The Project CARS thread

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by ::SKRO::, May 7, 2015.

  1. Karting06

    Karting06 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    @Eisprinzessin the immersion also due to VR, no?
    Is the VR on PC2 better than R3E?
     
  2. mr_belowski

    mr_belowski Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Vr on pcars2 is, imo, a lot worse in pcars2 compared to r3e. The performance is poor and everything is really fuzzy and blurred
     
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  3. sbtm

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    A lot VR owners say performance is a lot better than in R3E... at least the Oculus owners. According to them the image quality is good too... the youtuber "Abgefahren" makes a lot VR Videos lately also with Pcars2 and he seems very satisfied with the experience.
    In yesterday's video he had VR in R3E but he couldn't even load opponents because of too bad performance, although he dropped high gfx settings.
    He's called @Dookie here. Maybe he can enlighten us.
     
  4. Eisprinzessin

    Eisprinzessin Well-Known Member

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    VR with mirrors is a farce in r3e

    I would say vr performance in ac is the best right now.
     
  5. Eisprinzessin

    Eisprinzessin Well-Known Member

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    Looking forward to try it after the 1.3 update this evening.

    But watching some vids today on youtoube i have to say that the external engine sounds in replays ist really incomprehensibly bad.

    Nevermentioned it before.
     
  6. Fanapryde

    Fanapryde Well-Known Member

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    Well, a huge patch, but clutch still is useless, lock to horizon still does not work, shadows are worse than before, the weird structure over the water surface of lakes is still there, trees, fences and hedges are stil popping up, in some cases when you are in a 10 meter range of them, very disturbing !
    Replays are just bad, very low FPS, stuttering, not focused.
    As someone who liked pCars1 (and had very little bugs on PC - a few on PS4), I'm really disappointed in this version of the game. It's going to gather dust while waiting for several fixes. And if they don't get fixed: R3E triple support is lurking around the corner... :D
     
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  7. mr_belowski

    mr_belowski Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Yeah, it's still a shambles isn't it
     
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  8. sbtm

    sbtm Well-Known Member

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    even I, a pc2 "warrior", am a bit annoyed now from pcars2 at the moment. Didn't fire it up for the last 2 weeks and didn't test the new patch, and I don't even bother to try it at the moment. I'm just waiting for the R3E Patch and new cars... I think I'll try pc2 again in january or so. Until then I think R3E will give me enough reasons to not look at other sims :D
     
  9. mmaruda

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    Tried the new patch today. The sound of most cars still hurts my hears - seriously what is this rattling or whatever you call it? It's like there is something loose and bouncing all over the engine compartment (tried the Escort 500 and 288 GTO). Then there is the graphics. I really don't get why there is all that shimmering and shadow flicker. When your sequel looks worse than the first game and runs worse, you screwed up real bad.

    On the driving and FFB front, it's better, like real good I feel, but what of it, when the audio-visual side of things is a torture to my senses? I played Automobilista today as well - it's an old and dated engine, hardly technologically impressive, yet I prefer the sound and visuals there to CARS2.
     
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  10. Eisprinzessin

    Eisprinzessin Well-Known Member

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    Sound is really bad after 1.3
     
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  11. Alistair McKinley

    Alistair McKinley Well-Known Member

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    I totall agree with all of this - especially concerning the flickering and the poor sound of most of the cars.
    Despite of this I have to admit that I enjoy cruising around in PCars2 from time to time. However, it doesn't get me hooked like AMS, AC and R3E.
    In my first video I did on PCars2 I couldn't/didn't want to add a replay because the exterior sounds of the Porsche Cayman GT4 were so bad. In addition, the weird flickering and shimmering (as described above) is almost not bearable. It ruins all of the bling bling that game has or better wants to have.
    What I really enjoyed so far were the Audi R8 on Bannochbrae and the Mercedes-AMG A45 SMS-R Rallycross on Hell RX. Driving in the snow can be fun as well. Did some tests with the Renault Megane on winter tyres just to see how the car behaves. It felt quite believable/plausible to me. (Edit: I own a FWD car and wanted to compare PCars2's physic to my real life experience - the day before yesterday it were snowing here all day long so I had to do some safety test drives IRL as you might understand. :) )
    I only spent 24,99 EUR for PC2 so I am not that disappointed - like I have been with PC1.
     
  12. Eisprinzessin

    Eisprinzessin Well-Known Member

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    Agree 100 %

    I like it really. Looks great in VR and driving feeling ist cool. Tracks look lively...
     
  13. mmaruda

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    I played some more today and I really love the handling, the FFB is great and cars are easy to drive (meaning I know exactly when I am pushing the envelope). There is none of that AC BS where you slightly overdrive the car at a slow speed and it's no longer savable. The AI is pretty good, at least I did not encounter issues, honestly I'd drop all other sims for this at least for a while, if it wasn't for the sound and graphics. I really don't get it. CARS 1 was better in this regard. People are complaining about it, it's the same engine, just roll-back to the old shadows/antialiasing/sound samples and we're good. Ok, I am sort of in the software development, so I know it's not that simple, but at some point they had to have presented the engine enhancement and someone had to have a look at it and... they said this was OK?
     
  14. Fanapryde

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    Physics, FFB are highly improved and the triple screen support is great. Live road too, but all the rest is worth nothing as it is now...
     
  15. TonyJ

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    after comparing AUDI R8 LMS on Brandhatch, i can say that with PC2 i feel nothing (no slide no loose grip no vibrator no shift gears), nothing !!
    and i have Jack spade ALT high !!
    FFB is horrible like Need for speed shift !

    Raceroom and AC (i hate AC) are far superior :)
     
  16. Dale Junior

    Dale Junior Well-Known Member

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    Project CARS 2 sucks :D

     
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  17. Fanapryde

    Fanapryde Well-Known Member

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    Well the track limits and penalties are the worst I ever experienced in any sim, I got to give him that.
    The track too narrow ? Don't think so... imo his FOV is wrong.
     
  18. mmaruda

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    Don't use Jack Spade's tweaks, not sure why people hype them so much, I get better FFB by just using what's in the game and doing some tweaks. It's probably not the same with every car, but the few I drive have very functional FFB.
     
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  19. Paul a.D.

    Paul a.D. Active Member

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    Project Cars 2 * Porsche 911R [mod download]

     
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  20. TonyJ

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    OMG, this FUN DLC is AWESOME, i love rally cross :)
     
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