March S2 Updates Thread iRacing

[Daunt]

Interesting! Thanks. I've always found it a complete nuisance that they watermark it. No other sim or game (that I know of) does such a thing. What's worse, is that since I play at 1920x1200 res, the watermark is even bigger (NOT proportionally) than at normal HD resolution. It's really odd but it's that much larger at that size.

 

[Daunt]

[video=youtube;9aOld812du0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aOld812du0[/video]

 

[Jerad]

God DAMN I wana do some miata racing now

 

[Slider]

It'll almost feel like driving a proper car. Almost.

 

[Daunt]

WOW

[video=youtube;pHXX7zhyFMI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXX7zhyFMI[/video]

 

[Daunt]

Couple more hours!

[video=youtube;Co21QXLisjU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co21QXLisjU[/video]

 

[Daunt]

Release notes: http://www.iracing.com/2016-season-2-release-notes/

Some takeaways:
-A lot of cars, including the GT3s had ABS changes. Seems that during big slides, braking has improved.
-GT3s get some TC changes
-All GT3s have Lumirank (LED positional lights)
-All GT3s converted to pirellis
-You can see opponent smoke and locking tires, etc
-Marble creation doubled
-Better particle FX
-Two Pass trees on all circuits
-Lollipop guy overhaul
-Time of day
-Site improvements, including setting up hosted sessions.

NEW CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ON TESTDRIVE

 

[Kenadian]

Wow sounds awesome!

Too bad I won't be able to try any of this stuff out until Wednesday

 

[Slider]

Don't forget 10kg of fat for RUF
Looks like most tracks got expanded pits too.
No flashing lights for FGT2? Weird.

 

[Daunt]

Didn't bother with balancing stuff because I'm sure it will be retouched next tuesday or whatever day it is next week.

 

[Slider]

Cars feels very balanced right now.

More importantly, I got this going for me, which is great.
http://i.imgur.com/WVzoNOq.jpg

 

[Noodleguitar]

More importantly, I got this going for me, which is great.
http://i.imgur.com/WVzoNOq.jpg

Did you alt-tab out of the loading screen and did stuff in the meantime? If you did, try letting the loading screen do its thing, that fixed it for me.

 

[Slider]

I did not touch anything. Neither 32 or 64bit works. Lots of people with issues too.

http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/50/3467807.page#9629942

 

[Peeble]

This new build is amazing, the cars are so much fun all around. Especially the MX5.

 

[Slider]

The Renault is an absolute blast and easy enough to drive to have fun and learn. Draft is barely there, if at all, so racing is down to the driver ability. Setups are super simple, so no magic voodoo stuff there either. Do recommend.

 

[Jerad]

The Renault is an absolute blast and easy enough to drive to have fun and learn. Draft is barely there, if at all, so racing is down to the driver ability. Setups are super simple, so no magic voodoo stuff there either. Do recommend.

YAY! I like the sounds of this. I love the skippy but man the draft can be a real pain in the dick sometimes.

 

[Slider]

On Brands Hatch, where draft is noticable in GT cars, even more in downforce cars, it was pretty much absent in this car. Front suspension has 2-way monoshock (yeah, I know, weird lol), rear is usual 2-way shocks, diff has 2 settings, 7th gear (I KNOW, RIGHT?!) has few settings, wings are adjustable, toe in-out is strangely enough, separate for each wheel and some other stuff. Overall, VERY VERY simple to setup and none of the changes are very drastic. Exactly what a low-budget car should be. Grip is plenty even on cold tires, but 2 laps and you're golden.

 

[Jerad]

On Brands Hatch, where draft is noticable in GT cars, even more in downforce cars, it was pretty much absent in this car. Front suspension has 2-way monoshock (yeah, I know, weird lol), rear is usual 2-way shocks, diff has 2 settings, 7th gear (I KNOW, RIGHT?!) has few settings, wings are adjustable, toe in-out is strangely enough, separate for each wheel and some other stuff. Overall, VERY VERY simple to setup and none of the changes are very drastic. Exactly what a low-budget car should be. Grip is plenty even on cold tires, but 2 laps and you're golden.

This could be an awesome gateway for me to learn how to setup cars beyond adjusting tyre pressures.

 

[Kenadian]

All the setup knowledge in the world ID isn't going to make you any less of a nub

 

[Jerad]

All the setup knowledge in the world ID isn't going to make you any less of a nub

Baby steps Duke. I'll get there one day... Maybe.