The RaceDepartment Podcast (S1,E7)

Paul Jeffrey · May 17, 2019

The latest episode of the RaceDepartment Podcast is now ready to download!

For the first time in a while we have a full house this week! In our latest episode Paul Glover, Davide Nativo, Joseph Wright and Paul Jeffrey discuss a wide range of real and virtual motorsport for your listening pleasure.

This week we discuss the most recent happenings in the world of sim racing... we consider the new iRacing damage model and what it means for sim racing in future, the massive milestone of over 10,000 mod uploads for Assetto Corsa and the work of our wonderful modding community, the advancements in game AI thanks to the upcoming MotoGP 19 game from Milestone, changes to the Grand Prix calendar and plenty more besides!

So, what are you waiting for? Get yourself over to your podcast streaming service of choice, download, listen, subscribe and help us spread the word amongst the podcast listening racing community!

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Craig Dunkley · May 17, 2019

Thanks guys, another great listen

Alex Townsend · May 18, 2019

Thanks for this. Listened to some on the treadmill this morning. One nitpick... could do with some progressive house to liven it up a bit...

[jokes obvs]
Can't wait to listen to the rest. Thank you all!

Paul Jeffrey · May 18, 2019

ZeroRisk said:
progressive house

Nooooo!

The Who or The Beatles - only music that exists...

Alex Townsend · May 18, 2019

Paul Jeffrey said:
Nooooo!

The Who or The Beatles - only music that exists...

Only music that matches those shirts...

jimortality · May 18, 2019

Paul Jeffrey said:
Nooooo!

The Who or The Beatles - only music that exists...

I bet you do a Paul Weller tribute at karaoke lol

Paul Jeffrey · May 18, 2019

jimortality said:
I bet you do a Paul Weller tribute at karaoke lol

More I see, more I know
The more I know, the less I understand
I'm a changing man!

Shovas · May 22, 2019

Another good episode, thank you, well done.

I was particularly interested in the neural ai discussion. I imagine, on the whole, if it is pre-generated ai, that it will at least improve the nuance of ai, how they move on the track, and the options that are available to them, even if it still means their full set of options is limited.

Can't wait for ai that actually thinks on-track, though.

MarcG · May 23, 2019

Thanks for another enjoyable episode, had to catch up on a few recently so a bit late but thanks for adding bookmarks, means I can skip the boring F1 chat

The neural ai discussion was good, I think there's a lot more to AI than we even think so the future is looking good, I hope this takes off in some respect. Strange that you didn't mention iracing ai update later this year, not sure what direction they're going in but I bet its the same as current sims and not neural in any way.

Paul Jeffrey · May 25, 2019

MarcG said:
but I bet its the same as current sims and not neural in any way.

Hey Marc,

Tested it out at the expo last year (very, very early build) and speak with the iRacing guys over the months - their version will be the "standard" AI same as the other sims. I'm sure, when release time is either very close or just passed, we will pick that up on the nearest podcast.

Cheers!
P