RaceRooms DTM Spring Cup Interview with Daniel Juncadella

Check out the interview with Daniel Juncadella about the RaceRoom DTM Spring cup. You will learn some setup in site he utilizes along with what a professional thinks about this great Sim. RaceRoom is always trying to match in game sim performance with real world physics. These videos help illustrate that strive to perfection from Sector 3 RaceRoom.

Main Performance Sim Pedals Review for

Main Performance Sim Pedals Review from Barry Roland at Sim Racing Garage. Barry as usual does a very excellent review on these pedals. Check it out to see if they are right choice for you.

PRODUCT FEATURES

• Made of precision CNC aluminum and laser cut high grade steel
• Thick coat high grade powder coating, for a sleek and durable finish
• Precision CNC Delrin® spacers and spring guides
• Vishay high grade potentiometers - rated to over 2 million revolutions
• Comes standard with Genuine Hydrailic Master and Slave Cylinder Kit
• Hydraulic setup comes with Energy Suspension sway bar end link bushings and custom cut polyurethane, for an extremely accurate race brake pedal feel
• Adjustable pedal spacing
• Adjustable pedal height
• Adjustable pedal angle
• Adjustable pedal travel
• Adjustable pedal pressure
• Hard pedal stops are adjustable to prevent over-extension and to maintain precise calibration
• Easy calibration with the push of a button
• Compatible with PC, XBox 360*, XBox One*, Playstation 3*, Playstation 4* *Requires wheel specific cable and compatible racing wheel sold separately
• Compatible with the following wheels for Console Gameplay: Logitech G25, G27 - Thrustmaster T500RS, TX, T300 - All Fanatec Wheels
• Custom grip tape - precision die cut, featuring 3M® SafetyWalk® rubberized grip tape for comfort for those who race barefoot, or with socks. Durable for those who race with shoes. (not pre-installed)

Get your set or learn more from Main Performance

Fanatec on PS4 and XboxOne!

A long time coming it would seem, but very exciting news for console owners wanting to use their PC version Clubsport V1 or V2 wheel bases on PS4 and Xbox One. I personally would enjoy using my Fanatec CSW V1 on Xbox One playing Forza Horizon and Forza 5 and now upcoming Forza 6.

Currently the CSW wheels are only compatible to PS3 and PC, but now Fanatec teamed up with Slightly Mad Studios and announced the CSW wheelbase will work with Project Cars on all 3 platforms PC, PS4 and Xbox One. This is awesome news and no better time to introduce this than right before Project Cars gets released. Keep in mind that the CSW Wheel with any CSW rim will work on PS4 and you will not even have to boot the CSW into PS4 mode like you used to do with older Fanatec wheel bases.

Now the Xbox One version will still require an official Xbox One rim that is coming very soon from Fanatec. Looks like I’ll have to buy a Xbox One again to play Forza games later this year along with a Fanatic Xbox One rim. I’ll stick with Project Cars on Steam for now since it’s already pre-ordered. I may pick up the PS4 version to be able to compare the two. Very Exciting news! For us Fanatec owners this is just added value to the wheels we already own!


Here is a list on the Fanatec compatible gear for PS4, XBOX ONE & PC

PC & PLAYSTATION®4

Porsche 911 Turbo S
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche 911 GT3 RS V2
CSR
CSR Elite

PC, PLAYSTATION®4 & XBOX ONE

ClubSport Wheel Base
ClubSport Wheel Base v2

                                                                         Below is direct quotes.

"Gamers have been enjoying the solid build quality, integrated technology, and pure driving sensation of these fantastic products for a while now on PC and previous-generation platforms but through a continued collaboration with the team at Fanatec players are now going to be able to use the wheels they already own or are thinking of purchasing with Project CARS via an update on day one.”

“The quality of the input devices play an important role in the immersion factor of a simulation
and especially our ClubSport series delivers an automotive quality and experience level. We are now bringing this level to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and Project CARS is the perfect title to make best use of our technology. This combination is a new milestone on gaming consoles.” (Thomas Jackermeier, CEO Endor AG / Fanatec)

Ride / Yamaha DLC 2015 Models

Check out some of Rides DLC 2015 Yamaha models

Fanatec Ebrake On rSeat RS1 Rig

Ok about 6 months ago I got my Fanatec Ebrake and installed it onto my rSeat RS1. Now the ebrake works really well and I've enjoyed it allot on games like Assetto Corsa and The Crew, For $99 it's a really good buy and pretty much plug and play to your PC as long as you use the adaptor







Along the way some people expressed interest on how I mounted it up to my rSeat RS1 rig. Since the RS1 has a slim design and a seats lip hangs over the frames side about 1+ inches the seat lip gets into the way of the ebrake handle once it's mounted up directly to the rig. Below pictures show where I placed my ebrake. I also angled it to where I like it. Just sit in your rig and play around with what angle you like.

Once you got the location down mark the outline of the ebrake box with a wax pencil on your rigs side plate. Then take the ebrake apart per Fanatec install instructions.  Place the ebrake box within your wax markings on your rig and mark the drill pattern holes into the rSeat rig. You can also print off and use Fantec Drilling template upfront to make it allot easier for your markings. I actually only used 2 mounting holes as the rseat has limited space on where you can mount it for ideal location do to the adjustable shifter mount rails that gets in the way on the inside of the frame. Take a look and measure twice before drilling into your rig. Disclaimer.  I , Track Junkie Racing, TJRSim or any affiliate are not responsible for your rig, sim seat, Fanatec products or person(s) by following my suggestions or examples that I used. You break something or get hurt it's on you! As always use appropriate safety gear before working with tools. Ok just had to get that out the way. But really be safe!

Now in my laziness of not first finding a 1"-2" spacer to place the ebrake box properly to allow enough room to clear the seats large lip from the ebrake arm I just mounted it directly to my rig. In doing so my ebrake arm hit the seats lip so I had to adjust the location of the ebrake handle within the ebrake box a little to aloow enough clearance for the handle to move. I don't recommend this so I want go into the details on how. I recommend finding a 1"-2" spacer out of plastic or 2x4 wood cut to size to match the ebrake box. Drills 4 thru holes all the way thru the wood matching the drilling templete. Then just drill the same hole locations into the side of your rSeat frame and mount it all up with some long M6 socket head screws at the new required length you need with some M6 nuts and lock washers to tighten it all up. Make sure to use the washers and nuts on the inside of your rSeat frame with the socket head cap screw head residing inside of the ebrake box.

That's it! Just enjoy your new Fanatec ebrake. I appoligize for leaving out some pictures of the ebrake box taken apart to clearly show my mounting locations, but your mounting may differ from mine. Main point is to get a spacer to stand the ebrake box off the rSeat rig so you have clearance to operate the handle.

Hope this helps. Be sure to help the blog out by clicking on the links within the side bars of this blog before you purchasing Fanatec products. It helps me out :) Thanks!

Video of the Unboxing

DTM Spring Cup | Bruno Spengler Interview

Have you seen the Bruno Spengler Interview? Check it out!
It's interesting to see he just uses the Logitech G27 when there are so many higher end wheels out there to use and he is still fast in the sim. Goes to show you it doesn't always take expensive equipment to be fast. Just takes practice and some talent.

Ride- Why We Ride Official Trailer

Take a look at the trailer for "Why We Ride". This is included with pre-orders on steam for the Digital Deluxe Edition. Only on Steam!


Get It!

RaceRoom GTR2 Championship Mid Ohio Race Teaser

RaceRoom GTR2 Championship Mid Ohio teaser showing off the new caddie. Love the sounds. Wish I could find the replay button in this sim though. I love the perspective RaceRoom gives us in these videos.

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Ride Demo Messing Around

Just messing around in this video and discovering new things in the game. It did end up showing some cool details that are in the game. Really having fun with this one. The Demo is out now on Steam and PS4

Ride Demo Just some Fun Replay

This replay reminds me of watching the top 3 fastest guys battling it out on the track. If you like bikes you will love this game. Out of Steam, PC, Xbox, Playstation March 27th

RIDE the DEMO First Look on Steam

RIDE from Milestone out on Steam, PC, XBOX, Playstation on March 27, 2015 is looking to be the best motorcycle racing game to date! It's the "Gran Turismo of Motorcycle Racing Games" It blows Tourist Trophy off the track. It's next gen with 60 FPS on PC and beautiful graphics, smart AI, great gameplay, tons of bikes and tracks along with what us riders like to do the most beside riding. Customization of your rider's gear and the bike with tons of great choices to come once the game releases. 

Until March 27th get here, lets take a look at the DEMO as I dream of next week when we skip work, ignore our wives, children and our girlfriends to play RIDE all day!

Take a look at the videos. I broke them out into sections: The Menu, The Bad, The Awesome!, The Races

Pre-Order on Steam

The Menu..

The Bad..

The Awesome..

The Race Honda CBR600RR..

The Race Kawasiki ZX10R

Some cool in game pics..

iRacing Rebuilding the User Interface

Here is iRacingTV Dev Blog // Rebuilding iRacing's User Experience.

If you recently logged into your iRacing account your greeted with a nice refreshing interface. The dev team explains the new interface changes. Check it out.

Ride In Game Demo Pics

Yeah RIDE rocks! It's really and awesome game that was way over due to the public. Glad Milestone created it. Can't wait to the final release.

Go download the DEMO on Steam. I'll post up some vids this weekend about it and my thoughts. Until then enjoy some cool in game pics.

Ride is Available for Pre-Order Purchase on Steam!

Yes! You can now Pre-Purchase RIDE on Steam for $39.99 or get the Digital Deluxe Edition for $59.99. Also available is the Demo for download. So what's the difference?

For $39.99 includes the full game and if you Pre-Purchase now you also get the Yamaha 2015 Bike Models DLC.

Yamaha R1 2015:

• Displacement: 998cc
• Maximum power: 147.1 kW (200.0 CV) @ 13.500 rpm
• Maximum torque: 112.4 Nm (11.5 kg-m) @ 11.500 rpm
• Wet weight (including full oil and fuel tank): 199 Kg

Yamaha R1M 2015:

• Displacement: 998cc
• Maximum power: 147.1 kW (200.0 CV) @ 13.500 rpm
• Maximum torque: 112.4 Nm (11.5 kg-m) @ 11.500 rpm
• Wet weight (including full oil and fuel tank): 200 Kg

Yamaha R6 2015:

• Displacement: 599 cc
• Maximum power: 91.0 kW (123.7 CV) @ 14.500 rpm
• Maximum torque: 65.7 Nm (6.7 kg-m) @ 10.500 rpm
• Wet weight (including full oil and fuel tank): 189 Kg

For gamers who don’t pre-order the game, the DLC packs will be available to download from Day 1 for € 3.99 each, or with the purchase of the Season Pass (€ 19.99 for PS4™, PS3™ and Windows PC®).

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the game and four more exclusive contents: 

Season Pass
The RIDE Season Pass gives you access to all four add-on packs for the game, including the two that have already been announced and two that will be revealed shortly, allowing you to race on 15 additional bike models manufactured between 1998 and 2015.

Movie
Why We Ride (2013) directed by Brian H. Carroll, with Jim Adams, Ernie Alexander and Kenny Alexander. This documentary film captures the passion of motorcycle riding, and shows the camaraderie of friends and families who ride together. As told by the many racers, riders, and pioneers of the sport, and their relatives, the story weaves its way through generations of motorcyclists who live each day to the fullest on their bikes.

Making-Of
This book takes you behind the scenes of producing the RIDE videogame*, explaining how, from conception to realization, Milestone created its first ever proprietary IP. The book covers a range of topics, from the creation of the tracks to bike and rider customisation, and from the history of each of the 14 manufacturers to the development of the game physics.
* Available only in English

Soundtrack
All 17 tracks from the official RIDE soundtrack (in mp3 format) to listen to wherever you are.

To learn more about RIDE and Pre-Purchase check it out on STEAM

RIDE - TRAILER DEMO PS4 AND PC

Fast approaching is the release of the demo for Ride this Friday 3-20-15 on Steam with the release of the full game on Steam, PC and all consoles next week 3-27-15. 

I’ll be taking a look at the Ride demo this weekend along with buying the game as soon as it’s available on Steam. I’m mostly interested in the Digital Deluxe Edition

What bike are you most anxious to Ride in the game? 

Assetto Corsa Dream Pack Quick Look

Assetto Corsa Dream Pack Quick Look

Assetto Corsa new Dream Pack DLC is dreamy, but is plagued with slow load times and sporadic AI. The Ai is pretty good as long as your not stopping on the race line. As seen in the video you will see Ai sandwich me in on both sides of a turn and also stack up behind me when I blow my engine an I purposely stay on the race line.

Other times the Ai is offering up some really intense racing keeping pressure on me and just waiting for the opportunity to make a pass on me. It's like I said sporadic, but so is allot of sim racing games I play.

Assetto Corsa does offer up some beautiful graphics and interiors, plus the 10 new rides and a laser scan of Nurburgring in 3 layouts with the DLC which for me is worth the $10 Pre-Order alone. The new AC version 1.1 brings a slew of improvements (see below channel log ), but what is mostly noticeable for me is the improved physics especially noticed on the Nurburgring track, but I felt more (FF) force feed back on all the tracks I raced on. I could just tell what the car was doing better now making corrections easier to handle.

The in car sounds seems to be tweaked as well and they sound oh so better along with improved motion for my Track IR enabling me to pick a much more sane setting for camera rotation speed (3 from 7) all while allowing me to see more of my surrounding then ever before.

Also notable is the tire smoke. Who doesn't like allot of it. Well it looks great and doesn't seem to slow my GPU down at all. Did I mention Flags. Well seems you will see these pop up in the top left of the screen showing checkered, white, yellow and black. Nice addition that helps draw me into the race more.

Oh I almost forgot. The new weather changes. Select for a heavy fog, light fog, clear, mid clear, light clouds, heavy clouds. I think I got them all. Man this really adds some cool immersion to your race. The heavy fog is down right spooky on some tracks.

My only request now would be custom championship races and allot more programmable buttons for the slide out in game menu. I'm not a fan of the slide out so if I could map most these functions to my button box that would be great!

All in all Assetto Corsa Dream Pack 1 coupled with the Version 1.1 update is a huge step in the right directions. Improved physics, sound, Track IR, more cars, laser scanned Nurburgring and much more! It's a must have Sim for any car loving Sim Racer out there.

Go Download It Now!

Changelog Assetto Corsa 1.1
- Added ai-hints
- New penalty system
- Added Kick Quorum to the server
- Fixed sound pops and clicks for some cars engines
- Fixed traction control sound events
- Fixed Tatuus FA01 limiter sound
- Improved sound dynamics under load for some cars
- Launcher: more graceful handling of missing/problematic content
- Launcher default theme: personal best time grid filtering by car/track added
- Fixed blank resolution box
- Fixed missing sound events
- Fixed crashes volume
- Reworked envelopment for interior and exterior sounds
- Higher exterior volume for surround speaker configurations
- Fixed tyre fake shadows in slowmo replay
- Improved AI
- Added custom head movements per car (driver3d.ini)
- Driver helmet/head now cast shadows in onboard camera
- Added custom weather selection
- Improved Pedals App
- Rendering performance optimizations
- Particle rendering optimiziations
- Render Stats form now features units
- Added "final" damage for high speed impacts
- Added quality settings to replay that allow up to 4x longer replays
- Fixed driver shift preload animation at race start
- Fixed camera car not using FOV value
- Fixed AI choosing wrong (slow) tyres
- Updated FMod to 1.05.13
- Updated Fmod SDK project (minor envelopment improvements)
- Tweaked exterior reverb parameters
- Tweaked envelopment values for some sound events
- Improved positional surface sounds
- Fixed wind and tyre rolling noise
- Fixed doppler effect for rev limiter and horn
- Fixed FOV in mirrors, now editable in system/cfg/assetto_corsa.ini
- AI race starts greatly improved
- Fixed wrong shadow resolution when moving through F6 camera car cameras
- Fixed graphics not following dynamic track grip levels in Multiplayer
- Fixed "fast" height evaluation for validating setup ignoring tyre pressure
- FPS caps is now compatible with the new 1ms resolution timer
- Suicidal server admins are now a protected species and not allowed to kick themselves anymore
- Adjusted fuel consumption for most of the cars
- UI now understand fuel range relative to car and track and adjust maximum race lap count automatically for quick races and race weekends against the AI
- Added 4WD simulation in drivetrain.ini
- Added live axle suspension geometry
- [DATA] section in aero.ini is now obsolete and must be eliminated. HEADER=2 is mandatory if damage is used.
- AC now support multiple configurations on circuits
- A to B gameplay options for hillclimb tracks and specific circuits that support.
- Tyre pressures can now be shown in digital_instruments.ini
- Limited static weather situations can now be selected from the UI. Weather is also moddable.
- Time Attack now has a global multiplier that controls the amount of time available for the first checkpoint.
- Customizable TrackIR rotation range.
- Chat window now supports full Unicode charset