Assetto feels heavier and slower in reactions and in weigth transfers but it's very inmersive overall and it worth getting it.
Odd. My only real gripe with AC physics is that I'm finding weight transfer to be too fast and forgiving.
The SF70H is not the best of this pack I think. The car feels sluggish and the shifting seems to be completely messed up... many times I found myself going around a corner in gear 6 when I should've been in gear 3.
Switch to manual and thank me later. Maybe the problem you mention there has something to do with something I mentioned yesterday. Upshifting in the SF70H needs to be done when the lights on the steering wheel turn blue and not when the RPMs hit the rev limiter. Two points far apart on the RPM slope of this car. Upshifting in sync with the blue lights on the steering wheel has something to do with maximizing the performance of the KERS system, and thereby getting most speed out of the car. I've tested it because I also found the gearing strange at first.
I'm pretty sure the automatic shifting assist is programmed to shift at the engine rev limiter for every car. Also, AC has one of the worst automatic shifting assists I've ever tried. Going manual is a worthy investment for every sim racer.
Okay...I see that some of you guys have driven the Ferrari 288 GTO. Yet, I haven't seen a single comment regarding that insane stock transmission gearing. Have you noticed it's almost impossible to need to put the car into 5th gear? Heck, on a lot of twisty tracks 4th gear is rare to be needed.
I would probably have mentioned it if you hadn't brought it up the other day. My first impression of the default final ratio setting was like: "Good god, ALB123 was right all along
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It does seem a bit strange how the car lives most of its life in 2nd and 3rd gear, but the F40 really isn't much different. The two cars are spiritual siblings after all, but I quickly started using the second of the three final ratio settings available on the 288 GTO. It distributes more balance into the gearing, but still nothing that brings the fifth gear into the mix very often.
One thing I have noticed about the 288 GTO is an unforgiving brake pedal. On most classic non-ABS cars I can usually modulate braking input without locking up the wheels, but on this car it's quite easy to lock up when missing braking points by few tenths of a second.
What do you guys think about the Ferrari 250 GTO? I love cruising around in that thing like a civilized person and then drop it down to 3rd, let's say, and floor it. When that engine hits 5000 RPM I practically get goosebumps. I really think you guys should all chip in and buy me one of those IRL for Christmas this year.
Definitely a real workhorse but I guess its reputation as the world's most expensive car doesn't it many favors in terms of actual qualities. No doubt a fine vintage machine but arguably overrated among collectors despite historical significance and original rarity. In short, I'm fine with the fact that I got a simulated example for about $1 and didn't forge out $52.000.000 for the real deal, especially when I cannot keep up with a Porsche Panamera down the main straight.
By the way, which one of the 250 GTO racing liveries is the most famous or legendary?
