Assetto Corsa EVO jan 2025

Had a couple of hours on it this afternoon. Honestly, I think it's awesome. Clearly a long way to go and many bugs to fix, but the cars on the whole feel very good and visually it is stunning. Looking forward to future releases.
 
Had a couple of hours on it this afternoon. Honestly, I think it's awesome. Clearly a long way to go and many bugs to fix, but the cars on the whole feel very good and visually it is stunning. Looking forward to future releases.
Same feelings i have about the game, and to think it should only improve in all aspects, winner winner all day long.
 
Did a little testing at Imola to try and dial in my FFB. Think my wheel must be showing it's age as regardless of what I adjusted I wasn't feeling major differences and was definitely relying on tyre scrub sounds to know what was going on more than I normally would. Recorded a little clip at max settings 4xMSAA although only used Windows game bar to record so captured at 1080P. Got down to mid 1:45's by the end of the session which felt reasonable. Suspect when I go back into VR I'll feel more.

 
Did a little testing at Imola to try and dial in my FFB. Think my wheel must be showing it's age as regardless of what I adjusted I wasn't feeling major differences and was definitely relying on tyre scrub sounds to know what was going on more than I normally would. Recorded a little clip at max settings 4xMSAA although only used Windows game bar to record so captured at 1080P. Got down to mid 1:45's by the end of the session which felt reasonable. Suspect when I go back into VR I'll feel more.

I need to play with the FFB settings. I was not getting the detail I expected through the wheel. I tried it back to back with ACC and I felt way more connected to the car. I drove the M2 CS Racing so I don’t think it was down to the car setup.
 
It just means 'From the beginning ' essentially.

Strange to put in a racing forum. Only ever used it in my previous insurance life, never anywhere else tho as no one would understand !
 
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Just out of curiosity as I read the roadmap for the Early Access. Apart from the initial niggles with online only excluding cars. They have stated VR Step 1, Step 2 coming later etc amount of cars and tracks fixed within a day but people are refunding? Apart from the initial day one online issue with car access what were people expecting to justify a refund or did they just not look into it at all and assume the whole game was there as the developers were pretty open about it as far as I can tell?

And again regarding graphics. From the videos I have watched - it is much better than default AC and it is their own engine so will definitely need optimisation etc but due to the own engine architecture this will always be reliant on feedback etc rather than taking an existing engine (UE) and applying the most common optimisations.

I unfortunately won't be able to play this due to money issues which led me to sell my wheel and rig. But for under £20 easily available people still don't seem to understand 'early access' and the clear roadmap set out by the developers.
 
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Two important differences. 1) Even multiplayer in AC1 does not depend on Kunos's masterserver. 2) Single player and all content - Career, missions, cars, tracks - is offline. Taken together, there is no way AC1 can expire like The Crew. Unlike AC Evo.

What's hard about uploading updates to Steam? They've launched a miniupdate yesterday. Kunos/you can update at any time, there is the workshop option too.

The offline part is a stump. By Kunos's initial design, offline we had access to only 6/20 current cars. No access to driving academy of special events.

Refunded. Will buy again and change my steam review once AC Evo's "always online" status clears/gets changed.
ALways online is the scourge of modern gaming and well worth fighting imo. It's not about DRM! Its about us losing games that we've paid for.

 
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Got my FFB dialed in quite well now. The shimmering graphics in Brands Hatch seemed to have stopped after I played some of the other circuits. Overall it’s looking like the start of something awesome.
 
Gave VR a quick test, it's not viable at this stage. Regardless of graphics preset couldn't get GPU frame times below 18ms. CPU frame times were fine at up to 7ms - testing Porsche Cup @ Imola as before. It also uses a fair chunk of VRAM - RIP those with 12GB cards! Posted some more detailed feedback over in the official forums.
 
Suspension model on the race cars is a big improvement on ACC.

My view so far is the race cars are much more polished than the road cars, which would make sense given Kunos have spent that past 4 or so years focussing exclusively on them for ACC.
 
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Suspension model on the race cars is a big improvement on ACC.

My view so far is the race cars are much more polished than the road cars, which would make sense given Kunos have spent that past 4 or so years focussing exclusively on them for ACC.
The Merc AMG GT2 was pretty good as was the Porsche GT3 cup. I drove them both earlier and really felt an improvement in the dynamics.
 
Oh my; that's an instant no from me.

A good bit of activism would be to buy, leave a negative review that explicitly states "always online" as the reason and your willingness to remove the review once it's addressed - then refund. If you feel strong enough about this of course :) I was actually a wee bit upset as I was looking forward to AC Evo ever since the original came out and just couldn't believe Kunos punching below the belt like that.
 
I was actually a wee bit upset as I was looking forward to AC Evo ever since the original came out and just couldn't believe Kunos punching below the belt like that.
I'm the same, but it's my own fault tbh.
I should have expected a modern game to be looking to shaft the user. There are very few devs that can be trusted these days.
 
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