CodiesLoore
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GRID: Autosport |OT| Zippin' Up My Boots, Goin' Back To My Roots, Yeah
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Game is now out on Steam worldwide, enjoy
Congrats Loore!
Now you can go on vacations! Yayyy lol
I have a Logitech wheel, but I feel that Codemasters's games are meant to be played with a pad, honestly. Even in Dirt 2 (the closest they got to a sim) I preffer to play with a 360 pad. It's like complaining about playing a RTS with a pad instead of a mouse. It may support it, it may be playable, but it's not the way it was meant to be played, you know? But I'll try Grid Autosport with my wheel as soon as Steam finishes downloading the HD textures pack, though. I didn't played it yet.
I played all Codies games with Fanatec wheels (PWTS first and now a CSR) and except for the weird stuff with the button bindings in the last couple of F1 games (and that's caused by Fanatec actually) they've all been great.
To each his own of course. Nothing wrong with playing the game with a pad.
LOL, I don't know why, but even though I have all F1 games, I usually forget about them when I mention Codemasters's racing games, and I have no idea of why. But now that you mentioned it, honestly I've tried the wheel only with F1 2012, and even after some adjustments, it didn't felt right. I'm usually faster with a pad, except in games like Richard Burns Rally and GTR2, for example.
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RaceManIak
Neo Member
Have a great launch Codies pals!!
Rushy said:I couldn't be more disappointed
Two opposites, and guess who have my respect today.
Yup that sums up my opinion exactly.
It's up to Rushy to prove how better his game is now I guess. Too bad that everything I've seen about the game except the graphics looks inferior to the competition.
Anyway,back to Grid A. Time to do the first Grand Slam!
F1 games were amazing on my Fanatecs (CSRE and CSW) because I could go into beautiful 320/330 degree steering and have 1:1 linearity (something that is not possible with Logitechs on consoles).
I also played DIRT3/GRID2 on the wheel exclusively (Fanatec CSRE) and I had a blast.
I actually find Caodemasters games pretty amazing regarding wheel support on consoles during the past generation. They had one of the best FFB engines that was working in the real-time (you could always change FFB settings from the pause menu during racing).
Also, they had amazing FFB on X360, comparable only to Forza series.
My personal experience - if I recall well, I am writing this straight from my memory - was that the most important thing was drastic reduction of the "surface feedback weight" option (or something like that) which would then make overall FFB crispy "clear" and informative.
I still haven't had a chance to get Autosport, but I am certainly looking forward and will post impressions as soon as I get to play the game.
NoPiece
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Game is now out on Steam worldwide, enjoy
Congrats, can't wait to play it! BTW, is there any chance Dirt 2 will ever come back to Steam? Played it on 360 back in the day, but I'd love to replay it on PC.
CodiesLoore
Member
Maybe one day, but nothing to announce right now. Sorry for the vague / PR style answer but all I have currently.
TJP
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First PC mod now available - No blur cockpit camera: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/cockpit-cam-no-blur.89248/
Betta Lines
Member
I don't think better textures will be that effective. There isn't enough detailed geometry. The DOF effect is there for good reason, hiding the low detail, looks much better with it enabled imo. It's not like the cockpit is giving you any useful info anyway (it would take a huge effort to have detailed, working dials/LCDs for instance). Good for those who want the option however.
Oh yeah agree 100%... I'm keeping the blur. What I mean is that there's no point to remove the blur if you don't have the textures that go with it.
Cyborgmatt
Member
The second screen option on the PC version is awesome.
I was going through the Input files and I sew that the CSR mapping file is not there but the Elite is. I wish I knew the key mappings of the CSR pedals to edit the Elite one. Did u friend solve the issue?
ElectronicOldMen
Banned
It's too early in the morning for me to have messed with it properly thus far, aside from running benchmarks and all that sort of stuff, but I'd at least like to say that the menu music is real fuckin' good. Like, seriously. It's got to be a series tradition at this point.
My opinion? Absolutely.
I did a few races online and my god, SO FUN! Had some trouble with doing race tracks that I'm quite familiar with (like Brands Hatch and Spa) in reverse. The moment we got Brands Hatch the right way I completely obliterated the competition, lol.
Also, are we getting a livery for the club? Looking forward to earning some points for GAF Racing
LOL, I came to say that it felt more natural with the pad. But I've learned to play with a wheel too, but I feel that it's a little bit arcadey to feel natural playing this way.
Hey Loore, can I ask you if there's the possibility of including more than just five races in the custom cup option in a future patch? This is the biggest disappointment (actually the only one) I have with the game til now. That aside, I'm completely in love with this game. That's what I expected from you guys since Toca 3.
Fox Mulder
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My opinion? Absolutely.
I did a few races online and my god, SO FUN! Had some trouble with doing race tracks that I'm quite familiar with (like Brands Hatch and Spa) in reverse. The moment we got Brands Hatch the right way I completely obliterated the competition, lol.
Also, are we getting a livery for the club? Looking forward to earning some points for GAF Racing
I felt the same way with Grid. Reversing tracks just messes my brain all up. Pretty fun way to get more mileage from the same tracks.
I try to pick this up tomorrow.
ambientmystic
Member
They're posting impossible lap times during qualifying, I can't beat them lol.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
So is there no way to quit to desktop in the middle of a series? All I see is to retire from the race, and then it just moves on to the menus to go to the next race forward through the series. I know you may be like "well why would you start a series if you weren't going to finish it?" but a person can change their mind about what discipline they were in the mood for or that pesky real life thing can come up, so the option should be there aside from just opening up task manager and closing down the application.
vZeroG
Neo Member
You mean like in Grid 1? I simply don't understand why they can't give a decent drivers view in what is supposed to be a drivers game.
Ditto. I'll qualify first in Touring Car and be 3rd or 4th by the first corner because of my terrible starts. No matter what I do, I get beaten off the line.
It sucks in the second race because not only do I start at the back but I'm a good number of car lengths behind all the cars after the first corner. Yuck.
At least it makes the race more interesting.
It's awesome if you're allowed to race real tracks in reverse. This is almost NEVER allowed, with 'licensing reasons' always quoted. I wish all racing games allowed it, especially those with meagre track lists. It's a great way to cheaply boost the track count. Bravo, Codies.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I think x2 race length is better. Gives more time/chances to bang up your car, but also less reason to do so as you can take your time moving up in position. Standard race length seems okay if you're already familiar with everything, but I'm not only getting a feel for the game itself but also the car I'm driving. You can turn down the AI, but then that's simply not teaching you how to work for anything and you won't learn it properly.
Overall I feel the accelerator is a bit hard to get a handle on at lower gears. It seems like it does nothing for like 1/4 the way down and then suddenly a huge jump of power. Once you get going fast, powering down and controlling speed feels right, but managing low speeds is pretty awkward. I can't tell if it's a poor translation of pedal to trigger or the way the game is handing automatic transmission.
To race online I'm going to have to learn how to not race like a jackass, though. I just love being a jerk to AI cars, it's so thrilling. The two Ravensport cars were in 1st and 2nd, and at a nice 120 degree turn one was allowing the other to pass on the inside, and I saw this as I was approaching, so I just gleefully didn't slow down to a proper speed and guided my car at the perfect angle to not slam into them, but still make full contact and push both of them out of the way while using them to keep myself from crossing the white lines and hold traction to speed past them.
Overall I feel the accelerator is a bit hard to get a handle on at lower gears. It seems like it does nothing for like 1/4 the way down and then suddenly a huge jump of power. Once you get going fast, powering down and controlling speed feels right, but managing low speeds is pretty awkward. I can't tell if it's a poor translation of pedal to trigger or the way the game is handing automatic transmission.
To race online I'm going to have to learn how to not race like a jackass, though. I just love being a jerk to AI cars, it's so thrilling. The two Ravensport cars were in 1st and 2nd, and at a nice 120 degree turn one was allowing the other to pass on the inside, and I saw this as I was approaching, so I just gleefully didn't slow down to a proper speed and guided my car at the perfect angle to not slam into them, but still make full contact and push both of them out of the way while using them to keep myself from crossing the white lines and hold traction to speed past them.
JackAubrey
Member
Anyone else getting crashes to desktop in this?
I suffered the same in many a Neon Engine game. I haven't even managed to complete a lap yet - straight CTD each time.
My PC is very stable. I haven't had another game crash for over a year. Codemasters doesn't seem to like my PC, I had similar issues with Grid 2.
I suffered the same in many a Neon Engine game. I haven't even managed to complete a lap yet - straight CTD each time.
My PC is very stable. I haven't had another game crash for over a year. Codemasters doesn't seem to like my PC, I had similar issues with Grid 2.
Betta Lines
Member
Codemasters explained during the lead up to Grid 2. They removed the cockpit view and used the performance benefit to enhance the visuals elsewhere. This wasn't well-received, so they've brought it back in Autosport, but have maintained the visuals from Grid 2 so there isn't enough overhead to do the more-detailed interiors like Grid 1 again.
PCs obviously have the grunt to run better interiors, but this isn't a 'next-gen' game - there is no One/PS4 version so the PC is getting a game optimised for 360/PS3. They are limited by what they can achieve with that engine running on last-gen consoles, and can't justify the time/cost of doing highly-detailed interiors for a single platform.
JackAubrey
Member
There is a good compromise though. The higher cockpit view - which doesn't include the wheel - is actually a very good and natural camera position. I'd say more like a real car view than being able to see the wheel.
This kind of view is also available in DriveClub.
This kind of view is also available in DriveClub.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I like it in this game. Super detailed cockpits are distracting. When I'm driving IRL my focus shifts onto the road, but in games it doesn't, it's just all in super crisp detail (
) and that draws my eyes away, but with this game it's out of focus and darker than outside the car, as it should be.
sometimes with really awkward arms flying about, like GRID 1
Best view possible if you play with a wheel.
BouncyFrag
Member
I'm on the fence on getting this for the 360. How does the career mode feel in comparison to the previous Grid games or other racers in general? Is there a good sense of progression as you build up your garage, experience, fine tuning, skill etc?
Apparently not great, 360 and PC are the prefferred platforms, its was reported in this thread that the PS3 version suffers some more frame dips than the 360 version. Its probably still playable though, just not ideal.
MikeJAMoran
Member
Finally got my steam code from GMG. Can't wait to load this up. It's a shame it wasn't also released on PS4/XBONE, tho, as I'm dying for a decent non-arcadey racer on PS4.
Has anyone tried it with a Dual Shock 4 yet on PC?
Has anyone tried it with a Dual Shock 4 yet on PC?
The career mode is the best one I've seen in years (maybe since forever!). I'm loving it! You don't have a garage like in the previous games. This time you're a race driver racing by contracts. You start on small teams in slower cars, and have to move up by completing your objectives. In this game you're not obliged to win everytime, which is great, and feels much more imersive.
EDIT: and now you can do a free practice session and qualy session if you want to, and even chose the lenght of the races. And this makes all the difference in the world.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
So it seems like the only point to getting XP is to unlock new things, yet it seems there are plenty of things before those thing, maybe even endless. So the amount of XP you get would only control the speed of your progress, but not whether or not you progress. Is that correct?