After the update of Automobilista 2
that added the Endurance Pt1 DLC, on which we shared our impressions here on the website, Reiza has released an update with small changes on the tires with this post of the Reiza’s boss.
It is true that AMS2 tires have historically allowed for too high angles to be sustained a little too long – that issue has been reduced to a minimal if not quite completely eliminated with V1.5 and the subsequent refinements, the latest of which just deployed with v1.5.5.2. To the extent the issue persists on some tires we´ll continue trying to iron them out, afterall the point of the exercise is to simulate reality.
A problem here is that many sim racers have been conditioned to believe race cars on modern slicks don´t allow for any sliding at all, are never subject to turn-in oversteer so long as the car is neutral and are incapable to sustain a powerslide for longer than half a second. Even if we completely erradicate that slightly forgiving plateau at the top of the slip curve in AMS2, they´ll always be a little thrown off by its handling because their perception have been skewed by tire models that behave a lot more digitally by comparison. More challenging to drive maybe, not necessarily more realistic.
Again tho this isn´t to detract from valid criticisms of our own tire modelling – we wouldn´t keep adjusting it if we felt everything was dandy. Even now the tires aren´t what they are as a matter of design, they are just where we are landing with them with our understanding of tire dynamics and the physics engine at this point in time – it isn´t just a bunch of dials we can adjust so they provide a little bit more of this and little bit less of that. As that understanding improves, so does the quality of the output – bit by bit we´ve been getting a firmer grasp on both ends of the equation and getting closer to what “right” is, and with that more and more people have naturally managed to connect with AMS2, even if there is a subset we´ll probably never reach given the above.
Given the inherent imperfections of all tire models there´s always going to be a degree of subjectiveness as to what flaws our brains are better able to translate – we are all wired differently. Personally I´d rather drive AMS2 with tires from even two years ago because it´s just more organic, but I totally see why others would prefer something that felt more like a train on rails that has to be driven carefully not to derail. Until someone gets it 100% right (and probably even after that) there´s an element of taste to what sim we are better able to connect with, which is why one should always just drive and enjoy the one they like, and quit frustrating themselves with the ones they don´t.
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