Automobilista is now available on Steam Early Access

Renato Simioni · Mar 1, 2016

AUTOMOBILISTA puts you in the driving seat of one of the most advanced racing simulators and delivers a uniquely diverse motorsports experience!

As the natural successor to Reiza Studios´ previous title - the highly regarded Stock Car Extreme, originally released in 2013 - AUTOMOBILISTA continues to simulate the premium Brazilian racing series such as Stock Car V8, Copa Petrobras de Marcas, Formula 3 Brasil and Mitsubishi Lancer Cup, now packing every car and every track from their respective 2015 championships.

Beyond the brazilian core, AUTOMOBILISTA is extensively complemented with one of the most diverse selections or racing vehicles you will find in a racing game: only in AUTOMOBILISTA will you be able to jump from a rental kart to a 800-HP F1 car; from drifting a Rallycross EvoX to jumping ramps in a Supertruck; from mastering the driving basics in a Formula Vee to managing a full 24h race in an endurance prototype; back and forth through historical and modern content featuring a sample of several decades of GP racing - all of this and much more within a few mouse clicks. Thoroughly researched and cohesively developed for maximum simulation accuracy, AUTOMOBILISTA captures the fun only motorsports in its various forms can provide.

In addition to the content already present in Stock Car Extreme - all of which comprehensively upgraded - AUTOMOBILISTA turns it up to a new level by adding all the new cars & tracks proposed in the SimRacing Bonanza crowdfunding campaign, new simulation features such as dynamic track conditions, advanced transmission and tire modelling, substantial upgrades to physics, graphics & audio, new game modes and much more!

Keep in mind the title is still an advanced beta and being released in Early Access - some bits and bobs still to add and improvements to be made. We´ll also be sharing more information as to how to get the best out of Automobilista as we progress through the week.

IMPORTANT EDIT: Do not copy your player PLR, controller or config.ini from SCE or any previous title. Save yourself some trouble and start fully fresh.

ThatRacingGuy · Mar 1, 2016

A shame... i guess the hype for AMS for me was kind of useless... a real shame...

Well back to Stock Car Extreme again...;(

jun2510 · Mar 1, 2016

In game FPS was set at 16 had to increase to 150. Everything good now with performance.

mr_belowski · Mar 1, 2016

Heitor Facuri Cicoti said:
You can either increase FFB Strength (if too much, you get clipping), or you can change the following line on Controller.ini:
FFB steer force neutral function="0.00000" (I set mine for 0.05000 - which is 5%)

So if I want to reduce the large ffb dead zone on my g29, should I set this to 0 or to the ffb dead zone amount, which is like 16% (so use 0.16)?

Regarding that Renault cockpit, with a bit of a seat position tweak its easy to get the view looking right.

Heitor Facuri Cicoti · Mar 1, 2016

mr_belowski said:
So if I want to reduce the large ffb dead zone on my g29, should I set this to 0 or to the ffb dead zone amount, which is like 16% (so use 0.16)?

It doesn't necessarily needs to be 16%, you will have to play with the values a bit. Too much and the steering will vibrate near the centre. And 0 is default with no help on making dead zone disappear.

mr_belowski · Mar 1, 2016

Thanks fella

Jan Mikuž · Mar 1, 2016

gilles13 said:
A shame... i guess the hype for AMS for me was kind of useless... a real shame...

Well back to Stock Car Extreme again...;(

It's only day 1 of EA, man. There will be a troubleshooting faq with all kinds of different solutions that work for users. And there will be patches. You'll be able to play problem free very soon, i'm sure.

demerzel · Mar 1, 2016

Jan Mikuž said:
It's only day 1 of EA, man. There will be a troubleshooting faq with all kinds of different solutions that work for users. And there will be patches. You'll be able to play problem free very soon, i'm sure.

Yeah it's imressive that they pushed out 3 hotfix.

ThatRacingGuy · Mar 1, 2016

demerzel said:
Yeah it's imressive that they pushed out 3 hotfix.

Wait what are there already patches available.?

Gary Horneck · Mar 1, 2016

Maybe a patch so it will launch for me?

John Lock · Mar 1, 2016

Doesn't feel a lot different to GSCE, if anything there is slightly more tyre grip, mind you I've only tried the lancers & mini's @ Cordoba, looks like some of the car mods will work from GSCE as well, the ford Sv8's work in AMS. Looks as if some tracks will be ok as well just tried Adelaide 11 works fine. looks as if the multiplayer uses the same ports as GSCE, so will have to make sure I don't run both with the same ports at the same time.

Dan ONeill · Mar 1, 2016

Gary Horneck said:
Maybe a patch so it will launch for me?

Sounds like a display issue have you tried launching at a lower resolution or in windowed mode, I take it you have run the configurator?

Radu Oros · Mar 1, 2016

Will there be a way to have button shortcuts for setup car assists? Currently abs/tc/auto shifting binds only work for game assists, but can't be used to turn off the specific car assists while driving.

quicksilver384 · Mar 1, 2016

2 things.

1st The game is installing, 2nd my MOBO on my gamin pc has just fried so am installing on my media pc in the hope it will run it enough to play. :-( I have no luck lol

Jan Mikuž · Mar 1, 2016

Unfortunate.

I've been downloading since 8 am today. 13h in, still 2h to go.

HoiHman · Mar 1, 2016

After i bought GSE, i never played it because it only supported 3 devices.

So this evening i started up Automobilista for the first time and i have TERRIBLE performance issues running a race a with 25 AI grid

With a 980TI @ 1500Hz, an I7 4770K @ 4300Hz and 16GB ram, i should easily be able to play this game at high or max settings on 5760x1080 with 4AA?

- Am i doing somthing wrong ?
- Is there a driver update with a huge performance gain?
- Is this because the game is still in the beta stage?
- Or does this game actually perform that bad?

Jan Mikuž · Mar 1, 2016

HoiHman said:
- Or does this game actually perform that bad?

You seriously think this is a valid option ? Cmon...

It's EA and people have performance issues, some other glitches and bugs are also present.
It will get sorted out, culprits will be found, there will be a troubleshooting FAQ and patches.
I suggest you surf the forums in the meantime and maybe try out certain things that were already proposed by the devs/other users.

zAmboni · Mar 1, 2016

Yay, AMS is now showing up on the steam server list!

Was wondering, is there a way to change the default controller in the menu? Right now I have to load up my controller settings every time I start AMS.

I did have a little bit of fun last night on the autocross track. It was just agains 5 other AI just mucking about trying to get a feel of things. The AI needs a little work since they all decide to brake needlessly on a tiny dropoff, and near the start/finish line on Tykki.

Here is a short 5 lap race with 5 other AI. I had the AI difficulty at 95%, they must be pretty slow at that setting because I am sure I'm not that good

Eric Rowland · Mar 1, 2016

Same here...I had to increase to 105%

Eric Rowland · Mar 1, 2016

Renato Simioni said:
That´s a DynHUD issue we´re looking to fix - you can get around it by alt-tabbing by now, or sticking with the native HUD for now.

Thank you!