rFactor 2 update (build 68+69) released!

[Lukian]

Image Space Incorporated have released their latest update for the rFactor 2 Beta. The hit PC racing simulator has now been updated to ‘Build 68′ and features various improvements in the categories of graphics, gameplay, audio, AI, and plugins.

See the full announcement here

 

[Jamie Shorting]

i know this will be a pain in the butt , but how do you get rid of motec , , do you uninstall the whole program or just delete the motec files in the game from a noob

Go into your plugin folder and remove the motec plugin subfolder or whatever it's called. lol. I'm not getting the motec plugin graphic when I first get into the car and now everything is all good on my end.

 

[Dave Wild]

You only need to rename the file names of the offending plugins, I just change the .dll to .dl# that way if needed you can easily re-enable the plugins. Note that ISI plugins are OK so you don't have to remove the TrackIR or netcomm plugins.

 

[Ivo Simons]

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Build 69 will be coming very soon to fix the 'plugin crashing' and 'rfmod' issues present in build 68. Will post as soon as it completes internal testing..."​

 

[Marco Bijl]

It's on the auto updater. I'll get the updates in other formats to you ASAP.

Quote from Tim from ISI. Check the auto update to update to the build 69.

 

[Marco Bijl]

Tested, and all works fine again. Need to update all the dedicated, so give me some time to set all servers back up again. Megane @ MidOhio test is up already.

 

[Noel Spence]

thanks jamie, dave , ivo and marco i just woke up so i will try the update later and see if it works cheers, oh and isi

 

[Marco Bijl]

All servers are up again, all with the new build.

So, what you need to do is first update to build 68. This is done via the Auto Update function in the Launcher. Go to the UPDATE tab, and click Check for Updates.

Install the build 68, and open the launcher again.
Go to the UPDATE tab again, and again click check for updates. It will no update to build 69. This is the one you need.

Servers up now:
RACEDEPARTMENT.COM TEST
Megane @ Mid Ohio Test server, PASS = Regular club pass.

RACEDEPARTMENT.COM GT
GT World Endurance cup @ Palm Beach, Pass = regular club pass.

RACEDEPARTMENT.COM RDWSR
Meganes @ Watkins, Snetterton, Searspoint and Portugal, pass is in password section of the forum.

Have fun, and in case of problems, let me know. Will keep the laptop logged in to RD.

 

[Marco Bijl]

thanks jamie, dave , ivo and marco i just woke up so i will try the update later and see if it works cheers, oh and isi

I am not sure if you need to uninstall the plugins with this update. I believe thats fixed as well.

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

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Build 69 will be coming very soon to fix the 'plugin crashing' and 'rfmod' issues present in build 68. Will post as soon as it completes internal testing..."​

How soon is very soon? I am unable to install build 68 at all. it's simply not recognized and I get a "No remote updates found. Simulation is up to date." when I try to install it. It still results as being built 60.

 

[Marco Bijl]

Give me a few minutes Corrado, and I will upload the update files for u.

edit
http://www.mediafire.com/?2s3mxillmddwqfw

Download the zip file, and unzip it in the Data folder of your install, in the Updates folder.
Start the launcher, and click Check for updates. It should detect the update there, and you should be able to install.

Remember, you need to update twice!!

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

Thanks Marco. This is really weird. Just like with update 68 I downloaded the EXE file and I moved inside
C:\games\rFactor2\Updates

C:\games\rFactor2 is where my game is and as far as I can tell, I don't have another data folder anywhere in either "my Documents" or inside "App Data".

I then go to launch the rF2 launcher, I click on the "Check for Updates" button and what I get is this:
"No remote updates found. Simulation is up to date"

I was getting the exact same thing last night with update 68.
Incidentally, when I first moved update 68 there I also found the previous update file still there from my last update. That told me that at that time it worked fine.

What am I missing?

EDIT: I wanted to add that I also tried looking for a .ini file that would specify where the update dir would be located, in case it was pointed elsewhere on in the wrong place. I couldn't find anything. I also looked in the .PLR file etc. to no avail.

One otehr thing I looked at was the online login. I am able to login onto the servers but if I go to "Manage Account" in the purchase tab I am unable to login to my account. I don;t know if that has any bearing to it but I am grasping at straws ATM.

 

[Dave Wild]

Just tested build 69 at Palm Beach with the 370Z with both Motec and realheadmotion plugins re-enabled and all seems OK, this was off-line not on the RD server.
Not sure if the Motec plugin is working though as I get no indication when I click 'race' other than the plug icon that came with realheadmotion.

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

When I d-clicked on the 68 update yesterday, as expected it told me that the update only worked from inside rFactor. So I assumed that update 69 also worked the same way. However, I d-clicked on it just for the hell of it and it actually gave me an installation screen. That means I can probably update the old fashioned way. I am just waiting for you guys to confirm that and then I'll proceed.

 

[Marco Bijl]

Make some screen shots out of it, so you can post an official report at ISI. Think thats the best thing to do here Corrado.

 

[Marco Bijl]

Not sure if thats possible. You can try, and always do a reinstall if it goes wrong.

 

[Noel Spence]

all working ok again with new update , all p lugins working

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

Good news, I run the update 69 as an installer and it is working really well. I can't really see the improvements yet, but at least it seems that frame rates and such are at least no worse.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

double post

 

[Tom Neidher]

How do i install track like this in rFactor2???
[rF2] Virtua_LM Mid-Ohio V1.90 released

 

[Marco Bijl]

Download the file. In this case, it's a .rfmod file.
Place it in the PACKAGES folder of you data part of the install, mostly in:
c:\documents and settings\YOUR NAME\rFactor2\packages
Start the rFactor launcher
Select Manage Mods on the right bottom
UNtick the box Show mods Only at the options on top
Right click on the track name, and select install.

More detailed information here -> Click for link