Misc rF2 Simhub Overlays v2.4

haze1904 · Dec 23, 2022

Hey mate,

I really appreciate your hard work on these overlays, something the devs of this game have missed for a long time. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get your overlays run properly. When I'm in a race all of the overlays are showing up as designed in the simhub overlay editor, but the data from the individual overlays is freezing all the time.
e.g. the Advanced Pedals Overlay is showing inputs from my pedals, but the others are freezing. Or radar is showing cars nearby, and all other overlays are freezing. What is it that I am potentially missing here? I am on latest simhub 8.2.0 (licensed) and latest rF2 build.
I know you mentioned to do a few clean laps before everything starts working, but I have now done like 20 laps on Nurburgring and another 50 on Daytona Oval and still getting the same data freeze.

Maybe worth mentioning that I am also using Shakelt Motors and Shakelt Wind in Simhub, might be too much data at the same time?

Thank you and Merry xMas

R00b_Driver · Dec 24, 2022

haze1904 said:
Hey mate,

I really appreciate your hard work on these overlays, something the devs of this game have missed for a long time. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get your overlays run properly. When I'm in a race all of the overlays are showing up as designed in the simhub overlay editor, but the data from the individual overlays is freezing all the time.
e.g. the Advanced Pedals Overlay is showing inputs from my pedals, but the others are freezing. Or radar is showing cars nearby, and all other overlays are freezing. What is it that I am potentially missing here? I am on latest simhub 8.2.0 (licensed) and latest rF2 build.
I know you mentioned to do a few clean laps before everything starts working, but I have now done like 20 laps on Nurburgring and another 50 on Daytona Oval and still getting the same data freeze.

Maybe worth mentioning that I am also using Shakelt Motors and Shakelt Wind in Simhub, might be too much data at the same time?

Thank you and Merry xMas

Hello frendo

Yeah, hmmm, never experienced that myself.

And yeah - it's normally just 2..3 laps on a circuit - then it should all fire into life, so there must be something else amiss.

So, in rF2 Graphics properties, I have mine set to 'Borderles' mode - which has always worked fine.

In SimHub settings there is this option:

And also this option:

Another thing to check is if there are any System Log errors being generated.
Maybe another plugin is conflicting?

I have the 'ShakeIt Bass Shakers' plugin enabled and it is fine - so that should be ok.

What CPU do you have - is it modern enough?
I thing SimHub will use the CPU...

Good luck!!

SiLoGT3RS · Dec 24, 2022

R00b_Driver said:
Hi dude,

What isn't working exactly?

The flags don't show in any of the overlays they are supposed to.

R00b_Driver · Dec 24, 2022

SiLoGT3RS said:
The flags don't show in any of the overlays they are supposed to.

Hmmmm.

Nothing at all?

Strange.

Do you get rF2 flags showing? (as long as you have enabled the Player.json setting)

SiLoGT3RS · Dec 24, 2022

R00b_Driver said:
Hmmmm.

Nothing at all?

Strange.

Do you get rF2 flags showing? (as long as you have enabled the Player.json setting)

Yes absolutely nothing. Only the yellows in the map overlay work.
rF2 Flags work

haze1904 · Dec 24, 2022

R00b_Driver said:
Hello frendo

Yeah, hmmm, never experienced that myself.

And yeah - it's normally just 2..3 laps on a circuit - then it should all fire into life, so there must be something else amiss.

So, in rF2 Graphics properties, I have mine set to 'Borderles' mode - which has always worked fine.

In SimHub settings there is this option:
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And also this option:
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Another thing to check is if there are any System Log errors being generated.
Maybe another plugin is conflicting?

I have the 'ShakeIt Bass Shakers' plugin enabled and it is fine - so that should be ok.

What CPU do you have - is it modern enough?
I thing SimHub will use the CPU...

Good luck!!

I am also on Borderless mode, using CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D which should be modern enough I guess.

I will try to setup everything from scratch and disable any unused plugins to avoid conflicts.

Is there any further settings to do in rFactor2 apart from the Shared Memory Plugin which needs to be activated ingame?

Thanks a lot

R00b_Driver · Dec 24, 2022

haze1904 said:
I am also on Borderless mode, using CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D which should be modern enough I guess.

I will try to setup everything from scratch and disable any unused plugins to avoid conflicts.

Is there any further settings to do in rFactor2 apart from the Shared Memory Plugin which needs to be activated ingame?

Thanks a lot

Nope- that's all there is.

And your cpu is a beast (I only have an i7-7700k and it runs smooth as silk).

I would give those other options in SimHub a go.

Good luck and merry Christmas!!

haze1904 · Dec 25, 2022

R00b_Driver said:
Nope- that's all there is.

And your cpu is a beast (I only have an i7-7700k and it runs smooth as silk).

I would give those other options in SimHub a go.

Good luck and merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas, I got your overlays to work properly now, but unfortunately they will only work in rFactor2 windowed mode (for me) which introduces microstutter and does not allow freesync to work. So now the overlays are smooth and the game itself is stuttering.

I think it's some kind of sim hub setting that I am missing here. Whenever I am using borderless mode I can see the overlays on screen but they are constantly freezing. When hitting ALT+TAB in borderless mode I can see how the overlays get back to normal.

R00b_Driver · Dec 25, 2022

haze1904 said:
Merry Christmas, I got your overlays to work properly now, but unfortunately they will only work in rFactor2 windowed mode (for me) which introduces microstutter and does not allow freesync to work. So now the overlays are smooth and the game itself is stuttering.

I think it's some kind of sim hub setting that I am missing here. Whenever I am using borderless mode I can see the overlays on screen but they are constantly freezing. When hitting ALT+TAB in borderless mode I can see how the overlays get back to normal.

Ohhh no, sorry about that dude.the only SimHub settings I know of are the ones I posted above.

Good luck and merry Christmas!!!

R00b_Driver · Dec 25, 2022

R00b_Driver updated rF2 Simhub Overlays with a new update entry:

v1.9.8 - Minor mods

- Updated Plugin to recognise new Porsche 992 Tyres
- Updated Flags Overlay to correct error preventing it from showing

Merry Christmas

Read the rest of this update entry...

R00b_Driver · Dec 25, 2022

SiLoGT3RS said:
Yes absolutely nothing. Only the yellows in the map overlay work.
rF2 Flags work

Bug found and corrected - see latest release.

Many apologies

Happy Chrimbo

SiLoGT3RS · Dec 25, 2022

R00b_Driver said:
Bug found and corrected - see latest release.

Many apologies

Happy Chrimbo

My man, thanks!
Merry Christmas to you too

Uff · Dec 26, 2022

I found out these overlays only a few days ago, but now I can't race anymore without them.

I have one question though: how are brake discs temperatures (color, actually) calculated? I noticed that with Formula Pro they get red even if temperatures are around 600/700 degrees, so still far from the 1000 (where I would expect them to be fully operational). This brought me at first to increase brake duct to cool them better, even if I then discovered I was still far from the limit.
Is there a way to customize colors per car type? Thanks.

R00b_Driver · Dec 26, 2022

Uff said:
I found out these overlays only a few days ago, but now I can't race anymore without them.
I have one question though: how are brake discs temperatures (color, actually) calculated? I noticed that with Formula Pro they get red even if temperatures are around 600/700 degrees, so still far from the 1000 (where I would expect them to be fully operational). This brought me at first to increase brake duct to cool them better, even if I then discovered I was still far from the limit.
Is there a way to customize colors per car type? Thanks.

Hello!

And excellent, glad you like them

The colour of the brakes are hard coded into the overlays, as I don't believe rF2 provides the max brake temperature for each type of car.

So, your best bet, is to copy/paste the overlay and edit the values to suit the car you need. Then you can create an overlay layout using that new overlay just for the fPro.

I never race the formula pro, as I suck at quick open wheelers - like really suck

It's fairly self explainatory, there's a good SimHub discord with lots of knowledgeable people

Good luck and happy chrimbo!!

BoMbEr85 · Dec 26, 2022

hi. in vr it does not work. is it possibile?

R00b_Driver · Dec 26, 2022

BoMbEr85 said:
hi. in vr it does not work. is it possibile?

No idea I'm afraid, I don't have VR!

Milan1NL · Jan 6, 2023

Thanks for the update!

Rob Milliken · Jan 12, 2023

Great stuff Roob! Can the leaderboard be used for broadcasting? like when joining as spectator will it pick up all the clients? it looks so much better than the default rf2 broadcast leaderboard

.. I want to use them while broadcasting / streaming with OSB if possible. thanks!

R00b_Driver · Jan 12, 2023

Rob Milliken said:
Great stuff Roob! Can the leaderboard be used for broadcasting? like when joining as spectator will it pick up all the clients? it looks so much better than the default rf2 broadcast leaderboard .. I want to use them while broadcasting / streaming with OSB if possible. thanks!

Glad you like it!!

As for broadcasting - no idea - never tried it! Give it a go, if it works then it works, if not then soz.

R00b_Driver · Feb 9, 2023

R00b_Driver updated rF2 Simhub Overlays with a new update entry:

Radical, bug fix and installation

Updated:

Added 'Radical' logo to Leaderboard

Overlays packaged in a new way to be (hopefully) easier to install

Corrected bug in plugin that could cause incorrect Leaderboard data if a driver were to have no name.

Read the rest of this update entry...