Quality of sim can be measured by how ruthlessly it exposes driver's lack of talent

The difference between Version 1 and 6 I don't know, but Version 1.xxx or Version 2?(I'm playing Ac from january 2014) vs Version 6 is 'not that much' for MY standards and IMHO. Not like first it was driving on ice and now it's glued. Or the other way around. Not at all.

It's not like in january 2014 I thought : Wow(or crap) tyres and now I think : Crap(or wow) tyres.

Some things are placebo

--->The base tyre model(and FFB) is just the best. Period. So Kunos would be stupid to adjust that 180 degrees (exaggerating off course but you get my point)

And people who spit on it: Try a real car on a real track on a real day

People who praise it have been working hard (hours and hours) probably to master AC in a way...



Cheers
Robin

 

I remember Grand Prix Legends, two of my mates had it(WR Kyalami, joystick they were top 10 drivers back then ) in 2000. I tried it. Never been so depressed in my life
For weeks trying to get out of the pits without spinning(joystick) &^%$#@@!!!!@@#@##
After months I got the hang of it. L49, F312 through old Zandvoort floating oversteery. OMG what a revelation(and I got my first steering wheel too)

GPL helped me to 'feel' physics of a powerful rwd car , a lot.

Some might say GPL has its flaws. I agree. But it's base physics and feel were incredible imho.

Cheers
Robin

 

The current tyre model (ver. 6) is definitely a good step forward compared to the previous because fixed a very important issue that was the excessive volatility of tyre temps and pressures. Now the tyres remain hot and stay more stable in terms of temps and pressures.

 

Nice videos, But I can't seem to find rain mode on AC

 

In the morning it was still dry. So I did 6 laps or so(short version track) drifting away and my rear tyres were cooking off course.

Then came the tractor with 1000s of litres of water and it began to rain as well(haleluja)

Cheers
Robin

 

But in some cars the difference is quite big...
For example the SLS. It's been a while since I drove it and I remember it as a boat that goes sideways with even a small touch of the gas pedal. Last night I took it for a spin on Nordschleife and was surprised how different it is than how I remembered it. I think I did 8 laps in it and I'll definitely get back to it.

To me it feels better now, probably because it's easier to drive it through a corner instead of drift.
But then comes the question, "which one is closer to reality?".
Another car that is completely different is the Lotus V6 Cup.

Not that it gives me nightmares and I can't sleep because of that, but that's interesting why some cars change so much. If we assume every change is an "upgrade" because if not to make it better then why changing something at all. Then it would mean that the previous version wasn't that close to the real thing?

Yeah I know, placebo.

 

Now if only all cars had the same tyre model version ... But the console version happened *hides*

 

I understand. And yep I agree. But the basic physics stay the same.
It's only the tyre sliding earlier/later.

And that's also in real life. Sticky tyres vs 'other' tyres. Such a difference .


Cheers
Robin

 

I remember those post from 12 months ago or so with people saying they struggled to catch slides as they couldn't "feel"the tyres...

It seems the dev's can't win.

 

12 months ago it was difficult to catch slides because the ffb back then was not as good as it is now. And back then it was pointed out that self aligning torque was not what it was supposed to be. I'm sure there is not one single person on this planet who actually prefers the launch date ffb over what we have now. (if you find such person stamp on his feet and throw sand on his face).

Had no one mentioned anything that's what we would have today. But because the players complained and the devs listened the issue was corrected and everybody did in fact win.

 

I post relatively rarely nowadays about AC-related features. This is my marker indicating that all in all I am very happy with what AC now is, and that I see little reason to post grumpy comments and recommend cures to this or that "problem".

Beyond a certain treshhold level of detail, the realism of physics can only be judged by somebody who knows the real car and track anyway. For most of us, it is less about the reality's real physics, but our imagination on what they might be like.

Since I see it this way instead of caring for more or less realism in this or that feature, I live and play in a more relaxed and laid-back attitude. Call it the Xanadu-grade of sim-driving.