Hi all. Is it just me or is the Lotus 49 too stable? In iRacing or GPL, it really drifts around but in AC, it feels stuck to the road so I don't know how realistic it is. Does anyone else feel the same?
I spent a lot more time with the '49 last night. The more you drive it, the better it gets. It's a dream to drive and any initial feeling that it's too stable passes very quickly as you set it up to go fast and really start finding the limits. I absolutely love this car now. I could never go back to driving any other sims version of it.
Quite frankly all the cars in AC feel very stable compared to a lot of other sims... initially. You have to spend plenty of time with them before you really start to discover their secrets. You suddenly realise you aren't pushing anywhere near their real limits, and the more you approach the limits the more alive they come...just as it should be.
Already, even in this early stage the AC physics engine is the best out there imo. Sure it needs some tweaking in places, it's by no means perfect, but there is stuff going on here that no other sims are anywhere near.
A quote from my other favourite sim racing physics genius, Niels Heusinkveld,
"I really enjoy AC and that is the first time in years that I enjoy a sim where I didn't do the physics, so hats off to kunos / aris and everybody."
When Niels is impressed, everyone should be
Most of the sims i have so far you kind of hit a wall of perfomance quite early on as there just doesnt seem to be any more performance to be extracted but with AC i have that feeling of just one more go, i know i can be abit faster here or brake later there..
I absolutely agree on this point. In iRacing i will jump in a car, overdrive completely for a few laps to find the limits, back it down a bit where i know i have to and set nearly my best time for the week within 10 laps. After that i can spend 10's of hours lapping and only make tiny improvements.
AC is the complete opposite. I treat it as if i were on a real track day, just slowly building up confidence and speed, always feeling the is a lot more to be extracted from the car.
In most sims i feel I'm just learning how to game the physics engine. In AC you really feel that its pure driving skills and techniques that will make you faster. Throwing out a lot of bad sim racing habits and really thinking 'real driving' is going to be the key to success in AC i suspect.
Which tracks are you comparing laptimes to? Mosport is the only track with the same layout as 1967, but it was narrower back then with harsher curbs and the '67 GP was wet.whats even more funny... iracing feels alot harder to control and so. (sorry for comparing to IR again).. but the laptimes are sometimes.. 10 seconds quicker then the reallife laptimes...
Just curious Bakkster, Whats the reaction to the AC version been like on the iRacing forums? I've let my membership lapse so i cant find out.
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I don't mean in the l49... I mean in general.. especially the hpd... but yes that was mosport where i compared
In iRacing or GPL, it really drifts around but in AC, it feels stuck to the road so I don't know how realistic it is.
When comparing laptimes it's important to know the conditions they were set in in real life, have around a 1-2 seconds treshold depending on rubber build up, temperature (both track and ambient), etc...I don't mean in the l49... I mean in general.. especially the hpd... but yes that was mosport where i compared