Assetto Corsa Miataturbo peeps assemble
 

Is anyone else playing with the Miata mod? I made this, been working on it since the original mod was released but just now getting really happy with how it drives. I've settled on feal road race damping rates and springrates for now, with "semislick" tires from a evora or something. This makes 240ftlbs at 5500rpm at 100%, so it's not too terribly unrealistic.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1440374422

In case you've never seen my car :giggle:

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1408954482




I've done all sorts of suspension spring and damping rates, xidas, billies, ricelands, lol. Consists of low and high speed compression and rebound, as well as a m/s switch point. Calculating the input data is as easy as calculating shock dyno slopes, conversions, and multiplying by motion ratios...

I still have no idea what numbers to use for swaybars, but they're adjustable in game and do make quite a difference as they are now.

So, who wants to race :party:

I've been waiting for it to come off $50... Have i missed it being on sale?

I'm not entirely sure, I think I paid $50 if I remember right, but that was with the ring DLC, too. They just released a new update and a few new cars and a track, so it might be a little while.

Will definitely check this out :bigtu:

Makes me sorta miss Forza4, I have 13 or so 'different' miatas but only a few are fully tuned.

I've been hosting a little drift server for my buddies when we're playing, if you want to join "Driftfaction"is the name of the server when its up. It's a US East server for ping.

I don't have an e-brake or clutch pedal on my DFGT, so drifting is complicated. I use a paddle for e-brake at the moment, but I can't hit it with the wheel turned sometimes, not as I'd like to hit it.

I need a G27

@turbofan is building a sim right now. I'll just go bum off him sometimes :)

My current setup, I have a cheapo Thrustmaster joystick attached to a steel plate bracket I made, bolted to the side of the metal playseat frame. Took apart the joystick and epoxied in some nuts to attach it to the plate. I'll try grabbing a better photo of the setup.

Used G25 / Playseat CL special.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449611366

I'm considering building a 2DOF wiper motor sim chair. That's a windshield wiper motor.

Something like this. There's squat for parts in that whole mess, less than a new G27, at least.

Use some headlight motors.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449636393


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449636393

I'm also running a weekly league in Dirt Rally if anyone wants to join. Search for " Drift Faction" (two words).

complete with clunky ass miata noises.

Looks like fun.

Here's my setup:


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449686440


and in place:

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449686440

And in action, my tall-person test driver at the wheel:

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1449686440


Took me about 4 hours to build the setup. There's about $15 in materials, plus an extra Miata seat from the MSM, complete with stock rails and full sliding functionality :party:

I need to build a better solution for the shifter though, it's too far forward and close to the wheel. won't be particularly difficult, but I haven't bothered because the G27 shifter feels like nothing and I can't stand using it with Gran Turismo. We'll see how it works with Assetto Corsa when I get my computer up and running.

Quick Instagram clip of me drifting on Bihoku last night.
https://www.instagram.com/p/_I0zOBl0tg/

Nice! What kind of force feedback settings do you use for your G25?

My drifting profile
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1450122574
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1450122574

My racing profile is similar. A bit more gain (just below clipping), 720 degrees of steering, and the canned effects (road, kerb, slip) are up to like 15% I believe.

Thanks! Will give it a shot I used the default G27 settings and had a rough time, lot of resistance from the wheel, it's probably the extra effects. I messed around with settings in the Logitech profiler, turned off centering and turned down effects I believe and it felt a lot better. I'll compare with what you got to see what I can change.

I can't remember my logitech profiler settings, but if I get a chance I'll post those up too.

Just saw this is on sale for $25

Paid full price for it Monday :facepalm:

Do I want this or project cars?

The lack of mod support for Project Cars killed that game for me.

On Steam? Call and see if they can credit you some cash.

i have assetto corsa. it is awesome. i also have project cars. It is not anywhere near as good as it could have been

On 12/4/12 I made a post about the game.
On 12/5/12 I edited that post.

In one day I knew the game sucked. Was being developed poorly. And warned others to stay away from it.

https://www.miataturbo.net/gaming-91...-morons-69793/

Fuck that game.

FWIW, Assetto isn't perfect.

It's impossible to model digressive shocks like xidas with only two linear damping curves, as a quick example.

It was fully disappointing. The graphics are good, the visuals look great, cars are pretty, weather looked great. I was so excited for it. It came out, I played it for 5 minutes, realized the tire model was fucked and the cars drove much worse than gran turismo or forza and felt nothing like a real car. I then purchased assetto corsa and have been much happier. I also have Dirt Rally, but I suck ass at that. Hands are too slow.

Spend some time playing Dirty Rally. Once you get good, it becomes a LOT more fun.

The amount of attention needed to play that game is unlike anything I've ever played before.

I much prefer AC over Project CARS.

I signed up for Project CARS very early on in development and got a copy of the game and 150% of my money back for being an investor or something, so that scores it a +1. It's a "pretty" game but the force feedback is so dull compared to AC.

No sim is, but Assetto is the best one out there atm as an all around package. iRacing is a close second, but that game is a completely different experience. AC is also being developed by a very small team, last I heard the staff was only 10 people.

Honestly, rFactor is better than anything being discussed in here. I've never played RF2, but I can only assume it's just as good or better than the first.
Edit*
Live for speed is also very good, maybe even better than rfactor.

I need to try AC to compare.

Um, WHAT?

rfactor was good 10 years ago, not so good anymore. rFactor 2 is a bust, and that meh pricing model. AC appears to be the current standard, and is where the modding community shifted it's focus to after rfactor. rFactor 2 has been out for a few years, while the physics are excellent , everything else would lead you to believe it's only just been released. Lack of official content, aesthetically inferior, and uses directx 9? Really? Good luck with that.

AC's only been out for about a year, rFactor 2 has been out for 2 years. AC is a more well rounded product for the price atm. What made rfactor 1 so great has made AC great, excellent mod support / content.

Srsly. this is an assetto corsa thread, and you say RFactor is better than anything being discussed here, but you haven't tried AC?

:robert:

I also said live for speed is good too and that game is old as dirt.

I'd much rather play that then some of the new games coming out calling themselves simulators.

Live for speed is pitiful, isn't that the one where you pay 10 euros a month for fantasy land cars? I guess at least I could run it on my toaster, though.

Cruisin' USA kills all of them bro

Just bought. Have no wheel. Gonna try racing with controller. Im sure it will be awful.

Yeah, they don't have the rights to use real cars. The driving, physics, setup is very realistic. The cars behave really realistic.
AC is still on sale, i'll buy it tonight.
I was really good at this at one time.

I tried to refund AC and buy it again, citing that it's now cheaper (they actually had that as an option on the refund request form... 'price is lower now than it was before' or something to that effect.

They denied it, citing "too many hours of play" :vash:

:giggle: oh well the game is worth $60, so whatever.

Just drove a BRZ around Monza with a PS3 controller. It was hard to be smooth, the sticks are really touchy.

What wheels are you guys running? I see the old G27 has skyrocketed in price now that it is discontinued. Quite the bummer.

Also, Im wishing I had a 1440 monitor...

My profiler settings

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1450580345

Thanks, I have the centering spring disabled, I'll try it enabled and see how it feels.

A sim rig would be nice, sometimes I want to jump in and play without having to drag this thing out with eleventy cables dangling everywhere.

Anyone here on iRacing? I bought a year subscription since they were half off.

Picked up a new gpu for the htpc, the old one was having a hard time dealing with smoke in game.

EVGA GTX 760 (old) vs EVGA GTX 970 SSC (new)
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1452321341GTX 760 vs GTX 970 by superkamikazee, on Flickr


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1596/...d27946ba_b.jpgGTX 970 HTPC by superkamikazee, on Flickr

A few laps, the server I host "DriftFaction". Don't mind the terrible music.

I have AC, spend way more time in DiRT Rally & iRacing myself, but down to to touge or drift. :fawk:

Add me on Steam /TeamNeverlift

If you're on AC looking for a drift server, feel free to jump in mine if it's up. Driftfaction

Cant.

Frys had a G27 for under $200 a couple months back but I doubt that's going to come up again, seems like they're all gone. That's what I'm running.

They still make the G29 but it doesn't come with a shifter and it's kind of pricey for what you get. Stay away from the xbox version which is the G920 which still has no PC drivers.

I'd look into the Thrustmaster wheels, great bang for the buck and they have a good amount of choices. You can grab the T150 for under $200, and you can add-on a shifter and nicer 3 pedal set to it later on if you decide too.

If you want to get crazy get the T300 base and this wheel rim

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1454364838
The wheel quality is amazing, it feels solid and the alcantara is really good quality. It feels like a aftermarket wheel from one of the big brands.

Add-on T3PA pro pedals and the shifter and it's a great setup. If you want to get crazy and have an amazing setup get load cell modded T3PA pros or Clubsport V3 pedals which will get you more of a real car hydraulic feel, makes you more consistent under braking and allows you to module better. Those would require a rig or hardmounted pedals since the pedal is a lot stiffer, they would slide all over the place if you have them on the floor.

Used Logitech wheel on CL, there's always someone selling a G25/27. My buddy picked up a mint G27 recently for $100.

I guess I can't add people on Steam since it's not verified, I'm using a poverty family account.

What drift tracks do you guys like?

Any other mods are welcome, I downloaded the S13 and a few tracks like Road America, Tor Poznan and some other random stuff from this russian website Cars for Assetto Corsa It seems to have recent versions of everything. Some of the websites had outdated versions of the tracks.

Anyone still play here? I don't post much, mostly lurk the fs/ft threads but have racked up nearly 650hours since AC was in early access. I'm usually drifting in the e30/drift track combo server or the moonhead server that runs titan mod content.

I've played... 39 hours? And probably 10 of that wasn't even me, but a friend of mine going around and around on Laguna Seca.

Mr.Titan car pack is probably the best all around "feeling" batch of drift cars. Tracks, ebisu, tamada, yamanashi, nikko, bihoku, meihan, sekia hills.

Took a little hiatus, but I've been playing a bit here and there in the drift server I host. If anyones interested in drifting let me know.

My Oculus Rift finally got delivered, amazing device. The level of immersion is incredible.