rFactor 2 v982 32/64Bit

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Voltaic
Tweak your settings and give it a go, FFB much, much better, more realistic driving in general.
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Have you any suggestions for how I should tweak it to suit a G27, please?

I think I'll give it another go when my shoulder has stopped being a pain, but for now I'm off the wheel to let it calm down a bit. I didn't give it a fair try before, but still, I'm not as excited by it as I am by Assetto Corsa's tech demo or Project CARS' alpha because it doesn't seem like a big enough upgrade to justify spending all that money on it.

Another thing, is there a mod manager for rFactor 1/2? I've been using SIX for Arma 3, Nexus for Dark Souls/Fallout 3/New Vegas and Steam Workshop for a few other games and they're so much more convenient than manually modding stuff. rFactor Central's Pro thing is probably what I'm looking for but I'd rather not have to pay for it, of course!
 
@ neema_t

I have the Thrustmaster T500RS, I am afraid I can't help you there. rF2 is supposed to have the best FFB at the moment, I suggest searching the forums for a suitable setup;

rfactor 2 g27 site:isiforums.net

The MOD manager is built in rF2, it may be grayed out in the demo. From the MOD manager you can install/uninstall/delete MODs. rFactor (1) lacks this built in feature.

As far as downloading MODs, until you decide rFactor 1/2 is for you I would D/L MODs from one of the many free sites, i.e. RaceDepartment.com, DrivingItalia.net, etc.. You will have to join of course, but you can learn a lot and participate in some serious or casual races.

Cheers
 
Oh, ok, that simplifies things! I'll give it another go with some different settings and see how I feel. Thanks.
 
I just tried the demo with My Fanatec CSR Elite wheel. I must say that I am not impressed so far. By default the game did not use the wheel so I had no control of the car on the first try. I went out to the menu/settings and assigned some buttons, wheel and pedals and gave it another go, still no control no throttle, no brake all I could do was shift to reverse.

I tried again. This time I carefully went through and told it to detect the wheel then proceeded to map the min max values on all the pedals. Better but no steering, at least I had throttle and brake. So one more time this time I carefully mapped everything and set all the min and max values and started the race again.

On the last attempt my controls finally worked, throttle brake, clutch, steering and shifters but of course absolutely no FFB making it almost impossible to drive.

Is there something I need to do in the game to enable FFB?

So on first glance default video settings look very poor, default control settings are a joke, load times very slow. I thought I might like to give this game a go but initial impression is not good.

btw, the slow load times should not be related to the PC as it is a pretty quick system. 6 core at 3.5 ghz with 8g ram
 
HBR-Roadhog
btw, the slow load times should not be related to the PC as it is a pretty quick system. 6 core at 3.5 ghz with 8g ram
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The load time is more dependent on the storage device the game is held on, but yeah, I noticed it was much slower than just about anything else I play. I think the problem is that the genre has moved on since rFactor was released and they're clearly using the same front end. Assetto Corsa's tech demo was sublime when it came to setting up - to the point where it allowed you to adjust the angle of your surround monitors as you drive - and Project CARS automatically adopts to your native resolution (I think). rFactor 2, for me, defaulted to something like 1600x900 (instead of 5040x1050) with low graphics settings, it also seemed to be confused by my G27.

Anyway, such things (well, not the load speed, but that might be mitigated by installing on an SSD...) are irrelevant when you've set them up once, so I'm not going to write it off yet but the competition seems to be ahead at the moment. Then again, there is no such thing as too many simulators. I guess the fact that it has a sort-of subscription fee makes it that much more galling I guess.
 
HBR-Roadhog
I just tried the demo with My Fanatec CSR Elite wheel. I must say that I am not impressed so far. By default the game did not use the wheel so I had no control of the car on the first try. I went out to the menu/settings and assigned some buttons, wheel and pedals and gave it another go, still no control no throttle, no brake all I could do was shift to reverse.

I tried again. This time I carefully went through and told it to detect the wheel then proceeded to map the min max values on all the pedals. Better but no steering, at least I had throttle and brake. So one more time this time I carefully mapped everything and set all the min and max values and started the race again.

On the last attempt my controls finally worked, throttle brake, clutch, steering and shifters but of course absolutely no FFB making it almost impossible to drive.

Is there something I need to do in the game to enable FFB?

So on first glance default video settings look very poor, default control settings are a joke, load times very slow. I thought I might like to give this game a go but initial impression is not good.

btw, the slow load times should not be related to the PC as it is a pretty quick system. 6 core at 3.5 ghz with 8g ram
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I don't have a Fanatec wheel, can't help you there other than suggesting the forums. As far as the T500RS wheel, currently rF2 is the best by far in terms of FFB. Again, search ISI's or Fanatec's own forums to find suggestions for your wheel.

As far as the load times, yes they can be long. I find reducing the graphics settings helps in that respect. Keep in mind rF2 is "work in progress", it will continue to improve even if they get things wrong occasionally (build 240 in my opinion). The tire model and degradation is the best in the business (see video), the overall SIM and graphics are not yet optimized.

If you can't get a good setup, I suggest you wait a few weeks for the next patch to see what happens. Don't give up on rF2, I am sure it will get much better for you eventually.

Tire model, degradation and blistering (I suggest 720p for best possible detail):



Malaysia is far better in terms of FPS than Silverstone, even though there are more props and texture variations. Probably optimized(?):

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Voltaic
I don't have a Fanatec wheel, can't help you there other than suggesting the forums. As far as the T500RS wheel, currently rF2 is the best by far in terms of FFB. Again, search ISI's or Fanatec's own forums to find suggestions for your wheel.
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One would think the FFB would work without having to do anything special, Fanatec wheels have been around for a few years now. I may take a look later and see what I can find.

As far as the load times, yes they can be long. I find reducing the graphics settings helps in that respect. Keep in mind rF2 is "work in progress", it will continue to improve even if they get things wrong occasionally (build 240 in my opinion). The tire model and degradation is the best in the business (see video), the overall SIM and graphics are not yet optimized.
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Reducing graphics is not an option they were already defaulted to a lower quality than any game I play. I don't think I could stand it if they were any lower.

Anyway without FFB I have no desire to play it. I could set the spring and stuff on my wheel to offset this but, basically if the game does not support FFB on its own then for me it is not worth the trouble. Maybe I missed something in the settings or maybe there will be more in a pacth.

Also related to the load times, the game is not that large and the graphics I am seeing on not that detailed so I would think it should load very quickly. My system uses a sata II drive that has very little on it and not fragmented. I have loaded games that are 10 times the size in about the same amount of time.
 
I had a G25 and switched to a CSR wheel. I forget what I had to do to get the CSR working. you can load profiles and there should be a profile for the elite already in there. Try that. After you load in the profile make sure that all the axis are defined correctly.

The load times are bad and the graphics aren't that good but the physics and FFB are very good. To me they are the best out there right now. But I'm no expert.
 
Load times are indeed long, but bear in mind each time you change your video settings the game recreates some graphics-related things on a per-track basis when you load said track (shaders? Not sure exactly what gets rebuilt, but something does). Subsequent loads are faster provided you don't change your video settings, as that puts you back to square one :^)
 
Yeah I noticed that it loaded faster the second time around, still pretty slow but the first time was really slow.

I'm going to load it up again here in a bit and see if I can get the FFB to do something,


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I loaded the demo back up and this time loaded the CSR Elite settings that came with the game only to find that I still needed to assign and calibrate the pedals and calibrate the wheel. I then went into a race only to find that the shifters weren't mapped and that there was still no FFB at all.

On the settings page the default car multiplier is set at 1.00 and originally the FFB smoothing was at 4 then i reduced it as low as it would go and still no difference.

Am starting to think this is a waste of time.
 
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Sounds like you are wasting your time. Stick with rF1.

The subtleties of rF2 are what set it apart and make this by far the best sim to date. But this is a SIM, not a semi-sim or any of that. If you want eye candy,go check out Shift 2. If you want a realistic racing experience, stick with rF2. It's all in the tires.
 
guybo
Sounds like you are wasting your time. Stick with rF1.

The subtleties of rF2 are what set it apart and make this by far the best sim to date. But this is a SIM, not a semi-sim or any of that. If you want eye candy,go check out Shift 2. If you want a realistic racing experience, stick with rF2. It's all in the tires.
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👎 #attitude
 
HBR-Roadhog
Yeah I noticed that it loaded faster the second time around, still pretty slow but the first time was really slow.

I'm going to load it up again here in a bit and see if I can get the FFB to do something,


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I loaded the demo back up and this time loaded the CSR Elite settings that came with the game only to find that I still needed to assign and calibrate the pedals and calibrate the wheel. I then went into a race only to find that the shifters weren't mapped and that there was still no FFB at all.

On the settings page the default car multiplier is set at 1.00 and originally the FFB smoothing was at 4 then i reduced it as low as it would go and still no difference.

Am starting to think this is a waste of time.
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my ffb type is set to wheel, multiplier is set to 1 and smoothing to 4. I have Fanaleds software running. I don't know if that makes a difference but the software does automatically detect RF2. I've heard that there can be problems if you have logitech drivers installed. It would be a shame not to get it running because it really is good.
 
guybo
Sounds like you are wasting your time. Stick with rF1.
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I'm not interested in RF1, I wanted to try RF2 and see if it is something I would want to buy.

The subtleties of rF2 are what set it apart and make this by far the best sim to date. But this is a SIM, not a semi-sim or any of that. If you want eye candy,go check out Shift 2. If you want a realistic racing experience, stick with rF2. It's all in the tires.
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Shift 2??? Really, you have got to be kidding. What a piece of crap that game is. The graphics aren't that good on it either, or at least not on the console version.

Who said anything about eye candy? I know I am not seeing the full detail of the game, I'm just looking at it on default settings, my issues are that considering the lower detail it loads slowly and the biggie is no FFB which makes it impossible to drive.

Zathra5_
my ffb type is set to wheel, multiplier is set to 1 and smoothing to 4. I have Fanaleds software running. I don't know if that makes a difference but the software does automatically detect RF2. I've heard that there can be problems if you have logitech drivers installed. It would be a shame not to get it running because it really is good.
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I do not have any Logitech drivers installed, I do have the latest drivers and firmware from Fanatec installed, setting of 1 and 4 gives me nothing, not sure about that other software you mentioned. I would think the game should work with the wheel as is but who knows. Would be nice to get it working and give it a try.
 
Thanks, I looked on the various settings pages but did not see anything related to steering torque. I did find a FFB reset which I tried but still nothing. I also tried setting the car specific FFB to 5x but still nothings, pretty much feels like it would if the wheel was not turned on, no FFB, no centering, no vibration. I've tried used the stored profile for the wheel, I have also tried letting it detect the wheel which it does but in every case the wheel is lifeless.

In case anyone is wondering the wheel itself works fine on both GT and Forza and I do have the CS pedals and they are connected to the wheel so as to be able to switch between the 2 consoles and PC.

Very odd.

Are you using the demo or ?
 
I suspect it's hidden in a text file somewhere. I have the full version but I hope that wouldn't make a difference. You mention forza and GT but not any other pc sims. Have you tried another pc sim to see if ffb works? You can pick up the LFS demo for free (lfs.net).
 
Zathra5_
I suspect it's hidden in a text file somewhere. I have the full version but I hope that wouldn't make a difference. You mention forza and GT but not any other pc sims. Have you tried another pc sim to see if ffb works? You can pick up the LFS demo for free (lfs.net).
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I have not tried anything else on the PC as of yet, I just hooked this PC up to try the demo. I have played a few PC games in the past but that was when I was still using the Turbo S wheel. I am going to look for another game and see what results I get.

fatkrakr
Are you putting the wheel in pc mode?
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Of course, everything is working except the FFB.
 
HBR-Roadhog
I have not tried anything else on the PC as of yet, I just hooked this PC up to try the demo. I have played a few PC games in the past but that was when I was still using the Turbo S wheel. I am going to look for another game and see what results I get.

Of course, everything is working except the FFB.
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Do you have all the drivers installed? Firmware up to date?

My G27 wasn't exactly plug 'n play like it is on the PS3.
 
Well, I tried to load a couple of other games but no luck with those, Windows 7 doesn't get along with some of my older racing games.

Anyway I decided to try reloading the driver so I downloaded the latest from Fanatec web site. installed and now I am getting different results but still not good ones. Maybe it's an omen ;)

My wheel was showing up before as a Fanatec CSR but the display was generic, after the new driver installed I get the image of the wheel in the properties and now I do have FFB. Problem now is the pedals do not work properly. If I set the wheel properties to combined pedals [I have my pedals attached to the wheel so it works with the consoles] Then I get no throttle or brake, only the clutch works. If I press the brake hard then I get full throttle else I get no throttle or brake with that box checked. If I uncheck the box then the pedals indicate that I press them but it goes full throttle as soon as I touch the pedal.

I did not notice the throttle issue until I tried to drive a lap and of course I spent most of my time doing donuts. I couldn't tell what was going on just that as soon as I touched the throttle the tac pegged.

So apparently something was wrong with the driver on my PC, I did have an issue while trying to install GT Legends on it, perhaps that triggered an issue with the driver that was installed.

Anyway now I am using driver version 1.44 and FW V 757. Anyone else have this driver installed with this wheel and firmware? Any issues?
 
Try mapping the throttle as the brake pedal and the brake as the throttle pedal and then switch it back. I had a similar issue that you're experiencing with the box unchecked in rFactor 1 and that was the simple fix for it.
 
gogatrs
Try mapping the throttle as the brake pedal and the brake as the throttle pedal and then switch it back. I had a similar issue that you're experiencing with the box unchecked in rFactor 1 and that was the simple fix for it.
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I don't think that would do me any good, I was looking at the controls in the Windows Game Controllers window and it was pretty clear that it was not picking up the input from the throttle when the box was checked and not picking it up correctly when not checked. Whatever that issue is it is outside of the rFactor2 program.

guybo
In the Controls screen, over on the right, did you hit the Detect button?
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Yep, It sees it as a Fanatec CSR or CSR Elite, I forget which but doesn't change anything, I load the profile, detect or create my own same results.
 
The pedals were working fine before I installed the new driver and I have been using them for 2 years on Forza and GT without issue.
 

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