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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Hey, complete novice to Rally games and I'm struggling with Dirt Rally. No matter what (non RWD) car I drive, I seem to always have the car lock up mid turn. I've tried every technique from just taking the corner slow, breaking into it, handbreak turns and attempted Pendulum turns. None of them work, I always lock up. It's usually when going beyond a 45 degree turn, so hairpins are impossible for me, and I'm averaging out 50kph going into the turns. Turn on ABS for an immediate solution. Or you can lower brake pressure to mitigate a heavy finger. I play with ABS on. The game is enough of a challenge as is that I'm completely OK letting some behind the scenes stuff occur so I can have fun.
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Ghostdog; I can't decide between either Spa or Road America - the latter I think would be more fun but probably easier to crash at, the former would also be fun but easier to recover because of all the paved run-off. You can pick either one of those two if you'd like!
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Sep 25, 2016 01:52
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:hairpins are impossible for me Try kicking the clutch when you feel like you're about to lose momentum during low speed hairpin turns.
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Sep 25, 2016 03:00
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IceAgeComing posted:Ghostdog; I can't decide between either Spa or Road America - the latter I think would be more fun but probably easier to crash at, the former would also be fun but easier to recover because of all the paved run-off. You can pick either one of those two if you'd like! Let's do Road America, everybody already does Spa all the time.  Next Event:
Sunday 09/25, 20:00 GMT/UTC Formula V10 @ Road America Qualifying/Practice: 19:30 Race: 20:15, 25 mins Server and track download info: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3761771
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holocaust bloopers posted:Turn on ABS for an immediate solution. ABS is on default, which I believe is 5 (full), unless it switched my settings after plugging in the wheel. I'll try playing around with my brake pressure and tuning my car. Thief posted:Try kicking the clutch when you feel like you're about to lose momentum during low speed hairpin turns. I don't have a clutch.
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Sep 25, 2016 11:48
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Set up a button clutch for one of the buttons on your wheel. It's not perfect, but it gets the job done. Same for the handbrake.
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Sep 25, 2016 15:07
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Hey, complete novice to Rally games and I'm struggling with Dirt Rally. No matter what (non RWD) car I drive, I seem to always have the car lock up mid turn. I've tried every technique from just taking the corner slow, breaking into it, handbreak turns and attempted Pendulum turns. None of them work, I always lock up. It's usually when going beyond a 45 degree turn, so hairpins are impossible for me, and I'm averaging out 50kph going into the turns. It is honestly just practice. It seems impossible at first but I swear anyone can pick it up eventually. I started out loving useless and frustrated, never being able to get anywhere near finishing a stage without sliding straight off corners. I started to pick up the wales stages earlier than the rest so I focused more on them and now I have top 50 times on a bunch of stages there but I'm terrible at tarmac because I just haven't played them enough and still pretty bad at Greece because there are so many hairpins and they are basically the hardest turn in the game to master. Really don't worry about being terrible at them because I still can't do them properly and I can do this on square corners. This video was helpful starting out, explains the fundamentals of rally in game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WlBntwsOdA Just start the career in the 60s and work up, no easier way tbh. There are just too many things to learn to start going through them theoretically. Also once you get through a career difficulty or two, don't neglect rallycross. Its quite useful for learning the feel of cars because you can practice the same corner trial and error over and over with minimal negative effects. ie you wont feel like you just blew a 3min stage on one corner and not have a chance to try and correct it and throwing caution to the wind and just chucking a big pendulum is the only way to learn to do it. Qmass fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Sep 25, 2016 |
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Sep 25, 2016 15:31
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And it turns out my handbrake key wasn't properly bound. Tutorial videos like that one linked are useless to me, since I get the theory as it's all presented in the game itself. What I don't get is the raw input timings and what I'm actually doing. Love the co-driver, but I wish you could flip a switch that made him criticise you instead of tell you the turns so that I can figure out what exactly I'm doing wrong and how to describe it and fix it.
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Sep 25, 2016 17:27
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I don't have pedals either, I use a Xbox controller: A = Clutch Y = Handbrake X = Shift up B = Shift down You generally just have to tap the clutch for a second or two as you floor it. It forces the wheels to slip and lets you power through the rest of the hairpin in a smooth slide. The best way to describe timing is to use it right when you feel like you're sliding into a stop or losing too much momentum. Handbrakes are just something you can toy with and it'll take a lot more practice to get a feel for. Usually it only needs like a brief moment to get the desired effect but in FWD/AWD cars you have to be way more aggressive with them. Think of them as a good way to drag your rear end end out, especially during understeer situations where you're sliding diagonally into a wall or something. 
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Sep 25, 2016 17:36
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Someone asked yesterday about FFB INI editing in AMS, and I wanted to write something up but this official post explains it pretty well I think: http://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/automobilista-how-the-ffb-works-and-what-is-new-about-it.45/ The important things are: - The many FFB settings in the "controller.ini" are not used any more, they were only used by the old FFB system before RealFeel. - MaxForceAtSteeringRack and SmoothingLevel in "realfeel.ini" are the only values you should ever need to touch yourself, and you can do so from within the game - google "rfactor realfeel keyboard shortcuts" or find them in my post history here. Having them at your fingertips is very convenient. - Larger values (positive or negative) means LESS force on the wheel, that's because the actual physical force created by driving is scaled to the possible MaxForce. - It also means that if you make MaxForce to small the game will software clip the FFB. - In order to avoid software clipping technically the best you can do is to set ingame FFB to +/-100 and then adjust the MaxForce per car.
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Sep 26, 2016 10:23
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Also, I bought VRC Pro during a sale recently and it's quite fun if somewhat amateurish in overall appearance.
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Sep 26, 2016 10:29
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:And it turns out my handbrake key wasn't properly bound. Tutorial videos like that one linked are useless to me, since I get the theory as it's all presented in the game itself. What I don't get is the raw input timings and what I'm actually doing. Love the co-driver, but I wish you could flip a switch that made him criticise you instead of tell you the turns so that I can figure out what exactly I'm doing wrong and how to describe it and fix it. 
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Sep 26, 2016 11:33
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GhostDog posted:Someone asked yesterday about FFB INI editing in AMS, and I wanted to write something up but this official post explains it pretty well I think: http://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/automobilista-how-the-ffb-works-and-what-is-new-about-it.45/ I will do this. Thank you. Having the FFB clip in the kink at 1% ingame was challenging. My arms got a work out during the Road America race lemme tell you.
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Sep 26, 2016 14:22
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I did a CART race at Road America a few days ago and that whole track is a workout. Though the link at 180mph is something that never gets easy.
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Sep 26, 2016 15:34
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Qmass posted:The video goes on to explain all the timing and ordering for those things including the clutch but I guess its useless to you, even though I re-watched it after 250hrs and still picked up something useful. Yeah, I just didn't learn a thing that I can apply from that video. It's all  that I don't really get instead of being a down to earth "here is a hairpin: do this, or this, sometimes this", it's all about the finer points and the nitty gritty. It's definitely well explained, don't get me wrong, but I personally as somebody starting from no knowledge, cannot use this video as an effective resource.This video did a better job for me personally since it's easier to understand.
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Sep 26, 2016 16:41
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Ziploc posted:I will do this. Thank you. Having the FFB clip in the kink at 1% ingame was challenging. My arms got a work out during the Road America race lemme tell you. Check your direct drive privilege I felt a bit sore after that race with my weak old Forza CSR wheel... I'm glad that I ordered a CSL wheel before going to DD in a few years, that would be a massive jump without a middle step. I need to learn to let go of the wheel in a wreck or I might jack up my wrist with a stronger motor.
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Sep 26, 2016 17:25
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:This video did a better job for me personally since it's easier to understand. This is how most people my age learned before we even got our drivers licenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQyQgyuNMI
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Sep 26, 2016 17:28
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What DD wheels are people using here? I'm looking at the OSW and the Accuforce and while the OSW hardware is superior I see a few people saying that the Accuforce's SC4 software is a big benefit in games with poor FFB. I mainly play iRacing and Automobilista. iRacing is pretty much the DD poster-child but how is the Automobilista experience with DD?
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Sep 27, 2016 15:41
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The OSW is going to be a better wheel. The Accuforce has a stepper motor, not a servo.
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Sep 27, 2016 16:00
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I use the accuforce software for automobilista and asseto corsa. The profiles are easy to set up and both are much more responsive than they were with my TX wheel. iRacing works with the accuforce without any fiddling. I did need to mess around with max force settings cuz the accuforce drat near sprained my thumb!
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Sep 27, 2016 16:02
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Have they pushed out the Brit Pack to AMS beta yet? I want some Caterham action, and I wanna try out superkarts at Oulton
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The Science Goy posted:Have they pushed out the Brit Pack to AMS beta yet? I want some Caterham action, and I wanna try out superkarts at Oulton No, and they've been kinda reluctant to say the pack was missing the stated release date. Oulton, the MCR and Caterhams aren't even in the beta yet. Apparently they're having some trouble figuring out the Steam DLC system.
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Hey guys, just after your opinion as I'm not all that knowledgeable when it comes to cars.  With regards to Dirt Rally, would someone be able to give me a brief run-down on the different '70s rally cars? I'm about to finish of my first '60s championship with the Lancia Fulvia (placing 3/3/1/1/2/? - hopefully I can get first place during this final stage, or for bloody D. Leone to crash and burn, so I can win the event. I'm like, two points behind him or something) and I'm tempted to just skip to the '70s rather than do another in my '60s car.So yeah, since I liked the Lancia Fulvia I'm kinda tempted to go for the Lancia Stratos, however all four cars are RWD compared to FWD, so I'm not sure how I'll go - I think I might need to go for whatever's most forgiving.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:29
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iirc the stratos is in the 70's right??? well, my opinion is it is the best car ever.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:38
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OhsH posted:iirc the stratos is in the 70's right??? After reading more about the Stratos, I get the feeling that I might want to wait a bit and get used to RWD first, unless I want to get myself killed! Sounds like a fun car though, so I might need to get used to RWD first, before giving that a go.From what I remember though, the Ford and Opel options are pretty good first '70s cars to drive, right? My memory is a bit hazy on this, I'm afraid
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I used the bimmer, don't know if it was the "superior" car but an E30 M3 is always a good choice.
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Sep 30, 2016 00:27
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That's 80s. The stratos is the best 70s car.
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Sep 30, 2016 00:30
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If you learn to drive in the Stratos first you'll be able to drive anything after that.
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OhsH posted:well, my opinion [the stratos] is the best car ever. Cojawfee posted:The stratos is the best 70s car. GutBomb posted:If you learn to drive in the Stratos first you'll be able to drive anything after that. ...Well, looks like I'm going to be using the Stratos, then! Thankfully I think I should have enough money for it, as I've been doing well in my current championship, haven't lost much of my 'no restart' bonus and haven't needed to spend a lot on repairs. Might need to do a few test runs with it though, I guess
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Sep 30, 2016 00:36
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Dive in, you arent paying for car repair or hospital bills.
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Sep 30, 2016 01:28
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OhsH posted:Dive in, you arent paying for car repair or hospital bills. Also drink a lot. You'll need it
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Sep 30, 2016 01:56
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The 1960s Renault is a great option, too. It has the speed to compete with the 70s cars and is much more fun to drive than the other 60s cars, while not being as temperamental as my beloved Stratos.
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I really like the E30 but then again I also like the Fiat 131 and Ford Mk2. Maybe I just like loud boxes.
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Sep 30, 2016 04:13
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The Alpine is probably the best starting car now, since it gets you used to driving RWD before having to move up to 70s. That said I still use the Kadett as my go-to 70s car.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:02
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The correct progression is Alpine A110 -> Lancia Stratos -> Lancia 037.
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Sep 30, 2016 05:39
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Is the Alpine new(ish)? I don't remember it existing when I first started the 60s campagin.
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Cojawfee posted:Is the Alpine new(ish)? I don't remember it existing when I first started the 60s campagin. It is, and it's a blast.
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I don't think you can sell cars, unless they added that recently and I didn't notice.
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njsykora posted:I don't think you can sell cars, unless they added that recently and I didn't notice. EDIT: oops nevermind! Major Isoor fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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