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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 4, 2021 20:39:52 GMT
Button mapping still doesn't work unfortunately, I've just tried it myself and it's still the same after all this time. Also, it seems the servers are down so you can't improve your ratings this evening.. at least over here for me that's the case. One of the things that used to bug me before that I forgot about.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 4, 2021 20:44:18 GMT
Seems like there's a 9.5gb update. Strange because that's the same size as the one the other week and I hadn't seen any notification for it earlier today.
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Post by Laird Cake on May 5, 2021 11:07:25 GMT
Been a busy few days so not had much of a shot on the latest update. Also not downloaded the latest tracks other than Imola. Will look into the Season pass though. A few findings I've had over the past few weeks on ACC - Getting your Safety rating up is key to getting access to the better servers. You're able to pick what Server you're on rather than having to race all the time on the public lobbies, which are usually chaos. I found that once you're over 52 you can then start to pick an choose more options.
- The CC (Car Control) rating is the hardest to get right. I was up at 99 and now, despite driving the same style I have been using since I started, it's starting to fall. Really annoying but it's not as important as Safety
- Button mapping doesn't work if you have a Keyboard or NumPad. I use a NumPad for view adjustments and other car features in Project Cars 2 and planned to do the same for ACC, but at the moment it doesn't work. You're now able to make use of all the buttons on your wheel, but it's still tricky. I can't have break/TC adjustments mapped, I have to call the HUD menu and use the D pad to change it. Similar to the In Car Menu in Project Cars.
- Pit limiter is better to be handled automatically by shifting down to 1st gear when in the pits. Not ideal, but it is the best way to avoid a penalty in my opinion.
- The game feels more stable these days - I find that dropping the TC and ABS values down to lower numbers, I have a much better car to drive. I won a few races I've done recently and this has helped get my SA up, but it's not easy and it's a slog.
Spend some time in the single player mode - fighting the AI does help a lot. What you saw around the SA rating going green, but not incrementing; that's common to what I see. It's almost like you're advancing through that level to the next, but not enough yet for a full point increment.
I'll be on tomorrow night if you want a few games mate.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 5, 2021 22:12:22 GMT
So frustrating.. had half an hour to spare tonight so jumped on for a quick race. Had a really consistent run with all but a couple of laps within a few tenths of each other, some really close racing with the AI and no contact or anything that would have negatively impacted my SA rating. It went up by a point after a few laps but then stayed there until a lap from the end when I had opened up a gap to the field and suddenly it goes down by 2 points!! To compound matters so did my CC and CN.. wtf!! No idea what this game is looking at with the ratings and it certainly makes it feel a bit pointless 🤨
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Post by Laird Cake on May 6, 2021 9:09:16 GMT
So frustrating.. had half an hour to spare tonight so jumped on for a quick race. Had a really consistent run with all but a couple of laps within a few tenths of each other, some really close racing with the AI and no contact or anything that would have negatively impacted my SA rating. It went up by a point after a few laps but then stayed there until a lap from the end when I had opened up a gap to the field and suddenly it goes down by 2 points!! To compound matters so did my CC and CN.. wtf!! No idea what this game is looking at with the ratings and it certainly makes it feel a bit pointless 🤨 That's really odd, mate. Not seen it do that before. It's a bit of a funny beast when it comes to the ratings but still that's really bizarre to see that. I checked out the British GT Pack and I've now downloaded it. I forgot that I bought the Season Pass when Imola came out as I felt it was better value so I enabled it this morning and it looks to have worked. Will hopefully be on later tonight to check it out. If you're wanting a shot then let me know.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 6, 2021 17:37:28 GMT
I've seen the ratings drop before for no apparent reason, it's why I've found the game so frustrating at times. I would switch them off and just enjoy the racing but they are integral to the online game so can't just be ignored. I've even considered uninstalling and restarting from scratch in case there's some glitch involved but I can't be arsed to start the career again and have to build up those ratings from zero.
Doubt I'll be joining anything online now tbh. The few times i've joined public lobbies that my rating allows i've ended up getting rear ended at the starts and left with limited racing as a result due to losing too much time before things have even got going properly. Plus the game seems to apportion blame for such instances to both parties regardless so the ratings would just take another pounding. Only private servers have afforded consistent racing i've found.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 6, 2021 22:40:44 GMT
Oh well, another frustrating evening on this game. SA dropped another point to 44 and CN and CC a further 4 point hit down to 71 and 76.
In addition the special events were all missing, current and previous so couldn't even give those a bit of a run out.
So want to enjoy this game but it's not making it easy that's for sure!!
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Post by Laird Cake on May 7, 2021 15:31:37 GMT
Oh well, another frustrating evening on this game. SA dropped another point to 44 and CN and CC a further 4 point hit down to 71 and 76. In addition the special events were all missing, current and previous so couldn't even give those a bit of a run out. So want to enjoy this game but it's not making it easy that's for sure!! What we could try to do is join a private server and see if I can invite you in? It probably won't allow it but it's worth a try. Either that or I can attempt to join the same server as you?
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 7, 2021 17:30:05 GMT
I think I'll have to seriously look at starting up again. It just feels like something isn't right. I'll see how I go over the weekend but if there's no improvement I don't think I'll have much choice. Not sure I'll have the time needed to commit to it while we are still racing the Fotmula Renault but once that's finished maybe then I'll look into it all again.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 8, 2021 0:04:20 GMT
I had a much better session tonight and in one practice at Imola increased my CN from 75 to 94. But I had another quick race and despite racing within half a second of AI for most of the race and having the SA rating flash green lap after lap it never budged and is still stuck at 44.
Also the special events are still missing for me but it seems not for everyone as someone rise I chat to sent a screenshot showing them clearly available for him. Do you guys have them or is your screen blank like mine?
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Post by psykotikdrummer on May 8, 2021 14:15:36 GMT
I had a much better session tonight and in one practice at Imola increased my CN from 75 to 94. But I had another quick race and despite racing within half a second of AI for most of the race and having the SA rating flash green lap after lap it never budged and is still stuck at 44. Also the special events are still missing for me but it seems not for everyone as someone rise I chat to sent a screenshot showing them clearly available for him. Do you guys have them or is your screen blank like mine? I can see the special events. I have had that happen to me before. I went through network settings and things resolved. Not sure what specifically did, other than resetting things. Hope it helps.
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Post by Laird Cake on May 8, 2021 14:44:39 GMT
I had a much better session tonight and in one practice at Imola increased my CN from 75 to 94. But I had another quick race and despite racing within half a second of AI for most of the race and having the SA rating flash green lap after lap it never budged and is still stuck at 44. Also the special events are still missing for me but it seems not for everyone as someone rise I chat to sent a screenshot showing them clearly available for him. Do you guys have them or is your screen blank like mine? I'll have a look at the events mate. Truth be told I haven't looked at them since release to be honest. You will get there with the SA. I know it's frustrating but it'll be worth it!
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 16, 2021 22:59:03 GMT
My special events are still missing. Pretty sure it's a profile issue as I signed in as a guest and they were all available but as soon as I went back to my own profile they were gone. I've reported it to 505 again but not expecting them to do anything about it in all honesty.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 29, 2021 18:45:24 GMT
I had a response from one of the 505 guys about my special effects and stats issues but they have not been able to resolve it. Just told me to report it on the bug forum which of course I had already done 🙄.
Anyway, I have now uninstalled the game and am going for a reinstall after our final Formula Renault race tonight to see if that has any effect. I'm not expecting it to really as I'm convinced its a profile problem as I get all the events back if I sign in as a guest, but I decided to give it a go anyway. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on May 30, 2021 19:53:18 GMT
Re-install didn't work and still no special events or stats 👎 At a loss now what I can do other than delete my save file and start from scratch but not really thinking that will fix it.
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Post by Laird Cake on Jun 1, 2021 10:45:00 GMT
Re-install didn't work and still no special events or stats 👎 At a loss now what I can do other than delete my save file and start from scratch but not really thinking that will fix it. I'll have a look on their Discord and see if there is any advice there mate. Sounds frustrating though.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jun 1, 2021 13:27:51 GMT
Re-install didn't work and still no special events or stats 👎 At a loss now what I can do other than delete my save file and start from scratch but not really thinking that will fix it. I'll have a look on their Discord and see if there is any advice there mate. Sounds frustrating though. I've posted on there in the two AC threads Rich, someone commented on it but not anything that was any help with the issue, just surprise that i'd actual got an email response. I think it's dead in the water tbh. Another sign of their disregard for console users.
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Post by Laird Cake on Jun 1, 2021 18:03:33 GMT
Ah okay. Yes it could be an issue until they patch again, of which we get very poor visibility.
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