What a fantastic video! You covered everything I was looking for and most importantly... It was made RECENTLY. Everything I've looked up was made years ago and was no longer relevant.
I’m so glad you found it useful and thank you for the very kind words 🙏Makes what I’m doing so worth while. If there’s anything else you’d like me to make just let me know 👍🏻
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent thank you very much for the response! I'm very new here but if you haven't already... Setups for cars and tracks would be awesome! Obviously for helping people to set their fastest lap times... Like myself lol.
AMS 2 has improved significantly over the last 12months, if fact I would say its the best sim for open wheelers, add in the skin mods makes it great for any f1, particularly the historic content. I only noticed last night that if I change the date the trees ect adjust to the time of year lol😂!!!Good informative video.
No, no, no, do not use Nvidia's Ultra Low Latency mode, it eats CPU like crazy and drops fps. I have yet to see 1 use case where the latency reduction is worth it.
@@BistoKid For every racing game: Ultra Low Latency Mode: Off. If the game has NVIDIA Reflex, put that to "On + Boost" (if it is unstable, use "On"). AMD has something similar! If you have a screen of up to & incl. 120Hz/144Hz, do this: Limit FPS in NVidia control panel to 120/144fps (Gsync -4fps on that value) and Vsync in ANY case off (latency & fps impact). For shooters on a high level (i.e. you are like a top player in Counterstrike) some different rules apply, but usually you have then displays running 240Hz or more. You do not need more than 120/144 fps and capping it off reduces heat, wear and noise. Technically Fullscreen is recommended, but borderless has only an insignificant latency & fps impact these days, so today it should not meaningfully matter anymore.
I 100% agree with blue monkey. Ultra Low Latency makes my CPU usage go up by like 25% and makes me GPU usage drop. Sorry but I want my GPU usage high, CPU usage lower. And yeah there's no gains in anything other than Counter Strike for the Ultra Low Latency mode. Save yourselves some performance. Cheers. Mates.
Let me know what your favourite car and track combos in AMS2 are 👍🏻 I'll go first; I LOVE the Sonoma Track Mod with any GT3 car. The hills and dips are insane. It reminds me of Cadwell Park here in the UK 🇬🇧
They typically break the mods but essentially within a day or so the modders (thunderflash etc) have updated them to work with the latest updates. So you simply download the latest versions and install those and away you go.
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What no one is talking about is how do you edit steering wheel assignments for menu navigation. On my G1 23 because it already had endgame presets. It was the X button to accept or move forward through the menu.
It doesn't work for me. The Mods are showing up in the Mods folder and in AMS 2 CM it says that everything is installed but ingame it doesn't even show one single mod. Does anyone know how to fix this?
@@BrandonFoster on my pc the game directory is on steamLibrary/steamapps/common/Automobilista 2 but then i have also made a mod folder in there and when i put the mods in it my self it still wont show up in the game. Am I making something wrong?
Really? That’s interesting. In terms of handling too? I’m lucky to have a 911 and keep meaning to take it to the Evo triangle in Wales again and then compare it in AC side by side 🤣
@thesimracingshaolinstudent It's the same mate I noticed that when I lost control of my car on a roundabout 🤣 Spoke to a guy who worked on it and they got super accurate data from ginetta as well laser mapping of the uk tracks He said even he can't understand how the physics is calculated 🤣 But he would ring tyre company's for their data even from the 70s
Great video and super helpful, thanks. One question though please; for the mods from the Project Cars Modding Team when I read the instructions on the landing page they mention some steps you didn't (such as boot files, moving track files to a specific folder, using JSGME to activate track files etc.) - can I ignore all this and just download, drag to AMS2CM and apply the same as the other site? They also do mention AMS2CM as a method for installation but it's not clear whether those extra steps are still needed or not so any assistance would be much appreciated!
I just love AMS2, mainly for its AI (I'm not a online racing type of guy). Can you explain to me please if the AUTHENTIC in SC/TC means the original model of the car?
Hello, maybe you can help me? I simply cannot get any engine sounds from the car mods. I have completely uninstalled/reinstalled everything and nothing. I can get the mod tracks loaded up just fine though. Any insights?
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent Thanks for the reply! So none of the modded cars are working properly and I am running version 1.5.3. I have tried everything and I am too afraid to update it to only cause another problem I won't know how to fix. Thanks again for the reply!
@@TheKing-vb2bwas long as you have the latest mods after they’ve been updated to work with the latest version of AMS2 you should be good to go. Did you manage to get this sorted?
well, I installed all these mods, and one or more of them have broken my controls. The lights on my Logitech mouse go out, my xbox controller is not recognized, and my thrustmaster t300 also does not work. They are all greyed out. As soon as I tab out of the game, they all turn back on.
The only thing i "hate" about CM is that every time you want to install a new mod, uninstalls everything and installs it all back again. Takes time but you cant have it all i guess. Nice video, gained a subscriber here 👍
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent if you think that AMS2 is not built to be modded, i guess is the best we can get for now. Lets hope for a future solution 🤞
@Argy_V yeah for sure. Content manager is far easier than the JSGME route. Wish we could do something about some tracks bouncing but I think it’s great 👍🏻
What about the Physics of the modded cars? Is it as good as the orig stock cars from 1.5 Update (gen1 and gen2)? Or is every modded car automatically using this new physics?
Hola,primero gracias por tu tiempo y dedicacion,, os agradeceria si podeis ayudarme,algunos coches como el renault el lotus ,los gt3 y radical me da error bugpflash ,que nose que significa,un saludo y gracias de ante,mano por vuestras opiniones si sabeis alguna solucion.
Thanks for this in advance. I mean as in, I won't be playing it yet, because I'm going through some other racing-games first. - I've actually been playing racing-games since the late-'90s, but then there was a huge gap when I didn't have a proper wheel and such, so I passed up a bunch of great releases, like the "Assetto" ones, as well as "Project Cars" (rip) and even a bunch of newer Codemasters-ones. - Then about a year ago I purchased a pack of racing-games that included some of the best from over the years including this one. - But (along with 'Dirt Rally') I've been trying 'rFactor 2' first, which just made me have to reconsider everything, cause physics are a thing and heavy machinery moving fast wants to keep going straight despite cranking turning-mechanisms. So yea, I'm kinda going through them from older to newer, probably, so I'll get to AMS2 eventually and revisit this video. But considering how much positivity I've seen around it, I might have to fast-track it. Not sure if I could follow every tip, however, because if it comes to installers and GPU control-panels, those aren't really a thing on Linux-distros. So we'll see.
I used to be an Xbox user, but treated myself to a pc 6 months back because I wanted to SIM instead of playing racing games. I bought Iracing, rFactor, AMS2, ac and acc. And hey I , always had a love-hate relationship with Forza Motorsports because the engine for the wheel/pedal set options always sucked, and I wanted to leisurely drive a game instead of a sim I obtain FM8 via Steal Valve. Hoping T10 would have at least tried to make it playable with a wheel/pedal set, well,of course, they didn't,. IT10 claiming it was ""built from the ground up"", no t10 ran it into the ground. Since irl stores never refunded for a disappointing game nor does the online Xbox store. I got my money back. Big thanks to Steam for that! Anywho because of that I bought almost every DLC for AMS2, and i absolutely love it. And setting up my Moza r5 dd with lite brake set was quite easy it launched from my Moza pithouse app the Project Cars 3 settings and worked nicely, just some minor tweaks for my personal preferences were ""needed"". Anho my favorite track in AMS2, LeMans24hrs layout. Thanks for the hints and tips!
Ah this sounds like the package isn't CM ready. What's the mod and where did you get it from? I'll download it and try to work out what we need to do to add it. 👍
Thanks allot for all this information - was interested in the Content Manager information. Did not know this existed till today from another video. After I get done updating my RFactor 2 game and installing the Quest 3, I will start looking into AMS2 more. I have had the game installed for quite a while. I run most of my games in VR. Thanks for the video and take care.
amazing walkthrough - i have been driving ams 2 vanilla since launch - i will take the plunge THANKS and subscribed! On a side note - have you ever transferred your set up to a new PC? I have new much faster build in progress do you recommend any migration or just reset up ( that sounds daunting to get my familiar feel )
Thank you for the kind words and welcome to the channel 🙏 I’m glad you found the video useful. I’ve not transferred to a completely new PC but have upgraded and migrated Steam libraries to new hard disks 👍🏻 How can we help?
hi - thanks for the response so fast ! - the vid was awesome . so professionally I am Mac based. the only interaction with PC is my sim rig. now I am in the process of upgrading to a new PC do you have any advice on how to do it? my main desire is to keep settings for games kind of intact but not transfer rubbish that may slow down my new PC ( i have had may last for 5 years so i am sure it has accumulated some rubbish ) What would you do?@@thesimracingshaolinstudent
@marcp5099 I run a Mac too. Personally I would start again and configure everything exactly as I want it. You can always transfer anything across or compare as you need to. But there’s something clean and virgin about a new build. Weee here to help if you run into issues 🙏
Im a subscriber and your videos never show up in my subscriptions section, you are in my subscribers list, thats how i discovered this video. Not sure if anything is wrong at your end. Nice vid btw, just what i needed
What a fantastic video! You covered everything I was looking for and most importantly... It was made RECENTLY. Everything I've looked up was made years ago and was no longer relevant.
I’m so glad you found it useful and thank you for the very kind words 🙏Makes what I’m doing so worth while. If there’s anything else you’d like me to make just let me know 👍🏻
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent thank you very much for the response! I'm very new here but if you haven't already... Setups for cars and tracks would be awesome! Obviously for helping people to set their fastest lap times... Like myself lol.
Great thanks for the ideas. It's always good to know what content people want to see 👍🏻
Never mentioned Simhub or Crew Chief though you said you would.
AMS 2 has improved significantly over the last 12months, if fact I would say its the best sim for open wheelers, add in the skin mods makes it great for any f1, particularly the historic content. I only noticed last night that if I change the date the trees ect adjust to the time of year lol😂!!!Good informative video.
Yeah that is really cool 😂 Thanks for the kind words. Glad it was informative 👍🏻
No, no, no, do not use Nvidia's Ultra Low Latency mode, it eats CPU like crazy and drops fps. I have yet to see 1 use case where the latency reduction is worth it.
What would you suggest please, lower or off?
@@BistoKid For every racing game:
Ultra Low Latency Mode: Off. If the game has NVIDIA Reflex, put that to "On + Boost" (if it is unstable, use "On"). AMD has something similar!
If you have a screen of up to & incl. 120Hz/144Hz, do this: Limit FPS in NVidia control panel to 120/144fps (Gsync -4fps on that value) and Vsync in ANY case off (latency & fps impact).
For shooters on a high level (i.e. you are like a top player in Counterstrike) some different rules apply, but usually you have then displays running 240Hz or more.
You do not need more than 120/144 fps and capping it off reduces heat, wear and noise. Technically Fullscreen is recommended, but borderless has only an insignificant latency & fps impact these days, so today it should not meaningfully matter anymore.
@Blue_Monkey thanks for the info 👍
I 100% agree with blue monkey. Ultra Low Latency makes my CPU usage go up by like 25% and makes me GPU usage drop. Sorry but I want my GPU usage high, CPU usage lower. And yeah there's no gains in anything other than Counter Strike for the Ultra Low Latency mode. Save yourselves some performance. Cheers. Mates.
Thank You. Subbed. Been using the crew chief for a while with ams2 and raceroom
Let me know what your favourite car and track combos in AMS2 are 👍🏻 I'll go first; I LOVE the Sonoma Track Mod with any GT3 car. The hills and dips are insane. It reminds me of Cadwell Park here in the UK 🇬🇧
Bannochbrae, Audi group B
@@DSMatarilenice have got Banochbrae but haven’t fired it up yet. Not tested the Audi too so going to try that today 👍🏻
Do reiza game updates play nice with mods?!
They typically break the mods but essentially within a day or so the modders (thunderflash etc) have updated them to work with the latest updates. So you simply download the latest versions and install those and away you go.
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What no one is talking about is how do you edit steering wheel assignments for menu navigation. On my G1 23 because it already had endgame presets. It was the X button to accept or move forward through the menu.
It doesn't work for me. The Mods are showing up in the Mods folder and in AMS 2 CM it says that everything is installed but ingame it doesn't even show one single mod. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Manually copy the userdata\vehicles files to your game directory. x86\steam\steamapps\common\automobilista 2
@@BrandonFoster on my pc the game directory is on steamLibrary/steamapps/common/Automobilista 2 but then i have also made a mod folder in there and when i put the mods in it my self it still wont show up in the game. Am I making something wrong?
This is a very good and helpful guide to installing mods in 2024. Earned a sub, cheers!
Thank you for the kind words and welcome 🙏
I drive a ginetta g40 in real life and its scarily accurate to the sim
Really? That’s interesting. In terms of handling too? I’m lucky to have a 911 and keep meaning to take it to the Evo triangle in Wales again and then compare it in AC side by side 🤣
@thesimracingshaolinstudent It's the same mate I noticed that when I lost control of my car on a roundabout 🤣
Spoke to a guy who worked on it and they got super accurate data from ginetta as well laser mapping of the uk tracks
He said even he can't understand how the physics is calculated 🤣
But he would ring tyre company's for their data even from the 70s
@warrickmiller7651 that is crazy 😝 Love it 👍🏻
Hi bro, do you know how to navigate menu on wheel?
Great video and super helpful, thanks.
One question though please; for the mods from the Project Cars Modding Team when I read the instructions on the landing page they mention some steps you didn't (such as boot files, moving track files to a specific folder, using JSGME to activate track files etc.) - can I ignore all this and just download, drag to AMS2CM and apply the same as the other site?
They also do mention AMS2CM as a method for installation but it's not clear whether those extra steps are still needed or not so any assistance would be much appreciated!
Yes absolutely! The new AMS2 Content Manager tool handles all of this for you 👍🏻
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent Fantastic, thank you! Will be downloading more good stuff tomorrow 😊
I just love AMS2, mainly for its AI (I'm not a online racing type of guy). Can you explain to me please if the AUTHENTIC in SC/TC means the original model of the car?
Hello, maybe you can help me? I simply cannot get any engine sounds from the car mods. I have completely uninstalled/reinstalled everything and nothing. I can get the mod tracks loaded up just fine though. Any insights?
Loosing the sounds typically means an AMS2 update has broken the car mods. What version of AMS2 are you running and which cars are broken?
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent Thanks for the reply! So none of the modded cars are working properly and I am running version 1.5.3. I have tried everything and I am too afraid to update it to only cause another problem I won't know how to fix. Thanks again for the reply!
@@TheKing-vb2bwas long as you have the latest mods after they’ve been updated to work with the latest version of AMS2 you should be good to go. Did you manage to get this sorted?
Thank you so much good sir!!
exactly what I was looking for. Awesome work thx
well, I installed all these mods, and one or more of them have broken my controls. The lights on my Logitech mouse go out, my xbox controller is not recognized, and my thrustmaster t300 also does not work. They are all greyed out. As soon as I tab out of the game, they all turn back on.
Tip: ThunderFlash has created a All In One (AIO) mod file so you don't have to download each file individually.
Ah very nice. Thanks for the heads up 👍🏻
The only thing i "hate" about CM is that every time you want to install a new mod, uninstalls everything and installs it all back again. Takes time but you cant have it all i guess.
Nice video, gained a subscriber here 👍
Thank you very much appreciate it. Yeah I’m not too sure why it does that when it seems to offer clickable options in the GUI.
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent if you think that AMS2 is not built to be modded, i guess is the best we can get for now. Lets hope for a future solution 🤞
@Argy_V yeah for sure. Content manager is far easier than the JSGME route. Wish we could do something about some tracks bouncing but I think it’s great 👍🏻
What about the Physics of the modded cars? Is it as good as the orig stock cars from 1.5 Update (gen1 and gen2)? Or is every modded car automatically using this new physics?
Hola,primero gracias por tu tiempo y dedicacion,, os agradeceria si podeis ayudarme,algunos coches como el renault el lotus ,los gt3 y radical me da error bugpflash ,que nose que significa,un saludo y gracias de ante,mano por vuestras opiniones si sabeis alguna solucion.
Great job man!
Thanks for this in advance. I mean as in, I won't be playing it yet, because I'm going through some other racing-games first. - I've actually been playing racing-games since the late-'90s, but then there was a huge gap when I didn't have a proper wheel and such, so I passed up a bunch of great releases, like the "Assetto" ones, as well as "Project Cars" (rip) and even a bunch of newer Codemasters-ones. - Then about a year ago I purchased a pack of racing-games that included some of the best from over the years including this one. - But (along with 'Dirt Rally') I've been trying 'rFactor 2' first, which just made me have to reconsider everything, cause physics are a thing and heavy machinery moving fast wants to keep going straight despite cranking turning-mechanisms.
So yea, I'm kinda going through them from older to newer, probably, so I'll get to AMS2 eventually and revisit this video. But considering how much positivity I've seen around it, I might have to fast-track it.
Not sure if I could follow every tip, however, because if it comes to installers and GPU control-panels, those aren't really a thing on Linux-distros. So we'll see.
I used to be an Xbox user, but treated myself to a pc 6 months back because I wanted to SIM instead of playing racing games. I bought Iracing, rFactor, AMS2, ac and acc. And hey
I , always had a love-hate relationship with Forza Motorsports because the engine for the wheel/pedal set options always sucked, and I wanted to leisurely drive a game instead of a sim I obtain FM8 via Steal Valve. Hoping T10 would have at least tried to make it playable with a wheel/pedal set, well,of course, they didn't,. IT10 claiming it was ""built from the ground up"", no t10 ran it into the ground. Since irl stores never refunded for a disappointing game nor does the online Xbox store. I got my money back. Big thanks to Steam for that! Anywho because of that I bought almost every DLC for AMS2, and i absolutely love it. And setting up my Moza r5 dd with lite brake set was quite easy it launched from my Moza pithouse app the Project Cars 3 settings and worked nicely, just some minor tweaks for my personal preferences were ""needed"". Anho my favorite track in AMS2, LeMans24hrs layout. Thanks for the hints and tips!
You’re welcome. Glad you’re enjoying sim racing 👍🏻
when i install it, after I launch the app it shows cannot find game directory and just exit..cant do anything !
Same here. I can never get it to work.
Keep getting the following Error in CM when I hit apply: "Extension "bff" is not a supported archive file name extension."
Ah this sounds like the package isn't CM ready. What's the mod and where did you get it from? I'll download it and try to work out what we need to do to add it. 👍
@@thesimracingshaolinstudent Its one of the Thunderflash mods, the one with the LMP2 cars. (#7 on the list)
Thanks allot for all this information - was interested in the Content Manager information. Did not know this existed till today from another video.
After I get done updating my RFactor 2 game and installing the Quest 3, I will start looking into AMS2 more. I have had the game installed for quite a while.
I run most of my games in VR.
Thanks for the video and take care.
Welcome to the channel and thank you for the kind words 🙏
amazing walkthrough - i have been driving ams 2 vanilla since launch - i will take the plunge THANKS and subscribed!
On a side note - have you ever transferred your set up to a new PC?
I have new much faster build in progress
do you recommend any migration or just reset up ( that sounds daunting to get my familiar feel )
Thank you for the kind words and welcome to the channel 🙏 I’m glad you found the video useful. I’ve not transferred to a completely new PC but have upgraded and migrated Steam libraries to new hard disks 👍🏻 How can we help?
hi - thanks for the response so fast ! - the vid was awesome . so professionally I am Mac based. the only interaction with PC is my sim rig. now I am in the process of upgrading to a new PC do you have any advice on how to do it? my main desire is to keep settings for games kind of intact but not transfer rubbish that may slow down my new PC ( i have had may last for 5 years so i am sure it has accumulated some rubbish ) What would you do?@@thesimracingshaolinstudent
@marcp5099 I run a Mac too. Personally I would start again and configure everything exactly as I want it. You can always transfer anything across or compare as you need to. But there’s something clean and virgin about a new build. Weee here to help if you run into issues 🙏
Im a subscriber and your videos never show up in my subscriptions section, you are in my subscribers list, thats how i discovered this video. Not sure if anything is wrong at your end. Nice vid btw, just what i needed
Oh thanks for the heads up. I'll look into that. I did wonder if there was an issue. Glad you liked the video. Appreciate the kind words 🙏🏻
Quality video, perfect help. Thank you!
Glad you found it helpful 🙏
do i use steam vr for non oculus headsets?
Hey, which headset do you have?
thanks for explaining none of the game controls, settings or FFB. really helpful.
Great video for AMS2 beginners like me! Please make a in-depth video of car setups. Cheers!
Thank you for the kind words and glad you’ve found it useful. 🙏 Also thanks for the tip on setups. Great idea 👍🏻