rFactor 2 and McLaren - World’s Fastest Gamer!

Just had a brief run in between work with this car.

What can i say.. fantastic! the FFB feeling is spot on. sounds are great for RF2. Physics seem brilliant on initial impressions. A well polished released car.
i didn't venture into any setups as time was limited but did notice only 1 tyre compound?? is there any chance of having a second after WFG? Sadly i cannot complete in WFG as i'm doing surgery in a week and will be off for months.

i bought the whole GT3 pack, pricing is decent and if the quality is the same as the Mclaren, the price is more then justified imo.

Great Job S397.
 
LokiD said:
But eh don't forget the Ai fixes and core bug fixing stuff. !? ams has fixed the drafting Ai issue, rf still plagued with.
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if I'm not mistaken rF2 already have a solution for that in track files, people are just not using it or not using correctly.
 
Great to see S397 releasing premium DLC content to help fund the game into the future. I snapped up the 5 car pack instantly.

In time honoured rF2 fashion the S397 freely released new and updated old content has been somewhat hit (USF2000) and miss (Radical) and I was a bit worried about shelling out for the Macca only to have it exhibit egregious physics/FFB/AI flaws. But it's turned out to be an exceptional release in terms of presentation: it is graphically immaculate, sounds great, has enjoyable handling and FFB and AI that aren't 40km/h faster than the player on straights.

My only gripe with this release is that for some reason S397 have insisted on making it as unstraightforward to buy as possible, and provided absolutely no fanfare and no instructions on how to actually get the content into the game. I #$%^ed around for 15 minutes tracking it down on the store page to buy it, having to restart steam and wait several minutes for the content to be downloaded in the background (with no notification that I'd purchased the content and a download was imminent). I'm assuming that the bloody rfcmp system prevents it being listed as DLC like every other title on steam.

If high quality paid content is the way to resurrect rF2 and keep it relevant and attractive to new players then a bit of effort to make the process less painful won't hurt. For instance, why not have a forum thread dedicated to it rather than letting information trickle down from discord?
 
whitmore said:
This sounds like a major cluster F#@##. New players to the game will be totaly lost.
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I think its more a steam thing WW.. I'm a steam noob and struggling to buy..

Changed cards to add funds to wallet as it wouldn't accept my amex, worked with mastercard so $50 US in but still getting "Opps Sorry" Error. tried 20 times. please info S397 !!!!

edit kept trying to verify payment and now told I have no attempts left and cant try again until after 5th August.GRRRRR that really sucks balls, as for me that means the 6th in Steam world basically .. Really should have been some infor about purchasing but I guess as a Steam noob as I only ever used it for the simple game purchases its my fault for not spending hrs and hrs working out steam. pissed off right now !!!!!!. got an email saying Steam had received my funds now but still error ??????????
 
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I found the car/s in the Steam Store after poking around a couple of times. Buying the car itself was straight forward, but I had not ever used the Steam Wallet so there was a little setup involved there. After that the purchase was fine.
But now....in game....How do I know I'm using the S397 Mclaren and not the GT3 World Series cars that "I think" came via the Simtek GT3 mod.

To answer my own question: The new car/cars are listed under the Banner of Mclaren with the subheading listing the GT 650s Cars listed under the GT3 World Series are 3rd party cars.
 
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Nazirull Safry Paijo said:
Cgrats guys. :)
The best looking car rf2 has ever released. Is the template available?
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Yes is my understanding. I haven't got the car myself yet (I'm at work), but this is a direct quote from the rFactor 2 Facebook page:

Chris Lesperance Any cockpit shots to keep me entertained till I get home from work? Also is there any painting templates?


RFactor2 Painting templates are there ! Cockpit shots will find!
 
bwana said:
I think its more a steam thing WW.. I'm a steam noob and struggling to buy..

Changed cards to add funds to wallet as it wouldn't accept my amex, worked with mastercard so $50 US in but still getting "Opps Sorry" Error. tried 20 times. please info S397 !!!!

edit kept trying to verify payment and now told I have no attempts left and cant try again until after 5th August.GRRRRR that really sucks balls, as for me that means the 6th in Steam world basically .. Really should have been some infor about purchasing but I guess as a Steam noob as I only ever used it for the simple game purchases its my fault for not spending hrs and hrs working out steam. pissed off right now !!!!!!. got an email saying Steam had received my funds now but still error ??????????
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WTF?! Have to wait for days until you are allowed to SPEND MONEY?!

Tell me if you need help mate. I could buy it and gift it to you. Buy me back some track or car or whatever at some point or add to my steam wallet, WHEN they allow you to do it again, LOL! :D Seriously though that sucks ass... Steam better shape up.
 
S397 should make a promo video for the car just like iR does. It doesn't need to be super fancy but something so the playerbase is informed about the car release. They should have learnt from the mistakes ISI made.
Also S397 should write down the instructions how to access the car in a clear and easily accessible fashion because I have no idea (it's not in the workshop) and I won't f*ck around to find it. It doesn't even show up in the rF2 launcher.
 
shiet said:
S397 should make a promo video for the car just like iR does. It doesn't need to be super fancy but something so the playerbase is informed about the car release. They should have learnt from the mistakes ISI made.
Also S397 should write down the instructions how to access the car in a clear and easily accessible fashion because I have no idea (it's not in the workshop) and I won't f*ck around to find it. It doesn't even show up in the rF2 launcher.
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Agreed on promo. Kunos does good small youtube video for each car with a one minute clip of the car driving around the track with shots from cockpit and outside. Cue some cool music in the background, a McLaren and rF2 logo = done.

Regarding when you bought the car it will auto install on purchase. If your steam is offline i think you wont find it in the car list in the sim. If you are in online mode in steam and it doesnt show, try unsub it so it subs back automatically again when you start the sim. To unsub however you have to click your NAME in steam at the top of those big tabs (STORE, LIBRARY etc) and then INVENTORY. You will see the car there together with 4 white (empty) slots. Click the McLaren and click the go to workshop and it takes you directly to it so you can unsub.

Not the easiest stuff atm, but should hopefully fix any issue of not showing up in the sim.
 
Alex72 said:
The car is amazing. Cockpit is glorious with all info digitally working. Model is awesome. Sound is awesome and physics is crazy good. :) Just FFB on my end feels a little dull on the fine details. Might just be me and my crappy wheel but other ISI cars has lots of fine FFB detail. Still, its a superb high quality car. Very happy customer over here.
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I have the same feedback regarding the FFB. its very light and feels , like you said..dull.
I have a T300Rs, so not the worst wheel ever, so I wonder what I can do about it
 
Will Mazeo said:
if I'm not mistaken rF2 already have a solution for that in track files, people are just not using it or not using correctly.
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Until there is an official response and documentation about those lines in the AIW, I wouldn't talk about what is correct.

It is unbelievable that without a single dev response in the AI draft topic, people grant an issue for solved. Until proper documentation about those lines appear, there is no correct way of doing it.

From what @hexagramme said it does affect but it is not so magical as it is being sold.
 
Why aren't there separate release thread for this car/pack? Confusing imo.

Also, any idea what the other 4 cars will be? 15€ for 5 cars is a good price.
 
xGerhardsax said:
I have the same feedback regarding the FFB. its very light and feels , like you said..dull.
I have a T300Rs, so not the worst wheel ever, so I wonder what I can do about it
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i have a T300, what settings are you using. min torque, and windows controller settings?

feedback on mine seems great.
 
G27 on my end. FFB feels great. Car looks superb. Only the shifting sound/ gearbox sound is missing or way to silent. But maybe the overall sounds will be improved.
Thanks for the great McLaren guys.
Cheers
 
Alex72 said:
Agreed on promo. Kunos does good small youtube video for each car with a one minute clip of the car driving around the track with shots from cockpit and outside. Cue some cool music in the background, a McLaren and rF2 logo = done.

Regarding when you bought the car it will auto install on purchase. If your steam is offline i think you wont find it in the car list in the sim. If you are in online mode in steam and it doesnt show, try unsub it so it subs back automatically again when you start the sim. To unsub however you have to click your NAME in steam at the top of those big tabs (STORE, LIBRARY etc) and then INVENTORY. You will see the car there together with 4 white (empty) slots. Click the McLaren and click the go to workshop and it takes you directly to it so you can unsub.

Not the easiest stuff atm, but should hopefully fix any issue of not showing up in the sim.
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Thanks for the kind offer mate, Steam has $50 in my wallet but everytime I try to purchase it locks up.. not sure about the credit card refusal (amex) it took the money via mastercard in the end, very frustrating so I gave up and went fishing. Got back now and still not working S397assistance please !!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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