Q&A with Slightly Mad Studios: Ian Bell [Read OP]

[Satco1066]

If the field is full, you can join as Spectator, so there can more people be connected than maximum cars on track

 

[DesertPenguin09]

@The_American @IanBell

Sorry if this has been asked or brought up before, but online chat as well as headsets will be available to console this time around, yes?

 

[AghastVenus1]

I play almost exclusively offline single race weekends, will we be able to see what the weather conditions are like at the start of a race and choose what tires to go out on accordingly like we currently can in career?

 

[NRG MBL59]

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@IanBell @The_American will we get a 1995 tribute livery on the P1 GTR?

 

[eruvadhor]

I have a wish: Please make this livery available in PC2 (maybe in a DLC later...) I like it soooo much it would be very great

 

[MroczMR]

I am not sure, but it is probably here already. In one gameplay there was similar greenish-yellowish Porsche 911

 

[eruvadhor]

I am not sure, but it is probably here already. In one gameplay there was similar greenish-yellowish Porsche 911

this would be a dream, if this is true =

 

[SiLoGT3RS]

I am not sure, but it is probably here already. In one gameplay there was similar greenish-yellowish Porsche 911

Indeed, the new 911 GT3R is in the game with the new Manthey livery, named "Grello"

 

[MroczMR]

this would be a dream, if this is true =

Here you go. This is this gameplay. Look for, a car ahead

 

[eruvadhor]

wonderful

I have a new question: whats the difference between the damage model of PC1 and PC2 ? do we get more functional errors during the race without a crash ? I had only one time that my motor blows up (trying to get the achievement Reversa Corsa), I never had this in a race or other problems, no tire that loose air or gearbox error or anything else. I hope so much that you have increase this I like this realistic stuff.

Thank you

 

[Satco1066]

some damages works in PC1. Close the brake flaps in FA and you'll have no brakes after about 20 laps on a GP track.
But you're right closing cooler and it lasts very long to break the engin.
In pC2 the engine is dead in the first two laps, if cooling is closed.

 

[diesel97]

wonderful

I have a new question: whats the difference between the damage model of PC1 and PC2 ? do we get more functional errors during the race without a crash ? I had only one time that my motor blows up (trying to get the achievement Reversa Corsa), I never had this in a race or other problems, no tire that loose air or gearbox error or anything else. I hope so much that you have increase this I like this realistic stuff.

Thank you

You must be good because I have destroyed many engines and gearboxes because of missed shifts and abuse. Maybe you are talking out of the blue, liked a dropped lugnut and bad luck

 

[jake2013guy]

Just practising around Silverstone for an AOR race and the race is set to be at 11.30pm. However, the light looked as if it were nearing dusk/dawn as well as some lights that were never seen before. Will circuits in the dark look as dark as they are in real life or will this still be the case including the lights? The start of the video shows what night racing around Silverstone was like at the start of the video below is really like and is also the case in the 24h Series.

 

[mister dog]

Just practising around Silverstone for an AOR race and the race is set to be at 11.30pm. However, the light looked as if it were nearing dusk/dawn as well as some lights that were never seen before. Will circuits in the dark look as dark as they are in real life or will this still be the case including the lights? The start of the video shows what night racing around Silverstone was like at the start of the video below is really like and is also the case in the 24h Series.

I can confirm that night racing looks a lot better now. The day/night transition model and the skies in general have been upgraded and refined for 2. I was one of those complaining about these kind of errors in PCARS 1 (even made a thread about it on their forum) :

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/sh...ot-correct&s=5e57bc35f118d6d77cf8ad67adc4c391

No complaints now however, transitions look gorgeous and seem correct over all time zones, night is properly dark and with the improved headlights on our cars combined with the atmospheric circuit lighting which we already have in our current builds it looks just like the real thing. Stars look better as before also (they were big and blurry in 1).

 

[jake2013guy]

I can confirm that night racing looks a lot better now. The day/night transition model and the skies in general have been upgraded and refined for 2. I was one of those complaining about these kind of errors in PCARS 1 (even made a thread about it on their forum) :

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/sh...ot-correct&s=5e57bc35f118d6d77cf8ad67adc4c391

No complaints now however, transitions look gorgeous and seem correct over all time zones, night is properly dark and with the improved headlights on our cars combined with the atmospheric circuit lighting which we already have in our current builds it looks just like the real thing. Stars look better as before also (they were big and blurry in 1).

Fantastic! Had a look through the Flickr pictures and the 720S video and it's definitely positive.

 

[bleeder]

I can confirm that night racing looks a lot better now. The day/night transition model and the skies in general have been upgraded and refined for 2. I was one of those complaining about these kind of errors in PCARS 1 (even made a thread about it on their forum) :

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/sh...ot-correct&s=5e57bc35f118d6d77cf8ad67adc4c391

No complaints now however, transitions look gorgeous and seem correct over all time zones, night is properly dark and with the improved headlights on our cars combined with the atmospheric circuit lighting which we already have in our current builds it looks just like the real thing. Stars look better as before also (they were big and blurry in 1).

How about the sun? It looks really pixelated through the windscreen decals in pCARS 1, at least on console. Was ok up in the sky though. Wondered if they'd improved it. Was it pixelated on PC too?

 

[GenBrien]

I can confirm that night racing looks a lot better now. The day/night transition model and the skies in general have been upgraded and refined for 2. I was one of those complaining about these kind of errors in PCARS 1 (even made a thread about it on their forum) :

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/sh...ot-correct&s=5e57bc35f118d6d77cf8ad67adc4c391

No complaints now however, transitions look gorgeous and seem correct over all time zones, night is properly dark and with the improved headlights on our cars combined with the atmospheric circuit lighting which we already have in our current builds it looks just like the real thing. Stars look better as before also (they were big and blurry in 1).

I just want to know if they put the blue glowing braking markers @LeMan for the straight.
It was very difficult in Pcars1

 

[nrosko]

I hoping the nights are dark when using the oculus rift, as in pcars 1 i did not need headlights at night on the nord.

 

[mister dog]

I can only give some info once in a while guys, for the rest of the questions I refer you back to the regular schedule with the Wookie and his buddy the American .

 

[nrosko]

Will you guys always have this restriction till release of the game?

 

[TexasTyme214]

Will you guys always have this restriction till release of the game?

Probably beyond because of DLC

 

[Cluck]

Will you guys always have this restriction till release of the game?

Quite possibly, yes, but that's SMS' call of course.

The whole approach to the release of info in WMD2 / pCARS2 is different to WMD1 / pCARS1. Whereas in pCARS1, SMS were pretty laid back about most content getting posted by WMD members (there were some exceptions for some specific cars/manufacturers), for pCARS2 SMS & Bandai Namco are in control of what's released and when. I suspect a lot of that is borne out of the experience of pCARS1 and is no bad thing really. Of course, for those who grew used to the "free for all" nature of pCARS1 pictures and videos, it feels quite stifling.

However, if you look at how much time there is left, how much more there is to reveal (not just in terms of cars and tracks), you can see why the new approach is being taken .

Of course, it's easy for me to say that, I'm a WMD2-er, so I'm not champing at the bit quite like the rest of you .

 

[jake2013guy]

And I'm sure that some manufacturers also prefer the WMD2 closed doors preventing their cars from showing issues and the like.

 

[05XR8]

Whether offline or online, will players get mechanical black flags and have to pit for loose bodywork and say, for instance, a broken headlight at night?

 

[GenBrien]

Whether offline or online, will players get mechanical black flags and have to pit for loose bodywork and say, for instance, a broken headlight at night?

adding to that, are the repairs still magically instant or there'll be different time required for different type of damage?

 

[05XR8]

adding to that, are the repairs still magically instant or there'll be different time required for different type of damage?

If the pit crew apply racing tape ...game over.

 

[MroczMR]

If the pit crew apply racing tape ...game over.

Pit Crew AI will always follow this Scheme :

 

[diesel97]

adding to that, are the repairs still magically instant or there'll be different time required for different type of damage?

The_American has said that pit times will vary to damage.

 

[jake2013guy]

Pit Crew AI will always follow this Scheme :

Looks accurate to me.

 

[RomKnight]

The flow chaart is missing the footnote: "If you can't solve it with the hammer it's electrical"