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With that said, it’s a while that I’m vulturing around Assetto Corsa, but some friends told me that w/out a wheel it’s rather unplayable, and that’s the thing holding me back.[/quote]
I can’t speak for any combination other than Simulation/XBOX360 pad as I’ve never played with any HUD on display or assists of any kind except the occasional ABS where it’s original equipment for the vehicle. I will say it is very difficult to play with the XBOX360 gamepad, but not unplayable. It will take you some time to find the controller settings that work for you and those might even vary depending on the car you’re driving. You MUST use L and R trigger buttons for accelerator and brake if no assists are used because you’ll have to finely manipulate the two just to keep control of the car in racing situations. I’m not saying that these are flaws in the game, it’s just that insanely good. The physics is incredible. Best racing simulation I’ve ever played by a huge margin.
[quote=“TheTom”]Sounds interesting! I own neither of the games mentioned in the OP, but downloading the LFS demo shouldn’t be a problem. I think another game to consider would be GRID Autosport, does anybody other than me own it?
On a side note, i don’t have a racing wheel or anything like that, but never underestimate the potential of a keyboard! [/quote]
Just had the opportunity to test LFS last night, it’s fantastic fun, with a good (and still developing) physics modelling. If you’re an Automation nerd who likes to play with the suspension settings and look at bump graphs, there’s also the option to further tweak your car settings in a more advanced fashion with live telemetry and force graphs, so you can check tyre temperatures, suspension loadings, brake performance, clutch wear etc. etc. (it takes a bit of navigation so check the forum guides on how to access these features). Tuning is well worth your time, as it can make you up to a good 5% faster if you make an optimal tune for your driving style.
Multiplayer is quite easy to access too, with the ability to jump in and out mid-race if the game allows it. All you need is somebody to connect on, or if you don’t care who to play it with, just join any room. Since I’m across the pond from most of us here, I had a bit of lag issues which made wheel-to-wheel racing a bit more like wheel-to-wheel banging as I couldn’t tell the precise position of nearby cars, but other than that, very accessible.
Only thing that bothers me is that i wasn’t able to find a way to adjust the steering dead zone, so on the main straight i was constantly snaking around…any hints?
Yesterday a bunch of us on IRC got together and messed about on LFS, was a lot of fun, especially taking out the Formula BMW out on the Blackwood Rallycross track . Arms hurt like crazy after all of that countersteering. Was very exciting. Hope to see lots of you there tonight!
Not really, the fastest driver I saw was reaching 190.8 isn in that car, so that’s where I tuned my car to as well. The XFG is a bit slower in a straight line but a bit more nimble in the corners, I’m getting that to about 188ish on a 1:35.9 lap.
I’m only good with the Formula BMW… drifted the damn thing too.
I have to say that the XRG is easy to control but gutless. Really gutless. It starts understeering when you go a gear too high
The XFG instead seems to be quicker, but… like Tom said… loose as f**k.
Oh, i’m using a black paintjob with “MAAAAAAD” license plate
It took a significant amount of tuning to get the XFG faster… I sacrificed a bit of time (so low 1:36) in order to get the tyre temps even, required some funky cambering!
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. Arms hurt like crazy after all of that countersteering. Was very exciting. Hope to see lots of you there tonight!