Assetto Corsa thread

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Originally Posted by Skybird

@Helmut,

the Nordschleife is the second DLC and will come in autumn. And yes - they will laserscan it. AFAIK they are the first to laserscan it for a sim.

Yeah I know, it will be awesome when it's released. I somewhat curious if they will add the endurance version of the Nürburgring too? That would be nice to have the whole set of Nürburgring tracks to use.

[Skybird]

For thew time being, I once again recommend Reiza Studios Game stock Car 2013 and the rFactor conversion of the Nordschleife mod. It really is very very good version of the Nord both in looks and driving environment. For 19 Euros it was all mine.

Nürburgring in AC feels great to race, visually I was a bit disappointed for a reason I do not know (I never was there), it is well done but a bit lifeless for my taste, but the track surface is such that it is far more detailed, uneasy and uneven than in any version of the track I knew before, which makes for a real vivid, intense driving. Laserscanning here really shows the difference to traditional track building. I love it!

The Lotus is a beast, as close as it gets to F1 in AC. What acceleration, and more: what breaking power! Brutal.

Nice pack, all together.

[Skybird]

0.7.1 out, 13 MB.

Judging by the very short reaction time, which counts in hours only, they certainly are in full alarm mode every time they release a major update.

What remains to be done for the remaining updates until release of full version 1.0? Full damage implementation. Multiplayer. Polishing of full functionality of the menu options. Trento-Bondone. I think a variation of Silverstone. Modern Spa. A couple of cars. General finetuning, and AI tweaking, which will probably go on even beyond 1.0.

I think we definitely are closer to the finishing than the starting line. Good - the earlier they are done, the earlier they can start with the Schleife.

[Skybird]

Their official forum reports 20,000 members now. Since you can only read and sign in to that forum when you confirm your steam account during registering, this means, that AT LEAST 20,000 people have bought into the Early Access project alone. Not counted those - possibly even more? - customers who bought it and just do not care to visit forums. That is not rare. I for myself for example have never cared for the forums of some of my most popular games. Most racers do not care for online racing, Kunos own research showed that at maximum one in five races online only.

Conclusion of it all? I guess their sales numbers do way much better than I would have hoped in even my best dreams. Congratulations, Kunos! Well deserved.

iRacing, you better get a thick warm coat soon. In 2011, I found numbers claiming they had 11-14 thousand customers then, and I believe I read some month ago that in 2013 it were about 20 thousand. I would not be surprised to learn that AC in its unfinished state already has overtaken iR in customer numbers.

[Skybird]

A video comparing the new track with reality.

[Skybird]

The AI definitely has been improved further (though there are one or two critical spots on the new track where it fails), but in general it has done a big jump forward in awareness of the player'S position, and avoiding to needlessly slam into him. I have had several sharp dogfights now with laps-long give-and-take, and two long duels with three cars wide , and turning - and no collision even in chicanes, but seeing the AI in the mirror or the side window to just pull back in the last second before contact. Have not tried the superfast cars, however. Will see how it is with the F599 and F40 tomorrow. In some turns, however, the aI still breaks too lame, and is too hesitent. That will be ironed out, too, I'm sure.

The new Lotus 125 stage 1 is like riding a firefly, and gives real F1 flavour to the sim. Great joy to use it, fast, agile, and while aggressive in acceleration and breaking, still fair in handling, with nice physical feedback to the driver. It also looks nice. There now is the need for around 20 F1 skins.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I gave the Lotus Exos 125 S1 and the McLaren MP4-12C a test run, and they both are amazing. The 125 will take a little bit of getting used to as it is a wee bit fidgety, as for the MP4-12C it's just beyond belief, it is very stable, great grip, and best of all the ABS and traction control aren't annoying at all. What came as a bit of a surprise is that when I looked at the hotlap times they where exactly the same in spite of the fact that I drove the cars on two different tracks ( the 125 on the new Nürburgring GP and the McLaren at Mugello) and I managed to get times of 2:07.7 for both cars!!! Anyways enough chit chat, its screenshot time!

The McLaren MP4-12C at the Mugello circuit.

Honest question: Why does McLaren name their cars after fax machines?

And here I thought the Zonda was a ground hugger!

Did nearly the entire track in either 3rd or 4th gear with the exception of the straight.

I might of made the tires squeal a bit but I never crashed it.



The Lotus Exos 125 Stage 1 at the Nürburgring Grand Prix.

Like I said it is a little fidgety but overall it is a great F1 racer.

Storming down the straight.

The Lotus is a fun F1 car, careful though if you mess up it will bite your head off.

Naturally, AC wouldn't be AC without in-game developer advertising.

If I had to pick a screen that I took of the Lotus to use as a wallpaper, it would be this one. Maybe without the text ofc.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

What came as a bit of a surprise is that when I looked at the hotlap times they where exactly the same in spite of the fact that I drove the cars on two different tracks ( the 125 on the new Nürburgring GP and the McLaren at Mugello) and I managed to get times of 2:07.7 for both cars!!!

With default setups and in second laps each:

Lotus 125s1 at Nürburgring 1:49.125



MP4 GT3 at Mugello 1:51.907




But space for improvements, when tires are hotter.

And now we are waiting for the appearance of Lionclaw to push me into my next depression.

[Lionclaw]

Originally Posted by Skybird

And now we are waiting for the appearance of Lionclaw to push me into my next depression.

Sorry about that, I didn't intend to cause problems for anyone.

All I can say about the 125 S1 is that the final gear ratio on the default setting is too wide. Set it to the lowest setting, and the rpm should be close to the limiter on the long straights on Nürburgring.
And add more fuel, it's a real thirsty beast, the fuel lasts for 3-4 laps or so on default.

It's a very slippery car at first, but with warmed up tires it's pretty fun to drive.

[Skybird]

Don'T remind me of the AI fuelling the Lotus on the Nürburgring. Just did a race with 125s1 exclusively. In last round 5, all of them came to a standstill in the last left-right chicane before pitlane. Looked like a cemetery for wrecked cars.

The new track in general is not yet optimized for AI traffic. Slow car classes work best, but in turn one they will usually get very strange ideas about what to do in that turn. Usually they sit still for a while and think about it.

[Skybird]

For the time being, the Lotus 125 AI is such that the car currently is useless in races, like the F599 and F40 it causes too many crashes and collisions.

With high speed cars, the AI still has problems. With slower ones it works such that I would say I have seen far worse AIs in other sims over the years.

The quest for artificial intelligent life goes on.

[Skybird]

Lotus T-125. This thing is fast. Really fast.








Modders already skin away, as one can see. Soon we will do Formula-1 races at Monza, Silverstone, Imola, Nürburgring and Spa! The AI however still needs to improve for this beast and currently is inapt to handle this sensible, super-speed, hyper-acceleration car.

[Skybird]

Some love for American race drivers:

a licensing deal for Corvette has been announced.

http://www.virtualr.net/assetto-cors...ense-announced

They say the fact that surprisingly many early access buyers came from North America, has helped in this decision.

These twins are coming:

[Skybird]

Steam Special Sale this weekend: -33%. AC can be had for 23.30 Euros.


Also, new update v0.7.2 is out:

- Default Exos setup now has maximum fuel for longer AI races.
- Some minor improvements in Lotus Exos AI
- Improvements on Nurburgring GP AI line for all cars
- Lotus Exos 125 hand gearshift animations
- Traction Control steps for Lotus Exos 125
- Improved downshift revs matching
- Fixed setup differential step on Lotus Exos 125
- Slight modifications on the range of the Lotus Exos 125' rebound dampers
- Default launcher theme: Fixed an issue with personal best times not being saved under certain conditions
- Default launcher theme: Control post-configuration check for required assists (e.g. activate autoclutch when no clutch assigned, etc)
- Added rotation limit option for in-game steering wheel.

[NeonSamurai]

They may be assuming though, that many people in North America actually like Corvettes. For me none of their cars even break into my top 100 cars I would want to drive.