Assetto Corsa

Uncle Petey · 27 Jan 2016 at 21:08

Everyone has their preferences

One-off open race this Sunday if anyone here is interested.

WTCC @ Donington Park

Info/sign up here

ED: And by the way, for those of you who like a bit more of a driving challenge, the following week sees the start of a 4 race mini series featuring the Lotus 72D at the 1988 versions of Spa, Suzuka, Jerez and Estoril.

Borsch · 27 Jan 2016 at 22:44

This is my kind of battle

thewanted · 28 Jan 2016 at 09:41

Uncle Petey said:
Everyone has their preferences

One-off open race this Sunday if anyone here is interested.

WTCC @ Donington Park

Info/sign up here

ED: And by the way, for those of you who like a bit more of a driving challenge, the following week sees the start of a 4 race mini series featuring the Lotus 72D at the 1988 versions of Spa, Suzuka, Jerez and Estoril.

Not sure if I can make that one since it's my birthday on Sunday.

I did however try those WTCC cars very briefly last night. Is the Seat really a TDi? Sounds just like a petrol and revs to ~6700rpm.

Borsch said:
This is my kind of battle

Uncle Petey · 28 Jan 2016 at 10:13

I don't know and I'm not really bothered tbh

As long as it drives ok and is generally in line with the other cars, I'm fine with it.

Happy birthday in advance

*sneak peek* As an aside, one of our guys is actually liasing with Ginetta and using real world data directly from them to make it as close to real life as possible and also working with Fonsecker to update the sound too - as well as getting the car updated to AC's latest tyre specs etc.
Stay tuned, early results are very promising and it'll be the focus of our next main series in the near future.

The first couple of Ginetta series we ran were awesome.

thewanted · 28 Jan 2016 at 10:18

Uncle Petey said:
I don't know and I'm not really bothered tbh
As long as it drives ok and is generally in line with the other cars, I'm fine with it.

Happy birthday in advance

Fair enough

When I tried those cars, it seemed to affect how the game looked from the in-car view. The track was a lot brighter to the point of being blown out, and made it pretty difficult to see anything. Guessing that hasn't happened to you?

Thanks very much

Uncle Petey · 28 Jan 2016 at 10:34

I've only had a quick go in the Lacetti so far and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
I do use Blackcelica's Photo PP filters though. Maybe that's got something to do with it?

Oh, and I generally drive in hood or bumper cam.

thewanted · 28 Jan 2016 at 10:43

Uncle Petey said:
Oh, and I generally drive in hood or bumper cam.

I drive much better with the hood cam, but since you can't change the view in iRacing, I didn't want to get used to it so I've stuck with the in-car view.

I'll test the WTCC cars again tonight

On another note, I tried the RSR Formula 3 last night. It has the same problems (for me) as the GT3s because it has crazy amounts of downforce, but around Brands Hatch it is quite a lot of fun because of the obscene speeds you can carry around corners compared to other cars. It's much easier to drive than the Formula 1 cars, so I reckon it's a good stepping stone to something like the Ferrari 2002.

Daytrader · 28 Jan 2016 at 11:00

To enter the WTCC race do i need a mod i only have the basic game and no dlc.

Uncle Petey · 28 Jan 2016 at 11:06

Yep. Downloads links are in the link I posted. Official DLC is not required for this event.
If you need any help with installing mods, let us know

We should have a server running these by this evening and there is a Teamspeak server.
Add me on Steam if you like (Uncle Petey) and I might see you later.

thewanted said:
I drive much better with the hood cam, but since you can't change the view in iRacing, I didn't want to get used to it so I've stuck with the in-car view.

I'll test the WTCC cars again tonight

On another note, I tried the RSR Formula 3 last night. It has the same problems (for me) as the GT3s because it has crazy amounts of downforce, but around Brands Hatch it is quite a lot of fun because of the obscene speeds you can carry around corners compared to other cars. It's much easier to drive than the Formula 1 cars, so I reckon it's a good stepping stone to something like the Ferrari 2002.

I guess it's just the nature of modern formula cars.
We were originally going to run a series in the RSR, but didn't get much interest, so ended up not doing it.

Previous to that, we were having a good series with the Renault Formula 3.5 until the 1.3-1.4 AC update (forget which) screwed up the handling of it...

Uncle Petey · 28 Jan 2016 at 11:09

thewanted · 28 Jan 2016 at 13:35

Has anyone tried cars from this place? I'm super sceptical of anything that isn't on the first two pages on RaceDepartment.com.

Uncle Petey · 28 Jan 2016 at 13:55

Yeah, Borsch posted a link to it a couple of pages ago.

Some are good, some aren't. Try your luck

thewanted · 28 Jan 2016 at 14:02

Uncle Petey said:
Yeah, Borsch posted a link to it a couple of pages ago.

Some are good, some aren't. Try your luck

Oops, definitely missed that. I'll go back and have a look. Cheers

Borsch · 7 Feb 2016 at 21:17

AC and all Dream Packs are discounted on Steam :

http://store.steampowered.com/app/244210/?snr=1_7_15__13

Twirlywoos · 8 Feb 2016 at 11:01

http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/kunos-previews-version-1-5-track-improvements.117173/

track improvements coming and about time too because whilst the sim aspect of this game is top notch the atmosphere reminds me of a 2009 game. pCARS delivers this really well. I guess this is taking precedence now just to please the console release who may reject this game based on being lackluster

Gixer · 8 Feb 2016 at 12:33

I prefer the old gravel textures if I'm looking at those images correctly. To be honest the eye candy is more than enough for me. When I'm trying to look ahead at where the vanishing point is and where the rear bumper of the person in front is I don't really notice the scenery that much. I'm more focused on the cars poise, where I will brake and where I will turn in etc. I would prefer new cars to be developed and enhancements to the physics with the graphical updates a nicety only.

Borsch · 8 Feb 2016 at 21:19

Also prefer the old gravel textures. Have nothing against improving the eye candy though, there is never enough of it in any game, so look forward to the revisions.

Nothin · 8 Feb 2016 at 23:45

Borsch said:
AC and all Dream Packs are discounted on Steam :

http://store.steampowered.com/app/244210/?snr=1_7_15__13

Hello,
Now that I have some semi decent hardware I've been looking into stepping up from my old favourite GTR2

and thinking about going for AC.
Could you please tell me if the current AC Steam sale price is pretty good or does it regularly go for less?
Also I guess the Dream Packs are a subjective thing, depending on whether you like the particular cars and track?

Cheers.

Uncle Petey · 9 Feb 2016 at 01:09

It's rarely on for less (or much less) afaik.
Pretty good price with the DLC included and you'll want that stuff for online at least, as a lot of the servers tend to use the content.

Nords, Brands and Catalunya are probably worth it alone IMO, even if you're not going online.

Borsch · 9 Feb 2016 at 13:54

The first Dream Pack is a must for all racing fans, purely for the laserscanned Nordschlefe that took 10 000 hours to recreate. The rest is down to taste, although imho each dream pack contains very tasty content (McLaren P1, Mclaren F1, Lambo Countach, Huracan, Gallardo, laserscanned Brands Hatch etc)