Studio 397 has been hard at work refining rFactor 2 and has today (10th 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
