News: News

Project CARS: requisiti hardware PC

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:35:00 +0000

Slightly Mad Studios ha diffuso i requisiti hardware per la versione PC di Project CARS: non si tratta proprio di configurazioni bassissime ma considerando la mole grafica vista finora è comprensibile, d'altra parte l'alta scalabilità consente varie possibilità intermedie, sebbene per godere appieno del massimo dettaglio sia necessario possedere una discreta "bestia". Cosi come "bestiali" sono i nuovi trailer pubblicati da AdrianF1 e DigiProst!

Configurazione minima:

- CPU: 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940

- Scheda grafica: nVidia GTX 260, ATI Radeon HD 5770

- Memoria: 4Gb RAM, 1Gb VRAM

Configurazione raccomandata:

- CPU: 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 3700, 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350

- Scheda grafica: nVidia GT600 series, AMD Radeon HD7000 series

- Memoria: 8Gb RAM, 2Gb VRAM

F1 2014 appare su Amazon

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 05:25:00 +0000

In attesa che il gioco venga annunciato ufficialmente, Amazon France e Amazon España hanno inserito all'interno dei loro cataloghi F1 2014: la curiosità, oltre che dal fatto che il gioco non è stato ancora rivelato da Codemasters, è che le sole edizioni presenti nei due cataloghi sono quelle PC, Xbox 360 e PlayStation 3. La data presunta di rilascio del gioco riportata da Amazon è il 30 Settembre, quindi in linea con la prassi del producer britannico.

Assetto Corsa: video confronto a Silverstone

Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:37:02 +0000

Fra i tantissimi screens e video dedicati ad Assetto Corsa, vi segnalo oggi questo spettacolare trailer di confronto fra la realtà della pista e la omologa Ferrari 599XX sulla pista di Silverstone del simulatore made in Kunos!

Da segnalare inoltre che anche oggi la Kunos ha rilasciato un alcuni updates, che hanno portato Assetto Corsa alla release 0.21.8 con le seguenti migliorie, soprattutto per le gare online:

0.21.8

- RaceControl Leaderboard Fixes

- Mirror Aspect Ratio Fixed

- General fixes on multiplayer GUI

- White border on skidmarks fixed

- Size of the sun reduced

- Reduced noise for analogic input

- Driver's name is printed higher respect to the center of the car

0.21.7

- Launcher: control configuration device acquisition exception handling

- Launcher default theme: minor cosmetic changes to labels

0.21.6

- New Race Control

- Server is now in control of fuel rate

- Server is now in control of tyre rate

- Server is now in control of damage level

- AI does not flatshift cars with no autocutoff anymore

- Added "transfer" grip from session to session

- AI cars now try to park on the side if they have a broken engine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng270rqmLTA&feature=youtu.be

Le Supercars di Project CARS

Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:50:00 +0000

Dopo averci presentato le monoposto, le Gran Turismo ed i prototipi, oggi il team Slightly Mad Studios ci mostra le spettacolari Supercars che saranno presenti in Project CARS.

Supercars, Exotics, Hypercars... whatever you want to call them, they're the cars we had on our walls as children and the cars that make our heads turn as adults.

With six or seven figure price tags, alluring bodywork, perfectly-balanced power, exquisite handling, and immeasurable desirability they're the cars of our dreams and the ultimate expression of design, beauty, and technical collaboration. Whilst players will be able to test and race these machines in special events and bespoke one-make series within their career, we want you to also enjoy these rides in the setting you're most used to seeing them - the open road. Stay tuned over coming months to see the gorgeous road courses you'll be able to drive these cars on but for now, sit back and enjoy these stunning shots...

iRacing: 2014 Season 3 build

Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:15:00 +0000

Website:

Leagues

- Enhanced League and Tournament Gridding Options:

· There is now a new grid algorithm called "Top N Inverted". If you select this and click the "Apply Grid Now" button you will be prompted to enter the number of drivers to invert. Previously you were limited to inverting the top 8 or top 10 drivers.

· There is now an option to change a driver's grid position by N positions in either direction. This is intended to make it easier to apply grid penalties. From the "Race Grid Setup" area of the grid builder you can right-click on any driver to access a new popup menu that includes an option to "change grid position". This opens a dialog box where you can enter a number of positions to move the driver. Positive numbers will move the driver towards the pole and negative numbers will move the driver towards the back of the grid.

- Added a new interface for editing league member nicknames.

Race Panel

- Sorting of series has been fixed in the Race Panel pick list where they may have been out of order or miscounted.

- The Select list now lists series based on MPR.

Other

- Updated MPR Images and added tooltips.

- MPR images are now hidden for Class A License and above.

- Spectator pages now have smarter sorting of what's available.

- Layering of elements in the main site has been adjusted to fix some display issues.

Simulation:

Tires

- There are no cars left using the version 4 NTM (New Tire Model). All the cars are on version 5 except the Silver Crown and Sprint Car which are both still using the old tire model.

- The tire model has an improved solver to find the amount of tread yaw under dynamic conditions (i.e. non-equilibrium). This has significantly improved transient behavior and tire response to changing loads.

- The modeling of tread wear depth and its effects has been improved. There is now more tread wear on the softer road compounds.

- There is a preliminary model for advancing the tread rubber cure as the rubber gets hot; this gives very reasonable lap time fall off for cars over the course of a race. This model is not enabled on all the cars yet, as there hasn't been time for testing all the cars, but it is on all the high level oval cars and most of the faster road course cars.

User Interface

- Right clicking on any visible driver name or driver helmet will bring up a context menu of actions that can be applied to that driver.

Sound

- Disable using the recently added limiter layer sounds during ignition cut up shifts.

iRacing Telemetry API

- Output RadioTransmitRadioIdx and RadioTransmitFrequencyIdx in addition to RadioTransmitCarIdx.

- Output ClassPosition in QualifyResultsInfo section to match ResultsPositions.

- Output CarClassColor.

- Output car, suit, helmet paint info.

- Properly escape more strings in the YAML session string.

- Properly show pressure in telemetry when pressure based brake bias is used.

- Fix telemetry for steering angle on remote cars.

Cameras

- The driving camera can now be moved down 4" instead of just 2".

Backfires

- Many cars will now spit out backfire flames when appropriate. Some cars backfire when off throttle, depending on their engine tuning. Others will backfire if you hit the rev limiter or upshift if their engine tuning implements these features via an ignition cut (which passes unburned fuel through to the exhaust). And some of our cars don't make flames at all, typically the lower level cars. The visual effect and the sound effect of backfires are not synchronized at this time. Also, opponent cars do not make backfires during upshifts at this time, only off throttle backfires.

Wind

- Reduce the strength of the wind applying to cars to 1/3, so even if the wind says 30mph, it will only affect the car at 10mph. This is to account for ground turbulence and non-wind transparency of solid objects reducing the effective wind strength at ground level.

Grime

- Cars will now accumulate grime as a race progresses. The amount is based upon both time and circumstances of the race. This new grime effect causes a dulling of the car, which combines with the dirt accumulation effect which was added previously.

Paint kit

- L.A. Racing, SimCraft, and diysim.com logos added.

- Wheel color support added to the Mazda MX5, Skip Barber Formula 2000, Legends Ford '34 Coupe, and Street Stock.

Scenic Cameras

- Half of the tracks had their scenic cameras improved (or added if missing) in the previous season's update. This update completes that work, with all tracks addressed.

Cars:

Chevrolet Camaro Class B

- Now available! The physics are identical to the other two Class B cars, and all 3 cars can load each others setups.

BMW GT3 Z4

- Updated to the latest tire physics.

- Now has lap time fall off from additional tire curing when the tires are hot.