project cars Patch 7.0 Released

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[headline]Patch 7.0 Comes to Xbox, PS4 and PC.[/headline]

 

Nothing massively exciting in this one I'm afraid, See Ryzza's post below for why UPD streaming IS an exciting addition, but there's also plenty of bug fixes and fine tuning as always from SMS. See the patch notes below.

 

Xbox One

 

 

Online

• Reworked the dynamic race-end timer feature. In public races, the timer is 75% of the slowest moving car's lap time. In private races and passworded public races, the timer is 150% of slowest moving car's lap time.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes session creation would fail after the console would lose and then regain connection to Xbox Live.

 

 

Physics & Tyres

• Neutralized the top speed advantage of running zero camber on many tires.

• Reduced flash layer temperature cap for GT3/LMP and other slick tires to make them less prone to overheating.

• Classic Lotus cars: Disabled patch-to-hub on several tyre carcass models as it was creating a strong low-speed FFB buzz.

 

 

Career

• Corrected the German name for the LMP3 UK Semi-Pro Championship.

 

 

Tracks

• Rouen Short – Reworked the AI paths around the hairpin area to try and keep the historic cars from running up the hill on exit when in tight packs.

 

 

Vehicles

• Repositioned the cockpit camera view to a proper center point for a number of vehicles that were reported to be incorrectly positioned.

 

 

Audio

• Lotus 40 and 49 - Rebalanced the AI vehicle volume.

 

 

General

• Fixed various game crash issues reported by customers.

 

 

UDP streaming support

overview

The UDP stream extension has been developed to allow 3rd party app developers the opportunity to receive telemetry data from the game. It is based mainly on the ‘Shared Memory API’ with a number of extensions to transmitted data.

The option is enabled via the ‘Game play’ menu ‘UDP mode’. This can be selected between off and 1-9. The number represents the UDP streaming data rate as follows:UDP off

UDP 1 60/sec (16ms)

UDP 2 50/sec (20ms)

UDP 3 40/sec (25ms)

UDP 4 30/sec (32ms)

UDP 5 20/sec (50ms)

UDP 6 15/sec (66ms)

UDP 7 10/sec (100ms)

UDP 8 05/sec (200ms)

UDP 9 01/sec (1000ms)

The stream is sent to a broadcast address (255.255.255.255) on port 5606.

 

 

 

Playstation 4

 

 

Online

• Reworked the dynamic race-end timer feature. In public races, the timer is 75% of the slowest moving car's lap time. In private races and passworded public races, the timer is 150% of slowest moving car's lap time.

 

 

 

 

Physics & Tyres

• Neutralized the top speed advantage of running zero camber on many tires.

• Reduced flash layer temperature cap for GT3/LMP and other slick tires to make them less prone to overheating.

• Classic Lotus cars: Disabled patch-to-hub on several tyre carcass models as it was creating a strong low-speed FFB buzz.

 

 

 

 

Controls

• Update to latest Fanatec SDK, Re-instated 2nd DPAD support for CSRE based on latest SDK functionality

 

 

 

 

Career

• Corrected the German name for the LMP3 UK Semi-Pro Championship

 

 

 

 

Tracks

• Rouen Short – Reworked the AI paths around the hairpin area to try and keep the historic cars from running up the hill on exit when in tight packs.

 

 

 

 

Vehicles

• Repositioned the cockpit camera view to a proper center point for a number of vehicles that were reported to be incorrectly positioned.

 

 

 

 

Audio

• Lotus 40 and 49 - Rebalanced the AI vehicle volume.

 

 

 

 

General

• Fixed various game crash issues reported by customers.

 

 

 

 

UDP streaming support

overview

The UDP stream extension has been developed to allow 3rd party app developers the opportunity to receive telemetry data from the game. It is based mainly on the ‘Shared Memory API’ with a number of extensions to transmitted data.

The option is enabled via the ‘Game play’ menu ‘UDP mode’. This can be selected between off and 1-9. The number represents the UDP streaming data rate as follows:UDP off

UDP 1 60/sec (16ms)

UDP 2 50/sec (20ms)

UDP 3 40/sec (25ms)

UDP 4 30/sec (32ms)

UDP 5 20/sec (50ms)

UDP 6 15/sec (66ms)

UDP 7 10/sec (100ms)

UDP 8 05/sec (200ms)

UDP 9 01/sec (1000ms)

The stream is sent to a broadcast address (255.255.255.255) on port 5606.

 

 

 

PC

 

 

Physics & Tyres

• Neutralized the top speed advantage of running zero camber on many tires.

• Reduced flash layer temperature cap for GT3/LMP and other slick tires to make them less prone to overheating.

• Classic Lotus cars: Disabled patch-to-hub on several tyre carcass models as it was creating a strong low-speed FFB buzz.

 

 

 

 

Controls

• Update to latest Fanatec SDK

 

 

 

 

Career

• Corrected the German name for the LMP3 UK Semi-Pro Championship

 

 

 

 

Tracks

• Rouen Short – Reworked the AI paths around the hairpin area to try and keep the historic cars from running up the hill on exit when in tight packs.

 

 

 

 

Vehicles

• Repositioned the cockpit camera view to a proper center point for a number of vehicles that were reported to be incorrectly positioned.

 

 

 

 

Audio

• Lotus 40 and 49 - Rebalanced the AI vehicle volume.

 

 

 

 

Render

• Antialiasing mode DS2M fixed for AMD GPUs.

 

 

 

 

UDP streaming support

Fixed a bug where the streaming rate option in the GUI was not working correctly. The option is enabled via the ‘Game play’ menu ‘UDP mode’. This can be selected between off and 1-9. The number represents the UDP streaming data rate as follows:

UDP off

UDP 1 60/sec (16ms)

UDP 2 50/sec (20ms)

UDP 3 40/sec (25ms)

UDP 4 30/sec (32ms)

UDP 5 20/sec (50ms)

UDP 6 15/sec (66ms)

UDP 7 10/sec (100ms)

UDP 8 05/sec (200ms)

UDP 9 01/sec (1000ms)

The stream is sent to a broadcast address (255.255.255.255) on port 5606.

 

 

 

 

Oculus Rift

All UI screens are now correctly mirrored on the main monitor.

 

 

 

 

The following entries refer to fields in the OculusSettings.xml file located in your Documents/Project CARS folder. This file is auto-generated the first time you run the game with the headset active.

 

 

 

 

VSync – "false" will ignore any user setting and use the code default (currently set to off). "true" will use whatever vsync is set to in the "graphicsconfigoculusdx11.xml" file in your Documents/Project CARS folder.

 

 

 

 

ResetVR - Changed automatic camera position reset at race start to be user controlled, providing 4 options:

0 – Always use Oculus system default position

1 - Reset view once at boot-up only

2 - Reset at start of race, but only once per execution of the game

4 - Reset at start of every race (supersedes case above)

These values can be combined by adding up, for example:

3 – Reset at boot and at start of the first race

 

 

 

 

NearZ – Overrides the game’s default NearZ value for player cameras (0.1). This value determines how close to the camera the 3D world will stop drawing. Setting this override to a value less than the default will allow for less clipping of objects close to the camera. Too low values may cause some texture flickering on objects in the game world. Try values around 0.05 as a starting point. Setting it to 0 will use the default game value.

 

 

 

 

GForce – Overrides the Camera Movement value that simulates G-force effects on the player’s head. Valid range is 0-1. Setting it to -1 will use the value set in the game options.

 

 

 

 

WorldMovement – Overrides the Camera Movement value that controls how the visible movement is balanced between the world vs the car. Valid range is 0-100. Setting it to -1 will use the value set in the game options.

 

 

 

 

exposureFOV – This field allows you to control the FOV that’s used to calculate the HDR exposure. This is very useful for closed-cockpit cars where the default VR FOV of 120 typically causes the outside view to be extremely bright. Setting it to 0 will use the default FOV.

 

 

[Ryzza5]

Except for being the first racing game on both consoles to now support shared memory over UDP (network). Once the community app-makers update their apps you'll be able to play with dashboards on your phone/tablet/PC and/or use the fantastic pit crew chief alternative.

 

Apps - Project CARS

 

Project CARS - APP API Discussion