Early access - update 0.22

0.22
- In-game apps must now be enabled in the game's launcher under Options > General
- Added new car Mercedes SLS
- Added new track Nurburgring Sprint
- Tyre model modifications, more direct and "alive" FFB on all cars. We advice less FF "effects"
- AI modifications for Mercedes SLS AMG & McLaren MP4 12C street
- fixed drag race
- all cars with H pattern manual gearbox, when used with paddles, can now enable autocut-off autoblip assist properly. The timings are slower than what you can achieve with an H shifter hardware.
- Fixed multiplayer leaderboard logic
- Fixeg bugs in multiplayer GUI
- Overlay leaderboard implemented (Press F9 to cycle between 4 different modes)
- Fixed horn & lights in multiplayer
- Graphics & CPU Performance improvements
- Multiplayer Blacklist system improved
- Intro video at first launch, possible to disable it from options
- Replay Size reduced
- Replay frame interpolation improved
- Time Attack : fixed crash when trying to load open tracks & lap estimation formula improved
- Setup Force Feedback setting page improved
- ksEditor : notify when skinned mesh is imported with a wrong scale
- ksEditor : fixed IN/OUT camera normalized start-end position not rendering on spline during camera editing
- Fixed small random flashes during gameplay
- Added dedicated leaderboard APP
- Updated TAB key ingame leaderboard with a new look and functions
- Skidmarks start shape fixed and rendering is now faster
- Python apps can be enabled / disabled from the launcher
- Fixed bug "return to pits and lap counting in some special cases"
- Added Python camera control
- Fixed tyres jittering at low speeds
- Fixed missing wheels when AI car brake its engine and goes to pits
- Physics related rules : now cars must respect their defined set of rules in order to run on the track
- Track cameras now place the car in the middle of the screen
- Post Process App selector : fixed loading of default ppEffects.ini
- AI improvements
- Improved Drag AI
- Skidmarks are now disabled when setting World Detail to minimum
- Dynamic track randomness now less pronounced

 

Attention modders! Update 0.22 brings a couple of new values in the physics and some tyre values modifications. Please update your files accordingly!

!UPDATE YOUR MODS!

car.ini file
Added the following section and values at the end of the file.
[RULES]
MIN_HEIGHT=0.060 ; meters minimum height rule front/rear
The above commands, specify a minimum ride height. If your setup of the car, goes under that minimum height, then the Drive button will be disabled after a short 5 seconds check. You can also set this to 0.0 and for no ruling.

tyres.ini file
RELAXATION_LENGTH=
Because of some tyre model modifications, relaxation length values are now much lower. We advice to divide the original value by 14
for example: original value of 0.6xxx
0.6/14= 0.04xxx

All the tyres.ini files in the "sdk" folder are updated as needed.

 

0.22.2
- Race Rules are checked each time the user presses the button
- Fuel changes trigger Race Rules checking
- Slightly modified P4/5 Competizione default ride height

0.22.1
- Assetto Corsa does not crash on missing files and errors (enabled mods with errors again)
- Correction on alignment values on Mercedes SLS AMG setup screen
- Corrected Monza ideal line

 

0.22.3
- Fixed Nurb. Sprint track map

 

0.22.4
- SHARED MEMORY LAYOUT IS CHANGED!!! UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE
- Default setup for GT3/GT2 cars are now a bit higher to avoid invalid setup. By rules, such cars must not go under 60mm ride height.

 

0.22.6
- Small fixes on graphics init

0.22.5
- Tune default Post Processing effect (fixes dark screen on default Post Processing settings)

 

0.22.7
- Pause on/off is now in sync with physics thread

 

0.22.8
- Changed Vertex and Index Buffer handling

 

0.22.9
- Allow the user to disable Python support changing ENABLE_PYTHON inside gameplay.ini