Generic Some cars are well off.

The Audi Quattro turbo is nothing like its real life counterpart, in fact ingame its awful no brakes no grip massive body roll.

Ive owned this car IRL and done track days in it at both Brands hatch and Silverstone and the way its portrayed ingame is a mile off.

The team seem to have got some cars so right but others so wrong , the 458 is the same the brakes on that thing IRL are like anchors and very little understeer running on semi slicks but ingame it understeers and the brakes feel more akin to a budget ford.

Now before you slate me remember Im comparing to real life experiences , yes I know you only have my word for that but I don't lie.

I live 5mins drive from Brands hatch and have driven a lot of cars around track .

 

I'd recommend taking a 458 or Audi Quattro in real life and measuring the braking performance, ie see how much longitudinal G force it can produce under braking and compare with AC, you might be surprised which is most powerful.

Its easy to think we can take corners so much faster IRL, and decelerate much quicker, but the fact is in a sim you have no influence of G force so perceive the massive changes in direction/speed as nothing. Its just a fact you have to get used to.

Take the 5 min drive to brands and even just measure in time how long it takes to decelerate from a certain speed to Zero, then do the same in AC, if you have proof I'm positive Aris would make amendments.

 

If you have all this track experience you should easily see that if anything, the performance in game is too good compared to an imperfect real life session. No G-forces, no fear of death, far less noise, limited field of view and a myriad of other factors contribute to a "washed down" experience.

 

we were racing the Sport Quattro online yesterday and i was really impressed with its performance. on modern street tyres it gave the Countach a run for it's money... sure it isnt a supercar synonymous with great handling but a mid engine supercar none the less!

 

Bubbles you really are a glass is half empty type of guy.

I'm a half full type of guy - mods can you change the title of this thread to "most cars are nailed on"

 

as mentioned above i think it is very easy to underestimate performance in game vs real life. here is 1 lap from last night in the Audi on modern street tyres and 96-97% grip. i watched a couple of track day videos and the old Audi is braking later than a guy in an E92 M3 video i watched. if he misses his brake point it's bye bye M3 and maybe worse. it is so easy to push the limits in a game.


here is the guy in the E92 M3

 

What "Audi Quattro turbo"? The Audi Sport quattro (that's several $100k in real life and I kind of doubt you owned) or the Audi A1 S1 quattro?

 

I can't really argue with you as such due to lack of experience but I would like to suggest that maybe the g-forces and people limiting themselves in real life makes them overestimate the cars abilities. Tell me this: Can you beat your laptime around any given circuit in your real life Quattro? If not I would say it is likely that you are not pushing the car to its absolute limit like you are in AC so its handling characteristics are not so exposed and/or that the g-forces involved make you think the brakes/grip levels are much better than they actually are. When I do a 0-60 in my Alfa 159 2.2, it feels pretty quick. On Assetto Corsa it would probably be the slowest car in the game with tons of understeer and if I didn't already realise this problem I'd be on here commenting about how it's so slow.

 

You can buy an Audi UR Quattro for like £15k

 

That's not the car that is in the game though. So your point?

 

Ah I see the one in AC is a special edition not a standard one. My bad. Maybe he has the standard one? Or maybe we're talking to the CEO of Siemens?

 

Exactly. I mean I was surprised myself by the amount of body roll but then again the car has a pretty tall suspension and is the homologation car for the rally entry... But maybe OP did own a Sport quattro in the past if he can pin down the exact differences between the digital and real 458 Italia as well. If that's the case I think you could do that in a nicer way then though, OP. Like, some more hard evidence to compare rather than some words in an web forum post.

 

Something makes me think you're 15 seconds off pace in real life, and are comparing based on that experience.

 

Rmsothebys sold an Audi sport Quattro just last week. It made £403,200.. Pretty impressive.

 

This.

One shouldn't assume the cars that you drive have the same tyre setups as the ones in game. For the fact you can make a car understeer or oversteer by changing the camber/toe of the tyre I should ask, are you sure both cars had the same setup?

:edit nevermind I just read the whole thread... LOL

 

I dont know why I get the feeling when you say real life experiences, thats driving those cars in Forza or GT.

 

The 458 isn't right for me either. Every time I apply the brakes I get the damage meter pop up and the thing just won't turn in. It just keeps going straight, like a sledge.

 

turn factory ABS on

 

You're locking the brakes, the damage meter pops up to show you're flat spotting your tyres.

 

Probably because you're braking too late and don't slow down enough. I had the same problem with some cars when i drove them the first time. So what i did was braking earlier and turn it at a lower speed and the problem was solved.