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  • Published: 2021-03-21

Changelog

New features, options and improvements​

  • New generic configs affecting all cars and tracks (wouldn’t do much at the moment);
  • Major rewrite of advanced culling to improve its performance;
  • DXGI tweaks got a few more options (unrelated to flip model):
    • Use GPU based on selected screen in AC video settings;
    • True borderless mode;
    • Triple buffering and custom maximum frame latency;
  • Option for SIMD-accelerated culling for tracks;
  • Option to disable audio if AC is minimized or in background;
  • Smart mirror: option to override mirrors rendering distance;
  • Radar app: settings for colors, updated look;
  • Loading smoothness and informativeness greatly improved, thanks to new built-in loading profiler;
  • Loading should be faster now, with option to speed it up further with caching (enabled by default);
  • VAO darkness fixed with dynamically adjustable gamma;
  • Reworked crash messages, now with additional checks and tips;
  • Crash reports include CSP settings preset;
  • Sound speed takes temperature and other stuff into account;
  • GUI: optional warning for throttle and brake pedals overlap;
  • Custom colors online now saved across sessions;
  • Option for adaptive near clip plane to improve the look with camera far away from cars and track;
  • Custom VR mirroring: new mode showing right eye only;
  • Teleporting destinations list is more compact, supports grouping and can filter points;
  • Few small optimizations.

Fixes​

  • Crashes on certain tracks fixed;
  • Option for smoother loading shouldn’t make it that much longer now;
  • Show on screen now works properly, including negative coordinates or fullscreen;
  • Non-mirrory mirrors on other cars fixed;
  • Reflection cubemap messing up rendering order and causing some meshes to not be visible fixed;
  • Pinned app are no longer resizable;
  • Changed general settings during the race now won’t trigger full CSP reload;
  • WeatherFX: cloud shadows and cloud rendering fixed;
  • Navigators occasionally showing random mess on map fixed, also now work without GUI module enabled;
  • Major performance issue appearing on some GPUs as a strange FPS limiter fixed;
  • Crashes with car instruments module disabled fixed;
  • Heating effect not working properly without bounced light enabled fixed;
  • Meshes on distant cars disappearing too early fixed;
  • TyresFX now works in mirrors properly;
  • PBR shader with clear coat: dynamic lights fixed;
  • Exterior glancing head trajectory fixed to avoid clipping through the roof in some cars;
  • Accessible color now uses 32 bpp instead of 64 to help with performance;
  • Forced throttle and neutral gear button for keyboard input mode fixed;
  • Fireworks audio and visual fixed, now reflected in cubemaps;
  • Crash with mouse steering on certain tracks with very short AI spline fixed;
  • Mirrors breaking and cockit switching to LR version with F6 cameras when other cars are close fixed;
  • TyresFX no longer breaks after session restart;
  • Inverted reflections (for example, causing black blobs on some tyres at night) fixed;
  • Few smaller fixes.

For new content and configs​

  • TyresFX: specify tyres pattern for certain tyre types in config;
  • Extended physics for cars:
    • Option to use real mass online to improve collisions for heavy cars;
    • Options to redefine collision parameters;
  • Extended physics for tracks:
    • Option to use real mass for cars online;
    • Options to redefine collision parameters for different surfaces;
    • Option to use rigid collision between surface and car mesh colliders, to try and prevent cars falling through in some extreme cases;
  • INIpp: includes now can be optional, with expressions for file names, new functions to access and modify stuff that’s already been parsed;
  • New inputs for read() for car and track configs;
  • WeatherFX: new ac.setVAOExponent(gamma) function;
  • Python function ac.ext_loadIniFileAsJson() fixed, ac.ext_parseIniFileToJson() renamed to ac.ext_parseIniAsJson() (old name also works for compatibility);
  • New parameter SHOW_IN_REFLECTIONS for track lights (please use it carefully, by default only lights with range above 10 meters is included to speed things up);
  • Car lights: tint for high and low beams;
  • Car lights and custom emissives: separate lag up/down, custom heating color and other parameters;
  • Setting set observeDigital 1 shouldn’t crash AC now;
  • New Lua function ac.getSoundSpeedMs() to get accurate sound speed;
  • Lua audio events got a new pitch parameter;
  • Extended raytracing for advanced tyre collision detection uses fewer samples to speed things up;
  • Photoelastic PBR glass now supports multi-emissives as well.