RaceRoom Racing Experience News

Today's small update is only client side and therefore did not require a maintenance.


Update details:
Download size = 190 MB
Client version = 0.8.0.6579
Client BuildID = 4021994


Game

• Fixed some elements being offset to the left on Ultrawide resolutions
  

Content

• The 2018 WTCR car class physics have now been brought equal to the freshly released 2019 cars, and the Peugeot has been balanced accordingly. The Alfa 2018 older bodykit suffers from a bit less downforce and increased drag but this was compensated in BOP (power and weight)
  
• Formula RaceRoom Junior - default setup adjusted
  
• Hillclimb Icons class - Smoothed gear changes
  
  
• WTCR AI - Improved behaviour
  
  
• Cupra TCR 2019 - Adjusted gearshift sounds
  
• Formula RaceRoom 90 V8 - External sounds improved
  
• Formula RaceRoom 90 V10 - External sounds improved. A bit more aggressive at high revs and removed an excessive oscillation in mid revs.
  
  
• CUPRA TCR - Added a horizontal structural bar between the rearwing supporting arms.
  

The 2019 season of the FIA WTCR is in full swing, and you can already experience it in RaceRoom with this car pack! New liveries, a new Alfa Romeo bodykit, a brand new car with the Lynk & Co 03 TCR, and of course all your favorite drivers of the #WTCR2019SUPERGRID.

Read the full press release at https://www.fiawtcr.com/get-your-wtcr-car-on-raceroom-today


Update details:
Download size = ca 860 MB
Client version = 0.8.0.6577
Client BuildID = 3998534
Dedi version = 53.0.964
Dedi BuildID = 3998571



New content

• Added the WTCR 2019 car class with 7 cars and 26 liveries.
  

Game

• Now allows to bind up to 128 different button ID's on a controller.
  
• Now allows to bind each traction control preset individually instead of only Next / Previous TC level controls.
  
• The HUD notifications (aka "butterHUD") can now be moved around as well using the "move&scale HUD elements" binding.
  
• Increased the rear view mirror y-resolution.
  
• Prevented the HUD position bar from automatically scaling to gigantic sizes on ultrawide monitors by limiting its width to 1920px.
  
• Changed the default steering lock value for Mouse controls from 8 degrees to 13 degrees
  
• Slowdown penalties and giving back of the time illegally gained have been reworked. Added a progression where the more penalties you have received, the longer the penalty will get. Each clean lap will reduce the penalty count by one.
  
• Change so the Pit stop menu elements such as Preset and Tyre Compound selectors no longer wrap around when trying to go beyond the last possible choice. (Meant to improve CrewChief's voice commands)
  
• Possible improvement for players reporting issues on the game menus (cursor flickers, video freezes, etc)
  
• Fixed a broken start procedure of a leaderboard challenge on Stowe layouts.
  
• Fixed rev LED's that were not lighting up on Logitech steering wheels
  
• Fixed a case where the messages about switching modes for LED displays were not always clearing
  
• Fixed a case where the "delayed start from pitlane" message wasn't clearing when french localization was used.
  
• Fixed so the MiniHUD can now be moved further on ultrawide monitors
  
• Fixed broken bindings on the default Mouse control profile
  

Content

• WTCR 2019 has received new and improved physics. The 2018 car class will be updated to match in a later update (required BOP for the Peugeot)
  
• WTCR 2019 features a new bodykit for the Alfa Romeo
  
• WTCR 2019 features a new steering wheel for the CUPRA TCR.
  
• Porsche 911 GT3 R - New cockpit sound recordings with separated transmission and engine channels.
  
• Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup - New cockpit sound recordings with separated transmission and engine channels. Improved external sounds.
  
• Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup - Updated physics and tuned dampers. Suspension geometry is now more accurate.
  
• Saleen S7R - New sound recordings for both cockpit and exterior
  
• Silhouette car class - Made cars a bit less tail happy under braking, improved FFB
  
• Cadillac (GTR2 car class) - Fixed the default final drive being too long at Spa-Francorchamps
  
• GTR1 car class - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• GTR2 car class - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• Aquila Cup - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• Audi TT Cup - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• Audi TT VLN - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• Hillclimb Icons - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• BMW M235i Cup - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• WTCC 2013 - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• WTCC 2014 - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• WTCC 2015/16/17 - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• Zonda Cup - Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
• AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM 1995 - Tuned dampers and Implemented different shift times depending on the gears being shifted
  
  
  
• Paul Ricard - Added one additional TV camera in the start/finish straight as the elevation was hiding the cars at race starts.
  
• Red Bull Ring - Resurfaced and made a higher resolution HUD track map for the GP layout.
  

The much anticipated Formula RaceRoom 90 is out! Designed to bring you back to the atmosphere of formula cars racing of the early 1990's, the FR90 comes with three engine choices: V8, V10 and V12, each with their own characteristics, and of course, sound melodies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmpmO4nlVZw


Update details:
Download size = ca 975 MB
Client version = 0.8.0.6561
Client BuildID = 3889446
Dedi version = 52.0.945
Dedi BuildID = 3889460



New content

• Added the Formula RaceRoom 90 V8, V10 and V12 cars.
  

Game

• Added a key assignement to Move&Scale HUD elements. Once pressed, the mouse cursor will appear. Left click will drag a HUD element around while a Right click will scale the size of the element up or down.
  
• Added a key assignement to reset the HUD elements positions and scale.
  
• Updated to Fanatec SDK 3.8
  
• Added default profiles for Fanatec Podium DD1 and DD2.
  
• Added support for the flag LED's on Fanatec rims
  
• Added a key assignment to turn the displays and LED's on rims and wheelbases off.
  
• Added Tyre loads to shared memory (using a reserved data holder to preserve backwards compatibility)
  
• Added support in physics engine for different shift times depending on the gears being shifted.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where brake disks were pre-heated to optimal temperatures when spawning the vehicle in sessions other than Time-Attack.
  
• Fixed an issue where in-game web overlays settings would be lost with every game update.
  
• Changed the amount of analog input required to register a key assignment from 50% to 25% of the axis range. (this is relevant when assigning an axis to an on/off toggle control)
  
  

Content

We are sorry to announce to all of Citroën and FIA WTCC fans that after a very successful presence in both the real and the virtual WTCC series, the vehicles of the french manufacturer Citroën are no longer allowed to be sold in the RaceRoom store.

As a consequence, all Citroën cars within RaceRoom are pulled out of the RaceRoom store as well as DLC packages on Steam.

Players who had purchased those cars can continue to use them without limitations.

The Starter Pack, which used to promote the french brand by featuring the C-Elysée TC1, now contains the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR as a replacement.

We at Sector3 Studios were very proud when Volkswagen Motorsport entrusted us with carrying a project that consisted in several firsts for us: It is the first appearance of a fully electric race car in the RaceRoom simulator, and our team has worked miracles to deliver physics and sound engines modifications to support this. It is also the first time that we have worked on creating a virtual rendition of a car that didn't exist yet. We have worked hand in hand with the Volkswagen team, looking at the data and telemetry from the Pikes Peak ID.R, and extrapolating the new handling characteristics that this brand new long tail / low drag version of the ID.R would bring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMrs_fKeztA

Once the real car has been on the Nordschleife, we will receive actual telemetry and will be able to fine-tune the simulation of all its characteristics.

Sadly for us, the DRS unit was added to the real car in the last weeks and couldn't possibly be added in-game in time for the start of this competition. We will however bring it in a later RaceRoom update.

You can now judge the result of all this work in the Time Attack challenge that is now available in RaceRoom : http://game.raceroom.com/competitions/900/leaderboard

You will find Romain Dumas in the leaderboard, as he could record some laptimes in the brand new RaceRoom 3Motion rig from the Nürburgring Boulevard ( https://twitter.com/volkswagenms/status/1121119651134607360 )

Dumas is also an avid simracer and you'll probably need to work hard to beat him on that leaderboard! He's waiting for the challenge.





Also, make sure to check out Jimmy Broadbent's review of the VW ID.R in RaceRoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrJ7U2eBNls






Update details:
Download size = ca 100 MB
Client version = 0.3.0.6552
Client BuildID = 3764446



Content

• Added Volkswagen ID.R "Long Tail".
  

Game

• Added support for electric engines with energy regeneration under braking
  
• Fixed the suspension damage icon that had found its way into yesterday's update