Driver swapping

Bram Hengeveld · Mar 31, 2012

Will this awesome feature be included in Assetto Corsa? Would make the game even more interesting for us endurance lovers

Jorge Alves · May 26, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
Something that I still don't understand why it takes the sim racing industry so long to implement this.
Flight sims had this ten years ago already.
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Maybe because most of the sim drivers in forums cares more about car physics and graphics and forgets to talk, praise, and ask for the small simulation details ...

I think in this aspect SimBin had donne a great work doing the on path/off path wet track, real pit stops where the ignition turns off before refuelling, turn on/off wipers, changing weather, headlights ... even the old LFS have some good features like the blinkers, horns ... they will be all excelent additions and in all they will make us feel a bit more like real drivers

There are a lot of stuff a developer will have to do to make a sim becames a true sim ... maybe not unuff resources, time, and money?

Jamie Shorting · May 26, 2012

Jorge Alves said:
There are a lot of stuff a developer will have to do to make a sim becames a true sim ... maybe not unuff resources, time, and money?

This! AC will not have certain features on release but Kunos has already said it will be updated for a long time after. So MAYBE eventually all features can be implemented into AC. Gone are the days of a boxed, finished version of games.

RedMetal · May 26, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
Something that I still don't understand why it takes the sim racing industry so long to implement this.

Bram Hengeveld said:
Flight sims had this ten years ago already.

Absolutely amazing feature that I'd applaud Kunos for if they put in their game.

I have to admit while I totally understand why it is a great feature for flight sims, I think the benefit for simracing is less appealing. Not only seasons can be a problem with winter but also time. If you live in the "correct" time zones most of the time people race after work or school, so at night. I have a feeling such a feature would be deactivated most of the time unless you are in the perfect situation.

I'm not against it, I agree it could be a nice feature under the right condition

, I just see several reasons why Devs could put this idea aside.
Maybe a more random system base on possible race condition could be a solution?

Hampus Andersson · May 26, 2012

So i guess winter tires are on for a couple of months then?

I would rather have a weather engine, a scientific one that represents reality as good as possible.
So you can choose what weather it will be or randomize it.

Day/night transition as well of course.

Dietmar · May 31, 2012

Bram Hengeveld said:
Flight sims had this ten years ago already.

Can't remember where I found this, but pretty interesting and explains why flight simulations were earlier in a more realsistic state than racing sims:
http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/char...ysics-in-games-real-time-simulation-explained

(Havent watched it myself yet till the end... still on my list, saw about 50%)

Jorge Alves · May 31, 2012

Dietmar Auferkorte said:
Can't remember where I found this, but pretty interesting and explains why flight simulations were earlier in a more realsistic state than racing sims:
http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/char...ysics-in-games-real-time-simulation-explained

(Havent watched it myself yet till the end... still on my list, saw about 50%)

Great video! After watching this i just can say thanks to all developers who are trying to implement car physics laws on sims ... it's crazy how many aspects are involved!

Rodrigo Pires · Jul 9, 2012

Kamran Choudhry said:
My assumption is not that they'll fail. My assumption is that they're not capable as of yet to run AC with 60 cars. But my assumption was based on what someone said in this thread and I can't find anything to support it. So who knows how many people will be able to race online at the same time. Sorry.

AC will probably have good netcode. If they fail it will be for two reasons:

1) flawed design
2) Few resources (people, money and time).

NetKar netcode is bad because of that. But there´s nothing in the technichal side that prevents a programmer from doing it right. The technology is there, the know how is there, its a common thing nowadays, lots of applications use this kind of thing, you just need the resources.

Senad Subasic · Jul 9, 2012

netKar netcode has improved to the point of being pretty good. I haven't noticed a single issue since 1.3 final came out a few months ago, and have seen my share of rear wings and bumpers up close.

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 9, 2012

I am pretty sure the AC game is based on scratch build code and not a continuation of what Netkar used

BanjoMaster · Jul 9, 2012

On the subject of weather, has out been confirmed or even mentioned that AC will have changeable weather conditions? I've seen changing time of day confirmed, but nothing about weather. Have I missed something???

Mapu · Jul 9, 2012

I think it is on their long "to do" list; might be added later because Kunoz seems to be concerned with polishing the "basic" content first. But who knows if weather conditions is on the basic list of Assetto Corsa.

Leemstradamus · Mar 23, 2013

Marcel Purschke said:
I think it is on their long "to do" list; might be added later because Kunoz seems to be concerned with polishing the "basic" content first. But who knows if weather conditions is on the basic list of Assetto Corsa.

I saw in an interview, I think last year that changeable whether well not be included at release but may make it in later.