rFactor 2 Screenshots

[Sander Hogendoorn]

Several sources say this is Spa '69 and a historic F1 car..

 

[Michael Herrmann]

it looks like spa at the old downhillpart after the fast esses but not sure at all

 

[Piotrek Blaszczak]

I only say..... could be better for me .this cars looks like rfactor one not two

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

The 'foggy' picture with the sunrays coming through looks quite amazing i have to say

 

[Kevin Ascher]

1,3 and 4 are excellent in my opinion

 

[Christophe Berton]

cant w8

 

[Eric. K]

Did someone say fog?? that would be cool...

 

[Ross Balfour]

Graphics are still pretty bad IMO.

 

[Mark A Warmington]

I will reserve judgement until I see it installed on my machine. It is very hard to have an educated opinion based on the screenies.

 

[Mark Birney]

Looks good so far, the tracks are improved. Fog would be interesting, especially for wet races (see F1 at Spa in 2008? A lot of mist).

They are odd screenshots to release first, 2 track pics and a car that nobody expected, but I'm sure more will come. Can't wait to see how they plan on taking Simbin on

 

[Ramon van Rijn]

Graphics are still pretty bad IMO.

Buy a better graphiccard then
My graphics in Race07 and rFactor are superb.
Car models look great, tracks look great (depending of which track of course)

So on terms of graphics I have no further wishes to be on par with the current game, maybe slightly better in use of the newest graphic features, but not a must.


The things I like to see and some of them were confirmed bye Gjon in the interview he gave on InsideSimracing;
- Rainy conditions were part of the track could be dry, others wet.
- Tire-walls or other objects that actually are what they pretend. Not tire-walls that act like brick walls
- More simulation, less workarounds; Animated pitcrews, real audience (no cardboard people), Wheel to wheel contact, not only body to body
- Better damage system, more like Dirt/Grid.

etc.etc. continue the list of wishes lOL

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

- Tire-walls or other objects that actually are what they pretend. Not tire-walls that act like brick walls

And that is exactly the reason why they released screenshot 2 i am sure! It is in absolute joke still that tirewalls are made out of concrete in most sims

 

[Mark Birney]

I hope they do what was put into the Le Mans 1979 track, where the barriers (hay bales in this case) are moved when you hit them. Like, in that second picture, they could be easily moved from a crash, they're hardly bolted to the ground. In other words, physics applied to other things, not just cars.

 

[Brad Johnson]

oooo this is looking promising

 

[Mark A Warmington]

Rainy conditions were part of the track could be dry, others wet.

I agree. The best transitional weather I have seen in a sim to date were Geoff Crammonds GP4. I still remember the first time I was racing at the A1 and wondered if I was imagining that the lighting was changing on the horizon in T1.

2-3 laps latter I started to thing "no way! There is rain approaching the circuit." The rain started as a hazey mist, steadily got heavier and the track, in turn 1 only, started to get wet.

The rain cloud then moved across the track, eventually soaking it all the way to the far side of the circuit.

And yes - as the weather system moved on T1 started to dry first.

GP4! What has everyone been doing since Crammond hung up his helmet?

 

[Ryan Callan]

Those shots look pretty ordinary really - if you look at DiRT, GRiD, GT5, even the new NFS, these shots pale in comparison.... Still, not about the graphics, it's the gameplay.

 

[Damian Henderson]

rF is more about it's super net code , mod ablility, physics and community.

Not much to improve on the net code, so they will concentrate on the physics more, and a bit of improving on the graphics and sound engine.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Don't want to disrespect in anyway, but that supernetcode thing i hear for years now, but in all honesty i don't experience any difference to other ISI games. Yes i read it on all forums that it is superior but never saw any proof of it yet.
I can have fabulous on line races in rfactor, GTL and Evo (prior to the patch that is ) with good pings and nose-to-tail racing.

With the net code i also include the lobby system and to be honest the lobby in rF1 sucks enormously for the average user. You need to tweak .ini files to get it working partly (servers not showing up etc) and i do not think that average Joe knows how to do that.

For me the superior net code is a made up story that has evolved into a legend. Lot's of parrots in the simracing community

 

[Oliver Amos]

Meh. Graphics weren't as good as I was expecting them to be.

@ Ramon I agree the car models look good but to me the overall detail and track textures look dated.

Still looking forward to this release though.

 

[Mark Birney]

Meh. Graphics weren't as good as I was expecting them to be.

Like you'd notice going by at 100+mph

Also, I aggree. The whole Netcode stories are balony. When you crash onle, you basically drive through it, then the car bouces back. Bad sync. Then again, I've seen FAR worse. Be grateful for what you do get.

 

[Josh Healy]

Meh. Graphics weren't as good as I was expecting them to be.

@ Ramon I agree the car models look good but to me the overall detail and track textures look dated.

Still looking forward to this release though.

This is only the beta version of the game...there should be alot more updates to graphics. Potentially surpassing Evo's graphics