rF2: Another Nordschleife Preview - 4 Layouts Confirmed

[Paul Jeffrey]

Studio 397 have released another preview image from the upcoming Nordschleife track release - confirming 4 layouts at launch... with more to follow.

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you are probably aware that Studio 397 have been heavily developing a laserscanned version of the legendary Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany - and seeing as preview images keep surfacing these last couple of days, it's probably fair to assume we aren't that far away from release.. hopefully.

Interestingly, rather than the heavily criticised caption of 'counting the days' from the last image.. this time we get days replaced with hours... does that mean release date is even closer than we expected?

Also of note, rather than just dropping another image, Studio 397 have also confirmed the track will initially launch with four different configurations.. and plan on adding further layouts further down the line!

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[Vandiemen90]

Absolutely brilliant...worth the wait and every penny spent!!!

 

[Zoof2]

One word 'Perfection'

 

[muzikant]

I like the track. Only two things that I find to be a downside is that there is a little too much grass in the parking lot at Brunchen .. there is more sand and stones in real life. But maybe I cant see it good in the 3 laps I have drive and it was dark in the sun And I don't like the too many 397 plates around the track.
but can also understand why they do that

What I do like very well .. well everything! For this I thought the RRE Nord was the best ... but this surpasses everything, height differences, atmosphere, trees, asphalt very good!!! birds that whistle, even the bare spots between the trees at Brunchen is well done. Plantzgarten 2 has a double fence as they later added.

I am very happy S397 !!!! Best Nord good job so far. A round in my simrig with DD wheel is fitness in the 3
laps I drive Thanks Marcel and studio S397

 

[A man with a Harmonica]

What about FPS and stuttering? Did you experience some performance loss?

I like the track. Only two things that I find to be a downside is that there is a little too much grass in the parking lot at Brunchen .. there is more sand and stones in real life. But maybe I cant see it good in the 3 laps I have drive and it was dark in the sun And I don't like the too many 397 plates around the track.
but can also understand why they do that

What I do like very well .. well everything! For this I thought the RRE Nord was the best ... but this surpasses everything, height differences, atmosphere, trees, asphalt very good!!! birds that whistle, even the bare spots between the trees at Brunchen is well done. Plantzgarten 2 has a double fence as they later added.

I am very happy S397 !!!! Best Nord good job so far. A round in my simrig with DD wheel is fitness in the 3
laps I drive Thanks Marcel and studio S397
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[muzikant]

What about FPS and stuttering? Did you experience some performance loss?

I am driving 3 laps with one car. I try tomorow more cars tomorrow

 

[Danny Wilde]

This track is an absolute masterpiece. Its not just a great looking track, but it captures some of the atmosphere that surrounds the Nordschleife. The elevation changes feel accurate and convey just how steep some parts of the track actually are very very well.

Oh and by night, the GP track looks stunning!

Happy customer. Thank you 397

 

[RichardHessels]

They dont' take in consideration currency exchanges in their prices policy. Maybe it's because they don't have a larger market as Kunos, but in my country the Kunos and other companies prices makes more sense. I don't think US$17 is much money for US or CAN citizens but when I convert to my currency it's more than I paid for the full rF2 game, inflation considered. I bet it's a great track and rF2 physics / FFB wise is superb. If I buy Le Mans, Nords and Endurance Pack I'd pay 3 times what I paid for the full software.
Not whining, only an ascertainment .

Don't judge the price on what the full rF2 costs. It's with many services, base content is really cheap - the optional fully licenced content is where the big costs and (small)profits are made for the company.
Licenses can be more expensive than the making of the content.

 

[Deleted member 955978]

Thank you very much for this gem S397!

A masterpiece again.

Very demanding to drive. I never spin at Eschbach.... well since today.

 

[UnixRoot]

What about FPS and stuttering? Did you experience some performance loss?

350+ FPS on full HD for me. Still ~200 fps on 4k.

 

[A man with a Harmonica]

350+ FPS on full HD for me. Still ~200 fps on 4k.

NASA Mainframe?

 

[Case_]

How do you even make rF2 run at 350+ fps? That has to be running on a CPU with an insane single-threaded performance.

 

[Oldzeb]

just wonderful, by far the most beautiful nordschleife I have seen all sim!! finally the satisfaction of a beautiful visual on rf2!!
a pure pleasure to drive the GT on it!! and really cheap for the work provided thx S397!

 

[Alex Townsend]

So, opened Steam today and wow, Wreckfest was RM30 on sale by the way... which is about €6.50 or £5.80! Snap it up if you havent got it already.
Then I find that the new track is out for rF2, instabuy! RM55.18 which is €12.07 or £10.70
I personally dont think that is much to pay, but just to keep things in context, you can take 4 people out for a local breakfast here for about that price.
But then again, that lasts all of half an hour to an hour. This track will be practiced on and raced for what will probably end up being days in time.
And, funnily enough, F1 2019 is on sale today too. For roughly the same price as this track. You could argue that the things they have added to the latest F1 installment are not really worth RM55, yet a brand new laser scanned track for one of my favourite sims was easily the better purchase.
Can't wait to get my rig built and jump on for some laps soon!

 

[Patrik Marek]

F2019 is huge improvement over F2018, worth it for sure

 

[Case_]

@ZeroRisk Just FYI, Wreckfest is currently 16 euro and F1 2019 is 33 euro in the EU, so not exactly your prices.

 

[Alex Townsend]

@ZeroRisk Just FYI, Wreckfest is currently 16 euro and F1 2019 is 33 euro in the EU, so not exactly your prices.

Must be due to regional pricing. People here earn much less than people in Europe and the UK

 

[hazardic]

From what i see on screens https://www.studio-397.com/2019/09/welcome-to-the-ring/ it's quite different in foliage and overall feelings from what i experienced while being here this summer. AC version is more correlated with reality

 

[UnixRoot]

How do you even make rF2 run at 350+ fps? That has to be running on a CPU with an insane single-threaded performance.

I don't really know, what they did to the engine. It runs great since s397 took over. I don't have a monster PC. I7 8700k, 16 GB DDR3, RTX 2070

*Edit*
It's only the Reiza cars, that I'm getting more than 300 FPS with. Just tried some other cars I only got around 200 FPS.

Still impressed by the performance optimization.

 

[manc0ntr0]

Wait, did you said 'only' 200 FPS? I hate you haha

 

[UnixRoot]

On an 120hz display without vsync, 200 fps is on the edge of tearing already. 250+ is completely free of tearing.