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Project CARS (crowdsourcing) racing sim by Slightly Mad Studios (fully funded 3.75M)
- Thread starter markao
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What's that?
Given the performance of this game, the leaps and bounds it's making and how it's managed to make a complete turncoat out of me (from hating on their investment system into contemplating buying into the full game) I think I'll take the 20 euro that no doubt would've gone toward F1 2012 and put it toward getting the full version of this. Regardless of the business side of things, good developers should get on the receiving end of some monetary feedback rather than based on IP alone (hi again, Codies!). Well, they shouldn't have to be, but in this day and age, when Codies can pump out such buggy shit, SMS should be "rewarded".
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Hey, no sneak peak of next weeks challenge!
Wait, what?
GAF's time trial.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Dilly was replying to my post on the last page about the next car/track choice.
You damn Aussies and your inability to read.
You damn Aussies and your inability to read.
ADHD, dude. It's a motherfuckerDilly was replying to my post on the last page about the next car/track choice.
You damn Aussies and your inability to read.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
NeoGAF pCARS Time Trial Challenge - Week #1 - Asano x4 @ Florence GP (Build 174)
1. Dilly - 1:46.260
2. markao - 1:46:506 (video)
3. Salacious Crumb - 1:46.528 (video)
Big Takeover - 1:46.598 (video)
Polyphony - 1:46.857
Arcticfox - 1:48.019
Orgun - 1:47.432 (video)
Metalmurphy - 1:48.175
Three60 - 1:48.252
Foliorum Viridum - 1:48.260 (video)
Kyaw - 1:48.367
bee - 1:48.958
Whateverman - 1:49.190 (video)
fresquito - 1:49.725
_machine - 1:55.117
jet1591 - 1:59.271
Blizzard - 2:14.591
17 entries and more people have showed interest but weren't able to participate this week! When I suggested doing this I didn't think it would get this popular, so good work lads!
Now, Dilly's choice for the car and track this week:
NeoGAF pCARS Time Trial Challenge - Week #2 - Leonus F68 Cromwell V8 @ Milan Historic (Monza) (Build 179)
Please note that it's HISTORIC Monza, because Dilly hates corners! As with last week, any assists are allowed and tweaking your car is allowed. Please provide video, screenshot or leaderboard evidence with your exact time to get added to the leaderboard!
I suspect this week will be much closer.
1. Dilly - 1:46.260
2. markao - 1:46:506 (video)
3. Salacious Crumb - 1:46.528 (video)
Big Takeover - 1:46.598 (video)
Polyphony - 1:46.857
Arcticfox - 1:48.019
Orgun - 1:47.432 (video)
Metalmurphy - 1:48.175
Three60 - 1:48.252
Foliorum Viridum - 1:48.260 (video)
Kyaw - 1:48.367
bee - 1:48.958
Whateverman - 1:49.190 (video)
fresquito - 1:49.725
_machine - 1:55.117
jet1591 - 1:59.271
Blizzard - 2:14.591
17 entries and more people have showed interest but weren't able to participate this week! When I suggested doing this I didn't think it would get this popular, so good work lads!
Now, Dilly's choice for the car and track this week:
NeoGAF pCARS Time Trial Challenge - Week #2 - Leonus F68 Cromwell V8 @ Milan Historic (Monza) (Build 179)
Please note that it's HISTORIC Monza, because Dilly hates corners! As with last week, any assists are allowed and tweaking your car is allowed. Please provide video, screenshot or leaderboard evidence with your exact time to get added to the leaderboard!
I suspect this week will be much closer.
Swweet, nice choice Fauxlonso
Man, I just finished my first clean lap on the previous challenge... FFB seems a LOT twitchier in 179 than 175. The latter felt not sensitive enough (regardless of settings) and the former feels too much so. At least in the x4.
But with this new one, at least I'll be coming in at the start. Also good to see that with settings fully cranked at 1080p, I run at a smoooooth 60fps (save for microstutter, which can never really be helped with multi-GPU) and neither CPU nor GPUs are breaking a sweat.
Um... which one's "Historic Monza"?
But with this new one, at least I'll be coming in at the start. Also good to see that with settings fully cranked at 1080p, I run at a smoooooth 60fps (save for microstutter, which can never really be helped with multi-GPU) and neither CPU nor GPUs are breaking a sweat.
Um... which one's "Historic Monza"?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Milan, sorry I must've edited after you posted. I realised using the real track name was stupid shortly after I posted!
Currently the world record for that track is 4.5 seconds faster than my time. I hope that's a setup because I'm not sure how I can be losing that much time on such a track, haha.
Currently the world record for that track is 4.5 seconds faster than my time. I hope that's a setup because I'm not sure how I can be losing that much time on such a track, haha.
1:41.635 (first full lap after my outlap *ever*, no assists and just tweaked the fuel. Will obviously improve)
Is there a way to get a map view at all in-game? Admittedly I haven't checked the shortcuts, but I can't remember seeing the option on the button config page.
BTW I found the "sensitivity" of the FFB, it's the "dampener" setting. Happier now I have something to tinker with.
Is there a way to get a map view at all in-game? Admittedly I haven't checked the shortcuts, but I can't remember seeing the option on the button config page.
BTW I found the "sensitivity" of the FFB, it's the "dampener" setting. Happier now I have something to tinker with.
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Great gif. I love that jump.
Ha, it's true. They're all such high speed and the car doesn't want to grip to the road.
You're much faster than me, so I must be doing my gears wrong or something. I'll work it on tonight!
Ha, it's true. They're all such high speed and the car doesn't want to grip to the road.
You're much faster than me, so I must be doing my gears wrong or something. I'll work it on tonight!
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
Default gears (and everything else minus fuel) boyo, The car won't go faster than about 265KM/H even with longer ratios.
Fauxlonso, I'm rolling with that name from now on!
Anyway, I'll put in some laps tonight, let's see how I cope with that historic F1 car.
It is amazing how much smoother this game runs since the very first public build. I would say there is a 10fps+ improvement at least for me. Also, even on my meager Dell SXPS1647 laptop, this game still runs at decent settings (medium no AA). There are many PC games out now that run worse than this game at alpha/beta.
1:33.56
I feel like I can go faster, but I don't know how else to take the first turn. My target right now is to exit at least at ~235 but I can't consistently keep that.
Edit: And I can see 1:32s, but I don't know how that guy got a 1:31.113. I have a feeling there's some leniency in the corner cutting for this track right now.
I feel like I can go faster, but I don't know how else to take the first turn. My target right now is to exit at least at ~235 but I can't consistently keep that.
Edit: And I can see 1:32s, but I don't know how that guy got a 1:31.113. I have a feeling there's some leniency in the corner cutting for this track right now.
Oh wow, these new road tracks are amazing - Love 'em.
They do have some nasty surprises though, especially with the 360 controller. So hard to recover on a skid.
You don't want to use a wheel?
Metalmurphy
Member
Big Takeover
Member
Great choice for the new challenge. The F68 is actually one of the cars I was most disappointed in when I first tried pCARS, but I've heard it's much, much better now. I'm looking forward to trying it out.
I can't wait to try all this new content either.
I can't wait to try all this new content either.
Have a G27 and a Racing Seat but I don't want to set all that up just to play around with a new build. I prefer the simplicity of the 360 controller.
It's incredibly bouncy on Monza if you don't get the suspension right. On the straight before the last hairpin, it was so bouncy that it actually knocked me off the track if I was going full throttle. Amazingly scary.
Big Takeover
Member
Amazingly scary is what I was looking for
It wasn't that before. It was kind of dull actually.I posted several screenshots in the screenshot thread here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457378&page=67
I just wanted to say that I like the new roads and the lighting engine. Please excuse the lowres windowed pictures.
I just wanted to say that I like the new roads and the lighting engine. Please excuse the lowres windowed pictures.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Here's a vid of my lap: 1:34.402
I think I'm sliding around too much. That last corner I'm not confident about, either. MAN it's fun to drive this car around Monza though.
NeoGAF pCARS Time Trial Challenge - Week #2 - Leonus F68 Cromwell V8 @ Milan Historic (Monza) (Build 179)
Salacious Crumb - 1:32.824
Whatevaman - 1:33.566
Foliorum Viridum - 1:34.402
kafiend - 1:34.731
Shaneus - 1:41.635
I think I'm sliding around too much. That last corner I'm not confident about, either. MAN it's fun to drive this car around Monza though.
NeoGAF pCARS Time Trial Challenge - Week #2 - Leonus F68 Cromwell V8 @ Milan Historic (Monza) (Build 179)
Salacious Crumb - 1:32.824
Whatevaman - 1:33.566
Foliorum Viridum - 1:34.402
kafiend - 1:34.731
Shaneus - 1:41.635
You'd better make that in the next week or two then, since it sounds like they are closing off new members until the game releases.
Couldn't resist throwing a couple more laps with the pad and messed with the setup a bit, it's so damn addicting:
1:34.850 - http://cars-stats.wmdportal.com/index.php/profile?user=120
Gonna be interesting to see how much better times I can get with proper setups and the MOMO, but now I'ts time to celebrate getting through exams and almost becoming an abiturient
1:34.850 - http://cars-stats.wmdportal.com/index.php/profile?user=120
Gonna be interesting to see how much better times I can get with proper setups and the MOMO, but now I'ts time to celebrate getting through exams and almost becoming an abiturient
Probably for historic reasons.
7 in the morning on June 12, 1945 should have the sun in a little bit different position in the sky than it is now. Might not even be noticeable for all we know, though.
You can't pick that though, the selection is only like 2012-2020 at the moment.
These are the correct settings, right? 1:41.437
I tried taking the gas down to 20kg and that might have helped me take a second or two off, but my main problem is 2 or 3 killer curves that I have to slow down for. I'm scared of cutting close to the edge since if you ever touch the grass before a turn, it's basically over.
*edit*
I was almost sure I saw a map view HUD overlay in the previous build, but I did not notice it when cycling through HUD options today. Is there any way to get a cockpit view with the tachometer overlay? The cromwell 68 doesn't have an easy to see tachometer so I just have to listen for the engine sound to know when to shift. =P
Yeah, unless that changed in the last couple of builds, last time I checked only the original 2 maps had minimap (Connecticut and Bologna). They are great looking minimap but IMO there's still nothing better than a racing line to learn a new track.