RaceRoom Racing Experience

Update details:

Changelist:

• Ranked Multiplayer - Added an option to set minimum requirements in rating and safety for a player to be allowed in a ranked session. Added a filter for this to the MP lobby list menu.
  
• Dedicated server - Added controls to Export and Import settings (if the host IP changes, the settings are still being lost, but at least you can now recover the settings in a couple clicks by importing a backup)
  
• HUD - Moved the huge Disqualification notifications to the "butterHUD™" system (the smaller left side notifications)
  
• Controllers - Reduced Minimum force for all Logitech wheels, and added a 10% slip effect
  
• Controllers - Added default profile for Simagic wheelbase
  
• Controllers - First iteration of support for Simucube - Added communication of in-game selected wheelrange to the simucube driver. Added “safe” default profiles for the 3 variants of Simucube 2 wheelbases. We still have to fix some forces not being stopped upon pressing ESC and sawtooth effects, which we will do together with the hardware manufacturer.
  
• Controllers - Updated default FFB profiles for Fanatec CSL and CSR
  
• Various improvements to simulating Electric powered cars for player and AI, pitstops, etc.
  
• AI - Improvements to their handling of traffic in multiclass racing
  
• AI - Improvements to their decision making in going for a defensive line while being followed
  
• Fixed a bug where a multiplayer server in a closed qualifying session would still be displayed as “joinable” in the multiplayer list.
  
• Fixed a bug where gearshift backfires would not make sounds in replays. Improved logic of the sound triggers in both replays and multiplayer.
  
• Fixed a case where AI could be caught not shifting up when it thought it had too low grip on the powered wheels.
  
• Fixed a bug where pitstop sounds wouldn't work in replays.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ideal raceline would feature oddly positioned brake warnings.
  
• Fixed an issue where watching an instant replay that featured a pitstop would result in receiving fresh tyres a second time after coming back to gameplay.
  
• Fixed an issue with some in-game web links that would wrongly open in a Steam overlay whenever -webdev startup argument was being used.
  
• Tweak to AI's understanding of gravity and forces to improve their behavior on slopes and banked corners.
  
• Further tweaks hoping to catch some remaining timing discrepancies when spectating MP races
  
• Backed out an older fix for driver names being offset above opponent cars when playing with a low FOV as it had introduced an arguably more annoying intense vibration of the driver names when close to player. Let’s live with an offset for now while we wait for a better fix.
  
  
  

Content updates:

• All cars - Adjustments to behavior of the tyres once they've been covered in dirt, grass, gravel. As a consequence of those changes, the sounds for pebbles hitting the car are going to feel a bit fainter.
  
• All cars - Modifications to upshifts and downshifts engine revs. Gearshifts are now more brutal™. Older cars from 70’s / 80’s / 90’s also received specific upshift backfires.
  
• All cars - New transmission whine recordings for most cars, especially modern GT, prototypes and touring cars. The transmission volume ramp is also altered, it’s now louder while coasting and the pitch is in exact sync with the drivetrain.
  
• All cars - New skid and locked brake tyre sounds that provide a more realistic sound during long slides. Also decreased tyre volumes for all modern GT cars.
  
• All cars - Updates to behaviour of both the rev and pit limiters.
  
• All cars - Modifications to forces involved in car to car collisions, to get rid of some collisions sometimes feeling like the other car is a solid brick.
  
• Aquila - Adjusted tyre pressures in baseline setup, reduced brake power
  
• Audi R18 - Fixed steering wheel not being exactly positioned on the steering column, which resulted in the cockpit camera placement being centered the wheel and therefore too far to the right.
  
• Audi TT RS VLN - Longer default final drive for Zandvoort
  
• CUPRA TCR - Fixed baseline setup that had an asymmetrical damper setting
  
• DTM 14/15/16 - Fixed excessive suspension damage over curbs. Improved curb and bump behaviour with updated high speed dampers. Modified clutch and engine inertia values to stop them from bouncing off limiter upon downshifts. Differential updates to proper locks. Slight BOP adjustment of +5 Kg on the Mercedes.
  
• Formula RaceRoom 2 - Updated baseline setup and tweaks to tyres for better handling. AI improvements.
  
• Formula Raceroom 90 - Now offers three different tyre compounds, revised baseline setup and tyre model.
  
• Formula RaceRoom X-17 - AI improvements
  
• Group 4 - Porsche 934 RSR - AI improvements
  
• Group C - Updated physics and tyre model, adjusted AI's to match. Adjusted Performance Index of the class to better reflect the actual speed of these cars.
  
• GTR 1 - Improved AI pace spread
  
• GTR 3 - McLaren 650s - Longer final drive
  
• GTR 4 - Updated tyre model and baseline setup
  
• Mercedes AMG CLK DTM 2003 - Adjusted cockpit camera position
  
• Mercedes AMG DTM 1995 - Adjusted cockpit camera position
  
• NSU TTS - Set undertray contact points that had been missing. Updated differential and drivetrain behaviour
  
• P1 and P2 - Adjusted gearchange timings and drivetrain oscillations (shaft rigidity). Adjusted placement of cockpit camera.
  
• Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Sprint) - Updated tyre model and suspension. Further tweaks and improvements to physics. (this version of the GT3 Cup is not yet in store but used in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia esports)
  
• Porsche Clubsport Trophy by Manthey Racing - Updated tyre model and baseline setup
  
• Silhouette Series - Now have factory ABS and preheated tyres. Fixed Canhard R52 that was showing some Push to Pass HUD elements.
  
• Volkswagen ID.R - Updated physics according to the Nuerburgring lap record sessions telemetry. Equipped the car with DRS. Shortened the water pump startup sequence and made it sound more obvious that something is happening during car boot up sequence.
  
• WTCC 2014/2016 - Fixed excessive suspension damage over curbs
  
• WTCR 2018/2019 - Fixed excessive suspension damage over curbs, AI improvements
  
• Bathurst - Tweaks to AI’s understanding of what’s a good cornering speed
  
• Imola - Tweaks to AI’s understanding of what’s a good cornering speed
  
• Ningbo - Improvements to framerate. The starting grid for the short layout is now the same as for the other layouts. Improved AI behaviour.
  
• Nuerburgring - Improved AI behaviour at turn 1 of VLN / 24H.
  
• Road America - Extended track limits a bit on the outside of the Canada Corner so you no longer get a cut with two wheels inside the white line.
  
• Salzburgring - Tweaks to AI’s understanding of what’s a good cornering speed
  
• Spa-Francorchamps - Tweaks to AI’s understanding of what’s a good cornering speed (Blanchimont)
  
• Suzuka - Tweaks to AI’s understanding of what’s a good cornering speed
  

Known issue

• Ningbo main layout has a wrong cut detection in the left turn just before pitlane entry. The only way to record a laptime there right now is by keeping left after the apex. Other Ningbo layouts are not affected. We’re still investigating what’s up with this and will fix as soon™ as possible.
  

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Update details:

Changelist:

• Reputation - Incident points cooldown has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds to limit escalation after being pushed out of the track.
  
• Reputation - Player now receives one incident point for invalidating a lap.
  
• Reputation - Just after a 4 seconds cooldown, we are now ignoring further incidents for track object collisions, going off-track and losing control until the car has rejoined the track.
  
• Option - The headrests of the cockpit seat were reportedly annoying for VR users as the camera was clipping through, so we added an option to toggle the rendering of the driver seat.
  
• Controllers - Added a profile for the Xbox gamepad when connected through bluetooth
  
• Controllers - Thrustmaster and Logitech wheels - Tweaked force exponent, max output and front wheel grip exponents to increase FFB feel in subtle effects
  
• Fixed controller profiles for Bodnar cable and Fanatec CSW 2.5 to prevent some detection issues.
  
• Fixed controller profile for the Thrustmaster T500 that was missing lines for Flatspot effects
  
• Fixed Car Setup menu that wasn't hiding the differential settings for cars that do not allow changing them.
  
• Fixed Car Setup menu not saving the differential setting for frontwheel driven cars
  
• Fixed puffs of smoke and brake marks left by players with high latency
  
• Fixed blinking of high latency opponent cars in multiplayer. It will now only cease to render the car if the opponent's latency is consistently above 1 second.
  
• Fixed AI control in pitlane that could sometimes accelerate the car above the pitlane speed limit.
  
• Fixed free flight camera that wouldn't work under certain conditions in the race monitor.
  
  

Content updates:

• Smoothed revlimiter and pit speed limiters logics for a selection of cars that were problematic.
  
• Red Bull liveries that were urgently replaced last update now have an updated image in menu and website.
  
• Audi TT cup - AI tuning
  
• Audi TT VLN - Added more gear ratio options
  
• BMW M3 GT2 - Fixed the rear camber that was asymmetrical in default setup
  
• BMW M6 GT3 - Fixed two esport liveries that had swapped renders in menu.
  
• Canhard R52 - Fixed Launch Control that was wrongly available for this car
  
• GT4 cars - AI tuning
  
• KTM GT4 - Tweaks to damage, tweaked its clutch for better standing starts
  
• Porsche 934 RSR - Added more gear ratio options
  
• WTCC Chevrolet Cruze - Fixed a wrong tyre file
  
• WTCC 15/16/17 - Updated suspension to improve toe control
  
• Imola - Modified cut corridors a bit to try and get rid of a wrong cut detection on the start/finish area.
  
  

Update details:

Changelist:

• Dedicated server now offers the possibility to set an incident point limit. Any player going above that defined amount will get instantly disqualified.
  
• Dedicated server manager page now shows the points accumulated by each player in real time, rather than the amount of incident events involving that player.
  
• Reputation - Improved detection of Non Starter participants on long tracks such as the Nordschleife.
  
• Reputation - Car to car collisions are now worth 4 points. Losing Control of the vehicle is now worth 2 points.
  
• Flat Spots - Reduced further tyre wear on flat spots, which makes them vanish quicker with tyre wear.
  
• Flat Spots - Fixed some bad framerate when locking a tyre on a flat spot while in gravel or grass.
  
• Suspension damage - Fixed some cases where a car with suspension damage could sometimes be seen shot into the air.
  
• Car Setup - Fixed Setup rules are now properly affecting the car setup menu.
  
• Car Setup - Changed so 4WD cars differential changes affect the rear differential instead of the front.
  
• Fixed shift sounds playing twice in replays.
  
• Fixed an issue where HUD elements would show in replays if the client was started with -broadcastUrl=http://**
  
• Fixed some sorting / timing issues in client's position bar
  
• Fixed a case where entering the pitlane could sometimes result in the lap being invalidated
  
• Fixed rolling start qualifying where the car, under AI control, would try and dodge other players around the spawn location, even though they're invisible.
  
• Fixed wrong values fed to Spectator overlays for live gaps between cars.
  
• Fixed smoke not rendering from Aerial TV cameras.
  
• Fixed an old Helpdesk URL that the client was attempting to load after throwing an error. It's now changed to point to the Sector3 Studios forums.
  

Content updates:

• Bosh DDU4 - (data display seen in cars such as the Tatuus F4) - Fixed the Oil and Water temperatures that were swapped.
  
• Aquila - Physics updates
  
• Audi RS TT VLN - Physics updates
  
• All Manual Gearbox cars - Reduced dogbox RPM to encourage more lifting when changing gears.
  
• BMW M1 - Updated cockpit art
  
• DTM (all years) - Reduced default FFB multipliers
  
• Formula RaceRoom 90 - Tweaks to AI behaviour
  
• Group 4 and Procar classes - Increased tyre heating and reduced default tyre pressures accordingly
  
• GTR3 Car Class - Tweaks to AI behaviour
  
• GTR3 Class BOP - Improved BOP of the older generation of GT3's. Porsche 911 GT3 R (2019) +20 Kg ; Mercedes AMG GT3 +15 Kg
  
• GTR4 Class BOP - Adjustments
  
• Hyundai I30 TCR - Reduced rear ride height and its adjustment range
  
• Lotus Evora GT4 - Tweaks to pit limiter timings as well as engine orientation
  
• Nissan GTR R32 - New sounds, updates to cockpit art.
  
• Porsche Cayman (all types) - Adjustments to car physics
  
• Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - The current model has now been modified to Endurance specs. The car now has Traction Control as well as more car setup adjustments allowed. The Cup specs will now be only available in upcoming Porsche Carrera Cup classes.
  
• RUF CTR3 + RT12R GT2 and GT3 - Fixed a bad collision box
  
• Silhouette Class - Physics updates
  
• WTCC 2015/2016 - Fixed Chevrolet Cruze not having adjustable Tyre Pressure
  
• Mount Panorama (Bathurst) - Tweaks to pitlane ambient sounds
  
• Ningbo - Flipped the starting grid so the pole position starts on the right side, on the trajectory.
  
• Nuerburgring GP Fast Chicane - Fixed rolling starts that could sometimes be bad for AI.
  
• Portimao (all layouts) - Moved the spawn location used in Time Attack and rolling start qualifying.
  
• Silverstone - Fixed AI running wide in turn 1 after a rolling start on GP and International layouts.
  
• Zhuhai - Improved performance
  
• Zolder - AI control in pitlane should no longer result in hitting a guardrail
  

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Update details:

Fixes:

• Fixed a case where some steering wheels would not have any Force FeedBack due to their lack of support for square or sawtooth wave signals used since our last update for flatspots and curbstones.
  
• Tweaked the default Force FeedBack settings for Direct Drive wheels by reducing damping, increasing rack percentage and scaling the maximum output.
  
• When using a controller that has no wheel rotation (such as a gamepad), the Wheel Angle setting in car setup is now properly static instead of appearing to be changeable and then resetting itself.
  
• Fixed a case where tyre pressure changes would sometimes not apply.
  

Content:

• Sounds - Decreased volume of brake lock sounds
  
• Porsche 911 GT3 R (2019) - Added more low frequencies to the cockpit sound
  
• Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport - Improved default setup and raceability. Increased default FFB multiplier.
  
• Turbo cars - Improved standing start performances (except WTCR, GT4 and GT3)
  
• All cars - Reduced the big differences in default FFB multipliers, and reduced some extreme undertray friction values found on various older cars.
  
• Formula RaceRoom 90 - Tweaks to AI performance
  
• Formula RaceRoom X-17 - Tweaks to AI behavior
  
• GT3 - Reduced drag for Nissan GT-R and tweaked gear ratios for the McLaren 650S. Tweaks to AI performance. Fixed some weird sound levels heard in the Corvette Z06.R GT3.
  
• Group C - Improved feel through tweaks to the steering geometry
  
• Group 4 - Tweaks to AI performance
  
• WTCC 2013 - Fixed tyres getting punctured very easily from flatspots
  
• Sachsenring - Modified the announcer sound sample as it was a bit repetitive with very accentuated "KOMMT der Daniel Keilwitz recht GUT weg"
  

Update details:

Fixes:

• Dynamic daylight progression: System now calculates the sunrise and sunset times for each track being loaded, ensuring the Daylight progression always progresses from dawn to sunset.
  
• Car Setup Menu - Fixed an issue where car setup files for cars sharing the same name would not show up (ie: CUPRA TCR 2019 was not showing any car setups)
  
• Car Setup Menu - Fixed bug where asymmetrical camber settings were forced symmetrical upon loading of a setup.
  
• Car Setup Menu - Added an estimation of laps on the Fuel amount selector. This estimate will show once at least one lap has been recorded.
  
• Fixed Limited damage setting that was not forced upon players by the dedicated server.
  
• Fixed Pause and VR reset position controls not working while on menus
  
• Fixed error messages not showing after losing or being denied connection to a multiplayer session.
  

Update details:

Important:

New content:

• GTR4 car class - Added BMW M4 GT4
  
• GTR4 car class - Added Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
  
• GTR3 car class - Added Porsche 911 GT3 R (2019)
  
• Group 4 car class - Added BMW M1 Group 4
  
• Added a new car class - Porsche Motorsport GT2 Supersportscar, with the Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport
  
• Tracks - Added Ningbo International Speedpark with 5 layouts
  
• Tracks - Added new layout: Nürburgring Grand Prix Fast Chicane, free for all owners of the track.
  

Features:

• Added a first iteration of daylight progression, from morning to evening. A multiplier is available to set progression from x0 (static sun), up to x25.
  
• Sun position is now astronomically accurate for each of our tracks as per a typical summer solstice day.
  
• Dedicated server - Added possibility to set a "Message of the Day" that all players will be presented with upon joining. The message can be dismissed by pressing the brake, or leaving the pitlane. The message can be formatted using very basic html tags.
  
• Damage overhaul - The old settings separating Visual and Mechanical damage have been merged into just one Damage setting which can have the following values:
  - Off (cars will not take any damage)
  - Limited (this is equivalent to having both mechanical and visual damage enabled before today's update)
  - Full (Suspension can get damaged, and tyres can have flat spots after lock-ups)
  
• Damage model - New deformations and systems for detachables parts, cracks in windshields, etc.
  
• Damage model - Tyres can now get punctured from collisions or from driving off track, and the probabilities of getting a puncture increase with the wear.
  
• Car Setup Menu - One of our goals is to modernize the user interface and the first menu that we decided to tackle is the car setup. It is reflecting the future look and feel of the RaceRoom interface as we head into 2020.
  It is divided in three areas, the left will display some telemetry data from your last laps, the center has all the possible changes sorted into tabs, and the right side is dedicated to display helper texts and the steering settings.
  
• Force Feedback - Added Pneumatic Trail to the physics engine, which results in self-centering forces on corner exits.
  
• Force Feedback - Added Stationary Friction effects
  
• Global AI behavioral improvements, with car specific tweaks using a self-learning algorithm.
  
• Sounds - Improvements to tyre sounds (skid and scrub).
  
• Added an option to display opponents of other classes in the HUD position bar
  
• Added an option to force the HUD track map to remain static and not rotate with the player's car orientation
  
• Added an option to show or hide the chat messages in Multiplayer
  
• Added extra bindigs for Shift Up and Shift Down, allowing to mix paddles and a sequential shifter
  
• Added different levels for the HUD overlays, allowing to turn them off, only show the essential overlays, or show them all
  

Content updates:

• DTM 1992 - Updated physics ( Details @ Sector3 forums )
  
• Touring Classics - Updated physics ( Details @ Sector3 forums )
  
• GTR3 - Updated physics ( Details @ Sector3 forums )
  
• GTR4 - Updated physics ( Details @ Sector3 forums )
  
• Hillclimb Icons - Updated physics ( Details @ Sector3 forums )
  
• BMW M1 Procar - Updated physics ( Details @ Sector3 forums )
  
• Performance index values of all car classes have been readjusted (DTM 1992 and Touring Classics are no longer merged)
  
• Brands Hatch - Updated curbs, advertisement, vegetation
  
• Gelleråsen Arena - The last turn has been modified, but the starting grid is still located on the old stretch.
  
• Knutstorp - Updated with 2019 modifications
  
• Macau - Improved performance
  
• Mantorp - Updated with 2019 modifications
  

Fixes:

• Dedicated server no longer loses its settings when the IP address of the hosting machine changes.
  
• Loads of bug fixes and improvements overall