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Brilliant stuff, Nils, as always. What you do for this community is unparalleled...and very much appreciated.

Im a rookie when it comes to sim racing and i picked up ACC a while back and i enjoyed it, but for several reasons i couldnt play at all. I started playing again the other day and didnt really know about the changes in 1.9, but it feels so much better and i am glad that real world setups are more viable and i love the increased rotation on power, as i have always liked power on oversteer. I cant believe that the game has got such a big improvement to handeling so long after release. Its nice to know they are still working on it. I thought their focus would be on ACC2, but i am all for more of ACC1.

Very insightful feedback on 1.9. Thanks Nils for your contributions to ACC.

Finally a detailed view of the new Update! Thank you Nils for all the insights you are sharing with us.

the best in-depth videos in the biz! glad I took the time to listen and watch.

Das war bisher die beste Analyse von 1.9. Bravo, verständlicher gehts nicht. Danke dir 🤗

Nils, thanks for this video. I like your videos because they are very technical. I took some of your points and tried them out and I gained about half a second with an easier to drive R8 Evo II. There's still more time to gain.

Great to see someone being thorough and not knee jerking Thanks nils

I am so used to driving front axle limited games like Gran Turismo and to a little extent ACC, that I feel I have to readjust my driving a lot given how the rear of the car rotates now on 1.9.

that's a very good in-depth analysis. Thank You, great job

Danke Nils. Du bist immer ein Leuchtturm der Objektivität und des Know Hows. Tut sehr gut das zu sehen.

I love the preload dif changes!

Ah mate, just what I was looking for. Bloody good vid. Danke :)

Thank you for these insights as always

Good and educational watch, Nice one!

A great analysis Nils,Danke!

Wireless floating mic!! Big W 😂 great video

Great Job Nils as usual 😊even when it would be last big update I would be happy with that. Kunos did great work. Now I think the most important is to keep the BOP right, add or update some tracks in the future and game will be full complex 😊 Thank you for these kind of videos it’s very helpful.

Hi Nils. Thanks for the reply. I'll try it out and let you know

Well, well, thank you for your analysis! I hope it will help me a lot to understand the needs of the game physics now. On top of that, 1.9 makes some sense now compared to real physics. 1.8 setups were absolutely unlogical.

Nils, Really appreciate these videos and have begun using the popometer for my analysis. Your videos, and especially your concise descriptions and demonstrations, have helped me improve my driving and increased my appreciation for the subtleties of good simulation. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this

Hello Bravo you are simply the best....now if I understand the difference between a direct drive and a belt drive steering is lesser with 1.9 thank you again from and old 70 years old kart man

14:02 this chapter was a very fancy way of showing understeer

Thanks Nils

Very nice to see a esporter actually admitting that everyone tries to brake the game and make glitch setups! If someone mention that in other streams like jardier we just get a smile or talk it away. We all know it was full caster/all negative and extreme supersoft suspension setups in 1.8 and that some esporters tries to make it work again in 1.9. I'm happy kunos tries to remove this aspect of the game forcing everyone to actually making real setups that's making logic.

Great video Nils. I think those with the time to explore the settings have the advantage here, its still tough to get that balance you talk about in the rotation in different states. For casual players its a mountain to get over to figure this out per track. ACC should work with some sim racers to drop a package of quality setups into the game that helps people get to a good racing starting point rather than the poor aggressive setups and letting people try and work this all out for themselves

Nice video, I am currently enjoying 1.9 very much. only thing is they turned the graining off as I understand and it will be back from what Aris has said on stream. Speaking of Aris, his community is hosting a 3h social enduro and I think I will take the 991.2 Porsche just to see what it's like post patch.

Awesome video 1.9.3 on ps5 is amazing

First of all I totally agree with the thesis that this update is making dedicated drivers with average to above average skill faster. I was curious to know if anyone else has found that there are issues with the view settings that were not present in 1.8? From one day to the next the image will be really 'bouncy'. I think this has to do with the movement and look to horizon settings. After I settled on settings I liked when I first played the game, I had never thought of them again until 1.9 hit.

Fantastic analytical video as always. Ona different note, what are your current PC spec Nils? I.e. your CPU, GPU, RAM... etc. Are you still using a RTX3080 like I recall seeing on one of your previous videos last year?

Please can you share that document which was exsplaining the tyres temps and toe/camber etc it looks like it could be a helpful. I have looked for it but cannot find it all I can see is change logs nothing as detailind as the one you have. Thank you for the video version 1.9 is quite tricky when it comes to your cars setup but I feel it will be rewarding once you get your head around how everythings works.

Would love to see some long video that explains how to do a setup where to start and how to improve it. . Totally new to racing and making setups is like trying to read Chinese.

Great informative video. I like the fact that in 1.9 having the exact 27.7 pressure is not a thing now. So is it safe to say 26.4-26.8 are optimum pressures now? Also I have noticed that in 1.9 the three tyre vertical bars are not really running parallel like it used to? Or am I wrong? I used to like this feature. Oh and one last thing. I’m a casual player with sometimes limited playing time. Are your setups good for your average players or are they really mainly for aliens? Thanks again and sorry for all the questions

Hi Nile. Since the new patch the rear end on the Mclearn seems really sketchy. Any thing I can do to stop it from happening. Seems more when I come out of the turn. Don't recall it doing that before. Thanks and thanks for the video

Why do I quite often see so much camber on people's setups? I mean there's a range for a reason, correct? So why go to the absolute maximum? I use (from memory) about 3 degrees of camber on my 992 setup and it works really well with pretty even tyre wear and temp across the carcass and a bit of extra caster for tighter corners where the car is leaning a bit harder. I enjoyed the detailed discussion of the changes.

Absolutely brilliant vid. Really appreciate your efforts. Many thanks.

is it worth it to try achieve a bell shaped graph with dampers now?

Hi Nils, I think I'm losing something because since the 1.9, I am no more able to make a coorect time on Nurburgring with my GTR, from low 1m54 I am 4 sec slower now, whatever the setup I use (agressive, personal) how to explain that plz (I feel the car so much understeery) ??

Racers that want to exploit a car setup or exploit the files of the game… because is very weird how some racers made 2, 2.3 seconds faster with drifter cars and f1 brakes… i don’t know but after 2.700 game hours, made all the type of the setups, paids or not, it’s very strange this 2 sec gap never go down… even when the new update make the cars more slow.

Didn’t play for 4months, is the update out yet?

Yaaaay, more setup videos coming for dummies like me?

“End of ACC lifecycle…” hmm when could that be? They left AC2 to wait until like 12 years later. Think they’ll have an ACC2 sooner? Or do you think they’ll come out with another racing category specific sim that’s not GT3/GT4?

1.9 console has so many glitches flat tire the car takes off like it’s possessed, screen goes completely blank in practice mode, car handling goes on and off not saving set ups correctly not saving lap times. There are others. Pisses me off because they knew there were problems but wanted our money

Unfortunately eSports set ups have become even more extreme with 1.9 and people are still putting up lighting fast times with exploits. For example. Mid engine cars are significantly faster using high/max rebound settings and mid to low bump settings! Cars like the Audi, New Lambo, New Ferrari are still using Max negative toe, extream roll bar settings like 0 for the lambo and aggressive damping. Ultimately exploits are imo Even worse in 1.9 then 1.8. Now understand I absolutely hate the idea of using a exploit set up. It's something that for me takes away from the enjoyment of the game. In 1.8 I was able to achieve making the Audi Evo 2 a very very stable and quick car with out using Exploits! For example my race pace at Imola was 1:41s and I was finally getting close to breaking 1:41 which isn't bad for a 46yo who has limited time to play. 1:41's at Kyalami, was getting into the high 1:43's at Hungaroring and Barcelona. In 1.9 those same set ups did 1:43 at Imola, 1:46 at Hungaroring, 1:45 at Barcelona as a few examples. I was so frustrated with the loss of time and controllability of the Audi with 1.9 I broke down and started using Exploit set ups! I mainly stuck with using the aggressive damping just to see what the difference was. Instantly my times dropped and the Audi became more drivable. Just using -.2 front and normal rear toe along with aggressive rebound/bump settings I got into the 1:22's at Laguna, got down into the low 1:42's high 1:41's at Imola, 2:02's at Bathurst (which for me is pretty quick) which I always struggled at and where my time is really slow is sector 2. I'm a good .6 seconds slower in sector 2 then the average once Im able to get my apex speeds up s few MPH at the tail end of sector 2 that time will drop into the 2:01's. Ultimately people instantly jumped to the exploits in 1.8 cause it was a quick way to achieve fast lap times vs going back and forth into motec over and over and over making a click here and there to achieve a balanced suspension. How ever in many cars it was possible to get down with in 1 second of the teir 1 race pace times with out using exploits with 1.8. In 1.9 I feel you're left no choice! If you want to achieve those times you must use min/max settings. There's several KZfaq hot lap videos with the set ups attached. I've gone thru and downloaded as many as I could find for 1.9 and EVERY SINGLE ONE is an aggressive eSports type set up that created abnormal amounts of controlled rotation and abnormal amounts of rear grip at corner exit. There's only two places to make up time in GT3 classes. That's 1. Averaging a higher average speed from corner entry to exit then your opponent or two getting better grip in slow speed corner exits! Every single eSports driver I watch is on the throttle right before or exactly on the Apex. Many of them are on the throttle with the steering wheel still turned a good bit even though that should technically cause them to step the rear end out or spin. You would never be at full throttle exiting a slow speed corner with large amounts of front tire rotation in real life! Over all some cars have improved greatly and others have been destroyed with this update. Regardless eSports Exploits are still a major part of the game and in all reality are necessary to be in the top split. I always wondered what a eSports driver would do with my 1.8 Audi Evo 2 set ups. Now I'm wondering what exploits they are using to make the Audi fast again! I'll agree the hot patches have helped but there are still some major flaws. Right now the Lamborghini while it may seem crazy can carry the highest speed into corners while trail braking! How do I know this. Well let's say AI is always good for something! Set up a race weekend with practice sessions and qualifying then a 30 min or 2 30 min races. Let it play out then come back and watch the replay. Now of course you'll need to start each session and then go back to the pits or actually drive the sessions. What you'll find is the Lambo winning races by massive margins and carrying higher speeds deeper into corners! As you dive deeper into 1.9 I have a feeling your view will change drastically. Sure you won't need to use max negative toe or other exploits in races but for qualifying their requirements if you want to be at the top of the pack! Do you truly believe Williams eSports and some of the other teams are just that much better than everyone else? Or that the best eSports drivers simply found a way to exploit the physics in order to be the fastest? A true test would be putting everyone in identical cars with identical set ups. Giving everyone the same amount of practice time then running a race!

I must be missing something with 1.9. I'm no alien but with 1.8 I could lap within 3 seconds of the top guys and be consistent to within 3 tenths per lap. With 1.9 I'm lucky to get within 5 seconds of the top guys and and lucky if I actually make a lap without losing it.

they still really need to fix the damage model, and the suspension and how the cars bounce

it's not perfectly fine to look for exploits in the game!

Maybe now people will finally stop telling me that the large surface temperature deltas between straights and cornering in my AC models is unrealistic. PS: I wonder when KS/Aris will realize that their trend for "flex" vs tire pressure is completely reversed from any observable trends.

After just trying iRacing, I totally moved to it. So it’s a goodbye ACC after 1800h of it. Rookies in iRacing has more racecraft then split 1 guys of ACC because iRacing Damage is just like real meaning that it’s unforgiving like real life. Car damage does take a long time to repair and with that damage model most drivers are very caution with driving. Totally not ACC mindset where you can crash with 150 km/h to a wall or car and can still race and go fast with not true damage. No hate for ACC but iRacing does most things much better no doubt. Wish ACC was also detailed like iRacing in all aspects.

Fixed setups > open setups change my mind

be good at playing ACC is achievement in life? hilarious

Meanwhile in console land... V1.7.2 😂😂😂

iracing real dynamic track data / temps and more.