Harnessing an American Brute at the Iconic ROUEN - Automobilista 2

[@toddmcdonough]

Some say the Vette handles like a 2000hp dump truck with suspension tuned by the Amish and brake discs made of cheese... actually that's pretty acurate.

[@davidcoates9123]

With your " Brake in a straight line" and "slow in, fast out" Sir Jackie Stewart would be proud of you.

[@noggin6870]

Shockingly, they actually raced lower formula open-wheel cars at Rouen until the mid 90's! Although that was the only use the track saw in the later years, just that one event each year.

[@PlymouthPilgrim1975]

Rouen was finally closed in 1994 and almost everything there related to racing was demolished, pit complex, marshal posts, everything. It was, in its own way, an act of cultural and historic vandalism. You'd have to really search to find anything there to mark it at all, unlike at Reims which was in the process of being demolished when the local authorities intervened.

[@daww23]

We really, really, REALLY need a full Power & Glory mod in AMS 2. I can't even tell you how awesome that wolud be... Maybe one day!

[@travisrueckheim9179]

Start to hairpin. Known as Chickens Lift.

[@MarleyDog11]

Pretty accurate name

[@rexcadral3468]

The liveries in this race are great! So colorful and unique.

[@quickc4626]

This Corvette is awesome to drive, one of my favourites in AMS2. The PC2 tracks are well worth downloading if anyone is undecided.

[@slkOnebitcheZ]

theyre better in assetto corsa

[@Pozer714]

A lot of fun in "RaceRoom" too, not many liveries though...

[@precesionnoreaster1507]

​@@slkOnebitcheZno they are defined not ams has the much better tire model for vintage cars

[@Threadoflength]

Wow the sounds of that corvette....

[@elliotporterfield6921]

It brings me joy to see a new GPLaps video pop up!

[@tarushdei]

I raced this car combo at Cascavel last night. 15 lap race and probably the most fun I've had racing in my entire sim racing career. That C3 is a handful but it's so evocative of what it's doing, you know exactly when you lose grip and can catch it so easily. I will be doing a series soon with my new R5 I loved it so much.

[@chaoscope]

One like for the correct pronunciation of Rouen alone. Great stuff!

[@lewisbloom]

Another fun video to watch and inspire some sim racing adventures. Ive recently been running AMS2 50 lap races around oulton park classic with a full grid of both classes of COPA cars. Real blast, multiclass madness. v1.5 has made those little bangers such as a fiat uno so damn fun to drive!

[@GPLaps]

im a big fan of that layout of Oulton, i think the chicanes kind of spoil the place. Ill have to try that combo

[@F1stuff972]

A great way to start my morning

[@TheFlual22]

I would love to see another Car for the ClassicGT lineup of AMS2. A DeTomaso Pantera would fit in quite nicely..

[@Pozer714]

I can think of at least 10, one being an Alpha Romeo, a fun one in "Assetto Cousa".

[@flyingphoenix113]

You've hit the nail on the head of what is my biggest problem with AMS2--a million "different" classes with three cars or less. Half of the fun of this era is the diversity. Where is the 3.0 CSL? Where is the RS2600 Capri? Where is the Cosworth Escort? Where is the Pantera or the Bora? Where is the 914-6? And, that's before you consider all of the other obscure cars of that era. These amazing classes need more diversity.

[@joshjackburns]

Hey Jake, I’ve loved watching your videos for a about 2 years now. You’re truly an awesome guy to watch, thanks for all your great videos. I’d love for you to do a video on the BMW M13 turbo 4 cylinder powered F1 cars if you’d be keen to do so, the B55 is such a crazy concept of a Grand Prix car. Either that or something crazy like the P34 on the Nordschleife

[@Eatinbritches]

*M12, and yes.

[@drdetroitwheels]

The guys that would have driven those cars at that time would have been guys like Peter revson Mark Donohue Brian Redmon George farmer

[@MrMiniPilote]

Thoroughly entertaining. Good stuff. I'll never forget my tear through the French country side. It was in a BMW. Thanks for the content.

[@BadWallaby]

DUDE this track at night on PC2 is one of my favorite sim racing experiences

[@darkfox2076]

Great video Jake. I'm with you all the DRM/Group 5 cars were amazing and don't forget that Group 5 was the base for the Group B rally era

[@luukvanoijen7082]

AMS2 is so fantastic, me and some friends have been racing in a private league we set up and it's so fun. Just 4-5 lads + a grid of AI, great times honestly, fantastic game

[@punkbloater]

Some feisty driving here, love it! 👍🏻

[@BunkerFox]

Say what you want about the physics of Project Cars 2, it had a great selection of content. Some great tracks and some tracks that I hadn't seen since Race 07. And that's not mentioning the great car selection, so many classics and modern cars too. I love AMS2 but having so many of the classes just be 2 cars is a big negative for me

[@JaggedMercenary]

Give it a couple more years, it's getting there. AMS 2 is the best thing since GTR2/Race07. Assetto Corsa physics are inferior and no mods will ever fix this. AMS2 is the best all around driving experience in 2023.

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

@@JaggedMercenary not to mention that one of AC's biggest flaws is that you're left guessing what the rear end of any car is doing, once the cars starts to slide AC gives pretty solid info as to if that slide is recoverable or not but leading up to it is a bit of a guessing game, regardless of what your sim setup is. AMS2 is one of the only sims I've played that actually gives FFB that is able to trick my brain into understanding both what the front and rear end of a car is doing and does so in an impressively smooth way, I've never tried Iracing but I've heard similar stuff however it seems a bit more dependent on having a better wheel setup than I currently own. maybe there is still too much grip in certain instances, maybe it isn't the most "realistic" simulation out there on a lap to lap basis but it gives a solid representation of what racing is and is incredibly entertaining.

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

I mean, a lot of those one or two car categories pair up pretty well with others, how the classes are put together and separated can be a bit odd at times but the fact that Reiza is working on making the mod community for this game an actual thing does a lot to resolve this issue.

[@realdealgod_]

Ah Rouen, one of the best tracks in the world!

[@fredscratchet1355]

Great video Jake, the sound track is amazing.

[@mortimersnerd8044]

You're right about the Formula Juniors on this track, one of my favorite combinations in AC.

[@jeffghost2529]

Really awesome work sawing that wheel. Great job

[@donleblanc2669]

Man , you sure had to work thar wheel !! great job though !!! 😊👍

[@mobucks555]

the best part about being in the digital garbage bin is it never gets emptied.

[@ruskie8466]

One really awesome combo is these cars at the 1983 Bathurst! You should give it a go. Slight note, the Corvetter is a lot quicker than the Porsche so you might need to run a qualifying session.

[@joshuadelorimier1619]

I revisited pcars2 recently I forgot how awesome there historic touring cars are, my favorite being the Ferrari 365. Pcars 2 does an excellent job of weight transfer on these cars and stock loose setups where drive able......was hoping ams2 or thunderflash would put these cars in ams2 one day......really hopeful for gt revival coming out next year.

[@donjezza]

Awesome!

[@jamesf8783]

Jake I've never heard of this at all but you make such great content i was captivated. This looks fun! So is this on ams2 or project cars?

[@barracadoseuze4213]

This track is on the Project Cars, but he is running it using AMS2 ( via Mod )

[@careyroberts3924]

Great race! Very entertaining & well driven.....

[@ryklatortuga4146]

24 minutes du les Essarts!

[@bertram-raven]

It is interesting to note the option for snow and ice is part of the track. However, if this option is used and you then switch to another track without removing the snow/ice weather, the game will crash. This is not a reportable bug, but something of which to be aware until the official content supports snow and ice.

[@Corktip14]

That's it, I'm going back to AMS2 again! I now you already told us where you got that pit board mod, but I can't seem to find it back. Could you please re share a link?

[@GPLaps]

You can find that here! www.racedepartment.com/downloads/pit-board-overlay.50895/

[@Corktip14]

@@GPLaps thank you very much!!

[@OldManPlaysDrivingSims]

Ha! - did my video inspire you? It’s a fantastic circuit 👍🏻🏁

[@Fastvoice]

Last local/regional races there were in 1993 - not in the 70s.

[@GPLaps]

Ah interesting, i thought it was abandoned long before then!

[@Taurim]

@@GPLaps Fastvoice is right. I attended several races on this circuit between 1990 and 1992.

[@starbound5958]

Un de mes circuits préférés 👍

[@Villoresi]

Well, sort of. It's not the 1950-54 version of the course. It's the 1972-94 course, without the chicane at Six Freres, however. Yes, as far as I'm aware, the hairpin was always cobbled. The pit apron for Rouen in GPL is definitely too wide, but the track itself isn't as exaggerated. Those '67 F1 cars no wider than this Corvette, and sitting so much lower, the road is going to look a lot wider than from out of this car. Thankfully, we have Sergio Loro's Rouen for AC. Yeah, the BMW or Ford would be nice. The Group 2/4 Capri looks sharp. They put a chicane in at Gresil in 1971, and at Six Freres in '74. Reims really was the French GP circuit of the '50s and '60s. Rouen is kind of an in-between, and then you have the wild technicality and elevation changes of Clermont Ferrand. He needs to turn on his lights. Yes, this was good fun to watch.

[@roina771]

Really hope that Reiza will start putting more effort on historic sports cars. The F1 fleet is already pretty damn good and fun. Maybe an early 70's prototype class and one or two GT or slower sportscars for variety. That and the oval AI and I can see myself playing this game for years. IIRC PC2 had Porsche 917k and Ferrari 512 so there's an idea.

[@nikbear]

Outstanding ❤👏👏👏🏁🍾

[@СергейЖуков-с7ю]

Красивый "Корвет"

[@LeoA2600]

I wish they'd fix some of the weird pixelated windshield reflections.

[@kem0n0.kokomo]

Big ups

[@axoss6553]

For a french guy this is kinda funny to see the thunbnail with ROUEN in big

[@jinxed_jinxed_3443]

Nice.

[@Dogman36]

have you ever thought about running a Penske Camaro around Marlboro? its on Assetto Corsa, very detailed

[@craigdixon7881]

Hi GP Can you help .I was just wondering when you run mods in AMS 2 which I have lots what happens when they update the game. I am confused on the procedure

[@grocam3]

they need a reiza quality stamped Rouen les essarts, we see this track mod on many games ! just compare old Spa from PC2 to AMS2 and imagine the result. PC2 track modeling is subpar.

[@ronsmith6041]

First in, love your work GPLaps.

[@schummy3000]

can you explain how did you get that fps.? what game settings are you using ?

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

I can't test this cause I currently do not own a functioning PC but I feel as though some of the weirdness/deficiencies with the AI may be due to them no "knowing" how to setup the cars to a modded track, regardless it's something that'll almost certainly get better with some updates to the mod plus the continued work Reiza does to the AI itself.

[@Pozer714]

Would love to know your basic car setup!

[@GPLaps]

I just had it on the default here with more fuel!

[@carlosfandango2419]

I'm still not convinced with Automobilista 2, if you compare this with your Willow Springs/ACLegends GTC 60s/Assetto Corsa/Corvette outing this car seems almost wooden. Always loved Rouen, such a tough drive in GPL but made for great online racing in VROC. The other video for folk that haven't seen it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5TPoYeNq9KKldU

[@simmadpaul2880]

Great video but please go back to the videos you used to do. With an introduction and short history of the car before you race it. Those videos are awesome. This is a great video though. So if this was 2023 racing then everyone would be complaining "give the place back. You're not allowed to race. Give the place back" but this is the 1970s so who gives a ..... This is real racing.

[@GPLaps]

I just did one a couple weeks ago on Suzuka!

[@simmadpaul2880]

​@@GPLapsyou did indeed. My apologise. Keep up the great work and don't listen to cretins like me who don't create anything.

[@GPLaps]

not a worry at all, just wanted to make sure you didn't miss! Wish I had more time to do more in depth stuff like that Appreciate you watching!

[@randydubin7118]

This is clearly a mod from Project CARS based on the Fake ad billboards.

[@andrewcurtis4568]

Dude, either use pirated software or preach about how wrong it is, don't do both.

[@JPKelly-xr7tr]

Confused: what are you referring to - ?

[@mortimersnerd8044]

"It feels so good, it *must* be wrong"

[@Dethmeister]

@@JPKelly-xr7tr He's talking about that track being lifted from PCars 2. That's bad. But PCars 2 is abandoned and no longer available to buy. So, it's ok. Then again AMS2 didn't make any money off the track he's using. That's bad. But, AMS2 would have been better if it supported mods better in the first place. So, that's the grey area. It's kinda wrong but not really.

[@JPKelly-xr7tr]

@@Dethmeister Understood, thanks.

[@Logan912]

@@Dethmeister It's just collecting dust as-is for now, and the developers wouldn't be making money from anyone purchasing a copy of PC2 anymore anyway. I don't see anything wrong with it.

[@zeekot4064]

I’m slow in slow out