Nordschleife - Nürburgring Has Arrived in Automoblista 2

The release of the Nürburgring Pack for Automobilista 2 was a little bit of a late arrival, due to the Nordschleife not being quite ready so while Reiza worked on that they let everyone including those without the Nürburgring DLC or Session Pass try out what was available including the Nürburgring tracks, GT3 and GT4 cars, getting some valuable community feedback before the full release.

Now having fully released I set myself up in the driving seats of all the GT4 and GT3 cars in the pack while only driving, what thankfully turrns out to be an impressively detailed new laser-scanned version of the Nordschleife.

Did I mention it is an impressively detailed version of the Nordschleife!? Well it is; along with additional roadside details that adds to the atmosphere and realism of the track, the surface details of the tarmac can felt really well in the FFB, though some of the GT3/GT4 cars seem to exhibit a bit to much of a bounce/rebound as you transfer over some of the cambers on the road, so there is still a slight amount more dialling in needed on Reiza’s part here as there is with AMS2 over all, but as they are showing time and time again, they are improving constantly and even with it’s current faults AMS2 and this DLC already delivers some best in class content.

It’s also worth noting that they are not done just yet as they will be releasing some additional layouts and variant of the modern track at the end of Nov 2020 and in 2121 there will also be historical versions added to the pack at no additional charge.

V1.0.5.1 to V1.0.5.5 CHANGELOG:

Added Nurburgring Nordschleife layout *Part of the Nurburgring DLC Pack (Steam Store Page for standalone DLC should be available soon)

GENERAL
Fixed reverse grid in Championship mode

UI & HUD
Added Vehicle Selection filters
Fixed track image anchors on lobby details page
Fixed 'Left Monitor Bezel Width Right' input
Added Credits screen to UI
Fixed various missing / incorrect filters for cars & tracks
PHYSICS & FFB

Fixed coordinate conversion when reading SETA contact patch offset
Fixed curbs pulling inverse way on cars where steering arms are "behind" steering axis.
Fixed minor road noise confribution being partially unequally handled on front right wheel
Fixed issues with Mini FFB using new profile
Adjusted tire treads for additional longitudinal slip in GT / Stock Car / Prototype tires & adjusted load damping to minimise hysteresis
Adjusted tire treads for adittional longitudinal slip in rain race tires
Corrected front tire tread width in GT / Prototypes (305mm / 315mm)
Adjusted default diff settings & roll bar values for Porsches
Revised low rev band torque curves & suspension rates for GT cars
Adjusted Porsche Cayman suspension travel & helper spring deflection length
Fixed error in main driveline syntax (potentially improves rear differential functionality)
Corrected Porsche Cup engine power figures to latest specifications; adjusted FFB Max force & CoG height
Reduced engine inertia in GT3/GT4 cars
Slightly increased engine inertia for Group A cars
Reduced engine inertia & spring rate range for Metalmoro MRX (all variants)
Various weight and engine power adjustments for better BoP accross GT3 / GT4 classes
Further revised suspension rates on all GT3 / GT4 cars
Fixed Mercedes AMG GT3 camber range for front wheels
Minor adjustment to StockCar 2020 CoG height & aero
Copa Fusca FFB Max force and raised stactic ride height by 1cm
Reduced F-Reiza FFB max force

AI
Further improvements to AI Lateral player avoidance and line selection when side-by-side with players
Improved AI player avoidance in situations where more than one player is present (MP)
AI callibration pass for GT / Stock / Prototypes
Adjusted AI lateral movement smoothing values to minimise aggressive weaving in some types of cars
Reduced aggression scalars for tintop series

AUDIO
Porsche GT3-R: Set tranny whine to cutoff sound in neutral; fixed missing onboard sound for AI cars and in replays
Fixed McLaren 570S GT4 missing sound in Chase view.
Increased bottoming sound effect for GT3s & GT4s

TRACKS
Velo Citta: Rebuilt pitlane triggers & adjusted far corridors in pit lane at U-turn (remove corridor over lap, possible source for pit lane DQ issue) calibrated some brake marker spacing/distance (dynamic/static road line markings); Minor performance pass
Imola: added DRS zones triggers as per latest GP configuration
Added drone animations to Velocittá, Velopark, VIR
Fixed rain blockers at VIR
Adjusted Nurburgring GP TV cameras

VEHICLES
McLaren 720S GT3: added five new liveries; fixed collision mesh bug; Added cockpit vibrations, dirt / damage effects + dangling damaged parts
Mclaren 570S GT4: Added dirt / damage effects, dangling damaged parts + new colliders + carbon material fix + carbon material UV mapping fix + mesh changes (Rear bumper/lights); Adjusted cockpit POV so it doesnt clip driver model
Camaro GT4R - Corrected samll sidewindow material
Fixed Porsche Cup 4.0 rear tire dimensions
Added damage, dangling parts & dirt map for Fusca (all variants)