Pleasant surprise

[DoubleT]

So I'm one of the guys who thought long and hard as to whether I wanted anything to do with PCARS. I monitored what folks were reporting about the builds and a lot of the information coming back was fairly positive.
Today, I decided to give it a try at the team member level. I figured if it turned out to be bad, I would only lose $34...no big deal. I downloaded, installed and ran Build 192.
I must say I'm pleasantly surprised. It is much better than I expected.
They're a few small gripes...(the menus are a bit hard to read without getting right up to the monitor and also could be a bit more user friendly)...but all in all, not bad at all. I had great framerates with everything maxed-out. The cars responded well at 2% throttle, 5% brake and 4% clutch deadzones at 100% saturation. I experienced zero lag. It was a very good experience.

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[gh69]

Welcome on board!

Yep Menu font size has been questioned lots of times, but the whole menu system is likely to change umpteen times in the coming months.

Don't forget to make any suggestions you have for changes, as everything is read by the devs although they can't obviously respond to every post.

[edubz123]

great FPS with everything maxed out? What kinda system you got? Must be pretty beast.

[redi]

Welcome to the project, and make sure to report any issues and give any feedback in the WMD forums, that's what the whole community-assisted thing is about :)

[DoubleT]

great FPS with everything maxed out? What kinda system you got? Must be pretty beast.

Not really. I use an I7-920 based system o/ced to 3.8GHz on an MSI Platinum. It has 2 2GB GTX560Ti cards ...so not the latest hardware. I'll post a video later. I just ran my first lap of the California coast to test. I recorded it with FRAPS. It runs super smooth, no stutter at all.

[edubz123]

sweet, yeah man would love to see that video. So was the SMS Highway 1 anything like the real thing, I'm guessing you've had some experience on the real one.

SLI 560s, nice job.

[DoubleT]

sweet, yeah man would love to see that video. So was the SMS Highway 1 anything like the real thing, I'm guessing you've had some experience on the real one.

SLI 560s, nice job.

It actually is. The section in the sim probably replicates an area to the south. I'm further up north...near San Mateo. The colors, shading, light effect is spot on. My first run in PCARS on that road, almost had me believing it was Sunday. That's usually when I drive it most.
I love driving hwy1 so much, that one Sunday afternoon the wife and I left to go to dinner in Tomales Bay and wound up way up the coast in Ft.Bragg. I was having that much fun. The switchbacks headed to Stinson Beach and all through Dogtown and beyond are just fun to drive...especially with my turbo. It's pure 'point and squeeze'. A true driver's road as long as you're not scared of heights. Going off can land you down a 300- 700 ft embankment and into the Pacific ocean.

[Gassolini]

^ Marvelous! :-D

What kind of car is that? Double turbos even, looking at your nickname?

DJ
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[DoubleT]

Here it is...my first ever run of PCARS. No setup other than controller and graphics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3AhKSzKKA&feature=youtu.be

[DoubleT]

^ Marvelous! :-D

What kind of car is that? Double turbos even, looking at your nickname?

DJ
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My car is a 302hp Saab 9-3 turbo with SQR software, TD04 turbo and HF injectors, remapped MAF, 3'' pipe, 6pt subframe brace, complete Bilstein coil over, steering rack braces, Viggen suspension and Genuine Saab racing clutches with Quaife diff.

[tjc]

Welcome aboard DT...

Not bad first run and pretty nice rig youv`e got there for running pCARS.

:)

[DurgeDriven]

Today, I decided to give it a go at the junior level. I figured that at the very entry level, if it turned out to be bad, I would only lose $34
:?:

Junior is 10EU = 13US

[DoubleT]

:?:

Junior is 10EU = 13US

Sorry...Team member is what I meant.

[SwiftyOne]

Here it is...my first ever run of PCARS. No setup other than controller and graphics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3AhKSzKKA&feature=youtu.be

Great vid :) It shows that you know the track. ;-) After 26 runs I still manage to hit the rails at some point :ohmy: :-)

Welcome to pCARS :thumbup:

Swifty

[DoubleT]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I'm having a blast with PCARS.

[erictheez1]

Not really. I use an I7-920 based system o/ced to 3.8GHz on an MSI Platinum. It has 2 2GB GTX560Ti cards

I believe another name for that system would be THE BEAST!

Welcome.

[Hired Goon]

Hey DoubleT I resisted it too, based on my experience with Shift. Glad I took the plunge also as it's developing rather nicely. Love how quickly things change from build to build - you'll quickly look forward to Fridays. Check out the physics thread where you can chat with and view the thoughts of the project's physics man. It's an impressive read though difficult to understand the technospeak.

[kennyken]

That bridge section is really nice. Pop up grass a bit annoying.