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Project CARS 2 discussion thread (provisional release date: Septemberish 2017)
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Downloading in 'sleep' mode (or whatever it's called) often helps a lot too.
valentine71
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Excellent, thanks
I highly doubt Shadowhaxor has review code for the Xbox One X version, which is what I was talking about
A few quotes from this article on Gamespot about the X1X version - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/project-cars-2-dev-impressed-with-xbox-one-x/1100-6452910/
Controversy in what way, people thinking X1X hardware couldn't do it?
No, nothing hardware related. The aim by SMS is not hittings 60fps in all ciscumstances, but to hit it in most circumstances.
Case in point: I have a 1060 6GB and I have everything maxed out except EnvMap (high), and AA (med). In thunderstorm conditions, in the grid start, I'm at 55~ and in some crahes with 15+ cars on the screen, I can dip to 50~. Should I lower my settings because in these situations the game goes below 60fps? I don't think so. The same way, if 95% (made up number by me) the game runs at 60fps, I don't think they should lower the settings to get perfect performance in that other 5%, as long as we are not talking about a tank below 30fps or something below 45 that lasts long enough.
Different opinions in this topic. I think is prefereable to change whatever you need to have locked 60 fps in every condition. If I was in that dev situation, I will create a dynamic LOD settings that lower the quality in cars models when more than some number is on screen, for example in grid start. Or change shadow resolution or distance just a split of a second before a crash to free up some cpu resources, or whatever other rule that means I can achieve locked 60 fps only lowering graphics in that 5% you said while leaving untouched the 95% that is already perfect.
I don't think it is different opinions but different situations. Probably the devs would love to have the resources to give AAA exclusive treatment to their game for every platform, but I think what you suggest, while great, is out of scope for a multiplatform title from an independent studio making a sim racing game.
GHG
Member
Has anyone got an album of high quality screenshots they can send me for the OT?
They ended the beta access and I didn't take nearly enough screenshots.
In particular I would like some screenshots from interiors of some of the road cars from the driving view position since I don't have any of those.
They ended the beta access and I didn't take nearly enough screenshots.
In particular I would like some screenshots from interiors of some of the road cars from the driving view position since I don't have any of those.
The trophy list for those interested: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/6633-project-cars-2
People are always more vocal against them, than they are for them
I like the metagame they can introduce, but I don't chase them like some do.
TylerDurden4321
Member
No, good trophies in racing games are great. If I really like a racing game and it has some hard, clever single player trophies? Super fun.
Got my 100% trophy list in GT6 including Senna DLC 4 years after I bought it. (edit: actually more like 3.3)
Still, I definitely don't care enough to buy it on console just for trophies and - just as everyone else - I don't care at all for Steam Achievements. Also... there are multiplayer trophies in pCARS2, so I couldn't care for Platinum anymore anyway. MP trophies should always be optional for getting a Platinum, except if the game is more or less nothing but MP.
Just invent your own then.
Masochist: drive for three days straight while sitting on barbed wire and squirting lemon juice in your eyes.
It's almost two and a half years.. Hardly soon.
TylerDurden4321
Member
That reminded me of this thing from May 2015 - super early Project CARS 1 days:
Best I could do with a wheel on Xbox One was a high 1:02.5 back then.
Just tried it again:
https://youtu.be/wH844pL5Ozc
It's still a really fun challenge! I probably got better at racing compared to back then, but me being on PC now, a million changes to the tire model since those early pCARS1 days as well as my better FFB config all add to making it easier now I guess.
Still fun though, I'll definitely repeat this challenge in pCARS2. Such a cool track/car/weather combo in that game.
NullPointer
Member
Even reading that makes my palms sweat. A clean lap in under 8 minutes is intense enough as it is, but in the snow? Yikes.
Maybe we should resurrect the weekly hotlap challenges from the early PC1 days?
TylerDurden4321
Member
You probably meant 1070 not 1070ti, right? Either way, the difference from your PC to your PS4 Pro is bigger than from PS4 to XB1 percentage wise. And pCARS1 was very cpu bottlenecked and you CPU is super kick-ass, while the PS4's CPU is absolute worst thing about that console.
It should run the game significantly better.
They have the car Stefan Bellof ran a 6:11 around the Nordschleife in the game though (and snow looked super unrealistically grippy so far, SMS said they'll make it more slippery, but I don't think it'll be by much).
Let's see how pCARS2's legs are going to be.
For the first 3 weeks or so, these unofficial challenges like "you guys have to try this car track combo, I did a x:xx.xxx" are better in my opinion, until people got settled in... and they're the most fun if more than 30% of gaffers still can beat it. Some Driveclub challenges were really just "I don't know how I did this one lap, I will never beat this time again, my friends won't either so let's send them the challenge". These "go under" challenges are there to be broken, not to boast about something.
There's no Switch version. Never was and I dare to say never will.
Of course, I never preorder.
But I'm waiting for simracers opinions more that mainstream reviews, as in case of simracing I don't value reviews too much.
Ditto.
I've still got absolutely no idea about the season pass pre-order bonuses though, and whether you'd still get them if you pick the season pass up at a later date (like, when you actually know if you want anything in the season pass....).
Seems nobody at SMS or Bandai Namco know either.
I don't know how these Switch expectations ever started, TBH.
Well when they cancelled the Wii u version of the previous game, they said "maybe Nintendo's next console".
That was for PC1 cancellation. PC2 never was in the plans and, honestly, neither was PC1; that's the generic response for "we are not doing it but don't want to be so clear just in case".
Bitch Pudding
Member
Yeah, the "maybe" part is the important one, sadly...Would insta-buy a decent racing game for the Switch.
Sounds like quite a common ethos in SMS!
Are there no decent racing games on the Switch? Caveat: I know nothing about the Switch.
Edit: try asking Ian directly in the GTP Q&A. He's been pretty forthright with his answers.
Turn 10 are still the grandmasters of this. I swear their whole HQ is constructed entirely from smoke and mirrors.
Yeah, nobody else in the business does that., lol:
Bitch Pudding
Member
Nope, and I do not see Mario Kart as a racing game.
There's probably a much bigger chance of the Need For Speed-type games appearing on the Switch than any of the more 'serious' games/sims.
xrnzaaas
Member
The first game had beyond bullshit trophies like driving the entire lap in reverse or leaving the console on for 24 hours (I still managed to get around 80% trophy completion in that game lol). This trophy list looks MUCH better.
TylerDurden4321
Member
Try to beat all the dev time trial times to get the golden tires, it's actually a pretty fantastic racing game minus the item drops. It's just an arcade racing game, but the rules about how to take corners efficiently absolutely apply to that game (well, the drift boost changes this a bit, but still...).
valentine71
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I don' t know if anyone posted this yet but:
PS4 PlayGo Size: 13.470 GB
PS4 Full Game Size: 52.255 GB
PS4 PlayGo Size: 13.470 GB
PS4 Full Game Size: 52.255 GB
Reviews out on Monday, right?