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barmyllama said:
While I see your point.

That development team could spend more time improving the actual game experience, rather than constantly turning out new content at the end of every season.
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But the issue with that is so many of their player base playing on old hardware they can't upgrade to super DX12 with ultra amazing graphics... Not that I think iracing is actually that bad! I actually prefer the graphics compared to project cars!

Another game I used to play has just had a upgrade and some of the old old players would be happy if it was still running on like dx6 ffs, some of them are playing on core duo laptops with Intel graphics etc and expect the whole community to be held back because of them.

Personally I'm happy with the game. It's at max settings on a mid range card, at a solid 144fps 1440p. It doesn't need shiny effects like project cars or the other titles to be successful. Anyway if they upgrade it it's only going to run worse and your already saying it runs bad now?!

It's just had the DX11 upgrade, and I'm sure there's plenty more to come. I kinda wish they wasn't wasting their time on dirt though... Rain would be more welcome to me.
 
Overlag said:
But the issue with that is so many of their player base playing on old hardware they can't upgrade to super DX12 with ultra amazing graphics... Not that I think iracing is actually that bad! I actually prefer the graphics compared to project cars!

Another game I used to play has just had a upgrade and some of the old old players would be happy if it was still running on like dx6 ffs, some of them are playing on core duo laptops with Intel graphics etc and expect the whole community to be held back because of them.

Personally I'm happy with the game. It's at max settings on a mid range card, at a solid 144fps 1440p. It doesn't need shiny effects like project cars or the other titles to be successful. Anyway if they upgrade it it's only going to run worse and your already saying it runs bad now?!

It's just had the DX11 upgrade, and I'm sure there's plenty more to come. I kinda wish they wasn't wasting their time on dirt though... Rain would be more welcome to me.
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I'm not asking for DX12 ultra graphics.

I want consistent, playable frame rates and no stuttering. If my PC can achieve frame rates above 60FPS in other sims on a triple screen set up, then expecting iRacing to do the same isn't asking for the world.

I do my bit. I spend £100's on high end PC components, I pay the subscription fees and I regularly buy content.

When I run the game on the settings iRacing chooses for my hardware I expect frame rates to be playable and consistent. Not to plummet at certain points on certain tracks, making playing the game more difficult because frame rates directly effect steering and pedal input.

I can also reasonably expect them to sort out known issues, like weather temperatures having over the top, unrealistic affects on handing and laptimes.
 
Running single screen so I don't notice the FPS drops that much but it doesn't look as good as AC or PC so why does it not preform as well? My list of things needed are: performance relating tracks temps as way too over stated, tracks shouldn't take 8 minutes to load and how have they not got a day night cycle in the game yet?
 
The day & night cycle will come when it it is DX11 only. DX9 as far as I have read is holding that one back.

I am hoping that once DX9 is gone then the actual build will be worked on, bugs and FPS drops worked out.

The graphics will never look as good as Pcars etc, but they more than do the job needed and add a sweet fx profile and it looks 50x better.
 
Most of the work on content would be art stuff, especially tracks, rather than any resource that could be 'better used' on improving performance of rendering or the 'fun' task of attempting to multithread stuff.

Hopefully they do just flick the switch and drop DX9 in it's entirety, 32-bit too as I think that's still lingering? Then at least it's less code to manage/maintain let alone improve.
 
It will suck for people who still need it but it's 2016 and DX9 support needs to be dropped. You can't hold a game back just because a few old legacy users. To be honest I think the graphics are fine, I'd rather solid framerates and a more accurate simulation over pretty effects and grass.
 
Yeah I also find the graphics fine, it doesn't look great in screenshots but when driving I find I really don't care.

I find in the likes of pcars and assetto corsa yeah the cars look great but the dodgy trees (whilst no worse than iRacing) stand out more based on the rest looking better if that makes sense...
 
The newer tracks, I think, look pretty good. The new Le Mans track looks quite nice. I did see RFactor announced recently that they are partnering with a cloud computing company, I wonder if an Iracing competitor is coming.
 
I don't mind the graphics at all. I play a lot of retro games, so it looks good enough for me.

Although time of day setting make it look worse than others. Overcast weather looks the worst and the sky boxes could do with a resolution bump.
 
Finally! \o/ Time for some Blancpain :D

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Run some enduros and keep it clean and you'll gain lots of SR. I've not been below an A 4.5 since they introduced the VLN series.
 
MagicBoy said:
Run some enduros and keep it clean and you'll gain lots of SR. I've not been below an A 4.5 since they introduced the VLN series.
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I don't really have anyone to run in a team with.

Does anyone know of a place in the UK where you can try out a direct drive wheel? Leo Bodnar are in Silverstone so I may send them an email to find out if they know of a place, but I was hoping that someone may know of somewhere closer to London.
 
Some of us in this thread ran a team in the BES last season, so if you're interested have a word with grumpybeard.

Some of the team events can be run single handed, I (stupidly) did 4 hours of VLN this morning on my tod. After driving half the Petit Le Mans yesterday afternoon/evening.
 
MagicBoy said:
Some of us in this thread ran a team in the BES last season, so if you're interested have a word with grumpybeard.

Some of the team events can be run single handed, I (stupidly) did 4 hours of VLN this morning on my tod. After driving half the Petit Le Mans yesterday afternoon/evening.
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I'm definitely not good enough at the moment to be helpful in a team, but I'll definitely consider it in the future, thanks!

Damn, that's hardcore! Been doing some testing at Road Atlanta this afternoon and I'm finding the BMW a lot more predictable/controllable than the AMG. I know it lacks top-end but maybe it'll be a decent car for that track considering how windy it is.
 
thewanted said:
Does anyone know of a place in the UK where you can try out a direct drive wheel? Leo Bodnar are in Silverstone so I may send them an email to find out if they know of a place, but I was hoping that someone may know of somewhere closer to London.
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I emailed Leo Bodnar and they very kindly offered to let me come and try their demo system, even though I said that I probably wasn't going to buy their SimSteering v2 system due to the very high cost. Can't ask for better customer service than that :)

Deciding on a rig that's sturdy enough for a direct drive wheel is proving to be more difficult than I thought :( Leaning towards this one at the moment.
 
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I'd go for a sim-lab rig too. It's run by a guy called Richard Schouteren. I've raced and chatted to him quite often and he's a really nice guy who's always helpful and has great customer service feedback on the forums.

I'm aching to buy a P1 rig but due to it's design I'd also need an OSW and pedals too, so only about £3k all in :eek:
 
Spunkey said:
I'd go for a sim-lab rig too. It's run by a guy called Richard Schouteren. I've raced and chatted to him quite often and he's a really nice guy who's always helpful and has great customer service feedback on the forums.

I'm aching to buy a P1 rig but due to it's design I'd also need an OSW and pedals too, so only about £3k all in :eek:
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Thanks! I've been reading this thread and it contains some excellent photos and feedback.

I'm battling to find what makes the P1 "better" apart from the fact that it's elevated so it should be easier to get in an out of. I need to do much more reading about them both.
 
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