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Practise: 19:30 (45 mins)
Qual: 20:15 (15 mins)
Race: 20:30  40mins

Cars allowed:
All gt3 spec cars

Track: Barcelona, Spain
Note to all users, our server is listed in the ACC lobby as SimRacingOrgUk so use that as your server search.

Time of Day Setting: 16:00
Weather: Dry
Start: Rolling - 2 by 2 formation by the time we reach last corner/sf straight
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit-stops: Optional ( i would prefer it everyone tried a stop at 20-25minute window but am leaving it optional. If you are in a good battle stay out, if not, try a pitstop).

Server settings:-  Dynamic track, Dynamic weather. Full rolling lap.

@ pete, can you check that rolling start full lap option is ticked for this one? Thanks  :)

Not sure where the option is! There is no GUI to configure the server, unlike AC, and last time I looked this option wasn't mentioned in the recently release server guide PDF.

Is it not something we can do manually? Havent really had chance to see if things have improved but my experience of the AI controlled pace lap isn't great!

I'm going to try the Rift for this one I think - if I can get it to run smoothly with no AI I'm hoping the lower CPU drain from online (plus the lack of joiners) might make it bearable....

is there a praccy server up? (just asking). Also, Petes mentioned it before but i've forgotten, isn't there somewhere on here that shows whats currently running on the server?  ps...Upcoming events looks a little out of date  ;)

Just had to update my copy of the game as there had been an update, then update the server. There should be a practice one available now.

As for upcoming events, the AC one gets updated when I remember. It's the News and Newsletters function of SMF, so a manual process. But it's hard to update when you don't link the event to the topic as I need the link to update it  :-*

Not good when you rely on their servers. Tried getting on just now and the game couldnt download the server list!

Event linked in Lm2  :-* back at chya   ;D and thanks for updating the server. Hope someone brings out a stracker style app soon.

Ps.. I noticed the last nvidia driver update says optimised for ACC etc so worth updating if not done so already.

Hopefully that's why the server's sat there complaining it can't connect to the lobby.

I will try ACC again before wednesday,  hopefully the recent updates might mean it now runs Ok for me...  if it does I'll join this practice race

I'll try to wake up next wed if i'll be at home ( not sure)
Proper track for test
But Mark , may be try to mandatory pitstop?
Otherwise it will looks like AC1 , with no league progress  ;)
And another one- if SA rating free - server will content 10 slots only.
In target of 24 slots, each pilot must to have SA rating >= 42 in this game version.  ;)

lol, arbitrary rules which help no one are always good...  :no:

Could some one clarify what this statement means.  Do we have to go online and complete a certain amount of laps to prove we are competent to drive? How many driver slots will be available on Wednesday night?

"lol, arbitrary rules which help no one are always good..."

No, they simple experimenting over us, using these usually used "head-ass development style".
Sorry guys i cant find any other words here. This alpha-beta real status of game containing only interesting phisics and weather. Thats all. Child of modern marketing.
Today they have stolen their SA ratings from many pilots.... due backend servers bugs..
Ive just load Silverstone very first time and found  my SA less in 5 points ( some clean races ), for example.
Thanks kunos for high quality long awaiting product. VR users appreciate you too!  

Read server docs in game\ server folder. Now if you want more than 10 pilots- you should use SA implemented to wish servers more than 10 pilots. Every pilot must match this server rating.
In ACC forum we have a formula of servers clients SA rating \ server available slotd dependency. I cant find it now in 3 minutes
PS Here. In 1st page.
https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/multiplayer-rating-1-0.57088/

4.For Public Multiplayer, the amount of cars that can run on a server now depends on the safety related restrictions that are set up. Unrestricted servers now start with 10 slots, and gradually increase with a simple formula:

Code:
Slots = (Safety Rating) / 4 + (Track Medals)

That's for public servers though, are private (passworded) servers exempt from that?

WRONG POST. Please read 2 next posts. Sorry. 

Same here this moments for me. May be i am wrong with my local server ( without pilots), may be wrong an admin guy after mass testing in league. May be...
Futhermore, they included an entrylist at last update, but ( omg!) any other non entrilisted pilots can joing to event ( see doc in server files and confirmed by practice) if server contain less pilots than signed or has more available slots than pilots amount.
 They are dreaming about to collect all ppl under rating system. But loss his database crashed 2 days.. PPL SA raiting and competition rating is down to many points.. Its many races time.  
As i see in process- they dont appreciate old, simple and good leagues racing.
All what i have to say to ACC- its a banter words.. Only phisics, weather , input is good enough for me. All other aspects is ... is a shame style realised in "ready to race racing simulation box" as was declared by kunos...
 Welcome to consolish arcadish word!

Mark, remember to make a screenshots of race finish! Ask pilots not to exit to pits, stay on the track untill all guys finished. No other way to session results. Although they have entered file results.json in last update- its not working and we are still dont have a parser for session results . ha ha ha.
No, my ass is not in fire here.  ;D  

Correction! Max, thanks for attention!
Pete, guys, all is ok .
If server admin will set in file "settings.json :
"trackMedalsRequirement": 0,
"safetyRatingRequirement": 0,
"racecraftRatingRequirement": 0,
then we can use password only ( logically right) and no SA rating and other rating requirement here. Thanks. Sorry Kunos here.
It was my ru league test champ admin's mistake.. I've not checked it bymyself, bad boy...
Ive not needed it in my local server testing..

So what does -1 mean for these values? The manual simply states the range with no real explanation  ::)

According manual this is more correct, Pete:  :notworthy:
    "trackMedalsRequirement": 0,
    "safetyRatingRequirement": -1,
    "racecraftRatingRequirement": -1,
Tested.  :)

If you'll set all zeroes- all will be works too. But we will have info string about Requirements =0 when we see the server on lobby . Not need it, IMHO
This strings means a pilot's amount of track medals, SA and RC ratings what they got in the his game way ( skill progression) You can see this yours values in Driver\Rating in main game menu with explanations , and also in cockpit in upper right corner.  :)

-1 Means you can also join Pete ;).

;D

anyone set any laptimes yet? Be nice to have a ballpark time for reference as this is all new. I had hoped to get some laps in over the weekend but real life got in the way. :(
I'd like to try a few cars out tonight. Did the server issues get sorted?

1.42.7 from fast ru guys here. Ill be more and more slow here. Because of lazy to race in holy summer time .
PS I hope if ill join, you' ll just relacs with me and we'll do another one turtle's hot photofinish  ;D
But Mark, what about tyre change pitstop for this game skill progress?
I am sure- the server will not have any problems due Pete is rocks as always.  :)

Depends on the condition of the track, at Zolder we were seconds off, because the track was green.

I don't see myself getting near the 42's Alexey is talking about, but those are Russian times, probably hackers ;).

Planning on taking the McLaren as it's a midfield car for me now but still nice to drive.

Not hackers  :P
Just set optimum track , 19\19 celsius, and uber car named Bentley 2.  ;)
And don't forget your hands  ;D

blimey, is there already a known pecking order between the cars performance? That'll ruin things from the start for multiplayer racing :( what happened to BoP?!
I havent even tried 90% of the cars yet  :'(

re: pitstop, i know its a nice idea but think we are all still getting to grips with a new sim so think we'll save that for another race as i am guessing most of us here havent even tried an in-race stop yet. :-\  Not sure if its improved over other sims but sometimes guys get their race ruined by it all going wrong in the pits and not through their own fault.

IMHO dont worry here. we will never reach full equal cars anyway in any sim. As i know from many guys, Bentley2 is more easy to drive, more stable and more fast. I dont tryed it yet. I prefer Lexus this game test time.

I wouldn't worry about the performance difference. The best people win in whatever car and people like things for all sorts of reasons. You won't get a field full of Bentleys imho, mainly cause it's butt ugly. ;)

A pit stop may be a good idea, because these are test races so let's change one variable from the last race and if it all goes wrong, the test will be well used.

I will do my best to attend as I really want to, but I have home life issues that may mean I can't.

okay as a couple of you have asked for a pitstop practise we can put a mandatory stop in (does Pete need to change any server setting?)

re car choices, the problem is it creates arguments like we got last time i ran a Blancpain style series. It was all amicable in season 1 but then in season 2 people started flinging mud about some drivers using faster cars  :( Not a lot we can do about that, though assume you can add success or performance ballast to cars (is that an option in ACC?) - but can worry about all that in the future, not an issue now.

Pitstops mandatory is not in server options . Server options is very basic now.  It will be just a good will race rule if we want to test it.   But i know that it working fine, just not cross pitlane with speed more than 50 km\hour. Use limitator. Or you'll got DQ. Test how it  works before the race, offline aprroved. Also we can extend race time up to 1 hour if we will use pitstop.
But in this case we'll cant save full race replay because of kunos limitation in 42 minutes of replay max  ;D

PS remark about "uber" Bentley 2018. I am sure if the Lexus will be in fast guy hands- it will be slower maximum in some (2-3-4) tenth, IMHO  :)
PPS to Pete. If you ( we) wish to have maximum ( optimum) grip in race- just set 3rd day for race session. Or 2nd day but after qualy or practice sessions .

Can we set a pit window? ie make everyone pit around 20-25mins for instance? Just trying to keep cars closer on track for now rather than random stops at any point in race which can ruin the flow/racing. (as its a test race). if the sim cant enforce it then i'll just state that as the race rule for now.  Race distance can stay as 40mins until we ever get bigger grids/proper series going.

-No  :devil:
-Can we set cheat control?
-No  :devil:
-Can we set helps off?
-No  :devil:
-Can we set autorace start car script off?
-No  :devil:
Any questions else  :lol:?
Mark, just set your rules , relacs and enjoy the race  :yes:
Dont forget to make a finish screenshoot after all finished and it will be your admins privilege  ;)  

Last race wasn't really a proper test IMO. I'd like this race to have the variable of, disconnected before the start, turned off :p. Pitstops will be tested with changeable weather anyway, as that will force a pitstop. Don't see the added benefit of having a pitstop in a dry race, which we normally never have anyway.

I think Bentley, lexus, Audi and lambo are all pretty close and the fastest from what I can tell by testing them at Silverstone.

I don't see why people whine and moan about balance of performance in a simulator that simulates real racing, where one or 2 cars/teams always dominate..
If we're going to complain about anything shouldn't it be 'why aren't the audis always winning?'

Also a bit like constantly having optimum grip, a condition that rarely, if ever, happens in real life and then complaining about not going as fast as on arcade grip level - this isn't gran turismo ::)

At the moment I'm dreading pit stops because I still haven't found anyway of selecting tires/fuel from in car. Alexey's suggestion doesn't work and the help menu gives no hints either. If a race goes dry to wet then I'll probably quit if my only choice is to continue on slicks...

OMG! May be its just because you driving in VR only?
Many ways still here- Press Ins keyboard key so many times untill pit menu will appear on MFD screen (being in track), or press wheel maped key for MFD screens circle. Then use arrow keyboard keys for navigate here.
It must to work.  :)
And very last- when you enter to pitlane from track ( in race!) , pitstop menu will appear automatically .
About track conditions progress- they simulating full 3 days weekend routine , when they realized a grip progression rising ( aka real things) They told else, that rain in race will erace the rubbering and we will got a green again and cars will do optimal ( ideal track) in real time from scratch.      

ACC uses the offiicial Blancpain BoP from 2018, which is one of the best BoP's I know of.
My experience so far is that there's no "uber car" like Baikal wrote. The Bentley is a noce car to drive but for sure not the best car for every track.

I'm looking forward to wednesday, although I'm a bit worried about the weather forecast which predicts 40 degree celcius for my area ;D

Due to the utter rubbish of the unreal engine I've almost entirely driven using my monitor.
There's been a tiny improvement since the last update so as we'll probably only get 6-8 drivers I was going to try racing in VR.

However, in my MFD I have 2 seperate timing screens, and a car electronics screen available in both VR and in normal monitor mode - nothing else. I've tried every available option when pressing F2 and that made no difference either.
Nothing appears when entering put lane either.

I've currently deleated the entire game and all of its settings files from my computer.
Originally I intended to reinstall but frankly I can't be be bothered with it.
Maybe I'll put it back on in time for the race on weds, maybe I won't.

That sounds strange, the pit stop menue should appear right after the car electronics screen ???

That's pretty much where I'd previously got to with it too, so I understand your frustration :(

I do have a day off tomorrow(yay),  so I'm going to do a fresh install of it,  maybe try a few custom ini settings I saw on the official forum, and see if I can get it to run well.  If it doesn't then that'll be it for a while, since I sold my superwide gaming monitor ages ago and have no intention of buying another.

Gee this place is overflowing with positivity  :laugh:

The pit stop can be optional, I don’t really care, it’s a test race so upto you. I haven’t even tried a stop yet.  Likewise car choice, drive what you want, any performance advantage isn’t gong to matter unless you are utterly determined to win the race.

I tried the Aston v12 and Bentley tonight, liked both cars but really enjoyed hustling the Big Bentley. I prefer it’s cockpit view and sounds great so I may take that  :) but will try a couple more tomorrow hopefully.

I couldn’t find our server no matter what iteration of simracing I tried  :helpsmilie: what is it listed as?

It should be called "SimRacingOrgUk Practice". I took the full stops out as Kunos's search algorithm can't understand them. I was also swapping between 2 Raspberry Pi's to upgrade my Pihole this evening although that shouldn't have broken the server. I have restarted it anyway just in case.

Thanks Pete, i have added that to the first race post so people can find it.  :angel:

By the way i only managed low 1:47's with 40L fuel in both cars last night using the safe setup. So still plenty of pace for me to find, but both new cars to me and first time i've driven this track in ACC. A couple of the slower corners feel really slow & clumsy on this latest track version  :-\  I hate that final section, what were the circuit owners thinking?!

This was because the organisers felt the corners were being taken too quickly for the amount of run-off area available, i.e. a chicane was added to reduce the speed onto the final corner which has very little run off.

i know why it was done, its just how badly they configured it ! :P so clumsy and slow and downhill.

I beginning to love this game. In fact- no laps statistic, unknown weather if this option set. Big intriga till the end of the real sessions. Else to add random to rain or snow  ;D 

Don't look at laptimes, the fastest are being done in hotlap mode with perfect settings and low fuel. A green track will make you seconds slower to start with, also make sure you have the right (2018) Bentley.

When I search for that, nothing shows up, also just typing "Simracing"  doesn't give me the server  ???

Same here. cant find in any words using

Looking at the server's output 4 people were on at one point, however they were Lan, Hew, Jim and JAN. Not names I recognise and the server's meant to be password protect. Has there been a game update in the last few days? Wonder if the server needs updating again  ???

I believe the last one was on 14th June...v1.0.4

so has anyone managed to get on the server yet today? hoping to jump on this eve for some laps.

I'm just about to knock off work, I'll take a look then.

I couldn't find it at the weekend when I was going to try going on.

I left it reinstalling while I walked the dog earlier.
Will be interested to see if more of it's working now...

I'll pop on the server if it's visible and the game wants to work.

Still can't find it. No idea if those preferences interfere with what is found.

I'm on it, please all try again.

I can see it now, what did you change?

Nothing ;)

Alright there was a comma missing in one of the configuration files. The server's debug out implied the game was running and registered to the lobby, albeit I guess it would have had a strange name, but one that included its proper name. I didn't look to see if I could find it I went straight to LAN servers and it told me there I needed to edit the settings.json file (No clues as to what the error was mind you) My thoughts there were if it's not on the LAN it wouldn't be seen publicly. Anyways it's there now. Enjoy.

well done Pete,  i'll be on about 7.30 if anyone is about.  :)

Wow nothing, weird then, glad the fairies used their magic in the end.  ;)

Bloody great I leave the track to try another car but it won’t list any servers, just says ‘fetching server list. Even tried restarting the sim but still no servers listed in the lobby  ???

Ha, same here and I thought it was a problem on my side :D

mamanged to get on for just a couple of laps, decided to change cars but now its just sat saying 'fetching server list'  ???

I still couldn’t get on 2hrs later! Yet oddly I could join the official pick up servers  :-\ silly bug that  ::)

Got to say I had two fantastic races on the pick up server!  One at Barcelona in a merc (which was handy training!) and another at Nurburgring GP in a manthey Porsche  8) Good grids and good racing  :). Weather and lighting is just stunning in this sim. Nurb in late evening looked just real  :tt1:

Am in the low 46’s now with about 40L

I reinstalled last night but still no pit options.
I'll most likely try and join, but actual pit stops for anything other than pre-planned stuff is impossible for me.

Are there apps developed for this yet? I havent really got into it yet, but find the lack of info when driving on standing etc a bit of a shame. Having the HUD on the extremities of triple screens doesnt help!

How is this sim on the physics side then lads?

awesome i think, the cars feel alive and the tyres feel spot on too. You can finally attack kerbs in a gt car without weird physics reactions like sims have always seemed to do. The cars feel nicely different from each other too.
The gfx is top notch. Other than the odd gremlins and not so great intuitive menus in cockpit, its definitely a big step up from AC.
My early night race at Nurburgring looked just like it does at Le mans as the sun starts to set, extremely atmospheric with the pit buildings lit up etc.

@spanner, no apps yet, i keep looking on RD. I agree on the HUD extremeties with triples, though i havent tried dragging them about like you can in AC, anyone tried?

@fmg, just race, dont worry about a stop. (See post1)

Physics are miles better than AC IMO. No weird sliding or numb steering, the cars are alive but controllable.

But cerbs can still bring a death in a moment  ;) It was with me in test race in Barcelona, but i've establish a gooooood save . Other gyu was in wall  :P I wasnt in a rascing wheel last week, but hope i'll joing tonight  :)
FMG, try to reinstall all needed Microsoft libraries.

I'll admit some cars I do struggle with when it comes to tyres, the lambo especially around brands Hatch I never felt comfortable with.

Anyone with a T300 RS got good force feedback settings to share? The feedback doesn’t feel as good as AC to me.

Not convinced the graphics are better either. Lots of special fx but the track surface especially looks pants and very flat compared to ac. I have epic settings all the way in both games.

i get brilliant ffb with my fanatec gear, even down to feeling the 'mush' of the tyres etc. After two short races online last night i felt like i had been in a real race, soaked in sweat, neck aching, arms given a good work out  :laugh:  ffb just seemed right straight out the box for me.  :o

i have noticed some of the cars seem worse on the agressive setups than the safe option, the Lambo at Barcelona felt almost undriveable pitching into snap oversteer at almost any corner. Though some of the safe setups have too much understeer.

I'm really impressed with ACC despite some of its shortcomings, which hopefully will get ironed out with patches. It feels almost like a Pro-sim for gt-racing. Im not even fussed about not being able to use my Rift with it as the Rift just isnt good enough visually to do the sim justice, same as Dirt Rally 2.  Until a VR set comes out with great visuals i'd rather race without it, even though you lose out in closer combat racing or immersion.

You can't be very quick on trackdays if you're always looking at the scenery :P

I have a T500RS, but I think they are basically the same and I enjoy these settings:

Overall strenght: 100%
Constant: 100%
Periodic 100% (always had this on 0 with AC, but saw many people have it at 100 for ACC so decided to try it and the overall settings feel good, no clue if periodic helps with anything or 0% will feel the same)
Spring: 0% (apparently spring and damper settings aren't used in ACC anyway).
Damper: 0%
Auto centre: By game

Ingame

Gain: 100%
Minimal: 0%
Dynamic Damping: 0%
Road effect: 30% (haven't tried any other settings, but I don't think this is a big issue effect).
Steering lock: 900

ha but other cars on track or brake marker boards aren't squidgy little out of focus pixels either  ;D and nobody is shining a torch into my retinas at the same time  :o
besides i'm like Schumacher, my cranial capacity and natural speed allow me to absorb my surroundings whilst driving at un-natural speeds  :laugh: i'm usually mentally doing a tesco shop whilst flat through Eau Rouge  :P

Still can't see any servers :(

Glad you said that. Me neither.

Think it's time we f**ed acc off for AC few more builds, it's a joke

Crap, same for me. Do you think it’s cache file or something we need to clear ? Surely lots of people jumped up and down about this today? I’ve nog been on Kunos site  ???

I now switched to the latest public beta build v.1.0.5 and it's working.
I would recommend everybody to do the same.

6 of us on the server...

Initially couldn't see any servers. Quit out and back in to multiplayer again and now I see them. SROUK server comes up ok.

Go back in and hit refresh list , it worked this time !

Again, it was slippery as in MP AC. Apparently, these are the costs of ping over 100. It feels like something between the optimum and the green. The best time was shown on the 10th lap, then a half-second stable decline went, and i was in fear  to fly away. : Jeff gave me a second place.  Thank you all for the race, guys!  :)
PS Crossed finish line with 0.1L of fuel in full gas  :o  ( just watched my onboard vid)

Ha me too, crossed the line with 0.1L fuel  :sweatdrop: i had to short shift last two laps and coast along in stretches, thankfully with a decent gap back to Simon.

I had a decent enough race long chase of both Simon and Alexey without being near to them on track. Thought i was going to have  a race long battle with both early on but Frex unfortunately clumped me off track in the 2nd lap. That demoted me to 4th or 5th. I started closing down Alexey again later but then had a half spin at that downhill left/right combo (turn 6?) and that put me back towards Simon who looked like he'd had his own spin at T1 earlier. But i pulled away again and had a lonely drive to 4th.

I was very tempted to do a stop but being that i havent even tried one offline i thought it wasnt worth the risk. Tyres seemed to hold out okay, my left rear was yellow at end but rest were green.

Cars and track looked and sounded ace. :)

ps...though tempting i'm sure, please dont ram other cars at race end. I lost 5 points off my safety rating thanks to numpty simon crashing into my parked car after the race had finished  ::) Not sure what affect that has, but might stop being able to join certain servers.  :-\

by the way, i noticed after the race that the 'fetching server list' problem had re-emerged  ::) I reported it as 'critical' over on the kunos site last night so will see what they say.

Lol sorry mark. Was actually trying to stop in the gap between cars and overshot.

The Nissan is lifeless compared to say the merc or Audi and I was bored driving it.

Been fiddling a lot with the force feedback trying to find a good setting. 100% dynamic damping seems ok with 25% road effects. I think dynamic damping is misnamed as I don’t think it has anything to do with damping. Still the Nissan feels rubbish but step in the Audi and the feedback comes alive.

Hehe Mark! You will be the very first person who reported this servers problems! Sure- they'll ask to you very quick!  ;D
TBH- this server problems is extreme alive last 3-5 days. They "working on it"  :) Minolin is dont sleeping last nights. Father of ACC MP and Rating . But.. the credit of love from me to him is still high from AC mod app building sweet days.  :)
But UI designer and UI programmer are sleeping from AC beguns to develope... >:(
This days i see 3400 ppl playin AC1 and 840 - ACC in steam DB ...Nice new game " box" release.  ;D
https://steamdb.info/app/805550/graphs/

Promising. A lot to like and I'm sure it will only get better, but also some annoying niggles at the moment. After a bit of fiddling I have got it feeling acceptable now for the most part, although only tried a couple of the cars so far. Some kerbs in one of those cars felt just plain wrong, but I think this is already known. In the 488 I had no such problems and am beginning to enjoy the driving. I like the setup screens now, much better than AC (except for the ridiculous combined Save/Load button - I've never managed to load a setup successfully as I always forget and overwrite it by pressing save instead and then have to build it up again from scratch). And I like the driver code/position indicator on the windscreens - I guess the real cars have this but it makes watching the replays much nicer as you always know who you're looking at and where they are in the race. Litte things..


Sorry again. Still getting used to the differences in the cars and misjudged it. I got some loss of front downforce after that, hope you weren't too badly affected. Understeered off a bit later and got some big damage so thought I may as well try a stop - this went fine except my hotkey for pit limiter didn't work. I had to cycle through the HUD screen with the arrow keys to activate it which is not ideal. Will have to work it out properly next time. But yeah, promising.

Did anyone try it in VR?

That race went much better than the first one at Zolder. No issues or server disconnects on my side this time.
I picked the 2018 Nissan which has good cornering speed but suffers on the long straight. Nevertheless I quite like how it drives.
I could keep up with Jeff for the first few laps, but later he slowly drove away. After some mistakes from my side the gap was quite big, so I was surprised when I saw yellow flags and Jeff's McLaren parked on the track in the wrong direction two or three laps before the end. So it was a nice (but a little undeserved) win for me in the end.
For the next time a race into the darkness would be perfect :tt1:

I didnt see Jeffs car parked up...fuel?  does that mean i finished on the podium?  :)

Yes an evening race turning into darkness can be the next test race.  8)

8 racers last night, if we can encourage a few more in it'll be better still. Invite anyone you know. Bob, Fmg and Max were also all missing last night.

I didn't find the server in time so no, sorry.

enjoyed that although I was well off the pace due to only 12 mins practice (and it was the first time I had been on the new layout with the tight 90' corners at the end.

Due to my ancient PC I have been running AC with all the graphic settings on low to enable me to run triples (I struggle to get above 35 fps). But with ACC I set all the graphics settings to low and it gives me really low graphic detail (like playing 90's games) but seems to give a higher fps than AC!

Still getting up to speed on ACC, but am starting to like it now, just need to sort out the FFB/work out where all the buttons are and get a big chunk of tracktime.

Well I did try it before the race, but the VR stuff still isn't that good. A stupid thing that annoys the heck out of me is the menus,  most times when I start the game they are not perpendicular to your viewpoint, so one end is further away than the other. I can fix it by exiting the game and re-running the room setup for VR,  but it always goes wanky again after a short time.  Then of course the HUD in car does the same thing. I read it was now possible to fix that using the "center VR" button, and wow, it does actually straighten the HUD,  but then I ended up with the right hand side of it in the middle of the screen, and the left side so far away I could barely see it...  

Controller settings also seem a bit cranky,  I set it all up with my wheel / pedals / button box.  Then after driving a lap or 2 I wanted to adjust my FFB settings, so I went and did that, and the stupid thing reset all the controls I'd assigned to the button box to random buttons on the wheel...


Unbelievable really as I never had any of these problems with AC, that just works right every time.


I did manage to get a pretty solid 90fps racing 15 AI,  only dropped a few fps on the formation lap where they all bottled into the last chicane,  but even with most gfx settings on high and AA on its still a blurry low res mess, nothing like the lovely view I get in AC. Maybe I could tweak it better,  but hmph.


Verdict,  as much as I want to join in and race it,  I'm not wasting time driving that garbage right now, and will wait for them to fix it properly.

I'm not missing by choice, I've said before it runs decent on my monitor, having bought ACC on the promise of VR implementation and what in reality is a shimmering mess, I feel somewhat let down by Kunos. I read the ACC forum every day and notice that just about every post that is critical is speedily removed. Watched a review this morning on UTube and it confirmed everything that is being complained about. VR is just not usable yet, if it ever will be is any ones guess.  Looking forward to AC this Sunday, just hope not too many Wednesday nights are missing AC in the future A new post just now on ACC forum says Public Beta 1.0.5 the worst yet. That won't last long. ;D ;D

Can spun on a curb. The curb physics are pretty buggy, which they are trying to fix, but I never noticed it before today. Car was unsaveable when it started to go around. I stalled it and no matter what combo I tried, it didn't start again, so I guess I'll go to auto start system.

Jeff.
When they stall the electrics can mess up. It also needs to be in neutral and stationary. Or the electrics won't turn back on to let the starter do it's thing.

Seems to be something of a bug, technically you should be able to turn the ignition off on a straight and leave the car in gear - it would re-fire the instant the power came back on as long as you were still moving (I think GTR did this).
Not in ACC though.

Can a few of you please confirm what car you were in last night. Just want to double check the JSON data. TVM.

Yeah I know, but it seems to be different every time, sometimes I can reengage in gear, and other times I can't. Might as well free up 2 buttons and leave it on auto, as I don't think it helps in any way to have it manually.

@Pete: McLaren

I was in the porker  :) Simon and nfsw were in a Nissan GTR, Frex was in a Ferrari (I think?) and Spanner was in a BMW. Not sure what Jeff and Alexey were in.

Im surprised at the comments about VR as my Rift worked fine in ACC even in much earlier releases. I stopped using it by choice as I couldn't get it as sharp as I had it in AC (don't know where to edit the relevant setting) and so the cruddy resolution was letting the tasty gfx down.  :-\  But understand its not perfect, but it worked okay. (I haven tried it on the last release as i've configured it all for my triples...as best as I can so far).

To call the sim garbage is daft, its excellent on a lot of levels, and just needs the bug fixing or UI improvements for starters. I've had several cracking seat of the pants races already with it using the online servers.

i was in the aston

To call someone else's opinion daft because they have had a different experience of the game to you is daft  :P

Anyway, not wanting to start an argument, just disappointed that such simple things (UI / control settings) don't work right in the retail release, and for me that + the rather crappy VR gfx / fps is ruining the game.  A shame because early releases were just the same and yet they still havn't fixed such basic issues despite countless people complaining of it for months on the official forums.


Still hoping they will hurry up and fix it, because from what little I have played the physics are good and the wet racing is just fantastic,  but I'm not gonna waste my restricted gaming time on something that is half broken and frustrating to use still.

Correct.

I was in Lexus.

Thanks peeps, that's enough to check the data, ta.

What ever we all think of ACC (personally its not as good as either AC or PC2), we are willing to drive it!

Wont drive it on a 24inch monitor,  ;D ;D

Could people please check that the results look right, both positions and car mappings. Thanks.

Looks ok to me.

Same here.

Donation time again folk's.

Please donate what you can to keep this site going and providing you with all the sim racing you desire (it says here).

Thank you in advance  :notworthy:

I'm guessing nothing planned for 3rd July? In any sim?

Damn, was hoping for some more ACC tonight.  :)

I'd be up for that, night race in ACC or full wet.

 :thumbup1:

If someone wants to make a decision I can start the server although I'll not be racing.

Next week a dark Spa?

dark spa or Nurburg GP works for me.  :)

 :( :( :( Just tried ACC again in VR after updates, 35 fps, a total shimmering mess. If Wed. nights are going to be taken up with this rubbish and not AC wont bother racing until its fixed, if ever.

but Bob you don't turn up when I run AC races either  :-\

this place seriously suffers from the 'use it or lose it' policy  :(

well I got fed up of waiting for them to fix VR (if they even can with current hardware limitations), so I retired my tiny monitor and

(http://www.maxveloce.com/stuff/cough_ACC.jpg)

I'm ready for the next time you run a test race!



can we please at least have a bi-weekly AC wednesday series again though, I need my fix...

That's a bit harsh Mark, # of AC races Bob has raced this year 34. Compared to a massive 35 by yourself!

I'm not sure criticising people all the time for non attendance will encourage them to keep returning.

Back on topic I'm off down to Cornwall and, as no one has made a definitive decision, you're getting to race Spa at 2am in the dry. Practice and Qual will start at 10pm.

@Max - nice setup  8)

Thanks Pete. I will get my big torch out for this race.

Fair comment, apologies Bob and all, i'd had a few beers when I read Bobs post last night, should have stayed schtumm.  :-[  I'll get my coat....

Nice setup Max, looks the business  :thumbup1:

No way being critical of the effort to provide races on a Wednesday, far from it, if it seemed like that I apologise. What I am critical of is being sucked in to purchase the early access of ACC on promises of  the best of this that and the other. VR was supposed to be implemented in October, no mention of it anywhere, up to press I have done 2310 hours in AC, the majority in VR, so far in ACC 16 hours. For me purchasing a larger monitor, a better GPU or anything else to play this bug ridden excuse for a sim is just not happening. Until VR is properly supported and usable wont be present for ACC events.  Just the way I feel about ACC, not wishing to offend anyone.

If you know a nice track/car combo, share it and it can be arranged :).

I'm almost with you on that, and get it, those are exactly the same things that have annoyed me.  I was feeling the same but I really want to give ACC a good thrashing and see how much I like it, so caved and bought that screen (and they'll probably repay me by fixing ACC VR next week  :o)

life is short and I want to do things I enjoy though, so what the hay...

So are we getting a test race this week, and if so where's the race thread, I have questions  :P

Where is the server - I've not even tried online yet  :o , and what track settings etc should I use to practice  ???

Spa night race according to posts above. Server will have same track conditions as the race night. Server is called SimracingOrgUk ... I think  :-\