• Further minor tire tread adjustments to DPi, P1 F-V10 Gen1, F-Classics & Porsche Cup
  
• Slightly revised front splitter pitch sensitivity of GT1 / Group C (all models), Trucks (all models), all Proto classes, Sprint Race, Ultima GTR, Mclaren 720S, Omega 1999, Opala 86 & Corvette C8-R
  
• Adjusted LODs for various trackside objects at Nurburgring, Silverstone, Spielberg
  
• Kansai: Fixed pitwall strange collision; adjusted LODs for various trackside objects

V1.2.5.0 is now live - smaller update this month since we already had a couple of complementary updates well into October and with most of the team now focused on the big late November/December updates, this mostly serves for some extra house-keeping to the previous release along with some further fixes & improvements - more of this still to come early on next week, and then it´s all about the big one later in November - more details on that in our Development Update to be posted next week!

• Fixed incorrect environment values on session results screen
  
• Updated recent historic weather data for all other locations

• Made ICM Value adjustment inputs continuous
  
• Explicitly display 'NO' when a vehicle has no factory fitted electronic aids
  
• Removed 'Sync to Race' weather progression and replaced with 'Real Time' as default option in Test Day
  
• Changed replay fast forward rewind speed steps and added UI indicator of current speed
  
• Added an on screen message when mandatory pit window opens
  
• Fixed incorrect weather dates used for custom championship pre-race sessions.

• Minor tire tread adjustments to Porsche Cup, F-Classics Gen1 & 2, Group C, F-V10 Gen1, F-Reiza Opala 1986 / Omega 1999 Stock Cars
  
• Further crankshaft mass fine-tuning to Group C, F-Classic (all gens), F-V12, F-V10, F-Reiza
  
• Further revised slick tread sensitiveness to water to minimise chances of tires becoming unusable past a certain threshold of saturation
  
• Minor adjustments to diffuser center of pressure in all F-Classics, F-V10 Gen1 & Mclaren MP4-12
  
• Group C: Minor adjustments to default diff coast ramps on both cars; Fixed Sauber C9 clutch slipping on upshifts

• Fixed an issue that could lead to AI lifting in straights for very tiny invisible amounts of surface water
  
• Adjusted AI puddle lifting logic to better account for puddle depth
  
• Fixed an issue where some vehicles wouldn't receive blue flags in some specific places (Curitiba main straight for example)
  
• Fixed some AI vehicles would enter hotlap behaviour as soon as they left pits in qualy/practice instead of entering outlap behaviour
  
• Made AI work harder to avoid the passing cars lane under blue flag conditions
  
• Increased distance AI cars under blue flag will factor cars behind to move out of the way
  
• Velocitta: AI tweaks (less apex grass trimming and sausage surfing)

• Velocitta: Fixed hole in grass, uneven terrain under garage tents leading to cars; cleaned up garage positions
  
• Spa 1993: Revised track cut limits at bus stop chicane. Remove grass crete at 2nd apex
  
• Long Beach: Added new csm wall (fixing sidewalk curb at pit lane exit causing strange collision)
  
• Snetterton: Fixed strange pit wall collision; TSO lod pass; Reduced armco shimmering; Enabled start lights
  
• Brands Hatch: Fixed strange pit wall collision
  
• Fixed latitude/longitude of Nordschleife & Londrina resulting in slightly innacurate Real Weather data

• BMW M3 E30: Fixed internal windscreen banner for cars #57 #58
  
• Metalmoro MRX P4: Added 6 new liveries

Automobilista 2 V1.2.4.4 is now live - this is another hotfix to address some high priority issues along with some further improvements.

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue that would lead to blown engines and seemingly random pit lane speeding penalties when using real weather and a time/date close to the edge of the available range of dates.

PHYSICS

• Minor tire tread adjustments to F-V10 Gen 1, F-Classic Gen1 & Gen3
  
• Further minor crankshaft mass adjustments
  
• BMW 2002 Turbo: Minor differential adjustments
  
• F-Classic Gen1: Slightly increased default preload, slightly adjusted diffuser center of pressure, increased default turbo boost from 60 to 80%

AI

• Fixed an issue that could lead to AI unnecessarily lifting in straights with shallow curves when track is wet or tyres are worn
  
• Fixed an issue that could lead to AI having different potential ability depending on if a session started wet or dry
  
• F-Classic (all gens): AI callibration pass

AUDIO

• BMW 2002 Turbo: Further general updates
  

TRACKS

• Velocitta: Updated track to latest references (including revised T2 run-off & green-painted curb extensions)

VEHICLES

• Corvette C3: Fixed wiper cleaning issue

• Further minor tire tread adjustments to GT5, G40 Cup, BMW Procar, Group A, Group C, F-Classic Gen1 & Gen2, Mini JCW, Street cars
  
• Further crankshaft mass adjustments to GT5, G40, F-Classic Gen2 & Gen3
  
• F-Classic AI callibration pass
  
• BMW 2002: AI wet callibration, FFB max force adjustment
  
• AI adjustments: passing routines start slightly sooner, slightly reduced passing boost & increased drop when conceding
  
• BMW 2002: Fixed red bonnet issue

Adds a few more corrections to the latest v1.2.4.3 update:

• Monza: Updated reverb zones
  
• Fixed minor LOD issues at Kansai & Donington Park
  
• BMW 2002: Updated sounds; Fixed player car chase cam broken sounds; Fixed cockpit wiper animation; Fixed license plate glow; Added livery overrides
  
• Stock cruze 2021: Updated livery & menu previews

Automobilista 2 V1.2.4.3 is now live - this complementary update introduces the famous BMW 2002 Turbo to the Vintage Touring Car class, along with further developments to Monza and the usual collection of fixes & improvements.


This slightly delayed wrapping of this development cycle means that unfortunately there won´t be an AMS2 Development Update published this month as we press on with work on an upcoming project - that in turn means our November Development Update will pack quite a collection of interesting news before what´s promising to be a very exciting month for Automobilista 2!

• Added BMW 2002 to Vintage Touring Cars Tier 1 class

• Split Mini 1965 & Lotus 23 into a separate Vintage Touring Car tier from Corvette C3 and BMW 2002
  
• Fixed source of CTD when going into the pits with Copa Truck
  
• Updated recent Real Weather data

• Fixed issue that resulted in stale status data being displayed on pre-race leaderboard.
  
• Fixed camera toggle incorrectly displaying on pre session leaderboard
  
• Fixed pre session multiplayer chat issue
  
• Pre-session screen now foces camera to player

• Minor tire tread adjustments to BMW Procar, Group A, Group C, Vintage Touring Cars, Opala 1979, Opala Old Stock, F-Vee, F-Classic Gen3, P1
  
• Slightly reduced slick tires tread adhesion with water
  
• Revised crankshaft mass of all cars for more accurate engine speed inertia
  
• Revised wheel bearings for street cars
  
• Mclaren 720S GT3: Revised aero; minor weight distribution & engine torque curve correction
  
• BMW Procar: Moved default brake bias slightly rearwards
  
• Adjused LSD differentials fos C3 & C3-R
  
• Revised brake torque for F-Trainers, F-Vee, Lotus 23, Mini 1965
  
• Adjusted steering lock range for high steering rotation cars (same default setting from before, lower minimal setting)
  
• F-Vintage: Adjusted default final drive for Gen 1 model 1
  
• Adjusted FFB Max force for Corvette C3, BMW 2002, Mini 1965
  
• Revised Lotus 23 chassis inertia values
  
• Group A: AI callibration pass
  
• Further decreased AI Strength in the 70-100% range
  
• Monza 1991: Adjusted AI performance

• Fixed redundancy causing double entries for water splash sound
  

• Monza 2020: Performance optimization & LOD pass; Added drain material to curbs for Livetrack functionality: Increase track limits at t3 runoff of Monza Junior layout
  
• Monza 1991: Performance optimization pass, LOD pass, Minor fixes; Updated trackside cameras
  
• Monza 1971: Move 10k rolling start location to mid point oval back straight; Fixed S/F Score Tower Z-fighting
  
• Curitiba & Londrina: Rebuilt concrete walls to sort strange collisions

V1.2.4.2 is now live - this is the first of two complementary updates planned to be deployed this week, featuring some high priority fixes and improvements to the latest release.

• Updated recent Real Weather data

• Fixed tire temperature status widget not updating on some in-game screens
  
• Fixed last session status being displayed on pre race leaderboard
  
• Fixed championship round editor incorrectly altering session start hours when propagating race date changes
  
• Fixed center column of drivetrain tab unelectable on setup editor
  
• Fixed practice weather slot4 of in game session settings block referencing qualifying slot4

• Minor tire tread adjustment for F-Vintages
  
• Minor brake torque adjustment for all GT & Prototypes
  
• AI callibration pass for F-V12, F-Vintage G1
  
• Adjusted AI brake power & grip
  
• Adjusted AI Grip multipliers for Monza 1991 & Modern
  
• Adjusted AI to start passing routines sooner
  
• Slightly increased parameter to reducing AI propensity to cut corner to avoid a crash

• Monza 2021 GP: Slight increased width of green runoff at Lesmos 1 and 2
  
• Monza 1971: Increased road noise on banked oval first draft; Optimized terrain shadows, new shadow dummy for banked track structures Increased grid spacing
  
• General art updates to all Monza versions

The wait is finally over! The new Automobilista 2 update has arrived, introducing the Autodromo Nazionale Monza with several layouts and versions through the decades.

The update also features a wide range of improvements to the AI, several UI developments, improvements to Real Weather system along with various revisions to vehicle art, audio and physics.

Missing from the update is the BMW 2002, which has remained on shop for further development - it should be added to the game in a complementary update next week.

• Added Monza featuring Modern GP, Junior, 1971 GP, 1971 Junior, 1971 10Km, 1971 10Km without chicane, 1991 GP layouts (all part of the Monza DLC Package)

• Added support for Thrustmaster SF1000
  
• Implemented Real Weather API for 5 days in the past and 4 days in the future from today
  
• Improved status messages related to real/historic weather availability
  
• Fixed real historic weather for circuits that lay in half-hourly timezones
  
• Real Weather now uses real/forecast data for wind speeds.
  
• Added Real Weather databases for Monza and Salvador
  
• Updated recent historic weather data for all other locations
  
• Fixed error in Curitiba Real Weather that was causing weather data to not be found by the game
  
• Fixed valid weather API response failing to parse in some cases
  
• Fixed a case where a weather API call wouldn't be made when it should
  
• Fixed Championship Editor not persisting mandatory stop setting correctly

• Reorganized and refreshed session overview and pre-event leaderboards to increase number of rows and allow grouping by class.
  
• All in-game environment information (time/temp etc) is now updated live on all screens.
  
• Added event session information, current vehicle setup, and current pit strategy to session overview and pre-event screens.
  
• Fixed lobby page starting in wrong state
  
• Fixed Per Vehicle FFB input on setup screen not capturing mouse movement
  
• Fixed pedal bar overlap on telemetry HUD
  
• Adjusted loading screens to show real weather icon when appropriate[
  

• Further minor tire tread adjustments for GT3, GTE, StockV8, F-Ultimate F-Reiza, F-V12, F-Classic, DPi & P1 cars
  
• StockV8 2019: Minor aero revision
  
• F-Ultimate: Added custom track ERS maps optimizing boost for straights in all GP layouts
  
• Corrected extreme weather tire tread for F-Reiza & F-Ultimate
  
• Ultima GTR Race: Revised default setup
  
• Adjusted parked FFB forces for several cars to reduce rattling while standing still
  
• Increased default steering lock setting for several cars with high steering rotation

• Improved AI overtaking logic
  
• Improved AI behaviour when behind a slower car in Practice/Qualifying sessions.
  
• Adjusted AI lateral movements for smoother / more natural reactions
  
• Decreased AI performance in 70-100% Strength range
  
• Improved AI blue flag behaviour
  
• Adjusted AI brake power & grip
  
• Various adjustments to AI overtaking parameters
  
• AI corner & straightline callibration passes
  
• Adjusted AI wet launch performance for GTs & F-Ultimate
  
• Taruma: Adjusted AI line to keep AI from leaving the track at T7 entry
  
• Fixed duplicated F-Ultimate driver (Patrice Daigneau)
  
• Minor GT Classics AI adjustment

• Updated grass roll sample
  
• Fixed issue where skidding on grass at high speed could trigger tarmac skidding sounds
  
• F_Ultimate: Fixed missing exhaust sound for local reverb
  
• Opala (all variants): Fixed missing startup sounds.
  
• Passat HC: fixed low RPM sound mixing
  
• F-Retro: Adjusted startup sound
  
• F-Classic G2M1: Improved sound loops, fixed missing startup sound
  
• Montana: fixed missing startup sound
  
• Fixed recently introduced issue with interior engine sound on late 70's DFV engined formulas & polished some loops
  
• Porsche RSR '74: polished all engine loops
  
• Sauber C9 Increased backfire off throttle, polished some loops
  
• BMW M1 Procar: Polished all engine loops

• Montreal: Minor LOD adjustments
  
• Various 3D crowd LOD adjustments
  
• Hockenheim 1988 GP/Short: Moved rolling start location

• F-Vintage (all models): Detached the cockpit gear shift; Adjusted the driver feet position on cockpit view; Adjusted hand animations during gear changes
  
• Mini JCW UK: Detached cockpit gear shifter; Adjusted hand animations during gear changes
  
• Iveco Truck: Added driver animations; Fixed cockpit camera; Detached cockpit gear shifter; Fixed driver outfit assignment.
  
• ARC Camaro: Added dirt/damage texture; Added dangling damaged parts; Changed the driver model; Detached the gear shifter on the cockpit; Adjusted the driver shifting animation; Revised collision models; Changed wiper position and Changed the bonnet model to allow the bonnet to be detached when damaged; Added the inner bonnet bits on cockpit view; Merged the boot with the rear wing; Adjusted the cockpit view to match the driver model position; Changed the cockpit interior to make room for the driver legs; fixed driver LODs; Fixed cockpit rear view camera
  
• Metalmoro AJR: Fixed missing gear indicator in LCD display
  
• Stock Cruze & Corolla 2021: Added livery overrides
  
• Porsche RSR 74: Fixed cockpit steering wheel´s pivot position
  
• F309: Fixed RPM lights
  
• MetalMoro AJR: New display layout; Fixed car thumbnails
  
• BMW M8 GTE: Corrected rpm lights
  
• Ginneta G40 GT5/CUP: Add gauges glow
  
• Corvette C3: Added gauges lights

This is a hotfix to address some prioritary issues that have come up since v1.2.3.0 along with some further adjustments.

GENERAL

• Fixed refueling option of pit strategy applying incorrectly in non-race sessions when refueling is disabled

UI & HUD

• Fixed mis-aligned help texts on Event race settings page
  
• Added translations for recently added options
  
• Fixed car HUD damage text defaulting to 100% when damage is disabled

PHYSICS & AI

• Minor tire tread adjustments to GT Classics cars
  
• Corvette C3 R: Small adjustment to front and rear track width; Fixed clutch slipping in some circunstances
  
• Minor adjustment to AI lateral movement rate
  
• Fixed an issue where AI would qualify with too much fuel on board when refueling is disabled
  
• Fixed an issue where AI would add too much fuel in the second stint of practice/qualifying

AUDIO

• Mini Vintage: Fixed chase cam view having discrete front / rear sound in live play
  
• BMW M1 & Group A: Corrected surface sounds
  
• Corvette C3 Vintage: Minor adjustment to high RPM interior mix

TRACKS

• Added or adjusted pit entry & exit cones for all tracks
  
• Interlagos: Further Z-fight fixes on GP temp stands

• Corvette C3 & C3 R: Tweaked the damage model; Adjusted the bonnet vibration effect in cockpit view; Adjusted driver position on cockpit view
  
• Camaro SS: Cockpit view bonnet vibration effect adjustment
  
• MCR2000: Added driver animations; Detached the gear shifter in the cockpit; Added under the bonnet bits in cockpit view; Added damage models; Added dangling damaged parts.
  
• Lotus 23: Fixed the graphic artifacts
  
• Corrected Bridgstone Potenza 01 tire normal map texture

Glad to be back to bring you a new Development Update following a short hiatus last month as we took some time to catch our breath. We are already into September which means this Dev Update itself has run a bit late as we had to wait a bit for greenlight on some upcoming bits, so we are taking the opportunity to change things around a bit and name the Update with the upcoming month rather than the one that just ended :)

With that house-keeping out of the way, let´s get into what is important - here is an overview of what we have been working in recent weeks and what we have coming up next.

As of the latest build, Real Weather now also include local environment temperatures - gone is the old overly generic built-in lookup tables, in is accurate for any location in the game, currently and for any date going back to January 1st 1979. The game now also packs the data from days between the original feature release in June to now. Next steps include improving the interaction between ambient temperature and solar heat with track temperatures, and add real humidity and wind data.


The latest update also addressed a Physics error we´d made figuring out the intake manifold pressure model from SMS which led throttle response most noticeable on some of the older cars - small mistake with big consequences but properly sorted now.

Various new options have been added, such as damage scaling, enabling / disabling refueling during pitstops and whether to run an extra lap in timed races once the clock has run out.

The Championship Editor is now largely out of Beta state and working well, even if we still have plans to further develop with some additional options and features.

On the Content front, a race version the Corvette C3 has joined the party as a sparring partner to the Porsche RSR, with the regular road car adding some muscle to the vintage class, demonstrating the grid all classes have potential to expand with some fresh contenders as we progress. More to come here!


For our late September update we have another exciting classic car arriving in the form of the BMW 2002 Turbo - another boost to the Vintage Touring Car class.

On the AI front, the extended developments to AI personalities hinted at in the last dev update haven´t quite made it in time for our latest release but it should hopefully make it in time for the September update; we are also working on improving their blue flag behavior which should add good value to multiclass racing against the AI.

We are also working on several UI updates, including a revamped leaderboard screen in-session, an early mockup preview of which can be seen below - more info to be added here, including a column for current tire selection.



With motorsports temples such as Hockenheim, Silverstone, Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps already represented in our Premium Track Pack, the fifth track could only be one: the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, host of the Italian GP since the very first world championship in 1950 with the sole exception of 1980, and one of the only four venues from that first season still part of the F1 calendar - all of which now to feature in AMS2!

The historic value of Monza goes well beyond F1, as a regular staple on the calendar of the most prestigious international racing series through the decades. The modern track remains an unique high-speed challenge to this day, with the long straights being broken up by tight chicanes putting a premium on horsepower, braking precision and traction.


Like the previous premium tracks, the Monza DLC will feature the modern version of the circuit along with a few of historical variants representing this classic venue through the decades - the dauntingly fast 1971 layout (the last one before the introduction of chicanes), as well as the one combining with the old oval and its insane banking - which even though hasn´t been raced in anger for decades now remains mostly intact to this day as a testament to the bravery of drivers from yesteryear.


The Monza DLC will also feature the 1991 layout with the original high speed Lesmos offering almost no run-off area before their 1994 sanitization, as well as the double Retiffilo and faster Della Roggia chicanes from pre-2000 reform along with their challenging high curbs.

All versions of Monza from this pack are expected to arrive by the end of September, with the modern version possibly (but not surely) seeing a slightly earlier release at the Italian GP weekend.

While the Monza DLC release will fulfill the original five planned premium track releases, the pack will still be expanded with a sixth bonus track, with early 70s historical variants of Spa and Nürburgring also still to be added to their respective packs - all of these however now on the schedule for 2022.

Historical tracks belong to historical cars, and with Monza coming up this seemed good timing to expand our F-Retro line-up into a third generation to offer something with long legs to stretch over those long straights - luckily, we have another set of officially licensed, historical GP cars from the turbo era coming up with the right stuff for the job - can you tell what they are from these early 3D previews?


Looking a bit further into the future for some foresight into two eagerly anticipated developments - the Racin´ USA Pt2 DLC is currently in the works and expected for a late November release (some news on what you may expect content-wise in our next dev update).

Our Multiplayer Rating System is also finally coming up the pipeline and expect for an end-of-year release along with some other Multiplayer developments, with a public Beta possibly arriving with that same update - all in all November should be a big month for AMS2, with some other substantial improvements due to be concluded within that same timeframe.

We still have plenty incoming before that however, including an exciting AMS2-based project we are producing alongside the Brazilian branch of one the biggest car manufacturers in the world - that however is a topic for next dev update!

That wraps the news for this cycle - see you all again next month!