Project CARS General Discussion Thread

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Just a quick question about setups. Do the AI use custom setups or just the default for their car? Just so I know if I should bother to setup my cars before each race or not.
 
JASON_ROCKS1998
Just a quick question about setups. Do the AI use custom setups or just the default for their car? Just so I know if I should bother to setup my cars before each race or not.
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The AI will run lap times corresponding to the AI Skill Setting. There are no physics calculations for the AI, so their car settings, aids, etc are not relevant. It isn't really possible to run physics calculations for all of the AI cars since no one is using a CPU which could handle it.
 
crowhop
The AI will run lap times corresponding to the AI Skill Setting. There are no physics calculations for the AI, so their car settings, aids, etc are not relevant. It isn't really possible to run physics calculations for all of the AI cars since no one is using a CPU which could handle it.
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Right then, just wondering because on rFactor if I set up my car to be better than standard, I would easily beat the AI
 
JASON_ROCKS1998
Right then, just wondering because on rFactor if I set up my car to be better than standard, I would easily beat the AI
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Of course, because you felt better with your setup and therefore you ran better laptimes, more consistent. Has nothing to do with the AI.
 
TheMinority
I still have yet to see how Red Flags, Yellow Flags and the Safety car will apply
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Sim game information on this is really lacking. Will this game have full flag rules. I know the safety car will not be implemented in game on release. But is it even been worked on. This very question I have not found a answer for not even when the Dev's were running a live stream some weeks ago the safety car question was avoided even when many members of the public asked.

I know I'm been a bit picky only because I have great hopes and aspirations for this game. I would be happy if we got official word saying yellow and green flag's will only be added on release and rest will follow in months ahead or something along those lines. If you know what I mean.

Anyway this game is in my head the minute I wake up when I eat until I sleep, then I dream about it and its not even released yet. :).
 
Can a WMD member let me know if the Test Track (Nardo Ring looking track) will be in the final game? It looks amazing to drive on, is it still available in the builds to drive on? I can see it being the benchmark circuit for us tuners to make tunes on. The Drifters (and the occasional Car meets on Consoles) can make it a hub for themselves as well

 
TheMinority
Can a WMD member let me know if the Test Track (Nardo Ring looking track) will be in the final game? It looks amazing to drive on, is it still available in the builds to drive on? I can see it being the benchmark circuit for us tuners to make tunes on. The Drifters (and the occasional Car meets on Consoles) can make it a hub for themselves as well

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Not going to be in. It hasn't been in our builds for more than a year.
 
SynGamer
These days devs can usually push the "gold" status to 2 weeks prior to release. I still expect this to have a large day 1 patch as well.
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I've noticed on the dev's build update that there hasn't been any more fixes done to the game since last Wednesday, 1st of April (build 974), the same day Andy Tudor Tweeted: 'No April Fool, we're now making the finishing touches to the game'. Does this mean the game is finished? Thoughts anyone?
 
Sorry, a bit late with this week's build notes:
Build 974 (03/04/15) - MB
Render:
* Fixes for camera switching and working out what to render.
* Fix for WMD-6522 Vehicle brake lights glow is not being culled
* Fix for incorrect exposure selection when Helmet Rendering is turned off (either via Show Helmet GUI or option or when running with Oculus Rift)
* WMD-6608: Fixed occlusion system query code to prevent repeatedly adding and removing the occlusion scene graph query to and from the list of queries held by the scene graph - this resulted in a crash due to thread synchronisation in it's old form
* SPRAY IN COCKPIT: WMD-6603 - increased the near fade distance for rain spray, specifically the cloud and specs effects, in order to stop them appearing in the cockpit (most noticeable with wide fov when you can see footwell). I've minimised the side effects as much as i can but this change means that all other cams will have an extended fade distance as well, so spray won't be visible when the cam is very close to the wheels in photo mode for example.
Dedicated Server:
* HttpInterface wip: Added more per-player information to the status page (refid, user id and link to Steam profile). Implemented base http api support classes, working independently (with JSON-based responses) or from within the html-based GUI (redirecting back to any page when done). Added /api/session/kick endpoint, and hooked it from a kick button on the status page
GUI:
* EndOfWeekend screen updated to handle tied positions. Part of WMD-4215
* WMD-6602: Stop game menus being accessible when Steam store overlay is active
* End Of Series text displays updated so they can handle ties properly. Part of WMD-4215
* Tied Career Results displays changed back to be consistent with EOR screens. Part of WMD-4215
* Prevent post race menu to appear in second time after simulating the session, fix for WMD-6493
* Score table sorting using ID as a final tie-breaker so player will appear first in an unbreakable tie. Part of WMD-4215
* Participant cannot drive out with vehicle till is fully prepared and re-created during the JIP process, also the Car setup and Strategy setup is disabled during the vehicle creation. Fix for WMD-6458
Cameras:
* Fix for Chase camera being to rigid.
Controllers:
* WMD-6601: PC Fanatec CSWv2 control map revision
* Fanatec pedal motor fix when attached to base unit
Online/Multiplayer:
* WMD-5860: PC - Online - Terminal damaged cars remain on track
AI/Pitstops:
* WMD-6599: Rolling starts: Tested road limit values are no longer projected forwards as the projection is done on the racing line and don't take into account future racing to center line offset change. Immediate road limit values should be quite sufficient for following the center line. As predicted speed is calculated on the racing line, we lower this result to 70% on the less optimal for curves center line so we can take the sharp corners without suffering offroad understeering
Physics:
* Increase physics wheel damage for open wheelers (WMD-6473)
* JIP physics updates (WMD-6458): Added interface and logic to tell app when vehicle is completely setup. Removed setting basic setup to JIP on physics spawn, setup controlled by app

Build 973 (02/04/15) - 34.9 MB
Render:
* WMD-6592: Bright clouds at nords night, fixed by moving emap position away from a bright emissive.
* Fix for sRGB/Linear mismatch on 'black' texture for imposters. (This is mostly benign, but produces a check assert in debug).
* Fix (crash protection) for WMD-6593 The game crashed when player reset the car near start line and then player's car got continuously hit by other player's cars
Dedicated Server:
* HttpInterface wip: Added configuration options for the http api server, the internal http server is now disabled by default. Logging output level is also configurable
GUI:
* Fix achievements target values (WMD-6604).
Cameras/Replay:
* GameSetup: Moved clear of JIP enable flag from Reset to SetupDefaults. Corrected enquiry of post-race replay availability and renamed the accessor functions. Fixes WMD-6585.
Controllers:
* WMD-6601: Remap of CSWv2 buttons as they got messed up when the CSW button map changed.
AI/Pitstops:
* WMD-6565: When the Timed Races time out, the player is stuck in the garage and the race doesn't end. In DriverAI pit logic, added a force drivethrough if pitting within the last 40 seconds of a timed race. In GamePhysics, added a trackstatus.mRaceClock that resets at the beginning of the countowns for all sessions ( Practice / Qualif / and green flag of race for both Rolling Starts and Stopped Starts ) added an appopriate app event call to trigger this. In DriverAI, changed GetTheoreticalLapsLeft to no longer use GetPhysicsTime as it was found that this value does not reset on race restart and probably caused a lot of fuel estimation issues if ever the race was restarted. Currently using the trackstatus.mRaceClock value instead
Physics:
* RWD P30 LMP1: Fixed asymmetric rear camber on the default setup

Build 972 (01/04/15) - 2.5 TB
VR:
* Switch to Oculus 0.5.0.1 SDK (app props + library link path update)
* Upgrade to Oculus SDK 0.5.0.1. fix for Prediction time being clamped.
* VRInput: Fix Timewarp matrices test transpose incorrectly submitted with last CL
Render:
* DX11: Fix for black-screen after ALT TAB when using Oculus Rift
* Fix for missing Cloud Rendering when using Oculus/Stereo rendering
GUI:
* Fix fuel load help text (WMD-6591).
* SoftClip and SoftClipUnity arrows switched around (WMD-6005)
* Touchpad callout on control scheme added for JamesB (WMD-6532)
* Override User "Show Helmet" from profile when using Oculus Rift - force it off.
* The player is shown Yes/No Confirmation dialogue when leaving pitstop strategy edit window without save. Fix for WMD-6584
Cameras:
* Code for averaging spline movement.

Build 971 (31/03/15) - 76 MB
Online/Multiplayer:
* WMD-6365: PC - Online - Online Lobby - Game crashes on 'Client' screen if host leaves the lobby and immediately joins another lobby.
Cameras:
* Fix for chase camera always applying velocity ratio when not required.
* Cam config edit. vfov lower limit edit as it was too high since Kevin's vfov conversion bug fix, I wasn't aware the lower fov was effected by this so I didn't edit the data as I should have. Also lowered upper limit 5 degrees as I could see down drivers neck in the LMP.
AI/Pitstops:
* Joint changes from me and ChrisF to several pit related areas based on StephenV requests about pit strategies and behaviour:- AI now uses correct Appside pitstop handling of the repairs by correct pitstop strategy, so AI now do not reset the tyre wear each pitstop visit. - The appside does no longer do any additional changes to AI strategy for AI cars or custom player strategies.
* The Default pitstop strategy for the player now has special handling: - It is auto-updated on entering the pitstop lane to latest changes that would AI require + overridden with player default fixes and tuned to take upcoming weather more into account. - if player saves the Default strategy in strategy edit window without renaming, it is automatically renamed to the car name (and the original Default is kept so player can return to it). - The Default strategy is created (and activated) for the player if he deletes all his strategies. - If player switches the control to AI, it will no longer deactivate his strategy, but only update the Default. Fix for WMD-6311 and subtask WMD-6368
Penalties:
* Fixed flag showing stop-go penalty, where drivethrough should be shown.
* Prevent game metrics HasFinishedRace triggering when using lap time generation (WMD-6580).
* WMD-6561: Updated the general game metric usage of Physics metrics, to the bridged version.
* When jumping start in races with only 1 lap, the player is disqualified instead of imposing a drive through penalty.
* WMD-6183: Initialising the mPlayerVehicleTelemetryIsValid flag, to ensure no dodgy reads of the player vehicle telemetry
* Added large disqualification sign in case of false start disqualification to be visually consistent with other disqualifications - Fix for WMD-6578
Tracks:
* Imola: Edited cut tracks to be more punishing with Turn 1 the major focus. Other corners tweaked a bit too. Part of WMD-6216

Build 970 (30/03/15) - MB
Dedicated Server:
* HttpInterface wip: Added parsing of query arguments from HTTP request URIs. Finished implementation of dispatch-based HTTP request handling- Added a simple testing handler that returns basic server information page in HTML
GUI:
* WMD-6566: Savegame location moved further up the app to resolve compiler errors elsewhere.
* Helmetview: Fix for high FOV and 4:3 - geometry adjustment to minimize sorting/rendering issues visual impact. Horizontal FOV up to 91 degrees can be used now [WMD-6200]
* If player has time progression in timed sessions set to faster then real time progression, the vehicle is released, after the multiplier is resetted back, fix for WMD-6550
* WMD-6561: Potential fix for "Sunday Driver". Implemented a check to wait for the physics to be guaranteed setup. Suspecting a timing related issue surrounding the vehicles setup.
Characters/Animations:
* F1 pitcrew: Wheel mechanics + atendants : added "cancel" move animations , updated source files : peterg
Tracks:
* Dubai: Fix for WMD-6571 - strobing interior on the motorcity grandstand.
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the visible spray in cockpit fix stands out for me as I've often noticed spray in the cars before, as does the chase cam rigidity tweak, not that I'll be using chase cam, but these small tweaks so close to release really mean they're seriously fine tuning it now.

didn't see anything about AI driving through the player car in the pits which was in a vid that was posted the other day.

any members been testing pit stops recently? I'm looking forward to the day someone says they've finally nailed them, or posts a vid showing a fully-working stop.
 

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