Project CARS PC Patch 11.2 Release notes

[imz14u2nv]

I'm Noticing with a setting of 1.1 there is actually a nice improvementWhile maintaining 44.9FPS most tracks... this makes me wonder if 1.5 and 2.0 are actually too big of a jump... I'm using a EVGA 1070 so if a 1.5 setting is possible i should be able to run it with not a huge problem... Full PC specs in My sig.....is it possible that the increases were meant to go 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 ETC.

I have been testing 5pm with 60x time acceleration on California Hwy Full, 20 car grid Sion FRS mixed car race all same class...The only slow down is at the start of the race 35+FPS after that the FPS stays between 44.1 and 44.9 with for the most part with Nice smooth picture quality (some of the tracks still have Graphicly glitchy parts though... seems Track Graphics related rather than settings related)

aside from being a good test run... racing this track with Oculus is just Hella fun!!! the Oculus, The buttkickers, head phones its like I'm really there!!! Im hooked!!!

If I'm Correct this video describes what we are trying to do with these settings we are just doing it through PCars and not Oculus settings...am i Correct???

https://youtu.be/ZsuLujzHK7w?list=PL...pylMbZxYQGhRws

Disregarding FPS hits:

Anything over 1.5 will cause serious mip map issues (downsampling speckle). Above 1.5 the image will look WORSE even though the computer is rendering a higher resolution image.

1.3-1.5 is the peak for visual clarity until we get mip map correction (which has a quite large performance cost... so don't expect to be able to use it any time soon even if it is introduced).

My experience with this is that the performance cost is pretty decent so long as Anti-aliasing is not being used at the same time. Any pre-downsample AA has an exponential hit on performance when downsampling is increased. Post downsampling AA will just blur the image and remove any details introduced. In game DSAA used in conjunction with PPDP (the new setting) will also put huge stress on the GPU.

Hi, question, what are your PCARS graphics setting?
I asked because I have get a project cars VR Crash/Hang on any setting other than 1 (even 1.1), I have been running with everything on ultra settings at 4k (3480x2160) on screen and left those settings in place when switching to my HTC Vive, those settings work fine until I change the "ResScale" data=“1” from 1 to anything higher. My hardware config below:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB DDR4 3200
SSD: 2 x PNY CS1311 2.5" 480GB SATA III
GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Edition

[Hipor]

For me the same.
never had crash/hangs before.

i have htc vive with gtx 1080 .

i really hope they can solve this problem..

[GrimeyDog]

im using SS 1.15 and its working great...Check video below...i show my in game settings at end of Video.
Note I always test under Thunderstorm with 16 car Grid to create a load on the GPU so i can tweek for max performance under load...in Clear weather the FPS is Much higher...I'm using Oculus rift i don't know if that makes a diff...also i don't use steam VR to launch Pcars...I launch it Oculus Rift Mode IMO it give a Better/Clearer picture with Higher FPS.

Edit: note that Track detail Ultra seems to have a Big impact on FPS with No real Visual benefit...I suggest setting track detail to High Max.

[GrimeyDog]

Has any 1 else Noticed that Launching Pcars in VR Via Steam using "Oculus Rift" Mode is Better than using Steam VR to Launch Pcars??? I see a Notable diff between the 2... Oculus Rift Mode has Better Picture Clarity and FPS.

[512SonnyBurnett]

Anybody knows if they plan do release more patches or are they now completely focusing on pCARS2?

[Konan]

No more patches...unless a major gamebreaking issue pops up/gets resolved...

[PostBox981]

I still hope for a VR+SLI patch in order to improve video quality of my Rift. But that´s just an unsustantiated hope of mine, nothing more.

I would really like to get me a second 1080 just for the sake of having it (being restless a little), but... it just doesn´t make any sense as long as SLI is not supported for the Rift.

[could_do_better]

Buy it, send it to me for safe keeping and I'll return it once SLI is supported. :-)

[PostBox981]

Buy it, send it to me for safe keeping and I'll return it once SLI is supported. :-)

That´s what I call real friends! Where shall I send it?