Automobilista2 has dirt racing now!

https://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/automobilista-2-v1-5-officially-released.31491/

That's all really, just excited to have another dirt racing option. Also lots of other updates. It's pretty nice that if you had the 2020-2022 season pass you have access to the new content already.

A Pt2 of the Adrenaline Pack is already in production and will take AMS2 to even higher extremes - owners of the AMS2 2020-2022 Season Pass and of the AMS2 Premium Expansion Packs are secured both parts at no additional charge.

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Fingerthief@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Oh man, I’ve been waiting for the V1.5 update! All cars now have the new tyre physics.

For those unaware they found out they’ve essentially had a fairly critical issue with the model for years where systems were feeding the model competing information at the same time causing weirdness in physics behavior.

This is a huge change in handling.

BURN@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

I can only imagine the absolute elation of the devs when they figured out the whole problem.

I’ve been looking to give AMS2 another go. Definitely going to take a shot at some career modes.

voltus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Tire Models seem to make or break a sim for me. Ever since ACC updated theirs earlier this year I really love driving it. Hopefully the same happens with ams2. I already tried the formula cars that were in the previous update and enjoyed that very much. looking forward to try something slower with this tire model ^^

Fingerthief@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I totally agree, the ACC update made the game feel much better to me as well.

AMS2 has always been a tier below for me because I found the behavior at the threshold of grip to be very weird and almost slightly unpredictable.

The F1 car I tried with the update seemed so much better and I hope it transfers to the rest of vehicles the same way.

jamesrylandmiller@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 3y

@Fingerthief Yeah AMS2 physics feels wrong to me compared to AC or iRacing or real cars.

Shriukan@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y

The Adrenaline pack at this point is taking a secondary importance in this patch. Version 1.5 is the result of 4 months of brutal crunching to review every car if not rebuild many after fixing a SMS bug in the SETA tyre model.

Cars should now be much more consistent, offer plenty feeling of grip and slip and all-around be more enjoyable. Everybody who slated off AMS2 should give it a try again with a neutral mindset and just see if it clicks now. If it won’t, then maybe this time it’s safe to say the game’s handling, physics and feel aren’t for you. :)