Quote:Build Notes (Update 35, Build 1028):

FEATURES:
– Improved detection of controllers by checking device VID and PIDs if it failed by device name (which could happen in some cases – apparently the names are not always consistent for identical devices).
– Removed a couple unused PLR variables.
– Added a new control “Load Vehicles” so you can load the full graphics and sound of temp cars while you are driving down a straight or parked at the side of the road.
– Re-enabled some gizmos for brake wear and temps.
– Defaulting camera zoom in and out to number pad 3 and 1, respectively.
– Now sorting opponent filters alphabetically.
– Added tire wear info to results file. Also, resume-from-replay now restores general tire wear.
– Added HDV variable AIBumpstop in order to control some occasional physics instabilities.
– Pressing Shift with the Increase/Decrease FOV controls will now adjust the seat pitch angle. In turn, that will be stored for the specific vehicle you are using.
– Practice on by default
– Removed tree structure from RFM tree scroll box.
– Moved damage to near the top of the pit menu.
– Added borderless window mode. This mode only works at current desktop resolution.
– Added times for sector 1 & 2 from best lap to the plugin scoring data. (Not necessarily the best sector 1 & 2 times, which are already provided.)
– Added cockpit.ini variable “DebrisIndexInCockpit=” which makes instance DEBRIX visible in cockpit view.
– Now keeping the last 25 trace files.
MULTIPLAYER:
– Added a boundary line between official ISI servers and all others on the multiplayer game list.
FIXES:
– Scale the instant replay text and progress bar correctly.
– Fixed loose objects that would fall asleep and become rather solid.
– Disabled a few lines of code that overrode our intended defaults.
– Reduced possibility of significant halts when someone joins in multiplayer.
– Fix for AI’s incorrectly trying to match non-AI driving lines on superspeedways
– Fix for occasional select box misdrawing at resolutions other than 1920X1080
– Fix for crash that happens when file defining a virtual vehicle doesn’t get transfered to a multiplayer client.
– Handled a potential crash caused by replacement vehicle having less tire compounds than the virtual vehicle.
– Made AIs coming out of the garage at least try to avoid slow cars in the pitlane.
– Fix for displaying a Race Events components from the RFM selector page, even when it’s package file doesn’t exist.
MODDING / PUBLIC DEV:
– SDK updated to latest Options.
– Recording path should no longer stick the 1st and last waypoint any closer than 80% of the defined waypoint distance.

Notes:

– You can (when available) install the dedicated server distribution from Steam as that works for both Steam and non-Steam matchmaker.

KNOWN ISSUES: rFactor 2 Build 1028 (NON-Steam)

– On rare occasion, when using “+connect” command via shortcut on server, users may need to retry multiple times when connecting to a password protected server.
– Launcher Message will display: “Component “Core UI 1.0″ failed to verify, removed from inventory”” In some rare cases this can cause issues with custom UI that also relies on core UI to handle some pages.
– The rFactor2 Matchmaker list will not count clients that join a server using rFactor 2 Steam edition in the “player” column.
– “RaceEvents” on workshop are not served by dedicated server. Non-steam clients and clients not subscribed to the workshop item will need to manually install “RaceEvents”.
Other known issues still to be found in knownissues.txt

Quote:Update 16 (Build 240) Changelog (June 27, 2013):
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FEATURES:
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Doubled the number of upgrades a vehicle can possibly have.
Added some dynamic adjustments to weather-based road params

GRAPHICS:
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Fixed lagging road reflections.
Set HDR on by default

UI / HUD / Options:
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Computed rake in spinner so that both front and rear tires would be on ground.
Added progress bar to component download page

MODDING / PUBLIC DEV
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Fixed RFM spinner in mod mode exe to work correctly even without and “All Tracks & Cars” mod button.

BUG FIXES / OPTIMIZATIONS:
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Fixed auto-detection of controller on first startup (i.e. no player file exists).
Made parking box work when swapping drivers.
Added track signature variable to playerfile so that 2 different versions of a track can be selected and displayed.
Fixed launcher verify issue that was related to data.path being placed in the update.
Fixed one issue that could accidentally change the vehicle setup during a driver swap.
Removed some DX API calls which were interfering with desktop color calibrations – these should now work in full screen mode.
Quick fix for new lag problems when someone leaves a race.

AI:
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Fixed an AI slowdown bug that could prevent pace car from entering the track when called upon.
Fixed half second throttle lift when car detects a tire bounced off road (usually from a rumble strip) but otherwise no grip issue.
Fixed directory issues when using playerfile variable ‘Autocalibrate AI Mode=”1″‘, so that the AI can calibrate and use that knowledge in future races. (this is not a magic bullet to improve AI racing lines, but a simple algorithm that sometimes works to improve the line an AI will take.) Calibration files are located in the data directory UserData\player\Settings\*component name*\*veh_file_name*\ for the standard single/multiplayer game and in the proper GameData\Vehicles\… directory in Mod mode.
Roughly halved the cornering radius that can (among other things) trigger throttle lifts when sliding out.

REPLAY:
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Made replay monitor’s lap and sector info a little more useful when viewing in realtime (or near realtime)
Change to max # of upgrades changed the replay format, but in this case it was easy to make the replay code be backwards-compatible.


June 27 – Chevrolet Corvette C6.R v1.42
- New driver
- New animations
- Fixed inside windshield reflection
- Modified backfire
- Improved materials
- Refined tire wear model


June 24 – Lime Rock Park:
- Updated HDR profile
- Adjusted initial fog values
- Fixed missing GMTs