Pre-Order Now Available

[Warren Schembri]

For those interested, you can now pre-order DTM Experience.

Link is:
http://store.dtm-experience.com

Ironically the front page lists the game at 35 euro but when you go to the game page, the game is listed at 40 euro

 

[Andy Kettler]

And it says Simbin is only the developer...

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Then please explain me the difference between SimBin and RaceRoom As far as I know its the under the same ownership.

Regardless I still think the DTM organization calls the shots as the client/license holder.

 

[Jan Mikuž]

This seems to be a paid advert by the DTM in an attempt to expand the fan base and following of the series. Simbin appears to be solely a developer and has no word in the business aspect and monetisation. Raceroom AG may probably even own their work. And R3E does feel a bit soulless and more of a business venture than a proper racing sim platform and catering more to general racing gamers. However, the game appears to have failed to gain popularity and interest from general racing gamers or simmers atm, with barely any interest/activity on these forums or on Steam. The competitions on their site do show there are a couple of hundred people active,though, but i'm sure that's not what the publisher is aiming at.The game appears to be trailing behind all the other sims/racing games on the market atm. As of now it looks as though it's a flop. I wonder how DTM will do.

 

[Ernie]

It was announced for a reduced pre-order price of 34,95€, but all i see is 39,95€.

 

[Craig Stevenson]

I can't say just how much I'm looking forward to this game but I'm going to be so disappointed if the original Blog post is correct and there is No MultiPlayer and No Weather along with No Tyre Choice and No Tyre Pressure settings in the Car Setups.

SimBin should hang their heads in shame if the product they release on Thursday is as above, I can't believe they would try and rip people off to the tune of £33 for that

 

[Warren Dawes]

This release now has acted as a possible negative to RRE for me. I was actually looking forward to DTM, hoping it might be a prelude to the future direction of RRE.
However, since I have been trying to run Demo 2, the game now seems to be a slide show on my PC, despite Demo 1 running quite well. I'm now spending too much time trying various options to get it to run smoothly, and not having great success.
Now I'm worried that the addition of AI (and whatever updates have been included in DTM Demo 2) has upped the resources demand on PC's, and I suspect that will also happen with future developments in RRE.
My PC may not be state of the art, but it's no slouch either. It runs most other Racing Sims fine, but the latest DTM Demo slows it down greatly. If I have to "upgrade" my PC to run DTM and then RRE, I'll probably hop off the fence regarding both Sims.

 

[Andi Goodwin]

a few tricks to pick up the fps ...;

cube maps on lowest setting
turn off Fxaa
turn off shadow split
turn off motion blur
ive got everything else on max

im running 90+fps on a 560ti

Andi

 

[Warren Dawes]

a few tricks to pick up the fps ...;

cube maps on lowest setting

Thanks Andi.
Pardon my ignorance but which specific setting is the lowest cube map?

 

[Andi Goodwin]

Then please explain me the difference between SimBin and RaceRoom As far as I know its the under the same ownership.

Regardless I still think the DTM organization calls the shots as the client/license holder.

As far as i understand with the dtm game ....

ITR =client
raceroom = architect (possibly on a yacht somewhere in the Bahamas)
simbin = general builder

Andi

 

[Andi Goodwin]

Thanks Andi.
Pardon my ignorance but which specific setting is the lowest cube map?

simple cube map only ; keep clicking on the left until it stops
if you have a nvidia card or know how to do it on amd card set the pre rendered frames to 1 in the nvidia control panel leave everything else on aplication controlled ( you can change its power options to maximum )


Andi

 

[Warren Dawes]

Thanks. I'll try it.

BTW, my graphics Card is NV 460 GTX (1 gb Ram), probably my weakest link. Is it insufficient for DTM?

 

[Andi Goodwin]

should be , just tweak and play , the best thing is to try and get it up to about 90fps , then vsync it ; that way any drops in fps will be less visible ... you may need to run stuff on medium settings etc ..; but it will run it ;

Andi

 

[Jan Mikuž]

I run demo 2 40-60fps on 1280x1024 and medium preset. I've got a 5770 and a G1610.
A slouch.

 

[Andy Kettler]

http://www.dtm.com/en/News/DTM-Experience-Real-touring-car-sport-on-the-PC.html

With the upcoming release, fans and racers will not only get the DTM season 2013. As an absolute highlight, all buyers of DTM Experience are for now granted free access to the coming DTM Experience 2014 that will include Online Multiplayer Mode.

 

[Peter]

Andy k beats me.

If MP doesn't take to long, it's worth a try.

 

[Craig Stevenson]

http://www.dtm.com/en/News/DTM-Experience-Real-touring-car-sport-on-the-PC.html

DTM Experience is crafted with a 100 per cent focus on authenticity

So is there no Weather on the DTM Tour?

I don't follow DTM but in real life are Tyre Pressures changeable cos they don't appear to be in game looking at the Demo(s)?

Are there choices of Tyres in the real world, Soft, Medium, Hard, Wets?, there does not appear to be in game?

Not quite the claimed 100% authenticity really is it?, I think DTM may need to pull that article before they get into trouble for making false claims!

 

[Warren Dawes]

a few tricks to pick up the fps ...;

cube maps on lowest setting
turn off Fxaa
turn off shadow split
turn off motion blur

Thanks again Andi, these have helped a lot. Still a bit stuttery in places but it's getting better. Hopefully, turning down a few other settings might get me there.