I'll ask him and see if we can find a decent time where we are free for some Q&A action.
We'll it'll be David, not me. Anyone can drive in the midfield every Friday. I'll look to move a lot of the stuff we are used to seeing into EA Answers as we escalate transition.
@DavidG53Ok i didnt listen close enough to get that the transmission change was not in the preview build, that could change things too! So it might actually be more like id expect in the future build! Will keep silent about it till then, but very good to know.
Also i was more referring to COTA, a lap done by Kiefer but anyway what you say always applies.
Yeah Esports guys will always make an abomination of what the devs intended😄 i can fully understand the complexity of things especially with the mindset to make it accessible even for non esports guys. And im very familiar with the 80/20 principle so yeah, cant keep on working forever for the fine margins!
The low speed cornering speeds might as well just be due to too much track grip which i found an issue in 2021. From testing its 10% too much grip in Bahrain (3-4s) and as ive been told in the old Forum you guys use like ~4 different track surfaces. Which is very limiting in itself as track temperatures and the very materials of a track (and other things) make for different grip levels. So A) making each track have its unique track grip and B) reducing/changing them somewhat accordingly to the previous years experience might also help a lot with lap times and all cornering speeds etc..
But if youve got no time dont worry, i will bring the track grip up again when theres an official thread! Thanks again for your time and insight🙂
@DavidG53Yeah i know what you mean but comparing how they got onto the throttle i dont feel like the slow speed grip was the big problem but more the high speed. During my testing i would have my car spinning in Bahrain Turn 12 due to too little rear grip.
Most tracks are mostly around 4-5% too much grip from my testing, thats not too bad and the grip difference can be corrected with setups. But from what i saw we are almost at the limit of how understeery we can get the 22 cars😄 (10-1 suspension and 8-18 aero).. *Another thing worth mentioning for the less grip is: In Bahrain they run higher downforce than in all games which of course helps with the total grip. Especially with the new 1-50 aero this would be good as some might try to go with low downforce but struggle to get through the corners while too much downforce (near Hungary levels) would fly through all corners but be too slow on the straights - best would be a Spain downforce package, at least IRL they use something around those levels.
Maybe also (just my theory) its a different weight distribution-front grip balance. More weight distribution (for example 0.04-0.05 instead of 0.02 in 2021) for a balanced turn in but reducing the front grip for better cornering speed = a bit more traction/general grip. With the lower total grip it might just work but thats all guess work based on 2021 and might be wasted effort for how the whole aero balance etc. is in 22. But the too much rubbering theory might also be part of it! Maybe start with lower grip than 2021 - as they sometimes are really slow in FP1 especially without feeder series and get to a bit less rubbered in than it was.. But yeah thats all not easy😄 Im totally fine with Esports being 1-1.5s quicker than IRL, thats even realistic IMO
Not always easy to follow the speech but interesting stuff here… 😎
@NuvolarixSorry haha the technical stuff aside my english isnt always the best nor are my thoughts well planned and im changing it mid sentence soo sorry for my occasionally convoluted sentences😅😂
I also have a T300 (PC) and am able to do 100% races without it overheating.. what FFB settings are you running? Are the ambient temps high? Air vents on the wheel base clear?
@davb12 do you force the fan always on?
press "Mode" on the base and "Option/Start" on the rim and hold down until the red light flashes. twice means fan is forced on. One flash means fan is set to "Automatic".
On the topic of FFB fading on T300 (and thrustmaster wheels in general).
I have TX servo base with SF1000 wheel and I have the game on Series X and PC - Steam. Even though the defaults are the same in game for both platforms, the force feedback is way different, being much much stronger on Series X on those default settings.
My guess the difference is mainly with the thrustmaster driver defaults, which on PC, have 75% on the overall forces (with boost mode OFF). I don't know how those defaults are on Series X, no way to see or adjust it, but maybe it's 100% (and could the boost mode be ON as well, which seems to double the FFB and for sure will increase the overheating problem)?
Anyway, those aren't comparable at all. When playing with Series X on defaults, my base wheel start loosing FFB after a while, guaranteed. I can't do single session practice + short qualify + 50% race without it happening around half way of the race the latest.
When using the default settings on PC (both game+thrustmaster control panel), I haven't run into this problem, but like I said, it's much lighter FFB with those defaults. I can lower FFB in the game to 40 in Series X and it still feels stronger than the defaults on PC.
And yes, I do have the fan ON all the time.
Anyway, for console users with T300/TX, I would lover the FFB in game to something like 40 (and maybe play around with the on track effects as well) and see whether that is enough to prevent the overheating problem and loosing FFB as result (and make sure the fan is set ON as well, you can find the instructions from Thrustmaster website (https://ts.thrustmaster.com/faqs/eng/thr_eng_00146.pdf)
