Il video che vedete qui sotto ci mostra un giro virtuale del tracciato di Hockenheim, con alla guida il pilota reale Robert Wickens, a bordo della Mercedes-Benz DTM targata RaceRoom Racing Experience dei Sector3.

Il team Slightly Mad Studios ci spiega, con un dettagliato post sul proprio blog, tutti i dettagli del modello dei pneumatici del suo prossimo Project CARS: il Seta Tire Model. Eccovene un estratto:

Seta Tire Model (STM) is a full dynamic tire simulation. Actually, it is three coupled simulations, one for the tire carcass, one for the tire tread and contact patch, and one for heat transfer simulation. It is also modular, where different carcass and tread simulations techniques can be used interchangeably. For example, off road racing may use a different tread simulation.

La Codemasters ha pubblicato sul proprio blog ufficiale una interessante intervista fatta a Lee Mather, Senior Games Designer dell'imminente F1 2014. Eccovene un estratto:

This year we’ve seen teams manage their fuel a lot more conservatively this season – has this carried through into the game?

Fuel management has always played a part in our games, but more so than ever this year. There’s a definite sweet spot for driving efficiently whilst still extracting a good level of performance from the engine. Something which people aren’t necessarily aware of is that our extremely advanced fuel simulation model reacts correctly to lifting and coasting. Leaving the car in a higher gear when braking for a corner really helps you to save a significant amount of fuel, as does not hanging on to a gear for too long when accelerating.

1.0.0 RC

- Assetto Corsa is now feature complete

- General bugfixing and performance optimizations

- Visual damages enabled

- Aero damage implemented for all cars

- Engine damage implemented for all cars

- Suspension damage implemented for all cars

- Tyre Damage System

- Pit stop implemented for online races

- Multiplayer improvements

- New audio engine implemented

- New post processing effects enabled, heat shimmering, god rays etc

- New car : Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde model 2013

- New car : Ferrari 458 GT2

- New car : Ferrari LaFerrari

- New car : Lotus 2 Eleven GT4

- New car : Lotus Evora GTE Carbon

- New car : Lotus Exige S

- New car : Lotus Exige V6 CUP

- New car : Mercedes AMG SLS GT3

- New car : Shelby Cobra 427SC

- New track : Silverstone National

- New track : Spa Francorchamps

- New track : Trento Bondone hillclimb

- Audio sample improvements and volume balancing

- Added track reverb zones

- Fixed Traction Control always engaged in particular conditions

- TC and ABS factory settings now work properly

- Tuned distance filter and attenuation for exterior sounds

- Balanced performances for GT2/GT3 cars

- Lotus 49, Lotus 98T, Ferrari 312T have lower default rev limiters. Can go over 100% but damage may occur on higher revs

- Improvements on digital instruments cockpits for various cars

- Added track sound reverb

- Added different sounds for car to car, car to objects and car to track collisions

- Improvements on automatic gearbox on various cars

- All the tracks have been improved and updated with collidable objects

- Overall interior samples volume correction and balance

- Overall exterior samples volume correction

- Tuned wind and tyre rolling volumes and curves

- Tuned kerb pitch and volume according with speed

- Tuned ambience(crowd) volume

- Tuned interior and exterior gearshift sounds

- Steer animations for Ferrari 458 S3

- Small fix on the front Pagani Zonda R tyres

- LOD4 implemented to increase framerate performances

- Drivetrain damage for cars with H shifter gearboxes.

- Traction control sound now works for all cars

- Showroom bugfixing and improvements

- Added tyre blankets under realism tab. The setting is global for all cars and pre heats tyres at 80 C

- Career now available

- New 3D driver models

- BMW Z4 GT3 aero balancing, rear wings stalls more on low values

- New TCP/UDP server

- All tyres have graining and blistering enabled

- All tyres have rim radius

- Fixed all F1 cameras for all vehicles

- Fixed all F6 cameras for all vehicles

- GUI improvements

- Driver animations improvements

- Replay now records the current leaderboard

- Oculus DK2 support

- Single player Qualify improved

Auto:

Abarth 500 EsseEsse

Abarth 500 EsseEsse S1 (upgrade*)

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde

BMW 1 Series M Coupè

BMW 1 Series M Coupè S3 (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution

BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution S1 (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution Drift (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E30 Group A

BMW M3 E30 Group A 1992 version (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E92

BMW M3 E92 S1 (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E92 Drift (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E92 GT2

BMW Z4 E89 35is

BMW Z4 E89 35is S1 (upgrade*)

BMW Z4 E89 35is Drift (upgrade*)

BMW Z4 GT3

Classic Team Lotus Type 49

Classic Team Lotus Type 98T

Ferrari F1 312T

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari 458 Italia S3 (upgrade*)

Ferrari 458 GT2

Ferrari 599XX Evo

Ferrari F40

Ferrari F40 S3 (upgrade*)

Ferrari LaFerrari

KTM X-BOW R

Lotus Elise SC

Lotus Elise SC S1 (upgrade*)

Lotus Elise SC S2 (upgrade*)

Lotus Evora GTC

Lotus Evora GTE

Lotus Evora GTE Carbon

Lotus Evora GX

Lotus Evora S

Lotus Evora S S2 (upgrade*)

Lotus Evora SR

Lotus Exige 240R

Lotus Exige 240R S3 (upgrade*)

Lotus Exige S

Lotus Exige S Roadster

Lotus Exige Scura

Lotus Exos 125

Lotus Exos 125 S1 (upgrade**)

McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

Mercedes AMG SLS

Mercedes AMG SLS GT3

Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione

Pagani Huayra

Pagani Zonda R

AC Shelby Cobra 427S/C

Tatuus Formula Abarth

* Upgrades are extra versions of a car with additional tuning like more power, better tyres, suspension, aerodynamics, depending on version and always based on real life tuning data

Circuiti:

Drag strip

Drift test circuit

Nurburgring GP

Nurburgring Sprint

Imola “Enzo & Dino Ferrari”

Magione

Autodromo di Monza

Monza historic 1966

Mugello

Silverstone

Silverstone International

Silverstone National

Spa Francorchamps

Trento Bondone hill climb

Vallelunga

Vallelunga Club

Questi invece i contenuti gratuiti che arriveranno dopo la release 1.0

Zandvoort

Ruf Yellowbird

Nissan GTR

Corvette stingray C7

Silverstone historical 60s

Monza 1962

Abarth 595ss vintage

Abarth 500 Assetto Corse (race car)

Toyota GT86

Alfa Romeo Mito Quadrifoglio Verde

Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5

Audi R8 Plus (2014)

Audi S1 Quattro

Lotus Exige R-Cup

Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione 2012 Hybrid

Dream Pack DLC che saranno rilasciati in seguito

Nurburgring Nordschleife

Sauber Mercedes C9

Corvette C7R GTE

Nissan GTR GT3

Alfa Romeo 4C

Alfa Romeo GTA

Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI

McLaren P1

McLaren F1 GTR

Ruf RT 35 S

Mercedes 190 E 2.6-16 Evolution 2

Report a handling impression of understeer or oversteer, and the recommendations address those conditions directly. Report no handling impression, and the program makes advice based on what the car is saying from its tire data. The algorithms were developed in collaboration with car chiefs and engineers of 20+ years practical experience, and take into account details as specific as underused or overused tires, suboptimal settings, the interaction of different chassis changes, front- or rear-wheel drive car, and even weather conditions.

Not only will you go faster in the garage and faster on the track now, but ultimately become a master of "Setup Fu".

With each run on the Virtual Race Car Engineer software you describe a condition specific to your own lap settings and results, and receive the recommendations and explanations to address those very experiences. Over time and use you will come to understand the subtle effects of chassis changes as they've related to your own needs and use, and with that knowledge become the master.

The Virtual Race Car Engineer includes numerous tools: Lap Wizard, Corner Wizard, Garage Manager.

Lap Wizard - Enter the car settings and results from a good test lap, report your handling impression, and the Lap Wizard recommends setup options and changes. Save your cars and tracks, setups and settings, test laps and results, to be recalled at any time. Reuse them as the basis for further test runs.

Corner Wizard - A "quick tip" tool for sussing out the possible setup changes to correct a variety of handling conditions on a given corner.

Garage Manager - Manage your saved cars, tracks and setups. Recall and reuse them as the basis for further testing runs. Reference them at any time, race days, track days.

In addition to racing the new cars in the pack – a Hot Rod and two Funny Cars which will reach speeds of over 300 m.p.h. - players can also race the vast majority of the cars featured in GRID Autosport, including the game’s Hypercars and Supercars.

A pochi giorni ormai dall'arrivo del gioco sugli scaffali dei negozi, la Codemasters ci propone l'immancabile trailer di lancio che ci mostra in azione il prossimo F1 2014. A questo link trovate invece la lista completa di tutti i volanti ufficialmente supportati dal gioco.

Build 827 (13/10/14, Team Member+) - 241 MB

Next-Gen:

* PS4: GUI & HUD now render on a thread

* Now possible to exit the Tuning setup screen in-game on console

Render:

* Initial sitting crowds placement

* Removes old 'global mip bias' which isn't compatible with threaded rendering.

* Impostor reflections: Correction of aspect ratio related errors which is different impostor width and scale when rendered horizontally

Effects:

* Rain spray balance via etc and mat edits

GUI:

* Missing text string

* Crash fix for updated events screen

* Hookup my rank on leaderboard screen

* Added my rank to leaderboard applinks

* Fixed tire wear to include multipliers

* Added applinks for handling photo page sliders

* Fix for Event leaderboards when there are no entries

* Added applink so the Start button enabled/disabled state can be set correctly

* FIX WMD-1534, PC - Design - ONLINE - Selecting ?Browse? option creates an online session after selecting ?Quick Random? option.

* TRDs: Added track dentre co-ords for more tracks for correct setup of weather per individual track - also corrected some track info (length, no of turns etc)

Cameras:

* Fixed jerking trackside cameras, part1

* Pre race cameras now use players car origin on dubai

Controllers:

* Sync FFBMetrics with FFBConfig

* Sample FFB config setup settings

* Update FFB steering config with values from physics on setup update

* Added Ctrl-D debug screen for CDF ranges and settings for FFB config values

* Setup updates: CDF reading of FFB tweakers with ranges ready for setup screens

Career:

* Only offer non-entry level contract offers at end of season

Physics:

* Aston Martin Rapide: Evened out ride height between GUI and on track

* Active aerodynamics now permanently turned off by braking if disable when braking flag set

Vehicles:

* Ginetta G40: Collision model update

* McLaren 12C GT3: Added team mates real liveries

* Aston Martin Vantage GT4: Collision model update

* Ford Mustang Boss 302R1: Fix for PS4 artifacts bug (WMD-1754)

* Alpine A450: Fixed Carbon UV4, Fixed rough line on Boot LODA. Damage deformation fixes.

* Oreca 03: Fixed Chassis Carbon UV4 all LODs. Fixed rough line on Boot LODA. Lots of Damage Deformation fixes.

Tracks:

* Watking Glens: Added missing trees

* Jin Ding: Added initial jin ding crowds

* Le Mans: Added Tunnel pit and buildings rainblockers

* Azure Circuit: Tweaked textures for building 7. Added Tunnel pit and buildings rainblockers

Known issues:

- Replays: Working but sometimes you can't watch saved replays plus other issues

- Speed sensitive camera option is missing from UI

- None of the debug tools (F1, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+I, tweakit, etc etc) are available unless you use -gold command line (but by using -gold you get assert popups again )

- If you want to run x86 Gold, run the pCARSGld.exe directly - DO NOT RENAME FILES!

Oggi la Kunos Simulazioni ci mostra le novità introdotte dagli effetti grafici in post processing a partire dalla prossima versione di Assetto Corsa: abilitando questa opzione grafica, i giocatori possono scegliere tra 6 preset differenti, e hanno la possibilità di creare i propri set personalizzati, modificando i valori relativi a lens flare, godrays, distorsione da calore, tono di colore, HDR, bagliori, esposizione, saturazione, distorsione, sfocatura e altri parametri. L'immagine sottostante mostra le differenze dei preset disponibili.

Today we show you the enhancement provided by the new post-processing effects: enabling this feature, players can select 6 different presets, and they are free to create one or more customized post-processing presets, changing the values for lens flare, godrays, heat shimmering, tone mapping, glare, exposure, depth of field, chromatic aberration, vignetting, lens distorsion, color and saturation. The picture below shows the differences between the presets provided starting from next release of the game.