My friend have a fanatec wheel. Not sure which one (it doesn't have the orange casing but it's got the porsche wheel on it). He's been trying and trying to get responsive yet non wobbly force feedback settings on his wheel. He says that the only way some people have fixed it is to use Logitech drivers but that it didn't work for him. I base my dislike for Fanatec on my friends experiences with it.
With the proper settings, the G25 (and G27 for that matter) have a very linear and mechanical feel to the FFB response and stability. It doesn't start wobbling at high speeds and it's still right on target angle within a very short amount of time (even on high force settings).
The G25 also have versatile components for different kinds of sim-rig applications. Each individual pedal for instance is it's own component made out of sturdy metal and with pre-drilled and threaded holes they can easily be mounted on different pedal frames (if you want reverse mount pedals that is)
Negatives about the G25 or G27. The biggest downside of the G25 is the loud noise it makes, which is reduced in the G27 with the helical cut gears. Some people have also had problems with their shifters, certain gears won't engage properly. I have no experience with this problem what so ever. I guess it's a matter of bad luck. If you get a faulty shifter, maybe you can get it replaced?
Spiking and flickering in the pedals is another thing. My pedals do that occasionally. I then disassemble and reassemble the pedal which takes about one minute and it's good for another month of active driving. Keep in mind that the potentiometers of my pedals are exposed to dust since I have them reverse mounted. That might be the cause of this.
I've brutally abused my G25 for about 3-4 years (can't remember exactly when I got it but I've been playing quite actively all around this time with a couple of breaks). I've been drifting a lot with it and my drifting style isn't exactly easy on the wheel, so to speak. I've also taken apart all the components as I've done mods. I've also lubed the wheel once.
I love the FFB, versatility in the design and it does what it's supposed to do for a long time (in my case). I dislike the cable management (which I've modded to suit my liking), the loud noise which is fixed with the G27 anyways, and that's about it.
Final words, I love my G25. I think it's a great wheel. There are certain aspects that I just need which the G25 and G27 provides. I bought my G25 when there was no Fanatec around (at least I don't think). My friend seemed to like his Fanatec as he bought it so I'm sure it's a good quality wheel. However, he haven't been able to get it setup properly with FFB (not sure it's even possible) and it's just less versatile to modify to your liking from what I understand..
Would I take a Fanatec over a G27? No way, but it's up to you and what you're looking for in the wheel.
With the proper settings, the G25 (and G27 for that matter) have a very linear and mechanical feel to the FFB response and stability. It doesn't start wobbling at high speeds and it's still right on target angle within a very short amount of time (even on high force settings).
The G25 also have versatile components for different kinds of sim-rig applications. Each individual pedal for instance is it's own component made out of sturdy metal and with pre-drilled and threaded holes they can easily be mounted on different pedal frames (if you want reverse mount pedals that is)
Negatives about the G25 or G27. The biggest downside of the G25 is the loud noise it makes, which is reduced in the G27 with the helical cut gears. Some people have also had problems with their shifters, certain gears won't engage properly. I have no experience with this problem what so ever. I guess it's a matter of bad luck. If you get a faulty shifter, maybe you can get it replaced?
Spiking and flickering in the pedals is another thing. My pedals do that occasionally. I then disassemble and reassemble the pedal which takes about one minute and it's good for another month of active driving. Keep in mind that the potentiometers of my pedals are exposed to dust since I have them reverse mounted. That might be the cause of this.
I've brutally abused my G25 for about 3-4 years (can't remember exactly when I got it but I've been playing quite actively all around this time with a couple of breaks). I've been drifting a lot with it and my drifting style isn't exactly easy on the wheel, so to speak. I've also taken apart all the components as I've done mods. I've also lubed the wheel once.
I love the FFB, versatility in the design and it does what it's supposed to do for a long time (in my case). I dislike the cable management (which I've modded to suit my liking), the loud noise which is fixed with the G27 anyways, and that's about it.
Final words, I love my G25. I think it's a great wheel. There are certain aspects that I just need which the G25 and G27 provides. I bought my G25 when there was no Fanatec around (at least I don't think). My friend seemed to like his Fanatec as he bought it so I'm sure it's a good quality wheel. However, he haven't been able to get it setup properly with FFB (not sure it's even possible) and it's just less versatile to modify to your liking from what I understand..
Would I take a Fanatec over a G27? No way, but it's up to you and what you're looking for in the wheel.
I own a g27. I like mine and it works fine as of now. Problem is that it seems quality varies greatly. Ex: my brothers is sewed a bit more loossely than mine, his pedals spike. I would go fanatec
Please do elaborate. I have noticed from personal experience that it's true. Also everyone that I know that have switched say the same...
Have you ever tested a recent Fanatec wheel and compared it to a G27? I guess not, otherwise you wouldn't say that.
As I have a g27. Buy fanatec. G27 is not that good, if I were you I would go get a feel for all the different wheels out there to conpare if you know people who have one.
I'd get the G27 over the 911 one. Trust me when I say that G27 is one heck of a wheel. The G25 is awesome and the G27 is practically the same wheel with helical cut gears to make it more silent
G27 = solid choice
Every other day it seems, some price-conscious newbie asks about "a good wheel"
I've been using my G25 for years - and although I would like to take a step-up from it, it really took me a loooong time to actually hit it's limits.
G27 is practically the same wheel with a few improvements: less noisy/notchy gears inside (or so they say), mod-friendly pedal-faces, more buttons on the wheel.
What it doesn't offer is a load-cell brake. But that can be modded later on, albeit at a price. As a whole package, you cannot go wrong with a stock G27.
If you want an alternative in the same price range, take a look at the Fanatec "CSR" and "911 GT3" "911 GT2"-wheel. Fanatec will leave you the choice of what kind of pedal-set and/or shifter to get in addition to the bare wheel. They do offer better/ more expensive stuff as well as cheaper options.
Virtually all affordable stuff is made in cheap-labour asian countries and then shipped over here. Logitech might be found on store shelves more often than Fanatec.
A notch above the aforementioned wheels would be the Thrustmaster "T500RS" albeit at a much higher price-point and still without shifter & load-cell brake. Fanatec has the "CSR-elite" and "Clubsport Wheel" to match it's price and level of performance.
All in all: you get what you pay for. G27 is a solid choice for potentially years of trouble-free use. Just remember to treat it with respect, as some aspects of it's construction are more toy-spec than hard-core-tough. Same story for every relevant alternative.
I've been using my G25 for years - and although I would like to take a step-up from it, it really took me a loooong time to actually hit it's limits.
G27 is practically the same wheel with a few improvements: less noisy/notchy gears inside (or so they say), mod-friendly pedal-faces, more buttons on the wheel.
What it doesn't offer is a load-cell brake. But that can be modded later on, albeit at a price. As a whole package, you cannot go wrong with a stock G27.
If you want an alternative in the same price range, take a look at the Fanatec "CSR" and "911 GT3" "911 GT2"-wheel. Fanatec will leave you the choice of what kind of pedal-set and/or shifter to get in addition to the bare wheel. They do offer better/ more expensive stuff as well as cheaper options.
Virtually all affordable stuff is made in cheap-labour asian countries and then shipped over here. Logitech might be found on store shelves more often than Fanatec.
A notch above the aforementioned wheels would be the Thrustmaster "T500RS" albeit at a much higher price-point and still without shifter & load-cell brake. Fanatec has the "CSR-elite" and "Clubsport Wheel" to match it's price and level of performance.
All in all: you get what you pay for. G27 is a solid choice for potentially years of trouble-free use. Just remember to treat it with respect, as some aspects of it's construction are more toy-spec than hard-core-tough. Same story for every relevant alternative.
Which steering wheel to buy?
I have £150-£200 and want to buy a steering wheel. Which would be the best? I want a clutch, gear shifter and force feedback.
Is the G27 the best one to get?
I found a G27 on ebay for £180.
Is the G27 the best one to get?
I found a G27 on ebay for £180.
Overall I am impressed with this tech demo, no big issues, smooth as silk, almost none input lag, intuitive believable physics and FFB. Actually more polished package than I though it would be. And what a screenshot generator!
No, not possible yet, it's mentioned in known issues list.
No, not possible yet, it's mentioned in known issues list.
Hello everybody, this is a list of known issues, please check before posting your findings.
[U][B]Game Settings :[/B][/U]
- it's not possible to change tyre wear and fuel consumption for now
- in pro mode ABS is OFF. But the real Elise has ABS so it is permitted even if the "assist" is off. You can check its with the "electronics" APP and disable/enable it if you want by pressing CTRL+A while driving
[B][U]Setup :[/U][/B]
- only pressures can be changed
- tyres aren't changed if you click "restart session"
- There is a minimal tyre wear, although not finalised yet.
- Tyres do not blow up for this Technology preview.
[U][B]Physics :[/B][/U]
- it's possible to start the car without using the clutch for the technology preview
- the "ignition" function is not yet implemented, although you can set it up in the control settings.
- No damage enabled for the Technology Preview.
[B][U]Graphics :[/U][/B]
- No skidmarks in the sand boxes and grass is as designed.
- smoke inside the car is as designed.
- Very faint curbs may seem to appear in the car cockpit due to reflection
- glance left/right is not implemented yet, although you can set them up in the controls settings.
- reverse light is not working in the Technology Preview.
[U][B]Apps :[/B][/U]
- transparency of the different apps is at the discretion of the app developper and can vary depending of the use of the app.
- bar goes red in the pedal app when the Force Feedback value is over 1.0 or less than -1.0
[U][B]Wheels :[/B][/U]
- G27 leds are disabled for the Tech Preview
- D-Pads aren't supported by AC as of now
- Clutch can't be assigned to button as of now
[B][U]TrackIR :[/U][/B]
- Use only yaw and pitch movements for TP
Depending on the wheel you have :
LOGITECH G25/G27
SOURCE: http://www.assettocorsa.net/fo ... heels-configurations.218/
In Fanatec Panel_____________________________________________
Wheel angle : of course 900
Dampening strenght: 0
In AC -> Controls -> Advanced
Force Feedback Gain: 85% - 90%
On the BMW rim
SEN: off
FF: 100
SHO: 100 (if you want to use the vibration inside the rim)
ABS: off
LIN: off
DEA: off
DRI: 001
For: 120 (play with this value according to your tastes and feeling)
Spr: 0
Dpr: 20 (try 30 too)
Q: Why do you use DRI setting?
A: DRIFT parameter isn't a "magical" setting that makes you faster. Default settings (with Fanatec drivers 144 and firmware 037) in Assetto Corsa simply make too much dampening, causing a sort of "delay" in oversteer/understeer corrections while driving. It's like you feel them a bit late. With DRI to 001, the wheel dampening is heavily reduced and it becomes more "direct". That's why we suggest the settings above. You will feel every little front tyres movement, every little slide, the grip limit, without make the wheel too lighter and unrealistic (remember the Elise SC, even is lightweight car, hasn't steering assistance). If you still feel the wheel too light around the center, try to raise the Dpr value on the rim.
LOGITECH G25/G27
(tested and suggested by Aristotelis Vasilakos)__________________
In Logitech Panel
Overal effects strength: 100%
Spring effects strength: 100% (it's not used in AC)
Damper effects Strength: 100% (Lower this value if you feel the wheel too "flat")
Centering: 0%
Degrees: 900
Allow game to adjust settings CHECKED
In AC -> Controls -> Advanced
Force Feedback Gain: 80% - 85%
Q: Why spring and damper to 100%?
A: Assetto Corsa will take care of everything, don't worry. Only be sure to check "Allow game to adjust settings".
SOURCE: http://www.assettocorsa.net/fo ... heels-configurations.218/
I have just released Fanaleds 1.5 for those that want the displays on their wheels to work. Fanatec and Logitech G27 supported now! 
We are pleased to announce we released a new version of Fanaleds with some great new features. We have added Logitech G27 support and game support for Assetto Corsa, netKar-Pro and X-Motor Racing.
As usual, downloadable here: http://www.fanaleds.com/downloads
As usual, downloadable here: http://www.fanaleds.com/downloads
Try this:
go into lfs g27/data/misc folder and copy these three files
f1.xyz
f2.xyz
f3.xyz
into lfs mouse/data/misc folder, replace em. Those 3 files alone contain unlock info. The reasoning is to put working unlock in place of broken one.
If that don't work then check if all three files from mouse folder aren't perhaps set to read-only. In fact, before everything else check if lfs mouse folder and all sub-folders and all files aren't read-only. If they are remove that.
go into lfs g27/data/misc folder and copy these three files
f1.xyz
f2.xyz
f3.xyz
into lfs mouse/data/misc folder, replace em. Those 3 files alone contain unlock info. The reasoning is to put working unlock in place of broken one.
If that don't work then check if all three files from mouse folder aren't perhaps set to read-only. In fact, before everything else check if lfs mouse folder and all sub-folders and all files aren't read-only. If they are remove that.
No he brought G27 for Horn, so bamse could be admin. Horn you took advantage of Bamses disabilities.
repeating update/unlock
I have 2 copies of my lfs installation, 1 which I have setup for g27 use, another I have for mouse use.
The mouse use copy I have updated to 6e and unlocked again accordingly.
However every time i go back to that install and start that copy of lfs, it asks for my unlock again, then asks for the update again, then asks for the unlock again...
All done, i can get online and drive.
Next time I start that copy I have to do it all again.
I do not understand why the patch I have now installed several times, seems to want installing again and again forcing me to use more unlocks.
Anybody have any ideas?
The g27 copy does not give this problem.
The mouse use copy I have updated to 6e and unlocked again accordingly.
However every time i go back to that install and start that copy of lfs, it asks for my unlock again, then asks for the update again, then asks for the unlock again...
All done, i can get online and drive.
Next time I start that copy I have to do it all again.
I do not understand why the patch I have now installed several times, seems to want installing again and again forcing me to use more unlocks.
Anybody have any ideas?
The g27 copy does not give this problem.
Wheel stand pro question
I would like to buy a new wheel, Logitech G27. Now i have a Logitech DFGT and a Wheel stand pro -stand for it. So, the question is: Can i use the DFGT stand with G27? I really wouldnt like to spend extra 200 $ for a new stand. I hope you understand what i mean!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Hey guys; I love drifting but I always seem to end up with sets that are meant for wheels like the G27. My old (hailing from 2003) Logitech Wingman MOMO Force has 270 degrees of rotation; does anyone have a solid recommendation for someone with such a limited turn range?
Fanaleds goes to England
Upcoming weekend, from the 16th till the 18th of February, we will give the Silverstone track a visit at Leo Bodnar's invitation. After a race experience we will discuss our future collaboration. Open discussion on our forum.
Also, as you might have heard; we expanding the Fanaleds experience to more hardware. We currently have a beta running for Logitech G27 support and we will soon have SLI-M and SLI-PRO support (Leo Bodnar devices).
In case you have not seen the technology video yet which shows the new support:
https://www.youtube.com/watch? ... mbedded&v=Rft7LglU3bI
Also, as you might have heard; we expanding the Fanaleds experience to more hardware. We currently have a beta running for Logitech G27 support and we will soon have SLI-M and SLI-PRO support (Leo Bodnar devices).
In case you have not seen the technology video yet which shows the new support:
https://www.youtube.com/watch? ... mbedded&v=Rft7LglU3bI
This sounds like a bug in G27's firmware (or perhaps drivers), but I cannot be sure. I'll probably have to write some sort of testing tool to find out how the wheel responds to various command sequences. In the meantime I'll appreciate any additional information about this problem.
As I wrote in another thread, I paid about $200 (4000 CZK) for a G27.
What kind of team are you looking for? Race
Age: 17
Country: Finland
Preferred Car/Track: Any FXR's the best tho
Average Laptime on Your Preferred Car/Track: "Must be hax" lol jk im shit
How Active Are You? Active enough
What Kind of Control do you use? G27
Time Zone: UTC+2
Still improving in RWD GTR's
I Like Trains
Ray don't even try <3
I'm not hacking I'm going now
Age: 17
Country: Finland
Preferred Car/Track: Any FXR's the best tho
Average Laptime on Your Preferred Car/Track: "Must be hax" lol jk im shit
How Active Are You? Active enough
What Kind of Control do you use? G27
Time Zone: UTC+2
Still improving in RWD GTR's
I Like Trains
Ray don't even try <3
I'm not hacking I'm going now
G27 no rumble
so i got a G27 wheel recently and its been good so far but id like it to give some feedback when my wheels lose traction or are close to losing traction so i can feel whats going on with my car while im racing, is this possible or am i just missing a setting somewhere?
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- Fun
- Friends
- Trolling around
- G27 racing wheel
- Best race simulator
- Friends
- Trolling around
- G27 racing wheel
- Best race simulator
Been holding on to my G27 for a while in hope for Scirocco, physics and Rockingham. No information, several years has gone since it was announced that the patch was soon to come.
Thu, Dec 11th, 2008 19:10
We are pleased to announce that we plan to release the new VW Scirocco in Live for Speed during the week ending Friday 19th December.
Some days later we got news that the patch has gotten postponed, fair enough.
"We plan to fix the bugs and continue developing the Scirocco suspension and electronic control systems, to give you a good patch early in 2009."
Now we're soon in February 2013 and not much has happened.
Yesterday I sold my G27, don't want to wait any longer.
Although LFS always will have a special place in my heart, I've got to say that the developers are slowly putting the game to its grave.
Thu, Dec 11th, 2008 19:10
We are pleased to announce that we plan to release the new VW Scirocco in Live for Speed during the week ending Friday 19th December.
Some days later we got news that the patch has gotten postponed, fair enough.
"We plan to fix the bugs and continue developing the Scirocco suspension and electronic control systems, to give you a good patch early in 2009."
Now we're soon in February 2013 and not much has happened.
Yesterday I sold my G27, don't want to wait any longer.
Although LFS always will have a special place in my heart, I've got to say that the developers are slowly putting the game to its grave.
Holy ****, you must have LOTS of money! How much was that? I guess >18000 CZK...?
My last big purchase was a G27 - 4000 CZK ($200/€156/£133)...
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iRacing - chapter II
Old thread : https://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=37853
Website:
Hosted/Leagues/Tournaments
- The number of cars that can be used in a hosted, league or Tournament multi-car session has been changed from 3 to 4. The frame rate and performance in a session with this many cars will depend upon your pc and hardware.
- You no longer need to own all of the cars in a hosted multi-car session to participate. You now only need to own the Track where the event is being held and one of the Cars in the session. You will only be able to drive in a car that you own and you still must meet all of the other criteria of the session. You will need to download the cars you do not own. This update applies to Hosted, League and Tournament sessions
- Please Note: The "League Sessions" page and the "Hosted Racing - Join a Race" page are the only places on the site that support this functionality at this time. We are still working hard on implementing this functionality for helmet pop-ups and the "Spectator Sessions" area of the site.
Downloads
- The downloads page has been updated to support the downloading of cars that you have not purchased, that may be required to participate in a multi-car hosted events where you only own one of the cars. Cars that you do not own, that you do not have installed on your machine will appear in a new section of the download page call "Optional Unowned".
New Awards
Nine new awards have been added.
- Young Star - win official races in four different cars
- Honorable - win official races in eight different cars
- The Feared - win official races in sixteen different cars
- The Alien - win official races in all cars
- Runnin' Down a Dream - win official races on four different tracks
- On the Road Again - win official races on eight different tracks
- The Long and Winding Road - win official races on sixteen different tracks
- I've Been Everywhere - win official races on all tracks
- Photo Finish - win an official race with a margin of one twentieth of a second or less; this award is not granted retroactively
License Banner Update
The License Banner has been completely redesigned for clarity and visibility.
- The color of your license will change to reflect your License Level.
- You can toggle between road and oval licenses by clicking "Road" or "Oval" in the top -left area.
- You can toggle between iRating and ttRating by clicking "iRating" or "ttRating" below your name.
- Calendar, MPR and Credit maintain their existing functions, but have been restyled.
- Ping has been moved to the sub-navigation next to "Support".
Payments with PayPal Billing Agreements
** This section is awaiting a configuration change from our payment partner - we expect within the week.
- The iRacing Member's site now supports PayPal Billing Agreements. Once you have a billing agreement in place you can renew your account automatically, purchase content and recharge your account without logging into the PayPal site. A billing agreement is setup automatically whenever a member purchases a subscription using PayPal. You can also configure a billing agreement without purchasing a subscription by going to the "My Account" page on the Member's site (look for the link inside the "PayPal Billing Option" section of the page).
- From the "My Account" page you can remove an existing billing agreement (look for the link inside the "PayPal Billing Option" section of the page).
- If you have both a PayPal Billing Agreement and a credit card on file you should visit the "My Account" page and select your preferred payment method for auto-renewals and instant recharges. The link for this is located in the "Billing & Shipping Information" section of the page.
- Additional enhancements to this page are links to remove your credit card on file and to cancel auto-renewal (this was moved from the Cancel / Renew Membership page).
The following areas of the site have had a visual redesign
- "My Account"
- "Account Recharge"
- "Gift Card"
- "Promotions"
Bug Fixes
- Spotter passwords can no longer be blank. You must uncheck "Require a spotter password" if you decide not to have a password.
Simulation:
Tilt / Touch Driving
- Added tilt sensor support to the existing touch driving controls. Now you can choose to use a tilt sensor to control steering or gas/brake or both. The sensor auto calibrates based on your device orientation at startup, but there is a 'recenter' button on the driving screen (also mapped to the 'y' key) that will let you change your orientation at any time. The tilt sensitivity can be adjusted in the black box along with the FFB sensitivity and touch sensitivity. And the throttle and brake can be inverted with an option in the setting tab.
- Fixed a bug in touch that caused touch up events to get lost if you released your finger over another control.
Text Chat Macros
- Added in an 'auto chat' feature that lets users hit 10 different hotkeys to auto transmit a chat message. By default the keys are mapped to the 0-9 keys above your keyboard, but that can be remapped as needed. The default messages can also be edited in the sound settings tab. Adding a '$' symbol to the end of a line will automatically send the chat message for you, without it the message will be left waiting for you to edit or send as you wish.
Spectating
- No longer report connecting admins as being admins, or show Join/Leave announcements for spectators that are admins.
- Spectators don't need to do tech inspections in a fixed setup session.
Options
- Gray out driving controls and aids that are not used in the current session. But still let the user set their preferences for future sessions. This includes indicating if the h-pattern shifter will be active or not, based on your car type.
- Remove a lot of text from the controls page and push it into mouse over tool tips in order to improve visual clutter.
Spotting
- Change to not do tech inspections on spotters' machines.
- When you use the [Start Spotting] button, you will now see the live action, instead of the slightly delayed replay tape. You can still use the replay controls to rewind and review action from the past. To get back to the live action, use the "fast forward to end" button (>>|), or simply fast forward and the replay will stop and switch to live action when the end of the tape is reached. While spotting, you can tell that you're seeing the live action when the playback state says "Live".
Camera Tool
- Allow the camera tool hotkey to be remapped (ctrl-f12) to provide better compatibility with laptops and Mac devices.
- Fixed a bug where you could not edit the camera shot aim type if your custom camera file ended in 'track.cam'
Telemetry
- Add lap information to telemetry. (LapBestLap, LapBestLapTime, LapCurrentLapTime, LapLastLapTime)
- Add delta time information to telemetry. (LapDeltaToBestLap, LapDeltaToBestLap_DD, LapDeltaToBestLap_OK, LapDeltaToOptimalLap, LapDeltaToOptimalLap_DD, LapDeltaToOptimalLap_OK, LapDeltaToSessionBestLap, LapDeltaToSessionBestLap_DD, LapDeltaToSessionBestLap_OK, LapDeltaToSessionOptimalLap, LapDeltaToSessionOptimalLap_DD, LapDeltaToSessionOptimalLap_OK)
- Add radio channel information to telemetry, see the "RadioInfo:" section in the session string, and RadioTransmitCarIdx in the telemetry data.
- Add pit service time to telemetry. (PitRepairLeft, PitOptRepairLeft)
Race Control
- Qualifying laps will now be invalidated if any 0x or 2x car contact occurs during the lap.
- Many non-significant race control rules are no longer active once you finish your race. This could confusingly penalize people after they finished their race and cause their finishing position to drop as the post-race penalty was applied.
Graphics
- We have updated how we draw extra track surface details so they conform correctly to the road surface better and render more efficiently. This gets rid of our good old "floating skid marks" that we've come to know and love/hate.
- As part of the track detail improvements the race track’s surface is now always converted into a set of static meshes and stored in video memory. The old option to convert it on the fly, which had the benefit of utilizing slightly less video memory at the cost of performance, has been removed from the graphics options screen.
- Every car has had its paint adjusted to improve how paint will reflect more at low incident angles than when directly facing the viewer.
- Windshield glare at night is much reduced down to a reasonable level.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the brake rotor glow effect from being visible.
- The sim can now reload custom car textures with the ctrl-r hotkey. This is useful if you like painting your own cars by being able to quickly load and see your work in progress paint scheme without having to reload the sim many times. When reloading is triggered, all of the existing paint jobs are immediately unloaded and will default to white. They will then begin automatically reloading one at a time. Reloading happens in the background. If the loading causes performance issues while you are driving on track you may disable from loading while you are in car via the "LoadTexturesWhenDriving" setting in the renderer.ini configuration file.
- Also, it is possible for an external application such as Trading Paints to tell the sim to reload car textures by sending irsdk_BroadcastReloadTextures using the SDK.
- Shut off the auto rotate display feature in Windows 8, and force orientation to landscape. Use app.ini [Graphics] displayRotateMode=1 to override the default screen orientation.
Sponsors
- DSD and Lionel Racing sponsors added.
Sound
- Cold brakes now squeal until they warm up, unless the car has carbon brakes, which don't squeal. Note: the sim still does not model any brake performance changes with temperature at this time.
- Engine sound power now continues to get louder as rpm nears max.
- Fixed a bug in the opponent cars that would make them sound like they were driving around at full throttle even while coasting or hard braking.
Flexible Drivetrains
- All cars now have flex modeled in their drivetrain math, instead of being perfectly rigid. This gives all kinds of subtle and interesting audible and physical engine rpm wobble effects. Note: our model of the detroit locker differential that many of the oval cars use can cause some pretty rough sounding off throttle rpm bouncing as the locker and drivetrain get into a oscillation as the locker clatters between driving the left or right wheels. We're looking into that.
New Tire Model
- There have been improvements to the modeling of the tire carcass motion, which improves the handling on all the cars. All our NTM cars feel much better with this tire model update, and have had some amount (anywhere from a little to a lot) of re-tuning, so even if a car doesn't have its own release note does not mean that you shouldn't try it out to find out how it drives now!
- Tweak skid widths, smoke and skid amounts.
New Steering Model
- All the cars have better constrained steering systems to go with the tire carcass improvements, giving more precise feel.
Drafting
- Road course and oval drafting have been reworked to improve the racing experience.
Chevrolet Impala
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
- Right rear underbody collision surfaces have been lowered to hit the ground after the proper amount of compression.
Chevrolet Impala Class B
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
- Fixed cockpit view windshield duplication when the car was damaged which caused double darkening and reflection issues.
Chevrolet National Impala
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
Chevrolet Silverado
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
- Right rear underbody collision surfaces have been lowered to hit the ground after the proper amount of compression.
- Logitech sponsorship on the windshield has been removed.
Ford GT
- This car has had a physics overhaul to improve how it drives.
Ford Falcon V8 Supercar
- Added new exterior engine sounds that better capture listening at a distance. The previous exterior sounds are now only for the on-car sounds.
Mazda MX-5 Cup and Roadster
- Nvidia sponsorship has been removed.
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
- In-car ABS controls are now available to be assigned, in addition to the usual black box method of adjustment.
- Updated the rpm mapping for Logitech G27 shift lights.
Radical SR8
- Updated the rpm mapping for Logitech G27 shift lights.
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
- This classic Brazilian race track, also known by its former name Interlagos, is now available!
Bristol Motor Speedway
- Update GPS position. It was off by 10 meters or so, and had been 30 meters too low.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
- Improved the Endurance configuration surface types near La Source to try and avoid accidental black flags.
Lime Rock Park
- The first pit stall has been moved back one to make it easier to exit the pits past the armco wall.
Oran Park Raceway
- Added a checkpoint so turns 7-10 can no longer be shortcut.
- North B pit lane speed reduced to 20mph to make it so that driving through the pit lane takes more time than staying out on track.
Sebring International Raceway
- New track surface shaders have been added.
Virginia International Raceway
- The last 10 pit stalls have been moved away from the pit wall to make pitting easier.
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Website:
Hosted/Leagues/Tournaments
- The number of cars that can be used in a hosted, league or Tournament multi-car session has been changed from 3 to 4. The frame rate and performance in a session with this many cars will depend upon your pc and hardware.
- You no longer need to own all of the cars in a hosted multi-car session to participate. You now only need to own the Track where the event is being held and one of the Cars in the session. You will only be able to drive in a car that you own and you still must meet all of the other criteria of the session. You will need to download the cars you do not own. This update applies to Hosted, League and Tournament sessions
- Please Note: The "League Sessions" page and the "Hosted Racing - Join a Race" page are the only places on the site that support this functionality at this time. We are still working hard on implementing this functionality for helmet pop-ups and the "Spectator Sessions" area of the site.
Downloads
- The downloads page has been updated to support the downloading of cars that you have not purchased, that may be required to participate in a multi-car hosted events where you only own one of the cars. Cars that you do not own, that you do not have installed on your machine will appear in a new section of the download page call "Optional Unowned".
New Awards
Nine new awards have been added.
- Young Star - win official races in four different cars
- Honorable - win official races in eight different cars
- The Feared - win official races in sixteen different cars
- The Alien - win official races in all cars
- Runnin' Down a Dream - win official races on four different tracks
- On the Road Again - win official races on eight different tracks
- The Long and Winding Road - win official races on sixteen different tracks
- I've Been Everywhere - win official races on all tracks
- Photo Finish - win an official race with a margin of one twentieth of a second or less; this award is not granted retroactively
License Banner Update
The License Banner has been completely redesigned for clarity and visibility.
- The color of your license will change to reflect your License Level.
- You can toggle between road and oval licenses by clicking "Road" or "Oval" in the top -left area.
- You can toggle between iRating and ttRating by clicking "iRating" or "ttRating" below your name.
- Calendar, MPR and Credit maintain their existing functions, but have been restyled.
- Ping has been moved to the sub-navigation next to "Support".
Payments with PayPal Billing Agreements
** This section is awaiting a configuration change from our payment partner - we expect within the week.
- The iRacing Member's site now supports PayPal Billing Agreements. Once you have a billing agreement in place you can renew your account automatically, purchase content and recharge your account without logging into the PayPal site. A billing agreement is setup automatically whenever a member purchases a subscription using PayPal. You can also configure a billing agreement without purchasing a subscription by going to the "My Account" page on the Member's site (look for the link inside the "PayPal Billing Option" section of the page).
- From the "My Account" page you can remove an existing billing agreement (look for the link inside the "PayPal Billing Option" section of the page).
- If you have both a PayPal Billing Agreement and a credit card on file you should visit the "My Account" page and select your preferred payment method for auto-renewals and instant recharges. The link for this is located in the "Billing & Shipping Information" section of the page.
- Additional enhancements to this page are links to remove your credit card on file and to cancel auto-renewal (this was moved from the Cancel / Renew Membership page).
The following areas of the site have had a visual redesign
- "My Account"
- "Account Recharge"
- "Gift Card"
- "Promotions"
Bug Fixes
- Spotter passwords can no longer be blank. You must uncheck "Require a spotter password" if you decide not to have a password.
Simulation:
Tilt / Touch Driving
- Added tilt sensor support to the existing touch driving controls. Now you can choose to use a tilt sensor to control steering or gas/brake or both. The sensor auto calibrates based on your device orientation at startup, but there is a 'recenter' button on the driving screen (also mapped to the 'y' key) that will let you change your orientation at any time. The tilt sensitivity can be adjusted in the black box along with the FFB sensitivity and touch sensitivity. And the throttle and brake can be inverted with an option in the setting tab.
- Fixed a bug in touch that caused touch up events to get lost if you released your finger over another control.
Text Chat Macros
- Added in an 'auto chat' feature that lets users hit 10 different hotkeys to auto transmit a chat message. By default the keys are mapped to the 0-9 keys above your keyboard, but that can be remapped as needed. The default messages can also be edited in the sound settings tab. Adding a '$' symbol to the end of a line will automatically send the chat message for you, without it the message will be left waiting for you to edit or send as you wish.
Spectating
- No longer report connecting admins as being admins, or show Join/Leave announcements for spectators that are admins.
- Spectators don't need to do tech inspections in a fixed setup session.
Options
- Gray out driving controls and aids that are not used in the current session. But still let the user set their preferences for future sessions. This includes indicating if the h-pattern shifter will be active or not, based on your car type.
- Remove a lot of text from the controls page and push it into mouse over tool tips in order to improve visual clutter.
Spotting
- Change to not do tech inspections on spotters' machines.
- When you use the [Start Spotting] button, you will now see the live action, instead of the slightly delayed replay tape. You can still use the replay controls to rewind and review action from the past. To get back to the live action, use the "fast forward to end" button (>>|), or simply fast forward and the replay will stop and switch to live action when the end of the tape is reached. While spotting, you can tell that you're seeing the live action when the playback state says "Live".
Camera Tool
- Allow the camera tool hotkey to be remapped (ctrl-f12) to provide better compatibility with laptops and Mac devices.
- Fixed a bug where you could not edit the camera shot aim type if your custom camera file ended in 'track.cam'
Telemetry
- Add lap information to telemetry. (LapBestLap, LapBestLapTime, LapCurrentLapTime, LapLastLapTime)
- Add delta time information to telemetry. (LapDeltaToBestLap, LapDeltaToBestLap_DD, LapDeltaToBestLap_OK, LapDeltaToOptimalLap, LapDeltaToOptimalLap_DD, LapDeltaToOptimalLap_OK, LapDeltaToSessionBestLap, LapDeltaToSessionBestLap_DD, LapDeltaToSessionBestLap_OK, LapDeltaToSessionOptimalLap, LapDeltaToSessionOptimalLap_DD, LapDeltaToSessionOptimalLap_OK)
- Add radio channel information to telemetry, see the "RadioInfo:" section in the session string, and RadioTransmitCarIdx in the telemetry data.
- Add pit service time to telemetry. (PitRepairLeft, PitOptRepairLeft)
Race Control
- Qualifying laps will now be invalidated if any 0x or 2x car contact occurs during the lap.
- Many non-significant race control rules are no longer active once you finish your race. This could confusingly penalize people after they finished their race and cause their finishing position to drop as the post-race penalty was applied.
Graphics
- We have updated how we draw extra track surface details so they conform correctly to the road surface better and render more efficiently. This gets rid of our good old "floating skid marks" that we've come to know and love/hate.
- As part of the track detail improvements the race track’s surface is now always converted into a set of static meshes and stored in video memory. The old option to convert it on the fly, which had the benefit of utilizing slightly less video memory at the cost of performance, has been removed from the graphics options screen.
- Every car has had its paint adjusted to improve how paint will reflect more at low incident angles than when directly facing the viewer.
- Windshield glare at night is much reduced down to a reasonable level.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the brake rotor glow effect from being visible.
- The sim can now reload custom car textures with the ctrl-r hotkey. This is useful if you like painting your own cars by being able to quickly load and see your work in progress paint scheme without having to reload the sim many times. When reloading is triggered, all of the existing paint jobs are immediately unloaded and will default to white. They will then begin automatically reloading one at a time. Reloading happens in the background. If the loading causes performance issues while you are driving on track you may disable from loading while you are in car via the "LoadTexturesWhenDriving" setting in the renderer.ini configuration file.
- Also, it is possible for an external application such as Trading Paints to tell the sim to reload car textures by sending irsdk_BroadcastReloadTextures using the SDK.
- Shut off the auto rotate display feature in Windows 8, and force orientation to landscape. Use app.ini [Graphics] displayRotateMode=1 to override the default screen orientation.
Sponsors
- DSD and Lionel Racing sponsors added.
Sound
- Cold brakes now squeal until they warm up, unless the car has carbon brakes, which don't squeal. Note: the sim still does not model any brake performance changes with temperature at this time.
- Engine sound power now continues to get louder as rpm nears max.
- Fixed a bug in the opponent cars that would make them sound like they were driving around at full throttle even while coasting or hard braking.
Flexible Drivetrains
- All cars now have flex modeled in their drivetrain math, instead of being perfectly rigid. This gives all kinds of subtle and interesting audible and physical engine rpm wobble effects. Note: our model of the detroit locker differential that many of the oval cars use can cause some pretty rough sounding off throttle rpm bouncing as the locker and drivetrain get into a oscillation as the locker clatters between driving the left or right wheels. We're looking into that.
New Tire Model
- There have been improvements to the modeling of the tire carcass motion, which improves the handling on all the cars. All our NTM cars feel much better with this tire model update, and have had some amount (anywhere from a little to a lot) of re-tuning, so even if a car doesn't have its own release note does not mean that you shouldn't try it out to find out how it drives now!
- Tweak skid widths, smoke and skid amounts.
New Steering Model
- All the cars have better constrained steering systems to go with the tire carcass improvements, giving more precise feel.
Drafting
- Road course and oval drafting have been reworked to improve the racing experience.
Chevrolet Impala
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
- Right rear underbody collision surfaces have been lowered to hit the ground after the proper amount of compression.
Chevrolet Impala Class B
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
- Fixed cockpit view windshield duplication when the car was damaged which caused double darkening and reflection issues.
Chevrolet National Impala
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
Chevrolet Silverado
- New rules limit track bar split left to right to a maximum of 3" at all tracks.
- Right rear underbody collision surfaces have been lowered to hit the ground after the proper amount of compression.
- Logitech sponsorship on the windshield has been removed.
Ford GT
- This car has had a physics overhaul to improve how it drives.
Ford Falcon V8 Supercar
- Added new exterior engine sounds that better capture listening at a distance. The previous exterior sounds are now only for the on-car sounds.
Mazda MX-5 Cup and Roadster
- Nvidia sponsorship has been removed.
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
- In-car ABS controls are now available to be assigned, in addition to the usual black box method of adjustment.
- Updated the rpm mapping for Logitech G27 shift lights.
Radical SR8
- Updated the rpm mapping for Logitech G27 shift lights.
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
- This classic Brazilian race track, also known by its former name Interlagos, is now available!
Bristol Motor Speedway
- Update GPS position. It was off by 10 meters or so, and had been 30 meters too low.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
- Improved the Endurance configuration surface types near La Source to try and avoid accidental black flags.
Lime Rock Park
- The first pit stall has been moved back one to make it easier to exit the pits past the armco wall.
Oran Park Raceway
- Added a checkpoint so turns 7-10 can no longer be shortcut.
- North B pit lane speed reduced to 20mph to make it so that driving through the pit lane takes more time than staying out on track.
Sebring International Raceway
- New track surface shaders have been added.
Virginia International Raceway
- The last 10 pit stalls have been moved away from the pit wall to make pitting easier.
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