Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO (PS4/XB1/PC) - Milestone

But there's one comparison it must stand up to: Is it as good or better than RBR besides graphics?
 
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Well thanks to the positive vibes in this thread I am now the proud owner of the full game + season pass. Downloading now.

I've been playing DiRT Rally (and RBR) lately on my T300 on the PC, but it seemed logical to get SLRE on the PS4 since it's clearly less buggy there than on the PC. So it'll be interesting to compare to SLRE on the PS4 using my T500 to DR on the PC using my T300 :)
 
WhoosierGirl "It is not at Project Cars level but, for me it is much better than WRC5, closer to GT5/6 FFB. I do like my Fanatec wheel better than my T300 though, on wheel adjustments help."

Hello WhoosierGirl, Like the game, but my CSW v2 shake like hell, I tried several adjustments on wheel, but the vibration continues! is it possible you publish your settings ?

Thanks !!
 
skazz
Well thanks to the positive vibes in this thread I am now the proud owner of the full game + season pass. Downloading now.

I've been playing DiRT Rally (and RBR) lately on my T300 on the PC, but it seemed logical to get SLRE on the PS4 since it's clearly less buggy there than on the PC. So it'll be interesting to compare to SLRE on the PS4 using my T500 to DR on the PC using my T300 :)
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I will be interested in your thoughts, I also have the T500 and am so tempted to down load this from PSN store does anyone exactly what the special edition comes with ?,
So far I have held off my purchase as reviews so far are very different, I look forward to your thoughts.
 
stevefoz
I will be interested in your thoughts, I also have the T500 and am so tempted to down load this from PSN store does anyone exactly what the special edition comes with ?,
So far I have held off my purchase as reviews so far are very different, I look forward to your thoughts.
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The special edition comes with the carpass and the first day DLC.
 
macxdream
WhoosierGirl "It is not at Project Cars level but, for me it is much better than WRC5, closer to GT5/6 FFB. I do like my Fanatec wheel better than my T300 though, on wheel adjustments help."

Hello WhoosierGirl, Like the game, but my CSW v2 shake like hell, I tried several adjustments on wheel, but the vibration continues! is it possible you publish your settings ?

Thanks !!
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No problem, I will post them when I get home tonight
 
Well my quick first impression was less good... Despite the wheel support statement, it refuses to see my TH8A (which is plugged in to the console via USB alongside the T500, no plug on the T500 to plug it in there). Neither in the config screen setting buttons or in game itself with H shift selected.

So much for "T500 PS4, clutch, gearshift H" message here:
http://sebastienloebrallyevo.com/announced-the-thrustmaster-compatibility-list/
But hey, at least the wheel actually works, unlike in the PS4 demo :)

Still figuring out a good FFB setting (started off with 540 degrees, 45% forces, 75% vibration, not really happy yet). In the test area I was missing the feel of gravel consistently. DiRT Rally feels really good when the wheels slide and dig in to the gravel, not getting that (yet) on SLRE. Also had moments of hovercraft feel. Maybe the T500 support is still not fully there yet?
 
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I have my steering angle set to Auto ( T300, PS4 ).
I see some of you using as low as 540 degrees.
I thought the game defaulted to the "right" steering angle depending on the car.
Do you (skazz) use 540 degrees on all cars ?

xXJojjeXx
 
xX Jojje Xx
I have my steering angle set to Auto ( T300, PS4 ).
I see some of you using as low as 540 degrees.
I thought the game defaulted to the "right" steering angle depending on the car.
Do you (skazz) use 540 degrees on all cars ?

xXJojjeXx
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Modern WRC cars use 540 degrees in reality, but older cars will use 720 or even 900 degrees. That's a lot of spinning the wheel. I'm not good enough to hold slides comfortably in say an old Escort at 900 degrees in RBR or DiRT Rally (not tried SLRE enough yet), so I just use the comfort zone of 540.
 
Ok, first impressions:
- after some effort I have the T500 on 30/40 FFB/vibration. Still not really happy, might go even lower, but I'm after communication not purely fighting the wheel and that seems to require very low settings on the T500
- the stage surface manages look flatter that RBR/DR but there is clearly surface detail. I think the graphics and the physics are simply not aligned (road mesh is mapped but not modeled)
- however replays... Argh... Frame rates are appalling, cars appear to float above the shadows cast, and I get the impression that undulations in the road are followed by the car but not visible on the actual environment graphics. How are you guys not complaining bitterly about this (on PS4)? I saw it in the demo but nobody was complaining about it in the full game so I assumed it was fixed.
- draw distance and pop in on PS4 is really not nice, despite the clearly nowhere near 60fps. Coming to SLRE from Driveclub is rather depressing. Coming from PC sims on ultra settings even more so
- some environments look reasonably pretty, some look PS3-era. Why such differences?
- stages are narrow, cars slide, it's certainly a challenge, however I'm not yet feeling the FFB give me any useful information, it's mostly just fighting me. Clearly a couple of stages isn't anywhere enough to figure out what SLRE is trying to tell me

So first impressions are that either I've got the FFB totally messed up or this game is nowhere near the FFB communication of either RBR or DR. I'm expecting to get plenty of play out of it, but so far it doesn't feel like it was worth the full price that I paid.

Let's hope things get better from here....
 
skazz
Ok, first impressions:
- after some effort I have the T500 on 30/40 FFB/vibration. Still not really happy, might go even lower, but I'm after communication not purely fighting the wheel and that seems to require very low settings on the T500
- the stage surface manages look flatter that RBR/DR but there is clearly surface detail. I think the graphics and the physics are simply not aligned (road mesh is mapped but not modeled)
- however replays... Argh... Frame rates are appalling, cars appear to float above the shadows cast, and I get the impression that undulations in the road are followed by the car but not visible on the actual environment graphics. How are you guys not complaining bitterly about this (on PS4)? I saw it in the demo but nobody was complaining about it in the full game so I assumed it was fixed.
- draw distance and pop in on PS4 is really not nice, despite the clearly nowhere near 60fps. Coming to SLRE from Driveclub is rather depressing. Coming from PC sims on ultra settings even more so
- some environments look reasonably pretty, some look PS3-era. Why such differences?
- stages are narrow, cars slide, it's certainly a challenge, however I'm not yet feeling the FFB give me any useful information, it's mostly just fighting me. Clearly a couple of stages isn't anywhere enough to figure out what SLRE is trying to tell me

So first impressions are that either I've got the FFB totally messed up or this game is nowhere near the FFB communication of either RBR or DR. I'm expecting to get plenty of play out of it, but so far it doesn't feel like it was worth the full price that I paid.

Let's hope things get better from here....
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Thanks for the update ! Guess I won't be pressing the buy button just yet !
 
@skazz

I have mentioned it a couple of times and I have send feedback to Milestone via Twitter and more comprehensive by mail. The floating during the replays annoys me as well and the framerate only seems to stutter when using in-car or bonnet-cam view. I think that I heard that their engine was evolved from PS3 era and it shows in some areas.

It certainly isn't without issues but the core of the game seems very solid. I wonder how far Milestone can / will go patching and improving SLR? It will certainly depends as well on their sales. I just hope that SLR will generate enough funds so that they have a proper budget for SLR2.
 
macxdream
WhoosierGirl "It is not at Project Cars level but, for me it is much better than WRC5, closer to GT5/6 FFB. I do like my Fanatec wheel better than my T300 though, on wheel adjustments help."

Hello WhoosierGirl, Like the game, but my CSW v2 shake like hell, I tried several adjustments on wheel, but the vibration continues! is it possible you publish your settings ?

Thanks !!
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Fanatec
On wheel settings Off/100/100/Off/100/000/000/0/0
In game settings 10/0/0/100/25/0/0/0/0/5/automatic
T300 in game 0/0/0/100/20/0/0/0/0/automatic

Was going to try to do the complete Pikes Peak event in time trial mode, times still won't log.
Tried deleting the ghost data from previous runs, nothing worked.

Got my goal of under 1:40 on the first segment at least, not sure if I am doing something wrong after a run to keep the times from showing.

 
How does the game feel on controller? Tons of input lag or as sharp as GT? Every racing game as of late has had input lag issues that make the cars feel like boats, and impossible to turn sharply and precisely. For a rally game, I'm hoping the game is sharp and precise with steering :nervous:
 
An example of the brutal XB1 slowdown. It's tough to control the car as the framerate stutters.

 
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I only tried the demo using controller (since T500 support was broken) but there didn't seem to be any input lag. Not feeling any input lag in the full game with the wheel either.
 
WhoosierGirl
...Was going to try to do the complete Pikes Peak event in time trial mode, times still won't log.
Tried deleting the ghost data from previous runs, nothing worked.

Got my goal of under 1:40 on the first segment at least, not sure if I am doing something wrong after a run to keep the times from showing...
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I think their leader boards are a bit wobbly at the moment. I seem to recall that the previous games were similarly afflicted in the early days too, but think they got fine tuned fairly quickly. I also thought at first that the LB might reflect MP stage times only, but remembered that in WRC 2/3 and 4 the LBs were kept there and worked okay.

Is there nothing on their FB page about this? I would look myself, but I'm staying away from the idiot lurkers there.
 
Just did Monte Carlo and my time uploaded, but other stages like Great Orme Wales
is not working.
Hopefully they will sort it out soon.
Besides the LB bug I am really enjoying the game. 👍

xXJojjeXx
 

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