Earlier this month, Image Space Incorporated updated its official rFactor website to include separate pages for its upcoming sequel, rFactor 2, which is now tentatively dated as “TBA 2011″.
ISI has been lightly dishing details over the past year on rFactor 2. ISI had most recently provided a weather changing video and a developer Q & A. One of the craziest weeks, E3, has passed mainstream gaming media. Given that, ISI has decided to release over a dozen rendered wallpapers, with “some new models on them,” the developed mentioned on Twitter today.
In what may become dubbed the year of the new tire model, Image Space Incorporated is looking to add a little competition to iRacing 2.0′s new tire model this year. ISI is aiming to accurately model the heat, wear, deformation and performance changes a tire undergoes in rFactor 2.
In the above video, tires visibly form themselves to the track surface or curbing and catch the weight of the car upon landing. The new tire model changes are still in-development, says Image Space Incorporated’s Tim Wheatley.
ISI is still aiming for rFactor 2 to have an initial release in 2011. ISI is also incorporating dynamic changes beyond the new tire model; there will be changes to the racing line including rubber build-up and marbles, day-night-day transitions, and wet-dry transitions.
For now, though, we only have a look at the tire model. The deformation becomes even more noticeable in this next short video where the developers have increased wear at a magnitude of 100x. Click to check out an accelerated look at the tire deformation.
Here’s some great news for rFactor fans; Gjon Camaj is visiting Darin and crew at Inside Sim Racing tomorrow. While we can only speculate on the release date of rF2, we can hopefully get a few answers of the hotly anticipated sim title. Visit RaceSimCentral for the most recent updates starting tomorrow.
ISI has given us a holiday treat by releasing new screenshots that show the progress they have made since the last update. Gameplay is evident for the first time, showing how hard ISI has worked to deliver great weather effects, reflections, and accurate shadows on a variety of textures.
The best pic for us is the Renault, which is a mod from the Rfactor community. We hope importation of rfactor mods into RF2 is as straight forward as possible, since the library of mods is extensive and the community is highly active.
Dirt fans exist in large numbers. Yet most race servers are dedicated to races that specifically deal with tarmac. However that trend looks like it is going to change, with Gjon revealing a few teaser screen shots that contain good ol’ Mother Earth. If dynamic weather does come to Rfactor2, that dirt could quickly turn into mud, which would make the experience that much more interesting. As with previous screen shots, the textures have more depth and detail (just look at the Cactus waving Hi!).
Excerpt from their press release:
Over the past week, MAK-Corp’s leader Petros Mak had taken the time to contact the Simraceway.com (hereinafter refered to as SRW) management to get some official clarification in regards to what the management of SRW have planned for the changeover from the much loved rFactorcentral to Simraceway. As many of you will know, certain groups had started a boycott action against simraceway and the blog post on virtualr.net received quite a lot of responses from many of the community, myself included. What has come to my attention however is that the entire Boycott fiasco could have been avoided with a simple email to simraceway for more clarification. After receiving great details about simraceway, Petros Mak has gotten the authorization to clear the issues up in the community by making a news article here at MAK-Corp to detail the misconceptions that arose in the community.
The most important thing in the swith from rFc to SRW is that there will be absolutely no changes in the free aspect of the site. SRW will continue to provide free showcasing and downloading of mods in the exact same manner that rFactorcentral is currently doing. So to make it clear one more time, that aspect WILL NOT CHANGE! SRW will retain the free showcasing and downloading as rFc currently has. A lot of people in the community as well as mod groups were led to believe that SRW would charge a fee for downloading mods, this is NOT the case.
Brazil is well known for having one of the most integral parts of our ecosystem; the Amazon rain forest. It is teeming with life, providing scientists and locals an unadulterated environment to discover new species. One fortunate soul, named Jorge Okamoto, who also happens to be an avid simracer, was able to spot the G27 in its natural habitat. Judging from the screenshots taken, the G27 is clearly an evolution of the G25, with more buttons and a series of LED lights, providing simracers shifting lights.
Like it’s G25 cousin, the steering wheel does not travel alone. It is accompanied by a shifter and pedal set that helps ward off any predators, as well as providing value that other steering wheel makers dream of matching. It is safe to assume that this G27 critter will be a common sight and will be available to buy at a local retailer very soon, bundled in a breathable box supplied by Logitech.
Simraceway has recently launched their modder feature set. Here is an excerpt:
New Features;
Developers’ corner: A totally new section of the site dedicated solely to modding. It includes a
gMotor developer’s Wiki, ‘how to videos’, developer news section and collaboration tools.
1 click Install: Ability for mods to be downloaded from our high speed file servers and
automatically installed without any fuss, confusion or error.
Mod Syndication: Allows modders or mod users (if a modder permits this function to their mod
listing) to share a mod’s download link on any other website or blog.
Earlier this month, Image Space Incorporated updated its official rFactor website to include separate pages for its upcoming sequel, rFactor 2, which is now tentatively dated as “TBA 2011″.
