rFactor 2 Tutorial | Setting up Gameplay Graphics and Sounds

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rFactor 2 Tutorial | Setting up Gameplay Graphics and Sounds

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Michi Hoyer

Күн бұрын

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@tonesnaps Жыл бұрын

the new Release candidate adds flashing headlights. this is a great video thank you for being proactive and getting ahead of the curve for rf2 content being that a load of us newbies are coming over for LFM

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Tone thank you so much. In all fairness I am not ahead. i am behind :D LFM is available since over a week now, and I just started to bring these videos out. Should have been last week. But I hope its still "in time"

@EikeSky Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer As someone who'd been on and offing RF2 for about 4 years now, there's no such thing as too late to find something new about this software. I wish someone would do a documentary on it honestly to bring people up to date on the background of the best sim on the market

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

@@EikeSky I hear you man. Especially with all latest developments of the sim it keeps growing and more information is to be found out... especially with the code changing here or there the old knowledge might be dated in the meanwhile

@davecamyt Жыл бұрын

Great video Michi 👍

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave ! Much appreciated. I hope they will get people easier into the sim

@kahel... Жыл бұрын

'Texture filter' is like a 'legacy' option... on modern GPU you can put it on 16x... it won't make any difference. Same with Texture detail... if you have a 8go GPU... turning it all up or down won't make any difference... only make a difference for someone with like a 3go GPU. Same goes for a lot of graphic option... I advice putting everything at the lowest with heavy condtion: Big grid at night with rain... it will give you the best FPS possible... and then turn options one by one... you'll be surprise how some have zero impact whatsoever where other can slice fps by 30%... PS: If you know you'll never run under rain condition... turn the rain options off... because even tough it's not raining you still get an impact on FPS... and it's a significant one. PS: 'Visible vehicules' has a big impact no matter what CPU/GPU you have... I put it to 20 while tuning graphic and testing... then usually turn it down to 15... for online racing.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sera for the detailed answer and comment on this. Doing it step by step is surely the way for personalised optimisation of the system and of the user experienced as it comes down to the hardaware that you are using for the cases.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

May wanna add: for ultimate benchmarking, load these conditions to the nordschleife. That will properly occupy your PC

@felirrari Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this answer. You told about 30% fps loss, so which options have more impact on FPS?

@kahel... Жыл бұрын

@@felirrari I haven't played RF2 since covid... so keep that in mind. Even tough despite many many update along many many years... I've always find very similar result. Things like FSAA, shadows, raindrops (even on sunny day), Road reflection, Visible Vehicules... were option that impacted performance the most. Environment reflection I can't seem to remember for some reason But thing like Post process, that, I remember having 'Huge' impact like 50%, but mainly during replay... a lot less during races... I usually put it on low... because having it off give a weird 'HDR' effect and blown out colors that I don't like. Anything else had little to no impact all... providing you have enough Vram (6go is probably enough for most case... 8go to be sure)...

@JNST2023 Жыл бұрын

Great video ! I learned more stuff on certain settings which had shady descriptions at time. Flashing headlights will be added in the next patch though, it was just announced !

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Julien its great to hear that the flasher comes to the base code. Leaves less room for issues indeed :)

@thegrigs Жыл бұрын

Perfect video! What a good start, i'm always wondering if I'm running it in the most optmized way. Thanks man!

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

You are welcome mate. As Sera suggested you may wanna try to optimise all things by keep trying them each by each and see their impact in heavy load situations (night/dusk/Rain/loads of cars/nordschleife)

@thegrigs Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyernice! I just done copying your setup and it runs smooth and the cars have a real nice visal, jist added some low reflections cause they add a better speed sense for me. Thanks again!

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

@@thegrigs You are welcome mate! I'm happy to help this

@williammartin8316 Жыл бұрын

Great video keep up the good work 👍

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Thank you William! More coming indeed.

@markitus1989 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

You aer welcome Marc! Hope it helps you

@georgemousas5686 Жыл бұрын

Great and helpfull video.can you make video how setup triple monitor?

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Sadly I am a bit limited on this, but there is other tutorials on youtube or on the studio 397 forum on how to set this up. Make sure your Nvidia suround is turned on and that should already help it.

@ihababbas9863 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I appreciate a like and a sub :)

@VishnuRajam4x4 Жыл бұрын

It appears your dream has come true with LFM

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

This is true indeed. They are bringing extremly more life into the sim for sure!

@loveFactor397 10 ай бұрын

Hi Michi, how are you? What is your gpu? and another question, do you know how to lower the virtual mirrors resolution? when I enable them I get a reduction of 50 fps

@MichiHoyer 10 ай бұрын

Hi mate, doing well thanks - hope you too! I am racing on a 3080 RTX NVidia GPU. Im afraid you need to turn down some player details perhaps. As far as I know there is no direct way of reducing mirror resolution

@paulcole Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid! I have a pretty reasonable machine but I’m still finding starts of races quite a bit of stuttering and the odd time through the race when maybe there’s a yellow or others pitting I guess… Is this game just that CPU intensive? I have an i9 12900k & a 4090 so pretty perplexed. As even ACC runs flawlessly now 🤷🏻‍♂️

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Your machine is a monster should have not any issues at all. you should open the player Json and find "Max Framrate" = put that to 144 (if you got 144hz) this will naturally manage your FPS - the stuttering omes from dropping from 400 to 300 frames lets say

@paulcole Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer thanks I’ll take a look - i have 240hz but I set it to 120 in the game menu and the monitor is gsync I did that cos across the board when flipping between all sims it seemed to give me the best overall results of smooth gameplay with ultra / high settings, everything else runs great but rf2 not so much 😩

@MichiHoyer 22 күн бұрын

Sorry for the late reply, yeah rF2 is hard on the resources. Have you tried running it in full screen mode and have you made sure to limit the FPS via the settings.json rather than the ingame option?

@nkennergamer 2 күн бұрын

how to enable track map on rfactor2?thx

@MichiHoyer 2 күн бұрын

@@nkennergamer only possible with a 3rd party plugin or 3rd party software. Rf2 does not offer any trackmap other than the line that shows the digits at the top...

@zainhaider6724 Жыл бұрын

great video. I have a 3090 and a 5600x CPU. Performance for me is very poor particularly in multiplayer online races. Hopefully some of these setting will help me.

@RogerClotet Жыл бұрын

For my experience, turning the replay saving off made a huge change. I have a 3070Ti and I'm >120fps most of the time with everything else on ultra.

@zainuluk Жыл бұрын

@@RogerClotet ah ok, mine was On so now that I have turned it Off then that would be useful. I also had visible cars to 50! Turned that down too.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

As suggested, turning the replay off if you do not necessarily need it is a start. Beyond that you can turn down the texture details on the track and on your own car which can help massively. Maybe feel free to share current settings and the FPS you are getting and we can trouble shoot more.

@francachelanetworksnetwork2192 Жыл бұрын

Hello Michi, I am a great follower of yours and honestly your explanations have always been of great help to me (you know me as mig terminator in twist and in rfactor2 I am Mig Santos). I saw your tutorial on foV and next I always thought you used 40 in vfov I see here that you have it in 38 (you always use that fov when your ideal for your distance 66cms in your case at your 49 "should be 28 or 29?, do you change The fov of being, for example, the formula pro or a gt with more or less fov depending on the vehicle or do you leave it fixed at 38? and just play with the seat?). I ask you because I use a 34" in ultrawide 21 :9 sometimes I even use 2 34" monitors at a distance of 66 cm like you (simply because I think it's the right distance for me with this or these monitors) and the Fov calculation comes out similar to your 32:9 monitor, Honestly, I'm in a mess because I can't feel comfortable with the simulator and I know it's a problem with the FOV in the face of the immersion that I get. With more FOV, for example 43 47 49, it gives me such a tunnel sensation that I can't tell you because even I tried this way. Sorry for my English, I'm Spanish and I'm translating it with google traslate. A hug dude.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your long comment and sorry for the slow response at first. I have been using 28° FOV for a while now. The 38 that were shown here were the default for my office PC to create better and more immersive onboard footage for a 1080p screen. I only move the seat for my personal view references. But I keep the 28 to 29° on my 49" racing machine. Again in the office machien its 38 as for the onboards its a more immersive picture if I do record them :) Hope this helps you?

@francachelanetworksnetwork2192 Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer Sorry Michi for asking you again. I do not understand your answer. When you talk about your racing machine I understand that you are referring to your cockpit and from what I see in your streamings it is where you do your races, I understand those images from your streaming that are 38.29 or 28 FOV? I'm asking you because if your answer is 29 or 28 fov, honestly, even with the seat fully pushed back, it can be seen as seen in your streaming, I don't understand your answer, being that way, with what I see in your streamings, especially with the Tattoos . Do you mean by this that when you don't record it and run without streaming, you do it with FOV of 28 or 29? Again, I apologize for asking you to clarify that answer. greetings friend

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

@@francachelanetworksnetwork2192 So when racing in the ultra wide screen (in my rig and on the streams) I use the correctly for my seating position calculated FOV of 28°/29° When doing Tutorial Videos, Hotlap videos etc etc on my office machine (where I did this video too) then I use 38°-40° FOV as I need that from onboard footage for a 1080p video to work the best. If I use lower FOV then you guys will not be able to see my exact line. Does that help? P.S. sorry for the late reply

@thegrigs Жыл бұрын

Do you use any external apps such as crew chief or hud apps? I would like to know more about external apps, if you believe its good to have them or leave it with the original hud options.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Hey there, I use the S397 HUD edited by Yotch from the steam workshop as a HUD. However, I also use simhub dashes and Crew Chief. This is everything I use.

@amarannthamarannth2792 Жыл бұрын

hi, I bought the RF2 yesterday and unfortunately I can't drive my cars over 99km / h. Why is this happening ??? Thank you for your response

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Have you mapped a button to your pit speed limiter? If so check to disable it once you leave the pitlane :)

@kennymartinez774 7 ай бұрын

Are u playing this on a potato? I run this full with 30 on grid

@MichiHoyer 7 ай бұрын

No Im running this on a RTX 3080 - This machine however is my old Racing PC with a RTX 2080. and that uses 2x 4k double screen setups so like having 8x 1080p screens :)

@shepardou Жыл бұрын

nice !!

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.

@hanneskok Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me where can i map a button to change the black boxes thx

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

This is the Display Mode Button (to be able to cycle through the MFD (=blackboxes))

@DahStratMode3 Жыл бұрын

Best FFB can you share it?

@MichiHoyer 11 ай бұрын

You can find it here: i.imgur.com/siWYRCZ.png

@marjankoderman7527 Жыл бұрын

And what about "Launch rfactor 2 graphic configuration". Got rtx3080

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

That basically just fires up the graphic settings, which you can find inside the rFactor 2 game on the graphic settings tab too. :)

@cg-keuka Жыл бұрын

I’m not able to shift into Reverse by using the shifter on my wheel. Is that possible or do I need to use the keyboard.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

If you have set a Neutral button, you need to either press neutral and downshift to go to reverse, or pull both shifters to get into neutral and then downshift to reverse. Have you tried that?

@cg-keuka Жыл бұрын

No. I’ll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks for the reply.

@cg-keuka Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer I was able to figure it out. Thanks

@dubtube6691 Жыл бұрын

Hey Michi, this video is not in your playlist "rFactor 2 Guides & Tutorials"

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Very good call mate. Many thanks. I just fixed it :)

@davedebruin5652 Жыл бұрын

hello michi, I have the following specifications: ryzen 5800x 16gb memory 3600mhz rtx 3080. I play on triple 1440p with medium graphics and have a 100 fps cap. my gpu is then about 50% loaded when i race offline, regardless of the amount of ai. when I go into a training server from Vec it also goes well, but as soon as the session goes on to quali or race my gpu usage skyrockets with even frame drops as a result. Do you have any idea what this could be and what I can do about it? Thank, Dave de Bruin

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Oof, that does not make any sense to be honest. The Qualy or Race Session is not more load to your GPU or CPU than a practice session, so sadly I am a bit clueless on this one.

@davedebruin5652 Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer thanks, i wil look further into it.

@cg-keuka Жыл бұрын

You may want to check the temp of your unit

@dkb2080 Жыл бұрын

how do i get a mini map ?

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

As of now, sadly there is no way to get a trackmap into the standard rfactor2 hud. You need to work with SimHub here or some other 3rd party plugin.

@TinoushGTR Жыл бұрын

i cant find the frame limiter.

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

Have you checked your player.json file and looked for (Press CTRL+F) "Max Framerate"

@TinoushGTR Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer thanks. I have set the graphics higher and now it won't go over 144fps. Problem solved. It's triple 1440p 32inch 144hz

@remibelleaucinema5013 Жыл бұрын

Hi Michi. Thanks for your tutorials that are clear and informative. Is it possible to have one tutorial on replays and on camera settings because it is not as easy to use as other sims in rf2 and how to use replay for better lap times and consistency ? Thanks again for your vids.

@airlato74 Жыл бұрын

A boomer's question (asked by a boomer I'm 50 years old) almost all the auto mods downloaded from steam the ffb doesn't work while the official ones of the game all perfect... Solutions? PS. Greetings from Italy

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

So I'd say if the ffb works great on official dlc content, then I assume then the workshop mods are not that sophisticated on ffb physics. Or did i understand something wrong?

@airlato74 Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer Right the official cars including perfect ffb dlc while the independent mod cars downloaded from steam the ffb either doesn't work or completely wrong

@airlato74 Жыл бұрын

@@MichiHoyer PS. On ac and a2 I don't see this problem with independent mod cars

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

@@airlato74 i see. But I guess it's different in rFactor 2 but at the end of the day it's important to calibrate ffb to fit well with official DLC

@MichiHoyer Жыл бұрын

@@airlato74 so according to your experience i guess the issue is located in the files of the workshop mods