Project CARS 2- Multi-class racing

[jake2013guy]

So is the "PS4 has 16 cars" thing 100% official or just rumour? I'd like 20 like GTS tbh.

Rumour. I've seen nothing official about it and hasn't been provided.

 

[Fight-Test]

Jake, do you know how the broadcaster and commentator roles will effect lobby count? Will they take up 2 of the driver spots?

 

[The_American]

Yes they do. Anyone in the room counts as a connection.

 

[LGee19]

Yes they do. Anyone in the room counts as a connection.

Whaaat??? I thought there were dedicated slots for broadcaster and director and that didn't take up any slots for the drivers? I'm a bit confused.

EDIT: please correct me @The_American if I have misunderstood your post.

 

[jake2013guy]

Whaaat??? I thought there were dedicated slots for broadcaster and director and that didn't take up any slots for the drivers? I'm a bit confused.

EDIT: please correct me @The_American if I have misunderstood your post.

That's what I understood from the Online Championships page as well. Although, it could be just Online Championship specific which would be weird. Or something could have changed of course.

 

[HardRock]

Whaaat??? I thought there were dedicated slots for broadcaster and director and that didn't take up any slots for the drivers? I'm a bit confused.

It's simple I think. Basically the network code can handle X amount of connections. Instead of creating dedicated slots for the broadcaster and director, which would always take away 2 slots from drivers, I think SMS went the route of allowing drivers to use all available connections, when a broadcaster and director is not present. They are not using driver slots, it's that there are no dedicated slots for them.

 

[RomKnight]

Broadcaster / director / commentator /whatever are all "spectators" AFAIK. As such they don't take driving slots.

I don't know if there's a limit on spectator slots though. If I could take a pick I'd say they would be limited to the host bandwidth but don't quote me on that.

 

[jake2013guy]

Broadcaster / director / commentator /whatever are all "spectators" AFAIK. As such they don't take driving slots.

I don't know if there's a limit on spectator slots though. If I could take a pick I'd say they would be limited to the host bandwidth but don't quote me on that.

Actually, that sounds about right. They take 2 lobby slots yet don't take driving slots.

 

[HardRock]

Actually, that sounds about right. They take 2 lobby slots yet don't take driving slots.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for the info. Completely forgot about the spectator slots.

 

[05XR8]

With gt4-included-in the 2018-australian-gt-championship and GT4 European series cars included in Blancpain races, this is going to be a big hit.

Console Online leagues may take a hit with only 16 cars, but PC leagues should fare well. Even if six or seven GT4 drivers signed up, the slower traffic would make things interesting.

Offline, 16 GT3 and 16 GT4 races are going to keep me busy for a long time.

 

[James medrala]

With gt4-included-in the 2018-australian-gt-championship and GT4 European series cars included in Blancpain races, this is going to be a big hit.

Console Online leagues may take a hit with only 16 cars, but PC leagues should fare well. Even if six or seven GT4 drivers signed up, the slower traffic would make things interesting.

Offline, 16 GT3 and 16 GT4 races are going to keep me busy for a long time.

Yeah I've already sold my outdated PS4. PC GAMING is the only option for League racing now.

 

[05XR8]

I'd like to know if we can set up Production car classes like this

Cl. No. Competitor Sponsor Driver 1 Driver 2 Vehicle
A1 1 Bruce Lynton Prestige Automotive Beric Lynton Beric Lynton Tim Leahey BMW 1M
A1 6 Skwirk Online Rod Salmon Rod Salmon Nathan Antunes Mercedes A45
A1 11 Team DPO Barry Morcom Nathan Morcom Chaz Mostert Ford Focus RS
A1 18 Sherrin Rentals Sherrin Racing Grant Sherrin Iain Sherrin BMW M4
A1 33 PRO DUCT Bob Pearson Bob Pearson Rick Bates Mitsubishi EVO 10 RS
A1 66 FullGas Racing Dimitri Agathos Dimitri Agathos Lachlan Gibbons Subaru WRX STi

A2 35 Royal Brisbane Hospital / MoComm Gerry Murphy Gerry Murphy Jim Pollicina BMW E92 M3
A2 44 Nolan Finishes Daniel Clift Daniel Clift Wayne Clift Holden VZ HSV SS
A2 54 Best Jet Michael James Jonathan Bloxsom TBC Holden VZ HSV Clubsport LS2
A2 92 MotorSport Life Justin Anthony Karl Begg Justin Anthony BMW E92 M3
A2 757 Best Jet Michael James Michael James Cameron Kerr Holden VE HSV GTS

B1 19 Sherrin Rentals Sherrin Racing Michael Sherrin Stephen Champion BMW 135i
B1 48 ASAP Marketing Scott Gore Scott Gore Keith Bensley BMW 135i
B1 111 FEDC Contractors Michael Benton Michael Benton Tony Hatton Ford Falcon GT

B2 76 TW Motorsport Troy Williams Troy Williams Jeff Nielsen Holden Commodore SSV Redline

C 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Colin Osborne Hadrian Morrall Renault Megane RS265 Trophy R
C 17 Aubin Brothers Racing Blake Aubin Kyle Aubin Blake Aubin Renault Megane RS265 Trophy R
C 31 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Tyler Everingham Michael Almond Renault Megane RS265 Trophy R
C 40 Mainpoint Advisory / Pulse Capital Garry Mennel Scott Turner Todd Hazelwood BMW 130i
C 42 Naylor Racing Mitchell Naylor Mitchell Naylor Leigh Naylor Mazda 3MPS
C 52 BM Racing Christian Yates.Round Christian Yates.Round Ryan Suhle BMW 130i

D 25 Lauren Gray Motorsport Michael Gray Ellexandra Best Michael Gray Toyota Corolla
D 86 Oracle Motor Sports / The 86 Shop Michael James Michael James Troy Rolley Toyota GT86

E 7 ASAP Marketing Greg Cox Ryan Epa Michael Hopp Suzuki Swift Sport

I 8 RY.com.au Bradley Carr Bradley Carr Coleby Cowham Ford Falcon Saloon Car
I 67 Juuce / Scotts Rods Lindsay Kearns Lindsay Kearns Scott Green Ford Falcon Saloon Car

 

[RomKnight]

No. You can only select car classes not individual car/drivers.
The number of cars per class will be even across all classes.

 

[05XR8]

No. You can only select car classes not individual car/drivers.
The number of cars per class will be even across all classes.

I just copied the classes from a real series. Not to say individual drivers. Just wanted to clarify we can pick the classes and not just have them all grouped together. I see I'll be using D, E & F most of the time.

Edit: What messes up the racing, is if the Funhaver and modern Toyotas are in, I only want to include the Escort, '66 Mustang and 2002 turbo road cars, in Vintage GT A & Vintage GT B events.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Seeiously.. Makes no sense that the raptor is in a class with other cars

 

[05XR8]

Another race series that will be hard to replicate at launch, is Super Taikyu.

For now, there's no STI to battle the Evo, no other small coupes to battle the 86 and no small hatches other than the Clio. We can't replicate the 7 classes in S-Tai, but with 4, can do ST-X(GT3) & ST-TCR(TCR), ST-Z(GT4), ST-3(Road E- the 288 GTOwould be a bit out of place) or ST-5(Clio Cup).

 

[MisterWaffles]

I really want to put 90's GT1 and the modern track day supercars together with the Vulcan and P1 GTR. See how the older GT1 cars fare against the newer GT1X-style cars.

Also I hope there aren't too many out of place cars in multi-class. The Ford Raptor with other cars might get annoying if it's in a road class.

 

[Dsavage27]

I really want to put 90's GT1 and the modern track day supercars together with the Vulcan and P1 GTR. See how the older GT1 cars fare against the newer GT1X-style cars.

Also I hope there aren't too many out of place cars in multi-class. The Ford Raptor with other cars might get annoying if it's in a road class.

The ford truck is road F so it will be annoying.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Yea, it's with the GT86 for some reason...

 

[05XR8]

We can only hope for a patch to delete or allow cars to partake in a race.

 

[jake2013guy]

We can only hope for a patch to delete or allow cars to partake in a race.

That would be pretty welcome.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

I want to compare LMP1 to Formula A but I doubt they'll be close.

 

[Ryan81]

This is still a bit confusing to me.

Let's say I wanted to drive an Enzo and I wanted to choose the AI's cars. Could I choose a Megane, an EVO IX and a 911 GT3 RS as my rival cars?

 

[Dsavage27]

This is still a bit confusing to me.

Let's say I wanted to drive an Enzo and I wanted to choose the AI's cars. Could I choose a Megane, an EVO IX and a 911 GT3 RS as my rival cars?

Already been mentioned several times, no..We won't be able to choose AI cars only the divisions. So you can set up roads A,B,C and D in a multiclass race.

 

[Ryan81]

Already been mentioned several times, no..We won't be able to choose AI cars only the divisions. So you can set up roads A,B,C and D in a multiclass race.

Ok. So, the computer randomly selects cars from road A, B, C and D. So it may turn out to be a 918 Spyder, an XJ220S, Aston Martin DB11 and a Toyota GT86 (just as an example)?

 

[05XR8]

Ok. So, the computer randomly selects cars from road A, B, C and D. So it may turn out to be a 918 Spyder, an XJ220S, Aston Martin DB11 and a Toyota GT86 (just as an example)?

Edit: You'd have to choose Road G for the GT86.
I'm not sure about a "Random" option.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Ok. So, the computer randomly selects cars from road A, B, C and D. So it may turn out to be a 918 Spyder, an XJ220S, Aston Martin DB11 and a Toyota GT86 (just as an example)?

No, car classes are split evenly among the number of slots available on the grid. You'd see more than just a bunch of supercars. It's random only for each particular class' amount of cars.

 

[Ryan81]

No, car classes are split evenly among the number of slots available on the grid. You'd see more than just a bunch of supercars. It's random only for each particular class' amount of cars.

Ok I think I get it now. You can't choose to have just 3 cars on the grid, there must be a full grid of cars split between 4 different classes?

 

[MisterWaffles]

Ok I think I get it now. You can't choose to have just 3 cars on the grid, there must be a full grid of cars split between 4 different classes?

No, you can still have a grid of four cars, but only one car will be from each group because 4 divided by 4 is 1. Say you had eight cars on a grid with four classes, there would be two cars per class and so on.

 

[05XR8]

and if you had a 5 car Multi-Class, the class you choose to drive in, will have the extra AI car in your class. I believe it was The American that mentioned it.