RFactor2

[BadBlood]

As a GPL 'warhorse' I was quite excited about rFactor2.

Jumped on the OpenBeta bandwagon and found that the graphics were too much for my system. I am not going to shell out £60 for a game that I may or may not like. Turned the details down and re-started. No way for me to set a user name (although the installation guide suggests you will be prompted for one) so I modified the Player.PLR file manually... and it changed it back to "Unknown" although it didn't change my nickname oddly.

That is minor but what is major for me is that:
1. the initial sound is awful - no deep throated rumble just a series of whiny notes until the car gets going
 and, more importantly
2. the driving is not 'involving'. Doesn't react the way I am used to and actually does not feel realistic.

On top of that the car looks ten miles long and it is really hard to see the track. Nothing like the videos. Very strange and hugely disappointing. I have asked for my money back

I am off to play with my trusty GPL F2's. Cost £0 Smile on my face - priceless!

[Simon Gymer]

I wonder if the graphics thing is an ATI related thing then if Jonzo has decent FPS. My machine is no slouch which is why I can't believe the awful slideshow. i5 2500k @ 4.2Ghz, ATI 6950 2Gb Radeon OC'd, 8Gb DDR3 fast RAM. It can handle most things.

[Don]

I wonder if the graphics thing is an ATI related thing then if Jonzo has decent FPS. My machine is no slouch which is why I can't believe the awful slideshow. i5 2500k @ 4.2Ghz, ATI 6950 2Gb Radeon OC'd, 8Gb DDR3 fast RAM. It can handle most things.

It must be then, I have no trouble with my Nvidia 560.

[Adam Parle]

Maybe it's just a Shark thing

[goldtop]

I think I read somewhere about ATI cards having some trouble. I'll point it up if I find it again. There is also a simple workaround fix for the juddery G27 which I'll try to post up later when I have more time. FFB actually feels quite nice for me now.

Had a mess with my graphic settings and strangely if I run higher than normal settings for my GTX460 with nvidia inspector I get better performance than with GTR2/GTL.

FOV can now be adjusted easily from within game which will get rid of that ten mile long car effect BB 

More bugs for me I'm afraid with runtime errors reporting when I run more than 15 ai or try to join servers with lots of drivers which makes it pretty useless for me online atm. Others have this aswell 

Being positive, now I have the visuals sorted (except for Megane) and have experienced some very nice ai racing with programmable weather transitions I'm liking it more.

[popabawa]

Your graphics problems are really odd Simon, my PC is getting on a bit now; I only have an ATi 4870 but it runs fine with everything on high except shadows which I had to turn down to medium, that made a HUGE difference. I'm getting 60-100FPS everywhere but Spa which I suspect is a law unto itself at this point.

[Simon Gymer]

Oh well, it hasn't got much better tonight. On single screen rendering I get anything from 20-40fps and the graphics look absolutely totally awful. Looks like a university project. Cars feel complete rubbish, sound is rubbish, force feedback is terrible. Basically this is a terrible Alpha, let alone a Beta.

Might wait for one update before asking for a refund, but then again might not. Not trying it again until they fix the ATI framerate.

[fpolicardi]

What worked for me (i5 750 + ATI HD5770) was activate Vsinch and set High details and Low shadow. 60 fps steady and smooth. Without Vsinch I get even 110 in some places at Monaco but I get often stutter and tearing.
Ciao

[Simon Gymer]

With other cars on the track?

[fpolicardi]

With other cars on the track?

Yes, online with 10 cars at least. I have Level3 AA and put Multisample AA on ATI Panel, SSAA is fps hog for my rig.
Ciao

[Mark J]

you sure you downloaded the same sim Simon? Got to say it looks stunning on my rig. Monaco and Spa 66 look and feel fantastic. I am running high detail on all options and get silky smooth frames. I am surprised the GPL racers arent all over this as i think the cockpit, sounds and tracks are great. Loved driving through the old Belgian villages at Spa and admiring all the detail around. 

Also took the old racer around Mills? motorsport just to get used to drifting it around a variety of corners, felt great to me, the right sensations you would expect from drifting an older light car around (took me back to my escort Mk1 days!  )

Was pleased that the cars didnt feel disconnected/floaty. (make sure you have all the driver aids 'off' not on 'low').
 Only cars i havent tried are the Meganes as not downloaded them yet.

Quite pleased with it so far, think we could have some cool races using the old single seaters. 

I see some top modding team is about to release Super GT500 mod for Rf2 too. They've been working on it for 2 years apparently 

[Simon Gymer]

Yeah same game mark. I just don't understand. It also gives me horrible motion sickness like most FPS games cause things just seem to happen in slow motion although I'm not entirely convinced the slow-mo is down to the terrible framerate. The controls are almost laggy. It's really wierd as my CPUs are not maxed out. Really dissapointed as I was really really hoping rF2 would be good. The whole thing is very odd. Hope they can fix it soon.

[spanner]

OOOOOh painful £56 to be able to play online for ever. Doesnt the 30quid option cover you for 18months online? Hate to think what the yearly subscription will be.

Stuck at the 'buy' screen. cant decide to do it or not....

[Jeffrey]

Hate to think what the yearly subscription will be.

$13,- or so.

[Mark J]

i went for the £30 year option (which is actually 18 months). Wasnt going to commit to a lifetime sub without finding out if any good first.
Looking at some of the great mods that were made for Rf1 towards the end, i would hope there should be some crackers for this release too soon  not to mention a very big racing community using it at r2p.