Raceroom experience

[Duke]

Yeah it was an ARSEpain but to their credit they did announce that it would do that prior to releasing the update.

[Duke]

Sector3’s Georg Ortner AKA 6e66o posted a video that shows us an R3E WTCC 2013 Single Player race at the Italian Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit.
In this video we can watch Georg in a Slipstream Battle against the R3E WTCC AI.
In October, the R3E WTCC 2013 pack will become a part of Sector3’s (R3E) RaceRoom Racing Experience.

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[Duke]

RaceRoom Racing Experience by Sector 3 has received its latest update. Most noticeable will be the “Time of day” feature, Automatic wheel rotation function and the updated tracks.
Check out the full changelog and trailer video below.

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New Features:
Test Drive. Test any car for free.
Time of Day. Choose different time of day settings from sunrise to sunset to change the mood of your session.
Wheel Range in Car Setup. The game now automatically detects and sets the ideal wheel range for a car based on your wheel and its settings in the driver. This can also be manually changed in car setup.

New Content:
WTCC Seat Leon
WTCC Chevrolet Cruze
WTCC Lada Granta
WTCC BMW E90 320
WTCC Honda Civic

Game:
Fixed an issue where the grid positions were not based on qualifying performance of the drivers when doing Single Race without Qualifying.
Fixed an issue where the player would get stuck with an “Already in a competition” message when entering a competition, backing out of it from car/livery selection menu and then trying to enter another competition.
Fixed an issue where user could not change the value in brake vibration under FFB settings.
Fixed an issue where during rolling start on Zandvoort, AI would finish their first lap when crossing the start line.
Added code to automatically set wheel range and steering lock if the steering wheel supports it.
Added steering setup screen under Car setup.
Added so the user can override default wheel range and steering lock on a per car basis.
Enabled Car setup for everyone (goes directly to steering setup if in novice or amateur)
Removed steering lock from Control Set (Since it’s now stored per car if the user override the default value).
Decreased font size on car setup steppers if the text doesn’t fit
Fixed issue with timing screen scroll position
Fixed issue with steering wheel spinning by itself in race monitor.
Updated localisation.
Fixed so that the default control sets now show up in the menus if 1 of the devices that it’s using have been connected.

Multiplayer:
Added livery id checks when clients join MP servers as opposed to just checking whether the user owns the content or not.

AI & Audio & Physics & Controllers & Camera:
Increased AI type grip on all cars.
Tweaked AI speed in Hungaroring.
Tweaked Suzuka Get Real AI speed.
Corrected front right spring strength and spring rates of Audi R8 Lms Ultra GTM.

Art:
Updated Monza with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.
Updated Hungaroring with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.
Updated Suzuka with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.

Portal:
Removed Dashboard.
Newsfeed is now under My Profile.
Changed the look and feel of the portal store page and portal menus.
Added News & deals section.
Implemented Test Drive.
Implemented Time of day support.
Various optimizations in the backend.
Fixed so that the big livery image is properly centered.
Made the default livery clickable again for a larger image.
Fixed a scaling issue on images that appeared in favourite cars.
Fixed alignment issues on popups about required content to join an event.
Added Resend Activation Email Functionality when user tries to login with an account that is not yet activated.

[Duke]

Sector 3 Studios has added the hillclimbing monster, the Carlsson SLK 340. Check it out in this video, and give it a free test drive in RaceRoom Racing Experience.
The newly-released Carlsson SLK 340 Hillclimb car is also part of a new Hillclimb pack which also includes the RaceRoom HillClimb track for 199vRP.

Racing Tuner Carlsson has been expertly tuning Mercedes-Benz products for more than 20 years. The Carlsson SLK 340 Judd is meant for hill climb competition in the E1 category. The high downforce SLK uses a carbon-fiber bodyshell to bring its weight to 1,720 pounds. This hill climb monster is powered by a 3.4-liter V8 engine, which churns out 610 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque connected to a Hewland transmission operated by paddle shifters.

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[Duke]

Sector3 Studios development team continues to work on new and exciting content for RaceRoom Racing Experience.
Today they posted a set of preview screens showing us the Macau street circuit, bringing the excitement of a tight corners, narrow streets and always close by barriers to R3E.

[DexterPunk]

Maybe I should jump into this again at some point. I really don't mind it, but it lacks the feeling of AC.

[Duke]

Sector3 have officially launch their new site as well as the anticipated patch for RaceRoom Racing Experience (R3E).
DTM Experience 2014 & three new tracks are available for purchase from the new store cart. The new store cart means you no longer have to buy vRP packs but can opt to pay for each DLC item individually. Also DTM 2013 content is now unlocked in R3E and all tracks have also been updated with the latest shaders and RoadFeel.
The entire changelog – including a whole bunch of fixes can be seen below.

What’s New (Summary)
- DTM Experience 2014.
- Added new packs, DTM 2013, DTM 2014, European Track pack.
- Moscow Raceway, Brands Hatch and Norisring now available in RRE.
- Pit Stops (DTM 2014 Single Player only for now, it will be added to MP and other experiences later)
- We changed the way we handle Experiences. E.g. DTM 2013 owners get all DTM 2013 content unlocked in RRE. (Some licence restriction may apply e.g. DTM 2014 cars will not be available in RRE right away)
- Added Store cart system. You can now buy the exact amount of required vRP’s instead of buying vRP packs.
- Portimao is now free for everyone.
- Added new liveries to Saleen. All Saleen liveries are now free.
- All tracks updated to latest standards with new shaders and RoadFeel

Game
- Added different tyre visuals. Two sets of tyres. Dtm 2014 only.
- Fixed an issue where you would get duplicate liveries in Single Player.
- Fixed an issue where the game was using wrong driving model when launching LBC/Competition through portal before entering an experience (main green orb).
- Changed so that we can now have different race length types (laps and minutes) depending on an experience.
- Fixed an issue where the game was not pausing when alt tabbing.
- Updated localization.
- Fixed so the cut track overlay is a warning instead of a penalty.
- Fixed so the invalid lap overlay is a warning instead of a penalty.
- Implemented support for different moods per track layout instead of global moods.
- Updated localization.
- Added new HUD element for car status.
- Fixed an issue where special characters weren’t displayed correctly in the game.
- We now allow up to 32 contact shadows in settings instead of 8.
- Fixed an issue where the engine vibration setting wouldn’t save.
- Fixed Return Multiplier defaulting to 0.1 and not saving if you changed it to 0.
- Fixed: RedBull Ring audio during camera Fly By cutting off
- Fixed: Game crashing if you start a single race after failing to join MP session
- Fixed: Crash in AI adaptation when leaving event if no player was present.
- Fixed: Not being able to load DTM Championships.
- Fixed an issue with FFB lost at race start.
- Fixed starting lights overlapping with the results if you retire before the race starts
- Fixed an issue where the default camera is becomes cockpit cam when you play a session that starts in garage.
- Fixed issue where Escape wasn’t working if AI had crossed the finish line first and player had to cross the line too to finish the race.
- Fixed a gamepad rumble issue when you quit a race or get DQd
- Fixed so the hood is replaced when repairing aerodynamics.
- Updated default controlsets. Added DRS and pit menu bindings to all profiles and removed unused lines.
- Fixed an issue with Data Display showing lap 1 as lap 0.
- Increased max FFB vertical value to 400%
- Fixed data display split times.
- Removed countdown from data display and position bar.
- Fixed so that the free cam uses player volume multiplier.
- Enabled cut track rules setting in all experiences.

Art
- Monza - Fixed various art issues.
- Brands_hatch – Various art fixes and higher resolution garage interiors.
- Hockenheim – Various art fixes.
- Hungaroring - Various art fixes.
- Norisring – Various art fixes
- Nurburgring - Various art fixes.
- Lausitzring – Various art fixes
- Redbull Ring - Various art fixes.
- Zandvoort - Various art fixes.
- Laguna Seca – Various art fixes.
- Changed global fog settings.
- Tweaked global lighting settings.
- Improved road shader.
- Updated WTCC 2013 cars with various fixes.
- Updated RaceRoom Hillclimb with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb
- Updated Lakeview Hillclimb with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb
- Updated Indianapolis with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb
- Updated Laguna Seca with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb
- Updated Bathurst with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb
- Updated Zolder with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb
- Updated Portimao with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.
- Updated Moscow Raceway with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb

Audio & AI & Physics & Camera
- Fixed an issue where player would get unfair stop and go penalty on the last turn of Raceroom Raceway.
- Updated Audi Quattro GTO physics for less understeer and improved AI for certain types of turns.
- Fixed an issue with Radical SR9 Turbo logic to fix rolling start issues.
- Increased force feedback multiplier on all cars.
- Made AI not try to overtake cars in pit entry lane, unless really slow.
- Norisring: Added more DRS activation points for AI.
- Zandvoort: Added more DRS activation points for AI.
- Hockenheim: Added more DRS activation points for AI.
- Hungaroring: Added more DRS activation points for AI.
- Moscow: Added DRS activation points for AI, improved Get Real AI behaviour.

Portal
- Added shopping cart system. You no longer need to buy VRP packages and can purchase the exact needed VRP.
- Changed the way we treat Experiences aka Experience 2.0. We no longer treat experiences as separate addons. An experience is now similar to a content that can be part of a pack.
- Newsfeed improvements. Added more feeds to the newsfeed in player profile such as, news from subscribed fan page, competitions, discounts in store, friend activities.
- Changed to new stats system. All stats prior to September 2014 have been wiped (sorry).
- Fixed an issue with store text not appearing complete in browsers.

[Duke]

Sector3 Studios activates International Servers for R3E...

Sector3 Studios has announced that they have setup an array of International Game Servers for the RaceRoom Racing Experience title.
This way, gamers and Sim Racers around the world, will be able to benefit even more from the already very stable R3E net-code.
The added RaceRoom servers will also make sure that overseas gamers can enjoy a low latency, reducing lag to a minimum.
R3E Servers Added:
Tokyo – ASIA
Australia - OCEANIA
Seattle US WEST California – US WEST
New Jersey – US EAST

[Duke]

Currently discounted (70% off) on STEAM

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[Duke]

Sector3 Studios Dev Stream – December 2014 Highlights

Yesterday Sector3 Studios broadcasted their December 2014 Development stream. They now uploaded the recap for those who missed it.

In this episode, the hosts of the show have a look at the current state of the ADAC GT Masters 2014 pack and have an interview with RaceRoom’s Track artist and former modder Alex Hummler (COM8). Alex shares some info about the process of building a track for RaceRoom Racing Experience. Furthermore, Alex shows us some footage and info regarding the Sachsenring circuit and reveals he is now working on an R3E version of Silverstone. Alex also refers to starting work on “that longer german track” Hell yea…

This episode also contained another nice surprise. If all goes well, Sector3 will try to release the DTM 1992 Experience pack before Christmas. The cars they have teased us with are the Audi V8 DTM, BMW M3 Sport Evolution, Ford Mustang GT DTM, Mercedes 190E EVO II DTM, and Opel Omega 3000 Evo 500. You can have a look at the official teaser video below.

But that’s not all… In 2015 the WTCC 2014 cars will be added to R3E. Georg created a little teaser showing us the 2014 WTCC Citroen of Title Winner J.M.Lopez. The WTCC add-on pack will also include the Macau, Shanghai and Spa-Francorchamps tracks. The Sector3 team also revealed that they are working on a dedicated server function and that in 2015, a lot of the already existing content will be updated and improved to meet the current standards.

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[Duke]

The ADAC GT Masters 2014 pack is to be released this week with Sector3 shedding some light on the new features of the circa 2014 version.

- 6 car models from 5 manufactures with 19 cars on the grid.
- 8 tracks, 6 previous R3E tracks and 2 new ones, Slovakiaring and Sachsen.
- New “Car Status HUD” feature in “Get Real” physics mode that makes the driver take care of their car’s engine, transmission, body and tyre wear.
- Cold Tyres & Brakes. Tyres & brakes need to heat up before they are 100% effective
- Win a race in Championship mode one week and get “Success Ballast” the next week.
- Minimum 60 second pitstops per the GT Masters rulebook that allows for tyre rotation or tyre change.
- Amateur and Pro driver pairings result in a competitor’s car being quick one stint and not so quick the next.
- Mandatory driver change during pitstops, even though you play the role of both the Pro and Amateur driver.
- New “Pit Request” feature that was previewed in this tutorial video.
- “Wrecker Prevention” that transforms wreckless driver cars into harmless ghost cars (interesting concept).

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[Duke]

Sector3 Studios has released ADAC GT Masters Experience 2014 today via an update to RaceRoom Racing Experience (R3E).
It can be purchased for $27.99 in the RaceRoom Steam store and there is a discount if you already own some of the experience content. Check out the release trailer below.

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The update features a very large list of bug fixes and improvements. A few of the standout updates include pit stops being enabled in multiplayer and all experiences, track texture quality being linked to car texture quality setting, updated parameters for when a car is “ghosted” or not for aggressive/poor driving and reduced damage when not using a clutch.

There is also a bunch of improvements in the car and track department. The McLaren MP4-12C, BMW 635 CSi, Chevrolet Camaro GT3 and BMW M3 E30 all receive some love and attention.
On the track front, RedBull Ring, Hockenheim, Indianapolis and Nurburgring all get art fixes.

RaceRoom 17-12-2014 Update

Experience
- ADAC GT MASTERS 2014 Experience

Cars
- ADAC 2014 – BMW Z4 GT3 2014
- ADAC 2014 – Audi R8 LMS Ultra 2014
- ADAC 2014 – McLaren MP4-12C GT3 2014
- ADAC 2014 – Chevrolet Camaro GT3 2014
- ADAC 2014 – Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 2014
- ADAC 2014 – Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3 2014
And various new liveries.

New Tracks:
- Sachsenring
- Slovakiaring

Game:
- Fixed an issue where assigning a button wouldn’t override the other functionality that was using the same button.
- Fixed: DTM 2014 – If player has no pit preset, tyre compound selection reverts to “prime” after pit menu overlay is closed
- Fixed: Drive Through Penalty served is displayed after serving a Stop and go penalty.
- Enabled Pit Stops in Multiplayer.
- Enabled Pit Stops in all experiences.
- Added car status toggle in options.
- Fixed certain downloaded ghosts causing a crash when spawned.
- Improved pit waypoint system.
- Fixed an issue where the user landed on the main green orb menu with experience themed text, after changing the language.
- Fixed an issue where split time between drivers would sometimes show bad data for opponent.
- Fixed track texture quality being linked to the car texture quality in graphic settings.
- Fixed an issue where the bangers were still deformed after repairing aero in pit stop.
- Added a check in code that makes sure the physics are definitely loaded for the player car.
- Made the following changes to the wrecker prevention system:
Ghosted if:
- Going in the wrong direction for more than 3 seconds.
- Standing still for more than 5 seconds
- When resetting the car
Unghosted when:
- Driving in the correct direction
- Going faster than 20m/s (72km/h)
- No car within 5 meters
Offline (Car reset only):
- Only ghosted when resetting the car
- Unghosted when going faster than 2m/s (7.2km/h) and no car within 5 meters.
- Reduced damage when not using clutch to help with manual clutch shifting.
- Fixed Race session ignoring preferred grid position set in game menu if Practice is ON but Qualify is OFF.
- Fixed an exploit in Qualifying where the player could get an extra qualifying lap if they enter the pits instead of crossing the finish line at session end.
- Corner Markers are now OFF by default in settings.
- Fixed Lap counter in pause menu not always matching the real lap counter.
- Fixed an issue where tyre flex was visible and stretching across the screen when car is on two wheels.
- Improved code flow for initializing controllers and handling ffb restarts.

Multiplayer:
- Limited the amount of server ping requests that can be active at the same time to 5.
- We now freeze session times if there are no players connected in practice and Qualifying.
- Increased MP server response timeout.

Physics & AI & Camera & Audio:
- McLaren MP4 – Improved external sounds.
- McLaren MP4 – Lowered rear-view camera for better view.
- Honda Civic WTCC 2013 – Fixed Stereo Panning Channel, adjusted cockpit sound.
- Carlsson Judd – Fixed Stereo Panning Channel.
- BMW 635 CSi: Improved overall sounds.
- Made AI on main path not avoid cars in pit exit unless very slow.
- Made AI in pit entry/exit not overtake other cars unless very slow.
- Improved pit stop turn-in speed for low AI skill level.
- Fixed an issue that could cause AI to pit too late.
- Changed AI control timer when exiting pit from 3 to 0.
- Improved general AI behavior on all tracks.

Art:
- Chevrolet Camaro GT3 – Fixed issues with rear view and side mirrors.
- BMW M3 E30 – Various art fixes.
- McLaren MP4-12C: Fixed some reflection issues.
- Portimao – Updatedwith new road shader, road bumps and various tweaks and bug fixes.
- Zolder – Various art fixes such as flickering white lines
- RedBull Ring – Various art fixes for shadows.
- Hockenheim – Various art fixes.
- Indianapolis – Various art fixes.
- Nurburgring: Fixed flickering issues on some time of day settings.
- Lakeview Hillclimb: Various art fixes.
- Global: Tweaked shadows. Increased draw distance and limited noise.
- Global: Minor tweaks to car materials. Boost of reflections. Adjusted chrome, increased specular intensity on car and in cockpit.

Portal
- Added a discount functionality that pre-calculates the discounts before finalizing the order.
- Added Newsfeed notification settings in profile.
- Newsfeed now shows all FB updates from subscribed fan pages.
- Various optimizations to the store page for better performance.
- Fixed an issue where players could interact with menus outside of their visual representation.
- Fixed not being able to test drive DTM 2014 cars in R3E portal.
- Fixed Leaderboards related stats not updating in profile.
- Fixed Packs not counting the liveries that comes with the cars under liveries.
- Fixed Single Player practice menu showing Leaderboards header on top in all experiences.
- Fixed “Add all to cart” option appearing under user’s profile page.
- Fixed number of opponents not hiding properly in practice mode when selecting a hillclimb track.
- Removed headline/close on all championship splashes.
- Added class icons and link to Car renders in portal to better distinguish cars with same or similar names.
- We now grey out Confirm purchase button until the transaction is actually done to avoid double transactions being sent to Steam.

[Duke]

I'm going to be all over this when it's released.

Sector3 Studios released a preview video showing their upcoming DTM 1992 pack for RaceRoom Racing Experience.
In this video, we can follow Georg “6e66o” Ortner in a DTM 1992 race at the Nürburgring, fighting the wheel of his Mercedes 190 DTM against a pack of legendary German touring cars such as the Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2, Audi V8 Quattro Evolution and the BMW M3 Sport Evolution.
We all know Georg is a master in dressing up the videos and giving it that little extra when editing footage. It was no different in this production. The video is presented as a 90’s videotape recorded TV broadcast. Brilliant!
The developer announced that the R3E DTM 1992 pack will be released in one of the coming weeks.

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[Duke]

Sector3 Studios has released the new DTM 1992 car pack for RaceRoom Racing Experience. The pack can be purchased for 999vRP or ~$12USD

Included Car Models
BMW M3 Sport Evolution
Ford Mustang GT DTM
Mercedes 190E Evo II DTM
Opel Omega 3000 Evo500
Audi V8 DTM

Aside from the five car models, the pack also comes with 25 liveries for the cars, replicating the 1992 season field.

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[Duke]

Not to be out done by the likes of AC... seems "The Green Hell" is every sims cup of tea these days.

Sector 3 Studios has chosen to also end the year with a bang, announcing a very famous track addition that is due to join the simulation in 2015 – The Nürburgring Nordschleife. Not only will R3E feature the world’s most famous race track, it will also be the first track inside R3E to be made using laser-scan data.

[Bauer]

thanks for all the posts in here. May seem like you are on your own sometimes but I have been reading all the sim stuff that you post

[Duke]

RaceRoom Racing Experience Sonoma Raceway previews.

Sector3 Studios released a batch of preview screenshots showing us the Sonoma Raceway track that will be available for RaceRoom Racing Experience early 2015.
This new R3E circuit will feature 4 different layout variations for you to race on. The Kimi quote on the scoring pylon is incredible!
Sonoma Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway and Infineon Raceway is a 4.06 km / 2.52-mile road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, USA. The track features 12 turns on a hilly course with 49 m / 160 feet of elevation changes.

[Duke]

Sector3 Studios have posted more teasers of content for RaceRoom Racing Experience with screens of a Fabcar (Porsche) 935 K4 and a BNR32 Nissan Skyline GT-R Group A.

[Righteous]

I've had a play around with race racing raceroom race racing experience and actually found it very enjoyable.

So much so that I bought the WTCC pack. This sim, easily, has the best and most immersive sound of any the sims floating around at the moment in my opinion.

That BMW pro car is pretty dam close to the best sounding sim car ever.

To me, their pricing structure is how iRacing should be. If you're going to make me pay for content, don't make me pay for a sub.

It probably won't ever get to the popularity level of AC, but if there was ever a night people felt like giving the WTCC's are whirl online, I'm up for it.

[DexterPunk]

I've had a play around with race racing raceroom race racing experience

Haha!

[Duke]

Yep I own all the R3E content bar a couple of the skin packs, I agree the pricing structure is much more affordable plus they have lots of sales & package discounts now.
I don't think I've paid more than 50% of the regular vRP for any of it.
I too really enjoy it especially for an offline bash, the AI are also pretty good.
I also like how they have ladderboards that doesn't require any special login/app just do a hotlap & it records your PB & informs you in-game.
It has improved significantly in the past year, especially since they changed to become Sector3. Yes the sounds are sublime.
I'd be up for some online action, I guess it would be good to know how many of us actually have it & what content we each own?

[DexterPunk]

I actually haven't fired it up for months... I think it was still Simbin when I last gave it a go. I should have another look.

[Righteous]

Well, as mentioned. I have WTCC pack, but also have the Hill climb pack. I'm certainly open to dropping 10 or 15 on another pack. The classic DTM cars are pretty fun to drive.

I love the fact that you can test drive all the cars before you buy them too. Very cool feature.

I was watching a replay a little while back too and noticed the game has tyre wall flex! I always loved that about LFS.

It's subtle, but you can see it in this vid I captured.

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[Cursed]

RRRRRREE seems to have disappeared from the Steam store.

I was moving it from my SSD onto HDD and could no longer find it in the store to reinstall it. I did manage to sort out the reinstallation via another method, though.

[Duke]

Sector3 Studios is currently working on a new car to join the GTR2 class in RaceRoom Racing Experience. The Cadillac CTS-V will be a welcomed guest when joining the already available machinery in R3E. In the included preview video, we can watch Sector3 staff member Georg Ortner perform a lap in the WIP Cadillac CTS-V at the Sonoma Raceway.

The development team also announced that the whole RaceRoom Racing Experience GTR2 class will get a physics update. Marko Hartikainen is working on bringing the physics to the current standards. Furthermore, the choice of liveries will be expanded, providing a more immersive grid.

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