Wheather, rain, wet tracks

[IMPERIAL]

Since this is a SIM more than a game, I cant wait to try and master the car in raining conditions.
So please bring rain for the next update. I never liked F1 2013 in the rain but Assetto Corsa in the rain must be very challenging.

[IMPERIAL]

why? Kennedy had a dream and men went to the moon...

[cerebus23]

not for 1.0 its not been ruled out for after though, netcar pro had wet weather and wet driving its just not inthe cards now.

[Lupo rules]

Rain in the next update will be next to impossible, Kunos have 1 million other things to do :) As far as i know dynamic weather and a day/night cycle hasn´t been confirmed or denied

[QuartzYeti]

I don't see why the cars would have functioning headlights if they won't eventually include night racing. So I take that as it will be a feature eventually. When? who knows. If they keep up with the two week interval updates my guess would be end of the year beginning of next.

[rudski]

They confirmed a while ago the day night cycle part of the game is coded but not optimised and will not make version 1.0, it's something they intend to add later on down the track. I assume it will be "free" considering it's a core feature.

[Marty]

These extra features will need to be after v1 but looks like they plan to support the product for a few years beyond release. To get to v1 they still have a bit to do, even though most people want weather and night racing in general these arent as popular as you may think. RF2 has this imolemented quite well but if there is a public server at night or with changeable weather most people leace when it starts to rain or becomes dark. I remember one public session at rf2 was at nords with chanageable weather during a 6 lap race. Had about 12 to 15 guys start the race but once it startet to rain people started to whine or just crash out. Over about 5 races i was the only one still going into lap 4 and this really sucked.

People whining about no grip and then combine rain and night racing not many really choose to race in this setup. I love it but am in the minority so no point prioritising something that is just used for screenshots by the majority of users.

I can see why Kunos has lowered the priority of these things until the core is done but they do have plans to include all this down the track.

[Jeo Nugu]

If AC doesn't have night racing and variable weather (i.e. RAIN) by the time Project CARS is released... this will be the guaranteed outcome for me...

[click]

"This will uninstall Assetto Corsa from your computer. Are you sure?"

[click]

"Please wait."

[.........]

"Assetto Corsa has been successfully uninstalled. Click Okay to exit."

[click]

Done.

If I wanted a racing game that only had clear, dry weather during daylight hours, I'd have bought Eutechnyx's NASCAR '14. Oh wait... even NASCAR races at night...

[mZmy]

I like driving in the rain,it's a challenge but excitement.

[cerebus23]

^ yea the headlight dont actually emit any light they are just for show.

[delirivmcordia]

Originally posted by Gamezalot:

If AC doesn't have night racing and variable weather (i.e. RAIN) by the time Project CARS is released... this will be the guaranteed outcome for me...
[click]
"This will uninstall Assetto Corsa from your computer. Are you sure?"
[click]
"Please wait."
[.........]
"Assetto Corsa has been successfully uninstalled. Click Okay to exit."
[click]
Done.

Have you actually played Project CARS?
Jumping from AC's FFB and physics/tire model to pCARS' is mighty disappointing.

[cerebus23]

Originally posted by eladnosloc:

Originally posted by Gamezalot:

If AC doesn't have night racing and variable weather (i.e. RAIN) by the time Project CARS is released... this will be the guaranteed outcome for me...
[click]
"This will uninstall Assetto Corsa from your computer. Are you sure?"
[click]
"Please wait."
[.........]
"Assetto Corsa has been successfully uninstalled. Click Okay to exit."
[click]
Done.

Have you actually played Project CARS?
Jumping from AC's FFB and physics/tire model to pCARS' is mighty disappointing.

they still hoping it evolves into this sim they think it is. :P

but yea what are most races run in? dry. too much rain no race. rain drving is fun and finish a rain race is always a great pat yourself on the back feeling especially if you finish it well.

but wet weather driving is not what i dream about when racing. i rather be able to actually drive.

either way it is probably an expansion thing there are goign to support the game via dlc for 3 or 5 years, thats alot of feature or cars, or both most likely. including pit stop or simulated pit stops, night driving, rally driving, weather and evolving tracks, on and on.

if we will pay for it they will make it. and well duh you do not think they know what people want? they just focusing on what they can do now and get done in the near future rather than months and months of dev work on stuff on top of the stuff they working on.

focus in a dev team is a good thing, too many games promise far too much and fall far too short. so i am pretty happy they have said flat out what will be and what wont be in 1.0. and what will be is the bare bones of great core racing and amazing cars with full mod support.

the most sorely lacking feature in any case is pit stops that are far more important to racing and race strategy than the occasion of rain.

[supreme]

Originally posted by eladnosloc:

Have you actually played Project CARS?
Jumping from AC's FFB and physics/tire model to pCARS' is mighty disappointing.

When's the last time you've played pcars? I really think everything about pcars is better comparing both simulations in their current stages. Yes, as simulations, not as arcade games.

I really think everyone bashing project cars or calling it an arcade non-sim are either jealous they can't play it or have only experienced earlier beta builds. In the current builds, it's harder to keep cars straight than any car in AC, and they're still working on making it better and better.

[Marty]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥ Pantsly:

Originally posted by eladnosloc:

Have you actually played Project CARS?
Jumping from AC's FFB and physics/tire model to pCARS' is mighty disappointing.

When's the last time you've played pcars? I really think everything about pcars is better comparing both simulations in their current stages. Yes, as simulations, not as arcade games.

I really think everyone bashing project cars or calling it an arcade non-sim are either jealous they can't play it or have only experienced earlier beta builds. In the current builds, it's harder to keep cars straight than any car in AC, and they're still working on making it better and better.

I dont have pcars would if I could but I cant, all I can go by is videos but this one here I just came across makes the AI look way worse then AC. Physics in AC to me are well ahead of all other sims I tried and general opinion on Pcars is its getting better but still a way to go in physics and FFB.

Watch the video from 16.55 for a laugh if nothing else as its pretty impressive even if so wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U1amI7ALk2M#t=1014

[supreme]

so you have a general opinion on physics and ffb for a game you haven't played? imo the ffb alone is much more realistic in pcars. There's way too much wheel weight when understeering in ac, pcars much better simulates understeer blue balls imo, and the way braking adds to steering lock.

[Dancer]

Originally posted by iO No Sir It's Shimric:

I don't see why the cars would have functioning headlights if they won't eventually include night racing.

Actually they don't. The headlights do not project light sources. They just brighten up when lit. This is one of the things that need to be addressed for night racing to work in AC.