1.5 Update is out!

I havent tried this car in a while, I may setup a server with both and see if thats the case for others too. Possibly your running cold temps and very low grip where the hard slicks may not be getting up to temp?

What track settings are you running temps and grip level?

I will also post this video of our latest league round. Its a reverse grid season and this particular race had a fair bit of rubbing. It does show the new collisions in AC 1.5.6 fairly well I think.

 

you reverse the grid manually? stracker?

 

Im not sure how its done as @WallyM is our league admin and I think he uses a custom method. He doesnt run stracker on the league nite server but likely uses a version of his log parse tool to do this but he may be able to say more here as I am purely guessing. The format we are running for 3 races per round is race 1 of each round is on season order in full reverse, those with no points start at the back. Then race 2 and 3 are reverse of the previous race with DNF's also starting at the back. The only qualifying for the season was for race 1 of round 1 but all other races will be revers grid and this has been quite fun and more enjoyable then the regular follow the leader with minimal passing format with regular qualy and racing.

 

Yes, it's a "custom method". Enough said.

 

I have tested both versions of the car with semislick tyres. The grip is set to 100%, and the track temperature is 32C. Maybe the S3 version does not have that ESD feature, so there is less overall traction? I am just a bit puzzled because the S3 is over 400kgs lighter than the standard car.

 

I also just noticed you said Vallelunga club, thats a crazy short and tight circuit probably Vallelunga classic would be a better option for these but I will try them at club. Laptimes must be very quick so .5 of a second is probably still a reasonable margin.

Edit I put up a server with these cant remember track grip settings but factory ABS only, s3 cars are all red, grey black and standards are white or yellow. Not tyre blankets and both cars on ss only.

 

Great, thanks!

 

The slick tires on the s3 version are what makes it so much faster than the base version. When you put semislicks on it the only difference is it weighs a bit less and has a bit stiffer suspension; how much difference do you expect on a tiny little track that you never get out of third gear on?

 

I was just surprised, that's all. It weighs a lot less than the standard car, but I guess getting the power down is more difficult in the S3 version on such a tight track.

 

Now the 458 S3 has two types of slick tyres, hard and mediums.

Its very hard to drive with cold tyres, so be slow on the first laps, than you will see how fast is this car.

 

Thanks for the explanation, Aris. I was worried that I was doing something wrong! I actually like the challenge of the semislick tyres on this car (and the Ferrari F40 S3 for that matter), so thank you very much for adding them

 

just installed v1.5.8 and I am very happy to see the change log. Thank you for addressing the reverb in-game, Kunos.

 

for the karma points
1.5.8
- Tweaked tracks reverb levels
- Tweaked Corvette C7 Stingray idle and exterior volumes
- Tweaked Ferrari 458 GT2 exterior volume
- Tweaked P4/5 Competizione limiter sound
- Fixed Steam achievements limit
- Several special events (quick race mode) have been rebalanced because of AI improvements

 

Can't wait to try updated reverb effects. I didn't like it in 1.5 so those tweaks are something I was looking forward to.
Nice to see KS working fast.

 

Lotus cup special event is still broken

 

Also a stealth fix for the Monza66 Special Events that got broken in previous patch.

By broken do you mean "too difficult" or "does not start" ?

 

Too difficult as in you need a different car.