Project CARS build 164 (Junior Member+)

[VELOCIPEDE]

Slightly Mad Studios have released a new Junior build of their WMD-powered Project CARS title, giving all members the chance to try the newest version of the quickly-evolving simulation. The new build introduces several new features and gives all Junior members that don’t have access to the weekly builds the chance to catch up with the all the exciting new features & improvements that have been added during the past month.

Build 164 brings a first version of the all-new lighting system that also allows night racing, vast improvements of physics and force feedback as well as new versions of various tracks. Speaking of tracks, the new build also gives Juniors the first chance to try the Loire 24 track that Team Members have been enjoying since a few weeks. Other features that Juniors will be trying for the first time today include:

• Custom Paints – Paint your own cars and download liveries from our download database
  
• New sounds for several cars
  
• New versions of various tracks
  
• New HUD design
  
• Improved support for Fanatec wheels
  
• New cameras for various tracks
  

http://forum.wmdport...m/downloads.php

There are some very large changes to the lighting engine which may result in a decrease in FPS. This is a known issue and will be addressed in the coming weeks.

Build 164 - Setting Expectations

I touched upon this elsewhere but it may get read by more people here. This build is the first weekly build with the new lighting engine. This is a major update, with a ton of code changing. If you don't want to live on the bleeding edge, stick with 160, because the downsides of 164 are:

1. Stability - a known issue with intermittent crashes returning to the front end. We've battled with this one for days and got really close to sorting it, but not quite there yet. In addition there will more than likely be other crashes specific to certain systems/configs that we haven't found. Please just report these calmly with the usual info attached and we'll fix them.

2. Performance - the exact impact varies very much per system, but it could be as much as a 30% drop. The code is completely unoptimized so far so this will quickly change. In the meantime the approximate biggest wins for improving FPS via options are: resolution, AA, reflections, shadows, detailed grass, bloom (the topic of how best to configure the game for performance could could fill several pages alone though). On the upside we have made significant improvements in performance in races, i.e. with opponent cars enabled. I'm enjoying pretty smooth performance now with relatively high numbers of cars (so much so that it's actually better for me in this build in races compared to 160).

3. Night racing - this is a very very early first pass only. Pretty much the only feature is that it's dark Loads more to come here going forward.

4. Pause menu FFB - quite a specific note this one, we've made an interim fix to the DirectInput hang which many people were seeing when pausing in-game. The downside to this is that the current FFB state remains active, which can be annoying if you pause mid-corner or mid-crash. Best thing is to pause when going straight (!). FFB does reset when going back to the front end so the weirdness doesn't last for long.

That's about it. I hope you enjoy the build otherwise because it's bloody great

Build 164 (2/3/12, Junior Member+)

MUST START A NEW PROFILE WITH THIS BUILD

Reduced suspension forces linearly for AI at very low speeds

FFB road noise and force balancing tweaks

Remove custom printf hooks on exit to make sure they're not called during CRT cleanup

Shadow improvements to work with time of day changing

Add missing default for track order override property.

Tweaked Logitech rumblestrip force

Adding per-car tweakable values for the behaviour of the surface sounds

Weather fix for dynamic particle lighting.

Adjust shadow update threshold

Tyre scrub effect for more capable wheels

Fix for spot shadows

Disabled cloud domes on a toggle

Reduce jolt impact for player to vehicle collisions

Fixed order of in game exit process to prevent the intermittent return to GUI crash caused by particle deletion order. Fixed particle manager cleanup to prevent multiple calls to Reset function

Updated adjustment of friction factors of contacts between vehicles

Computation of relative velocity between vehicles in contact now uses velocities at contact point

HUD: added new minimal HUD

HUD: backgrounds slightly darker

Wtc and sky texture tweaks

Headlights turn off later, wtc edit

Loire texture updates

Ariel Atom 3 - cockpit glow texture

Asano TDX - cockpit glow texture

Asano TDX - Steering wheel glow texture

Caterham R500 - cockpit glow texture

Gumpert Apollo - cockpit glow texture

HUD: fixed broken lap gadgets

HUD: adding laptimes to all HUD variants

Reduced bump amplitude for bumpyroads1 from 2cm to 1.4cm

Hide car when rear looking from roof cam

Reduced adrenalin, stamina and concentration effects on AI

Added new HUD fonts

Quick Race and Display screens updated

Updated the TRDs and tracklists to appear in the correct menu order

Fixed Motec display colour

Fix for START button, and support for Min/Max opponent difficulty

Added HUD Motec to a few cars

Reduced headlight range a little

5-10% reduction in tyre force multiplier

Added 64 grid support to AIW. TRD also updated. Tracks: Bologna, Connecticut Hill, Connecticut Hill Short

Improved DX11 tree shaders - increased alpha cut-off to match DX9, and moved alpha test to before dither to ensure it makes best use of alpha to coverage

New Connecticut exports

New Loire exports

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[luck21678]

ragazzi dopo averlo criticato incomincio ad apprezzarlo,la grafica fa sempre piu paura,di notte luci accese e spettacolo assicurato.anche se adesso cala un po di frame si riesce a giocare bene lo stesso.volevo chiedere se si puo giocare anche online?

[vcorp]

Oggi finalmente riesco a provarlo così vi dico come si comporta con il GT2

[serbaggio]

ragazzi solo una cosa ma è da un paio di build che il mio g27 è diventato sensibilissimo nel girare a destra e sinistra.. prima si potevano settare i gradi dall'interno del gioco... e adesso no... io penso che sia sicuramente quello il motivo.. potete aiutarmi? grazie!!!!!

[MAXIGEPPO2]

ragazzi dopo averlo criticato incomincio ad apprezzarlo,la grafica fa sempre piu paura,di notte luci accese e spettacolo assicurato.anche se adesso cala un po di frame si riesce a giocare bene lo stesso.volevo chiedere se si puo giocare anche online?

..i frame bassi sono stati segnalati dal team nel rilascio della build, è tutto molto vip e da ottimizzare. No online ancora è presto...ci vorrà ancora un pò.

Ciao.

[MAXIGEPPO2]

ragazzi solo una cosa ma è da un paio di build che il mio g27 è diventato sensibilissimo nel girare a destra e sinistra.. prima si potevano settare i gradi dall'interno del gioco... e adesso no... io penso che sia sicuramente quello il motivo.. potete aiutarmi? grazie!!!!!

Ci dovrebbe essere una voce nella sezione del setup della macchina, ora non ho la schermata a portata di'occhio appena arrivo a casa vedo di postartela, li si può regolare un po la risposta dello sterzo.

Ciao

Edited March 3, 2012 by MAXIGEPPO2

[serbaggio]

ok ok perche è troppo veloce la risposta dello sterzo.... per attutire ho messo la sensibilità a 30......

[Guest Uff]

ok ok perche è troppo veloce la risposta dello sterzo.... per attutire ho messo la sensibilità a 30......

Ti sei ricordato di cancellare il profilo precedente prima di avviare questa build e rifare la calibrazione del volante?

[serbaggio]

si certo è la prima cosa che faccio.... cmq forse ho risolto perche quando fai il setup c'è una voce fast e low del volante.....

[Taranta]

hai sbagliato sim, non è rFactor2 ...