Project cars 2 bug report Q&A

[kolio]

I think this one fits in the mix between missing feature and a bug. Plenty of race series want to run stock setups and this is such a pain in PC2 right now. The main issues are:

1. You can't select fuel load in a forced setup as it is hidden in the setups menu which is greyed out. This means that in order for the whole field to have either the same starting fuel, or allow them to choose their own fuel strategy, the whole field has to pit after the offical start and use a pitstop strategy to configure their fuel load. You then have to organise a fake restart.

2. Forced setups don't seem to give all players the same setups, but instead seem to give them the last of the default setups available last time you used that car. So for example if you try and race at Daytona in a Ford Fusion NASCAR but had recently loaded a road setup for that car in single player, you'd end up with that being your stock setup when joining an online race with forced setups. Last night when qualifying for a race (one hot lap qualifying for a 300km race at Indianapolis) I utterly failed first time out as car was a mess with forced setups. I then went back to single player, loaded the "stable oval" setup, saved, and went back to qualifying and the car felt as it should again.

Point 1 needs to be fixed in two ways. Firstly they to make sure that when forced setups is enabled that ALL cars have the same starting fuel. Secondly we should have the option to have forced setups and allow players to choose their fuel load. Ultimately I'd like to see the option to allow us to decouple fuel and tyres from forced setup racing.

Point 2 either needs fixing by ensuring forced setups really do mean all players get the same setup, or they could even add an option to "Force use of selectable default setups". So for say Ford Fusion this would mean players could select Stable Oval or Loose Road etc.

Point 1...
Definitely a problem! The worst part about it is the fact that somebody can start with lower fuel than you. Naturally if the race isn't long enough to need a re-fuel, there is an advantage to being started with a lower amount of fuel than somebody else as your car will be lighter.

Point 2...
I cannot comment on this as I have not experienced it (or tried it) yet. I will later though.

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Every now and then when the game loads into a session before race and I leave the pits for a quick warm up on or offline lots of other cars or no cars but me the fps is very bad for some reason enough to start giving motion sickness in the turns its still running smooth no micro stutters but I have to return and wait for the race to load before I get eye strain then the race is fine no issues. Just me notice this? ps4 pro high frame & high res modes

 

[2112]

Last night I was in a server that was running Indy Road at the Glen. The person running the server added AI to fill the field and had a rolling start. Numerous issues:

-tires littering the track during practice a qualifying. Why? AI was shedding tires at an alarming rate and qualifying on brake rotors. Perhaps they were trying to save weight...

-Once we dropped for the parade lap I immediately experienced 55% damage to my front wing. The other guy with me (on TS too) said he got the same damage. At one point his damage increased to 100% when he ran into...

nothing.

-AI rammed me harder than Dirk Diggler does his co-stars. My considerable damage increased to: " Shee-ite dude, you are out of the race..." .

 

[micmansour]

Last night I was in a server that was running Indy Road at the Glen. The person running the server added AI to fill the field and had a rolling start. Numerous issues:

-tires littering the track during practice a qualifying. Why? AI was shedding tires at an alarming rate and qualifying on brake rotors. Perhaps they were trying to save weight...

-Once we dropped for the parade lap I immediately experienced 55% damage to my front wing. The other guy with me (on TS too) said he got the same damage. At one point his damage increased to 100% when he ran into...

nothing.

-AI rammed me harder than Dirk Diggler does his co-stars. My considerable damage increased to: " Shee-ite dude, you are out of the race..." .

Yep, online with AI fill is a complete mess. I get rear ended during the rolling start (where it's auto control) and I get penalised! And AI don't ever seem to suffer any damage, plus are much faster overall. And you're right, the havoc created during qualifying stays on track for the race. I experienced an invisible object on the last turn of Monza... Should be called Ghost Cars 2....

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Odd one last night trying the lambo race in career after some trying in the wet I got a 2.13 which put me in 20th eeeek. So I restarted the session and tried to get more laps in before the puddles built up and got a 2.13 again 1st lap I then skipped to end session and ended up in pole with the 2.13 not @ the back of the grid again 0.o .And the Caterham was faster on summer tyres in the wet race around snetterton

 

[John Wells]

In photo mode, the curser won't move, so you have too start again a while later.
You can move round the car, use share button, but can't get any effects.

 

[FOG-Smokebeer]

Well another odd career bug for me when I go back the next day to carry on a series I quit the night before it says well done for winning and gives me the gold cup and says series complete and just unlocked ford escort mk1 offroad special erm? I only did 2 races

 

[micmansour]

Well another odd career bug for me when I go back the next day to carry on a series I quit the night before it says well done for winning and gives me the gold cup and says series complete and just unlocked ford escort mk1 offroad special erm? I only did 2 races

That happened to me too in the Tier 1 Endurance Series. Finished qualifying at Le Mans, came back the next day to do the race and it congratulated me on completing the championship. Problem is I need to start the whole series again now in order to get the triple crown trophy, as I clearly didn't win the Le Mans enduro yet. What a pain

 

[StefanMac]

OG Xbox One gets abit loud on start up with PC2..

 

[StefanMac]

Is there something wrong with the CRL? I just did a 7 lap race online, finished 1st with zero dramas. The results screen at the end of the race showed i gained 10 points, but then i click the right analog button to look at it in the driver network screen, and it shows i lost 2 points, i think it may have happened in a past race too, what's up with that?

 

[wowbaggerBR]

That happened to me too in the Tier 1 Endurance Series. Finished qualifying at Le Mans, came back the next day to do the race and it congratulated me on completing the championship. Problem is I need to start the whole series again now in order to get the triple crown trophy, as I clearly didn't win the Le Mans enduro yet. What a pain

Happened to me three times. I got Formula C World Champion title by just completing the first round...

There's somethint about the 24H of Le Mans in the carreer that isn't really a bug, but drives me nuts. As it stands now, you can't set it to last, say 2.4 hours, which would be a very nice proportional take on the race (or 4.8 hours and so on) for those of us who simply can't afford the whole thing. It only lets you change the duration of the race by 13 minutes increments (why 13 and not 12?? WHY?????).

On the quick play option, you can set it to last whatever you like.

Go figure. Project CARS gonna Project CARS I guess.

 

[Morgoth_666]

In the original, the time scale wouldn't necessarily be adjusted to match the length of the race either. It must have only had a few set time adjustments and just picked the closest one. In the McLaren F1 I could confirm the time and see that my shortened 25 hour races weren't coming out to 25 hours(don't remember exactly what). When I ran le Mans I couldn't do that, but the first time as a 4 or 5 hour race the finish was in the middle of the night, and when I did 10 hours the sun came up with maybe 2 hours to go(it was only in the last hour that it climbed high enough to see it over the trees and buildings).

I haven't gotten to enduros in pCARS 2 yet(barely scratched the surface so far) but it will be interesting to see if that has changed.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

In the original, the time scale wouldn't necessarily be adjusted to match the length of the race either. It must have only had a few set time adjustments and just picked the closest one. In the McLaren F1 I could confirm the time and see that my shortened 25 hour races weren't coming out to 25 hours(don't remember exactly what). When I ran le Mans I couldn't do that, but the first time as a 4 or 5 hour race the finish was in the middle of the night, and when I did 10 hours the sun came up with maybe 2 hours to go(it was only in the last hour that it climbed high enough to see it over the trees and buildings).

I haven't gotten to enduros in pCARS 2 yet(barely scratched the surface so far) but it will be interesting to see if that has changed.

Yikes, I didn't realize it was that bad on the previous one. On pCARS 1 days I had a lot of free time, so I always ran full blown enduros (yep, a couple 24 hours of Le Mans on every category and 4 hour long races on the regular rounds).

By the weekend I should be able to run the Le Mans round on the endurance championship. The whole 2h13 min (argh) of it, or other random duration and then I'll tell you if the timing is scalling correctly.

I really hope so. Endurance and multiclass racing was by far the best things about the original pCARS, IMHO.

 

[Morgoth_666]

Yikes, I didn't realize it was that bad on the previous one. On pCARS 1 days I had a lot of free time, so I always ran full blown enduros (yep, a couple 24 hours of Le Mans on every category and 4 hour long races on the regular rounds).

In the weekend I should be able to run the Le Mans round on the endurance championship. The whole 2h13 min (argh) of it, or other random duration and then I'll tell you if the timing is scalling correctly.

I really hope so. Endurance and multiclass racing was by far the best things about the original pCARS, IMHO.

Yeah I quite enjoyed the endurance rounds but there were a few oddball issues like that and all the bots retiring from the Ring(I would have won by like a minute last time if 2nd hadn't retired just before the end... so close to a good finish). Usually the time was just a minor little funny thing, I'd only notice if I had a clock and bothered to check it. But both times I ran le Mans it was way off, especially ending at like 1am(which was a bit tough on me since I kinda suck at night --getting better-- and count on the daytime to make the time back).

If only the AI doesn't run out of gas, and Bob reliably pits without being forced to so I can ignore him while I sleep or otherwise go away to do real-time enduros, I can easily forgive a little goofy issue here and there.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

Yeah I quite enjoyed the endurance rounds but there were a few oddball issues like that and all the bots retiring from the Ring(I would have won by like a minute last time if 2nd hadn't retired just before the end... so close to a good finish). Usually the time was just a minor little funny thing, I'd only notice if I had a clock and bothered to check it. But both times I ran le Mans it was way off, especially ending at like 1am(which was a bit tough on me since I kinda suck at night --getting better-- and count on the daytime to make the time back).

If only the AI doesn't run out of gas, and Bob reliably pits without being forced to so I can ignore him while I sleep or otherwise go away to do real-time enduros, I can easily forgive a little goofy issue here and there.

Endurance is the main thing for me in this kind of games. I don't mind them goofying around all they like with the Formula X nonsense and whatnot, but endurance, Le Mans and prototypes are serious business.

 

[wowbaggerBR]

Hey @Morgoth_666 , I can confirm that the timing issues persist. The race starts at dawn (it should be at afternoon) and it ends in the middle of the night.

The 22 car field is also very depressing. Was 40 in the last game.

 

[Allan Yesu]

Can anyone tell me how to get the "Mr. Popular" trophy? I completed 10 invitational events, but the trophy did not appear to me. I did some more races and it still does not show up.

Not that I care about a trophy, but I believe it's a bug, unless I have to win every race. Can anyone confirm this? Is anyone else having this problem?

 

[wowbaggerBR]

Can anyone tell me how to get the "Mr. Popular" trophy? I completed 10 invitational events, but the trophy did not appear to me. I did some more races and it still does not show up.

Not that I care about a trophy, but I believe it's a bug, unless I have to win every race. Can anyone confirm this? Is anyone else having this problem?

I got that by just doing the invitationals.

I think that the game syncs your stats, so it is possible that the trophy will unlock at some point. You just have to wait.

 

[Seikenfreak]

Just started playing this again. Man this game is a bit of a mess. I know one of these isn't a new issue (had it at release) and the other is nothing new I'm sure.

1. Playing with the Rift. I still does the visual/tracking glitch thing where the game just randomly flashes/flicks for a split second as if it lost tracking or something. I remember seeing it mentioned in a review someone did on Youtube back at release. This is pretty annoying.

2. Wow setups are buggy. I've had issues now where I save it and nothing actually saves. I've had issues where I turned the game off for the night, next day my saved setup won't load right and none of the settings I change stick. Overwriting previous setups doesn't seem to do anything. Tried restarting session or the game and still does it so it's like the setup itself is bugged. Super annoying.

 

[Wolfe]

2. Wow setups are buggy. I've had issues now where I save it and nothing actually saves. I've had issues where I turned the game off for the night, next day my saved setup won't load right and none of the settings I change stick. Overwriting previous setups doesn't seem to do anything. Tried restarting session or the game and still does it so it's like the setup itself is bugged. Super annoying.

If you're working with one that was created prior to version 3.0, SMS recommended wiping all of your old setups to avoid issues like this.

 

[Seikenfreak]

@Wolfe Nope. I only played a few hours prior to this. Only did setup stuff on the R32 a couple times. This is happening with the 935 during career and the C7R for Daytona event.

 

[davidt33]

@Wolfe Nope. I only played a few hours prior to this. Only did setup stuff on the R32 a couple times. This is happening with the 935 during career and the C7R for Daytona event.

What is the current patch version (of the game) you have installed?

 

[Seikenfreak]

The 1.3 update I assume. I have it on Steam so it auto updates.

 

[davidt33]

The 1.3 update I assume. I have it on Steam so it auto updates.

The latest version is 3.0.4. When next you get a chance you could double-check it.

 

[Seikenfreak]

Hmm. I guess that specific patch is "1.3" which is what Steam brings up as the latest patch notes from back in end of Nov. In game it shows like 3.0.0.0.0939 I guess

Oddly enough, I can't find a way to force a version check on Steam. Weird. Never had to do this with Steam before.

 

[Seb02]

PS4 - offline custom race, 35 laps, Monza oval with Ford Fusion, 22 cars, mandatory pit stop, damage off

During my pit stop, my box was taken by an AI car, I could not stop. In addition, there were AIs stucked at the pit.

I restarted a race of only 15 laps without mandatory pit stop this time, the classification at the end of the race was incorrect: the 2nd was last.

It was not the first time I had these bugs, I had exactly the same thing on Texas Oval.

i hope it will be fixed by patch 4

 

[Cluck]

Just started playing this again. Man this game is a bit of a mess. I know one of these isn't a new issue (had it at release) and the other is nothing new I'm sure.

1. Playing with the Rift. I still does the visual/tracking glitch thing where the game just randomly flashes/flicks for a split second as if it lost tracking or something. I remember seeing it mentioned in a review someone did on Youtube back at release. This is pretty annoying.

2. Wow setups are buggy. I've had issues now where I save it and nothing actually saves. I've had issues where I turned the game off for the night, next day my saved setup won't load right and none of the settings I change stick. Overwriting previous setups doesn't seem to do anything. Tried restarting session or the game and still does it so it's like the setup itself is bugged. Super annoying.

re. point 1, Tom Curtis at SMS posted on the public forum that they're 99% certain they've finally managed to nail this bug and it's part of the Patch 4 set of fixes.

re. point 2, it might be worth clearing out your documents\Project CARS 2 folder, in case something in there from a previous version is conflicting. Before you do that, though, make sure you back this folder up as it may not work and you'll end up losing all your saved replays and career progress. You will have to re-configure your controls and any other in-game settings but it might just resolve the problem. Then, if you create a new setup and make changes to it, save those changes to a new setup but select the name of the existing setup and choose to overwrite it. I haven't had any messed up setups following that approach. Again, this is also supposed to be fixed in Patch 4 from what I've heard on the grapevine.

Patch 4 is apparently due to hit in mid-February.

 

[davidt33]

Hmm. I guess that specific patch is "1.3" which is what Steam brings up as the latest patch notes from back in end of Nov. In game it shows like 3.0.0.0.0939 I guess

Oddly enough, I can't find a way to force a version check on Steam. Weird. Never had to do this with Steam before.

I think the the latest version is 3.04. Don't know if it's different for PC/Steam but I assume it's the same for all platforms. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. If it is the case and you have a lower version installed that could be your problem right there.
On the PS4 how we check what version we have installed how we do it is: Before starting the game, select the game's icon....Click on "Options". There you will see "Version" or whatever....."Check for Updates".
Could you try that? If anyone else is on PC/Stream could you advise accordingly?

 

[Braga]

Now that would be a bug!
It's from a different perspective, but yes it's the same replay. I might take a little while to update to the new view but it shouldn't crash like @John Wells mentioned.

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Anyways...
I've looked back over a few pages and couldn't see my problem.
PS4 pro. I'm having some graphical anomaly's. The right and bottom of my screen behave very strangely, I was wondering if anyone else had the same problem?

Spoiler: Examples

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During the races it is generally fine except for a single row of pixels also on the bottom and the right of the screen behaving erratically - which I think I did see reported.

Sorry if it's been mentioned before but as I said I couldn't spot it.

Yeah, same problem here.

 

[Georgeagea]

Yeah, same problem here.

I have a pro too but never faced this issue. Could it be that I only have a FHD TV?!