PC2 Massive Project CARS 2 1.3.0.0 Update Released

[Paul Jeffrey]

Slightly Mad Studios have deployed a major new patch for Project CARS 2 today, addressing a large number of the issues currently experienced by players of the title.

The new build has been long awaited by both fans and critics of the Project CARS series following what has been a troubled birth for the new sim, however following plenty of promises from developers Slightly Mad Studios about the next big patch, it very much looks like the studio have been hard a work behind the scenes addressing much of what required attention in this potentially very impressive racing game.

The new build is available now.

Build 1.3.0.0 Update Notes:

Online / Multiplayer

• New game mode - The Online Championship game mode is now available, allowing players to compete online in full championships, spanning multiple rounds.
  
• Fixed an exploit where some players could load custom setups in Community Events when Default Setups are enabled.
  
• Improved logging and syncing when joining online games already in progress.
  
• Fix for an online issue where players would be shown an incorrect error message when attempting to join a game session which was full.
  
• Online Reputation: When being kicked from a race, the system now checks your recent history to help decide if points should be deducted from your ranking score.
  
• Online Reputation: Fixed a bug where remaining players would not score for a win against disconnected players.
  
• Resolved a problem where a previously kicked player, joining back into a game after accepting an invite, would be auto-kicked.
  
• For players joining an active qualifying or practice session, there is now a 3-minute cut-off as the session approaches completion, after which it will no longer be possible to join the session.
  
• An error message is now displayed when an incorrect password is entered when joining a password-protected lobby.

Career

• New Invitational Event - McLaren 720S VIP Challenge.
  
• Fix for career multi-class races, so that the finish position within the class is used for series progression, rather than the overall race position.
  
• Nissan Skyline Silhouette, Nissan Skyline BNR32, Nissan R89C, and Porsche 961 can now be used in Career mode.
  
• Fix for an issue where pop-ups for unlocking Invitational events were displayed in the wrong location.

VR

• Improvements to the VR-specific replay camera system.
  
• Fix for screen dirt and rain drops not rendering correctly in VR.
  
• Fix for an issue when VR combined with NVIDIA Surround caused the game to attempt display of ultra-widescreen content in the VR headset.
  
• Changed the VR Gaze pointer behaviour to also hide when the UI is disabled in Photo Mode and Replays.
  
• Fix for VR Photo Mode initial FOV settings when switching camera mode.
  
• Fix for screenshots taken in VR Photo Mode not saving correctly to the <Documents\Project CARS 2\screenshots> folder.

Controllers

• Logitech - Fix for G29 and G920 lock stops.
  
• Fanatec - improved anti-jolt and high-frequency anti-vibe on the CSWB series.
  
• Thrustmaster - Improvements for the 458 Italia.
  
• Improvements to various controller’s vibration effects.

GUI and HUD improvements

• Session information such as race duration is now displayed on the pre-race menu.
  
• Changed the HUD colouring scale for race rain tyres.
  
• Added a dialog to show replay saving progress.
  
• Change to the way the Start Type is displayed on the Round dialog so that it matches the Race Settings dialog.
  
• Fix for an issue where a menu would become disabled when moving 'down' from the bottom of the menu.
  
• Updates to various buttons to better indicate when a button is selected/highlighted.
  
• Fix for buttons on online post-race results screen so that they only show when they can be pressed.
  
• Fixed cases where the RPM Gauge on the HUD was not matching the actual RPM of the car.
  
• Fixed loading bar to become invisible when local loading is complete.
  
• Added new Help Text for Menu Spring Strength in FFB settings.
  
• Added fuel estimation to Tuning Setup screen and ICM.
  
• Added auto-scroll to a number of info feeds to prevent overlapping text.
  
• Added the name of the car setup currently in use to the 'Setup' button on the Pre-Race screen.
  
• Fix for fuel being displayed incorrectly as mass, not volume.
  
• Improvements to the lap timing and visual-split timing HUD widgets.
  
• Fix for incorrect number of records being counted on Community Event screen.
  
• Fixed an issue in Time Trial where Loaded Ghosts and Options on the Pre-Race menu were highlighted at the same time if the player added multiple ghosts in Time Trial.
  
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect weather forecast icon is displayed for the client in the lobby details screen.

Handling/Damage

• Various tyre behaviour tweaks and improvements to the different tyre compounds.
  
• Altered the pre-heating temperatures of various tyres to prevent them from being outside optimum temp range at race starts.
  
• New rain tyre compound improvements for Group C, GTP, all Formula cars, GT1, and LMP900.
  
• Driveline improvements with increased synchro effect for Hewland-type gearbox
  
• Lowered the time to jam gears together after a missed shift for all gearboxes.
  
• Changes to Vintage Lotus treaded tyres to improve wet speed balance.
  
• Altered radiator damage to make it more progressive, and not accumulate damage from minor impacts.
  
• Fix for issues with radiator settings on the Toyota GT86 GT4, and Rocket Bunny versions, which under some conditions were causing engine overheating.
  
• Changes to downshift protection based on vehicle speed.
  
• Lowered minimum shift time for cars with H-pattern racing gearboxes.
  
• Improved physics setup and damage for Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.8 AMG.
  
• Fixed missing radiator damage for Ford Escorts, and Ford Mustangs.
  
• Improvements to Formula Renault 3.5 default stable setup.
  
• Performance balancing changes to the LMP1, GT3 and GT4 Classes.
  
• Refinements to Vintage Low Grip tyre.
  
• Balanced performance for BMW M3 GT4, and Ford Mustang Boss 302 R1.
  
• Improved Modern Touring Car tyre compound.
  
• Road car tyres: Tuned the aquaplaning and more sensible behaviour in very deep water.
  
• Increased threshold for detaching front wings of Formula cars.
  
• Adjusted various default setups:
  
• – Aston DB11: Loose
  
• – Aston Vulcan: Loose, and Stable
  
• – BMW 320 TC: Stable
  
• – BMW M3 E30: Loose, and Stable
  
• – Chevy Camaro ZL1: Loose, and OEM
  
• – Ferrari 330 P4: Loose, and Stable
  
• – Ford Fusion Stockcar: Loose.
  
• BMW 2002 StanceWorks: Fixed tyre texture, better strut geometry for kingpin angle and scrub radius, improved drag centre of forces in the aero model.

AI

• Improved AI in low- and high-speed cornering.
  
• Improved balance between player and AI in wet conditions.
  
• Improvements to general AI behaviour and racecraft across all tracks.
  
• Tweaks to how AI are affected by snow and ice.
  
• Improvements to the AI driving on slick tyres in wet weather.
  
• AI Practice and Qualifying grip levels rebalanced to better match expected behaviour.
  
• Better balanced AI speed on corner exit.
  
• Generally improved the AI racing balance and ability across many tracks.

Audio

• Update to various AI car sounds.
  
• Added new sounds for lower pitch skidding.
  
• Improved AI audio levels in replays.
  
• Improvements to Lamborghini Huracán engine audio.
  
• Reduced the skid sounds for the McLaren 720S.
  
• Modified falloff curves for surface and skid sounds.
  
• Updated sound mix for replays, with improved reverb settings for tunnels and bridges.
  
• New tyre skid sound effects for treaded tyres.
  
• Fix for an issue with audio not panning to all speakers in 7.1 under certain conditions.

Tracks

• California Highway Stage 3 - Added an alternate start line to clean up occasional start line issues.
  
• DirtFish (all) - Fixed an issue with render flickering on main building.
  
• DirtFish Mill Run - Fix for an exploit to prevent unrealistic lap times (This includes a leaderboard reset for Time Trial and Community Events on DirtFish Mill Run to remove bogus lap times).
  
• Fuji - Fixed an issue with some render flickering on the front of the pit buildings.
  
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Oval - Updated dynamic marks, updated AI alternate start line for better cleaner starts.
  
• Circuit de 24 Heures du Mans - Fix for render flickering issue on the fence left of start straight, and in the curve entering the long straight.
  
• Lohéac - Fix for an issue on one kerb where the physics would didn’t behave correctly.
  
• Oulton Park - Fixed floating white lines near entry to pit lane.
  
• Red Bull Ring—National: Changed some dynamic barriers and fixed LODs.
  
• Red Bull Ring GP and National layouts - Fixes for various Replay and Pre-Race camera issues.
  
• Sakitto - Fixed various render popup issues.
  
• Fixed issues with the race start at various tracks.
  
• Adjusted the pit lane placement of Pit Limiter Entry and Exit boards at several tracks.
  
• Improvements to track cut settings at various tracks.

Vehicles

• Audi A1 Quattro - Rebalanced the AI in rain vs. dry.
  
• BAC Mono - New wet tyre compound.
  
• BMW 320 TC - Fixes for gaps in the rear of cockpit, and fixed cockpit display clipping.
  
• Caterham Seven 620 R - Improved wet tyre.
  
• Chevrolet Camaro 1969 - New suspension geometry to better match the Hotchkiss design at the rear and SLA up front.
  
• Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 - OEM setup differential opened up.
  
• Dallara DW12 Road - New player rain compound, and new AI wet grip adjustments.
  
• Formula X & Dallara IR-12 - Adjusted engine lifetime model.
  
• Ferrari 488 GT3 - Reduced extra slip allowance at low speeds for better stability.
  
• Ferrari F40 LM - Fixed various cockpit detail issues that were visible in VR.
  
• Ford Escort RS1600 - Adjusted dry and wet speeds for AI to match latest physics changes.
  
• Ford Falcon V8 Supercar - New rain compound.
  
• Ford Falcon V8 Superca - Added a new tyre carcass and made some minor improvements to car handling.
  
• Formula Renault 3.5 - Increased rolling drag and friction torque to AI to balance their speed on straights.
  
• Ginetta G40 - Improved AI tyre stiffness, grip and rolling resistance, to better match player, added new Junior tyre.
  
• KTM X-Bow GT4 - Changed spring and damper data, and added optional final drive ratio.
  
• Ligier JS P - Fixed exhaust positions.
  
• Ligier LMP3 - Fixed rear 3rd bump stop having no range adjustment.
  
• Lotus Type 51 - Increased players wet grip to better match the AI.
  
• Mazda MX-5 Radbul - Engine cooling and durability adjustment to prevent engine from blowing after one lap. New drift setup added.
  
• McLaren P1 GTR - Updated the differentials for Stable, and Loose default setups, for more stability and ease of driving.
  
• Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 - Improved default setup to improve stability.
  
• Nissan Fairlady Z GTS - Various fixes enabling radiator damage, texture fixes, better drag balance, and bigger set of gear ratios.
  
• Nissan Fairlady Z GTS-II - Raised shift light RPM-trigger to 8,000 RPM.
  
• Nissan Skyline Super Silhouette - Boost adjustment for default setup to make the car more competitive with other Group 5 cars.
  
• Porsche 936/77 - Added a wider set of gear ratios.
  
• RWD P20 LMP2 - Changed shift lights to better match engine peak-power.
  
• Toyota GT86 - Altered aero positioning, and fixed an aero-lose problem without changing the setup.
  
• GT4 cars - Change to the tyre carcass model.
  
• LMP1 Cars - Fixed an issue where the AI weren't using the hybrid system, causing an imbalance with the player.
  
• LMP2 cars - Reduced aero drag by 35lbf @ 150mph.
  
• Various road cars - Changed OEM tyres to the correct ones.
  
• Kart - Disabled differential setup adjustments, new tyre carcass construction.
  
• Improved dirt texture on various cars.
  
• Fixed mud and snow textures on various cars.

Other Improvements

• Fixed an issue in Time Trial where the player could load a ghost’s setup for a different car from the player’s car if the selected ghost was in the same class as the player’s car.
  
• Improved the rendering of the edges of LiveTrack puddles for off-road/off-track areas.
  
• Fixed an issue with mud and dust particles being visible inside cockpits.
  
• Improvements to the wet track darkening render effect.
  
• Much-improved motion blur and bokeh effects.
  
• Fix for an issue where, in certain cases, LiveTrack conditions could be carried over from one game type to another.
  
• Improved the synchronisation of clouds and rainfall, and the effects on cars.
  
• Fix for a red/yellow graphical glitch sometimes appearing on track surface.
  
• Fix for an occasional crash when switching shadow detail level.
  
• Fixed an intermittent crash when entering text for a new pit strategy.
  
• Fixed an issue where occasionally some AI cars would not move on the first viewing of a replay.
  
• Fix for an issue that would reset the player’s tuning setup to default when Pausing and choosing to return to pits.
  
• ...and many other small tweaks, improvements and performance enhancements.

Project CARS 2 is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

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Have you tried the new Project CARS 2 update yet? Has the latest build addressed any / all of the issues you detected with the game? What are your impressions? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Damage Inc]

mod-edit: don't report other peoples posts and then do exactly the same. Last warning for you as well.

 

[Damage Inc]

Lol. Wanna bet? Go read the UCC.

What is UCC? and go ahead try a court case, there was an album I bought once and half the songs were tripe, can I sue the band? No? didn't think so.

 

[Damage Inc]

spot on. The anti-auto shift "feature" in pCARS2 is a good example of devs completely reversing real life. In real life, even on auto clutch cars, the driver is still in control. Any engine developer would be laughed at if that were not so. Of course, rich software devs have expensive cars that probably act in a similar matter to the game, but it has no place in racing. Instead, we get a "SIM" that enforces a fallacy that only exists in showroom cars that are $200K plus. They don't race those cars.

This is only one example. The bug-fest that is pCARS2, has thousands of examples, but this is the most glaring one. And telling. It ruins everything.

And you better upgrade your hardware, or you can't experience a puddle destroying your race when no car would be allowed to race in those conditions. Turn 10 tried this and got burned. It's another case of a "feature" that is irrelevant, except for exciting the boardroom.

If your argument is "but everyone else does it" go straight to third grade. I'm not a fan of Assetto's approach either. But it's nowhere near as misguided. Just drive the 2017 F1 car. Instead, SMS enforces their misguided opinion on every car. The fact that they don't even understand (or care to) the differences between road cars and race cars, or one car vs. the others, speaks volumes.

If you try and point these things out on the forums, you get attacked by 1000 sycophant gamers and another 1000 SMS employees. Ian may have learned his lesson re: how not to attack you customers, but his employees have not. We complain out of love (we hope) for the game. We would not be on the forums if we didn't. Some, like me, tend to be more blunt. I even defended SMS after knowing they were pioneers on the console and included oval this time (which are useless), and knowing they tried hard to fix the mistakes in PC1. Now, with the sequel, I get flashbacks to PC1, where it took 1+ years to make the game viable. They don't get the same slack this time.

OMG, you DO realise mods on the official forum are VOLUNTEERS and NOT EMPLOYEES?!! LOL seriously get a grip man. Has anyone posting with a blue name attacked you?

Many things you say are valid but some of the hyperbole and crap has to stop, it's not being blunt it's just being flat out wrong.

 

[apex11]

mod-edit: removed

 

[apex11]

OMG, you DO realise mods on the official forum are VOLUNTEERS and NOT EMPLOYEES?!! LOL seriously get a grip man. Has anyone posting with a blue name attacked you?

Many things you say are valid but some of the hyperbole and crap has to stop, it's not being blunt it's just being flat out wrong.

Makes them worse in my book...they do it for a power trip and costs Ian Bell nothing....so sad.

 

[apex11]

PCars 2 was broken, this patch fixes some of that....why would SMS fix and patch a game were it not broken...?
The clue is in the "fixes" bit, opposite of fix is broken.....

 

[gamer19]

I would be more than happy if clutch behavior was modeled like it is in AC. I'm planning to build a h-shifter with servo blocking mechanism to help with rpm sync and clutchless shifting to avoid miss-shifts. The way it is in AC is just perfect to let me implement the hardware.

At least one thing is for sure... in PC2 I could right out of the box use both paddles and H-shifter, depending on car, without going out of the session (God I really hate that), making another profile and such no senses. In Asetto Corsa... still haven't manage it, after all these years.
Guess it must be me.

A little bit off topic (or is it?) you guys should really learn use multi-quote. It should be in forum rules. Not saying that it isn't already.

 

[Kenny Paton]

@gasolinegarage @Damage Inc
Time to dial back on the personal insults gents before a "power mad" mod feels the need to intervene.

 

[ronniej]

I'm actually seeing what some on the Pcars forums are saying about this "witch hunt"....Even though I didn't agree with how this game was hyped by the makers, this is getting out of hand if you really start to look at how some are attacking this game and its developers. If anything, perhaps the studio head should've went about the marketing of this game differently, but the game is far from broken or a "theft" has taken place here. In fact, they have, and are still working on the game and I would argue that is a good thing.

*At least they haven't pulled a F1 2015 yet, where they just abandoned and went on to the next. (I'm still pissed about that one by Codemasters lol..Haven't bought a F1 title since and never will)

 

[Rupe Wilson]

@gasolinegarage @Damage Inc
Time to dial back on the personal insults gents before a "power mad" mod feels the need to intervene.

you rang....

 

[Jdizzy42]

PCars 2 was broken, this patch fixes some of that....why would SMS fix and patch a game were it not broken...?
The clue is in the "fixes" bit, opposite of fix is broken.....

I believe all the current sims are getting updates and patches still, even the ones that have been out for years. Does that mean they are all broken? The fact is game development isn't as easy as we like to think it is and getting harder as the technology progresses.

The fact is with any new game, not just sims, you should probably expect some issues at release, and the good devs separate themselves by working on it as soon as possible, and even then as we see with other sims, they likely won't ever get everything worked out.

We would all like something that is perfect out of the box, but with how complex games are nowadays, no dev will ever be able to fully QA a game to our liking. Not if we ever want the game released anyways.

 

[Msportdan]

I've been testing again last nite. and for me the AI is just plain boring. It reminds me of ACs AI before stefano overhauled them. They dont fight each other that get stuck behind you. Did the Gts at COTA and it was just a line of 20 GTE cars..

It looked nice (with sun going down etc) but the experience is nothing to AMS, RF2 and RRE..! The AI unbalanced thing is annoying but its the same in rf2.. but we do have a specific AI level per track which helps. Thats what all sim games need Imo. I still think the ai performance isn't the same in the wet. So the wet ai level wont be on level to you in, as the wet race is.

Anyway its not bad... there just other sims to take my time up.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

never owned either of the pCars games (though I invested in the first one and got a healthy profit, which my wallet liked), but I do keep coming back to read posts, no other publisher / game inflames opinions quite like these chaps do. very entertaining in the way reality tv can be entertaining. keep at it boys!

 

[Damage Inc]

Mod EDIT: AS you have failed to grasp the warning and still keep attacking fellow members you leave me with few options.
you are taking a break from this thread.

 

[apex11]

I'm actually seeing what some on the Pcars forums are saying about this "witch hunt"....Even though I didn't agree with how this game was hyped by the makers, this is getting out of hand if you really start to look at how some are attacking this game and its developers. If anything, perhaps the studio head should've went about the marketing of this game differently, but the game is far from broken or a "theft" has taken place here. In fact, they have, and are still working on the game and I would argue that is a good thing.

*At least they haven't pulled a F1 2015 yet, where they just abandoned and went on to the next. (I'm still pissed about that one by Codemasters lol..Haven't bought a F1 title since and never will)

But then again SMS pay Pretend Race Cars and he is an employee of them, go read what he writes about RF2 and AC and iRacing.... if they don't like people bashing PCars 2 maybe stop paying someone to bash other titles then?
Or maybe grow up and take it......
Also many threads on PCars forum slagging off Forza, GT, AC, iRacing, RRE, AMS, RF2 etc...
Smacks of hypocrisy....

 

[Ryan Soucy]

Cannot believe they have not fixed this. I have not touched it months partly because of this and the clutch still does not work. FFS what a joke.
Saying that don't suppose RF2 have ever got round to it?

Simulations my arse

iRacing clutch simulation is also non-existent. LFS is about the only game that the clutch feels right.

The thing is, the game auto-clutching for you is not a deal breaker. If you want to depress the clutch on upshifts, then DO IT! If you want to clutch on downshift and blip the throttle, THEN DO IT. Its not like PCars2 actually locks your clutch pedal so it has to auto-shift. If you are clutching yourself, the auto-clutch will be a non-issue, since you will likely be slower on the footwork.

Where's the guy who complained about not being able to do cool-down laps after the checker? Or the Dirt Rally guy who wanted more replay cameras? That's what this feels like.

 

[Emery]

Right now, the most annoying post-patch bug for me is when the camera switches from my default cockpit view to bumper cam (or super-wide-angle) when joining a multiplayer session. Happens about 1/3 of the time... had to assign a key to cycle the cameras.

 

[Ryan Soucy]

PCars 2 was broken, this patch fixes some of that....why would SMS fix and patch a game were it not broken...?
The clue is in the "fixes" bit, opposite of fix is broken.....

And how many tyre versions have AC and iRacing gone through? Broken games, I suppose. Still broken since they're still patching...

 

[apex11]

And how many tyre versions have AC and iRacing gone through? Broken games, I suppose. Still broken since they're still patching...

But i am talking about PCars 2......its like when people say something about the Tories in the UK and people go "but what about what Labour did 10 years ago" whataboutisum, the plague of the internet..

"PCars 2 was broken"
internet "but so is RF2......................Look a squirrel"

 

[ronniej]

But then again SMS pay Pretend Race Cars and he is an employee of them, go read what he writes about RF2 and AC and iRacing.... if they don't like people bashing PCars 2 maybe stop paying someone to bash other titles then?
Or maybe grow up and take it......
Also many threads on PCars forum slagging off Forza, GT, AC, iRacing, RRE, AMS, RF2 etc...
Smacks of hypocrisy....

lol, but unless you can prove that SMS told PRC to bash other titles, that won't hold up in court....