New Release Candidate Update - Client 7889012

Hello sim racers!

Today we are pleased to deploy a new Release Candidate update for rFactor 2!

The new build deployed today sees a return of a much-requested feature by our sim racing community here at rFactor 2 – driver labels! We at the studio resolved to review and improve how these labels are shown in the simulation with this new update, and I’m sure you will agree the new design is far more appealing visually than before, with the added bonus of new functionality introduced that now finally shows any in session penalties applied to the driver.

We have extensively tested these new driver labels to ensure they offer the best solution between clarity and visual effect, without compromising the view of the driver and ensure the labels appear and disappear at appropriate distance from the player car – we hope you like what we did!

Other changes that form part of this latest Release Candidate include some further refinements to our graphics engine, with particular attention paid to the way rain is presented on car windshields and subtle but immersive improvements to glare and lighting situations. These changes have offered us the opportunity to further improve this aspect of the software and produce what we believe is a far superior way of representing rain drops on windscreens – adding what we believe is a much enhanced visual experience.

Update Notes Client 7889012 Dedi 7889035

HUD New driver labels

Graphics New wet windscreen shading that can be tweaked per car Adjusted Lighting Calculations correcting some issues with Direct Light Hue. Updated PostFX Glare Settings for more control day vs night Updated Windscreen Shader and new Glass shader for Tracks, with improved specular calculations.

Modding Fixed duplicated Road and Curb shaders displaying in Max plugins.