Build 86 (04/11/11, Junior Member+)

New exports of all Connecticut Hill tracks

DX11 - improved QualityLevel and SampleDescription (count) handling. required for enhanced MSAA video options

Implemented Graphics Config and app-side support for MSAA 2X and MSAA 8X and also make FXAA seperate so it can be applied in combination to MSAA

Fixed being able to use the F1 menu in DX11

Changes to help with input lag on PC

Disable steering shake effects for now to eliminate them being a factor on visual lag reports

Fixed a buffer overflow crash with DX11

Fix for crash on selecting MSAA modes

Enabled Renderer metrics in all builds (CTRL S still wasn't working correctly in FINAL - it is now)

Modified shaders for improved car lighting

Tweaked day lighting for Bologna and Connecticut

Tweaked LOD distance settings for all Connecticut Hill tracks

Leonus F68: fixed corrupt skin on LODB suspension. Temporary skin on LODC tires to make deformation work

Ariel Atom: Dropped tire damping for an effective damping ratio of 0.1, which equates to a coefficient of restitution of 0.73.

Sun rotation updated on Bathurst

BETA 4B: a quick fix to address some bugs:

- send setup

- tires' temperatures when English units are set

- hide steering wheel

- steering wheels mapping

Also, a change: when "Automatic Idle" is not set, the kart is deployed with engine off.

Some more shots from yesterdays McLaren announcement, this time one of the classics, the street legel CAN-AM car, the mighty M6 GT

The 2011 Season 4 build is here and it contains a little something, make that more than a little something, for every iRacer. For openers, we’ve installed the New Tire Model on a bunch of additional cars including the Corvette C6.R, Mazda MX-5 and Roadster, SpecRacer Ford, Late Model, Street Stock and Legends Ford (along with improved NTM versions of the Skip Barber F2000, COT, Class B Impala, Chevy Silverado, Ford GT and HPD ARX01). So more than a dozen cars – including all the base content – now come equipped with the NTM, with additional cars expected to be added during the season.

New features include moving driver arms in-sim and replay, and we’ll also have night versions of Charlotte Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway, along with enhanced pit lane graphics including war wagons on the ovals and and pit tarp/tents on the road courses. And we've tweaked the mixed class racing series so that you only need own any one of the cars in order to participate in a mixed class race.

We’re also introducing Oulton Park Circuit. Long an integral part of the fabric of the British racing scene, Oulton Park is as challenging as it is picturesque no matter which of the eight (8!) configurations you're driving, from the 2.6 mile, 17 turn International Circuit to the 2.2 mile, seven turn Island Circuit and the 1.6 mile, six turn Fosters Circuit. Oulton Park is available now. Long-time host of IZOD IndyCar, NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series events, Kentucky is the latest track to join the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. And if last summer’s overflow crowd for the 1.5 mile oval’s first Sprint Cup race is any barometer, Kentucky figures to be among the most popular new tracks to ever join the iRacing. Kentucky is on pre-sale and will be ready next month.

Infrastructure may not be as sexy as new cars, tracks and features, but it’s what enables iRacing to continually deliver online racing of unsurpassed quality. So we are adding a third server farm in The Netherlands near Amsterdam complimenting those already online in Boston and Sydney. The new servers should be online shortly.

See the build notes in the Forum for complete details on all the new features of the 2011 Season 4 build.

Il team svedese Simbin ha annunciato l'arrivo, per il prossimo 18 novembre, del "nuovo" RACE Injection. Diciamo "nuovo" perchè si tratta in pratica di un unico "pacchettone" contenente tutti gli ultimi titoli corsaioli del team con base a Lidköping: in RACE Injection troveremo infatti RACE 07, GT Power Expansion, STCC2 The Game, Retro Expansion, Formula RaceRoom e WTCC 2010. Si tratta senza dubbio di un acquisto imperdibile soprattutto per chi si fosse lasciato sfuggire almeno 2-3 titoli rilasciati a suo tempo in singolo.

LYON, FRANCE – 3 November 2011 – Leading EMEA distribution, sales and marketing company NAMCO BANDAI Partners is very pleased to announce an agreement with award-winning Swedish game development company SimBin Studios for the retail and digital distribution of RACE™ Injection for PC. The title is an enhanced and extended version of the award-winning game RACE 07, featuring a wealth of new content. RACE™ Injection will hit retailers across most of Europe on November 18th, with UK, Iberica and Benelux to follow in Q1 2012. European digital distribution (with the exception of Steam and RaceRoom Online) is also being handled by NAMCO BANDAI Partners.

RACE™ Injection enhances the smash hit formula of RACE 07 by combining the most requested context from five separate expansions – Formula RaceRoom, WTCC 2010, STCC The Game 2, GT Power and the Retro expansion – into one new retail pack. With the new additions of 23 unique cars and 9 tracks, the complete RACE™ Injection now features a massive 85 individual car models in 43 separate car classes, customisable with over 450 highly detailed skins. The powerful cars can be raced on more than 40 tracks from around the world with over 60 different track configurations. Cars, classes and tracks can be endlessly mixed and matched to create unique and thrilling championships and events.

RACE™ Injection integrates fully with the RaceRoom online platform which features leaderboards and competitions to let racers join in and share the race experience. The title supports multiplayer for up to 25 players online, with the ghost racing feature letting players challenge their own or their friends’ lap times. With its real-world racing regulations, RACE™ Injection is racing as real as you want it to be.

What is the pricing structure for rF2?

In the USA, rF2 will sell for $43.99. This will allow unlimited access to single player and mod development mode. It will also include one year access to an online account. Additional one year access to the online account can be purchased for $12.99.

Why not simply raise the initial purchase price?

That wouldn’t be fair to those wanting to use only the single player or mod development mode.

What exactly are online services?

Users will be given online accounts from which they can access multiplayer races. This should reduce the number of anonymous race entries and in turn hopefully reduce the number of passworded servers. The service will identify when updates are available and allow for automatic downloads.

The service provides a way to generate and maintain unique Mod/Package ID’s. This should help reduce the mismatch problem found in the current version of rFactor and also help reduce/eradicate version confusion for the end user.

Additional features such as online statistics are also planned.

What will I be able to do if I don't use online services?

You will be able to run single player, run Mod Mode, and manually find and install any mods or updates.

What is this open beta I have been hearing about?

We plan to release an early content-limited version for mod makers to provide feedback on the system. It will be an open beta, meaning anyone can participate. People wishing to take part will be required to make a full purchase (see pricing info above). We are planning to give those who take part in the open beta 18 months of online access with that purchase rather than the 12 months which will come with purchase after the open beta.

Will you offer refunds during or after the open beta?

If you believe you became a part of the rFactor 2 community too early we can arrange one.

Disponibile nella sezione download il nuovo STCC Mod realizzato per rFactor con la stagione 2011 al completo includendo anche il trackpack, per chi lo vuole prelevare ecco il post dedicato sul ns. forum.

Per Grand Prix Legends e' disponibile il circuito Lumberjack Valley GCMCL che potrete prelevare a questo link.

A partire da domani, salvo imprevisti dell'ultimo minuto, sarà disponibile l'ultima build aggiornata di iRacing, la cui lunghissima lista di novità e migliorie è disponibile a questo link del forum. Con la nuova versione del simulatore sarà rilasciato anche il nuovo tracciato inglese di Oulton Park, che potete ammirare in queste splendide immagini di previews.