Split 1 - R3: Laguna Seca - 6th August 2018 (1 Viewer)

[m4nu]

Car: Formula Renault 3.5
Track: Laguna Seca
League Agreement: Mandatory Pitstop for the Feature Race

Date: Monday, 6th August 2018
17:30 UTC - Optional Practice
18:30 UTC - Driver Briefing (Mandatory)
18:40 UTC - Qualifying
18:50 UTC - Sprint Race
19:20 UTC - Qualifying
19:50 UTC - Feature Race

General In-game Date: Time Progression: Weather Progression: Qualifying Duration: Start Time: Weather Forecast: Race Duration: Start Time: Weather Forecast:

Sprint 6th August 2018 Real Time Sync to Race 10 mins 10:00 Clear 17 Laps 11:00 Light Cloud

Feature 6th August 2018 Real Time Sync to Race 10 mins 16:00 Medium Cloud 34 Laps 17:00 Heavy Cloud > Overcast

Starting Procedure: Standing Start, when the in-game lights turn green the race starts - stay alert and look out for slow starters.

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Confirmed No-Shows
@kobusnell
@Damian Hall
@kaleeb42
@Stokemon

 

[Taorminator]

Race 1 at 11 o clock it looks like another challenge to manage the tires!

"I love the smell of melted rubber in the morning... it smells like... victory...(obviously not for me )"

 

[Cluck]

Believe it or not, we did test these conditions before posting them. Yes, the tyres will appear to get warm but there was also absolutely no problem nailing fast laps with them in that state

 

[SBart_uk]

Any chance we can do away with the overcast? Its exactly the same as heavy cloud except it kills fps and costs a lot of laptime

 

[m4nu]

Any chance we can do away with the overcast? Its exactly the same as heavy cloud except it kills fps and costs a lot of laptime

@Cluck and @Darksi tested the conditions in VR and experienced no issues at all. Any chance that the fault is on your end?

 

[SBart_uk]

@Cluck and @Darksi tested the conditions in VR and experienced no issues at all. Any chance that the fault is on your end?

Possibly, but I don't think so...I've heard the same thing from many people...It works fine in testing for me too and only seems to be when there is a full grid and/or some time has passed during a race.

Edit : a quick google search showed several posts about it

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?63584-Overcast-weather-big-fps-drop

https://steamcommunity.com/app/378860/discussions/1/1496741765131725711/

www.reddit.com/r/pcars/comments/71uath/loss_in_performance_over_time_in_pcars2_wovercast/

 

[m4nu]

Possibly, but I don't think so...I've heard the same thing from many people...It works fine in testing for me too and only seems to be when there is a full grid and/or some time has passed during a race.

Edit : a quick google search showed several posts about it

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?63584-Overcast-weather-big-fps-drop

https://steamcommunity.com/app/378860/discussions/1/1496741765131725711/

www.reddit.com/r/pcars/comments/71uath/loss_in_performance_over_time_in_pcars2_wovercast/

The staff will test once again tonight. But if we start like that the next user will complain about low fps at Rain or whatever conditions he does not like.

Edit: Steam and Forum link is the same User. The reddit comment is also pointing to the same forum entry. So "several" posts about it is a little bit optimistic

 

[SBart_uk]

The staff will test once again tonight. But if we start like that the next user will complain about low fps at Rain or whatever conditions he does not like.

Edit: Steam and Forum link is the same User. The reddit comment is also pointing to the same forum entry. So "several" posts about it is a little bit optimistic

Yep ok...I didn't read that closely lol . I have no issues with rain or the conditions like that which you would expect to give the biggest fps hit. Its very weird.

 

[m4nu]

Yep ok...I didn't read that closely lol . I have no issues with rain or the conditions like that which you would expect to give the biggest fps hit. Its very weird.

Tried to reduce the super sampling by one click?

 

[SBart_uk]

Tried to reduce the super sampling by one click?

I'm at the absolute minimum of everything during league races to have it as smooth as possible (running on a 1070)

 

[Cluck]

I'm on a 980GTX (somewhere between a 1060 and 1070) and I ran with a full grid of AI last night for 10 laps or so in the feature race configuration. I accelerated the weather to give me overcast within a few laps, back to heavy cloud and back to overcast. I didn't notice a single hiccup or performance problem myself.

Laguna Seca really isn't a demanding circuit and we're not going to have any circuit lights on as the race will end whilst it is still light enough. Also worth bearing in mind that we're only running with 26 cars this season, so that lessens the load too

 

[SBart_uk]

Well I just ran a full length feature race test to see what happened and there was no fps issues at all. So I can only guess it has something to do with dedicated servers as I've had it happen every time there has been Overcast weather on either the RSR or PRD server.

 

[UnstopaPaul]

@Cluck and @Darksi tested the conditions in VR and experienced no issues at all. Any chance that the fault is on your end?

I observe drops too, though I have a 1080Ti, so I can still cap it at 45 OK.

EDIT: I've not confirmed if it is only on server or also local

 

[F4H Murphy]

Gotta love a bit of Laguna Seca

 

[Col_McCoy]

Awesome track... and once again it looks like I can't join. This is gonna be a crappy season for me :S

 

[Cluck]

Just for some giggles, I maxxed out the wings, minimised the radiator and took the car to TT a few minutes ago. There's a 1m06 lap easily on the cards, especially with a better setup.

This isn't a perfect lap, by any means, but was just a quick test to see what difference max. wings makes compared to default. To be clear, this is 100% default setup other than max. wing and closed radiator and ~40% brake ducts. You can see for yourself if you grab the TT setup (fuel is only set as 5L to match the TT setup - the old pCARS1 bug, where fuel was what you set it to, rather than fixed at 5L, was fixed in pCARS2 well before release, so it doesn't matter what fuel level you set. There is zero advantage to setting it to 1L)

 

[kobusnell]

I won't be able to attend, my daughter has been admitted to hospital.

 

[Dutchtastic]

Can somebody bomb Laguna Seca so we don't ever have to race it again?
Thanks...

Or get a massive thunderstorm

 

[Taorminator]

I won't be able to attend, my daughter has been admitted to hospital.

Take care of her mate. I hope it's nothing serious

 

[Damian Hall]

Unfortunately I won't be able to make this race due to a Festival here in Barbados called Crop Over. I won't see home until Tuesday . Have a good race guys.