RF2 ┃ Fantastic New Multiplayer Just Saved This Dead Racing Simulator ! 

Awesome you like the new rFactor 2 Online experience! Thank you so much for mentioning my channel mate! much much appreciated.

Glad you are so positive about this. As a diehard rF2 fan, it's super exciting to have full grids without the faff of LFM. Finally I can just jump in and race.

I kept seeing you get on Rf2 on steam when I was racing it and was so happy that you were trying it out! Love this game and miss it so much! Excited to see where it goes and hopefully gets bigger!

Might have to give rf2 a shot now, hopefully this puts some pressure on iracing to make some meaningful updates especially to the tyre model.

This is an awesome addition to RF2. I've owned the game for years now and still do play it from time to time but only ever the single player options since when I've tried the multiplayer side of things, it's been absolutely terrible. Going to give it a go now and see how well it works.

100% agreed... At least right now, it's as good as iRacing for online simplicity and quality

rfactor was as convoluted as Assetto Corsa. So much that most players naturally migrated from rF to AC as it worked basically the same

This has given me renewed interest in rF2. I spent more than a couple of hours today having real fun. It actually made me feel I could drive well enough to compete. Thanks for making the point about tires. I think the game feels good.

Awesome! Glad you mentioned tyres. I thought I was the only one that loved rf2 over ispend for tyre model

Nice (sort of 😂) shout out to Michi Hoyer who definitely deserves more subscribers. That guy gives so much to the community - especially as a live streamer, commenting as he drives in really high level esports races. Sometimes he's seemed to be on his own a bit proselytising for rf2, but the game deserves all the love it gets (and ok, some of the hate too; ! ). LFM was already a good platform for rf2 but ok somewhat fiddly. Having everything in the game directly makes so much more sense.

The servers have been filling up fast, cant wait to work on my rating. This will seriously keep my iRacing sub expired

RF2 has never felt so alive in… well the golden age of RF1, I dare say! Look, I hope the player count stays high, it has to! Please reach out to everyone out there and try it :)

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So, here I am 8/10/2023 having been a staunch advocate of ACC finally getting fed up and going back to try RF2. I tweaked the graphics (turn on all the features which are turned off by default, now it's gorgeous) and whipped rounds la sarthe with the most comfortable force feedback I have ever felt. I am now very hopeful for the forthcoming release of Le Mans Ultimate and will be getting used to RF2 in anticipation.

Great to see you giving a glowing review to the absolutely fantastic work which the guys at S397 and MSG have been doing.

I’ve had RF2 for a while, but have raced for maybe 5 minutes. This might finally get me into it. Thank you for this video

Downloading it right now, will set up the VR and see how it goes, I've been an iRacing urchin for months now 😂

Bought! I've played most sims but felt like it was too late for me to get into this one. This multiplayer system changes that. Excited to get into it.

Everything you said in this video is what I told the guys in our country's rF2 group chat after trying this out :) and now I feel kinda proud to be the first to tell everyone about the beta, and to test it out first! I was there to say that it's friggin awesome - finally what we've waited for! I too stayed for hours, raced 3 races back to back instead of going to bed after a single event... I think this racing system is going to stick it through. I think that the playerbase will expand, and we'd be getting several different events per hour, because when you consistently run hundreds of players an hour (divided to several splits per race) you can spread your player base over multiple separate events. That's just growth! My only caveat was not being able to send a pm to a fellow driver through the online system. After a long battle someone took me off the road by mistake and I just wanted to thank him for the lovely race and didn't mind the accident as he obviously felt bad and waited for me to rejoin the race :) You can file a complaint about unsportsmanlike behavior etc, hopefully they will enforce and manage the races, hoping for the best there. Time will tell. It's been a lot of fun seeing this simulator slowly and regularly improves over the last two or so years. I stopped playing AC the day I tried rF2, couldn't go back to AC's physics and ffb. (But damn AC looks so much better, and there are still loads of different kinks that we all wish studio397 already fixed in rF2.)

Also, they actually finally implemented lock to horizon for VR which I think should get more applause than the online racing LOL

Great video as always...been on the new online servers for a few days now....wow just used to use it for single players stuff but now it's at the top of the sims....well done team.

Yeah, I like the idea of the colors for license. Safety rating as a # would be just fine so whatever but having license levels that are not a number to chase is I think a nice idea. Won’t matter anyways unless the uptake is enough you actually get multiple splits per race. On LFM at the moment everything is generally in a single split for rf2 so ranking level matters nothing except for safety rating.

might have to give this a go on the weekend. thanks GM for the heads up. Haven't played RF2 for years now.

Thank you for this video. I remember watching the trailer the other day but didn't know I could play it right now, might've missed that in the trailer. Downloaded it after watching this. I gotta say, having only booted up the game once before, it was a pain in the ass to set up for some reason, not the beta but setting up the wheel (update your fanatic drivers if you feel the grainy ffb, and make sure you have auto clutch on). However, after proper setup, the multiplayer is very fun. Full lobbies, good clean racing (for the most part) and fun to drive. Still gotta get used to the driving physics as I basically only play iracing, but really looking forward to see how this goes. Hopefully gets more populated as it comes out of beta cause I'm enjoying it so far. Can't wait to get to the gt3s. I saw Daytona was on the schedule and would love to try gt3s Daytona so I can better compare to iracing.

I'm assuming they'll also add this ranked multiplayer feature to the upcoming Le Mans Ultimate.

Thankyou for bringing this to my attention, GM. I've always wanted to join iRacing for the online racing, but always baulked at its current subscription model. But I also mainly ignored rFactor 2 due to it's (original) outdated UI layout. making it frustrating to set up a simple race. But this sounds right up my ally (ouch ; ). So I'll definitely have to check it out when I get a chance. Happy tea-drinking GM. [;]-)

finally, the dopamine shot at the end of the race, a critical part of multiplayer games

Loving the positivity that RF2 is getting over this. Great video as always.

Okay okay okay, you have convinced me to go re install the game and try this new ranked system out. Great video as always.

Very cool! After my existential crisis passes, I might check it out

Totally agree, i love it so much, apart from the connecting bugs to the server

I ran that same Radical event yesterday and the car was right-hand drive... 😁 which was probabaly why I came almost last (yeah like being on the left would've helped) I did finish it though and when I became a back marker I politely moved out of the way 😉

Absolutely hilarious commentary of the update!

Thumb up and also I am drinking coffee, and also, the REAL true improvment is the Lock to horizon option ;)

Im drinking Tea and I'm subscribed!

finally a reason to install rf2 again

Never tried RF2 because I'm deep in AC, but I'm really tempted to give this a bash.

Yes! Great simulation PLUS engaging and fresh gameplay = good sim racing!

great video, but how on earth did you know i was subscribed AND drinking Tea?

I'm gonna buy rf2 now

This is like CS2 Matchmaking married rf2 and produced this system. Loving it , so easy to just race online cleanly without faffing around too much!!🎉

In my view, RF2 has never been dead, but this is just a brilliant move and I can't resist leaving a few words to Studio 397 and Motorsport Games: - Yes! - Magnificent! - Just right on the spot! - At last! - What the heck took you so long...? (just kidding...) RF2 is now complete (well... almost, I'm dying to be able to click on the "Career Thingy"...*) * EDIT: well, actually, thinking of the thousands of hours I already spent in it, it's almost a frightening idea...

RF2 has left me with PTSD, getting flashbacks just from watching this video.

wow , I might finally try rfactor2!

You've influenced me. I feel influenced.

Looks good. Can you get a proximity radar to this easily?

Anyone got tips for the FFB? Mine on Moza R5 feels very weak in the centre, when I broke a wheel on the BMW and was bouncing up and down on the broken tyre the FFB felt REALLY good, but in normal driving I can't feel the tyres at all, all I can ever feel are these grainy vibrations.

Do you still need to own all the cars in the series you are racing? Remember, it was that way for LFM. Havent raced RF2 in a while since none of the LFM servers are populated during peak US times. Looking forward to checking this out though. Love the sim

"...nobody was playing the ranked system, apart from Michi Hoyer." Brilliant line.

Also rFactor 2 has BTTC which is better than a Sports Direct mug of tea!

AAAhhh yeeeah, I need to try this!

Might install rfactor again and give this a shot.

i can't believe im downloading rfactor 2 again

It really is very great, LFM is actually even better but never got enough numbers.

Always get through practice then just before race starts get connection lost?? What's going on?

I hope they add an open wheel series

I tried it and finished well in my first race and since then I get kicked out once practice and time trials are over. I get a "registrar" notice each time. I hope it is just a glitch.

gunna try it out

Ok I’ll give it another shot. Actually getting my gear to work usually is the biggest hurdle. Simagic wheelbase

About time, great and constant development....

I'd like to try it out. But I dont think it will have the appeal in the US like it does over in Europe

I could never get my wheel to work right with this game. It felt like it had a second of lag in the input, and changing settings did nothing. Haven't seen anyone else talk about it, and my wheel works great with other games.

I'd really like to like this, but so far . . . . Last week it was typically refusing to connect to the server -- ok, beta, I get it. But when I do get connected, both the wheel ("grainy vibrations," as someone said below) and the handling (kind of disconnected swimming?) are not enjoyable. I updated the drivers and firmware on my CSL-DD; if anything, it feels worse.

Did they ever fix the grainy ffb on fanatec gt dd pro?

Good shout

Still yellow cars during practice. That make the game experience smell.

Yay! Better multi player. 🙏👍

AMS2 please do something like this !!

Where are the servers located? iRacing is the only sim that has felt good from Australia so hoping it's at least close to that.

Awesome

Keep gettin an error occured when trying to join one of the races? anyone have a fix for this?

So I hadn't given RFactor 2 a chance at all because it's difficult to set up and no good online. I spent 4 hours on last night because of the online play

It will be interesting to see how they try to monetize it once beta is good

now rf needs to make rally content

I must be super sexy as I took a sip of tea just as you said it !!!!

Which HUD is that? :)

They just need to revamp the aesthetics. I mean this game is old but it looks WAY older than it is

Funny how DriftFactor 2 is not "too slidey" for GM.

tried to give it ago took a while to get vr and csl dd working but once did I just got an infinite loading loop when trying to join online race, offline was fine.

How are they dealing with all the Wreckers?

I’m drinking gold. Yorkshire gold.😎. Does this mean I can stop giving blood to iRacing? 🙏

RANKED RACING 🎉

I'm sexy because I am a proud twingo 1 2004 owner.

(pounds table) Karting! Karting! Karting!

What is stopping ACC from doing the same???

Haha im drinking iced tea Im so sexy thanks gamermuscle! 🤣

rF2 is good

MSG doing something good for once? Wtf To be fair they did sell the nascar license as well however they most likely just did that out of necessity to survive.

Does beer count towards sexyness?

But is it still a mess to setup, configure and install dlc‘s? It just holds me away from this title since the beginning…

Update is very good a game changer. Is there any way to join with friends? we joined an event we ended up in 2 different sessions.

Is racing with others on high ping unplayable?

Motorsport games 's stock is still going really bad. Hopefully some company save the RF franchise...

I'm too sexy for my tea

god bless michi hoyer

I would love to give RF2 more game time but I can never get the bloody thing to actually run... I run all the other sims without any issues but RF just refuses to work... ah well...

Buuut, my boiled egg friend, it’s literally impossible to get on a server. I’ve been trying for like, 3 days. I mean it’s good that they had 260 people on it last night but no so good when you try to enter and it just says starting server forever. Only Beta though obviously

Just looked at the DLC and I'll pass. Not trying to sign my bank account away to have the car of the week every week. Gimme a bundle with absolutely everything and let me decide.

Finally rfactor 2 is enjoyable. The only issue I have is that on lfm rfactor 2 use to work and now i just get a random error and on rfactor 2 ranked servers everything was working great yesterday and today I am getting errors. Fix these bugs please.

I am the secseeist here