/editline]

would anyone here be interested in an FP sim racing discord for organizing events and stuff? i know we have a steam group, but discord is a lot easier to use

[Nikpo]

[QUOTE=Zombii;51781247]ah, okay. thats really weird

[editline]5th February 2017[/editline]

would anyone here be interested in an FP sim racing discord for organizing events and stuff? i know we have a steam group, but discord is a lot easier to use[/QUOTE]

Do it, maybe we can host a new PotW in there :v: