I had the '99% CPU Occupancy' warning appear at the top of the display for the first time in years. I'd totally forgotten it even existed.
My VR performance is definitely reduced too, based on similar known race benchmarks to yours.
Hardly progress, is it?
I have the occupancy message (and other messages) removed in the GUI tab, but I saw my 9900K (5 GHz OC) at 80-90% Utilization at nearly all times on the first 6-8 cores (9900K is an 16-Core, 8 Physical/8 Virtual CPU). Enabling/disabling extended physics didn't matter - probably worth 2-3% max, within margin of error range. Futzing with parameters like the ground mesh collider and a few others didn't matter either. Temps are considerably higher - I'd say at least 4 or 5 degrees Celsius.
I'd say most cores were in the 50s and 60s on 0.2.11 in these fairly milquetoast AI race scenarios (20 car grid of either URD Loire, URD Porsche Cup, Kunos MX-5).
CPU usage is definitely up - and under heavier scenarios and with more cars, it would likely lead to drops in my case (I didn't test, I only run 16-24 car fields max anyway, as AC is **** at multi-class endurance racing at the moment).
I race at 100FPS and it managed to keep it locked - but I noticed immediately how much higher the CPU numbers were - and how close the first few cores were to full load. I'm going to have to comb through the settings again to see if there's something in there that was stealth added that's the culprit. Again, I did my best to keep my settings identical to the previous build.
I will be upgrading to the 9800X3D and DDR5 in less than a month - but that's no excuse, and I have lower-spec AC drivers in mind, both in this thread and in my leagues. The 7700K, 3600x, and the 12100F PCs - all capable machines considering this software - are very much the silent majority running AC today - especially in places like South America. I shouldn't need to pump $1K into my machine to get AC to run reasonably, CSP or no.
EDIT - will wait for other posts to post later about my few replies Atlanta Motorsports Park - the gist of it is, mine seems to be broken. Will try a reinstall.
/"old man at cloud rant" over

