Did you know? GTL has all kinds of arcade assists enabled by default

Shovas · Aug 27, 2020

While testing a low 240degree wheel rotation in GTL, I noticed weird in-game visual wheel behaviour, like sometimes it would rotate on its own near the limit on sharp corners (eg. Anderstorp North hairpin).

I went looking for those options in the menus but couldn't find it.

I had to go to the PLR file and found these:

Code:

[ DRIVING AIDS ]
Steering Help="1"
Steering Help Functionality="1" // 0 = new help, 1 = new help + grip, 2 = original, 3 = original + grip
Throttle Control="2"
Brake Help="1"
Antilock Brakes="2"
Spin Recovery="0"
Invulnerability="0"
Autopit="1"
Force Autopit Off="0" // Forces autopit always off (unsupported, use at your own risk)
Opposite Lock="0"
Stability Control="1"
No AI Control="0" // AI never has control over car (except autopit)
Pitcrew Push="1" // When out of fuel in pitlane, allows pitcrew to push car (use throttle and gear selection to direct)
Corner Markers="0" // Show corner marker icons to indicate corner severity and suggested gear
Pit Direction Indicator="0" // Show arrow icon to indicate direction of pit exit
Pit Spot Marker="1" // Show marker to indicate corner pit spot location
Auto Clutch="1"
Auto Lift="1" // Whether to automatically lift with manual shifting but auto-clutch (non-semiautomatic trans only)
Auto Blip="1" // Whether to automatically blip with manual shifting but auto-clutch (non-semiautomatic trans only)
Shift Mode="0"
Arcade Steering Help="1"
Arcade Throttle Control="2"
Arcade Brake Help="0"
Arcade Antilock Brakes="2"
Arcade Spin Recovery="0"
Arcade Invulnerability="0"
Arcade Stability Control="1"
Arcade Shift Mode="3"
Manual Shift Override Time="0.60000" // How long after a manual shift until auto shifting resumes (if auto-shifting is enabled)
Auto Shift Override Time="0.55000" // How long after an automatic shift before user is allowed to manually shift
Auto Reverse="0"
Steer Ratio Speed="0.00000" // Speed at which low speed steering lock override ends (for pit navigation, units are meters/sec, 0.0 to disable
Speed Sensitive Steering="0.10000"

I disabled all the assists and speed sensitive steering and ended up with this:

Code:

[ DRIVING AIDS ]
Steering Help="0"
Steering Help Functionality="1" // 0 = new help, 1 = new help + grip, 2 = original, 3 = original + grip
Throttle Control="0"
Brake Help="0"
Antilock Brakes="0"
Spin Recovery="1"
Invulnerability="0"
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="0" // Forces autopit always off (unsupported, use at your own risk)
Opposite Lock="1"
Stability Control="0"
No AI Control="0" // AI never has control over car (except autopit)
Pitcrew Push="1" // When out of fuel in pitlane, allows pitcrew to push car (use throttle and gear selection to direct)
Corner Markers="0" // Show corner marker icons to indicate corner severity and suggested gear
Pit Direction Indicator="1" // Show arrow icon to indicate direction of pit exit
Pit Spot Marker="1" // Show marker to indicate corner pit spot location
Auto Clutch="1"
Auto Lift="0" // Whether to automatically lift with manual shifting but auto-clutch (non-semiautomatic trans only)
Auto Blip="0" // Whether to automatically blip with manual shifting but auto-clutch (non-semiautomatic trans only)
Shift Mode="0"
Arcade Steering Help="0"
Arcade Throttle Control="0"
Arcade Brake Help="0"
Arcade Antilock Brakes="0"
Arcade Spin Recovery="0"
Arcade Invulnerability="0"
Arcade Stability Control="0"
Arcade Shift Mode="0"
Manual Shift Override Time="0.60000" // How long after a manual shift until auto shifting resumes (if auto-shifting is enabled)
Auto Shift Override Time="0.55000" // How long after an automatic shift before user is allowed to manually shift
Auto Reverse="0"
Steer Ratio Speed="0.00000" // Speed at which low speed steering lock override ends (for pit navigation, units are meters/sec, 0.0 to disable
Speed Sensitive Steering="0.00000"

I don't like spin recovery either but it seems to keep getting re-enabled.