rFactor 2 | Spa-Francorchamps Released

[De la Sarthe 08]

Good day to all - I have recently rediscovered the joys of rFactor 2, and really discovered a lot of its strengths. One of them is that the cars give you absolute confidence to drive them fast, they also have tremendous braking capacity. Another aspect is that cars maintain their handling characteristics from practice to races. The only other game that does the same is ACC. Remember, it's my opinion only.

However, I currently experience two detractors from fully enjoying the game. I now select the cars based on a 5 lap race to check in race behaviour - and sometimes the timing in lap system seems to get stuck at lap 3 - then displaying my position to the back of the grid and staying on lap 3.

I also find the AI editor greyed out ( does not turn white ), which means that I cannot select mixed fields and have to stick to one make races only.

Please advise. Kind regards

 

[Tarmac Terrorist]

Good day to all - I have recently rediscovered the joys of rFactor 2, and really discovered a lot of its strengths. One of them is that the cars give you absolute confidence to drive them fast, they also have tremendous braking capacity. Another aspect is that cars maintain their handling characteristics from practice to races. The only other game that does the same is ACC. Remember, it's my opinion only.

However, I currently experience two detractors from fully enjoying the game. I now select the cars based on a 5 lap race to check in race behaviour - and sometimes the timing in lap system seems to get stuck at lap 3 - then displaying my position to the back of the grid and staying on lap 3.

I also find the AI editor greyed out ( does not turn white ), which means that I cannot select mixed fields and have to stick to one make races only.

Please advise. Kind regards

Not sure what you mean about laps not recording properly but as for A.I. and choosing cars you want to race against, this should help:

 

[De la Sarthe 08]

Hi Paul, thanks for the quick response. I have watched your video, found it very interesting and will try it later today.

Kind regards

 

[Tarmac Terrorist]

Hi Paul, thanks for the quick response. I have watched your video, found it very interesting and will try it later today.

Kind regards

Glad to help mate!

 

[Rixracer]

P.S.

Another good thing is how rF2 Ai drop pace later in race but problem there is it happens at a set period no matter how long or short race is so in 5 lap race the Ai will start to drop off near end which obviously they should not

Has anyone found the cure for the AI dying at the end of the race?

 

[Leynad777]

Dirty air affects every aspect, not just switches off the rear diffuser. You will wash out, maybe also a bit more tailhappy, of course, depending on how it is designed but this is not, what happens with rF2 GTE, where your car aero variation switches extremely to the front.
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So the car will lose its balance more or less equaly, becoming more nervous, or understeery, depending on what its basic balance was like before, but it will not just lose all its rear downforce by a front aero balance shift at crazy short amounts of time.

Here is a good example of a dirty-air-incident leading to a sudden front- or overall grip-loss, but certainly not oversteer:

He was nailing the apex, so I guess not matter of 'too much speed' through the corner. Also the driver confirmed that it was dirty air in a later interview.

 

[Tarmac Terrorist]

Another one like this then.

Oh wow is that with the new shaders? How on earth were you able to see the corners, road... Anything! You deserve a medal for driving that mate!