Tuesday is patchday!

[Kjell Eilertsen]

Today it seems we're getting the next R3E patch;

So what can we expect from this downtime?
Well for one I think we finally get to see this baby added to the roster;

Nissan Skyline GTR R32

Godzilla joins the Touring Classics and the entire class of cars have been updated with new physics and BOP (Balance of Performance) to match the DTM 1992 cars.
Look for upcoming club races using both these cars alone and in conjunction with the DTM cars.

Other than that we hope to see some added features to the dedicated server, support for more info being pulled from the shared memory API (read: more cool stuff for telemetry apps to use), and the usual host of bugfixes and improvements.

Note that I don't know for sure this is coming in this patch, but it has been hinted at.

 

[Nox]

They look like they'll be fun! Really hoping there's some FFB improvement in the update; they really need to iron out the oscillation around the center of the wheel otherwise I can't really enjoy the newest content anyway.

 

[Kjell Eilertsen]

I'm so looking forward to this! Godzilla shall once again roam the earth!
As far as FFB issues go try scouring the numerous threads on here already and find settings for your wheel, I have no such issues and neither does a lot of us.

 

[Matej Lakota]

My vRPs are ready, so please ...

 

[Nox]

I'm so looking forward to this! Godzilla shall once again roam the earth!
As far as FFB issues go try scouring the numerous threads on here already and find settings for your wheel, I have no such issues and neither does a lot of us.

I know, but a lot of people do so I know I'm not alone. I've spent countless hours finding settings and trying to get it right (Matej's suggested settings in the wheel settings thread are the best so far), but I'm tired of trying now; it's an issue with the way the FFB is, not my wheel. It's something that needs fixing.

Anyway, not wanting to divert this thread onto a FFB discussion, I was just saying I hope there's some improvements in the patch. Don't get me wrong, I still love the game, I'm not being negative.

 

[Matej Lakota]

I am just waiting (as I said also at S3S forum) for something like, don˙t beat me, AC clutch use and then I think, I will drive mostly these old beasts

 

[Kjell Eilertsen]

Agreed that on cars that has manual clutch in real life, there should be a penalty for using autoclutch. How does AC solve this?
The Skyline R32 however didn't use clutch afaik, I'm pretty sure it had a dogshift tranny.

 

[James Cook]

I'm looking for some core game improvements particularly single player options like pit windows and pit stop rules, tyre wear rates, multiclass etc....

The touring classics pack is not that interesting to me. I own three of the cars and rarely use them so this pack will be a sale purchase. My vRP is waiting for Spa, Paul Ricard and ADAC GT 15.

 

[Alessandro Greghi]

i haven't buyed a classic touring car (the only class where i haven't buyed a car until now) waiting fot that skyline to be released

 

[Matej Lakota]

I˙ve never driven cars who have manual clutch with auto clutch, but as I know, auto clutch causes slower gear changes. So couple times, when I raced Abarths, there wasn˙t any difference between us in a matter of laptimes, no matter what technique of gear changing did we use.

 

[Andy_J]

I too hope there are some FFB changes. I have been playing about with different settings and I can't get it good. It is playable but it is a struggle to enjoy it. I found the FFB to be better about 6 months ago to be honest. Something ahs changed for the worse.

Really enjoying the game though. Couple of really good MP races here last night.

 

[Nox]

Looks like it's back! Changelog:

07-07-2015

New Content

• Prepared the game for upcoming releases and sponsored competitions.

Game:

• Added Fanatec V2 support and default controller profiles.
• Added numerous additions to the Shared Memory to provide more data to 3rd party developers.
• Added individual controller profiles for different Fanatec rims.
• Implemented support so Fanatec rev-light works by default.
• Implemented Fanatec LED display support with following options:
  
  • S-G Speed + Gear
  • S Speed
  • G Gear
  • F Fuel
  • POS Position
  • OFF Off
• Added a new keybinding option for Fanatec LED Display cycle in secondary functions.
• Added a “Random” setting to Time of Day selection.
• Fixed a crash that could occur with older replays.
• Fixed an issue where cars would randomly lose body parts while watching replays.
• Fixed an issue where car shadows would sometimes stop moving.
• Fixed so that the Vehicle Settings apply when set in pause menu.
• Fixed an issue with loading screen popping up one frame between title and splash screen.
• Improved car shadows
• Improved shadow split performance
• Fixed a crash that was occurring at the end of hillclimb tracks.
• Added additional logging to catch resolution related errors.
• Added additional logging to catch potential ffb/physics issues.
• Fixed an issue where the server difficulty was not matching with what was showing in-game.
• Fixed having 2 “Continue to Results” in pause menu in certain cases.
• Fixed an issue that could cause path to user documents be wrong.
• Fixed Player name and End of Session text not fitting the overlay.
• Fixed an issue where the car was moving at start if gear is engaged.
• Fixed AI in main path braking for cars that are slowing down while entering pitlane.
• Fixed a potential AI distance error for cars to the left/right on different paths.

• Changed default steering lock for gamepads from 13 to 8.
• Updated some values on all gamepad default profiles.
• Deployed code support for upcoming spectator mode (more information to be released later on the forum)

Multiplayer

• Dedicated: Added result reports (basic version in json and xml format, additional data will be included later).
• Dedicated: Added options to upload reports to ftp and http.

AI, Physics & Audio

• Touring Classics physics overhaul. This class now matches performance with DTM 1992.
• Decreased gearshift backfire amount on some turbo cars
• Gumpert Apollo gearshift backfires adjusted
• P4/5 Competizione new internal sounds
• Removed the ability to use traction control in Touring Classics
• Sachsenring - Fixed AI car hitting pitwall under ai control during pitstops.
• Sachsenring - Merged cut track rules across all difficulty levels.

Art:

• Reduced quantity of advertisement boards around most of the tracks, and moved some around so it all looks more like it belongs.
• Zolder: added windmills in the distance
• RaceRoom Hillclimb: Deleted animated 2D flags, replaced audience with some more high polygons bodies, replaced 2D audience with new ones
• Lakeview Hillclimb: Deleted animated 2D flags, replaced audience with some more highpolygons bodies, replaced 2D audience with new ones.
• Chevrolet Dekon Monza - Fixed some heavy glare on interior windows.
• Various livery tweaks to DTM 2015 cars (available only through the DTM Virtual Championship)

Portal:

• Added VIP Drivers directory in portal which will list all the VIP drivers.
• Optimized login flow by removing redundant user page load before redirecting to menus.
• Added failover on MW timeouts.
• Added additional checks for store transaction fails.
• Fixed an issue with user content cache which was getting invalidated after adding price to a new content.
• Fixed discounts not being considered for second pack in the cart.
• Fixed an issue with user content cache which was getting invalidated after adding a a new content.
• Fixed discounts not being considered for second pack in the cart.
• Fixed an issue where some transactions were remaining pending and not getting completed.
• Optimized loading times for user content.
• Optimized loading times for web menus.
• Fixed a caching issue that was causing image assets not to load correctly on some browsers such as Safari.

https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/raceroom-patchnotes-thread.261/#post-21789

 

[Andy_J]

Looks like it's back! Changelog:
https://forum.sector3studios.com/index.php?threads/raceroom-patchnotes-thread.261/#post-21789

What's back mate?

 

[AndrewBo]

@Emerson Fattibaldi
Reading the thread would help ya. Esp. Kjell's FIRST post....

 

[Jay Ekkel]

A note for the future. We aim to have patches/updates on Tuesday's and content release on Thursday's!

 

[Nino Scholz]

A note for the future. We aim to have patches/updates on Tuesday's and content release on Thursday's!

Hmmmmm.....makes we wonder if anything will be happening this thursday, especially with the wink....

 

[Kjell Eilertsen]

Hmmmmm.....makes we wonder if anything will be happening this thursday, especially with the wink....

That means the patch is today, but Godzilla lands on Thursday.
Also, the wink is aimed at me I think for not remembering the usual S3 mantra of patches tuesdays, content thursdays...

 

[Jay Ekkel]

It probably will, but just wanted to say if new content is released it is most likely to happen on a thursday

 

[Andy_J]

@Emerson Fattibaldi
Reading the thread would help ya. Esp. Kjell's FIRST post....

I have read the thread mate, but what am I looking for? But I don't know what Andrew means by "it's back". What's back? The old FFB settings?

 

[Matej Lakota]

After xx years "Godzilla shall once again roam the earth!", so she is back with RRRE