Assetto Corsa Rally - Community Q&A #3 — Transcript

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1. 0:08Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome
2. 0:09to the third community Q&A for Assetto
3. 0:11Corsa Rally. As always, I've come
4. 0:13through your questions submitted in the
5. 0:15Discord server and we're very grateful
6. 0:16for your support and feedback that
7. 0:17you've shown us across social media and
8. 0:19but also on our Discord server in
9. 0:20particular.
10. 0:22Joining me on the stage is Supernares
11. 0:23creative and game director Irvin Zonca.
12. 0:25How you doing? Welcome.
13. 0:28>> Hey Ben, I'm doing great. Thanks. Ciao
14. 0:30tutti rally people.
15. 0:33>> Good. I'm glad. Um I'm going to get
16. 0:35straight on with it because I've got
17. 0:36loads of questions I want to try and
18. 0:37smash through. Um and ideally we want to
19. 0:39keep this around about 30 minutes. And
20. 0:42um unfortunately, I apologize. We are
21. 0:44starting off pretty strong. Uh we've got
22. 0:46a question from Philippa Bassil, I'm
23. 0:49hoping I'm pronouncing that correctly,
24. 0:51which is what's your opinions on Niels
25. 0:53Heusinkveld's
26. 0:54criticism/opinion/suggestion
27. 0:57on the current ACR's throttle model.
28. 1:01>> Uh yeah, we we we we really are starting
29. 1:04off very strong, I think.
30. 1:08Well, well,
31. 1:09we really like Niels' approach to
32. 1:11things, honestly. And
33. 1:15of course, we've watched
34. 1:17his videos among many others from other
35. 1:20channels and and creators and players.
36. 1:25I think that
37. 1:26his [clears throat] videos are always
38. 1:27very interesting,
39. 1:29respectful,
40. 1:31and and also he's got a lot of
41. 1:32expertise. So, this makes it even more
42. 1:38accurate in terms of
43. 1:40of feedback.
44. 1:42He released a new video just a couple of
45. 1:44days ago, something like that. I
46. 1:46remember watching it yeah, just a few
47. 1:49nights ago
48. 1:50with great interest, honestly, as
49. 1:52always.
50. 1:53So,
51. 1:54I must say that we pay close attention
52. 1:56to his feedback and it's very valuable.
53. 1:59Of course,
54. 2:00every developer has their own approach.
55. 2:04Um
56. 2:05so, we may
57. 2:07have a slightly different approach to
58. 2:10what Niels has in mind, of course, and
59. 2:13let's also keep in mind that AC R is
60. 2:15still heavily work in progress. But, we
61. 2:19always take players' opinions into
62. 2:21account when possible.
63. 2:23Uh especially in cases like these one
64. 2:26where where I mean
65. 2:28Niels is also a
66. 2:30game and physics developer. So, this
67. 2:33makes it even more interesting for us.
68. 2:36Regarding the throttle model in
69. 2:38particularly,
70. 2:40uh we have already revised it once after
71. 2:42the initial release, I think a couple of
72. 2:45updates ago. I cannot remember exactly
73. 2:48at the moment.
74. 2:49Uh further improvements are already
75. 2:52planned anyways, but updating,
76. 2:55validating the model, changing it,
77. 2:57tweaking it takes time. So, this is
78. 3:00something that we will keep improving.
79. 3:03And and I must say we we are also
80. 3:05curious anytime we we do something to
81. 3:07see what's the reaction from
82. 3:10from people and creators that follow our
83. 3:13game
84. 3:14often or from time to time.
85. 3:16Um I think that part of Niels' feedback
86. 3:20also concerns the tire model,
87. 3:23uh which is continuously evolving as
88. 3:25well. Um
89. 3:27in upcoming
90. 3:29updates, so 0.6, 0.7, etc., it will
91. 3:33become
92. 3:34even more predictable and consistent.
93. 3:37So, for instance, in June, we had
94. 3:39another
95. 3:41field research test with the University
96. 3:43of Naples, uh the Megaride
97. 3:46laboratory.
98. 3:48We have equipped another car with the
99. 3:50gravel tires to take more data from the
100. 3:53tires specifically. So, we keep
101. 3:56improving. We keep maximizing the
102. 3:58possibilities of evolving the simulator
103. 4:02and we will do it uh
104. 4:04not just until 1.0, but even after that.
105. 4:07So, for us 1.0 is where we reach
106. 4:11a point where we consider the game to be
107. 4:13a solid base mode base game and then we
108. 4:17keep improving it.
109. 4:20>> Amazing.
110. 4:21I'm really glad to hear that cuz um
111. 4:23yeah, like I said before, this is
112. 4:25something that is obviously quite a hot
113. 4:26topic for the community. Um
114. 4:29a quite strong point, but yeah, thank
115. 4:31you for addressing that.
116. 4:32So, next question comes from Marco, who
117. 4:35asks, "How long does it take to create a
118. 4:37car from scratch?"
119. 4:41>> [clears throat]
120. 4:42>> Too long. Too long.
121. 4:44Uh
122. 4:45well, to answer, let's start by by
123. 4:49doing a little recap of what it takes to
124. 4:52to to create a car because it involves
125. 4:55many different stages.
126. 4:57Uh first, we have to secure the license
127. 4:59agreement.
128. 5:00Uh locate the real vehicle because we
129. 5:03perform the laser scan photography and
130. 5:06we
131. 5:08um also take detailed workshop
132. 5:10measurements over the car and the
133. 5:12chassis to to then tune the physics
134. 5:15model. We begin the 3D modeling.
135. 5:203D modeling. We have to develop the
136. 5:22damage system for each car, complete the
137. 5:25car, and
138. 5:26put it in game by connecting all the
139. 5:29blueprints, etc. with Unreal Engine. And
140. 5:32finally, when it's ready, we can submit
141. 5:34it
142. 5:35uh for approval again to the
143. 5:37manufacturer.
144. 5:38Yeah, once it's finished.
145. 5:40Uh so, I would say it takes around 6
146. 5:44months to complete.
147. 5:47>> Wow.
148. 5:48>> And of course it's not 6 months by one
149. 5:50people one one person. It's 6 months
150. 5:55calendar months and many people are
151. 5:58involved in the process from many groups
152. 6:02and also external people that takes care
153. 6:04of scanning etc.
154. 6:07>> I would love to
155. 6:08um
156. 6:09I'd love to see the different processes
157. 6:11that have to go through
158. 6:13creating a car.
159. 6:14That's got to be really exciting cuz I I
160. 6:16imagine
161. 6:17as a as a bit of a nerd myself I think
162. 6:19it would be so good to
163. 6:21see the behind the scenes of that.
164. 6:23Maybe that's something we can do in a in
165. 6:24a future video if we have that footage.
166. 6:26>> [laughter]
167. 6:27>> We'd love to and the team would love to
168. 6:29because we we we
169. 6:32the effort to produce it is so much and
170. 6:35the passion we we we all put into these
171. 6:38vehicles from yeah really locating them
172. 6:41to to produce them is so much that I
173. 6:44think that that we would love uh
174. 6:48the players to really understand all the
175. 6:50process behind it and also it would be a
176. 6:52good occasion to
177. 6:53to to see all the tiny details that are
178. 6:56in every car that's maybe sometimes you
179. 6:58don't even spot when playing.
180. 7:03>> Okay.
181. 7:04Well, let's move on to the question from
182. 7:06Valeria. So Valeria asks, is there a
183. 7:08major revamp of the menu planned before
184. 7:10official release? Right now the UX is
185. 7:12pretty confusing and for the common user
186. 7:15a difficult [snorts] UX is a big
187. 7:16problem. Not a problem for a release
188. 7:18preview product. I just hope that the
189. 7:19team sees
190. 7:21uh sees how much this is critical before
191. 7:23official release.
192. 7:26>> I see. I see.
193. 7:27Um
194. 7:28>> [clears throat]
195. 7:29>> Well, we don't have any plans for a
196. 7:33redesign honestly.
197. 7:35Um
198. 7:36internally we are happy with the current
199. 7:38UX.
200. 7:39>> [snorts]
201. 7:40>> And we have also got positive feedback
202. 7:44about it, but this said, uh that clears
203. 7:48my my my position and the team's
204. 7:50position,
205. 7:51I think on on this topic. Uh I will say
206. 7:54that given the question, it's likely
207. 7:56that um
208. 7:57Valerio, right?
209. 7:59>> Yeah. Yeah.
210. 8:00>> Okay, it's likely that Valerio has found
211. 8:03some part he may consider unclear or for
212. 8:06any reason are a sort of blocker to his
213. 8:09experience. So,
214. 8:11uh if he has got time and is willing to
215. 8:13share more details on the server with
216. 8:15more would be more than happy to read
217. 8:17the feedback and even when possible take
218. 8:20it into account maybe for a future
219. 8:22improvement. Of course, I
220. 8:24I don't know the details so I know
221. 8:26regarding the feedback, so I cannot
222. 8:28promise anything because I'm not sure
223. 8:30what we're talking about, but
224. 8:32uh
225. 8:33of course, a feedback is always an
226. 8:35interesting feedback even if it cannot
227. 8:37lead maybe to some major change. So, I
228. 8:40don't know if if he's if he's got time
229. 8:42to share more, I would be happy to read.
230. 8:46>> Then, I'll keep an eye out for Valerio's
231. 8:48feedback and I'll pass it straight on.
232. 8:51The next question comes from Gribo62,
233. 8:53who asks, "The single factor that would
234. 8:55ensure long longevity of the title would
235. 8:57be to have community clubs. Synchronous
236. 9:00lobbies are all very well, but people
237. 9:02all over the world could run a club
238. 9:03rally at the same time that suits them.
239. 9:05Someone hosting a lobby in their time
240. 9:07zone is only going to be able to race
241. 9:09with others who are in or near their
242. 9:10time zone, for example, in the UK. Uh a
243. 9:13club that is set up to be run over a
244. 9:15week, for example, would be able to run
245. 9:16by anyone irrespective of their
246. 9:18location.
247. 9:22Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I agree, and it's a
248. 9:24topic that has been uh discussed many
249. 9:27time uh uh with the team uh from the
250. 9:31very initial game design phases. So,
251. 9:34um internally, we're building our own
252. 9:37online infrastructure so that we can
253. 9:39support some form of club mode in the
254. 9:41future. So, that is a must for the way
255. 9:44we have created the online uh
256. 9:47uh infrastructure because we didn't want
257. 9:49to cut this opportunity out. So, it's
258. 9:52definitely a feature we'd like to have.
259. 9:55Um I cannot say when it will be ready,
260. 9:59uh but this is something we we want and
261. 10:01we agree that is uh
262. 10:03key
263. 10:05for um
264. 10:07for letting uh play for giving the
265. 10:09players the best way to enjoy the
266. 10:11competition even in
267. 10:13in this kind of um asynchronous mode.
268. 10:17And uh I I totally get it and I agree.
269. 10:21>> Awesome.
270. 10:22Uh next question comes from Subspace
271. 10:24Corridor, who asks, "Are there plans to
272. 10:26make additional licensed liveries for
273. 10:28the cars that are already in the game?"
274. 10:32>> Um yes. Yes, there are. Uh with
275. 10:35uh I I I'm also livery guy. I love uh
276. 10:39car liveries uh
277. 10:41>> [laughter]
278. 10:41>> uh
279. 10:42colors and sponsors, etc. So,
280. 10:45as as our players already know, um
281. 10:49uh now it's um we must
282. 10:52pick features and focus on core stuff,
283. 10:55etc., etc. So, we had to postpone this
284. 10:58kind of thing, but uh yeah, there are
285. 11:00plans in the future and
286. 11:02we are also we are also working on a way
287. 11:05to make it easier
288. 11:07uh for the for the users to integrate um
289. 11:11uh user-created liveries into the game.
290. 11:13So, I think that we will provide players
291. 11:16with two kinds of things here, official
292. 11:19liveries made by us when it will be
293. 11:21possible,
294. 11:22and uh and also
295. 11:24uh uh a more streamlined and easier way
296. 11:28to maybe collect the liveries inside a
297. 11:30folder or whatever to to see them
298. 11:33quickly into the uh game manual and the
299. 11:35game. [clears throat]
300. 11:38>> It's exciting. Look forward to that.
301. 11:40Uh so next question comes from Raptor
302. 11:42who asks, are there plans to include a
303. 11:44free camera {slash} free stationary
304. 11:46camera mode or the equivalent of the
305. 11:48drone following camera mode from Assetto
306. 11:50Corsa in ACR? Can't wait to make
307. 11:52cinematics with the detailed car driver
308. 11:54and driver animations.
309. 11:57>> Um it's part of our game design. Yeah,
310. 12:00but we don't have a timeline for it yet.
311. 12:03Uh what I can say is that and
312. 12:06also an advanced photo mode is planned.
313. 12:09So, the current replace uh replace
314. 12:12system
315. 12:14uh that you see
316. 12:16altogether a photo mode is not in its
317. 12:18final form, let's say. So, this is um
318. 12:22this is part of all the additional
319. 12:25systems and feature we will add in the
320. 12:28future.
321. 12:31>> Thank you.
322. 12:32Uh the next question is from Rob Russo
323. 12:35who asks, and this is talking regarding
324. 12:36replays, so will they be savable in
325. 12:39future updates? As fun as it is to stop
326. 12:41and record various views after a run, it
327. 12:43kind of breaks up the driving flow.
328. 12:48>> Uh well,
329. 12:49the system the replay system that we
330. 12:51have created uh at the moment um
331. 12:55is already designed to allow to allow uh
332. 12:59let's say users to save replays.
333. 13:03So, um
334. 13:05this is something that it's technically
335. 13:07possible in terms of um
336. 13:11in terms of technical feature.
337. 13:14In the future, we'll work on a in-game
338. 13:17replay management system to make this
339. 13:19feature available to players
340. 13:22uh so that everybody will be able to
341. 13:24enjoy it. So, the The
342. 13:25is that we have something um already uh
343. 13:29working in this
344. 13:32regarding the replay save system and we
345. 13:34use it to create trailers or video etc.
346. 13:38But at the moment what is missing is a
347. 13:41user interface
348. 13:43integrated into the game. That of course
349. 13:45takes time to make.
350. 13:48So yeah, yeah, it will I don't have a
351. 13:50deadline for this. But that the core
352. 13:53tech is there. So I confirm it's
353. 13:56possible and it will arrive.
354. 13:59>> Amazing. Look forward to that. I'm
355. 14:00always excited by a good juicy replay. I
356. 14:03can't wait.
357. 14:04>> Yeah, yeah.
358. 14:06>> Next question comes from Mario who asks
359. 14:08will there be an in-depth dev blog that
360. 14:11goes into how some of these systems you
361. 14:12guys are building work? Would be
362. 14:14interesting to hear about the small
363. 14:15details that go into it.
364. 14:18>> We've discussed it internally several
365. 14:20times.
366. 14:21Even with you Ben, if I remember
367. 14:24correctly. And it's something that we'd
368. 14:26really really like to do.
369. 14:29We'd love to show to players
370. 14:33how much stuff is in the game, how we do
371. 14:36it, and it would be also very
372. 14:39>> [clears throat]
373. 14:39>> good moment for us to to be able to
374. 14:41communicate
375. 14:43more things with with with our
376. 14:45community. Unfortunately, we are very
377. 14:48small team and we're fully focused on
378. 14:50development. So we simply haven't had
379. 14:53the time to dedicate to it yet. But
380. 14:56hopefully in the future, maybe I don't
381. 14:58know, maybe after 1.0 something.
382. 15:01>> [laughter]
383. 15:02>> Yeah. I mean personally I'm I'm
384. 15:04very much wanting to get stuff like this
385. 15:06out the door because
386. 15:07I think it's you know, again as a fan
387. 15:09myself, it's so
388. 15:12important to me to really know what goes
389. 15:13behind the scenes and understand the
390. 15:15care and attention that especially
391. 15:17Supernova in particular into making AC
392. 15:19Rally what it is.
393. 15:22Yeah, it'd be really good to show that
394. 15:23to the world.
395. 15:25Oh, next question comes from Soviet Dog
396. 15:27who asks, "Since there's been a lot of
397. 15:29demand, do you plan to add the co-pilot
398. 15:31in Portuguese? I believe it's a large
399. 15:32and active community and they would
400. 15:34genuinely love to have the co-pilot in
401. 15:36their language."
402. 15:39>> I see. Yeah, yeah.
403. 15:42Portuguese rally fans have always been
404. 15:44among the most passionate ever. If you
405. 15:47remember all the footage of crowd in the
406. 15:52'80s and the '90s, but not just that.
407. 15:55Yeah,
408. 15:56they love rally very, very much.
409. 15:59Localization is something that we
410. 16:00discuss with our publisher, 505 Games.
411. 16:03What I can say is that
412. 16:05as developers, we hope to add more
413. 16:08languages in the future. And I'd also
414. 16:11like to introduce female co-driver voice
415. 16:15sometime in the future, but
416. 16:17However, however, sorry, [clears throat]
417. 16:19I don't have any further information to
418. 16:21share at the moment regarding this
419. 16:23point. So, consider it noted,
420. 16:27but nothing is
421. 16:30planned yet.
422. 16:33>> Understandable.
423. 16:34I'm I'm almost certain I'm going to mess
424. 16:35this person's name up, but I'm going to
425. 16:37try anyway.
426. 16:38Rally at all right, asks, "Are there any
427. 16:41plans to integrate head or eye tracking
428. 16:43systems into the game? TrackIR offers a
429. 16:45ready-made SDK for the UE engine games
430. 16:48which you could hopefully adopt
431. 16:50directly."
432. 16:53>> I don't think we will be able to do it
433. 16:56before version 1.0, honestly, but I hope
434. 16:59it will be possible in the future. I
435. 17:02I know the technology, so I know what
436. 17:04we're talking about, but
437. 17:07I think that this will be part of all
438. 17:09the
439. 17:10things that we will keep adding to the
440. 17:11game even after we will call it 1.0
441. 17:15because our
442. 17:17our vision is a very long-term vision.
443. 17:20So, 1.0 will be one of the milestones of
444. 17:23the project, but
445. 17:25let's say we would we'd like to make ACR
446. 17:28um let's say a comprehensive
447. 17:32uh rally simulator, a solid base
448. 17:36uh that that will be there
449. 17:39in the future, not just in the past or
450. 17:41the present.
451. 17:45>> The next question comes from Snow
452. 17:46Chickenburg, who asks, "So far, you have
453. 17:49been focusing on adding world-renowned
454. 17:51cars. Are there plans to add more
455. 17:53lesser-known and locally known cars?"
456. 17:56>> Well, I wish we could go on forever
457. 17:59because I
458. 18:00uh I love the user the user usernames.
459. 18:05So, I'd like to hear more.
460. 18:07And regarding the question, um yeah,
461. 18:11we we do have plans in in that
462. 18:13direction. Um
463. 18:16>> [clears throat]
464. 18:16>> one of the things I've always loved
465. 18:18about rallying is how let's let's say
466. 18:22relatable it is uh because the cars that
467. 18:25compete are the same ones that people
468. 18:28see
469. 18:29or used to see on the roads every day.
470. 18:32So, it's nice to find them in a
471. 18:34simulator.
472. 18:36Since the question, I would say that in
473. 18:38Italy, for example, during the '90s, you
474. 18:41could watch cars like the Fiat Uno Turbo
475. 18:44competing in rallies.
476. 18:46Uh and it was even tested by Toivonen,
477. 18:49and it was a very popular road car at
478. 18:51the time. I'd like to have it in game.
479. 18:53It's a uh classic, let's say, hot hatch
480. 18:58that that I really loved when I was a
481. 19:00child. Um I also had the opportunity to
482. 19:03find an extremely rare car at the Gino
483. 19:06Macaluso Foundation,
484. 19:08uh the Fiat X1/9 Abarth Prototipo. Uh
485. 19:13this car was originally intended to
486. 19:15replace the Stratos within the Fiat
487. 19:17Lancia rally program,
488. 19:19but then uh they decided to go with the
489. 19:22131 Abarth
490. 19:24because it was coming from a saloon car,
491. 19:27you know.
492. 19:28But the Fiat X1/9 was already uh
493. 19:32uh
494. 19:33uh race ready, let's say. Uh it was also
495. 19:36driven as a co-driver by Gino Macaluso,
496. 19:38who was uh the head of the Abarth
497. 19:41program at the time.
498. 19:42Um it's an exceptional car that
499. 19:45uh as far as I know has never been
500. 19:47featured in a rally game, and I'd like
501. 19:49to to bring it into the game.
502. 19:53>> Amazing.
503. 19:54Uh next question comes from JWT1986,
504. 19:58which asks, "What noob-friendly settings
505. 20:00are planned for game controller players?
506. 20:03Thinking along the lines of options to
507. 20:05press the brake trigger to reverse
508. 20:06whilst in automatic, or not needing a
509. 20:08clutch bind to properly start the
510. 20:10front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive
511. 20:11cars. PS, bonus feature request, uh the
512. 20:15drone replay camera."
513. 20:18>> Uh okay, uh
514. 20:20I think uh yeah, uh also some uh
515. 20:22somebody asked for that a few questions
516. 20:25earlier, I think. Uh noted then
517. 20:28regarding the um the the
518. 20:30the the drone replay camera.
519. 20:32Um
520. 20:34regarding the game controller, in one of
521. 20:36the previous updates, we have already
522. 20:38added the ability to um to to change and
523. 20:41modify the filter settings.
524. 20:43Um
525. 20:44it's a part of what we will do because
526. 20:46for version 1.0,
527. 20:49which will also be released on consoles,
528. 20:52we would like to improve it further to
529. 20:53make the car easier to control uh both
530. 20:56in terms of steering, but also in terms
531. 20:58of throttle and brake management. Of
532. 21:01course, um
533. 21:03throttle um Um, it's it's key to fast
534. 21:07driving in any race car, but
535. 21:10uh in rally it's even more important in
536. 21:13a way because you keep transferring your
537. 21:15weight from side to side and from front
538. 21:18to rear. And with the game controller
539. 21:21sometimes it's more difficult to be
540. 21:24precise with that. So, we we'd like to
541. 21:26add more um
542. 21:29more uh you know, assistance to the
543. 21:32triggers and to to the game controller
544. 21:35as well. So,
545. 21:37uh also
546. 21:38uh I personally use a controller from
547. 21:40time to time as well. We don't consider
548. 21:44the work to be finished on the game
549. 21:47controller support and the usability of
550. 21:49controllers is very very important to us
551. 21:51even if we
552. 21:53uh even if ACR is was born as as a
553. 21:56simulator, we all like to just enjoy a
554. 21:59beautiful rally game. So, we will we
555. 22:02will improve it further definitely in
556. 22:05Italy and it's one of our
557. 22:07hot topics in the team.
558. 22:12>> The next question comes from Goski,
559. 22:14which asks, is there a chance to add
560. 22:16some kind of testing track like in
561. 22:19a competitor title? Um, it would be good
562. 22:22to have a playground to understand car
563. 22:23behavior and set up somewhere other than
564. 22:25the rally stage. Uh great game and keep
565. 22:27up the good job. Thumbs up emoji.
566. 22:31>> Okay, I think well to know what they are
567. 22:33referring to. Uh well, I'd love to.
568. 22:36Honestly, I'd love to.
569. 22:38Uh there are places that would be
570. 22:40extremely suitable for something like
571. 22:42this.
572. 22:43Uh for example, I've been um roaming
573. 22:46around Wales for some field research for
574. 22:50the rally Wales that we've got in game
575. 22:52that I also attended the Phil Price
576. 22:54Rally School there.
577. 22:55Um I know that [clears throat] there is
578. 22:57the Sweet Lamb Motorsport Complex which
579. 22:59is used by rally drivers for training
580. 23:01that would be perfect, I guess. Or
581. 23:05alternatively, we could create large
582. 23:07open areas with some maybe custom-made
583. 23:10props designed for testing cars or
584. 23:13whatever. So,
585. 23:15this is something that not just me,
586. 23:18many of the designers would love to do
587. 23:21to to have a safer area where to try
588. 23:26maneuvers, learn things, etc. etc.
589. 23:29At the moment, we are focused on
590. 23:31developing new rally special stages
591. 23:33because because this is what players
592. 23:35want.
593. 23:36And it takes
594. 23:38a lot of time. So, if this
595. 23:40testing area stuff happens, it will be
596. 23:43sometime in the future, I think, after
597. 23:46version 0.1.
598. 23:51>> Next question comes from Schizophrenia
599. 23:53Gaming Lobster Emo
600. 23:55asks, "Can we get a Steam achievements
601. 23:57and playing cards?"
602. 24:01>> I wonder if the lobster with a
603. 24:03schizophrenia is a reference to a famous
604. 24:06movie, but uh
605. 24:07um well, hopefully in the future. Uh
606. 24:10yeah, I know that there are a lot of
607. 24:11nice touches that we we are still to add
608. 24:15to the game and um
609. 24:17platform support, etc. etc. So, I think
610. 24:20that it if in the future it will come,
611. 24:22but you will have to wait uh
612. 24:25to to keep waiting. Sorry for that.
613. 24:29>> Um okay. Okay, next question. Uh we're
614. 24:32starting to get to some
615. 24:33quick fire questions here. Uh next one
616. 24:35comes from Andor, who asks, "Can you add
617. 24:38a mouse steering option?"
618. 24:41>> Uh
619. 24:42okay, noted. Uh at the moment, we are
620. 24:45not focusing on features like like this
621. 24:48one, but I think that uh it would not be
622. 24:53uh impossible for us to do that. So,
623. 24:56noted.
624. 24:58>> Now, I have the most controversial
625. 24:59question of all of them.
626. 25:01Comes from Fu Ami, who asks, "Who is the
627. 25:04fastest in the office?"
628. 25:09>> [laughter]
629. 25:10>> Well,
630. 25:11I'd love to say it's me,
631. 25:13but it isn't true.
632. 25:15I am probably I am probably the most
633. 25:17consist consistent. I make very few
634. 25:21errors, but I'm not the fastest one. I
635. 25:24think that the the strongest
636. 25:26driver of all is probably Matt York.
637. 25:29>> Yeah, I was going to say.
638. 25:30>> With a senior game Yeah, he's a senior
639. 25:32games game designer. And he also got a
640. 25:35YouTube channel that is called the
641. 25:37Yorkie 065. So, follow him.
642. 25:41He's very very fast, very talented.
643. 25:44He's a pure sim racer. And we we have
644. 25:47also got a collaboration with the Johan
645. 25:49Wikstrom. He's one of the fastest
646. 25:51e-sports drivers in the world. He is
647. 25:53also a rally driver in real life.
648. 25:55Then we have our own which is
649. 25:58Giuseppe Bagnale. He's our
650. 26:01physics designer and handling a guy, and
651. 26:05I totally [clears throat] love him, and
652. 26:07he's also a driving instructor in real
653. 26:09life. He competes in 24 hours
654. 26:12in kart
655. 26:14races.
656. 26:16Can you imagine 24 hours on a kart? He
657. 26:19He's driving every weekend, and it's
658. 26:21it's
659. 26:22He's very very He can drive fast very
660. 26:26calmly, but still Martin and Johan are
661. 26:29like impossible to beat.
662. 26:31>> Yeah, well, Johan is an actual e-sports
663. 26:33driver, so he's he's kind of cheating a
664. 26:35little bit there. But uh
665. 26:36>> [laughter]
666. 26:37>> But as far as devs go, Martin's the
667. 26:39same.
668. 26:40>> And not because I'm here with you, but
669. 26:43let me say that you are pretty fast. You
670. 26:45are very very fast. And this is
671. 26:46something that I feel it's very it's
672. 26:49very nice, since you also manage the
673. 26:51community and all [clears throat] social
674. 26:52media, it's very very nice to have
675. 26:53somebody that that knows the deal, that
676. 26:56know know what they're doing.
677. 26:58>> I'm very fast into trees. I can tell you
678. 27:00that now.
679. 27:02>> No, everybody is fast into trees.
680. 27:05>> [laughter]
681. 27:05>> It's a particular talent I've been
682. 27:06working on.
683. 27:07Um we've got two final questions. The um
684. 27:10first one comes from Simon Vinelli, who
685. 27:13asks, "This has been asked before, but
686. 27:14when can we expect expect native VR
687. 27:17support? Will it include quad view
688. 27:19support?"
689. 27:22>> So, when we are aiming to release the
690. 27:25feature in 2026,
691. 27:28I think
692. 27:30uh end of the year. Because as I was
693. 27:33saying I think in a previous Q&A
694. 27:36um we are focusing on steps, building
695. 27:40the game blocks by block.
696. 27:42So, game modes and the first phase of
697. 27:45the online has rolled out in in the
698. 27:48previous uh
699. 27:50uh in the previous uh
700. 27:52it
701. 27:52sounds like ages, but probably it was
702. 27:54just uh uh 15 days ago. So, now that
703. 27:58many blocks are coming um
704. 28:02coming around nicely, we have uh say
705. 28:07we are accelerating
706. 28:08the work on the VR.
707. 28:11Um I don't [clears throat] remember your
708. 28:13initial question. Did I answer
709. 28:14everything?
710. 28:15>> Just when can we expect it and uh will
711. 28:18it include quad view support? I've
712. 28:20actually never heard of quad view
713. 28:21support. I don't know what that is.
714. 28:23>> Uh I Okay, I know it's uh a technology
715. 28:28that is used in um
716. 28:30>> [clears throat]
717. 28:30>> in a race seems, so it
718. 28:33uh it renders, I think, the the the
719. 28:37the visuals in a certain way that
720. 28:39improves
721. 28:41the FPS, uh if I remember correctly.
722. 28:44I can confirm the quad view support at
723. 28:47the moment because the work on the VR is
724. 28:49still in progress, but
725. 28:52stay sure that every time we tackle
726. 28:56a feature, we do an extensive research
727. 28:59on what's currently
728. 29:01the situ- let's let's say the the state
729. 29:04of the art in the market, in the
730. 29:06technology part
731. 29:08part of the of the world, etc. So, I can
732. 29:10confirm right now, but we want
733. 29:13to do things
734. 29:14in the
735. 29:16in the right direction even if maybe as
736. 29:19we are doing with with other stuff, it
737. 29:21may be modular and built uh step by
738. 29:24step.
739. 29:26>> Very much a watch this space kind of
740. 29:28thing.
741. 29:29Okay.
742. 29:30>> Exactly.
743. 29:31>> Final question comes from Bloomenade who
744. 29:33asks, "Hey team, what are the plans for
745. 29:36the hood {slash} UI customization? I'd
746. 29:39appreciate being able to turn off
747. 29:40individual elements so that I can narrow
748. 29:42down my hood to just the pace notes and
749. 29:44instrument cluster. Game fun, big love,
750. 29:47love heart."
751. 29:50>> Yeah, it is planned.
752. 29:53Unfortunately, at the moment it's not a
753. 29:55priority even if I have to admit that
754. 29:58especially the lead designer is very vo-
755. 29:59very vocal on this because he's prepared
756. 30:01the game design of how this which works,
757. 30:03etc.
758. 30:05Like months ago and
759. 30:08and he also would like to have to
760. 30:10already have a customizable HUD, but
761. 30:15yeah, unfortunately, when I assign the
762. 30:17priorities on the game
763. 30:19we we have also [snorts] always have to
764. 30:22choose carefully between multiple stuff.
765. 30:24So, we're not working at it at the
766. 30:26moment, but
767. 30:29it will be possible in the future,
768. 30:31absolutely. And well, and also thank you
769. 30:34for the kind words.
770. 30:35We always appreciate positive feedback
771. 30:38and we always use negative feedback
772. 30:44to to try to improve the game as I was
773. 30:46saying at the beginning with Nils
774. 30:47feedback that now I wonder if he in a
775. 30:50way
776. 30:50maybe it's not listening now but if he
777. 30:52will be listening in a few a recorded
778. 30:55version of the session
779. 30:57hi Nils. [clears throat]
780. 30:59Hope to see you soon.
781. 31:01>> I'm sure I can we can I'm sure one of
782. 31:02the guys in the community will fire him
783. 31:03a message to let him know that he's been
784. 31:05featured.
785. 31:06>> Probably from I mean it's I think that
786. 31:09Nils um
787. 31:10because we're talking about him but not
788. 31:12just him of course are very positive
789. 31:15people for the gaming industry. I mean
790. 31:17having a developer and having him
791. 31:19especially
792. 31:21with everything he does for for the Sim
793. 31:23racing
794. 31:25industry
795. 31:27taking [clears throat] its time his time
796. 31:29to to do videos to try the games to
797. 31:33to provide feedback.
798. 31:35I mean I'm a Sim racer since the 90s
799. 31:39okay.
800. 31:40And what made this space special is that
801. 31:44there were just a lot of people
802. 31:46gathering together to have fun to
803. 31:48compete to to try to win races
804. 31:52and to me I'm a little bit maybe
805. 31:54sometimes a nostalgic [clears throat]
806. 31:56because I experienced the not maybe the
807. 31:58first day of course but
808. 32:00I I'm Sim racing I've been Sim racing my
809. 32:03whole life so I still think that
810. 32:06creating a positive environment where
811. 32:08everybody can say
812. 32:10what they think in a respectful way and
813. 32:13help everybody improve their game. I
814. 32:15mean if we've got more
815. 32:17nice games
816. 32:19nice racing games it's better than
817. 32:20having a few I think.
818. 32:23So
819. 32:24yeah thank you Nils and and to to to all
820. 32:26the people that in a way
821. 32:28positive or negative feedback takes time
822. 32:31to play our game because uh
823. 32:33games are there if we all play them.
824. 32:36So this is the most important thing at
825. 32:38the very end.
826. 32:40>> I see a lot of people in the chat
827. 32:43are begging for a spoiler for the next
828. 32:45update. I don't want to put that on to
829. 32:47you, Irvin.
830. 32:48If you have one, feel free to share it.
831. 32:50If you don't, then say nothing and I
832. 32:52will continue.
833. 32:53>> Okay. Okay. No. No. No. No.
834. 32:55I see. I see. And then this is correct
835. 32:57to
836. 32:58to thank people that are here today.
837. 33:00Well, unfortunately, I will be very
838. 33:03clear about this. Until we uh
839. 33:06until we
840. 33:07have an official approval from the
841. 33:10manufacturer, I'm not allowed to say
842. 33:13what cars will come. So, I'm sorry for
843. 33:15that and this is why I will not say it
844. 33:17clearly.
845. 33:18Um
846. 33:20but
847. 33:21we are aiming to bring you three new
848. 33:25cars.
849. 33:26Hopefully, it will be possible to do so.
850. 33:29And if we get all the approvals, that is
851. 33:32not uh
852. 33:33uh automatic. Um
853. 33:37that would be another French car and two
854. 33:40German cars.
855. 33:43I would like to say more and I'm very
856. 33:45very sorry I can't just say everything
857. 33:48because I would.
858. 33:49But
859. 33:51uh and they are all four-wheel drive
860. 33:53cars.
861. 33:55Spanning [snorts] through a few decades.
862. 34:00>> Uh I will not tease for any more because
863. 34:03I think you maybe already said necessary
864. 34:06should have done. But
865. 34:07um
866. 34:08>> [laughter]
867. 34:08>> first of all, I want to thank you,
868. 34:09Irvin, for taking the time to sit down
869. 34:11with me and go through this Q&A. I know
870. 34:13that community and especially from my
871. 34:14side of things, I really really
872. 34:16appreciate it. So, a massive thank you
873. 34:18to you, Irvin.
874. 34:20And uh a massive thank you to all you
875. 34:22guys in the chat that have have come to
876. 34:23watch by and anybody who watches this on
877. 34:25YouTube. Thank you. Keep submitting your
878. 34:27questions. We'll look to do another one
879. 34:29of these uh following the next major
880. 34:30update.
881. 34:32Uh we'll see you guys uh very soon.
882. 34:34That's it.
883. 34:36>> Thank you.