I've only done two of the Sierra events, got a perfect score in the Abarth and would have in the Ferrari if I hadn't got kamikaze'd by one of the AI's near the end (I was almost completely past him, turned right into my rear quarter panel). It was hard to actually judge the track because I was so focused on predicting/avoiding the traffic. I plan on giving it a good cruise this evening.
I don't get the gauges. It's nice that they're adding these kind of things, but other than looking pretty they're pretty useless. Until we get engine failure where water temp, voltage and oil pressure actually matter, I can't see the point (other than looking fancy). It's a nice effort, but doesn't serve much purpose. One trend I've noticed, while they insist on keeping the standard cars these new features they're introducing don't work on standard cars which makes them feel even more out of place than they already do. I'm not one that thinks they should completely do away with standards, but it's reaching a point where they need to be dealt with one way or the other. Obviously nothing will be done about it in GT6 and I won't be around for GT7, so meh I guess. But it's disappointing to see them putting effort into these kind of things when so many other things need addressed.
I'm still disappointed with the ffb and I will never be fully satisfied with it in its current state. I'll adapt and deal with it, but it makes me quite unhappy. The heaviness of the wheel has always been my favorite part of using a ffb wheel, and now that's gone (at least for now). It doesn't need to be quite as heavy as it was, but it needs some heaviness to it to mimic/convey the weight transfer that we can't feel otherwise. Being able to drive (almost) any car around any track using only one finger just isn't right. Over the years I've dealt with many odd decisions from PD that effected how we do what we do and I've always rolled with them, but this one doesn't sit well. I'm not throwing a hissy fit about it but this change has totally transformed the experience and not for the better IMO. I love the new fidelity we get, but without the wheel weight it doesn't matter. It's like having cake without icing, it's still good but not nearly as good as it could be. The actual feedback has always been rather crappy compared to a proper sim so it's nice they were trying to address that, but IMO they missed the target.
I could really care less about getting new cars, we already have more than I'll ever drive. What we need is more proper tracks to enjoy these cars on. Sierra is nice, I've always wanted a nice, long, scenic cruise track to just drive around, but I can't see doing much racing there.
EDIT: Good news! It seems a hot fix was just released addressing the torque setting for FFB wheels. I had a feeling this might be an error, it was just too drastic of a change. Hopefully this fixes things up nicely. 👍
