New to Automobilista 2 again..............and wow.

Andy_J · Feb 3, 2023

Having had a few years away from sim racing I would just like to say that having purchased AMS 2 I am blown away how good it feels to drive. Especially my old favourites, the stockcars. Love it. Managed to blag a cheap steam key for it on the web (£8.10) and what a bargain.

Looking forward to some online racing in some rookie races next. But I need practice though. Very rusty.

jimortality · Feb 3, 2023

Welcome back Andy! Hope you're keeping well. Yes it is great and only getting better with development.

Andy_J · Feb 3, 2023

jimortality said:
Welcome back Andy! Hope you're keeping well. Yes it is great and only getting better with development.

Hiya Jim. How are you these days mate?

jimortality · Feb 3, 2023

Andy_J said:
Hiya Jim. How are you these days mate?

Yeah health not too good mate, I don't work anymore but I manage some racing and trucking.

Andy_J · Feb 4, 2023

jimortality said:
Yeah health not too good mate, I don't work anymore but I manage some racing and trucking.

Same here Jim. Older, now retired with time to spare. And got a few health issues too. But at least I can still drive in real life and in sim.

Enagee · Feb 6, 2023

Andy_J said:
Having had a few years away fro sim racing I would just like to say that having purchased AMS 2 I am blown away how good it feels to drive. Especially my old favourites, the stockcars. Love it. Managed to blag a cheap steam key for it on the web (£8.10) and what a bargain.

Looking forward to some online racing in some rookie races next. But I need practice though. Very rusty.

wow !! £8.10!! That's a steal..... 90% less than what I paid..... make sure you try the custom ffb files , made a difference to my T500

Andy_J · Feb 6, 2023

Enagee said:
wow !! £8.10!! That's a steal..... 90% less than what I paid..... make sure you try the custom ffb files , made a difference to my T500

Where are the custom FFB files~?

jimortality · Feb 6, 2023

Andy_J said:
Where are the custom FFB files~?

Automobilista 2 Custom Force Feedback - Overview & Recommendations

Here we discuss the custom FFB files, share settings for various wheel bases & iterate to improve what we have. ---- Custom ffb file installation...

forum.reizastudios.com

jimortality · Feb 6, 2023

I use Danielkart V50 which I think is on page 306, great for my TSPC racer. He has 4 versions from lowest NM to about 12NM.

New York · Feb 7, 2023

jimortality said:
I use Danielkart V50 which I think is on page 306, great for my TSPC racer. He has 4 versions from lowest NM to about 12NM.

The same goes for me. These V50 Customs by Daniel are absolutely amazing

Andy_J · Feb 10, 2023

jimortality said:
I use Danielkart V50 which I think is on page 306, great for my TSPC racer. He has 4 versions from lowest NM to about 12NM.

I had a look at that Jim but still couldn't work out which one of the four offered would be right for my t500rs.

There are4 files called custom FFB listed on page 306.

jimortality · Feb 10, 2023

Andy_J said:
I had a look at that Jim but still couldn't work out which one of the four offered would be right for my t500rs. There are4 files called custom FFB listed on page 306.

Do you know how many mm the T500 is, if you download all 4 then open them, it tells you which one is for each one. I think yours will be same as mine.

jimortality · Feb 10, 2023

There is a belt driven 2 to 5 nm then belt and DD 5 to 8 nm which is the one I use for my TSPC racer, the other 2 are for higher DD wheels. Open them and he has put at the top which they are for mate

Andy_J · Feb 10, 2023

jimortality said:
There is a belt driven 2 to 5 nm then belt and DD 5 to 8 nm which is the one I use for my TSPC racer, the other 2 are for higher DD wheels. Open them and he has put at the top which they are for mate

I see thanks buddy. I think the the T500RS is 4nm but weirdly in the manual it says it outputs upto 150nm..........

jimortality · Feb 10, 2023

Andy_J said:
I see thanks buddy. I think the the T500RS is 4nm but weirdly in the manual it says it outputs upto 150nm..........

Yeah I've just seen that when googling the T500. Try the lower one and try the next one Just name it the same as the ffb file in AMS 2 docs then change in game to custom then season to taste lol

Andy_J · Mar 7, 2023

I do find the DLC overly expensive for AMS 2 though. So I am probably going back to AMS 1.

BrunoBæ · Mar 7, 2023

Andy_J said:
I do find the DLC overly expensive for AMS 2 though.

Ahh come on my good man

Too expensive!
Compared to what?
I compare it to a pint of lager on a pub - hehe or against the price of iRacing.
And you can probably guess the outcome - pour moi

Andy_J · Mar 7, 2023

BrunoBæ said:
Ahh come on my good man
Too expensive!
Compared to what?
I compare it to a pint of lager on a pub - hehe or against the price of iRacing.
And you can probably guess the outcome - pour moi

I expressed my opinion. I find it too expensive. I am a poor retired old man who loves some offline AI racing so I make do with the base game probably like 90% of AMS 2 owners. Comparing to a pint in a pub is not really a good comparison. Anyway I am not a fan of DLC. But I am a great believer in buying a full complete race sim at the outset.

BrunoBæ · Mar 8, 2023

OK take my comment humorously

But because I consider sim racing as some kind of hobby and seen from how many hours of joy I get out of it I consider the payment pretty cost effective.
The cost of iRacing is some kind of borderline for me - but if they created a reasonable good tire model I would reconsider my former membership.

CatsAreTheWorstDogs: The beer and pub thing was just something to get a perspective. Hehe because these things dont really belong to my hobbies

Andy_J · Mar 14, 2023

BrunoBæ said:
OK take my comment humorously
But because I consider sim racing as some kind of hobby and seen from how many hours of joy I get out of it I consider the payment pretty cost effective.
The cost of iRacing is some kind of borderline for me - but if they created a reasonable good tire model I would reconsider my former membership.

CatsAreTheWorstDogs: The beer and pub thing was just something to get a perspective. Hehe because these things dont really belong to my hobbies

AMS 1 is better anyways.

Can't beat the combo of stock cars at Sebring. Love it.