Does Automobilista V1.6 Deliver? My Honest FIRST IMPRESSIONS

#ams2 #update #simracing #automobilista2 #reizastudios
Update to V1.6 for Automobilista 2 is out, and in this video I am going to give you my honest first impressions of the new content, handling and tire model, cars, tracks, and features. Has Reiza delivered? Does the update put the sim on another level? Let's find out ...
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[@dbuck01]

Spent 30 minutes running the old 911. It used to be SO loose and slidy and first impression is tires/grip are significantly improved. Still slidy but much, much better.

[@truantray]

But the rain grip is still wayyy off.

[@SuperSocks7]

@@truantrayI’m not so convinced, in fact I think it’s incredibly accurate. In some cars at least.

[@souljah7423]

Hello from France Timo. Nice to hear your opinion about the 1.6 update. REIZA did a really good job with this one!

[@kevin_m]

Thanks Timo. Enjoying the update as well. Despite some negativity towards this title/madness engine etc, ams2 is still the sim I have the most fun in. How easily you can fire it up and get on track with such a variety of content is great I agree.😊

[@ChrisTian-co4oc]

This is great. Never felt alive like this.

[@AnotherWatchChannel]

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is 10 mins from my house. I’ve driven on it in McLaren 570s. I sometimes go karting there as well. It’s so amazing to have this track in arguably one of the best sim racing games. Sebring has been long awaited as well.

[@TimoDick]

@@AnotherWatchChannel Mosport has grown quickly on me, great track! Love the blind entries and elevation changes, so demanding - and rewarding if you get it right.

[@talon1706]

It's an hour from my house and I've been going there since the late 60's. I was surprised to see it on AMS2. In VR it's an awesome experience.

[@TimoDick]

@@talon1706 As Reiza has got the IMSA licence, Mosport, as well as the other 2 new tracks, was def in their list.

[@-gr4phon545]

I've been trying out different combos for 3 days and I'm really enjoying it. The physics and tire model update are really good. The new shader model is also really good, you can set the graphics to be incredibly realistic. Driving a GT1 in Road America, with the trees without leaves in cloudy weather, is completely cinematic. And the sounds are really brutal, the replay from the trackside camera gives you incredible effects.

[@Despiser25]

I agree, great critique. They delivered.

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Its def slide still with the vintage cars but yeah it's feeling great! Everything is great right now. Feels connected. Probably one of the best updates to a sim we have seen in a while. True changes that matter and make a difference that is. I tested it with my newer invicta wheelbase and the details were so insane. Really the response of the title was amazing. I had to actually lower the responsiveness of my base for the first time. Even if only a little bit 😉

[@MarcSob22]

Love AMS2

[@samuelcraigrangi]

Thanks Timo - looking forward to your experience over time with the revised AI - I love they added the AI error rate along with rain skill slider - hoping that means we can take advantage further of the excellent real weather system without causing too many pace discrepancies with the AI. Will be interesting when they add the AI braking skill slider as well (in beta it seems) might help make it harder to pick up easy spots into a hairpin (RRRE issue too).

[@Apsu94]

AI is still terrible in this game

[@samuelcraigrangi]

@ disagree

[@timberwolf6048]

​@@Apsu94tell us the Sims with better AI.

[@Apsu94]

Iracing ​@@timberwolf6048

[@tacklefatkids]

​@@Apsu94 Just learn how to race.

[@nicklibby3784]

YES. (IMO). 🤠👍

[@gsam_dad5540]

Great content sir, your precision & insight are a welcome change from the absurd ramblings of the likes of Gamer Muscle & that Broadbent fellow...keep it coming please :)

[@mik1037]

I just bought it on the steam sale, used to love iRacing but have let my sub go for a year, got tired of it, and tired of paying the sub... AMS2 1.6 is amazing in VR, LOVE it! Tried it years ago and hated it, glad the team stepped it up and hope this gets lots of people buying it. However tell them to change their free demo on steam, it's horrible and they will lose so many possible customers.

[@McB952]

i can only recommend to use the custom FFB setting. BUT: you need to delete your old "ffb_custom_settings" file (with AMS2 not running). AMS2 will create a new fresh file on start of the game. The old custom files that were distributed in the past in several forums are not fitting 1.6 anymore. This delivers the best SIM feeling; default/default+ are too much of a driving aid imho !

[@zebraafs]

Hi Timo, Excellent video as always 👌. Do the Thunderflash mods still work??

[@McB952]

running on a Simucube Sport (17Nm) as well

[@gijsje0015]

New Championship series ?(Imsa championship mode please 🥺)

[@mw9020]

How to make FFB less gritty? Feels like there is sand in my wheel. I kinda like Default setting now and tried Custom but that is taking away too much feedback.

[@frankdiehl8749]

Depends a bit on what brand of wheel you're on. FEI(force effect intensity) back to like 60/70% on Fanatec gets rid of the worst of those peaks.

[@SidgeRacing]

Which wheelbase do you have. I actually want more grit. Feels rubbery to me

[@nicklibby3784]

@@mw9020 turn up the interpolation filter. (INT) on Fanatec wheels. Other wheels should have this option. This is literally the "grainy" setting. And that's how Fanatec describes it in their official guide. All the interpolation does is smooth the FFB signal without taking away strength or lots of details. Running it at zero is going to be very gritty, or grainy or rough or Sandy feeling. Turning it up to 12-17 or 20 will be extremely smooth. It honestly makes a huge difference. Don't mess with the (FEI) Force Effect Intensity setting until you change your INT Interpolation setting. All (FEI) does is basically turn the force feedback of your base down. It doesn't really help with grainyness and will drastically reduce ffb strength and feeling. Interpolation filter is exactly what you are looking for. It literally just takes the FFB signal and smooths it, so it doesn't take away strength or details.

[@nicklibby3784]

@@SidgeRacing if you have a Fanatec wheel turn down the interpolation filter. This smooths the ffb signal. You can turn it down to 0 and have a completely raw signal and it will definitely feel very grainy. I like my ffb quite grainy and run 3,4 to 7. Sometimes 10 if I'm in the mood for a smoother feeling. Anything above 15 J feel like is too smooth and potentially losing detail.

[@mw9020]

@@nicklibby3784 I have Asetek La Prima. It works awesome in AC but in AMS2 the fbb feels quite gritty. If they removed this feeling ffb would be quite decent. Morad said there should be no grit in the ffb steering and I fully agree as it is not realistic.

[@frankdiehl8749]

"I'm not very familiar with Sebring..." Timo, what have you been doing with your life?!😂 Get familiar!😜

[@stefanoviaggio8096]

Best sim ever, now even better, great job Reiza!❤ Now i can delete RF2 and LMU for ever

[@chrisl211]

Hi Timo. Do you still manage to merge the modded cars with the game classes? I can merge the classes, but the modded cars crash the game.

[@TimoDick]

Sry, haven't tried yet.

[@truantray]

Modders are updating to 1.6

[@giou9671]

looking forward to that.

[@davidbacon9351]

Has anyone tried to set up a Custom Championship for European Endurance? When I try the grid seems to be limited to 29 opponents even though all the tracks I've chosen show 47 grid slots. Am I doing something wrong?

[@nicklibby3784]

@@davidbacon9351 does your PC have 12g + of ram? That is a requirement for it. I think there may be a setting in the options or settings menu to enable it.

[@davidbacon9351]

Yes I have 32gb. I can run the 48 car grid in single race just not in custom championship mode.

[@rboettger]

How KZbinrs always highlight that this is their honest opinion

[@DonHichot]

I love AMS2 and only play with AI. Before the release of 1.6 I had only one dream, to: “they didn't mess up anything” and of course they f🤬🤬🤬g messed up. - Optimization, from stable 60fps I now have 29-35 and strange framerates. - AI is not even a shadow of itself, boring and dumb. “AI Mistakes” is a weak joke. I set x5 and in 30min I see one situation how ai leaves the track. No fight, everyone drives like a string, gt3 cars on the straight pull pathetically behind gt5. - “Tyre wire” doesn't exist anymore, on x5 I spin spins 5min and didn't even go to 50%. Mock. How can you not test it? - “Bugs”, I set one, load another, want to turn on the map in the HUD, this one does not work. No lap records. etc. Earlier I bought almost all the DLC, I enjoy the new cars and tracks, because they are great, the driving model and FFB is fabulous. The sounds are even better. Unfortunately if Reiza doesn't fix what they broke, I'm done with Ams2 and will go back to RF2 or look for something new.

[@thijsazerty692]

Byeeee, you won't be missed

[@DonHichot]

@thijsazerty692 🤣

[@mikecroshaw9233]

I agree.

[@apparatinc462]

great

[@Caddoshack]

Def an improvement, other sims still feel better physics imo

[@DaTruthHeals]

Thanks for this, not going to sit through a 20-minute review of an update.

[@gsam_dad5540]

Yawn, RFactor 2009 is of course the best....if you read comics & call them graphic novels of course

[@jimjones1652]

I've never had a real issue with the sliding of the cars but I can't drive the New Audi Quattro, so much understeer and sliding for me.

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

Audio is still broken inside the car. Engine noise far too quiet still

[@nativerezmedia]

Turn other sounds down... keep engine on 100%... maybe that will help

[@thijsazerty692]

have you tried switch the headphone mix option (in the audio section)?

[@tbainbridge]

Cars still slide like on ice skating ring, even at very low speeds cars will slide forever. Very unrealistic. Never have I been in a car that slides for so long. It's not how it is IRL.

[@paulcole]

It’s still AMS2 It has new content, it’s fun for pick up and play but let’s not pretend it’s suddenly a contender. Some cars have always been better than others and that’s still the case, but disappointing when a brand new GT3 on optimum conditions still feels like it’s on ice though. The LMP2 is standout of the new content but “game changing” is thrown around far too much. I still enjoy it and will definitely give LFM a go, Lastly the AI is still absolute turd, LMDH stuck behind a GT3 for half a lap at Le Mans then other LMDH making a queue typical AMS2 stuff like that is game breaking still all these years later.

[@gomezthechimp1116]

Well, technically any patch literally changes the game, so that description is accurate, but I know what you mean.

[@SlowBloke123]

AI is not absolute turd…it’s a lot of fun and improved step by step over dev cycle. It is MUCH better than a year ago. For sure I see lmdh stuck behind gt3 too long when I skip qualifying so there is still room for improvement though. Iracing AI is the gold standard but the physics/ffb/immersion is not up to par for me. Having a blast with group c on the big old interlagos… absolute pinnacle for me.

[@mlondipraiseworth3223]

How do you stop ama2 cars? you hit the brakes nothing happens. Car goes straight off the road😂 and no feeling under braking…is it my wheel settings(la prima)

[@captainaustria95]

brake temps, brakes are doa on pit exit until you got some temps in

[@thijsazerty692]

brake temps are a huge difference since 1.6, when they're up to temp they react normal. Also I've heard some clan members that they had to calibrate the pedals to get the old brake feeling back

[@truantray]

KZbinrs have to push this game, especially when the generate content from it. Sorry, tire model is still not right and some bizzare braking bugs persist. Mosport is just OK, it based on the pre 2020 version of the track and AI are slow. Ill have to see if they fixed karting, which has been broken from day 1.

[@tonyyimbo]

Go be miserable elsewhere

[@KeithNelson-xo9tj]

Karting is lame. Just like your insinuations.

[@tonygee3284]

!0 out of 10 From the Devs

[@bhendrikabel]

To be fair, i’ve only tested the gt3 cars and ai in multi class racing. Ai are still a mess and gt3 cars still sliding and suspension seems not exciting. Feels like driving on a pillow. Still have to test the other cars, but not to optimistic

[@EGGUZMAN]

Still no career mode that they promised years ago. Disappointing. There is no purpose to drive these cars in single player. Reason I never purchased any DLC’s from them…Meh

[@gomezthechimp1116]

Only PC2 has a viable career mode. Kunos' efforts are terrible, and none of the others even offer career. LMU is even worse, with just Race Weekend, and no evidence of that changing anytime soon.

[@jrrs8692]

There's a custom championship mode and some career apps that work fine until Reiza themselves develop their Career mode. The only good career mode on modern racing games are the F1 one's.

[@EGGUZMAN]

@@jrrs8692 Yes, the F1 Games from Codemaster/EA have an excellent Career mode and I have enjoyed them. Too bad Reiza doesn't/didn't capitalize on that, maybe they would have more sales. I know they are more into making DLC's packs to get revenue but the promised career mode should be on top of the list by now. Oh Well.

[@thijsazerty692]

They always stated multiplayer will get their attention first. Nobody cares what you don't buy for singe player use...

[@EGGUZMAN]

@@thijsazerty692 WRONG, they promised single player career mode after one year after Early Access. Nobody cares for single player? You don't know what you're talking about Einstein Their Steam sales are low, they desperately need revenue, reason for the DLC's they push so smart people like you buy them, hardly no one plays the game, in single player or MP. Online is mostly DEAD. And one other thing genius, you think you're so smart, why are they pushing so hard to improve the AI with every update..eh? to play multiplayer with them? So, GTFO and talk to me when you really know something.