rF2: McLaren Senna GTR and Aston Martin GTE Released

[Paul Jeffrey]

Studio 397 have released the stunning McLaren Senna GTR and Aston Martin Vantage GTE for rFactor 2.

Available as standalone DLC content or part of the ‘Two Strong Pack’, both cars are available to purchase for the simulation with immediate effect.

Adding a brand new category to the sim, the McLaren Senna offers a first look at the upcoming new Hypercar specification of GT racing – a classification set to take over from the retiring LMP class at the head of the endurance racing landscape.

Officially unveiled as a limited production mid-engine sports car by McLaren Automotive back at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the Senna is earmarked by the famous racing team to take the McLaren name back to the top level of Le Mans competition from the 2020/21 season.

Packing a mighty 4.0l V8 twin-turbocharged engine, the Senna GTR is in its own right an impressive piece of motorsport engineering – however, the look into the future of endurance racing is perhaps what is most exciting about the car – giving sim racers our first view of what is set to come at the pinnacle of long distance endurance racing.

The other car in the pack similarly needs no introduction, with Studio 397 dropping the fourth instalment to the popular GTE category within the sim – adding the beautiful Aston Martin Vantage GTE to the title.

The Vantage joins the current GTE field of Porsche, Corvette and BMW within the sim, and inserts a fan favourite car into what is, for me at least, one of the best packs of virtual racing machines anywhere in sim racing.

Both cars are available now, and retails for 4.99 euro each, or around 6.99 euros for the two car ‘Two Strong Pack’.

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[bgil66]

just watched that video and the Senna sounds very sweet, hmmm I wonder if I should make a purchase hmmm but I'd really like to click on new UI

 

[Durge Driven]

Don't forget the many commenters complaining about the complaining.

I apologize ......off my meds
I talking mostly about posts have no constructive criticism or reasoning

Like Tar above says hardcore + online is small percentage then we have multi physics/graphics engines,
rampant duplication of content and DLC they get more money then ever before and still each has it's own problems

Old days when sim where series no one complained because if you never liked something
you would just return it to a store in a few days no questions asked

 

[mr Sw1tchblade]

Waiting for them to be finished

Yep. I want Aston-Martin GTE at list. Got all other official content so far.

 

[Acke Rosa]

The price of the next DLC will be...
*DRAMATIC MUSIC*
One Millllion dollaarrrsss

MWHAAHAHAHAHAHHA
MWHAAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!

 

[Case_]

Like the Aston a lot, might be my favorite GTE now, especially after the recent changes done to them. And it sounds great as well.

The Senna...well, not so much. Not saying it's bad or anything, but doesn't really do much for me.

What I don't understand, though, is why all of the S397 GT3 and GTE cars are set by default with such heavy FFB with so much clipping. You have to dial every single car down to around 0.75 FFB multiplier to get rid of most of the clipping (which reminds me of ACC where the default FFB settings also clip a lot and are very heavy), and even lower if you want to get rid of it completely (which is kinda annoying, also because it seems it tends to get reset when the cars are updated, so you have to do it again). It is very obvious with this DLC pack in particular, since the Aston once again has its FFB set so high and you have to dial it down, while the Senna is very close to being perfect in this regard (I still lowered the multiplier a bit, but you wouldn't have to, unlike the GTE cars).

 

[patchedupdemon]

Waiting for them to be finished

Gotta love that name, nearly made me spit my beer out when I first saw your post

 

[Durge Driven]

• 
  " With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
  it is still a beautiful "sim" world
  Be cheerful.
  Strive to be happy "
  
  Desiderata "revised" 2019
  
  .
  
  

 

[davehenrie]

• 
  " With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
  it is still a beautiful "sim" world
  Be cheerful.
  Strive to be happy "
  
  Desiderata "revised" 2019
  
  .

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

-- National Lampoon Deteriorata

 

[michael conger]

Lots of complaining about the price of the DLC Jesus Christ it’s seven dollars simracer to use to get in **** for free

 

[Ace King]

For about the cost of 2 pub beers i will get hundreds of hours of pure joy with these beasts!

 

[randMracer]

@Marcel Offermans If you want to do as Iracing with your DLC payment at least you could have your same competition system, if not this is a swindle.

Clearly you haven't been to iRacing very often.

 

[tpw]

Seems like a standard release for me: I swear that I'm not going to buy rF2 DLC on day one, and then I do. And lo and behold the cars are great but affected by various QC issues that s397 or whoever they contract to do the cars seem oblivious to (totally misaligned mirrors etc) and will never fix. And the features (UI, PBR cockpits, AI improvements, drivetrain improvements etc ad nauseum) that I actually buy content to fund the development of remain a mirage on the horizon.

 

[Graham Botha]

I tested both the Aston and Senna at Lemans. When I tried the Senna, I had a huge performance drop in VR, constantly re-projecting, but its not the case with any of the other cars. Does anyone have a similar experience?

 

[Peter Koslowski]

I was dying to drive the Senna. Then I got the Aston for 7€! Actually a good price but if not the new UI and the Nordschleife, I buy the next car and tracks too! But soon DLC will come again for free, something like Tatuus or similar I always find very good!
I think the people who complain about the announced updates not coming still are very happy to do their rounds with rFactor. The driving experience with rFactor is just awesome.

 

[Peter Koslowski]

I tested both the Aston and Senna at Lemans. When I tried the Senna, I had a huge performance drop in VR, constantly re-projecting, but its not the case with any of the other cars. Does anyone have a similar experience?

No, I have a 8700k and 2080 ti. All is fine, but I use the 60 Hz mode with my HP Reverb, all graphics on ultra, no drops!

 

[Deleted member 526227]

For about the cost of 2 pub beers i will get hundreds of hours of pure joy with these beasts!

Kindergarten as always...

 

[Durge Driven]

Here is fun idea make a basic mod with all DLC , I add GT500 and URD Ford for good measure and the good courses you like
Important bit only select one skin for each vehicle I try not to duplicate car numbers



Now make a online room ( you don't have to change any settings as you not actually hosting)
Make it private / unannounced
My mod has 18 vehicles so you select 17ai
Boot room and join
Select your first car to drive
You should have 1 of each other model
Now test or hotlap come back to garage and swap cars without leaving room
and retain best laps for each you drive

Be nice if you could do that in any other sim

 

[MarcG]

I tested both the Aston and Senna at Lemans. When I tried the Senna, I had a huge performance drop in VR, constantly re-projecting, but its not the case with any of the other cars. Does anyone have a similar experience?

Not for me, Senna is smooth like the rest.

 

[M D Gourley]

Sim Racing is my only guilty passion and as I do not play any other games I save my pennies for such occasions as this...and Nords when it arrives...more than happy with the cost, was expecting more to be honest, but very happy with my purchase plus helping to fund future content and development
Having a blast around Studio 397 fantastic LeMans track.

 

[Lutis]

Everyone talks about UI. What is so bad about it? I think more than new UI we need some kind of multiplayer system.