rF2 Studio 397 LMP2 & GTE @ Sao Paulo - Fri 26Oct18

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

xoSx.Racing said:
@Daiman Patel
Just a quick question regarding the track. What version are we using, as the download file says 1.03 version, while those from the Steam Workshop (there are three) are 1.42, or 1.40 or 1.10.
Do we need to download it and install separately for this race?

We are using a version of the track that was updated last year for the RDLMS, so I am surprised that there are so many issues...

However, thank you for reporting the problems.

I am more than happy to change the version of the track we use for this event, but this change needs to be made sooner rather than later. There are two other versions available in the Steam Workshop - v1.4 and v1.42 - which I shall try; however, I know that there have been some issues with using these tracks on dedicated servers, so I cannot guarantee that it will work. If I can get the server to start with an alternative version of Road America then I will make an announcement to specify the version we shall be using, and I will provide the necessary download links.

As for the third version of Road America to which you were referring (v1.10), this is actually Road Atlanta!

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

Gasper Grebenc said:
GTE Porsche please

Gasper Zupan said:
Donut invasion it is Sign me up with Porsche please.

I have added both of you to the list!

Kaygeeoh · Oct 23, 2018

BMW M8 please

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

Kaygeeoh said:
BMW M8 please

You have been added to the list!

pokornyib · Oct 23, 2018

Sign me please up with lmp2

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

pokornyib said:
Sign me please up with lmp2

I have added you to the list!

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

IMPORTANT!

Due to the issues that have been raised regarding the version of the circuit being used, I have now switched to an alternative version of Road America that works with dedicated servers. The link to the track can be found in the opening post of this thread, and below:

Road America (Download)

Please let me know if there are any issues. Unfortunately both versions of the track that are available via the Steam Workshop do not work with dedicated servers, so if there are any problems with this version of the track as well then we will have to change the track for this week's event.

xoSx.Racing · Oct 23, 2018

@Daiman Patel
Thank you for the quick response. I didn't mean to cause a trouble, but wanted to prevent any trouble for everyone on the race day.

I will check the new version of the track ASAP. (Which means very late tonight) I'll also select the car for the race then.

Just FYI, Last time we used that previous version of the track at RD, then with the Enduracers mod, drivers were receiving drive-thru penalties in the race for cutting the track, that were applied to them in the weirdest places, like the main straight for example. Yesterday I've experienced that multiple times in the testing, where my lap was invalidated before even getting to the first corner. Then I thought something was a miss with the Enduracers mod, but now it looks like the track itself is a more probable culprit.

Valrys · Oct 23, 2018

In with an LMP2 please! Will try not to run out of fuel this time.

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

xoSx.Racing said:
@Daiman Patel
Thank you for the quick response. I didn't mean to cause a trouble, but wanted to prevent any trouble for everyone on the race day.

I will check the new version of the track ASAP. (Which means very late tonight) I'll also select the car for the race then.

Not a problem, and no trouble caused! It is better for you to have raised these issues now, than for us to discover the problems during the event on Friday.

Hopefully the version of the track being used now will be better!

Graphically it might not look as good, but as long as it works and does not present the issues that you have raised then it will be fine.

xoSx.Racing said:
Just FYI, Last time we used that previous version of the track at RD, then with the Enduracers mod, drivers were receiving drive-thru penalties in the race for cutting the track, that were applied to them in the weirdest places, like the main straight for example. Yesterday I've experienced that multiple times in the testing, where my lap was invalidated before even getting to the first corner. Then I thought something was a miss with the Enduracers mod, but now it looks like the track itself is a more probable culprit.

Yup, I was aware of these issues from the last time that we used this track, and even then I was surprised that several of these problems occurred because we used the same car & track combination last year for the RDLMS and did not encounter any of these bugs. It's very strange...

Thankfully we have an alternative version of the track available as a backup, though I will not sing its praises yet because we cannot yet say for certain that this version of the track shall be good enough for this week's event. However, my fingers are crossed!

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

Valrys said:
In with an LMP2 please! Will try not to run out of fuel this time.

HAHAHA! Just don't listen to Steve's fuel calculations!

(I'm only kidding!)

I have added you to the list!

Robert Johnsson · Oct 23, 2018

The link to the track does not match the server.

Used version 1.013sm instead: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/road-america.11356/

But I can only chose Corvette!

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

Robert Johnsson said:
The link to the track does not match the server.

Used version 1.013sm instead: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/road-america.11356/

The download link that has been provided in the opening post of this thread, and also in this post, is for the correct version of the track.

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

Robert Johnsson said:
But I can only chose Corvette!

Try uninstalling and deleting the server mod (via the Content Manager, in the rFactor 2 launcher), before rejoining the server.

Yoeri Gijsen · Oct 23, 2018

I'd love to join in a Corvette if that's still possible.

Kaygeeoh · Oct 23, 2018

i'm getting a package not available error. please help

xoSx.Racing · Oct 23, 2018

Kaygeeoh said:
i'm getting a package not available error. please help

Server does not have set up the option of downloading the content, you need to download and install the track manually!

Robert Johnsson · Oct 23, 2018

I had to go in and delete vehicle folders manually. Then it worked. But a new error occured which never happens in SRC and that is CTD's.

Daiman Patel · Oct 23, 2018

Robert Johnsson said:
I had to go in and delete vehicle folders manually. Then it worked. But a new error occured which never happens in SRC and that is CTD's.

I'm glad that you can now see all of the cars in the list when you join the server.

Does the car and track combination work in single player mode?

Do you have logging enabled for both single and multiplayer modes? Adding "trace=2" to the command line parameters field in the Launcher may help you to determine the cause of the issue.

Which version of Windows are you running?

Does the same problem occur when you try to join another one of our servers, or any other server? And does the problem occur with any other car and track combination?

EDIT:
Looks like you have been able to join the server and load the track successfully!