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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 20, 2018 16:32:12 GMT
Well I've finally managed to get in on a couple lobbies and get through a few races. Not setting the track on fire or anything but am managing to keep up on some tracks and cars - not bad considering that I don't know all the tracks yet nor have I driven most of the cars.
My license went up to E last night (very exciting lol) - most of the drivers I've come across are decent and treat the game seriously but there's frequently that one guy that's knocking people off the track, taking out the signs and markers, cutting the corner etc. I just stay clear of that guy and haven't found my race experience is affected but I might feel differently when I get to the point of being able to challenge for the lead.
It'd be nice to see the penalties in the game get a bit stiffer somehow - this would of course also penalize the newbies like me who are barely in control of their car which could be a bit of an issue for retention of players. So maybe not an easy answer to this, I guess this is why league play is best because you can send in a video of any issues to a steward.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 20, 2018 19:40:27 GMT
Nice one  Must admit that i've never driven in the public lobbies as i've always raced in organised leagues. But the downside is my license stays pretty low due to the low number of races and the license feature being turned off. Glad you are finding your feet with the game though, it has it's bad points butane detractors but overall all things considered it's the best multi series type game we've ever had on console. It doesn't have the depth of a full race weekend that we get in the F1 series but there's so much to explore wither enjoy with it that it's pretty much unsurpassed. |
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 20, 2018 21:19:57 GMT
I have to say I'm pretty impressed by it all. I'm pretty addicted already and my wife is tired of hearing about it  It's tough to find the time (as I'm sure it is for everyone) but it's all working out. Like I needed another hobby.....good lord.....I founded and manage an engineering firm, am married (step kids and a granddaughter!), have three offroad motorcycles (KTM 950adv, 350EXCf, and a Scorpa 250), am on multiple technical committees and councils that are more or less professional / work related, am a director for DualSportBC and trying to startup a trials riding group here in Kamloops. Fortunately winter now begins......time to get back into shape (round is a shape) and do some racing..... I've been messing with the brake pedal mod, the stock Thrustmaster cone mod really is poverty, guess it's an improvement once it's fine tuned correctly though - really just a travel limiter more than anything. So I've blown most of my morning investigating the Fanatec clubsport pedals connected to the Thrustmaster base with the PCX adapter and investigating all the other options out there. In the end I elected to save a few dollars and bought the Ricmotech load cell conversion and spring upgrade for my T3PA pedals. Maybe I'll upgrade to Fanatec next year. Shifter and an F1 wheel should be arriving today from Montreal, then the last bit is to sort out my chair. The NextLevelRacing GT2 Ultimate or F/GT look like the ticket. I could DIY something up with the welder in the garage which would be cool to do but......time......always a problem it seems. |
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Post by hurtmagurt on Nov 21, 2018 13:41:33 GMT
I have to say I'm pretty impressed by it all. I'm pretty addicted already and my wife is tired of hearing about it It's tough to find the time (as I'm sure it is for everyone) but it's all working out. Like I needed another hobby.....good lord.....I founded and manage an engineering firm, am married (step kids and a granddaughter!), have three offroad motorcycles (KTM 950adv, 350EXCf, and a Scorpa 250), am on multiple technical committees and councils that are more or less professional / work related, am a director for DualSportBC and trying to startup a trials riding group here in Kamloops. Fortunately winter now begins......time to get back into shape (round is a shape) and do some racing..... I've been messing with the brake pedal mod, the stock Thrustmaster cone mod really is poverty, guess it's an improvement once it's fine tuned correctly though - really just a travel limiter more than anything. So I've blown most of my morning investigating the Fanatec clubsport pedals connected to the Thrustmaster base with the PCX adapter and investigating all the other options out there. In the end I elected to save a few dollars and bought the Ricmotech load cell conversion and spring upgrade for my T3PA pedals. Maybe I'll upgrade to Fanatec next year. Shifter and an F1 wheel should be arriving today from Montreal, then the last bit is to sort out my chair. The NextLevelRacing GT2 Ultimate or F/GT look like the ticket. I could DIY something up with the welder in the garage which would be cool to do but......time......always a problem it seems.
Good to hear you are enjoying it. The game truly is the best option on Xbox and not that it's over a year old most of the people still racing in online lobbies are not the "Forza Wreck Everybody" type. If you want more immersion, and have not already, check out the apps RS Dash and Crew Chief for Project Cars. These are both in the Android Google play store and I run them off a 7" tablet mounted on my setup. Not sure if they are on the Apple store. Many of us run one if not both these apps. The game has an option to send out data thru the router your xbox is connected to. The tablet picks it up wirelessly and the amount of data is SO much more than shown in game. RS Dash can really help with tuning and they are both great during a race.
I also welded my setup. I bought a used race seat for $20 at a swap meet, end of the day deal when people don't want to carry all their stuff back home. I used 1" square tubing and did everything with 90° and 45° angles to keep it simple. I do have a small home welder but no pipe bending option so square was the easiest by far. Quite satisfying to do it yourself and I've been able to add on to it as needed when I got the shifter/tablet/speakers. I didn't need any tubing longer than 5 feet in length so my local metal yard had scrap pieces, instead of buying full 16 foot lengths. All in my rig cost me less than $80.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 21, 2018 14:33:33 GMT
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 21, 2018 15:20:07 GMT
I don’t see the crew chief app (iPhone / iPad) but I do see “circle track crew chief”- is that the one? Setup is what I need to start exploring now.
Found rsdash - I have to go to vancouver for a few days so this gives me stuff to mess with!
I setup my shifter yesterday. It’s pretty cool and feels faster though I’m pretty sure it’s not, possibly I’m a bit smoother having to be more aware of my gearing and clutch I dunno.
There must have have been a game update because the AI seems to have changed and become really slow. I had to turn it up - only to 100 so far though - seems to match my skill level at this point.
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Post by hurtmagurt on Nov 21, 2018 15:34:25 GMT
No, not Circle Track. Here is a link to it in the Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.britton_it_ltd.crewchief.full&hl=enIts a good add on for racing as it will tell you when you have a car along side you in your blind spot and can give you many other updates such as lap/sector times, others fast laps, temp changes and more. It's very customizable and is only audio, its a guy talking to you like a real crew chief, so you can run it at the same time as RS Dash which is all visual. |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 21, 2018 15:50:03 GMT
No, not Circle Track. Here is a link to it in the Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.britton_it_ltd.crewchief.full&hl=enIts a good add on for racing as it will tell you when you have a car along side you in your blind spot and can give you many other updates such as lap/sector times, others fast laps, temp changes and more. It's very customizable and is only audio, its a guy talking to you like a real crew chief, so you can run it at the same time as RS Dash which is all visual. I don't think it's available on iPhone\iPad which it seems is what he needs. |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 21, 2018 15:51:40 GMT
I don’t see the crew chief app (iPhone / iPad) but I do see “circle track crew chief”- is that the one? Setup is what I need to start exploring now. Found rsdash - I have to go to vancouver for a few days so this gives me stuff to mess with! I setup my shifter yesterday. It’s pretty cool and feels faster though I’m pretty sure it’s not, possibly I’m a bit smoother having to be more aware of my gearing and clutch I dunno. There must have have been a game update because the AI seems to have changed and become really slow. I had to turn it up - only to 100 so far though - seems to match my skill level at this point.No update on my game when I was racing on Monday night. What cars were you racing when you noticed this? There is a considerable difference between the AI depending on what car you drive. |
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 22, 2018 3:01:25 GMT
I was driving the car that screams bobs your uncle but is really bog-standard......Ginetta Junior......
(how’s my attempt at UK slang?.....eh)
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 22, 2018 10:41:06 GMT
I was driving the car that screams bobs your uncle but is really bog-standard......Ginetta Junior...... (how’s my attempt at UK slang?.....eh) lol keep practicing.. i'll let you know when you are ready to progress to cockney rhyming slang  I don't think i've ever driven that car so can't say what the AI are like with it. I am not sure why they would reduce the AI pace though, if anything they need to have a higher level. |
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Dec 3, 2018 18:12:09 GMT
Spent some time last night jumping into online sessions. There were three or four serious racers and then two or three complete ass hats who were doing nothing but trying to wreck everyone.
Really makes me appreciate the league here and the racing you guys are working to put on. Is there another league we can start in off weekends? Maybe a GT or dare I say it a dirt track?
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Dec 3, 2018 19:34:10 GMT
Spent some time last night jumping into online sessions. There were three or four serious racers and then two or three complete ass hats who were doing nothing but trying to wreck everyone. Really makes me appreciate the league here and the racing you guys are working to put on. Is there another league we can start in off weekends? Maybe a GT or dare I say it a dirt track? We’re not planning a GT series at this point as there are so many GT races on this game and others that we decided to stay away from run of the mill races and try to come up with more interesting and exciting racing, Rally Cross isn’t something we’ve thought about as a normal RX race is usually 3 to 4 laps and you can only run 6 cars in a race |
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Dec 11, 2018 7:14:36 GMT
This as good a spot as any to post my progression into the madness of sim racing  Figured out tonight that soft slicks really are the shit! I’ve been prepping a KTM (xbow?) and wow - soft slicks.....traction.....so nice. The other thing that everyone has been saying but I’ve been ignoring because clearly I must have a better way is tire (tyre) pressure. I’ve been setting them real low to warm up on quali runs but then leaving it for the race. Apparently this is why grip gets so scarce after 5 to 8 laps. Seems that most cars should be around 1.6 - 2 bar. Then I decided to try out carting in career....Omg what a riot. Took a few races to get the knack but what fun. Pretty good skill building I’d say. Could help with throttle control in the ole Lotus 25. Rounded out the night with some Lemans in the L25. Those long straights are tricky with my wheel settings. A bit of fine tuning on road and bump response is probably in order...... |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Dec 11, 2018 9:12:19 GMT
That Xbow is a lot of fun, not sure if I've driven it yet in pCars 2 but have done so in Assetto and it's mega fun to drive. Like a big overpowered Kart. The karts are fun but they were better in the first game from what I have tried so far. I need to give them another try though as it was only in my early days with the game that I dipped into them.
Good to see that you are enjoying the games many different styles of car. It's one of the great things about pCars that you always have something to give you a new challenge.
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Dec 12, 2018 15:34:31 GMT
There was a post on discord SRL that a new project cars is being worked on and their intent is to blow everything out of the water released to date.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Dec 12, 2018 21:56:17 GMT
There was a post on discord SRL that a new project cars is being worked on and their intent is to blow everything out of the water released to date. Yeah the normal hype of course but my understanding is it will be released on the next gen consoles so it's a long way off yet. |
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Must admit that i've never driven in the public lobbies as i've always raced in organised leagues. But the downside is my license stays pretty low due to the low number of races and the license feature being turned off.
