Automobilista 2 | The Second Hotfix Is Here

[Paul Jeffrey]

Reiza Studios continue their quest to add fine polish to their AMS 2 racing simulation, and today have deployed a second hotfix update since leaving Steam Early Access.

• AMS 2 V1 released 01.07.2020
• Second hotfix update since leaving Early Access
• Time trail leaderboards reset

Having come out of the blocks strongly back on Wednesday with their initial V1 release of Automobilista, the Brazilian development team have remained hard at work responding to community feedback and resolving some of the more minor issues that didn't quite make it in time for the main release window.

The simulation has been under a beta development window for a few months now as Reiza Studios look to get their heads around the new Madness game engine, and having first started out life in closed early access beta status, the popular team behind Game StockCar Extreme and the original AMS title always aimed to get a V1 update out in early 2020, with a robust roadmap of development set to expand into the months ahead.

Now celebrating their second post V1 hotfix update, the Studio have looked to further tweak and improve many of the visual aspects of the simulation, whilst adding new features and functionality to the game as they continue to bring the quality of each car and location to a standardised level.

It is worth noting as part of this update that time trail leader boards have been reset and HUD updates will reset previous customisation.

• Wiper and windshield animation added to several vehicles
• AI minor tweaks
• Improved audio on some cars

Other highlights from the 1.0.0.2 hotfix build of today include the addition of windshield wiper animation on a number of cars already within the game, allowing players to now take advantage of the solid weather implementation within the title. Of those that have been updated, the new 2020 StockCar Brasil Toyota Corolla and Chevrolet Cruize are arguably the highlights.

As V1 came with a heavily WIP version of the legendary Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia, this second hotfix release also addresses some of the missing assets from the track model, with several WIP trackside buildings, fences, armco and various track furniture having been included within the circuit surroundings - although it is advised that much of Bathurst is still in progress and will substantially change and improve in the weeks ahead.

Automobilista 2 V0.0.2 Hotfix Notes:

• Updated opening splash screens & main menu background
• Added interface toggle & updated "Back" button in monitor screen
• Updated position/lap counter HUD widget
• Set display current lap instead of completed laps in position widget
• Reduced number of positions displayed in overall standings HUD widget
• Added relative positions HUD widget
• Tweaked default positions for HUD elements
• Updated StockCar 2020 cockpits & wiper / windshield animations for both Cruze & Corolla
• Updated wiper mask & animation , SuperV8, Sprintrace, Sigma P1
• Added wiper & windshield animations for Fusca (all variants)
• Added new liveries for GX390 Kart
• Updated liveries forSigma P1, AJR Judd, Ginetta G58, F-ultimate
• Reduced max AI strentgh grip multiplier to reduce issues with AI misbehavior @ 120% setting
• Minor increase of AI peak mid corner grip in modern-slick shod cars
• Reduced F-Retro aero yaw sensitivity (all models)
• Bathurst: added dynamic brake markers; added fences / armcos / other tweaks to barriers around the track; corrected wall height on the hill; added hotel building (still WIP), club house, farm buildings and some other buildings; Added powerlines (still WIP) Fixed a hole in the terrain in the Chase corner
• Granja: Added night lighting
• Velocitta: Fixed player DQ when leaving pits
• Spielberg: Recalibrated DRS and braker marker sign spacing/distance and reset pivots on dynamic brake markers.
• Interlagos: Removed static DRS signs
• SuperV8 sound updated with Rev Limiter, pitlimiter and pitlimiter trigger sounds
• Ginetta G55: external sound update.
• FClassic G3M1: Updated engine positional audio

Original Source: Reiza Studios

Automobilista 2 is available now, exclusive to PC.

Want help getting the best out of the simulation? Start a thread in the AMS 2 sub forum here at RaceDepartment and let the community help you out!

 

[Cote Dazur]

I don't understand how people get a good feeling, the ffb is really bad for me.
impossible to find a good setting...

Sorry to read that and maybe their is no solution for you, all I can do is share my experience.

After a very rocky start with the first EA version, then things got better for me with AMS2 in EA, but FFB was a little bland for me, until I tried one of the custom files, tweaked it and arrived to a FFB, that for me, feels as good as any other FFB out there. Even with 1.0, still very good.

You have the game now, it is yours to enjoy, loading a custom file takes second and cost nothing, I hope you find the one that makes FFB good for you and makes you share our enthusiasm for AM2.

 

[blot]

Other Devs take note? Serious question, Are these comment's aimed at SMS or S397? I'm well happy with Rieza and Kunos' support.

 

[CrimsonEminence]

What are your thoughts on the TC and ABS settings that are currently active on the GT4 Ginetta? I’m under the impression that these are superfluous and not actually doing anything like they were for some cars during the early access period. I did a few quick tests leaving TC and ABS at their default values and it doesn’t really feel to me like either of them are actually present on the car. Also, the car has nothing listed under electronics in the vehicle selection screens.

The Supercup version shouldn't feature ABS and TC afaik.
Some cars still have inactive elements, that aren't greyed out.

 

[Fi22le]

I just want to add this: someone earlier in this thread referred to Brazilian tracks as crap. Well, after spending a very happy Saturday afternoon driving the P2 Metalmoro around some of those tracks, I can conclude that referring to Brazilian tracks as 'crap' is akin to calling the Brazilian football team crap.

Awesome, awesome game.

 

[MarkR]

What are your thoughts on the TC and ABS settings that are currently active on the GT4 Ginetta? I’m under the impression that these are superfluous and not actually doing anything like they were for some cars during the early access period. I did a few quick tests leaving TC and ABS at their default values and it doesn’t really feel to me like either of them are actually present on the car. Also, the car has nothing listed under electronics in the vehicle selection screens.

I looked at the pages for the G55 GT4 and the G55 SuperCup on Ginetta’s site and there’s no mention of ABS or TC. There’s always the possibility that the real world SuperCup series allows TC and ABS but I couldn’t find any web site for the series…let alone its rulebook…to confirm. It just feels kind of unlikely to me that a series like the Ginetta SuperCup would allow for adding technologies like ABS and TC to the base cars even with spec systems.

Side Note: The G55 SuperCup on Ginetta’s site mentions the gearbox has auto throttle blip. No surprise at all really based on how the car feels and sounds in the game but good to confirm.

All good points, I don't know if the TCS and ABS are working in-game as I have the assists set to off. I believe but could, of course, be wrong that the AM drivers are allowed to use ABS and Traction control but Pro drivers are not to keep the racing close. The only reference I could find for that was to the 2017 series though.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/01/18/ginetta-reveals-upgrades-for-g55-gt4.html

Here's a link to the rulebook for 2020 if you want all the detail!

https://www.barc.net/wp-content/upl...4-SuperCup-Published-Regulations-29012020.pdf

 

[BillGuy]

Good finds MarkR. Thank you!

I did some quick searching within the PDF for ‘traction’ and ‘ABS’ which yielded no results. The rules all basically say or point to the concept of “The car is built to a spec by Ginetta and must be raced as that manufacturer spec.” That Daily Sportscar article sure is quite clear though that TC and ABS were at least plausible.

 

[M-Bimmer]

Got my post EA fix yesterday with Ginetta G58 at Interlagos and Brazilian Sprint Race Series at donington national. Still have a big smile on the face. Bravo Reiza

 

[A man with a Harmonica]

Other Devs must hate them for the speed these guys operate at.
Superb work!

I hope not not, v1.0 came 7 months after the planned release date.

 

[UMC 22]

Other Devs take note? Serious question, Are these comment's aimed at SMS or S397?

Why must it be aimed at anyone in particular? Most game developers could learn a thing or two from the speed of Reiza's fixes, non-sim devs included.

 

[blot]

@Goffik I asked a simple question, Calm down mate.

 

[UMC 22]

@Goffik I asked a simple question, Calm down mate

Yes, you asked a simple question and you got a simple answer. I'm perfectly calm thanks, and no part of my reply suggests otherwise.

 

[BazzaLB]

nvm

 

[M D Gourley]

ahhhh....Bathurst with the Super V8 ...still a WIP at time of this post...but it's just awesome

 

[Leynad777]

Nah. What Reiza should do with F-Vintage is make the F2 version of the Brabham complete with…

Actually, no. Please don’t do that Reiza. I was kidding. It would make for a great “announcement” though next April 1.

Actually one of my favorite cars I would like to see in AMS 2 is the Chaparral 2E. Born in 1966 it comes with an active DRS-system, a 2-gear automatic gear-box and it was one of the best handling cars in Forza 5 The real car has three pedals, but no clutch. The third pedal needs to be pressed down to keep the wing flat on the straights. 450 bhp on 703 kg.

 

[Zoltan76]

ahhhh....Bathurst with the Super V8 ...still a WIP at time of this post...but it's just awesome
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Nice but it would be nice having all the models from the series.

 

[M D Gourley]

Nice but it would be nice having all the models from the series.

...maybe in a future DLC.

 

[kaneda06]

Only link is the graphic part... The physics can't be compared at any point...

i you read i say exactly that..... , if you read

 

[kaneda06]

I wait solo championship and carrier mode !!!!!

i will be crazy when they arrive ^^

 

[kgonto]

We are lucky that the cars are not sold to parts, in the first delivery the wheels, and the rest as dlc

 

[stonelejo]

Those guys really work hard and quick.

Many updates and hot fixes,

in each update they revise very fundamental core aspects of the sim like the handling physics or the FFB.

Things you don't see them happen in more expensive sims more than once a year or couple of years.

I really wish them the best.

They shouldn't have put the game on the market yet, a lot of things have been improved, but essential things like pit stops and and the adjustable duration of career mode are not present.