Race Pro

[sharky_ob]

Yes, it's very shoddy at times.

I want to race with more people, but theres so few of us. So very few....

We might have to start racing with randoms!

[TheForce]

yep, it can get quite messy. I was quite dissapointed yesterday seeing the state of the game when you get things online, laptimes that make no sense, leaderboards going mental.... it's a shame because when we're actually racing it all seems very good.
I love the training, qualifying, race set up. and it all feels very nice.
I have to say I really liked racing those Radicals. Brno is also an fantastic track (which I need to learn...)

I've seen on the RacePro forum that Atari/Simbin is working hard to release a patch to solve these problems. when they succeed it would make me very happy, as this has potential to be the best racing game I've played. Handling and physics are sublime, now fix the online problems and steady frame rate and I'm happy

I'm looking forward to get this online again with a few more people, I have some friends that are also playing RacePro, I try to get them to join us next time.

[TheForce]

Sharky, here is a link to a site you will probably enjoy : http://www.virtualr.net/

they have on the homepage at the rightside a long list with links to other racing sites and racing communities.

[sharky_ob]

Sharky, here is a link to a site you will probably enjoy : http://www.virtualr.net/

they have on the homepage at the rightside a long list with links to other racing sites and racing communities.

Nice one mate, looks like a good site. I'm downloading the VLR mod for rFactor now!

[TheForce]

sorry guys, won't be online tomorrow evening, I have a meeting tomorrow evening, I don't expect to be home early...

[sharky_ob]

sorry guys, won't be online tomorrow evening, I have a meeting tomorrow evening, I don't expect to be home early...

I won't be around either. Doing sound and lighting for a school 'talent' show. Oh the joy.

[Senna]

lol, same here. I changed job roles this week and I'm having to work overtime to get to grips with everything!

another week might give them time to release this much-needed patch

[Senna]

I'll be online this Thursday evening for some racing.

[TheForce]

I'm probably not, today I receive Resi5 cheap from a friend of mine and I promised him to play it in co-op this week ....

if you see me online this weekend I'm up for some WTCC action for sure !!

ps. have been playing some single races with the WTCC cars on Hard and VeryHard... my god, the game really comes alive then !! excellent stuff !
Now if they fix the online problems we should be back in business again !

[sharky_ob]

I'll be around Mike, hopefully we can get my bro involved too.

[TheForce]

I'll be racing online this evening as well .

here a long list of bugs fixed with the new patch:

Latest Update - Planned Fixes for Race Pro
Since the launch of RACE Pro, Atari and development team Simbin have been working
hard to deliver a Title Update. We will make the update available in the coming
weeks once it has been finalised, thoroughly tested and approved.

Below is a list of the main issues that the Title Update will address to improve the
experience both in single and multiplayer online. As soon as we have any more
precise information about the release date of the update we will let you know.

MULTIPLAYER UPDATE
Fixed bug causing the game to crash when 12 players have joined and left a
multiplayer game
Disallow connections to host if they are not waiting for players
Fixed the ”fast forward” / speed bug currently generating some unrealistic race
times in leaderboards.
Fixed problem with lap times being reported to the wrong leaderboard when moving on
to the next track in multiplayer.
Fixed problem of a player joining during session activation causing the client to
get stuck in the loading screen.
Fixed issue when creating a session with downloaded car and inviting a player that
doesn’t have the car
Fixed name of tracks on servers list when players do several sessions in a row
Fixed incorrect race length value seen in game list screen
Fixed transparent car that appears after un-pausing in multiplayer qualification
Fixed the incorrect message that appears when attempting to access multiplayer
without a gamer profile signed–in and if selecting
Multiplayer with an offline gamer profile
Set default host option of qualification to NO in multiplayer for players that have
never hosted a game in Race Pro before
New messages: Display some session info in-game so players can recognize where in
the game they are
New messages: Add a specific multiplayer loading tip showing 50% of loading time in
player match only

GENERAL UPDATE
Fixed performance drop while driving over curb
Improved deformation of cars
Fixed hot seat start position problems
Removed dangerous driving dialogues when entering loading screen
Fixed crash when the player tries to enter the end pit driving backwards and wants
to restart the race after the losing message
Fixed some localization bugs
Locked F3000 car #12 and unlocked the Corvette C5R since there is no contract for it
in Career mode
Fixed validation for replay files to allow replay files saved between year 2000 and
2099
Fixed sound bug making Doppler effect of other cars sound corrupt in swing cam
Fixed force feedback detection for wheels and slightly improved strength of force
Adjusted the Seat Leon Extreme Tryout time
Fixed sound bug making the rev sounds on some cars not transition smoothly
(including Mini Cooper and BMW M3 GTR)
Fixed sound bug with the force calculation of picking the correct collision sound

[Senna]

Good: They have fixed the problems with incorrect leaderboard times. Hopefully they will also at that point reset ALL the leaderboard times.

Bad: Why will we still not be able to change car class and car type between races? Having to start a new lobby just sucks.

[Senna]

Some good racing tonight there guys.

Porto - yuck, yuck, yuck. Don't like that track....

And Sharky, jesus man..... bundle of laughs mate

[TheForce]

yes it was good fun, however the quality of our racing wasn't so high yesterday....

it's about time the leaderboards are betting fixed and reset so we have some more pressure when we're racing not only for the victory but also for the fastest times !!

HONDA POWER !!

[Senna]

I won't be online this week because I'm back in Scotland to see family and friends.

Should be ok to race next week though