rF2: The Big Interview - Submit Your Questions Here

[Paul Jeffrey]

We are soon going to interview Marcel Offermans, the head of Studio 397 and the rFactor 2 racing simulation, and we want your questions!

The last few months have seen a whirlwind of development and improvements for rFactor 2, with some significant changes to the simulation taking place as well as a number of high profile car and track licence announcements - not least of which is the legendary combination of the Nordschleife and Le Mans 24 Hour circuits coming to the title.

Following on from the successful Automobilista 2 interview, I'm looking to tour round all the major developers and have a word about how things are going in their respective simulations - starting with a discussion with Studio 397 and their rFactor 2 racing title.

In order to ensure we get to the bottom of the questions our community want to know, I'm asking you to submit your questions for Marcel in the comments section below, and I'll do my best to ask as many of them as possible when we have a discussion next week.

Feel free to submit a question about anything and everything you always wanted to know about rFactor 2 in the comments section below!

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[Terry Rock]

My question is this...
Will there be any emphasis placed on setting up any RF2 dedicated servers, strictly for pick-up racing with original content?
Leagues are a good thing, but not everybody has the time to join one.
That should not be a limiting factor to good on-line racing.
Original RF was great in that regard, prior to some mods being introduced and causing mismatches.
RF2 started right off the bat with the problem.
Tried joining any race recently that isn't invite only? ...It is next to impossible.
Most of the time missing components on independent servers take forever to download or simply fail at installation.

 

[mantasisg]

A lot of stuff I'd like to ask I know is coming and will just wait to see how it is

The main questions I have is will it happen:

• Better wet surfaces simulation, viscous and dynamic hydroplaning. Will it happen ? (for those who don't know what it is google, and stop describing viscous hydroplaning as rubber being slippery when wet).
  
  
• Better gearboxes, drivetrain simulation. Will it happen ?
  
  
• More graphics (besides PBR) improvements. Will it happen ?
  
  
• Sound improvements. Will it happen ?
  
  
• More variety in cars content, more calssics, more range in years, more range in vehicle types. Will it happen ?

 

[Boby Kim]

Can you promise you wont talk to Ian Bell
- Nowadays the community wants graphics instead of physics as graphics are directly visible, and thus understandable, and physics are not: a direct outcome of Reiza going Madness=they will receive a huge chunk of the Project Cars community who are not interested in physics layers.
How do you stand up against this change with rF2 in the future as more and more people choose for graphics and content instead of true simulation?

 

[F1Aussie]

What is this whirlwind of development and improvements? I am yet to see it. Just the odd DLC and roadmap, don't think that counts.

 

[Rory Wetherington]

Will we have the ability to create custom offline single player championships when the new UI is released?

 

[DriftManiaX]

Will they ever fix all the bugs instead of releasing new paid content?

 

[Jonathan Young]

With its strong emphasis on modding and the inclusion of pre and post S397 first party content, the quality of cars and tracks in RF2 is mixed. Yet the more recent S397 content, for example Sebring and the Gen 2 Formula E car, is sublime. Like many of us, I have limited time to race so I’m only interested in such high quality content. Do you plan to round out the inventory with five star content and retire or upgrade lesser cars / tracks?

 

[FS7]

Will rF2 have rumble support on controller?
Will rF2 have an option to enable trackmap on the hud? Pretty much every other racing sim has had this option for years.
Will rF2's AI have improvements to race properly in the rain without pitting on every lap?

 

[formidable]

Is expected the release from a classic Le Mans layout (70-80-90), plus some Group C or LMP1 Cars?

 

[Dean Hayes]

Given that your currently working on laser scanned versions for both Lemans and Nurburgring is it safe to say that Spa is next?

 

[Will Mazeo]

I'd like to know about more pit stop work
Mandatory pits with pit window (u got 2 official GT3 packs, this is a must have)
Min pit timer stop (like ADAC GT)
Larger pit stalls as people requested in the forums
Pit stop animations at some point?

One more question: why didnt they switch to the lumberyard engine instead updating their own?

 

[ilema]

Hello simple question please.
Drift content + drift tracks + drift scoring system?
Possible?
Thanks

 

[pcraenme]

Can track loading times be improved, since rF2 is the slowest by far when it comes to loading a track?

 

[Juwe]

As everyone has asked great questions, will we have a return of the dev blogs? Michael Borda's blog was excellent; are these to be continued at some point?

I would love to read blogs from the track teams etc too.

Could be interesting of course, but for me there are much more important things, the devs should take care of, than writing blogs.

 

[Bas van den Boom]

When do we get the Tatuus pack released? I'm really exited to drive the formula cars announced for that pack! Thanks for the amazing work you've done for the sim so far! It's getting even better and better!

 

[A man with a Harmonica]

1. Do you intend to fix the erratic and often bizarre AI behaviour on wet track where they pit every lap and are either too fast or excruciating slow or the idea is to left broken forever?

2. When are you fixing the faded sun light of your graphics engine? I can identify rf2 source of any screenshot just seeing the pale sun light on picture.

3. When you gonna implement a minimally decent gearbox model?

 

[Steve H]

I would like to see sparks coming from the car when it bottoms out added..
please

 

[JeffMan]

Whatever happened to Portland International Raceway? In early 2018 it was announced. Haven't heard anything since.

 

[Angelo Lima]

Driving the GT3 cars developed by studio 397 on the Sebring track is something great.
But the same does not happen when running on the other tracks, even those that are improved by Studio.
As an example, spin the tires (burn off)on Porsche at Zandvoort is almost impossible, even with the TC is off.
So I ask: Is there anything different in the physics on the Sebring track relative to other existing ones for RF2?

 

[mesfigas]

ask about full Hybrid system and LMP1 cars in the future