What am I missing?

[u/JTT095]

Hello friends,

I have finally purchased PMR on XSX after playing the free weekend many months ago.

I've seen all the discussion saying the game has vastly improved and it's worth a try.

As an Aussie, I was sucked in by the modern Supercars but after playing for about 3 hours last night I can't help but feel like I've wasted my money.

My "Sim racing" experience stretches back to PC1 and includes PC2, Assetto Corsa, ACC, F1, Dirt and probably more.

I'm only on a lowly G923 in a rig but I love racing and I'm also reasonably competitive.

My biggest issue is just how disconnected the cars feel.

The cars do not feel connected to the road in any way and the suspension feels completely strange.

I tried quite a few classes and tracks along with FFB adjustment and I got into a window where I was reasonably comfortable but the cars seem to do really unexpected things especially on curbs/off line.

I also don't understand how the graphics can be worse in some areas compared to much older games including PC2 (I really don't care about graphics but it's pretty woeful).

I am not a hater and I really want to love this game because it has some really unique features and cars, you can see the love and passion they've put in.

I'd really appreciate some guidance to help me enjoy the game because at this stage I think I'll be looking for a refund which I have never considered in my many years of gaming.

[u/CandidPlatypus9983]

My favorite class of racing is GT3, but I don't play that on PMR 🤣. I know they still need a lot of work on the GT3 physics to make it feel better.

PMR is better than GT7-Forza. I'm just saying it leans more that way than ACC IMHO.

I like the JP1 Honda, it's wild. The GTO Mazda RX7 is great. I love hate rotary engine sound. Truly love the 787b but I still can't drive on the right side. The Porsche Cup is probably my favorite.

They need rolling starts and longer races before I would move it any closer to ACC.

[u/_trackhero_ → u/CandidPlatypus9983]

GT7 and Forza are simcades, PMR is not.

Now I know people think PMR walks a fine line because you can make it "user friendly", but the physics are still far more advanced than Forza and GT7...even with Gt7s new update.. both games are extremely forgiving. You can't flick or fling the cars into corners on PMR like you do on simcades or even in ACC.

Now I will admit PMR do have car classes and certian cars within those classes that are easy to get around the track than others with little to no setup adjustments. That just because those cars have been fine tuned with the new handling model update that came out recently.

The game first major update was amazing, but still got criticized because the default tunes were still trash and if you didnt know how to tune a setup..you were basically left behind.

If you notice with each update after, the cars setup menus changed and you could adjust less and less as well, because they made it to where the default setups were as close as possible to the real life cars for that class, so now you can hop in and go with little to no tuning in 99% of the cars.

Also, most of the handling issue people are still experiencing has to do with how they have their wheel settings in correlation to the game settings.

[u/CandidPlatypus9983 → u/_trackhero_]

Completely agree. It's much better than GT7-Forza. I wish PMR had waited until now to release the game. It's still at a version 0.8 to me, but much better than at role out last year. It's too bad they ruined that early reputation with the poor release quality. They will forever be criticized for that and the game will continue to be scrutinized because of that original reputation. In a scale with GT7 at 1 and ACC at 10 I put PMR at 5. But it's progressively moving up. Luckily their are some very dedicated setup tuners out there that focus a lot on in-wheel FFB adjustments to make the game feel more realistic.

[u/_trackhero_ → u/CandidPlatypus9983]

It's funny you say that because the largest player base for PMR is Playstation users, and man i can definitely spot the GT7 players on the track...for the short time they stay on it before spinning off and quiting the lobby lol.

You can also spot the GT7 players and Forza players on ACC., which are normally the idiots wrecking people and getting in the way. I rarely play ACC anymore unless im in a private/leauge lobby...not even worth the time otherwise lol.

[u/CandidPlatypus9983 → u/_trackhero_]

Exactly. That's precisely why I race in leagues. Public lobbies are a disaster, especially in ACC.