Unimplemented features

Im not very sure where to post this, but since the first version of AC are two "features" that are unimplemented,?

i post two screenshots that i think are self explanatory.


can somebody explain?

 

On the second question the keys are 'test drive', the podium is 'race weekend', no idea why they're ignored though.

 

either remove them or utilize them, its weird them just being there will no use.

will likely get solved during the ui change to help console users.

 

They are teasers for future features...

 

pc will not get the console UI, by the way. Stefano confirmed that during steaming. And i am glad about it, since AC for PC is for mouse use.

 

He didn't say it's not coming, he says he doesn't want the PC version to have 2 UIs so he'd rather it just be one or the other. He prefers the new one (doesn't use the PC one at all) but the problem is they don't want every button to be labeled "press button 19" like in dirt rally.

 

honestly the only reason i cared about the ui change was that it would probably mean i can use the start button on my dfgt to pause the game instead of reaching weirdly for my keyboard

 

I really dont like missquotes so for the sake of completeness:

he definately said the new ui will not come to AC 1 PC, because they cant do both ui's and you cant change a product that radically for the paying customer.

i personally dont care about the ui, i rather have the old one with more functions than the new one.
optimally would the the new ui with all functionality of the old, pad support and mouse support. Pretty sure everybody would be happy with it in the long run, even though you always have the complainers that hate change.

dota is a good example how you implement change: do a beta you can download and start either the old version or the new until it's finished, than slowly move everybody over to the new one (yet to come)

after all everybody needs time to adapt. some more some less

 

Yeah thats right.
But maybe it is possible to make the PC UI more controller friendly in a pragmatical and simple way so that some of the current inperfections could be enhanced.

For example:
VR compatibility (regarding UI control),
Controlling AC directly from wheel (when racing app started) without the need to switch back on mouse+keyboard

It must not to be an new UI, just some more options (additional keybindings?) to make AC life easier for the situations above.

 

Your on a pc.. Use a keyboard and mouse!!!

 

Sure, but its not confortable if you are sitting in a simrig
I have not said to drive or control AC throu a gamepad on PC. I said "controller" in general, that includes mouse and keyboard. Read pls.

 

Why can't we just map the keyboard functions we choose to wheel or pad buttons? This is a PC title after all. I don't see what's wrong with the GUI as is.

After a year AC still doesn't seem to recognize most of the buttons on my G25...

 

For that I use the Logitech Profiler and in that way I did also a nice flashlight macro so I only need to push and hold one button ^^ But as far as I remember there was an AC option under settings which has to be changed to get this profiler mapping working, but no idea which one. The bad point about is that you activate the functions while typing in the chat.

 

Then don't use your wheel too.