[0.7] Rokusa Handling Mod - Video Thread

[Mad LL]

Didn't we have a young guy who was driving in the Ginetta G40/junior series back in WMD? Can't remember his name but I'm sure he offered his help, might be worth checking out.

@Jetpistol I don't suppose you know where that thread is? I can't find it and searching hasn't worked

Ctreg2 ? and from this same thread Jibbed who did some 125cc Kart at the UK National level as well.

EDIT : Yep. That was probably him you were looking for. He also had a short news story on this very website shortly before release.

[John Hargreaves]

Ctreg2 ? and from this same thread Jibbed who did some 125cc Kart at the UK National level as well.

EDIT : Yep. That was probably him you were looking for. He also had a short news story on this very website shortly before release.

Well spotted, that's the guy I was trying to think of. Might be worth an email in William's direction.

[Alex Hobbs]

A word on Drifting

Drifting is one of those things where a lot of real cars can do it under specific circumstances, and a lot of cars can't. A lot of sims emulate this by putting dedicated 'drift' tyres on cars that should be capable of drifting in the real world. The problem with this is that while their drifting behaviour might feel decent, their normal driving behaviour can be highly unrealistic.

Today brings the announcement of the Rokusa LT600 drift competition tyre. This is a high performance road tyre with a very soft rubber compound and shallow tread to make it road/competition legal. Unlike most sim drift tyres, it is also fully capable of normal driving as well as drifting.

Here's a video of the LT600 in action:



(Drifting at the end)

The LT600 will be supplied with the Scion GT86 RB, Mercedes 300SEL and the Ford Mustang GT. I'm also announcing that work has started on the Yiro F2 Classic, a 60's bias ply tyre that will run on the Caterham Seven Classic.

[John Hargreaves]

Don't forget to share your findings with these tyres over on the pCars2 forum Alex, you're on the cutting edge here.

[RomKnight]

Not only in pC2... COF... COF

Not that i'm able to drift

[Alex Hobbs]

Don't forget to share your findings with these tyres over on the pCars2 forum Alex, you're on the cutting edge here.

I will once I have findings to share, currently I doubt that my knowledge extends past the devs'

Question for you guys: What tyre on what car do you want to see videos while we wait for release? I have an 86 video with the Yiro on the way, but I don't know what to film next.

[Alex Hobbs]

A couple of small things to announce today with the mod, first of being the 600 Drift Competition tyre. It has now been renamed the 'Rokusa LT600' and will now also feature on the game's fastest supercars as a high end sports tyre.

Additional cars with the Rokusa LT600:

Pagani Huayra
Caterham R500
Ariel Atom V8
Pagani Zonda Cinque
Audi R8 V10 Plus
Gumpert Apollo
Mercedes SLS
RUF RGT-8
RUF CTR3
Mclaren 12C
Mclaren P1

There's also a new video out. This is a default setup GT86 on melted Yiro Ecos, driving a tight section at Ruapuna Park. The tyres become pretty much useless for racing once they've overheated, but with a bit of practice you can still drift on them, at least until they go bald. In terms of racing it's best to keep them cool, otherwise they'll get gooey and the car will lose a lot of time sliding.

[John Hargreaves]

I will once I have findings to share, currently I doubt that my knowledge extends past the devs'

Question for you guys: What tyre on what car do you want to see videos while we wait for release? I have an 86 video with the Yiro on the way, but I don't know what to film next.

It would be great to see the BMW 1M doing what it was born to do. I've had reasonable success with a drift setup for this car, but I can't help thinking it's still a little bit more difficult than it should be to drift it consistently in game.

[Jussi Viljami Karjalainen]

It would be great to see the BMW 1M doing what it was born to do. I've had reasonable success with a drift setup for this car, but I can't help thinking it's still a little bit more difficult than it should be to drift it consistently in game.

Huh, my experience has been that even using the OEM setup I have for it the 1M is really very easy to drift with. =/

[Alex Hobbs]

Ed's awesome MX5 gif reminded me I have a little something of my own to post, here's a GT86 on Yiro Eco's doing a tandem run with Pam in the camera car