1.2.0.8 Patch (Steam)

[Mike Coleman]

Steam just updated the Race series to 1.2.0.8!

August 7, 2009 - RACE 07 Update Released

Updates to RACE 07 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Fixes

• Fixed stability issues in the rendering pipeline
• Fixed session timer in HUD and Garage menu
• Improved AI clutch control on launch
• Various triple head fixes
• Fixed saving of total stats
• Fixed selection of track cameras when switching viewed vehicle
• Fixed bad draw distance in free flight camera mode
• Improved behaviour of blown tyres
• Fixed blue flags raised even though they were disabled
• Fixed bad behaviour of AI cars after race finish
• Fixed bug with ghost cars generating drafting

Features

• Enabled all STCC and GTR Evolution exclusive features in RACE 07

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

In real racing you don't get told how worn your tyres are surely? I don't get why it's important to know anyway, if they're going off, I'm pretty sure most drivers will notice by the fact they can't get the car to do what they need it to - which is the point in which you know they need changing. Or just use your laptimes to judge.

But if you know it before the tires are worn.. you can decide more freely your pitstop strategy when you know what's happening, it's never fun when have to go to pit on 3rd final lap... And more importantly, you can see the progress of data. I adjust for ex. brake balance according to the tire temp/wear in the longer runs. It saves me a couple of laps and sometimes it carries me a few laps more to the finishline with out that otherwise needed pitstop. And it helps during practice to see tire temps/pressure in different parts of the track to finetune the setup/driving style when needed. But the main reason for xd (or similar): the fuel usage, it's so good to know it exactly and not all the addon tracks show it correctly. The longer the race more important it is.

I do miss xd allready..

 

[Ivo Simons]

Indeed me to. I need to know how my ttres doing. And i miss the standings in the race also now. Liked many people said. It feels naked. :wink2:

 

[Kris Van Den Steen]

GTp GTsport GTclub

Anybody missing cars , after the update the following classes in race 07 are gone

Gtp Gt sport Gt club viper audi apollo koenisegg ...

When i open gtr evolution there i can stil find them !

????

 

[Steven Palmer]

Hm, havn't tryed that. Only the instant replays. But ok, I can still get cool shots then. Still a bit irretating though.

Yep F12 doesn't work with instant replays anymore. As stated in an earlier post the print screen function is the quickest way to get a screenshot, just paste it into paint or create a new file in Photoshop, then paste it in.

Annoying as I liked to press F12 from mulitple angles of my car then go into my paint package and view them all at once. It's just a longer process now that's all.

Seems strange to take the F12 function out of the game

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Anybody missing cars , after the update the following classes in race 07 are gone

Gtp Gt sport Gt club viper audi apollo koenisegg ...

When i open gtr evolution there i can stil find them !

????

Maybe they've reverted to the way things were before the 1.2.0.1 patch.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Anybody missing cars , after the update the following classes in race 07 are gone

Gtp Gt sport Gt club viper audi apollo koenisegg ...

When i open gtr evolution there i can stil find them !

????

They all seem to be there for me.

 

[Jay Ekkel]

A changelog will follow next week. It is holiday time for most of our developers, but we wanted to release the patch to the public as soon as we could, we did not want to wait another week with the release for a changelog.

Just to correct myself, i meant next week as in not this week but the following week. And yes ofcourse we keep track of changes we do to the code, we just need to validate that the list is correct, and make sure everything is listed or remove the ones that didnt make it. But due to holiday this patch has gone live without one. I hope you guys dont mind! The other solution was to wait a few more weeks with the release, and that is something we did not want to do.

I have noted down the F12 issue that is mentioned, please keep posting any issues, it is appreciated.

 

[Mike Coleman]

please keep posting any issues, it is appreciated.

Custom championships with custom skins!!!!

Please!

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

The Mini splitter bug has reappeared. I took screencaps so you can see there's something funny in those setups

Car: BMW Mini , track: Donington GP

 

[Martijn van Bommel]

Black screen when going back to garage here aswell.
At first i thought it was my pc,arrgggh!"Luckely"it was the update...

 

[Ross McGregor]

Custom championships with custom skins!!!!

Please!

I agree!!!

 

[Niels Pedersen]

Multiple "S" appearing when renaming custom controls, with a S in it.
- And dare i to say, lag problems that i haven't had before - it's not the internet line, it works just fine.

 

[Carlos Moutinho]

Tested last night and get two looong freezes in 1 hour . It doesn't use to happen before the update ...:curse:

I did a 30 min . race on line and didn't use the whipers . Anyone did note that ? There was almost no dirt in the glass .

 

[Ramon van Rijn]

Just to correct myself, i meant next week as in not this week but the following week. And yes ofcourse we keep track of changes we do to the code, we just need to validate that the list is correct, and make sure everything is listed or remove the ones that didnt make it. But due to holiday this patch has gone live without one. I hope you guys dont mind! The other solution was to wait a few more weeks with the release, and that is something we did not want to do.

I have noted down the F12 issue that is mentioned, please keep posting any issues, it is appreciated.

Maybe a tip for future patches.
Steam is a great platform to keep all clients up to date, but also it keeps on annoying many online drivers.

Why?
Maybe SimBin don't realize it, but when a patch goes live, some servers will be updated soon, others not. Some clients will be updated, some not. Depends if you already started Steam/Game or not.

Could it not be possible to announce an upcoming patch 1+ hours before its actually push live? Then community/league owners are at least informed and can delay events etc.etc. in case of running to the same surprises every time.

In my example I was just re-installing PC again and was unsure why I could not connect to any online server and addon tools were not working. Some hours later I discovered it was due to the patch.

 

[Niels Pedersen]

Btw, the print screen feature doesn't work in windows 7 ... my PC takes a screnshot of the desktop instead

 

[Dario Jagar]

Don't know if any one has noticed yet, but GTR XD 2.0 and 2.01 (I guess) do not work with the new patch! Darn it!

http://www.vitumo.de/
new version

 

[Ivo Simons]

Great news thanks.

Edit: Works great again.

 

[Mike Hill]

a real Noob question this, but where exactly can I check which version I am running? I am having probs signing in to online public lobbies (lockups etc0 and I dont know whether I have been updated or not. Where can I check this?

 

[Neil Gault]

a real Noob question this, but where exactly can I check which version I am running? I am having probs signing in to online public lobbies (lockups etc0 and I dont know whether I have been updated or not. Where can I check this?

it shows on the bottom right of your main menu screen

 

[Mike Hill]

this is where you can tell I havent been using steam for long....

where exactly? I have checked the bottom right corner of the screen on all of the tabs but cannot find it? Is in the main menu of the game, or main steam menu's?