Project CARS 2 General Discussion Thread - Out Now on PS4/XB1/PC

[jake2013guy]

I think I love this screenshot.

 

[drspeedy]

http://www.projectcarsgame.com/newspc2/phoenix-rising-the-nissan-300zx-turbo-in-project-cars-2

 

[jake2013guy]

http://www.projectcarsgame.com/newspc2/phoenix-rising-the-nissan-300zx-turbo-in-project-cars-2

Seen already.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

 

[ozwheels]

WMD members, how do the pcars2 lap times compare to pcars1?

 

[Satco1066]

there is no big difference. Superfast drivers that use the fast gearing down exploit have a problem now. They'll kill their motor.

 

[ozwheels]

there is no big difference. Superfast drivers that use the fast gearing down exploit have a problem now. They'll kill their motor.

What exactly is that gearing exploit?

 

[Satco1066]

if you gear down as fast as possible from e.g. 6 to 1 in half second , you'll kill your motor. In pCars 1 you can do that and gain time.

 

[ozwheels]

if you gear down as fast as possible from e.g. 6 to 1 in half second , you'll kill your motor. In pCars 1 you can do that and gain time.

I'll have to try it. Usually that just locks the rear for me, but maybe it's changed.

 

[Lerroyy]

there is no big difference. Superfast drivers that use the fast gearing down exploit have a problem now. They'll kill their motor.

Very happy to see this resolved.

 

[NaRP]

i'm dreaming about this car in Pcars 2. WEC will start in September, as Pcars2

Porsche 911 RSR 2017 coming very soon, in AC. Maybe a good news for PCars2 players ! 👍

 

[HardRock]

if you gear down as fast as possible from e.g. 6 to 1 in half second , you'll kill your motor. In pCars 1 you can do that and gain time.

To clarify, does that mean that mechanical damage can't be turned off in pCARS 2? IIRC you could kill your engine quicker by doing this even in pCARS 1, but if you disabled mechanical damage you were safe.

While we're on this subject, that is doing unrealistic stuff for lap times, is it still possible to have less fuel than what would be enough for 1 lap of a track (let's say the Nordschleife for an extreme example) and then use that amount with no fuel usage to post faster lap times than what would be realistic? Would be nice if the minimum fuel amount would always be set to what's required for a single lap of a track, although I guess then lapping with no fuel usage in Time Trials would actually be a hindrance, since the fuel wouldn't empty as it should.

 

[TrdScionxB2]

 

[jake2013guy]

Not surprised. Would be surprised if the GT4 isn't in.

Also, Article.
http://www.projectcarsgame.com/newspc2/2-cars-designed-to-thrill-in-project-cars-2

 

[warp9engage]

PCARS 2 continues to rack up the goods with its car list. I have a feeling, once we're done and not even counting DLC, this game will handily obliterate its opponents, with regards to content and features.

 

[ebelen92]

Does anyone know if the camber glitch has been completely fixed/removed?

 

[blowfishrulez]

Does anyone know if the camber glitch has been completely fixed/removed?

Yes, haven't heard any heard any complaints from our resident druids after the fix went in a while ago.

 

[Satco1066]

To clarify, does that mean that mechanical damage can't be turned off in pCARS 2? IIRC you could kill your engine quicker by doing this even in pCARS 1, but if you disabled mechanical damage you were safe.

there is also a mechanism that prevents from fast switching when mechanical damage is off.

 

[ebelen92]

there is also a mechanism that prevents from fast switching when mechanical damage is off.

How intrusive is shift protection in this game? It's downright awful in some cars in AC.

 

[Satco1066]

poor boy, now you'll be 3s slower and not be on top of list as of cheating with exploits. Its called as sim, and real cars have no " damage of" mode.

 

[ebelen92]

poor boy, now you'll be 3s slower and not be on top of list as of cheating with exploits. Its called as sim, and real cars have no " damage of" mode.

At best that "exploit" gave me 8 tenths of a second. It's not something I've used a whole lot seeing as how I only began using manual shifting very recently. My concern is with shift protection being inconsistent and overly intrusive. It is like this in AC. If it's automatically off with mechanical damage on then it won't bother me. I have no problems learning how to shift down quickly and safely. No need to get testy about it.

 

[jonyvf]

Ian not post here since Sunday.
Maybe is updating the web page with more content
We deserve more news.I need to update my brain

 

[05XR8]

Would be surprised if the GT4 isn't in.

^^This.

 

[ozwheels]

At best that "exploit" gave me 8 tenths of a second. It's not something I've used a whole lot seeing as how I only began using manual shifting very recently. My concern is with shift protection being inconsistent and overly intrusive. It is like this in AC. If it's automatically off with mechanical damage on then it won't bother me. I have no problems learning how to shift down quickly and safely. No need to get testy about it.

8 tenths?!?! What does it do, allow you to brake later? I've been misssing out!

 

[ebelen92]

8 tenths?!?! What does it do, allow you to brake later? I've been misssing out!

Basically a braking cheat. Rapid-fire downshift to slow down quicker.

 

[jake2013guy]

^^This.

In fairness, i've said this for ages.

 

[nrosko]

I will have to agree on this one. Most people will put down Pcars for its FFB. Before starting the only negative I will give it is the default presets are really bad IMO and the advanced FFB sliders dont have much information regarding them, Sorry. However while the sliders are extremely daunting, they can ultimately tune your wheel to a super linear output. My G920 force curve almost looks like a perfect straight line using the recommended settings via FCM & Wheel Check.exe from iracing.

The force feedback is almost lifelike when comparing to real world feel. Only added benefit is you can feel almost every bump in the road, unlike some road cars now a days where you basically feel nothing. You can feel the castor of the car directing the front wheels to direction of travel when getting into a slide, things like that.

If you can setup the wheel properly using the most linear output, you will get a realistic feeling and really appreciate how well the FFB can be. Much better than Assetto IMO!

No amount of tweaking made the ffb good enough in my experience & i put a good 500 hours in most of that was trying to sort out the ffb. I studied & learnt what they all did & followed umpteen suggestion included Jacks spades. Some cars are far worse than others but rfactor r3e & ac all have much better ffb.

 

[F1Racer68]

No amount of tweaking made the ffb good enough in my experience & i put a good 500 hours in most of that was trying to sort out the ffb. I studied & learnt what they all did & followed umpteen suggestion included Jacks spades. Some cars are far worse than others but rfactor r3e & ac all have much better ffb.

Totally disagree... How are you defining "BETTER"?

• Better = more artificial feedback like you are used to from previous games?

or

• Better = Much more like what my real car feels like in the real world?

I suspect you are using the first option as your definition. THat seems to be the trend I have encountered since pCARS released......

 

[Saidur_Ali]

Maybe it's just me but I always found default FFB settings to feel really good with pCARS during development and also after release, never changed them IIRC.

 

[Animera]

The problem is that 'good FFB' is completely subjective.
I use the classic setting and reduce in car master FFB to 16 and it is awesome, for me.

Also, most of the 'feeling' I get from my T300 while racing, I don't get from my real car, but I understand that it is there for immersion.

No FFB settings in the steering will ever make a game feel like a real car. It just has to be believable.