Torna a mostrarsi NASCAR 21: Ignition, il nuovo titolo dedicato alla serie americana e sviluppato da Motorsport Games e Studio397.

Protagonista di questo breve video di gameplay è la Toyota Camry del fresco vincitore della Yellawood 500 Bubba Wallace per un giro sul Roval del Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NASCAR 21: Ignition è disponibile per il preordine su PC e Console, e verrà rilasciato il 28 Ottobre

E' stata rilasciata la Patch 2 della Stagione 4 2021 per iRacing: il rollout è completo e il servizio è tornato online. Inoltre è attivo il Test Drive all'indirizzo testdrive.iracing.com dove è possibile testare le auto del servizio, anche quelle che non si possiedono, a patto di averle già scaricate.

Ecco di seguito il changelog

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2021 Season 4 Patch 2 Release Notes [2021.10.04.02]

This Patch contains some updates and fixes for the 2021 Season 4 Release.

iRACING UI:

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General

• The current iRacing Season and Race Week number are now displayed in the iRacing UI.

Side Bar

• As a user navigates the app’s sidebar, the app will remember and auto-navigate the user to the sections that were previously visited.

Store

• A new page with items from the Official iRacing Shop is now available in the Store section of the iRacing UI.

Hosted Racing

• A new option has been added to the Create a Race interface: “Start race with qualifying tire choice”. This forces all participants to begin the Race Session with the same tire type with which they performed their Qualifying with. If the participant did not complete Qualifying, they may select any available tire type to begin the Race.
• Resolved an issue where deleting a Heat Race configuration for a future scheduled Hosted Session was causing an error when attempting to edit the future Hosted Session.

Hosted AI Racing

• Fixed an issue where registering then withdrawing from your own Hosted AI Racing Session would carry-over the AI Opponent amount slider from the session to subsequently Registered sessions.

AI Opponent Rosters

• Fixed an issue where adjustments to AI Car Sponsors were not being saved.

Time Attack

• A button has been added to the results section to download the Time Attack Results as a .csv file.

Paint Shop

• A new sponsor, Force Dynamics, has been added to the Paint Shop.

Weather

• Fixed an issue where the Temperature and Humidity icons were swapped.

SIMULATION:

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Race Servers

• The iRacing race server farm name is now displayed on the Info page on the Session screen, and is also included in the message shown when the "show latency" control is used.

Team Racing

• Fixed a rare issue that could occur when the current driver and a team member both tried to pull the current driver from the car at the same time. The two requests could interfere with each other, leading to a stuck vehicle or other unpredictable results.

AI Racing

• AI Drivers have improved their skills with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992).
• AI Drivers have received additional training entering the pits at Bristol.
• AI Drivers have received additional training entering the final pit stall at the Sebring Club layout.

Graphics

• The video memory usage slider should now better account for the use of SpeedTree.

Rendering

• Sunset specular map lighting on tracks and cars has been adjusted to remove a strange greenish tint that could appear.
• Environment specular mapping at very low sun angles has been adjusted slightly.

Lighting

• Fixed an issue with a lighting pop at sunrise and sunset at several older tracks, such as Laguna Seca, which haven't yet been upgraded with the newest shaders.

Driver Animations

• Pedal animations should now use the raw throttle position from the user instead of the processed signal. This should prevent things like ECU engine cuts and traction control from producing impossible movements from the pedals.
• Fixed an issue with excessive foot movements during auto-blips for GT3 cars that have driver gas and brake animations.

Spotter

• Fixed a grammar issue in a spotter message.

CARS:

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ARCA Menards Chevrolet Impala

• Fixed an issue where the inside windshield frame was showing exterior reflections.
• iRacing setups have been updated.

Audi RS 3 LMS

• The unused license plate has been removed from the interface model.

BMW M4 GT3

• Fixed a texture issue with a screw on the front fender grill.

BMW M4 GT4

• For the New Damage Model, wheel damage properties have been updated.

BMW M8 GTE

• iRacing setups have been updated.

Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS

• iRacing setups have been updated.

Dallara IR18

• The driver view has been shifted up slightly.
• iRacing setups have been updated.

Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020

• The rear splitter has been updated with the latest design.
• Ferrari logo has been updated for certain camera distances.

Ford Mustang FR500S

• iRacing setups have been updated.

Formula Vee

• The level-of-detail (LOD) settings for the driver have been updated to prevent the driver’s head from disappearing at long camera distance.

Lotus 49

• The level-of-detail (LOD) settings for the driver have been updated to prevent the driver from disappearing at long camera distance.

McLaren 570s GT4

• For the New Damage Model, wheel damage properties have been updated.

NASCAR 1987 Class Cars

• Fixed an issue where these cars were not loading with Road tires at the Mount Washington Auto Road.

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Class Trucks

• iRacing setups have been updated.

NASCAR Next Gen Class Cars

• iRacing setups have been updated.

Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

• For the New Damage Model, wheel damage properties have been updated.
• Fixed an issue with the display glass.

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)

• Adjusted the gridding order of this vehicle for multi-class sessions.
• Fixed an issue with a flipped pit sign.
• The texture mapping of the B pillars have been updated and may now be painted.
• The interface model for this car has been updated.

Porsche 911 R GT3

• The reflectivity of the windshield has been adjusted.

SCCA Spec Racer Ford

• When the Auto Blip driving aid is enabled, downshift blips have been dramatically improved.

Street Stock

• Steering wheels should now rotate properly when viewed from external cameras.

Supercars Holden ZB Commodore

• The texture map of the B pillars and nose vents have been updated and may now be painted. Custom paint schemes will need to have their textures adjusted using the new template for this car.

TRACKS:

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Barber Motorsports Park

• The seam filler plane has been adjusted to unblock the Turn 14 tunnel.

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

• Some crowd members have had their attention redirected towards the track.

Hickory Motor Speedway

• Environment cubemap location has been updated.

Hungaroring Circuit

• Brake markers have been updated.
• Bumps have been smoothed out at the blue merge line and before the inner curbing at Turn 6.
• The Track Rules tab has been updated with images.
• The track camera set has been updated.
• A variety of environment artwork has been updated.

Kansas Speedway

• Smoothed a bump on the apron between Turn 1 and Turn 2.

Lime Rock Park

• Patched some seams.

Mount Washington Auto Road

• Fixed an issue where a sinister shadowy beam could be seen emitting from the peak of Mount Washington on certain graphics settings.

Okayama International Circuit

• The gapfiller texture has been lowered to prevent overlapping the pond.
• Dirt staining intensity on the track surface has been reduced.

Oulton Park Circuit

• Fixed an issue where the Intl w/out Brittens and the Intl w/out Hislop config names were swapped.

Road Atlanta

• Detail settings on a variety of objects have been updated so they render correctly based on graphics settings.
• A gap filler model has been added to help hide seams in the world.
• Lightmaps for some environmental objects have been updated. 
• Some event vehicles have been updated.
• Michelin Tower has been updated with new level-of-detail models and textures, and the crowd visibility settings have been updated.

Weathertech Raceway at Laguna Seca

• Fixed a piece of curbing that could cause snagging on the outside of Turn 10. 

Reiza Studios ha finalmente reso disponibile il DLC dedicato all'Autodromo Nazionale di Monza che comprende diversi layout da epoche diverse. Il DLC è disponibile su Steam al prezzo di 8,99€ ed è parte del 2020-2022 Season Pass e del Premium Track Pack.

L'aggiornamento 1.2.4.1 porta con sè anche dei miglioramenti alla IA, miglioramenti all'interfaccia grafica, al Real Weather e alcuni miglioramenti alla fisica. La BMW 2002 Turbo, che doveva essere inclusa in questo aggiornamento, verrà invece rilasciata nel corso della prossima settimana.

Ecco di seguito il changelog completo:

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V1.2.3.1 -> V1.2.4.1 CHANGELOG

CONTENT

• Added Monza featuring Modern GP, Junior, 1971 GP, 1971 Junior, 1971 10Km, 1971 10Km without chicane, 1991 GP layouts (all part of the Monza DLC Package)

GENERAL

• Added support for Thrustmaster SF1000
• Implemented Real Weather API for 5 days in the past and 4 days in the future from today
• Improved status messages related to real/historic weather availability
• Fixed real historic weather for circuits that lay in half-hourly timezones
• Real Weather now uses real/forecast data for wind speeds.
• Added Real Weather databases for Monza and Salvador
• Updated recent historic weather data for all other locations
• Fixed error in Curitiba Real Weather that was causing weather data to not be found by the game
• Fixed valid weather API response failing to parse in some cases
• Fixed a case where a weather API call wouldn't be made when it should
• Fixed Championship Editor not persisting mandatory stop setting correctly

UI & HUD

• Reorganized and refreshed session overview and pre-event leaderboards to increase number of rows and allow grouping by class.
• All in-game environment information (time/temp etc) is now updated live on all screens.
• Added event session information, current vehicle setup, and current pit strategy to session overview and pre-event screens.
• Fixed lobby page starting in wrong state
• Fixed Per Vehicle FFB input on setup screen not capturing mouse movement
• Fixed pedal bar overlap on telemetry HUD
• Adjusted loading screens to show real weather icon when appropriate

PHYSICS

• Further minor tire tread adjustments for GT3, GTE, StockV8, F-Ultimate F-Reiza, F-V12, F-Classic, DPi & P1 cars
• StockV8 2019: Minor aero revision
• F-Ultimate: Added custom track ERS maps optimizing boost for straights in all GP layouts
• Corrected extreme weather tire tread for F-Reiza & F-Ultimate
• Ultima GTR Race: Revised default setup
• Adjusted parked FFB forces for several cars to reduce rattling while standing still
• Increased default steering lock setting for several cars with high steering rotation

AI

• Improved AI overtaking logic
• Improved AI behaviour when behind a slower car in Practice/Qualifying sessions.
• Adjusted AI lateral movements for smoother / more natural reactions
• Decreased AI performance in 70-100% Strength range
• Improved AI blue flag behaviour
• Adjusted AI brake power & grip
• Various adjustments to AI overtaking parameters
• AI corner & straightline callibration passes
• Adjusted AI wet launch performance for GTs & F-Ultimate
• Taruma: Adjusted AI line to keep AI from leaving the track at T7 entry
• Fixed duplicated F-Ultimate driver (Patrice Daigneau)
• Minor GT Classics AI adjustment

AUDIO

• Updated grass roll sample
• Fixed issue where skidding on grass at high speed could trigger tarmac skidding sounds
• F_Ultimate: Fixed missing exhaust sound for local reverb
• Opala (all variants): Fixed missing startup sounds.
• Passat HC: fixed low RPM sound mixing
• F-Retro: Adjusted startup sound
• F-Classic G2M1: Improved sound loops, fixed missing startup sound
• Montana: fixed missing startup sound
• Fixed recently introduced issue with interior engine sound on late 70's DFV engined formulas & polished some loops
• Porsche RSR '74: polished all engine loops
• Sauber C9 Increased backfire off throttle, polished some loops
• BMW M1 Procar: Polished all engine loops

TRACKS

• Montreal: Minor LOD adjustments
• Various 3D crowd LOD adjustments
• Hockenheim 1988 GP/Short: Moved rolling start location

VEHICLES

• F-Vintage (all models Detached the cockpit gear shift; Adjusted the driver feet position on cockpit view; Adjusted hand animations during gear changes
• Mini JCW UK: Detached cockpit gear shifter; Adjusted hand animations during gear changes
• Iveco Truck: Added driver animations; Fixed cockpit camera; Detached cockpit gear shifter; Fixed driver outfit assignment.
• ARC Camaro: Added dirt/damage texture; Added dangling damaged parts; Changed the driver model; Detached the gear shifter on the cockpit; Adjusted the driver shifting animation; Revised collision models; Changed wiper position and Changed the bonnet model to allow the bonnet to be detached when damaged; Added the inner bonnet bits on cockpit view; Merged the boot with the rear wing; Adjusted the cockpit view to match the driver model position; Changed the cockpit interior to make room for the driver legs; fixed driver LODs; Fixed cockpit rear view camera
• Metalmoro AJR: Fixed missing gear indicator in LCD display
• Stock Cruze & Corolla 2021: Added livery overrides
• Porsche RSR 74: Fixed cockpit steering wheel´s pivot position
• F309: Fixed RPM lights
• MetalMoro AJR: New display layout; Fixed car thumbnails
• BMW M8 GTE: Corrected rpm lights
• Ginneta G40 GT5/CUP: Add gauges glow
• Corvette C3: Added gauges lights

Studio 397 ha appena pubblicato la nuova roadmap del mese di Settembre per il suo rFactor 2. Si parte con il rilascio di una nuova release candidate, poi si passa ai nuovi effetti della pioggia, l'aggiornamento della Tatuus, di Zandvoort ed altro ancora.

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Roadmap day!

Hello everyone out in rFactor 2 land, and welcome to the end of yet another month of 2021. As is tradition, today is our latest monthly roadmap update, where we share with you all a little about where we’ve been, and where we are going with development and all things rFactor 2.

As always seems to be the case nowadays, September has shot by in an absolute flash. Out in the real world, much of Europe has enjoyed a mild resurgence in summer weather, which I’m sure we can agree is very much welcomed, and back at base here at Studio 397 we’ve continued working exceptionally hard behind the scenes to put together a lot of new and exciting things for our community to experience. Much of what we are working on at present is rather sadly not at a point where we can speak about things in any great detail, and trust me – that is as frustrating for us as we are sure it will be for all of you. That said, we ask for a little more patience as we edge closer to being able to tell you more about some of the various things we have underway, and I’m sure at the end of it all we will see general agreement that it has been worth the wait…! 

So, enough of telling you about not being able to tell you about stuff, and let us move on to some things in the pipeline to get excited for in the not so distant future.

We are hiring

Studio 397 Careers | More Details | CLICK HERE

No doubt, those of you who follow the rFactor 2 social channels have spotted this one already – Studio 397 are looking to expand our team! That’s right, with plenty of exciting developments in the works, and with the power of our new owner Motorsport Games behind us, now is the perfect time to go out to market and recruit new talent to join our existing team here at the Studio. 

We are incredibly excited to finally be in a position to push forward with this recruitment process, one that we trust will help us strengthen our established team to support us to push forward in our efforts to accelerate development of rFactor 2. 

In order to ensure we offer the simplest means possible of sharing with the community our available vacancies, we recently launched a new careers page on the Studio 397 website, accessible via the careers tab at the very top of the homepage. Here, we have posted details of the current available opportunities, we details for each role of the kind of skills and experience we are looking for from perspective employees. 

This page will be maintained and updated as we progress through this process, and we invite you all to take a look and see if you are ready to take the next step in your own career, and become part of the team!

New rFactor 2 Release Candidate

Following our last RC deployment to the public branch of the sim, very shortly we will take the opportunity to deploy a new ‘Release Candidate’ build of rFactor 2. Available via the ‘beta’ tab of rFactor 2 on Steam, the new RC will be made available for anyone who wishes to opt in early to review the latest round of fixes, tweaks and improvements that we are bringing to the simulation, ahead of deployment to the main public branch of the software.

In this new build update, we have taken the opportunity to address the recent sound and ‘exaggerate yaw’ bugs that have been reported by the community. Although workarounds exist for both of these situations, and they seemingly don’t impact all users, this new build should squash those particular issues once and for all. 

One of the key changes for this new build is work we have undertaken to facilitate faster loading times within the simulation – a topic that we have seen discussed by our community on a number of occasions in the past. Due to the software having to build shaders each time you first load into a new track, often players can find extended loading times that fall outside an acceptable period of time. Of course, these loading times reduce dramatically upon second load of that track, but we still wanted to investigate if any opportunities exist to reduce the initial load period, and improve the user experience of participating in races and sessions within rF2. 

The development team have worked hard to understand where efficiencies can be introduced into this process, and we now believe we have developed a solution that should see players experiencing shorter loading periods with both the game itself, loading into tracks, and also when switching between series.

The new Release Candidate build is set to be deployed in the very near future, and subject to avoiding unexpected issues, should be moved into the main public branch of rFactor 2 within the next few weeks.

Release Candidate Update Notes:

Game Loading

• Optimizations to Game Loading and Series switching.
• Optimizations to Texture Loading.
• Added the ability to load cached track files from the component to improve loading times.
• Improved shader loading and added pre-built shader cache to improve loading times.

UI

• Fixed an issue where Exaggerate Yaw would default to -80%

GFX

• Minor pass on cloud texture balancing.
• Adjusted PFX settings to allow for more exposure in low light conditions.

Audio

• Updated minimum number of audio effects to 32.

Modding

• Updated ModDev to save and load CBASH and RRSHD files into track folders so that they can be packaged with content.
• Detect if VisGroups affect collision and log this occurrence and in ModDev only show a pop up.

Windscreen rain effects

An aspect of the rain implementation in rFactor 2 that we have always considered ripe for improvement is the way rain drops are represented on the windscreen of our cars. Although this was improved massively over the very early implementation of this visual back in the days of initial development, we firmly believed the simulation would greatly benefit from improvements into this highly immersive aspect of wet weather driving. 

Having spent time recently to upgrade how rain driving looks in rFactor 2, from the introduction of SSR to the various tweaks and iterations of our wet weather visuals, now feels like very much the right time to dedicate some attention to this aspect of the experience – after all, the way rain rests and move on the windscreen is one of the most visually prominent areas of the wet weather driving experience. 

In order to improve this effect, we have spent time looking at how the rain shaders interact with the windshield, and if these might cause any performance impact. After quite a bit of back and forth with different iterations, we now feel like we are pretty close to the finish line with developing this improvement and bringing out in the public build of rFactor 2. We still have a little work to do in order to ensure this works effectively on the many windshield types present within the sim, but we can safely say the current upgrade certainly looks massively improved over the current solution.

Tatuus Updates

Tatuus in rFactor 2 | Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE

Further to our recent release of the free Tatuus MSV F3-020 back in July, we are currently taking the opportunity to revisit our wide selection of Tatuus models within the simulation as we look to apply a few further fixes and improvements across the full spectrum of cars. Aimed at ensuring each model remains full up-to-date and accurate in comparison to their real life counterpart, the new developments will bring various visual improvements, as well as tweaks to how the cars behave on track… and oval configurations! 

At present, we are finalising testing with these new changes, and anticipate a public release should possible in the very near future. Although this is an important update, we most certainly haven’t done with our relationship with Tatuus just yet… stay tuned for more on that one in the months ahead! 

Looking back on August

As always, the month just passed has been a busy one for us here at the Studio. As well as working on the continual development of rFactor 2, bringing new features to our Competition System and developing the next wave of new and updated content for the title, we’ve also been hard at work ensuring the start of the new Le Mans Virtual Series and Le Mans Virtual Cup held within rFactor 2 goes off without a hitch. This is by far the biggest esport series of the year for rFactor 2, and building on the incredible success of last season, forms an important aspect of our daily business. 

That said, while we are all working exceptionally hard to make sure everything is firmly in place for these two exciting new series, we are also highly motivated to ensure we don’t take our foot off the gas with rFactor 2 itself. As mentioned elsewhere within this roadmap post, a lot of the work that has been going on at the studio in recent months remains under wraps until a later date, but that hasn’t stopped us from still finding time to bring about a few interesting new developments over the course of the last four weeks…

Zandvoort V2.58 Update

Zandvoort 2021 | Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE

Right at the very start of the month we released a substantial free upgrade to our existing Zandvoort Grand Prix Circuit, bringing the track up to 2021 specification and taking the opportunity to basically rework the whole project from the top to bottom. Essentially this meant that what started out life as a PBR shader update, ended up with our track team touching up almost every aspect of the track – from trackside furniture to the circuit layout and roadmesh itself – the 2021 Zandvoort update represented what is basically a brand-new release of the Dutch venue. 

With a track that was now fully accurate in terms of layout and dimensions, we were keen to ensure we could time release to tap into the hype of the return of the Dutch Grand Prix to the Formula One schedule. This would mean that many of our artistic decisions had to be based on how the track was represented at a certain period of time, before the arrival of the Formula One teams for the big race itself. 

As ever with these things, almost as soon as we passed that deadline, Zandvoort then went out and made significant visual changes to the way the track was presented! Frustrating as that was, we resolved to revisit the track in rFactor 2 again after the Grand Prix, and update everything to bring the current visuals as shown during the F1 race – and frankly, we think the track looks simply fantastic now with this fresh lick of paint. 

Additionally, we also spent time addressing a few issues that came to light since we released the track, as well as giving the AI another once over and applying the “Alonso line” into turn 3.

Tiillotson T4 Series Released

Tillotson T4 Series | Steam Store: CLICK HERE

Thanks to our friends at KartSim, September would see the release of the brand-new Tillotson T4 Series to rFactor 2, alongside an exciting short esport series where the winner would win a drive in the real world Tillotson T4 Series World Cup! 

The kart was developed in conjunction with Tillotson to produce the most realistic representation of this vehicle anywhere in sim racing, and we are sure you would agree that anyone who has taken this out on track will be surprised just how nimble and raceable the T4 Series is. 

Adding this new kart into the simulation is the latest effort to increase the content offering within KartSim in rFactor 2, and brings the total number of KartSim vehicles to 5, with a further 10 tracks available in the consumer version of the software.

Competition System

Indianapolis & Silverstone | Steam Workshop: CLICK HERE

The rFactor 2 Competition System continues to provide regular and exciting online racing for our community, as well as supporting some of our big high profile esport activations such as our premium Formula and GT Series. Having been born of the desire to bring together our community in one single and easy to use platform, we are pleased with how initial development has been receieved – however, changing priorities within the studio means that developments within the Competition System will have to slow over the next couple of months, as we spend our resources on other aspects of the simulation. 

That said, we most certainly haven’t lost sight of our desire to make the Competition System as good as it can be, and we still have a very healthy roadmap of developments to look forward to in the year ahead. To give you some insight into our future plans, you can find an extract from the most recent Competition System blog post by Marcel below: 

We are pretty happy with where we are with the competition formats right now. We’ll always keep adding new formats as we go forward, but we feel we can currently cover most competition formats that we want, so it’s time to put a big green checkmark next to it! Recent blogs already indicated that we were prioritizing the implementation of ratings based on user feedback. The algorithms are in place, we’ve worked on code that includes all past competitions into the system, and we started on the UI to show all of this information. I don’t expect this feature to be released until early next year though, as other things outside the competition system are currently being prioritized. Protests and decisions as well as the first iteration of stewarding support are likely to follow after that. We might then prioritize roles and team based driving before we continue our broadcast integration and support for offline championships.

Studio397 è tornato a lavorare sul Circuito di Zandvoort dopo che questo aveva subito dei cambiamenti dell'ultimo minuto a causa del GP d'Olanda in programma proprio nel weekend del rilascio: con questo aggiornamento quindi il team ha provveduto ad aggiornare il look del tracciato in seguito alle modifiche per la gara di Formula 1, aggiornando il colore dei vari cordoli.

Il team però non ha lavorato solo sul look del tracciato, ma ha anche provveduto a modificare la zona DRS del rettilineo finale, la posizione del pit exit e ha anche corretto alcuni strani comportamenti della IA, introducendo per questa anche la nuova "linea esterna" in curva 3, come visto nel weekend di Formula 1.

Ecco di seguito il changelog completo. Il tracciato è disponibile gratuitamente nel Workshop di Steam

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Zandvoort V2.58 Update Notes

• Updated Curb and Run off colours
• Corrected Pit Exit location
• Updated DRS Zones
• AI Fixes:
• Adjusted T3 Lines
• Reduced chance of touching curbs at T5
• Improved Block Paths
• Fixed AI error on start finish straight
• Added missing brake markers
• Added missing road lines on GP circuit cut through
• Fixed some assets which were sinking into the terrain or floating over the terrain
• Fixed an issue where roads would not reflect over the start finish line
• Fixed Pit Object groupings so fixtures only rendered when a car is present
• Fixed missing wheels on Food Trucks
• Some minor optimization fixes

Sono passate solamente 3 gare dall'ultimo aggiornamento dei rating, ma sono state gare ricche di azione e spettacolo, e Codemasters ha quindi deciso di aggiornare i valori dei piloti tenendo conto dei recenti risultati.

Tra i cambiamenti più significativi spiccano:

• Valtteri Bottas: il finlandese ha raccolto due podi nelle ultime due gare, uno addirittura partendo dal fondo. Ciò comporta un +1 in Destrezza, Ritmo e Overall, che sale a 91
• Il duo Ferrari: sia Charles Leclerc che Carlos Sainz sono stati autori di splendide gare di recente, con lo spagnolo che ha portato a casa il suo terzo podio stagionale in Russia. Questo stato di forma comporta un +1 in Destrezza e Riflessi per Leclerc e un +1 in Destrezza, Riflessi e Ritmo per Sainz, che vede il suo overall salire da 87 a 88
• Mick Schumacher: il tedesco ha battuto il suo compagno di squadra in maniera costante, questo comporta un +1 in Esperienza e Riflessi e un +2 in Destrezza e Ritmo. Il suo overall sale di 2 punti, arrivando a 79
• Esteban Ocon: è stata una serie di gare particolari per il francese, che vede un aumento di 1 punto in Destrezza e 3 in Ritmo grazie alla sua qualifica nel GP del Belgio e al suo ottavo posto in Olanda. L'incidente con Vettel durante il GP d'Italia però gli costa 14 punti in Riflessi e 2 punti totali nell'overall, che scende a 84
• Sergio Perez: essere il teammate di Max Verstappen non è un'impresa semplice, anche per un pilota con l'esperienza di Checo Perez. Nonostante una grande prestazione nel GP d'Olanda, il suo ritmo di gara e i suoi risultati non sono paragonabili a quelli del compagno di scuderia, pertanto si registra una perdita di 2 punti in Destrezza e 1 in Ritmo
• Max Verstappen: la Destrezza dell'alfiere Red Bull sale di 1 punto, mentre scende di ben 9 punti il valore dei Riflessi a causa dell'incidente con Lewis Hamilton nel GP d'Italia. Il suo Overall scende di 2 punti, passando a 93. Le prestazioni di Lewis Hamilton invece gli hanno permesso di mantenere invariato il suo valore

Zach Griffin, Director of Studios di Motorsport Games Australia (ex Black Delta, ndr), tramite i social media ha pubblicato un breve video in cui illustra il futuro di KartKraft: grazie all'acquisizione da parte di Motorsport Games il team è cresciuto numericamente, portando ad una maggiore velocità di sviluppo. Questo significa che nei prossimi mesi il simulatore verrà aggiornato molto spesso, a partire da oggi 23 settembre, che è già disponibile il Kartodromo di Genk. Seguiranno altri aggiornamenti fino alla fine del periodo natalizio, quando verrà introdotto il tanto atteso multiplayer.

A partire dall'aggiornamento di Genk inoltre il prezzo del gioco salirà ad ogni update rilasciato: se non avete ancora KartKraft questo è il momento migliore per comprarlo e bloccare il prezzo per sempre, senza dover pagare alcun extra per i nuovi aggiornamenti

iRacing e il Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team annunciano l'arrivo di varie vetture nelle build future di iRacing. La partnership è l'ultimo esempio di un impegno rafforzato da parte di iRacing nell'aggiungere le migliori auto e piste al mondo a una già solida esperienza di simulazione. "Non potremmo essere più entusiasti di aggiungere auto da corsa di livello mondiale come la Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance a iRacing nel prossimo futuro", ha affermato il vicepresidente esecutivo di iRacing Steve Myers. “Il Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team è stato per molto tempo il marchio dominante al più alto livello del motorsport, vincendo sette campionati consecutivi per le sue auto e piloti, e portando le loro vetture di classe mondiale in iRacing, conferma ulteriormente il nostro impegno per fornendo ai nostri quasi 200.000 devoti iRacer l'esperienza di sim racing più autentica al mondo.”

"Lavoriamo a stretto contatto con iRacing dall'inizio del 2021 per portare la W12 nell'ambiente virtuale di iRacing", ha affermato James Vowles, Direttore della strategia Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team. “L'intento era quello di creare una rappresentazione il più accurata possibile della W12 dal punto di vista delle prestazioni e della guida. Durante tutto il processo abbiamo mantenuto un rapporto unico e stretto con gli sviluppatori, che ha generato un modello che speriamo che tutti si divertano a guidare tanto quanto i nostri piloti".

Il lavoro per portare i veicoli del team Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 su iRacing è stato un processo esteso. Come parte del lavoro di sviluppo, il team ha eseguito test approfonditi all'interno di iRacing e ha fornito feedback e dati per migliorare il modello fisico generale delle ruote scoperte di iRacing. Molte di queste modifiche al modello fisico sono già state implementate nella base di utenti di iRacing.

Equipaggiata ancora una volta con una sorprendente livrea nera, la Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance ha dato il via alla stagione 2021 con un doppio podio in Bahrain, con la vittoria del sette volte campione in carica Lewis Hamilton. Durante il Gran Premio d'Italia, la vettura ha portato i compagni di squadra Hamilton e Valtteri Bottas a quattro vittorie, 18 podi, quattro pole e sei giri veloci. Il team sta attualmente portando avanti con la vettura il suo ottavo Campionato Mondiale Piloti e Costruttori consecutivo.

Oltre al W12, iRacing lavorerà nel prossimo anno per portare anche la monoposto del team 2022 nel simulatore. I nuovi regolamenti tecnici includeranno la reintroduzione degli effetti suolo per la prima volta dagli anni '80, unità di potenza semplificate, alcuni componenti standardizzati e ruote più grandi da 18 pollici, tra molte altre modifiche. L'aggiunta della coppia di veicoli Mercedes-AMG F1 Team arriva dopo che iRacing ha già lanciato o annunciato una serie di attuali sedi del Gran Premio, tra cui l'HockenheimRing, il Red Bull Ring e l'Hungaroring, negli ultimi mesi.

Per maggiori informazioni sul Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, visita www.mercedesamgf1.com. Per ulteriori informazioni su iRacing e per offerte speciali, visitare www.iracing.com.

Gran Turismo 7 offrirà naturalmente una serie di bonus preorder e sarà disponibile al lancio anche in versione 25th Anniversary Edition e Digital Deluxe Edition. In uscita il 4 marzo 2022, Gran Turismo 7 segnerà il ritorno della storica serie corsistica targata Polyphony Digital con un gioco disponibile sia su PS5 che su PS4.

Chi prenota Gran Turismo 7 potrà ricevere i seguenti oggetti in-game:

• Toyota Castrol TOM'S Supra
• Mazda RX-VISION GT3 Concept (Stealth)
• Porsche 917K Living Legend
• 100.000 crediti

La 25th Anniversary Edition di Gran Turismo 7 includerà invece una custodia steelbook e i seguenti contenuti:

• Il gioco in versione PS5 su disco e un codice per la versione PS4
• 1.100.000 crediti
• Toyota GR Yaris con livrea diversa a seconda del paese
• 30 avatar di produttori e partner
• La colonna sonora ufficiale The Music of Gran Turismo
• Toyota Castrol TOM'S Supra
• Mazda RX-VISION GT3 Concept (Stealth)
• Porsche 917K Living Legend

Infine, la Digital Deluxe Edition includerà i seguenti contenuti:

• Doppia versione del gioco, per PS5 e PS4
• 1.600.000 crediti
• Toyota GR Yaris con livrea diversa a seconda del paese
• 30 avatar di produttori e partner
• La colonna sonora ufficiale The Music of Gran Turismo
• Toyota Castrol TOM'S Supra
• Mazda RX-VISION GT3 Concept (Stealth)
• Porsche 917K Living Legend

RaceRoom presenta oggi sulla propria piattaforma la nuova Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400, vettura completamente elettrica, che viene lanciata con un torneo dedicato, già attivo sul portale del gioco.

La vettura è acquistabile dallo store RaceRoom per euro 3,98.

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Projecting more than 2,300 lb. of downforce at 160 mph from its seven motors, the Mustang Mach-E 1400, is an all-electric road rocket. It shows just how much performance can be harnessed without using a drop of fuel. The car is perfect for drifting, so let the tyres squeal, draw lines on the tarmac and find the best slide angle!

In China, you can visit the Ford dealerships in Beijing, Guangzhou and Qingdao and stand a chance for a special prize!