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I saw lots of questions about button settings on the steering wheels, this would be easily fixed with short clicks and long clicks for each button
Q&A with Slightly Mad Studios: Ian Bell [Read OP]
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Have you seen any game on the PS4 ever do this? I don't think it's possible.
The easy and simple solution that everyone should have (by now) is a cheap USB Keyboard or Keypad. I have a keyboard on the flat area in front of the wheel (virtual dash lol) and it's got controls for:
Seat Up/Down
Seat Foward/Back
Seat Angle Up/Down
Request Pit Stop
Reset Car
Automatic Clutch
and probably some others I can't think of off the top of my head. I have Brake Balance and Engine Start set to my wheel so I can adjust and start more easily.
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Weather being scripted for the date of the race would clearly make a lot of sense now
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Alot of games on PS4 use it on the controller but I don't think that the wheel buttons are pressure sensitive.
This along with "Press Y for rewind" are the worse two functions I've seen in racing/sim/simcade games in over 30+ plus years of gaming.
But seriously, I think a more elegant approach would be to have the car/view appear in the settings menu and simply have the visual adjustment display in real time in the settings menu. That way you can adjust all camera views at once, so to speak, rather and having to jump back and forth between the track and the settings menu.
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@IanBell @The_American
I don't want to be nip nicking, but in this video of IndyCar in the rain, the rain drop effects on the small screen shouldn't be there, the screen is attached inside the monocoque, only the very top edge is visible to spray but when behind a car, the spray goes all over.
I don't want to be nip nicking, but in this video of IndyCar in the rain, the rain drop effects on the small screen shouldn't be there, the screen is attached inside the monocoque, only the very top edge is visible to spray but when behind a car, the spray goes all over.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but to replicate a track day where people are not really driving at the limit all the time, one would set AI skill really high and aggression really low?
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No. Each car makes differing levels of downforce and drag. Taking GTE for example, the Ford is an incredibly low slung car that can produce a lot of downforce with minimal drag, the BMW M6 punches a comparatively huge hole in the air making a lot of drag in the process with not a lot of downforce. BoP is not all power and weight, it's also what I've talked about and weight distribution (looking at Porsche especially).
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The fuel tank capacity was realistic in pCars 1. I don't see why that would change.
In real life the older generation cars are faster on the straights and slower in the corners compared to the current gen cars which almost all if not all produce more downforce than the ones they replaced, mainly the diffusers look much bigger. I can't imagine it being different in pCars 2. I do hope the top speeds are closer together than they were in pCars 1. Some cars couldn't be passed without desperate moves.
BOP should definitely be an option, but not enforced. I would like it to be left up to the individual creating an event. It's only really necessary for close racing when the driving skill of people participating is fairly close as well, so mainly for league events. Otherwise people will make mistakes left and right, so regardless of the car chosen you will have plenty of opportunity to pass I think.
Well technically, looking at the driver + car as a package, the BOP will always be off. You can definitely try balance the cars on paper at least, but when you factor in the drivers and their skill on driving individual tracks, with a given BOP a field of racers will be balanced on one track, then may be completely off on another.
BOP is definitely useful, but with enforced values the balance wouldn't only be off still in a real world scenario, but it would be off by a fixed amount still. That is, in my eyes, a fixed and enforced BOP by the game is exactly the same as no BOP at all, or in other words just the natural differences between the cars. This is why I think no default BOP + adjustability for custom events is the best way to go.
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You say with the driver and car combo the BoP will be off. That's the whole point of motor racing isn't it? If you're a faster driver you have an advantage. In real life most series BoP the cars to begin with. You still see certain drivers being the fastest though because of their talent. Also if try to balance a field of drivers the slower ones will have way more to gain than the fastest ones due to available speed to gain by learning how to be faster.
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When selecting a custom race, and you pick 2 classes, will the amount of AI be divided equally between 2 classes? Eg 10 AI (5 in each class), or 20 AI (10 in each class).
Is it possible to fix an amount of AI which take up a class, like 4 LMP1's, 8 GTE's, 6 GT3's etc?
@IanBell @The_American
Is it possible to fix an amount of AI which take up a class, like 4 LMP1's, 8 GTE's, 6 GT3's etc?
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Equal.
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Another question if I may @IanBell @The American I saw on the thread where it said you could use a usb keyboard for extra inputs on PS4. I just tried it on XB1 and every time I got "multiple inputs detected" error message. Can you confirm that this is working properly for PC2 on Xbox One?
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Keyboards aren't supported on the XB1 for games yet. They will supposedly be adding support sometime in the future though so hopefully SMS can add that functionality when it's available.
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Can someone from WMD explain a little big about the career?
Pirelli world challenge? Is this basically GT3 endurance? Like blancpain?
Tier 5 2nd one down - Sports cars? Is this road cars?
Tier 2 2nd one down - WSCR? Similar to IMSA?
Tier 1 2nd one down - Similar to WEC?
Tier 4 2nd one down - Whats prototype C? Radical/Caterham series?
Any Ford Fusion stock car career?
Any Ford Falcon V8 career?
Where is the GT1 career?
Group C?
Pirelli world challenge? Is this basically GT3 endurance? Like blancpain?
Tier 5 2nd one down - Sports cars? Is this road cars?
Tier 2 2nd one down - WSCR? Similar to IMSA?
Tier 1 2nd one down - Similar to WEC?
Tier 4 2nd one down - Whats prototype C? Radical/Caterham series?
Any Ford Fusion stock car career?
Any Ford Falcon V8 career?
Where is the GT1 career?
Group C?
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We're wanting to leave some sauce for the release guys. I don't think anyone will be disappointed in what we're bringing here and what's to come...
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If only we had Road Atlanta
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So i´m doing a lot of catch up playing Pcars again this month, and one thing i would like to see included is, every time you finish a clean lap that should go to the leaderboard of that car, like what happens with the RSR app for Assetto Corsa.
It would help populate the leaderboards because some of them have less them 10 entries. I see no harm on recording the laptimes from career races into the leaderboards, it´s not like you´re gonna set the world record during a race.
I know this probably isn´t in Pcars2, but if the American or Ian are reading this, i bet there´s still time to do it.
It´s a lot more fun to keep seeing how you stack up against everybody in different scenarios, this would only be an issue in oval tracks, but it´s only a small downside.
Every lap should count. Literally.
It would help populate the leaderboards because some of them have less them 10 entries. I see no harm on recording the laptimes from career races into the leaderboards, it´s not like you´re gonna set the world record during a race.
I know this probably isn´t in Pcars2, but if the American or Ian are reading this, i bet there´s still time to do it.
It´s a lot more fun to keep seeing how you stack up against everybody in different scenarios, this would only be an issue in oval tracks, but it´s only a small downside.
Every lap should count. Literally.
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Can we talk a little more about this now that we have video of it in action?
While this menu does seem to offer much of the requisite functionality, it also seems a little clunky and distracting. It appears there are a lot of clicks just to select the Tires and Fuel for the upcoming Pit Stop.
Also, I didn't see any option to change the Tire Pressures, which would be essential for races with fluctuating time and temps. Will this be incorporated? Or will the Crew Chief set the pressures to match the conditions, allowing me to just drive?
Many of the options seem to be there to help those who do not have peripheral Button Boxes, which is good. Will there be hot-key options for ones with Button Boxes to jump straight to the Tires/Fuel menus?
Ideally anyone could jump into a 3 hour Online Race without a single "Pit Strategy" set, yet with the power of that menu, make it through all the Pit Stops without a hiccup. Otherwise, I'm not sure the menus add quite as much to the game as hoped.
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I really like this idea, now that I think about it. It would indeed help to populate the leaderboards much more and not necessarily with very slow lap times, since I'm sure there are plenty fast drivers in races, who don't like doing Time Trials. The thing I would like however if this is implemented is a filter option for game modes, so for example I could still focus on Time Trial laps if I want to.
So i´m doing a lot of catch up playing Pcars again this month, and one thing i would like to see included is, every time you finish a clean lap that should go to the leaderboard of that car, like what happens with the RSR app for Assetto Corsa.
It would help populate the leaderboards because some of them have less them 10 entries. I see no harm on recording the laptimes from career races into the leaderboards, it´s not like you´re gonna set the world record during a race.
I know this probably isn´t in Pcars2, but if the American or Ian are reading this, i bet there´s still time to do it.
It´s a lot more fun to keep seeing how you stack up against everybody in different scenarios, this would only be an issue in oval tracks, but it´s only a small downside.
Every lap should count. Literally.
I would never want this.
Time trail puts everyone on exactly the same rubbered in state of track and other conditions.
In a race you will probably be able to set faster laps due to drafting etc so this is completely unfair. Also the track conditions will be different for every single session there is so times would be worth nothing at all.
There is that possibility for sure, but first of all, that requires precision driving from two people, not just one, so if they manage a better lap time that way I say power to them. Second, I seriously doubt many people will be doing this.
I'm much more afraid of some game mode specific bugs (collision issues in races for example) having a negative effect on the leaderboard times. Even in PC1 Time Trials, some people managed completely unrealistic times with the help of bugs, of which we'll have more of in races simply because it's a more complex environment (not to mention online races with network issues).
Yet real life series still track best race times separately from qualifying times, the latter being the closest they will ever get to controlled conditions.
I initially shared your concern, even started writing a reply just like yours, until I realized that with a game mode filter implemented together with this change people like you would lose nothing, as Time Trials could clearly be separated still on the leaderboards.
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