Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge #113 –Declare your addiction

Improvement
2.07.832
PS4

Hey Lewis, your tune is great! Look, 1st lap results!
Even with a dodgy throttle pedal, which I hope I can sort tomorrow, if I can muster up the courage to go to a DIY shop.

 

Hey DonZmeuhue, I could close this week 's Challenge early....

 

Haha that would be awesome. In WHL I was never on the podium that would be my best result so far.

By the way the Beast is Running. Have done my first few rounds in ACC in the Emil Frey Jaguar on Misano. Just woww

 

Very nice improvement mate



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Current standings:

1- 2.04.675 Pretend racer PC
2- 2.04.730 Lewisxbone XB1
3- 2.06.198 DonZmeuheu PS4
4- 2.07.745 Moodyryder PS4
5- 2.07.832 Total Wrytoff PS4
6- 2.08.475 Sissydriver PC
7- 2.10.262 Laughing Gravy PS4

 

Very nice mate

 

@365gt - if you can avoid it - dont build your pc by yourself.
why?
warranty!
this problem is underestimated.
if you buy a complete pc you have a chance that your problems will be solved.
if you buy components and stick them together...i wish you a lot of luck if something doesnt work or goes wrong.

 

Except you're price sensitive
If you have a good dealer or PC guy you can thrust, I think it's no problem at all. I always did this way.

 

@Tibor Sólyom - fingers crossed that it will continue.

i started with a schneider cpc in 1984
in the 90s we began to build pcs for ourselves, friends, family and so on.
it was the best way for us for decades. but in the last year things have changed.
you can buy well configured pcs for, in my opinion, better price than if you buy single components.
but - just my little experience and my 2 cent.

 

again a little of topic
- now i use the Sol and wet weather mod.
its not the fully simulated wet track as in acc.
but with raindrops and wipers and full 24h circle and the much improved textures and shaders its so amazing.
ac will live very long. wow!

 

Yeah, it can vary hugely from country to country. I can speak only about my experience of course.
The biggest pro for me in the DIY way:
- I can buy exactly those parts what I want
- I can continously upgrade my machine
- if some part is broken, I go to the dealer, buy a new one (or change it if the warranty is still valid) go home and put it in, it's done. Usually you know what is broken. If I have a complete PC, I think it's more difficult. I have to leave it there, wait for the diagnostics, etc. Again, I speak about my experience, things goes definitely otherwise in Switzerland and Germany then in Hungary

 

@sissydriver
@Tibor Sólyom
Thanks for the advice and warnings guys.I didn't think about the potential warranty issues etc. As this will be my first gaming PC,well first sim racing PC I think I'll be going down the ready built route.I guess when components need upgrading i'll do it myself and learn that way etc.Thanks again

 

@Tibor Sólyom - huh, you are racing against my in the ai!
totally forgot to ask you.
emm.... why??? <.... very very curious

 

Haha, it's very simple
Sometimes modders asking for real names on racedepartment.com when they are creating skins for their mod cars.
I had luck and found 2 request on time, the Lambo GT1 and the Transit if I remember well. No, maybe an open seater too
I hope I was fast

 

now you are an immortal part of sim racing history. crazy!
(dunno if any modder will name anything sissyxxxx )
you - the original - are much faster at whc/whl.
when i have the time this weekend i take an ai race with you on a track where you have participated in whl.
than you can compare the original and the tibor - frankenstein - artifical - clone - whatever

 

AC will live long on Pc, but I fear the console days are numbered now. I had this discussion 18 months ago with a ps4 player. He was adamant that AC would retain popularity as it was so different to the other console offerings. I disagreed.

There will always be a small hardcore of players but it's getting fewer and fewer now. It's the essence of console play.

AC on pc constantly evolves with the mods. On ps4 & xb1 it reached its zenith and will never change. We can't mod the game so what do we do? Other titles become tempting, or you upgrade to PC. Either way the console scene is dying.

The numbers in the whl have dwindled now. Consoleros are on other games and the pc boys want to use the other circuits that are available to them. I guess there must be weekly hotlap competitions doing all of that in the main part of the forum.

There's still a few of us left though, and as long as the whl is console compatible I'll keep supporting it.

Roll on whl 200. That really would be an achievement.

(Already up to 113. 100 only seems like yesterday)

 

Nope not much AC racing discussion or interest when trying to organise races over in main chat either. At least in my experience. I used to advertise a pub racing server over there anyway and tried to organise a few special events without much interest.

 

2:04.663 - XB1

 

I always find this car tricky, and totally don't know this layout, and my time which I forgot to take a screenshot of anyway was somewhere in the 08's so never mind!

But she certainly does look good

 

I am just not experienced enough with this game and finding the absolute limit. Not to mention before this challenge I've never lapped this specific course, let alone hot lap with a car I've never driven. Notice the amount of laps it took me just to get a mediocre lap time lol. I'll keep trying today. New job and new medication have me wiped out after work during the week. I wish I could practice more with Assetto. Sadly I have only had this game for about 2 months now and can only find energy/time on the weekends...ok im out of excuses haha Here is the bottom list time...

2.08.470
Xb1