rFactor 2 | Ligier JS P217 Announced For December Release

Paul Jeffrey · Dec 22, 2020

rFactor 2 developers Studio 397 have confirmed a third car will be heading to the simulation later this week, with the Dutch studio announcing the Ligier JS P217 will join the previous revealed Cadillac DPi and Corvette C8.R machines.

Ligier LMP 2 will be the third car of a three car pack.
Car pack set to release later this week.
Price and pack name yet to be revealed.

Yes, another new car has been revealed as set to be released for rFactor 2 later this week, with the Ligier JS P217 LMP2 machine set to form part of a three car DLC pack alongside the already announced Cadillac DPi-V.R and GTE specification Chevrolet Corvette C8.R that the studio showcased on social media over the last few days.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341330881940779009

Cadillac Reveal: Click Here.
Corvette Reveal: Click Here.

The Ligier JSP 217 LMP2 is set to sit alongside the previously released Oreca 07 in the LMP 2 category of the simulation, joining together with both the upcoming DPi Cadillac and the GTE selection of cars (Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and BMW) to form an ever-growing collection of multi-class racing vehicles within rFactor 2.

A release date and pack price for this new content has yet to be revealed by Studio 397, with more information expected to follow in the very near future.

Original Source: Studio 397 Twitter

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MarcG · Dec 22, 2020

Colt459 said:
Does anyone consistently play Rf2 in VR. It offers the worst VR experience of all the major sims IMO. Curious if others have been able to make it work for them.

Works fine for me

AyrtonForever · Dec 22, 2020

MarcG said:
Works fine for me

Same here. Not the best but very good since years. The worst in VR is ACC, a real insult for players

Cote Dazur · Dec 22, 2020

Colt459 said:
Does anyone consistently play Rf2 in VR. It offers the worst VR experience of all the major sims IMO. Curious if others have been able to make it work for them.

I do not use RF2 a lot, but when I do it is in VR, with oculus tool set to get super sampling, RF2 performs well for me, not as good as AMS2 or PC2, but on par with most.
I would prefer to be able to go direct to Oculus without having to use steam VR, but it is what it is.

elbo · Dec 22, 2020

You can bypass SteamVR with Opencomposite;
opencomposite

Colt459 · Dec 22, 2020

I guess I was more referencing the menus, key bindings, loading times, etc. Sounds like I just need to put more time into it.

I know visually ACC is the worst, but it is very user friendly outside of the visuals

Cote Dazur · Dec 22, 2020

elbo said:
You can bypass SteamVR with Opencomposite;
opencomposite

Sounds interesting, thank you, I will give it try.

passenger · Dec 22, 2020

So it was a Ligier... Yeah, cool car. Most people would like it, and it should be up there to
today's graphics standards. Nice going.

AyrtonForever · Dec 22, 2020

elbo said:
You can bypass SteamVR with Opencomposite;
opencomposite

i thought it doesn't works anymore after latest updates, i'm wrong?

RaceNut · Dec 22, 2020

GuitarTech said:
I'd be happy if I could just get my mouse pointer to work in the new UI, I've given up trying to get them to fix all the the hundred year bugs. But I'm not one to bear a grudge, I'll be buying this DLC for sure, the Ligier looks stunning, and the Caddy too. Hopefully a bug- free release.

I don't have VR mouse issues in rF2 but, I sure do in ACC, can't even start a session. I have found that the UI mouse behavior can be related to the resolution you set in rF2 though.

RaceNut · Dec 22, 2020

Colt459 said:
Does anyone consistently play Rf2 in VR. It offers the worst VR experience of all the major sims IMO. Curious if others have been able to make it work for them.

rF2 runs quite well in VR for me but, it does act up right after updating the GPU driver. FPS issues generally sort themselves out after a session or two.

thepharcyde · Dec 22, 2020

Nice addition, but if no big fixes complement this will be an instant no buy from me

Peter Kerényi · Dec 22, 2020

I have content I have bought for rF2, which gets installed immediately after the base game is installed. Then I open the game, it goes back to the desktop downloading free content from the workshop, that I get auto-subscribed for for some reason. I don't want them, cancel the download, unsubscribe from all, start the game, goes back to desktop and starts adding the auto-subscribed content one by one again, going back to desktop every time I launch it because it wants to download something else. What's the ****** point of the workshop then, may I ask everybody? I am looking forward to the new Endurance Pack 2 so I reinstalled it again, but this is such... argghhh...

thepharcyde · Dec 22, 2020

Peter Kerényi said:
I have content I have bought for rF2, which gets installed immediately after the base game is installed. Then I open the game, it goes back to the desktop downloading free content from the workshop, that I get auto-subscribed for for some reason. I don't want them, cancel the download, unsubscribe from all, start the game, goes back to desktop and starts adding the auto-subscribed content one by one again, going back to desktop every time I launch it because it wants to download something else. What's the ****** point of the workshop then, may I ask everybody? I am looking forward to the new Endurance Pack 2 so I reinstalled it again, but this is such... argghhh...

All workshop content gets duplicated too, as it initially sits in your package folder as well as installed. But you cannot delete the package file or it gets redownloaded.

Peter Kerényi · Dec 22, 2020

thepharcyde said:
All workshop content gets duplicated too, as it initially sits in your package folder as well as installed. But you cannot delete the package file or it gets redownloaded.

Yeah, it's also annoying. Oh and if you want to uninstall paid content it comes back as well the next time you start the sim. Why give the option then?

DaVeX↯ · Dec 22, 2020

Peter Kerényi said:
Yeah, it's also annoying. Oh and if you want to uninstall paid content it comes back as well the next time you start the sim. Why give the option then?

you need to unsubscribe to content on Steam or even after deleting it rF2 will download them again.

thepharcyde · Dec 22, 2020

thepharcyde said:
Nice addition, but if no big fixes complement this will be an instant no buy from me

Just read the Dec change log, no buy for me

davehenrie · Dec 22, 2020

The sad thing about the Ligier vs Oreca, the Oreca aero is old school, air over the top of the car. The ligier copied principles from Audi and Toyota where the air flows thru the chassis rather than just over. But from day 1 til now, even with a Joker evolution, the Ligier has never been able to keep pace with the Oreca in WEC. They have had some sucess in Asia and ELMS events which suggests further bop adjustments not made by WEC or ACO.

Peter Kerényi · Dec 22, 2020

I'm curious how the cockpits will look, that will be the main thing that will make my decision, if I manage to run rF2 at all with the new UI of course. If I still had my slow data-capped internet I would be so angry right now, instead of moderately angry... I will try to download everything it suggests and try to disable stuff I don't want in the UI if possible.

DopeSmokerDoom · Dec 22, 2020

Colt459 said:
Does anyone consistently play Rf2 in VR. It offers the worst VR experience of all the major sims IMO. Curious if others have been able to make it work for them.

yes