I'd rather stick with asphalt tracks and Ferraris...

That is one hell of an unexpected DLC idea.

22:00 GMT+0 on Saturday, 31.5. would be good. Taz could join as well.

Good news! The steering wheel does fit on my desk at home. I haven't checked out the multiplayer, but hopefully we could try it out next weekend.

Sounds good...except the part where I'm following YOUR Ferrari. We'll see who's faster in a real race!


Speaking of Ferraris, Ferrari 458 GT2 and Ferrari LaFerrari will be added for free later on. Interestingly, due to engine restrictions in the GT class, the 458 GT2 has 100 bhp LESS (from 570 to 470) than the 458 Italia we already have in the game. It's also about 300 kg lighter than the road car version. It should be interesting to see how well does it compare to the 458 Italia.

The Ferrari LaFerrari... Its predecessor, the Enzo, was so good they named it after the founder of the company. LaFerrari mean "The Ferrari" as far as I know. So this is the definitive Ferrari. It's not a supercar, it's a hypercar. In the rear it has a 6.3 litre V12 engine producing 789 bhp... But that wasn't enough for the ultimate Ferrari so they added a KERS system that can add extra power when needed. This brings the total power output level to 950 bhp. The company wants their cars to retain their luxurious status, so only 499 LaFerraris will be made. And according to the Top Gear article, it shouldn't be imppossible to drive.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/fe ... eview-top-gear-2014-04-29

Darn, multiplayer delayed again! I hope this means that when it does get released, it will work flawlessly.

I've played some racing games on consoles, but driving with a controller never felt that good to me. Especially now that I've gotten used to one of the best steering wheels around.

I'll have to consider the alternatives.

Curse you Wobblyyyyyy! Just when I spend an hour perfecting my lap time with sweat flying around the room, you just easily beat my time. I'm suspecting you might actually be one certain tame racing driver...

Multiplayer should be a lot of fun. It doesn't matter if one can beat everyone's time if given a dozen tries, only consistent lap times matter. I can already feel the tension! Unfortunately I'm not sure how much will I be able to play it in the next few months. There may be a problem with fitting the steering wheel AND the gear shifter on a table in my next apartment, and I'll spend most of my summer vacation back home. Over there I don't really have a place for the steering wheel, so I guess I'll leave them here. So I probably won't get to play Assetto Corsa much at all JUST when it gets really interesting with multiplayer... I'll have to figure something out. Being separated from the best racing game of all time is not a good thing.

After hauling cargo in Germany in Euro Truck Simulator 2 I played Assetto Corsa for a bit. As you could have guessed from my previous posts, it was once again time for Ferrari F40 on Mugello. For some reason the Friends Leaderboards in-game app was only showing Taz and Wobbly's times, and not mine. Were my times wiped out in an update? I don't know, but I think all of my records have been lost, or at least they don't show on the app.

My first lap was bad; 2:39. But then I got the hang of it and got 2:08:xx multiple times, and then I drove harder and harder. I got to 2:07:863, which is less than a second away from bronze. But I didn't stop. The next lap was going even better, and on the last corner I took a risk and switched to fourth gear for approximately a second before I had to change back down. Unfortunately this made the rear go wild and I lost control. I bet that time would've been very close to 2:07:00.


My setup: 90's slicks, +1 Psi to all tires, +1 positive camber (I think it was camber, whatever was on the bottom) for the front tires, enough fuel to last for about 10 laps. With higher tire pressure I have slighlty less grip, but a higher top speed. To me this was noticeable on the second-to-last corner and the one before that, because I was able to go faster and upshift earlier. Even if it sounds crazy, I could feel that I had less grip. But it was enough.




Are Taz and Wobbly up for the challenge? I have a tough time to beat. The greatest challenge is to learn to live with the massive turbo lag, so be very careful with the throttle! It might be obvious, but it took me a while to realize that first gear is only needed when you start from a full stop. Once you've reached about 90 km/h, you won't need the first gear anymore. My record time was done without using the first gear at all, since it begins with a flying start.

After a few beers I thought it would be a good idea to become a lorry driver. So I started up ETS2. At first I had to do jobs for others, since I didn't have a truck of my own. After a couple of easy jobs I got a 100 000 € loan from a bank and went to the only truck dealer I had on the map: a Volvo store! So I bought the cheapest Volvo I could find and I was ready to get some real money.

The downpayment for the loan was just a bit below 3000...a day. I had about 4000 on my account, so I didn't have to worry. Then I started getting jobs. I even managed to reverse the trailer into the designated slot many times! The last job I took was getting a bit long, so I checked the music player again in the options. I selected the radio tab and clicked "update". This way you can listen to online radio channels. I listened to some rock channel from Liverpool for a while, but I didn't like it very much. A channel called Rock and Pop from Hamburg (?) proved to be good right when I selected it. They were playing Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. I tapped the steering wheel to the catchy rhytm as the huge Volvo went through the rain in the dark. The channel even had some Queen on it, but then the driver started yawning. Maybe he had listened to Somebody to Love one time too many, but I think he was just tired of driving all day long. Thankfully the destination was only a few minutes away. I used the auto-parking function and speeded to the nearest rest stop to get some rest.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a surprisingly addictive game. Even though it doesn't have a storyline, it seems like there's always a goal. The first goal was to get a truck. I could have worked for others for less money and buy my own truck without a loan, but that would've taken ages. Now my goal is to pay the loan, get a better truck, and hire someone to drive the one I'm currently driving.


A fun little thing: if you drive a truck 90 km/h on the 12th gear for a while, and then switch to a Ferrari that goes 90 km/h on the first gear, you do get a sense of speed in Assetto Corsa. The acceleration with the trucks is insanely slow, but it's understandable with all the load.