rF2: McLaren Senna GTR and Aston Martin GTE Released

[Paul Jeffrey]

Studio 397 have released the stunning McLaren Senna GTR and Aston Martin Vantage GTE for rFactor 2.

Available as standalone DLC content or part of the ‘Two Strong Pack’, both cars are available to purchase for the simulation with immediate effect.

Adding a brand new category to the sim, the McLaren Senna offers a first look at the upcoming new Hypercar specification of GT racing – a classification set to take over from the retiring LMP class at the head of the endurance racing landscape.

Officially unveiled as a limited production mid-engine sports car by McLaren Automotive back at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the Senna is earmarked by the famous racing team to take the McLaren name back to the top level of Le Mans competition from the 2020/21 season.

Packing a mighty 4.0l V8 twin-turbocharged engine, the Senna GTR is in its own right an impressive piece of motorsport engineering – however, the look into the future of endurance racing is perhaps what is most exciting about the car – giving sim racers our first view of what is set to come at the pinnacle of long distance endurance racing.

The other car in the pack similarly needs no introduction, with Studio 397 dropping the fourth instalment to the popular GTE category within the sim – adding the beautiful Aston Martin Vantage GTE to the title.

The Vantage joins the current GTE field of Porsche, Corvette and BMW within the sim, and inserts a fan favourite car into what is, for me at least, one of the best packs of virtual racing machines anywhere in sim racing.

Both cars are available now, and retails for 4.99 euro each, or around 6.99 euros for the two car ‘Two Strong Pack’.

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[Ciccina2016]

Try 9 AI visible, it will be day and night.

Also opponent detail to low (or medium).

9 cars visible?? come on it kills the immersion in tracks like lemans

 

[M D Gourley]

Of couse if you lower the number of cars you get better fps

That is the right answer...although could the GTX1070 be the limiting factor in this particular case.
I had an old GTX690 and rFactor 2 did not run well with higher than 10 cars on a grid at Medium - High settings...saved some money and purchased an RTX2070 and it made a huge difference without any further upgrades to my PC.
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/my-new-rtx-2070.161579/

 

[Salvatore Sirignano]

That is the right answer...although could the GTX1070 be the limiting factor in this particular case.
I had an old GTX690 and rFactor 2 did not run well with higher than 10 cars on a grid at Medium - High settings...saved some money and purchased an RTX2070 and it made a huge difference without any further upgrades to my PC.
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/my-new-rtx-2070.161579/

Let's be honest, a 1070 should not be brought to its knees by a few extra AI..

 

[M D Gourley]

Let's be honest, a 1070 should not be brought to its knees by a few extra AI..

Yes, you are correct, it should not, but it could be....only based on my own personal experience with rFactor 2

 

[Case_]

Purchased Le Mans , the strong Pack and tried to run 60 cars with day to night transiction using all DLC from studio 397.
Even with setting everything at medium and 15 cars visibile, the FPS I get are 30-40 if I am lucky.
I own a I7 8700 and a GTX 1070.

single screen

What resolution are you running? There's something seriously wrong there if it's a reasonable resolution for a 1070 and you still only get 30-40 fps.

 

[M D Gourley]

Purchased Le Mans , the strong Pack and tried to run 60 cars with day to night transiction using all DLC from studio 397.
Even with setting everything at medium and 15 cars visibile, the FPS I get are 30-40 if I am lucky.
I own a I7 8700 and a GTX 1070.

LeMans and 60 Cars with Day to Night using ALL DLC from Studio 397...that's optimistic, but still ok FPS though, considering.

 

[Case_]

Ah, I didn't notice the "all DLC from Studio 397" bit. Well, in that case, VRAM would be my first guess.

 

[Ciccina2016]

That is the right answer...although could the GTX1070 be the limiting factor in this particular case.
I had an old GTX690 and rFactor 2 did not run well with higher than 10 cars on a grid at Medium - High settings...saved some money and purchased an RTX2070 and it made a huge difference without any further upgrades to my PC.
https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/my-new-rtx-2070.161579/

LeMans and 60 Cars with Day to Night using ALL DLC from Studio 397...that's optimistic, but still ok FPS though, considering.

What I meant is GT3,GTE,LMP2,LMP3, GTR and i think I added the AJR from Metalmoro..

Anyway.. i am hijacking this thread. I will investigate in their forum..

 

[bgil66]

They are both fantastic!!

 

[cam.d.walker]

Fify
Because aue Aston-Martin GTE is another skin for GT3 version. I will compare it from inside and from outside later today. Unfortunately i bought it and can't refund because i already spent more than 2h with McLaren.
At list aero package of Aston-Martin gte seems legit.

Did you have a stroke while writing that? I nearly had a seizure trying to read it.

 

[mr Sw1tchblade]

Did you have a stroke while writing that? I nearly had a seizure trying to read it.

Thanks for your concern.
I had coffee and croissant behind me yesterday writing those strings. Well if you're using 3rd person camera view i can understand you see nothing wrong with Aston-Martin. Take a look at Nicki Thiim on board videos and you will see how this car looks like irl.
Good luck.

 

[Spinelli]

I know, I know..I just can't help it, new toys to play with...the Aston GTE around the legendary Bathurst
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Did you make those pics? They're gorgeous!

I'm assuming besides being high resolution then downscaled to a smaller size (great "trick" to make images look incredibly high quality), those are 100% unedited pics?

 

[TylerDurden4321]

Developer doesn't agree with you.

I've been wrong in my posts on Racedepartment a lot. Not this time.
Try it yourself, drive a bumpy track with a stiff car and your correct torque value, then change the torque capability Nm-value in the json to a quarter of what your wheel can put out. Track surface bumps will murder you.

 

[farjam]

Cost of a Big Mac - around $5 usd/Euro
Two minutes of enjoyment(?)
Cost of this DLC - about 7.
Hours of enjoyment.........

I always eat 2x Big Mac at once, But this time i guess i can survive on just one Big Mac + this DLC

 

[fireballr18]

Cost of a Big Mac - around $5 usd/Euro
Two minutes of enjoyment(?)
Cost of this DLC - about 7.
Hours of enjoyment.........

...and 2h later hungry again...

 

[Juliusz Baczynski]

Two superb cars for the cost of a Pint in a Posh Wine Bar, which begs the question why are you buying Beer in a Posh Win Bar in the first place?!

still less than the price of one iRacing car

 

[Case_]

What I meant is GT3,GTE,LMP2,LMP3, GTR and i think I added the AJR from Metalmoro..

Even with just one of those classes, I am easily running out of VRAM at Le Mans. Granted, I have 2 GB less than you, but still...

Try it yourself, drive a bumpy track with a stiff car and your correct torque value, then change the torque capability Nm-value in the json to a quarter of what your wheel can put out. Track surface bumps will murder you.

I did actually test that value before. Didn't make a single bit of difference to the FFB until it was up to about 12-15 Nm, so well beyond the ability of my wheel and into the direct drive territory, until I started noticing at least *something*. Lowering it didn't make any difference either.

 

[Dux]

Little tribute from me

 

[coolwhip21]

Little tribute from me

Great video, and well put together!

 

[Andy_J]

Thanks for showing some interest....resolution 5760 x 1080 with an RTX 2070 and getting approx 49 - 77 FPS around S397 laser LeMans with 21 cars

Lovely setup you have. I'm envious.
I have a mere 34" ultrawide screen and an old I5-4670k cpu over clocked to 4.4ghz. I also have 1080 gpu. My resolution is only 2560x1080 but I ma reasonably happy with it and it is doing over 100 fps.