Update 1.14 and RTR DLC impressions

Thank you!
I do run AC on a laptop. However, I never have any eco mode activated. I tried with Intel turboboost on or off, no improvement either way.
I already changed options to half ffb update rate to no avail, sadly.
My steering wheel is a DFGT.

Best,
Brett

 

....and the 50hp, 115Nm, and 30kg

 

going to check, thanks

 

Because it's not so important. If AC would be a sailing simulator, wind would be very important...
Just kidding!

 

@Lord Kunos would it be possible to split out the AI upgrade and push it out to the consoles now(ish) rather than with the dlc?

It just sounds so good, game changing even, that it'd be awesome to have it now. Ish.

 

Just had a bash with the Ai, quick race 7 laps of mugello grid of 16 & threw a very unrealistic grid together of gt1s & group cs from all eras, slower cars near the front just to see how it coped. Aggression at %11 & variation on 3%. Race was a lot of fun & definitely a big improvement. Only issue had some racing incidents with cars diving in the inside when i'm already moving across. I did not see the usual train stuck behind slower cars & just felt like a move lively race all round, although thought maybe the final race results would have been slightly different irl. I try a TT cup race & push the aggression up to 22% & variation up to 5% dropped the skill level down to 94% this did not result in more incidents surprisingly & was really good racing. I'm very happy with it, its better than r3e imo i did not try rf2 ai to compare yet. Can't wait to experiment more with it & i hope they continue to improve it. I'm also liking the other improvement, the hud presets are really useful for me.

 

Could it work as a sailing simulator?

 

Lot of questions could be avoided, if new AI variation %, Audi P2P usage/rules, wind selection/effects and virtual desktops (ctrl+u), new nameplates etc. would be explained in some Sticky thread. Just sayin

 

Would also be easy to link those threads to people asking.

 

Probably stupid question but - "Added ballast and restrictor option offline for championships and multiplayer. Work in Progress for offline quick race and race weekend UI"
We will get Aggression and variation settings in Championships also at some time?

 

The autoshifter points on all the new audis are way way way off.

They're shifting 1500-2000rpm before redline, making them useless unless you have a shifter.

 

Since Aris made the video with the 235i, I shift way sooner (top power curve) and I gain second(s) per lap. With the Celica it's near 10 seconds on the Nords.

 

Why wouldn't the shift lights be set for the optimal powerband then?

It'd be nifty if this stuff was a setup option. Both autoshift points and your shift lights.

 

If someone complaining that most of new cars are in class of their own, then they need to try mix-up MC12 with old GT3 cars, as their real life GT1 counterparts raced with Maserati in pre-Blancpain, FIA GT1 World Championship. Just done event in Spa with R8's and Nismo's and laptimes are pretty even. Also, TT RS VLN can give a nice company for racing Lotuses, especially GX, but only with some restrictors tweak or ballast, because normally Lotus is about a second faster, depends on track. And for last, but not least, Celica is born to race with E30 Group A (which now is not alone anymore!)

 

Added Restrictor (BoP)

Is this possible to set for Ai cars or you just set it in your own car during setup?

 

It's possible to BoP AI and yourself, but only in championship when you're adding cars to your line-up.

 

I don't remember Celica being in RBR but with the handling differences between those sims in mind I still find the AC version to feel lightweight and agile as hell, even more so if compared to Quattro .

Overall the update is very good, couldn't even dream 3 years ago that we will still be getting this much of updates full of greatness.

 

brilliant thanks.

 

Yes, all too often features are dropped in that would benefit from some explanation or instruction, and then you have to find the one explaining post from a dev buried in 10,000 other posts.