Well, I think it's better if anyone complaining/commenting on the physics of the demo should first explain themselve about their real life driving experience, if they're not already well known to be a real driver/racer/tester/etc.
For me, I've been competing in gymkhana for about 2+years. I do track days about 4 times a year. I drive a Subaru Impreza. Don't get me wrong, I'm still learning and still have a long way to go. I have a somewhat limited racing game experience. Recent ones I've tried other than GT were Dirt, Sega Rally and Ridge Racer. So I'm just comparing it to my real life experience only.
In real life, I've tried slick tires once, so I won't comment much on R tires. What I know, from reading, is that it's suppose to be less forgiving since the grip level drop dramatically when you make mistakes. It doesn't seem to be that way in the game. Seems easy to drive for me.
I think S2 and S3 tires = soft compound. I have no experience with soft compound so I won't comment much either. I think N2, N3, and S1 is close to what we have on our cars and that's what I use as a basis for my comment here.
I think the new physic is quite good. They're on the right track judging from the first demo to this one. You have to be more accurate with all the inputs. Steering, braking and accel. Most people who complain about oversteer must be from driving the BMW. It's a heavy car with big power. It's suppose to be that way. I think there are still a lot of understeer, if not more than before. Braking is more difficult.
I think what PD is aiming for is accuracy. They will not exaggerate. But I think they know how to balance. Because it is also not a good idea to have 100% accuracy. Imagine controlling a race car with only your eyes and ears. Impossible! You need to feel the G-force! It wouldn't be playable!
It would be nice if different cars has different force feedback and steering ratio. But with updatable patches, I'm sure they'll get to it.
The only thing that bothers me a bit is the ABS. OK, the wheel doesn't lock (and loose 30% traction), but the car doesn't turn. If you slam on the brake in real life and then turn the steering wheel, the car will not stop but it will turn. The more you turn, the longer the distance. But it will turn. It the game, it keeps going straight. Maybe this has to do with the braking value they put in the game. Obviously, if it's 100% brake, the car will not turn b/c the front tires already use all of its traction. I'm also not sure if they have linked steering input value into ABS, says 100% brake when no steering and 90% brake with 10 degree of steering and so on.
And I think the way they implement the ABS is also different. This maybe the reason the the tire noise we're hearing. ABS in real life, is a trial and error. The control unit would detect a lock up then reduce the brake pressure and then increase again until it detect another lock up, and repeat. So you'd hear the on/off/on/off tire noise. VS in the game, seems like the ideal amount of braking is predetermind. You will not have the trial and error process. So the tire noise is constant.
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