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Dcully

Doge wrote: »

4K resolution doesn't mean much if the game does not have 4K textures though.

4k upscaled will look a lot better than 1080.

However I'm more talking about the 1440 144hz sweetspot.
144fps @ 144hz is ten times better than 60fps @ 60hz.

The game will still be AC though :P
I wonder will it have mod support?

ScumLord

Red pack comes out on July 14th. They've just announced the 2015 Ferrari F1 car is included in the pack. I was pretty shocked by that, I wasn't expecting them to get such a recent F1 car.

Dcully

Prestigious acquisition to AC for sure it needs more tracks not cars.
Compared to most other sims its really lacking in this department,i understand the process of laser scanning takes time.
Ofcourse there are loads of modded tracks but their quality can vary from very good to poor.

ScumLord

Dcully wrote: »

Prestigious acquisition to AC for sure it needs more tracks not cars.
Compared to most other sims its really lacking in this department,i understand the process of laser scanning takes time.
Ofcourse there are loads of modded tracks but their quality can vary from very good to poor.

For the most part I'm not to pushed about mods, like you say the quality can vary.

Kunos do have a couple of historic tracks in reserve. There's historic Monza with the loop, historic Silverstone and maybe Spa. I think there's a sprint version of modern monza, as well as some more variations on current track layouts.. They could be looking to bring out a historic DLC some time after the console release. I think there could be a lot of stuff being held in reserve waiting for the console release.

I would love to see some ordinary roads to compliment the road cars.

Dcully

Anyone try the red pack yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlJqwDdMpE

ScumLord

Ya, I've been sort of stuck on the Ferrari F138, it's an amazing car. It's fairly intuitive too, as long as you can keep up with it it's not that bad to drive.

Only did a handful of laps in the SF15, it's an odd car, even the gears are odd, they don't seem to hit the rev limiter. I have to go back to that one.

The two old Maseratis are like drift machines, they want to lose the rear end constantly, even driving in a straight line.

The Maserati GT4 is actually a nice car, much nicer to drive than the Lotus 2-11.

Red bull ring is of the usual Kunos standard, it was funny having the same accidents I saw on TV a couple of weeks ago in the F1.

Dcully

The Maserati 250F looks like a lot of fun.

ScumLord

Dcully wrote: »

The Maserati 250F looks like a lot of fun.

The two old maseratis are pretty good for what they are. It's incredible how far cars have come, it can barely stay in a straight line, you have to manage it all the time, it's got little to no grip, even the seating position is odd as fup. Brakes aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. Tremendous fun, the people who drove these cars are even more nuts than the people who drove the Lotus 49, that seems like a super advanced car to drive after driving the maseratis.

Dcully

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcoBuP_2tiI

ScumLord

Has anyone gotten to grips with the sf15? I haven't really played with the new toys yet, I'm still trying to get my head around the gears. I keep shifting up to late. It awful hard to fight the urge to let it rev out.

Dcully

So the SF15-T and what do I think of it?
Well for a start its total beast but with the whole management of the power unit is just far too complicated to even care.

simulated are

•SOC: State of Charge
•ICU: Internal Combustion Unit
•ECU: Electronic Control Unit
•ERS: EnergyRecovery System
•DRS: Drag Reduction System
•MGU-H: Motor Generator Unit-Heat
•MGU-K: Motor Generator Unit-Kinetic


Feck it I just want to drive,ive no doubt if I bothered to learn the ins and outs and mapped everything properly to wheel or keys I may enjoy the whole world of managing everything as I drive but I really cant be arsed.
Having said that it is a joy to drive when you just ignore all the bells and whistles of this overly advanced machine.
I prefer the F138 but that nose is fugly as sin even when driving
In fairness the top F1 mods are equally as good imo but ofcourse they are not using the new tyre model.

As for the rest of the DLC

My favourite of the pack is the 488 GTR3, I don't really like the Maserati 250F 6C or Maserati 250F 12C,that era just doesn't interest me.
Maserati GT4 is also a nice addition.
The A1 ring ofcourse is just stunning work from kunos once again.

Overall I can see myself enjoying maybe 2-3 cars from the pack and ofcourse the track.

Doge

Havent bought the Red pack, but man after buying the japanese pack and doing the Japanese parade race in a Supra with the AI difficulty down a bit....

the rush of overtaking all the cars at the start is awesome!

Even on my old ****ty rig the fps probably dropped below 20 but still got a rush out of it!

Cant wait to try AC on a proper rig in the futur and in VR.

ScumLord

AI have been improved again, they put up a much better fight now. I'm still finding it hard to find a right balance. I did the maserati race at monza on hard and just flew off into the distance. Did the T138 race at nurburgring on medium and got left for dust. The AI seems very good in some cars and useless in others.

Dcully wrote: »

Having said that it is a joy to drive when you just ignore all the bells and whistles of this overly advanced machine.
I prefer the F138 but that nose is fugly as sin even when driving
In fairness the top F1 mods are equally as good imo but ofcourse they are not using the new tyre model.

Yeah the F138 almost seems like a simplified version of the fs15. I do like driving the fs15, I haven't tried messing with the electric stuff yet other than hitting the boost button but even that is virtually impossible to do with my wheel. The button layout just isn't good enough to use the car properly. It is a lovely car to drive even without messing with the buttons. Changing gear at the right time is a challenge in itself. It makes max power at 10,500rpm, so you're supposed to be changing gear on the first blue light or even before it on lower gears. It's hard to remember to do that and not listen for max revs.

My favourite of the pack is the 488 GTR3, I don't really like the Maserati 250F 6C or Maserati 250F 12C,that era just doesn't interest me.

I did the challenge at monza and I loved it after that, it's on a knife edge the whole time but the knives edge is blunt so there's a lot of room for making adjustments. It's shocking how bad cars were back then.

Maserati GT4 is also a nice addition.

I was surprised with this one too.

I keep getting drawn back to the sf15 though. It's constantly rewarding in that I keep finding little improvements but I don't see how I can drive the car and do all those things at the same time, even if I had an accessible button layout, I can drive it without crashing all the time which was a surprise. It behaves just like on TV too, soft tyres need to be managed, lock ups are the devil and have obvious repercussions. It's just such an eventful car. I prefer it to the T138 for some reason.

Dcully

Anyone know if there are any skins mods to run with the F1 cars instead of a grid of Ferrari`s ?

M00lers

Getting back into this again after a lengthy hiatus. It's some craic with the Rift!
Looking at purchasing 1 or 2 of the DLCs, any recommendations?
Thanks.

ScumLord

Dcully wrote: »

Anyone know if there are any skins mods to run with the F1 cars instead of a grid of Ferrari`s ?

I think there are heavy restrictions on the F1 cars, I'm not sure if you can even change the skins. F1 cars aren't customer cars like the GTs, there's also some sort of restriction from the FIA due to licensing. They want to control the license for a formula 1 grid, it's ok for games to make one or two cars, but if they have a grid of individual cars it's a different license.

moolers2000 wrote: »

Getting back into this again after a lengthy hiatus. It's some craic with the Rift!
Looking at purchasing 1 or 2 of the DLCs, any recommendations?
Thanks.

Depends what you're in to. One with a track would be best. I think it was only the japanese pack that didn't come with a track.

The last pack was pretty much a formula 1 pack.

The Nordschleife would be another obvious one to get.

Dcully

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5owRDghj_6c

Dcully

Really starting to dig the Ferrari SF-15T, I just use the default power unit settings then work away managine kers and dsr.

What a car, seriously what a brilliant machine to drive.
Its one of those rare pleasures where the more you race the thing the better it gets, the more little intricacies you learn and ultimately the more fun to be had.

AI seem to be on another planet compared to most other cars so I have to drop ai back to close to 90% to have a good hard race.

Dcully

Any of you try the paid mods from URD?

Quality is meant to be top class, very highly respected modding team.

ScumLord

I bought the DRM mod ages ago, I keep forgetting I have a license for them. They gave out some free car to existing customers that I have access to and never tried.

I can't really say, it's so long since I tried them and so much has changed I couldn't say what they're like.

I'll have to install them again.

Dcully

We have all seen 3 screen setups and vr but this is very cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV9g1WM7Jy8

Dcully

Not sure but it looks pretty immersive.

TireeTerror

He is using a projector. He must be projecting from behind the screen otherwise he would create a shadow on the screen. I have triple screens and its way better than this. I actually have a projector too, but even though its 106", its nothing at all as immersive as having the side monitors, especially as mine are really angled and totally fill my entire vision.

TireeTerror

Ah so he is. He is just basically sitting right in front of the screen then? Ive a 60" plasma and did that with GT5 ages ago, it was crap compared to triples, not even a tiny bit close. This video is kind of giving an optical illusion because you cant see past the TV, but in real life of course he can.

ScumLord

So it's just a massive TV, the camera angle makes it look more immersive than it would actually be in real life because it doesn't wrap.

VR still seems like the king.

TireeTerror

ScumLord wrote: »

So it's just a massive TV, the camera angle makes it look more immersive than it would actually be in real life because it doesn't wrap.

VR still seems like the king.

Ive been watching VR like a hawk since they started on about it and was so excited. I just don't think the FOV and the resolution is there yet. Nevermind the hardware to run it properly with all of the bells and whistles.

Im never normally one to ponder about PC hardware choices, I am an early adopter for sure, but Ive been holding back questioning the point when I know its not going to live up to my expectations.

I remember the first time I played BF3 with triples. I have 3 X Dell U2711 IPS screens. It was pitch dark in my room, I had black curtains set up so nothing reflected light. I hopped into the attack chopper, which just happens to have the joint of the cockpit perfectly aligned with my bezels, so it felt like I was actually inside the chopper without any kind of technical trickery. When I took off and swung her around I experienced vertigo, it was a brief feeling, my brain adjusted, but I remember being utterly amazed at how it had made me feel like I was tipping over as I couldn't see anything in the room other than what was in my vision.

Titzon Toast

I just preordered the Prestige edition from Game UK there, it was about €30 cheaper than in GS here, I can't wait for it to be released.
I got myself a bucket seat from and STi Impreza and I've rebuilt my CSP's with all new boards in preparation for it.
I'm thinking the F40 round Brandshatch for my for my first testdrive!

ScumLord

The F40 is a handful, but great fun. I spent a week driving just that car. The yellow bird is even more mental when you turn the boost up.

Titzon Toast

10 days left, I'm like a kid waiting on Christmas morning.

thurlesdrunk

Titzon Toast wrote:

10 days left, I'm like a kid waiting on Christmas morning.

Makes 2 of us mate

Titzon Toast

thurlesdrunk wrote: »

Makes 2 of us mate

Do you know if Monk is getting it too?

thurlesdrunk

Titzon Toast wrote:

Do you know if Monk is getting it too?

Yeah, I think so man

Titzon Toast

https://youtu.be/JOCS37vRjRc

Titzon Toast

https://youtu.be/02Bw07NuhQA

Domo1982

Tracks - http://www.assettocorsa.net/tracks/

Cars - http://www.assettocorsa.net/cars/

thurlesdrunk

Titzon Toast wrote: »

https://youtu.be/JOCS37vRjRc

Gotta love the F40 v Yellowbird @ 1:43. Epic

Titzon Toast

I noticed in a video posted by VVV that none of the Japanese carpack-cars are included on release as standard.
It's bit of a stinger only having one Toyota to use at launch but it's not the end of the world I suppose.
I'm just hoping Game ship my copy out slightly early!

thurlesdrunk

Titzon Toast wrote:

I noticed in a video posted by VVV that none of the Japanese carpack-cars are included on release as standard. It's bit of a stinger only having one Toyota to use at launch but it's not the end of the world I suppose. I'm just hoping Game ship my copy out slightly early!

Yeah Japanese and red pack not included in launch console versions, but 3 of the 7 cars in the red pack appear in the built for racers console trailer so maybe they might release them sooner than later, and at a cheap price.
Day one patch with them for free would be class.

Titzon Toast

thurlesdrunk wrote: »

Yeah Japanese and red pack not included in launch console versions, but 3 of the 7 cars in the red pack appear in the built for racers console trailer so maybe they might release them sooner than later, and at a cheap price.
Day one patch with them for free would be class.

Absolutely, still, there's still more than enough cars to keep us happy for a while I reckon.

Lots of small, good handling cars like the Alfa GTA, Ford Escort and the little Abarth's will be great for some door to door racing online.

The little drift track will make a great spot for shakedown testing, half an hour spent hooning around it in a new car should give you a great idea of what the car's handling characteristics are.

I might even sneak a day or two off work when AC drops, presuming of course that it actually works after the day one patch that is. Here's hoping.

Titzon Toast

Can any of the PC lads tell me if it's possible for the host to disable assists in custom online lobbies please? Specifically the dreaded racing line.
Thank you.

ScumLord

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Can any of the PC lads tell me if it's possible for the host to disable assists in custom online lobbies please? Specifically the dreaded racing line.
Thank you.

It's possible to set up servers in many ways, I'm fairly sure I've seen servers that expressly ban the use of assists. Have different tyre wears and so on. I don't know how the servers work on consoles, I'd imagine that would be a fairly basic setting so should be adjustable.

Titzon Toast

ScumLord wrote: »

It's possible to set up servers in many ways, I'm fairly sure I've seen servers that expressly ban the use of assists. Have different tyre wears and so on. I don't know how the servers work on consoles, I'd imagine that would be a fairly basic setting so should be adjustable.

I hope so, it wasn't included in PCars and it annoyed me.

Titzon Toast

http://console.assettocorsa.net/supported-wheels.php

Bad news if you use a Fanatec with your PS4.

thurlesdrunk

Titzon Toast wrote:

Bad news if you use a Fanatec with your PS4.

That sucks. Alot of people won't be happy about that....

Titzon Toast

thurlesdrunk wrote: »

That sucks. Alot of people won't be happy about that....

Savoury was going nuts yesterday, I don't blame him. I was gutted for him, we were really looking forward to racing against each other online.

Yourself and myself dodged a bullet though!
Were are you getting your copy from? Any chance of grabbing one early somewhere?! I know some lads have it already.

thurlesdrunk

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Savoury was going nuts yesterday, I don't blame him. I was gutted for him, we were really looking forward to racing against each other online.

Yourself and myself dodged a bullet though!
Were are you getting your copy from? Any chance of grabbing one early somewhere?! I know some lads have it already.

Yeah heres hoping they add some sort of basic support for the fanatec's soon but I would'nt hold my breathe.
I know how he feels, I had the same issues when logitech would'nt support the DFGT or G25/G27 on PS4. Swore I wouldnt own a logitech again after that debacle.
I got lazy and just preordered on the psn store, it just comes with the 3 cars from the performance pack. Considered cancelling and ordering from game in UK to get the full prestige edition with more cars but cant be arsed. And I like the fact I dont have to get up off my ass to change discs with the digital editions!
I think the prestige edition is in gamestop in Ireland at a whopping 75 euro.....robbing b*stards.....
Cant wait until friday, I think it will be a late one! See you on Nordsheilfe in your F40, I'll bring my yellowbird

Titzon Toast

thurlesdrunk wrote: »

Yeah heres hoping they add some sort of basic support for the fanatec's soon but I would'nt hold my breathe.
I know how he feels, I had the same issues when logitech would'nt support the DFGT or G25/G27 on PS4. Swore I wouldnt own a logitech again after that debacle.
I got lazy and just preordered on the psn store, it just comes with the 3 cars from the performance pack. Considered cancelling and ordering from game in UK to get the full prestige edition with more cars but cant be arsed. And I like the fact I dont have to get up off my ass to change discs with the digital editions!
I think the prestige edition is in gamestop in Ireland at a whopping 75 euro.....robbing b*stards.....
Cant wait until friday, I think it will be a late one! See you on Nordsheilfe in your F40, I'll bring my yellowbird

I'm hoping against hope that Game ship mine slightly early, I'm dreading the thoughts of them missing Friday and me only getting the game next Monday!
I've read a few whispers here and there of some Fanatec wheels actually working with AC on the PS4, I've also read some where the game crashed when other folk tried.

Those rear engined yellow birds are death traps man, I don't like the way RR cars handle, I predict a fiery death for you on the armco!

See you on Friday either way, hopefully.
I'll send you a FR from my new profile later on, I didn't have much luck racing as TitzonToast so I've started a new one with my old Live gt.

ScumLord

Titzon Toast wrote: »

I've read a few whispers here and there of some Fanatec wheels actually working with AC on the PS4, I've also read some where the game crashed when other folk tried.

I'm surprised by the lack of fanatec support I always thought they had a close relationship. All may not be lost, they may ad support down the line, when Kunos say no, they often mean "I'm working on it".

Those rear engined yellow birds are death traps man, I don't like the way RR cars handle, I predict a fiery death for you on the armco!

The yellow bird is a hoot (in a sim, in reality I'd say it's scary as fup), but it's no match for the F40. The F40 can go around a corner fast, the yellow bird can only go around a corner sideways.

thurlesdrunk

Looks like some fanatec's might work, but I wonder if that will be removed with a day one patch....

Titzon Toast

thurlesdrunk wrote: »

Looks like some fanatec's might work, but I wonder if that will be removed with a day one patch....

That's the word around the campfire alright.
I promised Savoury that I'd try AC with my old Fanatec before and after the patch just to see what's what.
I was on to Game UK this morning because my order is still showing as unshipped.
The guy told me that 97% of their games reach their customers by release date.
I know my own luck, I'll be in the 3% for sure!