rF2: Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Released

Paul Jeffrey · Jan 10, 2019

Studio 397 have released the final car of the brand new GT3 Challengers DLC for rFactor 2 - welcome the Aston Martin Vantage GT3..

Joining the previously released Porsche 911 GT3 R, McLaren 720s, Audi R8 LMS and BMW M6 GT3 that formed the initial offering of the 'GT3 Challengers' DLC, Aston Martin have now finally given final permissions to allow Studio 397 to deploy the fifth and final car of the new pack - the world's first sim racing release of the brand new Aston Martin Vantage GT3!

Available immediately for those who have purchased the 'GT3 Challengers' DLC for rFactor 2, this new Aston represents both a welcome inclusion of the Aston Martin brand to the title, and a very first appearance for the new Vantage GT3 within a sim racing game.. not bad going is it?!

As well as the new Aston Martin, a small hotfix has been released by Studio 397 for the McLaren 720s already released as part of the DLC, the details of which can be seen below:

Fixed an issue that caused a texture conflict with the Bentley GT3
Added missing steering column (mostly visible in VR)

The new car is available to download via Steam now.

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Hailstorm BLX · Jan 10, 2019

muzikant · Jan 10, 2019

Nice!!

Happy times tonight!! First Aston Martin gt3 in simracing.

Thanks S397

garyjpaterson · Jan 10, 2019

Nick Gregory · Jan 10, 2019

Kinda weird how the interior and exterior sounds are completely different, but other than that, it's a pretty good car.

wajdi · Jan 10, 2019

Lol.... you have a lot of time to look for these small issues ...I just enjoyed a 20 laps with this wonderful car at Silverstone

T_rac3 · Jan 10, 2019

Just made few laps. Amazing car with great handling. It feels so ... right

Great job guys. Deserved the wait

John-Eric Saxén · Jan 10, 2019

garyjpaterson said:

Those look like zoomed in shots from an external TV cam. External cams in rF2 reduce LODs of models to make performance more acceptable. If you take the same shot using onboard cam or page up button cam, you should see the model without LODs applied, which looks "normal".

Original model:

TV cam:

CC · Jan 10, 2019

garyjpaterson said:
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Come on Gary give the guys a rest, we all cant work for NASA.

thepharcyde · Jan 10, 2019

Very twitchy compared to the rest of the pack, TC near max to tame the beast
Thank you S397 @Marcel Offermans any update on the skins please

garyjpaterson · Jan 10, 2019

wajdi said:
Original model:
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But its not even the same part of the model, the bit you focused on was fine in the pic I showed too. Move a bit to the left, see if its still like that.
Not that that LOD B's like that is particularly great anyway, but im not convinced its not like that in the A either.

CC · Jan 10, 2019

garyjpaterson said:
But its not even the same part of the model, the bit you focused on was fine in the pic I showed too. Move a bit to the left, see if its still like that.
Not that that LOD B's like that is particularly great anyway, but im not convinced its not like that in the A either.

It caught me about before a while back, where the replay cameras in AC only use the LOD_A all the time, here they switch like they should do, but yeah I agree looks not good which ever way you butter the toast does it.

CC · Jan 10, 2019

garyjpaterson said:
But its not even the same part of the model, the bit you focused on was fine in the pic I showed too. Move a bit to the left, see if its still like that.
Not that that LOD B's like that is particularly great anyway, but im not convinced its not like that in the A either.

Looks like the same work to me like that Mercedes AMG GT3, I would bet anything the same guy made both those cars the smoothing is blown to ****, like a second hand rubber doll.

RasmusP · Jan 10, 2019

Good thing is that I barely see it since everything else doesn't look any better

I love rfactor 2 for the handling and racing but it really doesn't look great for my eyes

No excuse though since other cars are done much better!

garyjpaterson · Jan 10, 2019

Its a shame, as things like that new Mclaren look clean as anything. Lacking a lot of consistency it seems.

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CC · Jan 10, 2019

garyjpaterson said:
Its a shame, as things like that new Mclaren look clean as anything. Lacking a lot of consistency it seems.

vs

Yep, that Mclaren is lovely.

thepharcyde · Jan 10, 2019

Sorry apart from that windscreen on reply what's wrong with the Aston ?

CC · Jan 10, 2019

thepharcyde said:
Sorry apart from that windscreen on reply what's wrong with the Aston ?

Be faster to type whats not wrong with it.
its got 4 wheels and its a car.

garyjpaterson · Jan 10, 2019

thepharcyde said:
Sorry apart from that windscreen on reply what's wrong with the Aston ?

But really it is pretty small stuff, poor handling of the smoothing on panel gaps etc, mesh looks fairly wonky in places etc.

I understand rf2 have their own set of budgets to keep a level of performance, thats totally fine, but then you see other models they have like the Mclaren which look absolutely spot-on, and you realise tri targets are not the issue...

Marcel Offermans · Jan 10, 2019

thepharcyde said:
Very twitchy compared to the rest of the pack, TC near max to tame the beast
Thank you S397 @Marcel Offermans any update on the skins please

Certainly, we are coming along nicely with the skin pack and are in parallel working on the documentation that should help everybody to paint these new cars correctly. I think we said before these will come "in January" and based on what I know now that is pretty much still on target.