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

[Satco1066]

yes, Pirelli has truck and bus tires too. Just google it.
But the thing with Pirelli is not that all cars have visible Pirelli tires attached.
It's just the matter that Pirelli engineers helped to get the mathematical tire model to perfection.

 

[Zakspeed_TV]

The legend himself has graced us with his presence.

Nope still on pCars. Skaanky convinced me to join a league with him.

You should really try it mate, its next level on console 👍

 

[05XR8]

It's absolutely not 'PR' in the sense you mean it. We have hours of footage from the first test of him telling us how wrong the handling was. This improved for some cars for the second test and finally we nailed the 720s for the final test.

He's not paid a penny by us and the video is totally 'organic' and honest. It depicts the events as they happened.

We did our very best based on the figures from McLaren and it was spot on, everywhere but the tyre. The issue was that our contact patch under load wasn't shaping itself properly. We discovered this live with the Pirelli engineer at the start of the third test. We fixed it live and Chris loved it. We've since extrapolated the knowledge to the other tyres in the game.

 

[Gr8_Lakes]

We did our very best based on the figures from McLaren and it was spot on, everywhere but the tyre. The issue was that our contact patch under load wasn't shaping itself properly. We discovered this live with the Pirelli engineer at the start of the third test. We fixed it live and Chris loved it. We've since extrapolated the knowledge to the other tyres in the game.

@IanBell , would you consider this tire contact discovery to be a major "Ah-Ha" moment in the development process? It seems that working with the pro drivers and tire engineers together really pushed the project to a new level. A level that seems to have carried over to all aspects of the game. This was probably the most exciting announcement that I've come across. New car announcements don't excite me - we'll see all the cars when we fire the game up for the first time. Physics upgrades that improve realism... That makes me want the game ASAP!

 

[BaldBastard]

@IanBell I'm sat at home with a soul destroying hangover. Tell me something about PCars2 that I don't already know, make it good because I'm about to shuffle off this mortal coil.

 

[Ian Bell]

@IanBell I'm sat at home with a soul destroying hangover. Tell me something about PCars2 that I don't already know, make it good because I'm about to shuffle off this mortal coil.

It's better than Regaine.

 

[mister dog]

It's better than Regain.

Had to google that, found this :

 

[Ian Bell]

Well it was asked by 'Bald Bastard'...

https://www.regaine.co.uk/

 

[BaldBastard]

It's better than Regain.

@IanBell Is your avatar a photo of you after a horrific Regaine spillage incident?

 

[Ian Bell]

@IanBell Is your avatar a photo of you after a horrific Regaine spillage incident?

Excellent

 

[jake2013guy]

Seeing as you're pretty close with Nic Hamilton, will his Clio Cup livery be in game?

 

[Theothermexic]

I apologise if this has already been asked/answered, but will the DLC cars be completely integrated into the career this time around?
For example, a GT car being selectable for an applicable series?
Or a car that's from a new category receiving its own championship?

 

[jake2013guy]

I apologise if this has already been asked/answered, but will the DLC cars be completely integrated into the career this time around?
For example, a GT car being selectable for an applicable series?
Or a car that's from a new category receiving its own championship?

I'm surprised nobody else thought of this question already and it's a pretty useful one. In PC1, you had Invitationals and the GT3 cars in GT3 races but not multiclass. I'd have liked to have a Formula Renault etc branch of career.

 

[breyzipp]

How will rallycross influence the online rating system? Since it's a sport where a lot of "elbow" work is common sense. Will it have its own rating system or will the ruleset be different there?

I assume there are a lot of low to mediocre contact situations which are just fine in rallycross but would be bad sportsmanship for normal circuit races.

 

[The_American]

We have a motorsport class factor in the online rating. Open-wheel is the most sensitive, RX is the least sensitive. Remember, this is already above our "minor touches are ok" tolerance. Simply touching an opponent will not penalize you.

 

[breyzipp]

We have a motorsport class factor in the online rating. Open-wheel is the most sensitive, RX is the least sensitive. Remember, this is already above our "minor touches are ok" tolerance. Simply touching an opponent will not penalize you.

Great to hear, thanks for the reply!

 

[Tank621]

It's been a little while so figured I might ask this quetion again...

I'm wondering if it is possible for the track selection screen to include a date range instead of a single date to show when a particular track layout has been in use.
EG In PCars 1 historic Silverstone could show 1975-1986 instead of just a single date.
This would make a little easier to create a fully authentic historic race without prior Googling beforehand.

 

[breyzipp]

It's been a little while so figured I might ask this quetion again...

I like this suggestion, +1

 

[F1Racer68]

@IanBell @The_American

Now that the special edition preorders and console preorders are live, when can we expect to see the Steam Store preorders?

I mean, here I am trying to throw my hard earned cash at the screen in the vain hope that you will get it and spit the game out at me, but I really hope there will be a more reliable option for me soon.

 

[Masscot]

@IanBell @The_American

I was wondering whether we'll get a lush, green version of Laguna Seca in pCARS 2 as one of the seasonal variants? It can look quite different in spring after prolonged rain to the normal dry lake dust bowl that most people know and love (and how it's been represented in most racing sims).

Just wanted to say as well that the dynamic lighting in pCARS still blows me away, especially at low sun angles. Having a 6am start at Laguna Seca with 10x time acceleration looks absolutely incredible. Most of the track is in shadow from the hill, then as the sun slowly rises small pockets of sunlight appear. It's incredibly atmospheric. Your lighting guys really did fantastic work in pCARS, and I can't wait to see what they come up with in pCARS 2, especially with the seasonal variations to the environments.

 

[bleeder]

@IanBell @The_American

I was wondering whether we'll get a lush, green version of Laguna Seca in pCARS 2 as one of the seasonal variants? It can look quite different in spring after prolonged rain to the normal dry lake dust bowl that most people know and love (and how it's been represented in most racing sims).

Just wanted to say as well that the dynamic lighting in pCARS still blows me away, especially at low sun angles. Having a 6am start at Laguna Seca with 10x time acceleration looks absolutely incredible. Most of the track is in shadow from the hill, then as the sun slowly rises small pockets of sunlight appear. It's incredibly atmospheric. Your lighting guys really did fantastic work in pCARS, and I can't wait to see what they come up with in pCARS 2, especially with the seasonal variations to the environments.

The first time I saw a green Laguna Seca I couldn't believe it. Would love to drive round it looking like that.

 

[breyzipp]

@IanBell @The_American

I was wondering whether we'll get a lush, green version of Laguna Seca in pCARS 2 as one of the seasonal variants? It can look quite different in spring after prolonged rain to the normal dry lake dust bowl that most people know and love (and how it's been represented in most racing sims).

Just wanted to say as well that the dynamic lighting in pCARS still blows me away, especially at low sun angles. Having a 6am start at Laguna Seca with 10x time acceleration looks absolutely incredible. Most of the track is in shadow from the hill, then as the sun slowly rises small pockets of sunlight appear. It's incredibly atmospheric. Your lighting guys really did fantastic work in pCARS, and I can't wait to see what they come up with in pCARS 2, especially with the seasonal variations to the environments.

Great post which makes me wonder the following: what exactly is different in seasons? I suppose the most obvious one is the colour of the leafs on the trees. We also know the amount of snow on the peak of Mount Fuji changes with the season. But what else is affected with seasons? Will small vegetation plants appear in spring and summer and disappear in winter for example? Will the altitude and pattern of the sun differ between seasons? I would like to know what all is influenced by the seasons.

 

[Masscot]

Great post which makes me wonder the following: what exactly is different in seasons? I suppose the most obvious one is the colour of the leafs on the trees. We also know the amount of snow on the peak of Mount Fuji changes with the season. But what else is affected with seasons? Will small vegetation plants appear in spring and summer and disappear in winter for example? Will the altitude and pattern of the sun differ between seasons? I would like to know what all is influenced by the seasons.

I was wondering this too. The flowers on the Long Beach roundabout for example - gone in winter, back in spring?

The sun's position and trajectory is already modelled correctly in pCARS 1 depending on global positioning, day of the year and time of day, so I imagine that'll be no different in pCARS 2.

 

[RomKnight]

Confirmed. Sun and even the night sky (for those of you unaware of it) were modeled after reality already in pC1.

 

[TheoSkullz12]

Now i have to come back with the real questions (Of course), ok so, Since this new addition to dirt and snow environments are here and there are already two point to point circuits, is it 1: safe to say we will get new ptp circuits other than the two and 2: will these new ptp circuits be set on gravel/snow. PS: doesn't matter if they are fictional or not.

Question: Will we see an increase in grid on the Nordshleife and the 24hr circuit sorry for butchering the name if i did.

Also please tell me we aren't neglecting the karts and the kart circuits

Formula E????????

 

[RoadRageDudez]

Formula E????????

@IanBell won't answer these kind of questions.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

@TheoSkullz12 - There is an Edit feature, please use that instead of quadruple posting.

 

[RomKnight]

Quad post FTW... /damn ninja mods...

And before he posts another one asking why: because licensing, marketing, the usual

 

[TheoSkullz12]

the forum was dead so i took advantage

 

[Markeeez18]

Not sure if this has been answered but:

Will we have the ability to to adjust the camera view in a session? For example the new Assetto Corsa update and on F1 2016 I believe, you are in the pits and you can adjust the view to where ever you want on the car, not just FOV but position as well.

Can this be done on the car live, what I mean by this is you can adjust the camera view in Project cars in the settings but you can't actually see what the camera view will look till you go into a session.