PC2 Sim Discussion Monday - Project CARS 2

[Paul Jeffrey]

First day back in the office for many this morning, what better way to pass the time than have a good discussion about the new Project CARS game?

Now the dust is beginning to settle around the recent release of Project CARS 2, we thought it a good time to look deeper into the game, driven by our community, and share our findings and impressions from the heavily hyped new racing title from Slightly Mad Studios.

Do you have some useful tips for getting the most from the sim? Found a magic setting to really unlock the FFB? Got a trick up your sleeve that helps bring sharper graphics for little FPS trade off? Or do you simply want to share your most / least favourite car and track combinations?

So long as it remains on topic, respectful and mature, we want to know your thoughts!

Mondays be like...

 

[Puduku]

I just tried to drive to Mclaren F1 in a heavy rain with puddles. Yes, when hit in a puddle at a speed, the car begins to lose control and in general in the rain the car is poorly controlled. I can explain this to those for Mclaren F1 there is no rain tires as well as in the whole class of Road C. Try to drive in the same conditions on a GT3 class car that has rain tires and there are no problems.

I will try tonight. I need more testing to understand all the parameters in this. But then I hope the XJ220 has appropriate tires instead that event is a nightmare..

 

[IAMTHEKITTEN]

In fact, it's all about tires. Puddles and wet asphalt here is not necessary. Try to drive on hard slicks in the storm and then on the rain tires and you will understand everything.

Well.. Hard Tires in rain, is like driving on an ice rink

 

[rw3]

Well.. Hard Tires in rain, is like driving on an ice rink

As it should be, they're slick!

 

[IAMTHEKITTEN]

As it should be, they're slick!

I completely agree! Although, there isnt any intermediate tires? Unless they've been removed.

 

[rw3]

I completely agree! Although, there isnt any intermediate tires? Unless they've been removed.

As far as I know we just have slick, wet, ice and off-road/dirt, not sure if that applies to all cars.

 

[Skidmeister]

As far as I know we just have slick, wet, ice and off-road/dirt, not sure if that applies to all cars.

Different cars get different sets (types) of tires from what Iv'e seen

 

[ionONE1]

Can we expect a balance patch for the Ferrari GT3?

 

[Deleted member 99238]

As far as I know we just have slick, wet, ice and off-road/dirt, not sure if that applies to all cars.

Not exactly. In the Road C class under discussion, there is only - Soft/Medium/Hard - Dirt - Snow tires. For the rain automatically put tires Medium. For wet weather (Rain) tires do not! This is the whole problem.

 

[Deleted member 99238]

I drove now on the Toyota GT86 from the Road G class.
There for the rain automatically put tires Hard (Pirelli P-Zero) and no problems with driving in the rain there. Apparently there is again some kind of bug.

 

[Skidmeister]

I drove now on the Toyota GT86 from the Road G class.
There for the rain automatically put tires Hard (Pirelli P-Zero) and no problems with driving in the rain there. Apparently there is again some kind of bug.

The Pirelli P-Zero is a treaded street tire that should be able to channel water effectively, that being said it did place 9th in the Car and Driver tire test behind the Michelin Pilot Super Sport , and did not fair well in wet conditions. So maybe there needs to be some tweaking but also need to compare apples to apples, IE same track, same time of day, same weather conditions etc., to test one car against another for grip. Also lowering the car will often hurt wet weather performance, so you should also use stock setups for evaluation.

 

[Deleted member 99238]

So maybe there needs to be some tweaking but also need to compare apples to apples, IE same track, same time of day, same weather conditions etc., to test one car against another for grip.

I spend all my tests in the same conditions. Settings of cars are default. Definitely I can say that there are no problems with driving in the rain for cars of classes GT3 and GT4 because they have a choice of tires for wet weather. It is impossible to drive in the rain cars from Road C, Road D classes. Developers need to do something about this.

 

[Brandon Wright]

Oops.

 

[Deleted member 99238]

The same problem with tires for wet weather for road cars:

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?52884-What-tyres-for-wet-race

 

[apex11]

Oh dear.... Well since PCars 2 released it's been great, I've been playing loads of iRAcing RRE and rf2 so made a decision to give AC and AMS some love whilst I wait for PCars 2 to get all the patches it needs, by then it should be available at discounted price.
Perfect. So whilst many are playing the shiny new games in PCars 2 and Forza 7, I'm getting deep into AC finally... And loving it and really starting to see what all the fuss is about...
Glad a bunch of people have paid top whack to beta test PC 2 so it's almost perfect for when I pick it up cheap...cheers, keep finding those bugs and squash in them...

 

[Deleted member 99238]

I'm getting deep into AC finally... And loving it and really starting to see what all the fuss is about...

The AC has nowhere to dive.
What are you researching there?
PC2 even with all the current bugs gives me a lot more sensations than all that was before it.

 

[Shuffyuk]

yep too many bugs ... but i managed this ...

 

[apex11]

The AC has nowhere to dive.
What are you researching there?
PC2 even with all the current bugs gives me a lot more sensations than all that was before it.

Well you guys just keep beta testing it and one day when it's mostly fixed I'll pick it up, most likely then at a discount.
I still think PCars 1 is perfectly good and last steam sale the ultimate edition was 17 quid , that's every bit of content.....
There's enough sims out there on PC to render PCars 2 pointless to me, including as I said PCars 1, not sure why so many PCars 2 fanboys use PCars 1 as a whipping boy, it is a good game and in many ways better than PCars 2 which is a bit Forza sell out ish for my tastes..

 

[ermo]

(...) and in many ways better than PCars 2 which is a bit Forza sell out ish for my tastes..

(emphasis mine)

I'm struggling to see how pC2 "is a bit Forza sell out ish"? What in particular are you referring to?

 

[apex11]

(emphasis mine)

I'm struggling to see how pC2 "is a bit Forza sell out ish"? What in particular are you referring to?

Just feels like we are in the long haul of PCars 3 4 5 6 etc etc, every new one is better or bigger blah blah blah, basically really your just paying for same game same dlc over and over.
Just extras like driving a racing car in snow, might be good fun but man I can still have fun in PCars 1 with largely the same car roster.
Regards Forza, 4 was the franchise pinnacle for me.
I do think this "it's new" mentality is more of a console thing, desperate to keep up with the in crowd like new trainers... Makes people a serious crust so not knocking anyone, game industry is no worse than the movie or music biz trotting out same old stuff....

 

[apex11]

To add it's very clear in 1 to 2 years time we will be getting shills telling us PCars 3 has better tyre model and will address all the issues of PCars 2...