Update 0.8 released - Official thread

Very big update. Nice clouds, finally...
But, "Revised AI behavior", have to disagree: feels the same as previous releases to me. AI always bumping, no awareness of you.
Bytheway thanks for the good work.

 

The 0.8.2 update seems to have fixed all the performance issues I had with 0.8 and now running better then before. Still some issues with apps and SLI but using Dashmeter pro app gives me all the info I need with no performance impact.

 

Ah cool. So it's plausible for multiplayer to have as much as 25 cars on the grid.

I'm going to make a spreadsheet, try various graphic options, fov, camera views, Apps ON/OFF and monitor cpu and gpu performance with the updates. I should have done this sooner tbh. But I was only playing solo or against a single AI so never noticed any difference before.
Good news is that the next NV driver in April is going tto bring DX11 game performance improvements. But I think that the CPU is at 100% having to calculate telemetry for 25 cars. It could be a bottleneck.

 

One problem, however, is still present in the AI behavior, some times if the car hits you from behind as is "glued" to my car, it is not able to continue until we can wipe it off with some maneuvering, or even after a while if it fails to come off is withdrawn her, it happens a few times but it has happened to me with open wheels that other car

 

That sounds to be a problem in the collision physics, rather than AI?

 

I only played a little and also couldn't tell much difference with AI either, they still brake right on the apex when in front of you and use you as a brake when they're behind and when they do have an accident they seem to keep their foot on the throttle.

I have awful FPS in first corner (5fps) then usually around 60fps minimum 160 fps max

 

I think that is Ai releated. If i hit an Ai's car I don't get glued to it, and when AI hits me I can see that the driver tries to keep it's line and push the gas like if I wasn't there.

 

Well OK, then the description was a bit misleading. I agree that the AI appears to keep the line no matter what. You could probably park your car on the racing line and be hit by the AI each lap. Since that behavior (or non-behavior) unfortunately makes close racing impossible I don't really use the AI races so far. They are either too slow or, if they have a fair pace, you can't really be around them without getting hit and spinning out. That just gets me frustrated, so I'm good just driving alone for now.

 

The AI driving through me only happened once or twice since the update, the fault of the contact could be argued either way (I'm going back watching replays of collisions to find fault) but the other car did try to continue on through my car, I was doing my best not to get spun and the AI slipped off the back of my car, it was turning into me so hard it went straight across the track when my car got out of it's way.

If the AI would simply come off the accelerator when they make contact with another car it would solve my problems.

 

If they come off the accelerator before making contact with another car would greatly help too!

 

It won't stop me crashing into them. That could be a difficult variable for the AI to recognise. I think the AI does ok at avoiding collisions now its just that when they do happen the AI just stick to you, it's like they're turning into you and it's very hard to avoid spinning. If they came off the accelerator the two cars could separate at least.

 

Old news, but back before v0.7, the cars really did "stick" or "get glued" to each other. Even on the Silverstone straight I could inch towards the rear quarter panel of the AI and the car would just get sucked up into the AIs car. There is a less of a degree of that in v0.8, but it is still present. I believe it is collision and near collision based.
~Bailey

 

I have started staring at the clouds in the sky...right now I am seeing shapes exactly like AC clouds!

 

drogas?

 

If I stay stationary at the start line the AI will collide into the back of me and do what you described. If damage was turned on your race would be over lol

 

I've been trying the challenge race at Mugello with the Fiat 500.

My impressions of the AI are pretty good, as long as I show them some respect then I'm having fun racing them. Watching replays they do actively try to avoid contact with me, even when the situation's been caused by my last lap banger racing tactics... I almost wish they'd show me a little less respect. I hairpin dive bombed into the lead on the last lap of a race and ran wide, it would have been fantastic if the AI had responded by driving back up the inside and running me out of road. Instead it respectfully let me drive back onto line for the win. I'd like to see it at least defending the inside line into tight corners, leaving the door open makes it a bit too easy even for me

Overall though I'd say things are going very much in the right direction.

 

+1
Otherwise, I find that the AI is better at not hitting me at T1/L1

 

to much light in this version imo
way to much

 

The light is good...but at certain places on the track, the bloom and HDR seem slightly out of control. I'm sure they'll optimize it in the next update

 

I agree, it's really blinding sometimes.
There's a temporary solution though http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/high-brightness.8014/#post-108619