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Strange; I spent 6 hours hot lapping the past few days and felt completely the opposite: best yet. The nuances of each car, throttle steer, feeling under braking all seem the best they've been yet from my perspective. Mind you, this is road cars only not GTs or open wheel or anything. That's more my cup of tea.

I can actually sympathize with what he's saying, and I don't think it's fair to say that it's "only practice".

People function differently, and relate to experiences differently, and any experience isn't defined for an individual by a different individual's ideals in terms of input stimuli and response. The point is that there's a mental gap between what he experiences IRL vs within a sim environment (as there is for everyone), and he processes them both differently enough that it affects his ability to function at his capacity in one but not the other.

One issue is trying to reconcile each experience as the same: it not necessarily true that your peak capacity in one medium can, or should, translate into the other medium. Someone like Huutu (sp?) seems to be an exception to that, as well as others, but the stimuli received and the response to them are still quite different at the end of the day.

Perhaps there's just not enough visceral mental feedback (physical forces, fear, adrenaline, auditory assault, mild desperation) to keep him "interested/focused/in tune" with a sim compared to IRL. He describes it well as "the zone" when things are going well in a sim and this whole thing may have to do with a high mental capacity on his part.

Just some thoughts, take it or leave it.

Quote from Keling :

Is the brake bias adjustable? The real life stock Miata doesn't seem to slide that much under braking.

That car in that video doesn't slide much at all either; only under very extreme circumstances. As far as I can see, you have to be basically reckless with it to induce "oversteer" (quotes because it's still so mild). Seems like a fairly neutral, naturally under-steering but possibly over-steering car from that video. That seems about right for a stock Miata?

Yeah, that track look amazing. Even Tristan probably couldn't validly pick on the coloring; when I panned down originally I first thought it was a real Youtube video for a second.

Nice post Strobe. Sorry to hear things aren't so great for you these days. I do identify with your sensations regarding LFS though; when one fires it up for a few laps after so many years it's familiar, comforting, sad, predictable, empty, interesting, and fun all at the same time - at least to me. If AC met LFS' multiplayer, I'd probably lose my mind altogether so perhaps I'm thankful that deficiencies exist in "the great new sim". (and I do think is it great btw)

Yes. Screenshots of actually rebuilding engines and all kinds of things... spark plug wires could melt and whatnot, definitely had the hype meter up high on that.

Heh, yep, pretty big over reaction there guys :P

All he means is that their passion is with the physics. Nothing wrong with that, doesn't mean that they flat out don't do anything else, they're not 2 year olds

Is it just me or does this GT3 GTR sound suspiciously like the GT1 (V8)version - not the V6 GT3 version?

Quote from kars19 :

Try a full AI grid with smoke turned on. My fps almost doubled.

Indeed, smoke is much much better this patch.

Quote from sinbad :

Laser scanned Nordschleife isn't exactly life-changing. Other versions are just as much fun, even if not nerdtastically accurate.

Actually, if you like this track, I really disagree with you. The scale on the official version is different to a very relevant degree. Even for someone who doesn't drive that much, like me, there is an immediate and tangible difference with this version. Many corners are driven completely different compared to say Snoopy's. The side scenery also draws you in, and makes the track feel "wider but narrower" at the same time in many places - what I mean is that you get a great sense of velocity in relation to the surroundings - which are much more detailed despite the FAR better FPS I have - which is understandable considering one is a mod. Even though it's the "same track", it really isn't the same track that we've been driving. Ostensibly, I would say this is about 25% to 33% actually different from the existing mods, in ways I did not expect - most of them the actual track dimensions.

Money well spent IMO.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Quote from BigPeBe :

Still lots of fun to drive, but gotta say AC FFB feels still quite dead which kinda keeps me from putting any more time in to this sim. Because of the better FFB I have much more fun driving the Alfas on Power & Glory mod for GTR2.

I see few people saying this, but i'm really baffled and only thing i can think off is that your wheels are not setup correctly.. :/ FFB is awesome.

I do agree with Boris here, the FFB feels top tier to me in terms of what it communicates. Car to car is very very different and transitioning from one to the next takes (mental) adjustment as it should.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

So is it a better sim then AC? What's the deal

Haha, that's funny.

Driving the Huyaryurayaua around the ring a few times tonight, amongst other cars was a really fun experience for a "layman" who doesn't do this very much. There still seems to be a sound desparity between cars which I hope they fix. The afforementioned Pagani sounds absolutely engrossing on headphones - and is a complete beast (assists off, green track, normal tires!). That steep uphill from a slow right hander on the ring (sorry I haven't memorized the turn names), fighting for grip with all that damn torque - WOW the feeling is amazing. What a car. I love that turbocharged beast; the La Ferrari is great too but with the extra gear and having to keep the revs high to generate torque just doesn't give the same sense of occasion, and the lack of enveloping sound in the current build dampens the experience more in that car - even though it sounds very "good", just weak in amplitude by comparison.

Anyway, great patch, great sim, I haven't had that "aha" moment in a sim in a very long time, so it was a nice experience today. I just hope they keep their realism priorities in the right place with all this new-found exposure.

Update:

Fixed.

There was a hole in the intake hose which runs between the air filter and intake manifold. By hole, I mean it was basically destroyed, so it's been sucking in plenty of unfiltered air for who knows how long :/

Popped the hood to have a serious look today, noticed that in about 30 seconds, made two phone calls and was out and back with the new hose installed all in less than one hour from start to finish.

Thanks again for the input in this thread.

The french speaking population is by far mostly in Quebec, and some bleed into the maritime provinces... Newfoundland, Nova Scotia sure - but those dudes don't speak either English NOR French recognizably

Separatists Manitoba? Probably don't hear about it because it's insignificant.. And yes, anyone from France would scoff at what Quebec has done to the language... That and the fact that everyone I've ever dealt with from Quebec is either a wonderful human being who would give you the shirt off their back, or a complete scumbag who lowers the bar and redefines scumbaggery.

Usually all the weed mellows them out though.

Glad we could help.

I'm surprised the girls from BC had that much energy though :P

I thought the road going GTR was supposed to be included not just the GT car?

Same with the Vette...

Perfect, I have some contact cleaner at home thus will give it a shot.

Thanks for that, and thanks MadcatX for the above advice as well.

I've done exactly nothing else yet due to time constraints but that shouldn't take very long :P

Quote from Ingolf :

Another quick video, this time from Lunae.


Great fun,

That looks most excellent; especially the on board at the last portion. Very cool.

Thanks guys, that helps. The car doesn't get driven far very often, mostly used to drive kids to school in the winter, which is close. So I am wondering if the first O2 sensor is very fouled or just failed.

If the system runs mega rich in safe mode how come the error is that the A/F ratio is lean?

Edit: also wondering why it would come back when some throttle is applied? Could that indicate said O2 sensor is dirty but gets enough exhaust moving across it to get a reading or something?

Last edited by Ball Bearing Turbo, Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:12.

Hey all,

Looking for a little help if anyone has experience that would help me turn this information into something useful.

I have 2003 Mazda Protege that is running rough sometimes and stalling.

The problem happens at regular intervals when idling - it will be idling fine, and then all of a sudden start stumbling (if it was in gear it would stall and freak out my wife)

There check engine light is on and the code is P0171 which has these possible causes:http://engine-codes.com/p0171_mazda.html

Using an OBDII reader with the Torque app on my Android device, I have observed the following information: at idle:

MAF 1.6g/s (stable)
Load 15.3%
STFT1 25% (THIS DROPS TO 0% WHEN THE ENGINE STUMBLES)
Timing Adv 4.0Deg (SPARK ADVANCE GOES NUTS DURING THE STUMBLING)
F/T 1x1 25% (THIS IS THE SAME AS STFT1? IT DROPS TO 0% WHEN THE ENGINE STUMBLES)
02 1x1 0.0V (Could this mean one o2 sensor is shot?)
02 1x2 0.2V
LTFT1 -5.5%

Fuel status goes from "Closed Loop, using 02 sensor for fuel mix" to "Open loop due to system failure" when the engine stumbles.

Ones it does that, it will stay there and run rough - as soon as I rev the engine a little, it reverts - the STFT1 and F/T 1x1 go back to some value, and the fuel system status goes back to closed loop / using 02. Then, after a short time idling, the engine stumbles and round and round we go.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

That does sound really, really good for an external camera. Really good.

Quote from Mysho :

How. Do. I. Disable. Driver. Names. Please.

I am blind or something, but I don't see the bind and panic pressing of every key doesn't work.

CTRL L

http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?faq/keyboard-shortcuts.18/

Quote from tristancliffe :

I would happily say awesome physics. Not perfect by any means, but damn awesome. Small gripe with latest patch is with rear axle performance on extreme trail braking with standard cars, but I'm sure they'll be resolved soon - probably just a bug or a typo somewhere in the code.

Coming from you; that means I should stop reading and start driving again. Splendid!

Yeah, the SLS is definitely a proper sports car, not a wifey toy. I kind of understand, Fordman, why you might think that though if you don't know much about the car - it really is quite a beast. Faster around Laguna than the 10cyl viper by quite a bit, even though it's 400lbs heavier (because it's engineered properly unlike that silly Dodge)

Funny enough, I have some friends looking at Mercedes vehicles so I had the chance to have a look at the SLS AMG in the showroom just this week, and talked to the sales guy about it quite a bit. For a change, he actually knew a lot about the car, how it's built etc, was quite interesting. Too bad it was rather out of my budget at $225,000CAD

Supposedly they're not going to make them much longer. Which apparently could've netted me 100k if I would buy one now and sell it next year when it's not available! (yeah, let me get my wallet...:really

Last edited by Ball Bearing Turbo, Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:58.

They are wicked handling cars

Quote from Scawen :

...You know when the physics is wrong in a game, there are EXPLOITS.
So you could do stupid settings or drive in a stupid way and win the race by far over the people who use it as intended ...... It can't be that hard to understand, that it's not ready for release, can it?

This really helps to understand though; from a user point of view. What's obvious to you isn't always obvious to the user base, because you're totally immersed in your project . When you come right out and are explicit like this, there's no room for speculation at all, and therefore it's not hard to understand whatsoever.

And thanks for the communication lately, it's been really fun reading what all the devs have had to say. LFS has always been an excellent project and it's good to see this interaction again

Quote from Mike 78 :

I think some may be misunderstanding the purpose of a "TEST Patch"...

What it is:
A development tool used near the end of a project phase so that developers can crowdsource the user base for feedback regarding bugs, exploits, etc.

What it is not:
A sneak preview so that the players can get an early look at new content.

It's understandable considering the end user's point of view that some might not make this distinction but there you have it.

Indeed, great post. It's for use when you think you've got everything sorted and want to make sure as much as you can - for those that don't mind being test subjects - not for when you darn well it's bastardized and need 1000 posts of what's wrong when you already know.