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

[QUOTE=AlmightyOran;51825541]Gonna host an Assetto trackday on Sunday @ 1300 GMT. Probably mess around with the new track + Quattro (Porsches if people have em?) an stuff. It's overdue. Will be on discord on the day:[/QUOTE] 1 hour to go reminder. Forgot to say the server name is 'Facepunch Party' as always. No password but if there ever was it'd be 'garry'.

[QUOTE=Doozle;51844218]The truck is so much fun. But highlights one of the dumbest things in Forza 6, why the fuck can't you setup custom single make races? There's a number of cars that don't really have any contemporaries so if you want to race them you have to race stuff from completely different classes that would never run on a track against eachother[/QUOTE] This has been a problem for a long time, I don't think it was ever possible in Forza

if you've played need for speed underground 2, you're probably aware that the rubberbanding in it is pretty egregious however, i didn't realize just how awful it was until this happened [video=youtube;zfi0fJG8yWA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfi0fJG8yWA[/video] (sorry about the weird shitty echoing double audio, was having an issue with shadowplay) tl;dw:[sp]pissed away an entire lap bullying the asshole who passed me at the last second in my previous attempt, ended up 52 seconds behind the pack, proceeded to drive normally and make up the entire gap and still win the race thanks to the ai's obnoxious rubberbanding slowing them way the hell down to let me catch up[/sp]

ATS is 50% off. As someone who played the shit out of ETS2 already, is it worth it?

[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;51847303]ATS is 50% off. As someone who played the shit out of ETS2 already, is it worth it?[/QUOTE] I haven't played ATS but did spend over 50 hours in ETS2. £8 sounds like a bargain, I nearly spent that much on lunch today. Cheers for the heads up

ATS is pretty awesome, not played it since they re-scaled the map to make everything bigger so it's probably even better now

I'm now in posession of Forza Horizon 3 after sending a non-refundable payment to some chinese people. How do I play with you guys?

I'm on FH3 trying to change a volume slider, hit X to save my changes (as it's like that in every other menu) but for whatever reason their groove music trial is on that button. It auto activates a 14 day trial and now I'm getting below 30 fps constantly. Streaming music has made me lose 10-15 fps. I can't find a way to fully disable it. What the fuck is wrong with this game

I've been away from FH3 for about two months. So is there a SW20 in the game now or

[video=youtube;tqEkPjHIxRY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEkPjHIxRY[/video] Trackday was good. I wanna keep it going and do another. Would be same day/time again (Sunday 1300 GMT onward).

i see a big lack of skids

that banking at monza is fucking scary, theres zero grip below the yellow line if your 2 or 3 wide someones going to die if your running mods you should try the 787b or formula renault

i'll be there next week, had to go to a funeral on sunday :/

Will try joining you lot too for next trackday on Sunday, I'm absolutely rubbish driving on circuits and tarmac though, as I am still a bit too used to slide around on gravel in Dirt Rally.

looks fun, assetto corsa right? currently weighing up some "redesigning" of my desk (cutting grooves into the bottom of it it to allow my wheel to fit. currently the desk is too thick for the clamps) and if I go through with it (not 100% sure if I want to ruin a new £300 desk, but if I make a mess I can always just turn it around) on top of that weighing up assetto corsa over iracing. iracing has always been great to me but not sure if i want to sub when i can only do a few races per week. assetto corsa looks good but when trying it in the past i had problems with the FFB and i'd like good racing, not sure if the AI will be good enough

Who do I add to get in on these trackdays? Would love to join.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg;51856216]Who do I add to get in on these trackdays? Would love to join.[/QUOTE] Your best bet is to join the Discord: [url]https://discord.gg/H5MrUa9[/url] The video I saw posted above of the AC trackday seemed to consist entirely of people in the Discord, so yeah.

[QUOTE=TheCronkofDestiny;51845108]if you've played need for speed underground 2, you're probably aware that the rubberbanding in it is pretty egregious however, i didn't realize just how awful it was until this happened [video=youtube;zfi0fJG8yWA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfi0fJG8yWA[/video] (sorry about the weird shitty echoing double audio, was having an issue with shadowplay) tl;dw:[sp]pissed away an entire lap bullying the asshole who passed me at the last second in my previous attempt, ended up 52 seconds behind the pack, proceeded to drive normally and make up the entire gap and still win the race thanks to the ai's obnoxious rubberbanding slowing them way the hell down to let me catch up[/sp][/QUOTE] Prostreet also had rubberbanding, but it was weird. I put cheats and it gave me the best cars, but it balanced it in a wicked way that I had a car with 400hp for example, and had to race against 900hp beasts that did like 6 second drag races or less. It was nearly impossible to beat. It was hardcore mode basicaly. And I remember grip events, having the evo X fully tuned, and everyone passing me easily.

[QUOTE=waylander;51855366]that banking at monza is fucking scary, theres zero grip below the yellow line if your 2 or 3 wide someones going to die if your running mods you should try the 787b or formula renault[/QUOTE] It was pretty nuts taking them in the 98t. The banks are so insanely bumpy you need downforce just to keep control. 787b would be pretty fun. [QUOTE=zerosix;51856149]looks fun, assetto corsa right? currently weighing up some "redesigning" of my desk (cutting grooves into the bottom of it it to allow my wheel to fit. currently the desk is too thick for the clamps) and if I go through with it (not 100% sure if I want to ruin a new £300 desk, but if I make a mess I can always just turn it around) on top of that weighing up assetto corsa over iracing. iracing has always been great to me but not sure if i want to sub when i can only do a few races per week. assetto corsa looks good but when trying it in the past i had problems with the FFB and i'd like good racing, not sure if the AI will be good enough[/QUOTE] AC's AI is pretty forgettable if I'm honest. Better than it used to be but still has some real special moments (like braking super hard for Eau Rouge). [QUOTE=Rastadogg;51856216]Who do I add to get in on these trackdays? Would love to join.[/QUOTE] We're mostly doing it through the discord above now. Feel free to add me on steam too if ya want though (goes for anyone).

[QUOTE=AlmightyOran;51856816]It was pretty nuts taking them in the 98t. The banks are so insanely bumpy you need downforce just to keep control. 787b would be pretty fun.[/QUOTE] I had 0/2 downforce what are you talking about

[QUOTE=PotatoTwo;51852657]I'm now in posession of Forza Horizon 3 after sending a non-refundable payment to some chinese people. How do I play with you guys?[/QUOTE] You join the FPFZ club and pretend you're playing with facepunchers via drivatars. Take a shot if they haven't played in the last 30 days. [sp]Sucks jumping on the bandwagon months after a games release[/sp]

I bought ATS but refunded it after like 40m because the VR performance is horrible. How can it be so bad? How can a game that looks considerably worse than Assetto Corsa perform so much worse in VR? I don't get it. Lower res textures, lower poly world, worse shaders, general average graphics technology, and it has map streaming which AC doesn't. How can I not maintain 90fps on medium-low settings on a 1070? Is it really JUST because ATS runs on DX9?

[QUOTE=suXin;51857302]I had 0/2 downforce what are you talking about[/QUOTE] Dunno how you're doing it mate I crashed on the banking nearly every lap after dropping to 2/4.

[t]http://68.media.tumblr.com/7dbe5b88f8899899b70cb6aa527f30d5/tumblr_ols2hrfNor1sg73pbo1_1280.jpg[/t] look, old beemer i really need to spend more on unlocking visuals

[QUOTE=legolover122;51857471]You join the FPFZ club and pretend you're playing with facepunchers via drivatars. Take a shot if they haven't played in the last 30 days. [sp]Sucks jumping on the bandwagon months after a games release[/sp][/QUOTE] Actually I'm fairly certain we've never done any forza events, I don't think you missed out on anything

[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;51857630]I bought ATS but refunded it after like 40m because the VR performance is horrible. How can it be so bad? How can a game that looks considerably worse than Assetto Corsa perform so much worse in VR? I don't get it. Lower res textures, lower poly world, worse shaders, general average graphics technology, and it has map streaming which AC doesn't. How can I not maintain 90fps on medium-low settings on a 1070? Is it really JUST because ATS runs on DX9?[/QUOTE] Seems strange I always got good performance in ets2 in vr

so uh, i was scrubbing my controller on this auction page for a nissan R390 and i might have accidentally immediately bought it for 850K credits yeah sure, it's not like i could have gotten it for 200K less in the car shop or anything

[QUOTE=waylander;51859014]Seems strange I always got good performance in ets2 in vr[/QUOTE] I can get ETS2 to run okay in VR but still on low-ish settings while on AC I don't have to keep it that low.

[QUOTE=CompanionMube;51859114]so uh, i was scrubbing my controller on this auction page for a nissan R390 and i might have accidentally immediately bought it for 850K credits yeah sure, it's not like i could have gotten it for 200K less in the car shop or anything[/QUOTE] Don't feel too bad, i've managed to buy 2 or 3 cars I already had but forgot about. Got a 22B Horizon Edition for 359k though, even though all the buyouts are 5.5m+

ah, went to the effort of neatly modifying my desk to fit my g27. everything looking clean and good, clamp the wheel down and for whatever reason everything seems to work but the steering. it'll spin around on the motors when first plugged in, but turning the wheel does nothing ingame/in the logitech profiler (you can see a visualisation of the wheel spinning usually) and I can't feel any FFB in a game fuck