iRacing vs Assetto Corsa vs Project Cars. For learning

[Benny144]

So I'm interested in a comparison between iRacing, Assetto Corsa and Project Cars.

I've just purchased a G29 (reduced price) and Playseat challenge.

I'm on my universities karting team and one thing thats keeps coming up is that a couple of the fast guys practice on simulators when not at the track.

So I'm specifically interested in how these games improve driving and therefore their physics engine, rather than paint/how good the crowd looks etc.

If anyone has used more than one of these titles and also does any track driving/racing I'd be interested in your opinion. The guy on our team who practices a lot on sims recommended iracing, live for speed or assetto corsa but had never had a go on project cars. I'd like some more opinions so here's the thread!

Thanks in advance

 

[Benny144]

Sounds AC or iracing may be for me then. The subscription of iracing just looks killer in terms of price so I think I'll start with AC.

I've got F6 on the Xbox one for when I want career etc. (New wheel isn't compatible though)

 

[Benny144]

Ended up getting myself AC from steam, pretty impressive. I tried with TC and ABS turned off and it made it unnecessarily hard so changed to the same as "pro" and set them both to factory. Not sure if thats good or bad, my mate is soon to get the game too so be interested to what he runs.

Also got PCars from G2A because i wouldnt pay full price for just a game to occasionally relax to whilst still driving (i'm coming from Forza).

Looked at rally games but dirt rally is still pretty pricey and i dont have a handbrake setup at all.

 

[Benny144]

It all depends on what you want. If you want hotlapping and don't mind dumb AI and pickup lobbies of questionable quality, then AC. If you want top quality online competiton and don't mind paying for content (initially) then iRacing. Ignore PCars, it's cack.

*edit*
Ah, seems I was a bit too late

Yeh I got AC, trying to get as much on it as I can but can be a bit of a chore (the car sounds being poor take away a lot of excitement)

What's the problem with PCars?

 

[Benny144]

As the TC settings in Assetto, set it to factory ...
If you want to drive with a friendly group ... click the sig below
It shouldn't take you long if you're on a karting team...

TC is a hard one for me as obviously karts dont have any, but at the same time some cars are just silly to drive without it. I'm trying ABS on factory (probably a bad idea) and TCS off at the moment.

I'm looking at your sig link right now!

I'm actually slowest on my team which is why I really want to practice, one of our race winners last week was a rookie until this year, he spent a lot of tiem improving on simulators (he used iracing) so i thought i'd try it out.

I've tried them all and found iRacing is the closest simulation...

I just can't justify the racing price, its crazy money with the subscription then buying tracks and cars! I couldn't afford to race in real life if i bought that.

The Karts in Project Cars themselves are actually very, very good ... Assetto Corsa is particularly sterile in that area, it never gives me any sense of 'speed' which makes quite a big difference to the 'realism' factor.

I had a little go on the karts on pcars last night and found it much more immersive, i get a real sense of speed which im struggling with AC. Someone suggested my lack of immersion/judging speed may be my FOV setting, I think with my setup i may be too far from the screen
Here's my setup, I think because I'm sat so low/ stretched out, the screen is then too far away?

Spoiler

... there's a trial available for each I believe, so you can give them a go for yourself before deciding...

Thansk for the reply, I'll take a look into rfactor when i'm feeling bored of AC/PCars. I was surprised how few (none i could find) of the driving games i was looking at had trials/demos.