Free rFactor 2 update adds 2023 Carrera Cup GB liveries, refreshes old favourites and improves car balancing 

Studio 397 has been hard at work refining rFactor 2 and has today (10^th August 2023) offered a free update to its sim; including Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustments; a refresh of some classic tracks and all-new liveries from the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain (PCCGB) series. 

We’ve outlined all the major changes below. 

Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2023 liveries 

With selected Carrera Cup Deutschland paint schemes already available to choose in-game for the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) car, Porsche fans can now select from this season’s Carrera Cup GB lineup too. 

Painted by the talented Stephen Haley of Digital Motor Art, liveries range from the Duckhams car of Adam Smalley to the Rosland Gold-adorned machines of Josh Malin and James Kellett, with the Domino’s Pizza car of Henry Dawes sure to be a popular choice online. 

For this weekend’s Carrera Cup GB races at Knockhill, the number #59 car of local driver Ross Wylie is freshly emblazoned with Tunnock’s Tea Cake branding, but players will need to wait for a future update to get behind the wheel of this tasty treat. 

rFactor 2 GT3 and GTE Balance of Performance updates 

As ever in GT3 and GTE racing – both virtual and real-world – BoP is a huge issue. To ensure more parity among rF2’s GT3 and GTE classes there’s been a significant revision to car balancing, with the Bentley Continental 2020 and Porsche 911 GT3 R models receiving a 10kg weight buff, with the McLaren 720S shedding 5kg. 

On the other hand, the Mercedes-AMG gets hit with a 5kg nerf, with most of the other GT3 cars remaining as they were. This arrives after the complete re-working of the class earlier this year.

In GTE, the Aston Martin Vantage, BMW M8 and Corvette C8R all go on a diet, with the Ferrari 488 and Porsche 911 991 RSR both gaining weight. 

BTCC cars BoP adjustments 

Thanks to a discrepancy between front-wheel and rear-wheel-drive cars, which resulted in rear-drive machines gaining a huge advantage in terms of tyre life in races, Studio 397 has worked on redressing the balance – no doubt music to the ears of those struggling away in BTCC-themed leagues (like us at team Traxion). 

These arrive with tweaks to the percentage grip value for AI cars, which increases across the board, alongside brake pressure adjustments. As a result, players should notice more tyre wear over a race distance, perhaps favouring those with more conservative driving styles. 

Mills, Toban, NOLA, Atlanta and Loch Drummond updates 

Several of rF2’s older tracks enjoy a bit of a spruce-up with the August update too, with Mills Metro Park, Toban Raceway, Loch Drummond, NOLA Motorsports Park and Atlanta Motorsports Park all coming in for an update. 

The bulk of the track improvements centre around taking advantage of rF2’s improved visuals, with enhanced lighting and atmospheric settings adding more life to the sim’s legacy tracks. 

NOLA receives new replay camera files and updated IndyCar layout signage too, with Toban’s AI track limits adjusted for fairness. 

Are you looking forward to trying out rFactor 2’s latest changes? Are heading to Knockhill for this weekend’s PCCGB races? Let us know in the comments below. 

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rFactor 2 August 2023 update changelog 

Circuits 

Loch Drummond v1.27 

• Fixed Track Limits at long layout uphill chicane and pit entry 

NOLA Motorsport Park v1.39 

• Fixed naming issue on NOLA layouts C and D 
• Added atmospherics settings 
• New advertisements on indycar layout 
• New camera files 
• Increased rear view clip planes 

Mills Metro v2.22 

• Updated specular, ambient, and atmospheric settings. 
• Improved night lighting 
• AI Track Limits review including pit exit cut detection. 

Toban Raceway Park v1.22 

• Updated specular, ambient, and atmospheric settings 
• Enhanced terrain, tree, and road materials 
• Improved nightlighting 
• AI Track Limits review including pit exit cut detection 
• Fixed Pit Wall Collisions 
• Fixed sector splits not covering whole track 

Atlanta Motorsport Park v1.31 

• Updated specular, ambient, and atmospheric settings 
• AI Track Limits review including pit exit cut detection 

Cars 

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) 

v1.07 

• Added 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain cars 

Brabham BT44 

v2.66 

• Updated materials 
• Fixed metallic rim upgrade 

March 761 

v2.14 

• Updated materials 

Mclaren M23 

v1.55 

• Updated materials 

Formula ISI 2012 

v2.25 

• Added KERS 
• Fixed dashboard display 

BTCC 

BMW 330 BTCC 

v1.65 

• Slight tire wear increase 
• Normalised AI front/rear grip to make cars more equal under acceleration out of slow corner 
• Minor AI grip tweak 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 

Cupra Leon BTCC 

v1.65 

• ~2% more AI grip 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• Increased AI front tire grip 10% to match RWD cars 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

Ford Focus BTCC 

v1.65 

• 2% more AI grip 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• AIGripMult on front tyres to match RWD lap times 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

Honda Civic BTCC 

v1.65 

• 2% more AI grip 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• Adjusted AI front tire grip to match RWD lap times 
• Fixed windows on 2021 cars 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

Hyundai i30 BTCC 

v1.65 

• 2% more AI grip 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• Adjusted AI front tire grip to match RWD lap times 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

Infiniti Q50 BTCC 

v1.65 

• Normalized front/rear grip for AI to make them closer to FWD 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

Toyota Corolla BTCC 

v1.65 

• 2% more AI grip 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• Adjusted AI front tire grip to match RWD lap times 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

Vauxhall Astra BTCC 

v1.65 

• 2% more AI grip 
• Brake system adjustments 
• Higher maximum brake pressure 
• Add front tire grip for AI 
• Updated with cooler tyres 
• Slight tire wear increase 

GT3 

Aston Martin GT3 

v3.61 

• No change 

Audi R8 GT3 2018 

• v3.61 
• No change 

Audi R8 GT3 2019 

• v3.61 
• No change 

Bentley GT3 2017 

• v3.61 
• -5kg 

Bentley GT3 2020 

• v3.61 
• -10kg 

BMW M4 GT3 

• v3.61 
• No change 

BMW M6 GT3 

• v3.61 
• No change 

Callaway C7 GT3 

• v3.61 
• No change 

Ferrari 488 GT3 

• v3.61 
• No change 

McLaren 650 GT3 

• v3.61 
• No change 

McLaren 720 GT3 

• v3.61 
• -5kg 
• Fixed HUD font 

Mercedes AMG GT3 

• v3.61 
• +5kg 

Porsche 991 GT3 

• v3.61 
• -10kg 

Radical RXC GT3 

v3.61 

• No change 

GTE 

Aston Martin Vantage GTE 

v3.15 

• -12kg on standard aero package 
• 2% more engine power on Le Mans package 
• Adjusted pitstop times 

BMW M8 GTE 

v3.15 

• -20kg on standard aero package 
• Adjusted pitstop times 

Corvette C7R GTE 

v3.15 

• Slightly reduced drag 
• Adjusted pitstop times 

Corvette C8R GTE 

v3.15 

• Slightly reduced drag 
• 1% more engine power 
• -23kg with standard package 
• -15kg with Le Mans package 
• Adjusted pitstop times 

Ferrari 488 GTE 

v3.15 

• +15kg on standard aero package 
• 1.5% less engine power on Le Mans package 
• Adjusted pitstop times 

Porsche 991 RSR GTE 

v3.15 

• 16kg on standard aero package 
• 1% engine power increase on Le Mans package