I wish someone would make a series of introductory videos for Rfactor2 for people that are into simracing but do not have days to spend fiddling with settings and dlc installation steps, etc.. Something like: 1. How to install dlc and why the order matters. 2. How to get it to look as good as it seems to in all these videos. (I have all the settings maxed for example and it comes nowhere close to Ermin's video). 3. Make a crowdfunding for someone to create a multiplayer system similar to SRS or at least some Content manager type to allow for proper setting up of anything. 4. Another crowdfunding campaign to send the developers from RF2 on a UI design course. 5. etc. I like this sim, I own it for many years, can never get into it properly as with the time afforded to many adults with a life outside of simracing there are too many things to sort out with this game vs. other options out there where I can boot it up and have a good experience. Time is precious and less of it is available all around. I like the game like I am sure many do, but are turned off due to the some if not all of these reasons.
I agree with this wholeheartedly! I watch the videos on this channel and get so excited about the potential for rFactor2. However, when I sit down to set it up, I spend waaaay too much time fiddling with settings and going through confusing menus. Even when I get it to a level that makes it useable, it's nowhere close to what it looks like in Ermin's videos and the FFB etc. are not consistent across content. As you mentioned, as a working adult with multiple kids and extremely limited sim racing time, I want to spend my time racing, and as such I generally find my way back to iRacing within a day or two because it is simply the best sim with regard to finding competitive races (at all hours of day/night). On the other hand, as someone who appreciates realistic racing (and having begun sim racing as a way to practice for the real world), I appreciate the potential for what rFactor2 could provide and fully recognize what iRacing lacks. I would happily contribute to a crowdfunding that might improve multiplayer systems/UI improvement/or anything else that would streamline the process of getting the sim to be more fun and user friendly.
Yeah ahah, i installed RF2 yesterday and after abit off WRC7 to check the steering wheel worked and such, i went into RF2 to start playing.. Haha i was mistaken, 8 hours off DLC download later and i could finally proceed to the main menu xD
I suspect that the absurdly long track loading times are actually just a case of the sim pre loading all the track data like shaders and such for a smoother racing experience so it doesn’t have to keep loading when it needs it. Xplane 11 does the same thing. This is why the next time you load the track it only takes a moment because all the data is still in memory.
I really like how you make sim racing easy to get for the average consumer, and your approach of keeping things simple is really enjoyable. Your commentary is pretty insightful as well at times, coming from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with Sim Racing. Thanks for that!
I built a few tracks in my time and even when you build a race track with data it comes down to the skill and effort one can put in. Not all laser scanned can be spot on but in most cases they are very good.
I wish I could forget how to drive Road Atlanta so I can go through the joy of learning it again! Awesome track. American tracks have a very natural flow to them and exciting, challenging and interesting final corners. Road Atlanta is IMO the best of them all. Well, maybe Sebring lol. Great video, Ermin. Stick with the rFactor 2 content, mate, you're my go-to content creator for RF2.
@@FoXHaloMaster The only way is sign up to some leagues. There is some Endurance leagues like EERC, ARL and VISC if you want to take part in it. Studio 337 said that they are working on some competition system, but i don't believe that it will be any good. Rfactor is amazing if it comes to driving, but everything around that is just buggy mess :(
@@skyzopip there was a server where we used to drive the Porsche cup cars at spa. Was a ton of fun. Can't find it anymore. And all the other servers don't work or they are full.
Honey Badger leauges really, join their discord channel and youll find some in your timezone. I used to play in multiplayer lobbies but once i joined a leauge and get to chat in discord you develop friendships and is wayy better than iracing imo
I mean iRacing has drastically improved its tire model in LMP1/LMP2/GTE/GT3/F1/F3.5/F3 and now you can really push there too. Try for example the new Dallara P217. It's so alive and it feels gorgeous to drive. Unfortunately the lack of a proper online structure in RF2 makes the title empty, also in terms of development of the skills. The level of competition you get in iRacing makes you improve your qualifying and race pace with your race craft and overall management of the race as well. RF2 might still have the edge on pure physics even though the gap has gotten smaller but driving on your own reaches its limit after a while. League racing is obsolete. You need to find the right spot, which is not guaranteed, with limited timing, limited people and limited content, the latter being not always on top since mods are not always great.
i'd been looking for a decent Laguna Seca track offering for rF2 and this is The 1! Great video as usual, Studio397 owes you a massive debt of gratitude.
@@mcrecordings there is a nice version out there, but not sure who made it sorry. It wasn't on racedepartment (that version is terrible), and neither was it laserscanned though
I just fired up rf2 kn0wing that their LM track is the best. After 3 minutes of loading I realized that I forgot to set multiclass racing. Back to main menu. I chose another livery so I need to set my mirrors from the scratch. Finally on track, ffb top class, night visuals (especially lit up car in front) from another century (20th). Back to ACC. Not to mention that after sertting LM aero on 488gte the main menu still showed standard aero and I didnt find the way to change it.
Subscribed, highlighting this kind of content is massively helpful, thanks! Yes the ai is very frustrating at times but once you drive this thing with a decent rig, nothing else comes close......
Well done. Turns T2-T5 and the blind right hand downhill to the finish line, T11 & T12 at Road Atlanta are some of the best turns in road racing, IMHO. The GT AI race pretty well in AC. Really looking forward to driving this version. Cheers Ermin.
Thanks for letting us know about these! Just wanted to let you know that the "ge" in "Mugello" is pronounced like "je" in "jelly". Apart from this little detail, top job as always. Keep it up! :D
The Bathurst version is from ACC. Stunningly accurate. I am building a 1985 version of Bathurst for RF2. Next year I think I will port all my tracks to AC. I am also updating Lakeside and QR one last time for RF2.
Good to see someone acknowledged that not all laser scans are equal. Aerial scan such as from a drone is not even close to the same as an on the ground point and shoot scan. You can definitely feel the difference as well
You’ve really rekindled my interest for RF2 - you are right about ffb modeling, arguably the best - this was a solid set of tracks (except some purple reflections on Mount Panorama), can’t wait for your next recommendations.
T5 exit is all wrong on Road Atlanta - there's is no increase in steepness halfway from apex to exit in IRL. T1 apex, it's not flat for so long before and after the apex, it's more like a bowl. Google Atlantic Road 0.75, that's an unfinished, but properly accurate Road Atlanta for rF2. (Think it's lidar, not ground scan, but the dev did a better job on the details, You'll notice the diff to this straight away. Trust me, I'm a race track freak ;))
Yeah Road Atlanta is pretty ridiculous. The iRacing version is much more accurate. But yeah that's what you get when you have such a poor number of official content.
@@QUICKLAPS ive never enjoyed rfactor lol. finding free content doesnt make the user experience any better. just having a good feeling solo experience, hotlapping doesnt make up for the rest of the negatives of the game. ive spent more time getting content and having fun in AC..
@@WilliamLebowski i have been playing AC for about 2 years now and have owned RF2 for a year and only last week decided to give RF2 a real go and forced myself to play for atleast 30min............. after that 30min i could not put the game down kinda makes AC feel like a arcade game lol.
@@QUICKLAPS I agree, the physics of rF2 are godlike.. it's such a blast driving cars around in rF2. But the extremely bad UI, extreme loading times and lots of other issues keep me from playing rF2 much.
Laguna Sega one of my favorite tracks , the Mount Panorama track feels great too , seems like your shadow blur or reflection causes that excess white shiny look
I would love to see some content on race room race experienced. I do think that Sim gets overlooked. But honestly falls somewhere below Rfactor but I would say equal With automobilista 2 and definitely better than project cars one and two. The DTM series and WTCR Cars are an absolute joy to drive. Probably some of the best cars in Sim racing. Period.
@Ermin Hamidovic You should include some quick instructions on installing those tracks. I never installed something outside of the Steam workshop. I figured it out, but you should include it to make less painful for anybody who takes the time to watch this and is learning.
Fantastic video. I enjoyed watching you slate Project Cars 3, don't get me wrong. But this kind of video is really needed for people like me who have rFactor2 but rarely play it because it's such a hassle getting it set up for an enjoyable race. The times I do play it, most of the time I'm frustrated by poor track/car combos or settings issues, but then now and again I hit on a combo where I think wow this game is so immersive I'll never play AC again.
@@Drakulea if you like formula cars as I do, the McLaren MP4/8 is really great fun to drive. I like taking it out for a spin around Interlagos or Estoril even though those are older tracks I believe, but I grew up on formula one in the 80s and 90s and love those tracks. And recently I've been driving the Indycar Dallara dw12 which is a blast. You really have to control oversteer to make it go straight, but the thing is you can - Ermin is correct about that, in other sims when you get oversteer the feedback is either non existent or too late, so you end up spinning. Not in rFactor2. But that said it's still really challenging to control.
@@Drakulea yeah the McLaren mp4/8 is included and so are those tracks (Interlagos and Estoril). And much more ofc. You can see all the base content on Steam. There's also a lot of free stuff available to download. I've not actually spent a penny beyond the base level, although I'm tempted to buy Sebring.
@@johnduncan5117 well I'm buying it now, then xD I played the demo for a bit, but wasn't sure of buying it because of all the payments to get more tracks and cars, and the negative comments about the game. But I'm getting it now. Certainly wouldn't be the worst game purchase I've made lol
Awesome video, thanks for the links! Please continue the series, RF2 is indeed peak sim racing for pure driving experience. Would be sweet to get a server going that might actually be populated, GTE's would make for some epic online racing. The GTE's are also great on a lot of the high speed classic tracks - Longford 67, classic Spa, etc.
Rf2 is a very polarizing title. A lot of people (including me) love it. We overlook all of its flaws for that driving sensation. All other sims I play just feel like the car isn’t connected to the track.
If you want to demonstrate how greatly rf2 differs from other sim, grab a front wheel drive car like the Honda BTCC car. You actually have torque steer as you would feel with a high horsepower front wheel drive car. Have the wheel turned far going around a corner and peg the throttle and its hard to turn the wheel back to center. I've never seen any other game match that feel. I may not have driven a GT3 car to know if rFactor 2 gets those right, but I have driven a high horsepower FWD car and I know rf2 gets it more right than any other sim.
Then could you help with something driving me mad for a long time in RF2: Some cars (including the GTE) have an insane amount of centering spring effect which is impossible to get rid off for me. Is there anyway to adjust this? This spoils the entire otherwise excellent FFB for some cars.
Hi Ermin! As I saw in the Marcel Offermans interview video you are a bassplayer and soundstudio engineer. Both activities played (and partly still do) a big part in my life as well. The music underlying your vids most of the times match the imagery very well. In this one I get distracted by it, since I also have to translate in my head what is being said, being a non-native speaker (allthough in reality I come close...). Should it be mixed in a tad more background here and there? Especially when style, instrument or dynamic changes take part I tend to shift my attention ever so shortly to what's happening musically. For instance the change to the fairly dynamic Heavy Metallish hardcore bit (@2:58). It is a bit full and abrassive to the ears. Makes me divide the attention to that and the content, whereas the funky bit before that suited/fitted your whole rythm and tone of speech way better. I am sure this is not your objective. Maybe I am the proverbal exception to the rule, still I thought I'd let you know. Carry on Legend, doing great!
Yes. The best offline Sim, but i love simracing for the competition. A fast ranked Server multiplayer race is a dream that never will coming true in rf2. Its a shame
@@petouser A league is another thing. You have fix dates. A good example are the New Ranked server races in Raceroom. With Livestreams at Twitch. Great
"Mesh ripped from AC" ... so this is basically illegal, right? I remember when the community used to shun modders like this. Or at least stuff like this was released into "underground" and wasn't publicly celebrated.
@@jwitkowski314 Well... F1 is some of the worst racing you can have. Ive been into racing my entire life and watch all variations of it... F1 however is something that is not entertaining to me
Would be nice if the content will be supported... Feels like a big pile of bugs and instead of fixing them, they try to replace them with new paid DLCs.
^ there is nothing good about rfactor 2 except physics and ffb, which are exceptional, but only in some cars. A lot of cars feel terrible, even older (and newer: see Tatuus F3-T318) S397 releases, and pretty much all ISI releases.
For quite a few years two sims sat on my hard drive untouched because I thought they were rubbish. Today they are the two most driven. Can you tell what they are?..... rFactor2 and Raceroom. I believe Raceroom is very underrated and overlooked. In my opinion rF2 is the best driving experience while Raceroom is the best overall racing sim package available. What stands them apart is even though they might not have the biggest budgets or marketing, you can tell the team behind both Studio 397 and Sector 3 are passionate about Motor Sports and that's why I will support them first.
There is no shortage of online players. You just have to know where to look. Leagues are where it at in rf2. You want to look in the rf2 Discord under #raceplace and on their online forum under online racing discussion. forum.studio-397.com/index.php?forums/online-racing-discussion.129/.
In defense of this comment - he is correct that you aren't going to find pick up races. You know, sometimes that's all you want. I've had zero success with leagues. Most of the touring car focused ones are in the UK and not nearly on my schedule (USA). Yeah it totally sucks that iRacing has the momentum it does, I wish I knew how rFactor could be turned around to have better pick up races and not rely needing to get into these leagues only to find out they all suck. At least Ermin Hamidovic is out here on a regular basis promoting rFactor2, because it deserves it.
Cheers for this really great video and all the detailed explanations ! Those tracks are really really brill. and some of them are now on Steam (workshops/groups). If one can't get the real life laptimes on a scanned track then I'd suggest that that is very positive (cf stuff like Colin McRae Rally, Microsoft CART, F1 official games, Papyrus GPL ...). In general, I know that the rf2 dynamic automotive model can simulate cars from F1 to Robin Reliants. Having the same general formula for such different vehicles means that you will lose accuracy (fitting error) in parts of the performance envelope of each car. Maybe this has a big effect on percieved behaviours too. PS You make such entertaining and thoughtful content I would suggest please please use less of the negative (irritating) adjectives ; "flawed", "absurd" ... about rf2 if you don't mind. That software is a MASSIVE achievement in technology and it is very hard imo to quantify a subjective opinion precisely - plus it just makes it look bad for no reason whatsoever. I bought it a month back and have yet to see anything this good mate, free content, interfaces an 'all; and I have been playing sims since Geoff Crammond's brilliant GP 2. It is of note that the pro version of rfactor 2 is used by real world racing teams/consultancies - and you did say criticisms should be constructive and informed ...
Thanks for sharing Ermin, much appreciatef. As per many commits below, i believe the difficulty in setting up RF2 has lead to many users abanding RF2 :( me included. Would you do us all a favour and create a setup video... for say OSW, Fanatec 2.5 and G27. Cheers
GTE on Laguna Seca feels great except for one issue (with DD2): why is there so much centering spring (I have the spring value in wheel settings on OFF). Is there anything in some settings to get rid off that?
The biggest problem for me in these sims, is that I'm just starting out on simulation racing, so I'm not very competitive, and I honestly don't have a lot of time to invest in leagues, that's why for me I'm not really sure if it's worth paying so much for any of these
I would recommend Assetto Corsa for you, then. It's a good sim, plays well in VR and triple screen, and there's so many mods you can basically do anything in it. I even recreated the F1 2019 campaign inside AC with a bunch of free mods so I could play them in VR
the AI in RF2 is pretty good. It's no fun when you're starting out and the rest of the field is way faster than you. But you can turn down the AI strength until you find some competitive racing. As your skills develop & you start beating the field, raise the AI by a couple of notches until you're back in the middle of the pack. Rinse & repeat. There should be a Steam sale around Halloween. If you're worried about the expense, wait for the sales & buy them when they are discounted. If you want a cheap startup with more content than RF2, get Asset Corsa when it's on sale, install Content Manager, install some mods & race against the AI until you feel confident or have the time to race in leagues
AC Didn't come with Bathurst, but someone did release a rip of ACC's Bathurst for AC. I would like to see that version ported over to RFactor if it hasn't been already...
Good work Ermin. Even most of the better Race Sim videos are kinda just so much RUclips content. This is Essential Reference Material. I'm looking forward t the next one. I just wish setting up casual Rf2 online races was as easy as AMS2.
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=809355570 Maybe that one? Idk, I don't have rFactor 2, so I really can't help. Try asking on Ermin's Discord
I recently deleted all content not from ISI or Studio 397, just to give rF2 another chance to show what it had to offer. What's there is good but the base game needs more content for what they charge. I'm a little wary of unofficial content, including some of these. I'd be more willing to try mods if there was an easy way to separate them from official content, for example, having mods under a "mods" folder. I have the same issue with AC.
This comment comes a bit late, but with AC you can separate official from modded content, at least if you use Content Manager (you have the Kunos tag, and official content has the Kunos logo with the name. I think the tag might be there with the official launcher, but maybe I'm mistaken)
Recently I tried the studio397 BMW M2 cs at Nordschlieffe. I hadnt raced Rfactor2 in a long time. Using the Fanatec CSW v2. Only had one big issue, whenever my BS kicked in, the steering wheel went beserk with vibrations? Does anybody know how to tweak that? Ps: what a track by Studio 397!
Why can i never get these files that are labeled RFCMP to open in 7 zip? There is always some sort of error talking about it cant open as archive. Am i doing something wrong here??
I love your enthusiasm for rF2 and I can see why, it does have a superb physics engine, but that alone does not make for a great Sim. If ripping tracks from other developers is the only way to make it good, then I think it is time for it to just die. Would have been better to join forces for AMS2 instead. Instead of making me want to install these tracks for rF2, it makes me want uninstall rF2 for good.
Here's the forum post mentioned by the creator of this video: forum.studio-397.com/index.php?threads/all-aviable-laser-scanned-tracks-rf2.66814/page-2 Below is a link to an earlier vid with many of the track downloads mentioned in the description. ruclips.net/video/xqXF71R9rUQ/видео.html ^"VR Motorsport - News [All aviable LaserScanned Tracks @ rF2] rFactor2 / Simracing [1080p] "
That's kind of the point though isn't it. You say it wasn't boring basically because there were a few crashes. But the actual racing is tedious and it feels like a franchise competition these days (well it is a franchise). Back in the 80s and 90s when I started watching F1 the races could be long and dull as well, don't get me wrong. But the barriers to entry were lower and there wasn't any fakery like DRS and overtake buttons. When someone passed someone else it was a question of pure skill. The safety is better now and the cars even look good after a horrible period in the 2000s and 2010s. But the racing still feels artificial and the competition is too closed - gone are the Jordans and Tyrrells and Rials.
@@johnduncan5117 when I first watched F1 the entrants were still taking their cars to the circuit on a trailer...and if they had mechanical issues they could jump in someone else's car.. and smoke cigarettes in the pits... .... we had no idea we were going to become boomers and F1 was going to be a corporate soap opera..
Steam library folder of rfactor 2 -> put .rfcmp downloads in Packages -> open game, click the open boxes icon, find the tracks you put in -> click install
I like how everyone talks about rips then u see AC also the driving is so much better in RF2 than other sims seem hallow.... so yeah rips rips but idk driving is the best sadly is kinda ded but i am an offline racer cuz bots may be stupid but set them corectly and they can be godly
I don't usually like pointing these things out, but since you are a sim racer and I'm sure you care about pronouncing the names of the tracks right, it is not "Mughello" but "Mujello" (the Ge is pronounced as the "Je" in Jet or Jelly)
Sorceron he’s generally in the Ferrari 488 GTE , it’s the easiest GTE car arguably from the official content to get good times with. Nice and predictable to drive.
@@tomcollingwood5300 Then how you cope with the insane centering spring effect in the 488 GTE? This ruins the whole FFB - I can't configure that properly (with DD2). Other than that it would be by far the best simulated GTE.
Wish some fictional tracks would make it to rF2, or S397 getting in contact with the modders to have them as HQ mod tracks selection: Magnificient Park Vitus Parc Piddy Troyton Thermalito Real track pick I wish was in rF2: Potrero de los Funes
I'd honestly probably give it a better go if they did. I gave Rf2 a 24hr chance before I just decided to say screw it and filed for a refund. I enjoy online racing too much to spend the money for that. Trying to find a race was borderline nightmare ish.
Exactly, what's a vanilla copy? Aren't theese mods for Rf2? May I have problem with Steam Rf2? I find hard that someone who doesn't know what's a mod, would buy Rfactor. And actually, a gap between the Rfs and the competitors is the difficulty of finding contents that are good as the professional developped are. That's why is super interesting this video. Do ACC has few tracks? Completely true, but they're all laserscanned, and laserscanning a track costs about 10k€
Great and all having all these tracks etc. As soon as it starts gathering an online player base, Ill be interested, until then its ACC all the way. I'm not interested in hot lapping or playing against AI and im not good enough to race in competitive leagues which I heard this is what this game is all about and tailored to🤷♂️...
If the multiplayer would work way better (for example Auto-download for free content; SRS plug-in, competition server,... ) the sim would be the best on the market. Without any doubt.
I love rf2 only problem is it remains a sim and nothing else it s not a game you can t have fun except Rolling and Rolling and rolling ! But yeah as a simu it is the best !
I wish someone would make a series of introductory videos for Rfactor2 for people that are into simracing but do not have days to spend fiddling with settings and dlc installation steps, etc.. Something like: 1. How to install dlc and why the order matters. 2. How to get it to look as good as it seems to in all these videos. (I have all the settings maxed for example and it comes nowhere close to Ermin's video). 3. Make a crowdfunding for someone to create a multiplayer system similar to SRS or at least some Content manager type to allow for proper setting up of anything. 4. Another crowdfunding campaign to send the developers from RF2 on a UI design course. 5. etc. I like this sim, I own it for many years, can never get into it properly as with the time afforded to many adults with a life outside of simracing there are too many things to sort out with this game vs. other options out there where I can boot it up and have a good experience. Time is precious and less of it is available all around. I like the game like I am sure many do, but are turned off due to the some if not all of these reasons.
so much this. ams2 is phenomenal but multiplayer is a barren wasteland.
I agree with this wholeheartedly! I watch the videos on this channel and get so excited about the potential for rFactor2. However, when I sit down to set it up, I spend waaaay too much time fiddling with settings and going through confusing menus. Even when I get it to a level that makes it useable, it's nowhere close to what it looks like in Ermin's videos and the FFB etc. are not consistent across content. As you mentioned, as a working adult with multiple kids and extremely limited sim racing time, I want to spend my time racing, and as such I generally find my way back to iRacing within a day or two because it is simply the best sim with regard to finding competitive races (at all hours of day/night). On the other hand, as someone who appreciates realistic racing (and having begun sim racing as a way to practice for the real world), I appreciate the potential for what rFactor2 could provide and fully recognize what iRacing lacks. I would happily contribute to a crowdfunding that might improve multiplayer systems/UI improvement/or anything else that would streamline the process of getting the sim to be more fun and user friendly.
Yeah ahah, i installed RF2 yesterday and after abit off WRC7 to check the steering wheel worked and such, i went into RF2 to start playing.. Haha i was mistaken, 8 hours off DLC download later and i could finally proceed to the main menu xD
I suspect that the absurdly long track loading times are actually just a case of the sim pre loading all the track data like shaders and such for a smoother racing experience so it doesn’t have to keep loading when it needs it. Xplane 11 does the same thing. This is why the next time you load the track it only takes a moment because all the data is still in memory.
I still prefer Assetto loading the Nordschleife in 10 seconds instead of having to wait 4 minutes for rF2 to load it..
I really like how you make sim racing easy to get for the average consumer, and your approach of keeping things simple is really enjoyable. Your commentary is pretty insightful as well at times, coming from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with Sim Racing. Thanks for that!
The Bathurst one is ported from ACC. It has also been ported to AC aswell. Such an amazing track to drive.
I built a few tracks in my time and even when you build a race track with data it comes down to the skill and effort one can put in. Not all laser scanned can be spot on but in most cases they are very good.
I love the classic NFS soundtrack music in the background. NOSTALGIA!
Christian agostini i think the same, high stakes sound track was awesome
I wish I could forget how to drive Road Atlanta so I can go through the joy of learning it again! Awesome track. American tracks have a very natural flow to them and exciting, challenging and interesting final corners. Road Atlanta is IMO the best of them all. Well, maybe Sebring lol. Great video, Ermin. Stick with the rFactor 2 content, mate, you're my go-to content creator for RF2.
Mugello is also a great track (and not American ;-))
Antoine Maxime totally agree. Hope the Grand Prix there will raise the profile of Mugello. Would love to see GT or World Endurance race there.
The F1 race at Mugello actually wasn't boring... because half the field crashed out 🤣
Yeah, boring isn’t really the word I would use. Hehehe
people screamed that the racing would be shit meanwhile there were overtakes at casanova
I love rf2. I feel like I can push the car to its limit unlike iracing. Just wish rf2 had a multiplayer base like iracing.
Me too! I feel like every other sim pales in comparasion when it comes to ffb. But how to people play multiplayer anyways in rf2?
@@FoXHaloMaster The only way is sign up to some leagues. There is some Endurance leagues like EERC, ARL and VISC if you want to take part in it. Studio 337 said that they are working on some competition system, but i don't believe that it will be any good. Rfactor is amazing if it comes to driving, but everything around that is just buggy mess :(
@@skyzopip there was a server where we used to drive the Porsche cup cars at spa. Was a ton of fun. Can't find it anymore. And all the other servers don't work or they are full.
Honey Badger leauges really, join their discord channel and youll find some in your timezone. I used to play in multiplayer lobbies but once i joined a leauge and get to chat in discord you develop friendships and is wayy better than iracing imo
I mean iRacing has drastically improved its tire model in LMP1/LMP2/GTE/GT3/F1/F3.5/F3 and now you can really push there too. Try for example the new Dallara P217. It's so alive and it feels gorgeous to drive. Unfortunately the lack of a proper online structure in RF2 makes the title empty, also in terms of development of the skills. The level of competition you get in iRacing makes you improve your qualifying and race pace with your race craft and overall management of the race as well. RF2 might still have the edge on pure physics even though the gap has gotten smaller but driving on your own reaches its limit after a while. League racing is obsolete. You need to find the right spot, which is not guaranteed, with limited timing, limited people and limited content, the latter being not always on top since mods are not always great.
i'd been looking for a decent Laguna Seca track offering for rF2 and this is The 1! Great video as usual, Studio397 owes you a massive debt of gratitude.
The bathurst track was ripped from acc to ac, and then converted to rf2. Also your pronunciation of mugello hurt my inner italian
where can one find the ACC to AC rip? would love to get that.
@@Nitedontdie it was made by a modding group called the rollovers
@@ryanmagid9898 Has anyone ever converted Suzuka from ACC to AC? I own both sims and all DLC but would love a laser-scanned Suzuka in AC.
@@mcrecordings there is a nice version out there, but not sure who made it sorry. It wasn't on racedepartment (that version is terrible), and neither was it laserscanned though
I just fired up rf2 kn0wing that their LM track is the best. After 3 minutes of loading I realized that I forgot to set multiclass racing. Back to main menu. I chose another livery so I need to set my mirrors from the scratch. Finally on track, ffb top class, night visuals (especially lit up car in front) from another century (20th). Back to ACC. Not to mention that after sertting LM aero on 488gte the main menu still showed standard aero and I didnt find the way to change it.
Another lovely RF2 experience. What a letdown this sim is.
rF2 is like climbing to the top of Everest. Spectacular when you get there, but the effort required has most of us giving up.
lol 😂 I love rf2 not all sims are for people. For me rf2 is one of the best sims out there
@@puckletruscot7562 Close with your analogy. RF2 is like climbing Everest and it being clouded out when you reach the summit.
I miss the physics in RF2. But AC has SO much that I love that I just haven't gone back. I hope an rF3 comes along and really deals with these issues.
Subscribed, highlighting this kind of content is massively helpful, thanks! Yes the ai is very frustrating at times but once you drive this thing with a decent rig, nothing else comes close......
Well done. Turns T2-T5 and the blind right hand downhill to the finish line, T11 & T12 at Road Atlanta are some of the best turns in road racing, IMHO. The GT AI race pretty well in AC. Really looking forward to driving this version. Cheers Ermin.
Thanks for letting us know about these!
Just wanted to let you know that the "ge" in "Mugello" is pronounced like "je" in "jelly".
Apart from this little detail, top job as always. Keep it up! :D
TIL
The Bathurst version is from ACC. Stunningly accurate. I am building a 1985 version of Bathurst for RF2.
Next year I think I will port all my tracks to AC.
I am also updating Lakeside and QR one last time for RF2.
Good to see someone acknowledged that not all laser scans are equal. Aerial scan such as from a drone is not even close to the same as an on the ground point and shoot scan. You can definitely feel the difference as well
You’ve really rekindled my interest for RF2 - you are right about ffb modeling, arguably the best - this was a solid set of tracks (except some purple reflections on Mount Panorama), can’t wait for your next recommendations.
T5 exit is all wrong on Road Atlanta - there's is no increase in steepness halfway from apex to exit in IRL. T1 apex, it's not flat for so long before and after the apex, it's more like a bowl. Google Atlantic Road 0.75, that's an unfinished, but properly accurate Road Atlanta for rF2. (Think it's lidar, not ground scan, but the dev did a better job on the details, You'll notice the diff to this straight away. Trust me, I'm a race track freak ;))
Yeah Road Atlanta is pretty ridiculous. The iRacing version is much more accurate. But yeah that's what you get when you have such a poor number of official content.
Yeah the track is much too narrow at most parts and looks all sorts of wrong lol
I just found a track from 2015. Isn't there a newer version?
@@berarma No, I don't think so, unfortunately. (I'm not the author.)
Tonight I had just given up on RF2. I’ll give these a go before committing to passing on RF2
So what did u decide give up or keep enjoying rfact
@@QUICKLAPS ive never enjoyed rfactor lol. finding free content doesnt make the user experience any better. just having a good feeling solo experience, hotlapping doesnt make up for the rest of the negatives of the game. ive spent more time getting content and having fun in AC..
@@WilliamLebowski i have been playing AC for about 2 years now and have owned RF2 for a year and only last week decided to give RF2 a real go and forced myself to play for atleast 30min............. after that 30min i could not put the game down kinda makes AC feel like a arcade game lol.
@@QUICKLAPS I agree, the physics of rF2 are godlike.. it's such a blast driving cars around in rF2. But the extremely bad UI, extreme loading times and lots of other issues keep me from playing rF2 much.
Laguna Sega one of my favorite tracks , the Mount Panorama track feels great too , seems like your shadow blur or reflection causes that excess white shiny look
I would love to see some content on race room race experienced. I do think that Sim gets overlooked. But honestly falls somewhere below Rfactor but I would say equal With automobilista 2 and definitely better than project cars one and two. The DTM series and WTCR Cars are an absolute joy to drive. Probably some of the best cars in Sim racing. Period.
Everyone always forgets RaceRoom somehow
John Duncan the number of players is higher than AMS2 and RF2 though
@@gjdriessen1 I didn't know that. Interesting
RF2 & RBRRSF I just can't get enough of!
@Ermin Hamidovic You should include some quick instructions on installing those tracks. I never installed something outside of the Steam workshop. I figured it out, but you should include it to make less painful for anybody who takes the time to watch this and is learning.
Fantastic video. I enjoyed watching you slate Project Cars 3, don't get me wrong. But this kind of video is really needed for people like me who have rFactor2 but rarely play it because it's such a hassle getting it set up for an enjoyable race. The times I do play it, most of the time I'm frustrated by poor track/car combos or settings issues, but then now and again I hit on a combo where I think wow this game is so immersive I'll never play AC again.
Would you share some of those great combos? I was on the fence about buying rfactor2, but with these tracks, I think it'll be worth it for sure.
@@Drakulea if you like formula cars as I do, the McLaren MP4/8 is really great fun to drive. I like taking it out for a spin around Interlagos or Estoril even though those are older tracks I believe, but I grew up on formula one in the 80s and 90s and love those tracks. And recently I've been driving the Indycar Dallara dw12 which is a blast. You really have to control oversteer to make it go straight, but the thing is you can - Ermin is correct about that, in other sims when you get oversteer the feedback is either non existent or too late, so you end up spinning. Not in rFactor2. But that said it's still really challenging to control.
@@johnduncan5117 cool! F1 cars are my favorite to drive. I still suck at driving them, but I enjoy it anyway. Is this car included in the base game?
@@Drakulea yeah the McLaren mp4/8 is included and so are those tracks (Interlagos and Estoril). And much more ofc. You can see all the base content on Steam. There's also a lot of free stuff available to download. I've not actually spent a penny beyond the base level, although I'm tempted to buy Sebring.
@@johnduncan5117 well I'm buying it now, then xD I played the demo for a bit, but wasn't sure of buying it because of all the payments to get more tracks and cars, and the negative comments about the game. But I'm getting it now. Certainly wouldn't be the worst game purchase I've made lol
Thanks, Ermin!
Did once a 12h MP-Race in GTR2 on Road Atlanta, ah these memories. More sims need this track. Glad rF2 has it.
gtr2 is realistic or simcade?watch the video and i think its drive to easy in rfactor 2.maybe he use assists...
That f1 race was the most action packed race in a while
Awesome video, thanks for the links! Please continue the series, RF2 is indeed peak sim racing for pure driving experience. Would be sweet to get a server going that might actually be populated, GTE's would make for some epic online racing. The GTE's are also great on a lot of the high speed classic tracks - Longford 67, classic Spa, etc.
Ahhh thanks a lot man, great video.
Rf2 is a very polarizing title. A lot of people (including me) love it. We overlook all of its flaws for that driving sensation. All other sims I play just feel like the car isn’t connected to the track.
If you want to demonstrate how greatly rf2 differs from other sim, grab a front wheel drive car like the Honda BTCC car. You actually have torque steer as you would feel with a high horsepower front wheel drive car. Have the wheel turned far going around a corner and peg the throttle and its hard to turn the wheel back to center. I've never seen any other game match that feel. I may not have driven a GT3 car to know if rFactor 2 gets those right, but I have driven a high horsepower FWD car and I know rf2 gets it more right than any other sim.
Scott McClements: I havent driven much fwd cars irl or sim, but ill take your suggestion and try it!!
agree!...been driving the btcc for years and it's as close to real as i've ever felt in a simulation!...
Then could you help with something driving me mad for a long time in RF2: Some cars (including the GTE) have an insane amount of centering spring effect which is impossible to get rid off for me. Is there anyway to adjust this? This spoils the entire otherwise excellent FFB for some cars.
@@iseeq72 What wheel do you have?
Hi Ermin!
As I saw in the Marcel Offermans interview video you are a bassplayer and soundstudio engineer.
Both activities played (and partly still do) a big part in my life as well. The music underlying your vids most of the times match the imagery very well. In this one I get distracted by it, since I also have to translate in my head what is being said, being a non-native speaker (allthough in reality I come close...).
Should it be mixed in a tad more background here and there? Especially when style, instrument or dynamic changes take part I tend to shift my attention ever so shortly to what's happening musically. For instance the change to the fairly dynamic Heavy Metallish hardcore bit (@2:58). It is a bit full and abrassive to the ears. Makes me divide the attention to that and the content, whereas the funky bit before that suited/fitted your whole rythm and tone of speech way better. I am sure this is not your objective.
Maybe I am the proverbal exception to the rule, still I thought I'd let you know.
Carry on Legend, doing great!
holy shit, he mentioned CS.
Great video again on the best racing Sim, rFactor 2. Great track mods. Keep it up.
Thanks Ermin! I apreciate very much this content you bring to us!
Yes. The best offline Sim, but i love simracing for the competition. A fast ranked Server multiplayer race is a dream that never will coming true in rf2.
Its a shame
Well, just like the predecessor rFactor, league racing is the way to go for online competition. Surely not for everyone, I guess.
@@petouser A league is another thing. You have fix dates. A good example are the New Ranked server races in Raceroom. With Livestreams at Twitch. Great
"Mesh ripped from AC" ... so this is basically illegal, right? I remember when the community used to shun modders like this. Or at least stuff like this was released into "underground" and wasn't publicly celebrated.
@@jwitkowski314 radical. dude.
@@jwitkowski314 Well... F1 is some of the worst racing you can have. Ive been into racing my entire life and watch all variations of it... F1 however is something that is not entertaining to me
@@jwitkowski314 And you put you comment under the wrong reply lol.
Cheers, thanks for this. looking forward to giving these a go.
It's Moo-Jello.
Excellent video. It's a sim not a game .
Where is the source that Road Atlanta is on LIDAR? I'm sorry to ask, but I couldn't find it...
I haven't got rf2 yet (ac/pc2 in vr), so this is greatly appreciated!
Thanks for showing Laguna Seca. As a casual, holy shit those are nice lines you did!
Thanks alot! Hope you do the same with the cars you like to drive on RF2 also
RF2 is the greatest sim available. Reasonably priced, physics connected to real world, always new content and modders fanbase.
Would be nice if the content will be supported...
Feels like a big pile of bugs and instead of fixing them, they try to replace them with new paid DLCs.
^
there is nothing good about rfactor 2 except physics and ffb, which are exceptional, but only in some cars. A lot of cars feel terrible, even older (and newer: see Tatuus F3-T318) S397 releases, and pretty much all ISI releases.
Congratulation on your new job 👍
After jumping onto the DD boat with SimuCube2 Pro, RF2 & AMS2 became more addictive than ever. Time for fix with these tracks...
What's up with the paint work on the cars? Looks like a white ghost over the top of the paintwork. RF2 shader issues?
Hey mate, thank you so much for this.
Can you please do a review on raceroom
i wish raceroom was more populated, especially with the cars and tracks being so cheap it could probably compete with iracing imo
So much fun with raceroom lately, the new DTM cars are awesome.
I really enjoy Race Room, especially in VR
For quite a few years two sims sat on my hard drive untouched because I thought they were rubbish. Today they are the two most driven. Can you tell what they are?..... rFactor2 and Raceroom. I believe Raceroom is very underrated and overlooked. In my opinion rF2 is the best driving experience while Raceroom is the best overall racing sim package available. What stands them apart is even though they might not have the biggest budgets or marketing, you can tell the team behind both Studio 397 and Sector 3 are passionate about Motor Sports and that's why I will support them first.
My big problem with Rfactor is the lac of players online. It's a issue caus I don't like at all playing against IA...
Plenty of leagues to race in with good clean drivers, much better than public lobbies
@@Dan_Minton is there a gte league? I'm really enjoying the Vantage
There is no shortage of online players. You just have to know where to look. Leagues are where it at in rf2. You want to look in the rf2 Discord under #raceplace and on their online forum under online racing discussion. forum.studio-397.com/index.php?forums/online-racing-discussion.129/.
In defense of this comment - he is correct that you aren't going to find pick up races. You know, sometimes that's all you want. I've had zero success with leagues. Most of the touring car focused ones are in the UK and not nearly on my schedule (USA). Yeah it totally sucks that iRacing has the momentum it does, I wish I knew how rFactor could be turned around to have better pick up races and not rely needing to get into these leagues only to find out they all suck. At least Ermin Hamidovic is out here on a regular basis promoting rFactor2, because it deserves it.
mine is the lack of official tracks
Great video as always. When will number 3 come out?
Need for speed high stakes menu song in the video background or is my impression?
Ive yet to buy or use rF2. I'm sold now. Keep up the good work, I really like your content and commentary!
There is no better sim for having a drive around by yourself
Cheers for this really great video and all the detailed explanations ! Those tracks are really really brill. and some of them are now on Steam (workshops/groups).
If one can't get the real life laptimes on a scanned track then I'd suggest that that is very positive (cf stuff like Colin McRae Rally, Microsoft CART, F1 official games, Papyrus GPL ...). In general, I know that the rf2 dynamic automotive model can simulate cars from F1 to Robin Reliants. Having the same general formula for such different vehicles means that you will lose accuracy (fitting error) in parts of the performance envelope of each car. Maybe this has a big effect on percieved behaviours too.
PS You make such entertaining and thoughtful content I would suggest please please use less of the negative (irritating) adjectives ; "flawed", "absurd" ... about rf2 if you don't mind. That software is a MASSIVE achievement in technology and it is very hard imo to quantify a subjective opinion precisely - plus it just makes it look bad for no reason whatsoever. I bought it a month back and have yet to see anything this good mate, free content, interfaces an 'all; and I have been playing sims since Geoff Crammond's brilliant GP 2. It is of note that the pro version of rfactor 2 is used by real world racing teams/consultancies - and you did say criticisms should be constructive and informed ...
ACC for GT3 and GT4
rF2 for GTE, LMP2 and LMP3.
Both excellent sims with each their own strengths.
Thanks for sharing Ermin, much appreciatef. As per many commits below, i believe the difficulty in setting up RF2 has lead to many users abanding RF2 :( me included. Would you do us all a favour and create a setup video... for say OSW, Fanatec 2.5 and G27. Cheers
Is there a third and fourth part of this series?
GTE on Laguna Seca feels great except for one issue (with DD2): why is there so much centering spring (I have the spring value in wheel settings on OFF). Is there anything in some settings to get rid off that?
Im also very hyped about the New free turing,gt3 and gt4 cars we get the next months in ams2
how do I install the track?. Thks
On Bathurst bro I got blue red glow down conrod and into the cutting any idea how to fix it.
The biggest problem for me in these sims, is that I'm just starting out on simulation racing, so I'm not very competitive, and I honestly don't have a lot of time to invest in leagues, that's why for me I'm not really sure if it's worth paying so much for any of these
You can stick to the demos to see if one speaks to you more. Not all cars are difficult to drive.
I would recommend Assetto Corsa for you, then. It's a good sim, plays well in VR and triple screen, and there's so many mods you can basically do anything in it. I even recreated the F1 2019 campaign inside AC with a bunch of free mods so I could play them in VR
the AI in RF2 is pretty good. It's no fun when you're starting out and the rest of the field is way faster than you. But you can turn down the AI strength until you find some competitive racing. As your skills develop & you start beating the field, raise the AI by a couple of notches until you're back in the middle of the pack. Rinse & repeat.
There should be a Steam sale around Halloween. If you're worried about the expense, wait for the sales & buy them when they are discounted. If you want a cheap startup with more content than RF2, get Asset Corsa when it's on sale, install Content Manager, install some mods & race against the AI until you feel confident or have the time to race in leagues
AC Didn't come with Bathurst, but someone did release a rip of ACC's Bathurst for AC. I would like to see that version ported over to RFactor if it hasn't been already...
It is already!
Excelent vídeo, congratulations
"I dont watch F1" who would have guessed. I bet he is watching rF2 streams in free time. Btw liked the video
Good work Ermin. Even most of the better Race Sim videos are kinda just so much RUclips content. This is Essential Reference Material. I'm looking forward t the next one. I just wish setting up casual Rf2 online races was as easy as AMS2.
Great vid! What cars do you recommend on RF2 to go with these laser scanned tracks? I have some GT3 in mind, where can I get them? Thanks!
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=809355570
Maybe that one? Idk, I don't have rFactor 2, so I really can't help. Try asking on Ermin's Discord
I recently deleted all content not from ISI or Studio 397, just to give rF2 another chance to show what it had to offer. What's there is good but the base game needs more content for what they charge. I'm a little wary of unofficial content, including some of these. I'd be more willing to try mods if there was an easy way to separate them from official content, for example, having mods under a "mods" folder. I have the same issue with AC.
This comment comes a bit late, but with AC you can separate official from modded content, at least if you use Content Manager (you have the Kunos tag, and official content has the Kunos logo with the name. I think the tag might be there with the official launcher, but maybe I'm mistaken)
Recently I tried the studio397 BMW M2 cs at Nordschlieffe. I hadnt raced Rfactor2 in a long time. Using the Fanatec CSW v2. Only had one big issue, whenever my BS kicked in, the steering wheel went beserk with vibrations? Does anybody know how to tweak that? Ps: what a track by Studio 397!
Why can i never get these files that are labeled RFCMP to open in 7 zip? There is always some sort of error talking about it cant open as archive. Am i doing something wrong here??
I love your enthusiasm for rF2 and I can see why, it does have a superb physics engine, but that alone does not make for a great Sim. If ripping tracks from other developers is the only way to make it good, then I think it is time for it to just die. Would have been better to join forces for AMS2 instead. Instead of making me want to install these tracks for rF2, it makes me want uninstall rF2 for good.
Here's the forum post mentioned by the creator of this video: forum.studio-397.com/index.php?threads/all-aviable-laser-scanned-tracks-rf2.66814/page-2
Below is a link to an earlier vid with many of the track downloads mentioned in the description.
ruclips.net/video/xqXF71R9rUQ/видео.html
^"VR Motorsport - News [All aviable LaserScanned Tracks @ rF2] rFactor2 / Simracing [1080p]
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Thx mate.
Unfortenaly the thread is closed now..
Here in my page i will update the list for now there:
facebook.com/pierre.storsberg.50
Mugello boring F1 race? Tada, no 2 restarts. (and yes, mercedes....)
That's kind of the point though isn't it. You say it wasn't boring basically because there were a few crashes. But the actual racing is tedious and it feels like a franchise competition these days (well it is a franchise). Back in the 80s and 90s when I started watching F1 the races could be long and dull as well, don't get me wrong. But the barriers to entry were lower and there wasn't any fakery like DRS and overtake buttons. When someone passed someone else it was a question of pure skill. The safety is better now and the cars even look good after a horrible period in the 2000s and 2010s. But the racing still feels artificial and the competition is too closed - gone are the Jordans and Tyrrells and Rials.
@@johnduncan5117 when I first watched F1 the entrants were still taking their cars to the circuit on a trailer...and if they had mechanical issues they could jump in someone else's car.. and smoke cigarettes in the pits...
.... we had no idea we were going to become boomers and F1 was going to be a corporate soap opera..
Which car pack is this? Free content or to buy?
Great Work Ermin.. This is just the ticket we need to elevate Rfactor2 to the rightful heir that it is.
Anyone else getting an issue loading Road America? Goes about 75% for me and then freezes...
These are great, I hope there's a Spa.
How do you install these? When it comes to rF2 I only have experience with the Steam Workshop.
Steam library folder of rfactor 2 -> put .rfcmp downloads in Packages -> open game, click the open boxes icon, find the tracks you put in -> click install
Odlican, kao i uvek. Kaze se "Mudjelo", ne "Mugelo". GE zajedno se cita DJE, da je GHE bilo bi GE.
I like how everyone talks about rips then u see AC also the driving is so much better in RF2 than other sims seem hallow.... so yeah rips rips but idk driving is the best sadly is kinda ded but i am an offline racer cuz bots may be stupid but set them corectly and they can be godly
Radu Octavian yep!...and they finish a race without quitting...coz they not in the lead! 😄✊🏻🏁
I don't usually like pointing these things out, but since you are a sim racer and I'm sure you care about pronouncing the names of the tracks right, it is not "Mughello" but "Mujello" (the Ge is pronounced as the "Je" in Jet or Jelly)
Thanks for these, how do you get your game to look so good?
Does anybody know how you install rfcmp files in the new UI?
Sorry for the dumb question but what’s the car you’re driving in most of this?
Sorceron he’s generally in the Ferrari 488 GTE , it’s the easiest GTE car arguably from the official content to get good times with. Nice and predictable to drive.
@@tomcollingwood5300 Thanks, just purchased.
@@tomcollingwood5300 Then how you cope with the insane centering spring effect in the 488 GTE? This ruins the whole FFB - I can't configure that properly (with DD2). Other than that it would be by far the best simulated GTE.
Wish some fictional tracks would make it to rF2, or S397 getting in contact with the modders to have them as HQ mod tracks selection:
Magnificient Park
Vitus Parc
Piddy
Troyton
Thermalito
Real track pick I wish was in rF2:
Potrero de los Funes
There is a better version of Laguna Seca out now by Andrea1968. There is also a better version of Bathurst out now as well.
can you publish download/subscribe page links?
You can find it in my Video in my channel mate.
0:49
Let's say someone wanted to get all the Endurance Bundle content without going through the Steam Workshop - anyone have any hints?
It's not in the Workshop, there's a specific store in the game's page.
I just wish they would cut RF2 and make RF3, bringing across all the up to date content, then this game can rule again.
I'd honestly probably give it a better go if they did. I gave Rf2 a 24hr chance before I just decided to say screw it and filed for a refund. I enjoy online racing too much to spend the money for that. Trying to find a race was borderline nightmare ish.
Exactly, what's a vanilla copy? Aren't theese mods for Rf2? May I have problem with Steam Rf2? I find hard that someone who doesn't know what's a mod, would buy Rfactor. And actually, a gap between the Rfs and the competitors is the difficulty of finding contents that are good as the professional developped are. That's why is super interesting this video. Do ACC has few tracks? Completely true, but they're all laserscanned, and laserscanning a track costs about 10k€
which car is this one?
so easy driving...you use assists?
8:11, it was carnage. 2 red flags
Great and all having all these tracks etc.
As soon as it starts gathering an online player base, Ill be interested, until then its ACC all the way.
I'm not interested in hot lapping or playing against AI and im not good enough to race in competitive leagues which I heard this is what this game is all about and tailored to🤷♂️...
If the multiplayer would work way better (for example Auto-download for free content; SRS plug-in, competition server,... ) the sim would be the best on the market. Without any doubt.
This channel should have x 100 viewers. Always a joy to hear Ermins analysis.
i hope they are working on rfactor 3. rf2 is a mish/mash of content, its all over the place.
I love rf2 only problem is it remains a sim and nothing else it s not a game you can t have fun except Rolling and Rolling and rolling ! But yeah as a simu it is the best !
How hard is it to get these track files into rfactor?
its really easy to set up!
rFactor 2 vs iRacing? :)