Automobilista 2 News

V1.2.5.0 is now live - smaller update this month since we already had a couple of complementary updates well into October and with most of the team now focused on the big late November/December updates, this mostly serves for some extra house-keeping to the previous release along with some further fixes & improvements - more of this still to come early on next week, and then it´s all about the big one later in November - more details on that in our Development Update to be posted next week!



[h3]GENERAL[/h3]

• Fixed incorrect environment values on session results screen
  
• Updated recent historic weather data for all other locations
  

[h3]UI & HUD
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• Made ICM Value adjustment inputs continuous
  
• Explicitly display 'NO' when a vehicle has no factory fitted electronic aids
  
• Removed 'Sync to Race' weather progression and replaced with 'Real Time' as default option in Test Day
  
• Changed replay fast forward rewind speed steps and added UI indicator of current speed
  
• Added an on screen message when mandatory pit window opens
  
• Fixed incorrect weather dates used for custom championship pre-race sessions.
  

[h3]PHYSICS[/h3]

• Minor tire tread adjustments to Porsche Cup, F-Classics Gen1 & 2, Group C, F-V10 Gen1, F-Reiza Opala 1986 / Omega 1999 Stock Cars
  
• Further crankshaft mass fine-tuning to Group C, F-Classic (all gens), F-V12, F-V10, F-Reiza
  
• Further revised slick tread sensitiveness to water to minimise chances of tires becoming unusable past a certain threshold of saturation
  
• Minor adjustments to diffuser center of pressure in all F-Classics, F-V10 Gen1 & Mclaren MP4-12
  
• Group C: Minor adjustments to default diff coast ramps on both cars; Fixed Sauber C9 clutch slipping on upshifts
  

[h3]AI[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that could lead to AI lifting in straights for very tiny invisible amounts of surface water
  
• Adjusted AI puddle lifting logic to better account for puddle depth
  
• Fixed an issue where some vehicles wouldn't receive blue flags in some specific places (Curitiba main straight for example)
  
• Fixed some AI vehicles would enter hotlap behaviour as soon as they left pits in qualy/practice instead of entering outlap behaviour
  
• Made AI work harder to avoid the passing cars lane under blue flag conditions
  
• Increased distance AI cars under blue flag will factor cars behind to move out of the way
  
• Velocitta: AI tweaks (less apex grass trimming and sausage surfing)
  

[h3]TRACKS[/h3]

• Velocitta: Fixed hole in grass, uneven terrain under garage tents leading to cars; cleaned up garage positions
  
• Spa 1993: Revised track cut limits at bus stop chicane. Remove grass crete at 2nd apex
  
• Long Beach: Added new csm wall (fixing sidewalk curb at pit lane exit causing strange collision)
  
• Snetterton: Fixed strange pit wall collision; TSO lod pass; Reduced armco shimmering; Enabled start lights
  
• Brands Hatch: Fixed strange pit wall collision
  
• Fixed latitude/longitude of Nordschleife & Londrina resulting in slightly innacurate Real Weather data
  

[h3]VEHICLES[/h3]

• BMW M3 E30: Fixed internal windscreen banner for cars #57 #58
  
• Metalmoro MRX P4: Added 6 new liveries
  

Automobilista 2 V1.2.4.4 is now live - this is another hotfix to address some high priority issues along with some further improvements.

[h3]V1.2.4.4 CHANGELOG
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GENERAL

• Fixed an issue that would lead to blown engines and seemingly random pit lane speeding penalties when using real weather and a time/date close to the edge of the available range of dates.
  

PHYSICS

• Minor tire tread adjustments to F-V10 Gen 1, F-Classic Gen1 & Gen3
  
• Further minor crankshaft mass adjustments
  
• BMW 2002 Turbo: Minor differential adjustments
  
• F-Classic Gen1: Slightly increased default preload, slightly adjusted diffuser center of pressure, increased default turbo boost from 60 to 80%
  

AI

• Fixed an issue that could lead to AI unnecessarily lifting in straights with shallow curves when track is wet or tyres are worn
  
• Fixed an issue that could lead to AI having different potential ability depending on if a session started wet or dry
  
• F-Classic (all gens): AI callibration pass
  

AUDIO

• BMW 2002 Turbo: Further general updates
  
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TRACKS

• Velocitta: Updated track to latest references (including revised T2 run-off & green-painted curb extensions)
  

VEHICLES

• Corvette C3: Fixed wiper cleaning issue
  

Adds a few more corrections to the latest v1.2.4.3 update:

• Monza: Updated reverb zones
  
• Fixed minor LOD issues at Kansai & Donington Park
  
• BMW 2002: Updated sounds; Fixed player car chase cam broken sounds; Fixed cockpit wiper animation; Fixed license plate glow; Added livery overrides
  
• Stock cruze 2021: Updated livery & menu previews
  

Automobilista 2 V1.2.4.3 is now live - this complementary update introduces the famous BMW 2002 Turbo to the Vintage Touring Car class, along with further developments to Monza and the usual collection of fixes & improvements.


This slightly delayed wrapping of this development cycle means that unfortunately there won´t be an AMS2 Development Update published this month as we press on with work on an upcoming project - that in turn means our November Development Update will pack quite a collection of interesting news before what´s promising to be a very exciting month for Automobilista 2!



[h3]CONTENT[/h3]

• Added BMW 2002 to Vintage Touring Cars Tier 1 class
  

[h3]GENERAL[/h3]

• Split Mini 1965 & Lotus 23 into a separate Vintage Touring Car tier from Corvette C3 and BMW 2002
  
• Fixed source of CTD when going into the pits with Copa Truck
  
• Updated recent Real Weather data
  

[h3]UI & HUD[/h3]

• Fixed issue that resulted in stale status data being displayed on pre-race leaderboard.
  
• Fixed camera toggle incorrectly displaying on pre session leaderboard
  
• Fixed pre session multiplayer chat issue
  
• Pre-session screen now foces camera to player
  

[h3]PHYSICS & AI
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• Minor tire tread adjustments to BMW Procar, Group A, Group C, Vintage Touring Cars, Opala 1979, Opala Old Stock, F-Vee, F-Classic Gen3, P1
  
• Slightly reduced slick tires tread adhesion with water
  
• Revised crankshaft mass of all cars for more accurate engine speed inertia
  
• Revised wheel bearings for street cars
  
• Mclaren 720S GT3: Revised aero; minor weight distribution & engine torque curve correction
  
• BMW Procar: Moved default brake bias slightly rearwards
  
• Adjused LSD differentials fos C3 & C3-R
  
• Revised brake torque for F-Trainers, F-Vee, Lotus 23, Mini 1965
  
• Adjusted steering lock range for high steering rotation cars (same default setting from before, lower minimal setting)
  
• F-Vintage: Adjusted default final drive for Gen 1 model 1
  
• Adjusted FFB Max force for Corvette C3, BMW 2002, Mini 1965
  
• Revised Lotus 23 chassis inertia values
  
• Group A: AI callibration pass
  
• Further decreased AI Strength in the 70-100% range
  
• Monza 1991: Adjusted AI performance
  

[h3]AUDIO[/h3]

• Fixed redundancy causing double entries for water splash sound
  
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[h3]TRACKS[/h3]

• Monza 2020: Performance optimization & LOD pass; Added drain material to curbs for Livetrack functionality: Increase track limits at t3 runoff of Monza Junior layout
  
• Monza 1991: Performance optimization pass, LOD pass, Minor fixes; Updated trackside cameras
  
• Monza 1971: Move 10k rolling start location to mid point oval back straight; Fixed S/F Score Tower Z-fighting
  
• Curitiba & Londrina: Rebuilt concrete walls to sort strange collisions