Assetto Corsa PC Mods General DiscussionPC

[Schussnik]

@Peter Boese : just wanted say thank you again for all your work, I've been testing LCS compatibility with Pure's latest version and I'm pleasantly surprised by the results



P.S: you'll probably see lots of "not right things" in these screens but to my non-expert eyes it just looks great 😅

 

[drivewilliams]

I read a few posts where people are having the game "stutter" recently and I just started to have an issue with it as well for the past while. I don't know why, I'm a firm believer of if its not broke don't fix it, so its not from changing settings or messing around with things, but maybe someone more tech savvy than I may have an idea what's going on. I've attached a pic of two screen shots of Afterburner, taken during gameplay. My concern is why the GPU usage is constant with one car in practice, but fluctuating so dramatically on a full grid of cars racing. I'm running a 2070 super 8gb, and just recently started to experience this, as previously the GPU would always by maxxed during gameplay but still very smooth with playable FPS.

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I would be curious to know what your VRAM usage looks like during the race with 32 opponents.

 

[Teddie]

@Peter Boese in the default WeatherFX debug app, rain thickness can apparently be overridden at set at 0mm, enabling the full wet visuals but without the loss of grip.
Does such an option exist in Pure, letting us enjoy the visual rain effects in full glory but maintaining normal grip?
This would be very useful in races where changeable weather is wanted (eg, the race starts dry and sunny, but then a thunderstorm rolls in and dumps its load for a lap or two, then the sun comes out again and the race finishes dry) without the need to pit twice to change tyres just so you can stay on the track. Pit stops in AC are pretty clunky and normally involve teleporting and ghost cars, so are often best avoided to maintain immersion.

This ^. I can workaround the pit stops by modifying the cars' car.ini to use Version 1 physics, so they don't pit, but some are encrypted and I can't do that for those. I also feel like I'm hacking the heck out of cars just so they don't pit in the rain which feels ick. In addition, if I use or mod the car.ini on the car I'm driving in the grid, I can also drive in rain without loosing grip. I don't like doing all this, it's a pain. If there were a way, as Masscot was talking about to keep the awesome rain visuals without the 'physics' and 'pitting ai' of it, that would be grand. I mean it, man that would make me do the happy dance.

 

[bensrac32]

Review of my AC projects:



F1 2026 Alpha version to download tomorrow. It will include active aero system (as a only DRS atm) and a liveriable car (i wouldnt recommend doing liveries because this could change in future versions)

F2 was about to be released until I realized of some mesh poor quality sections. Then I redid the whole bodywork from 0, and some other things. I stoped due inactivity and complexity on the UV map. If someone can help me doing the UV map, feel free to contact me!

Detroit Street Circuit will be updated this week as we are updating the whole track with the new 2024 updates (will update this post with pics later) It will include new billboards, with that flag stripes effect on it, the new runoff in the port, new textures, new and more different kind of asphalts, better surroundings and more things i dont remember, or maybe nothin else, idk

Spoiler: More big pictures

 

[Teddie]

I'm getting back into track making... (anxious as my memory sucks... don't remember how I did anything tbh). lol

Wondering if as a community, do we have a 'bucket' of good trees and veggie that we have collected and are using at this point to prevent ****ty tree syndrome. The trees I used on "Little Baja" are atrocious. I thought I was using the same ones I used on my Philippines tracks, but I don't think that's the case.

EDIT: haha, I thought about this and I certainly didn't use the same trees I used for my Phillipines tracks. I had to make the palm trees from scratch now that I remember. But it was tropical vs. baja desert. So wouldn't be the same. Victory for my bad memory this morning. w00tzors.

 

[racinjoe013]

Question for the car mod guys. The TRR McLaren 720s sits too low as you can see in the attached pic. The tyres are showing through the top of the wheel well. What is the easiest way to raise the body of the car visually in a way that it won't impact how the car handles. Thanks for any advice...

 

[SpiteFuL]

Some news on Bazza's next project. So glad that the periscopic is finally making it to the game!

 

[FerrariFan9]

anyone know of a way to convert Nr2003 tracks? Would like to do/have Walt disney World speedway done but have no idea how. I know its possible because the Nazareth mod is a Nr conversion for sure

 

[Kurt Woods]

I would be curious to know what your VRAM usage looks like during the race with 32 opponents.

@drivewilliams
Just for fun I took your suggestion and as you can see in the attached pic, the game loaded up the 8gb before I even got in the car. That's with 32 opponents at Sebring.

 

[ItsHords]

Question for the car mod guys. The TRR McLaren 720s sits too low as you can see in the attached pic. The tyres are showing through the top of the wheel well. What is the easiest way to raise the body of the car visually in a way that it won't impact how the car handles. Thanks for any advice...

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You just need to edit the graphical offset in the car.ini inside the data folder. I'd however suggest just deleting anything made by TRR.

 

[racinjoe013]

You just need to edit the graphical offset in the car.ini inside the data folder. I'd however suggest just deleting anything made by TRR.

For what reason?

 

[Teddie]

anyone know of a way to convert Nr2003 tracks? Would like to do/have Walt disney World speedway done but have no idea how. I know its possible because the Nazareth mod is a Nr conversion for sure

I was just asking about this on one of our discords a while back. I needed the DW Speedway for a custom championship I was setting up. I still have not found one anywhere. If I ever get a good roll on my return from my track making hiatus, it might be one that I take a look at making. I dunno. But if you find a version, please let us know. I had to ommit it from my championship, booo.

 

[bflorezr]

For those still wondering about the graphical improvements that LCS will bring, Peter Boese posted this comparison. My mind exploded:

Pure Gamma + pure ppfilter/Pure LCS + pureLCS ppfilter

Compare images

acstuff.ru

 

[racinjoe013]

For those still wondering about the graphical improvements that LCS will bring, Peter Boese posted this comparison. My mind exploded:

Pure Gamma + pure ppfilter/Pure LCS + pureLCS ppfilter

Compare images

acstuff.ru

Call me crazy, but I prefer the non LCS picture. The colors are more vibrant, especially the sky, and the overall color palette looks more realistic. Just my opinion.

 

[RMi_wood]

nr2003 tracks should open with 3dsimed

 

[RicME85]

Call me crazy, but I prefer the non LCS picture. The colors are more vibrant, especially the sky, and the overall color palette looks more realistic. Just my opinion.

It does have that Xbox 360 era Grid/F1 brown filter look to it tbf

 

[Gregz0r]

It does have that Xbox 360 era Grid/F1 brown filter look to it tbf

Ahh, that patented Codies F1 2010 P!ss Filter™ look.

 

[kakauiyt]

Ahh, that patented Codies F1 2010 P!ss Filter™ look.

My beloved piss filter

Peak nostalgia

 

[StoffelWaffle]

for you maybe, not for me, LODs are essential for me to be able to run races with several cars without performance problems, since simplygon was stop many modders haven't been looking for workarounds, but ACTK must have found one because he's still making them. Yes, I like his work because it's not just reuploading but optimizing and correcting minor bugs, but if creators were a little more careful, he wouldn't need to touch them. When I ask him for a correction, he does it without any problem, and I'm sure that if modders asked him for a correction, he'd do it out of pleasure.

So the guys that ACTUALLY do all the work on THEIR stuff should ask the guy that steals their stuff ??? Is this real ?

So if someone broke into your home, stole your Tamiya model car, 'upgraded. it then kept it for himself you'd be fine ?

 

[Perico Lospa]

 

[xezez]

Call me crazy, but I prefer the non LCS picture. The colors are more vibrant, especially the sky, and the overall color palette looks more realistic. Just my opinion.

You're Crazy! 🤪

Well, you did ask us to call you that. 😁

At this point, I'm still adapting to LCS. I really like the way light and shadows look in general, but I don't like the way car tyres appear more grey than black. Some other black levels also aren't looking as black as I'd like either. Overall though, I'm going to stick with it as I get a greater sense of depth from the shading overall. And I'm sure it will get better with further development too.

 

[antonoplo]

Skins for Aston Ulster (1931 to 1937)Skins Ferrari 212 Inter (for me, I decided to separate them into 3 models, 195s, 166mm and 195s/166mm Coupe (all with slightly different "DATA" files).

For now, for you, here are all the skins for LM1950 and Targa Florio 1950 (they serve in Ferrai 212 Inter).
SKINS ASTON ULSTER

Download lm30 SKINS aston ulster rar

Download File lm30 SKINS aston ulster rar

sharemods.com

SKINS FERRARI 212 Inter

Download lm50 SKINS ferrari 212 inter rar

Download File lm50 SKINS ferrari 212 inter rar

sharemods.com

could you share the aston ulster (1931 to 1935) for your skins ? thanks in advance

 

[Peter Boese]

@Peter Boese : just wanted say thank you again for all your work, I've been testing LCS compatibility with Pure's latest version and I'm pleasantly surprised by the results



P.S: you'll probably see lots of "not right things" in these screens but to my non-expert eyes it just looks great 😅

Hey, sorry but all will be different soon. I stopped the transformation of Pure (current version) to LCS.
I describe it here:

The future of Pure | Peter Boese

Get more from Peter Boese on Patreon

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@Peter Boese in the default WeatherFX debug app, rain thickness can apparently be overridden at set at 0mm, enabling the full wet visuals but without the loss of grip.
Does such an option exist in Pure, letting us enjoy the visual rain effects in full glory but maintaining normal grip?
This would be very useful in races where changeable weather is wanted (eg, the race starts dry and sunny, but then a thunderstorm rolls in and dumps its load for a lap or two, then the sun comes out again and the race finishes dry) without the need to pit twice to change tyres just so you can stay on the track. Pit stops in AC are pretty clunky and normally involve teleporting and ghost cars, so are often best avoided to maintain immersion.

No, this is just an internal CSP debug override. Actually it should be a user setting in CM/CSP, like "rain physics scaling" but there is still the persistence of competition. So how could it be prevented for races and such.

So it should never be part of a weather script or such thing.

 

[Masscot]

No, this is just an internal CSP debug override. Actually it should be a user setting in CM/CSP, like "rain physics scaling" but there is still the persistence of competition. So how could it be prevented for races and such.

So it should never be part of a weather script or such thing.

Surely there must be a way to allow it for single player in Pure though?
It can apparently be activated in default WeatherFX, but not with Pure, as it says the weather controller is not compatible.

 

[fleskebacon]

thats just the cpu bottleneck. in single player the cpu has not realy to do many. so the gpu can reach its maximum performance. But with 32 Ai the CPU is fully loaded doing physics and other stuff and so the GPU must wait for the end of that cycle to get the data for the graphics to draw and it has not realy much to do in that big time frame.

So just think about, that your CPU can't reach 90 fps with 32 AI currently. So the only thing you could do is reducing AI or gaining CPU speed. Maybe the car mod has its influence on that too.

And if you just want to technically reach your GPUs limits with 32 AI, you could just increase graphics settings like extraFX or other expensive graphics settings, but it will not gain your fps, it will just gain the time the gpu needs to draw the frame and so it will again reach that flat line.

I've ran an underpowered cpu for some time, and I can confirm that cpu bottlenecking introduces much more stuttering than gpu bottlenecking.

A gpu bottleneck generally just results in a low but fairly steady framerate, opposed to cpu bottlemecking which will often cause constant fps drops, inconsistent frametimes and generally annoying behaviour not really affected by graphics settings.

A cpu bottleneck can also be confusing to identify, at least for an amateur like me. It can occur on single cores or multiple cores and so on, and the cpu usage isn't always a straight forward number.

 

[kakauiyt]

for you maybe, not for me, LODs are essential for me to be able to run races with several cars without performance problems, since simplygon was stop many modders haven't been looking for workarounds, but ACTK must have found one because he's still making them. Yes, I like his work because it's not just reuploading but optimizing and correcting minor bugs, but if creators were a little more careful, he wouldn't need to touch them. When I ask him for a correction, he does it without any problem, and I'm sure that if modders asked him for a correction, he'd do it out of pleasure.

My two cents on this (because i'm not rich, I only have two cents to drop), is that you can enjoy him doing Lods because you actually need it. That's fine, but in the same time not think that what the dude do is morally okay and that it's people who actually did 90% of the work to ask that guy to do the 10% remaining.

I have contributed to other people cars, like for example Forbys sauber, I did a 3D modification, simple one. From shark fin to no shark fin version. It's a visible contribution, but just like 10%, instead of giving to him, and that he update the car to include my changes and everyone can enjoy the car from a single source.

Now this is what he doesn't do. Now you are kind of ****ting on the morality, fork the car and makes his own change, now you have two different source for the car, and if the original modder improve it then you won't have those changes on the other car, and so you end up with having two source for the car with different "improvements" instead of having one single car with all the improvements.

Who wins? not the original modder, not the community, just the ego of the guy that wanted clout

 

[ItsHords]

For what reason?

In my testing and look overs they have always just come out lower quality than expected. Your image is a prime example of that, and other than stealing mods from other content creators and claiming they have made it all, They just are not trust worthy or hell even makes good mods in to me.

 

[RMi_wood]

ACTK/EASY can eat a ....

 

[racinjoe013]

... cake?

 

[RMi_wood]

anything but cake.