Assetto Corsa thread

[Skybird]

I will keep the tracklist updated and occasionally move it further down the bottom of the thread. I also started to provide videolinks and track links in a combined fashion.

Track and video links are constantly added.

Cars included at the bottom, too.

SKYBIRD'S RECOMMENDED TRACKS (and videos)

I have by best knowledge listed only tracks of which I believe to know they are no illegal rips/unauthorized conversions. If you have info on one listed track being such a piece of stolen content, please let me know.

The choice of tracks reflects last but not least personal taste, of course. It thus is no list that completely lists all legally made mod tracks for AC, only those that I know of and that I like for some reason. There are more, I know, but I do not use them. Drifting tracks get no love from me , I am no drifter and do not care much for them.


Adelaide 0.81 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...500-2011.4922/

Albi 1967 1.1 (authorized conbversion)http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/albi-1967.5031/

Algarve International Circuit 0.9 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...5%A1eluk.3383/
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Assen Motorsports layout 2012 0.52 (WIP)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...torsport.4536/

Assen Autosports layout 2012 0.52 (WIP)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...t-layout.4757/
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Aosta Grande Sport 2.0 (authorized netKart conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...nd-sport.2521/
video

Barbagallo 1.2
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-raceway.4407/
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Blackwood (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/blackwood.2639/

Brands Hatch GP (Albert MacSalten, the version that usually is seen as the best representation of Brands Hatch in any racing game so far)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ds-hatch.2726/
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Brands Hatch Indy
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...tch-indy.2733/

Brno 1.0 (for unknown reason almost unknown and hopelessly underestimated, I cannot underdtand why. It is a rocksolid piece of work, and has a fanatastic flow)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/brno.2584/
video Virtuality:
video Brno Reality (motorbike):

Doningtonpark GP 1.09 (outstanding quality, one of the best tracks out there)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-circuit.3031/

Doningtonpark National 1.09 (like above)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-circuit.4531/

Eastern Creek Raceway 2014 2.2 (4 layouts)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...way-2014.4786/
video Virtuality (Brabham variation):
video Reality:

Fuji International Speedway (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...speedway.2554/

Gentrack1 (another of those must-have tracks)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/gentrack1.2541/
video

GP 200 A slated raft only, but still: original in layout, and loved by many. You have to replace the default camera.ini file with the one in the additional link, the default cameras will make it crashing)
track: http://www.mediafire.com/download/we...ga7l/gp200.rar
cameras: http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/in...d.12217/page-8
video:

Golf Course 0.6 (a sunny ride with good flow in a well-done park landscape, solid work: not more, not less)
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/in...rse-0-6.13166/

Grobnik Automotodrom 1.5 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-grobnik.4835/

Hockenheimring 1988 (GP+DTM) 1.1 (authorized conversion)http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ing-1988.5143/

Hungaroring 0.95 (authorized conversion, no trackside cameras in replay)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...garoring.2577/

Interlagos 0.5 (authorized converison, poor textures, but object-rich and good driving)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...terlagos.2445/

Lake Louise Beta 0.6 (22.8 km of rolling must-have terror)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ain-epic.3238/

La Mussara (Rally Catalunya) 0.4 beta (authorized conversion, rally stage, point-to-point racing)
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/p/assetto-corsa_3.html

Le Mans 1.0 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...terlagos.2445/

Lippo Village Circuit 1.1
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ndonesia.3536/
video Virtuality:
video Reality (low quality):

Longford 1967 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ord-1967.2741/

Lucca Ring 0.5 Beta (a must-have, one of the best tracks created for AC so far. Still WIP, but already now very good - but no trackside cameras atm)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ti...g-beta-0.5.rar
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Magny Cours 0.1 (authorized conversion, this one I add only because the layout is very well done and it drives great - but it allows hotlapping only )
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ny-cours.2808/
(apparently discontinued, which is a pity)

Melbourne
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-circuit.2498/

Miseluk 0.9 (temporary street course, with segments of city highway)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...5%A1eluk.3383/

Monte Carlo Stage 3 TTM 1.0 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ge-3-ttm.5155/
(set track condition to a lower value, and temperature also to lowest value of 10°C !)

Montreal Alpha 0.33b (WIP, but already playxable and full vegetation along the tracks, drives very well)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ha-0-33b.4439/

Newbury 2006 1.05 (authorized netKart conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/newbury.2576/

Nordschleife 1.1 by Snoopy (no more comment needed )
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...schleife.2270/

Pace Park 1.1
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/pace-park.5045/

Peyregrosse-Mandagout 12,8km 0.6 beta (authorized conversion, rally stage, point-to-point racing)
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/2015/01/d...-track-ss.html

Poland Rally: Shakedown (gravel or snow) 0.4 beta (authorized conversion, rally stage, point-to-point racing)
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/p/assetto-corsa_3.html

Prato 1.10 (authorized netKart conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/prato.2525/

Race of Champions 0.2 (authorized conversion)http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/albi-1967.5031/

Sachsenring 1.0 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...hsenring.4762/

Salzburgring 1.01 (imo one of the very best out there. One of my absolute darling tracks, it is absolutely fantastic)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...burgring.2798/
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Surfer's Paradise 2004 1.3 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ise-2004.4915/

Sentul 1.2
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-version.3310/

Sorica (Slovenia Rally) 0.195 beta (authorized conversion, rally stage, point-to-point racing)
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/p/assetto-corsa_3.html

Suzuka 0.9 (by Albert MacSalten, not the illegal hacker Strobe)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/suzuka.2877/

Transfagarasan North 0.4t (authorised and improved conversion)
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/in...p-v0-4t.13058/
video Virtuality:
video Reality:

Tsukuba (authorized conversion, does well, good track, but no working trackside cameras)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/tsukuba.2629/

Yas Marina (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-circuit.2696/


Tracks made by Kunos that are announced for the forseeable future (2015):
Nordschleife, Classic Silverstone 60s, Classic Monza (steep turn oval), Zandvoort, Barcelona (Catalunya), Brands Hatch
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SKYBIRD'S RECOMMENDED CAR LIST

Ford RS500
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-group-a.4642/

Mazda 787b
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...zda-787b.4608/

Lamborghini Miura
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...a-p400sv.4316/

Seat Leon Racing Cup 2014 (36 skins included, very complete and polished cup-ready package!)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...cup-2014.4525/

Ginetta G55 GT4
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-g55-gt4.4214/

Corvette C6R
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...c6r-2013.2852/

McLaren M23
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...3-by-omv.4646/

[Skybird]

the latest teasing for the Dreampack/Nordschleife:

[Skybird]

Kunos' Marco Massarutto in an interview, on stuff coming, and further confirmations. Netx update will include flag, different weather, and further tuning of AI and code optimization. pitstops for AI races will come later, they first want to see the new AI being tested i8n the wild. Brands Hatch now fully officially confirmed.

https://translate.google.de/translat...sta&edit-text=

Somewhere else he has expressed reasonable hopes that Nord Dream Pack could be released sometime in February, but that is basing on hopes that no major delays will suddenly pop up.

Marco Massarutto: Even the most advanced simulation using known data and others obtained through an empirical approach: weight of the car, maximum horsepower and torque curves are objective data. The performance curve of a pneumatic or aerodynamic drag of a wing or a car body are subject to so many variables (temperature, humidity, air density, type of asphalt) that it can only approximate a value with a certain effectiveness.

The track tests allow us to assess the character and general behavior of the car compared to understeer, oversteer, weight transfer and stability under acceleration and braking. This information is useful when we work to finish the car to make sure that the reactions are as faithful as possible. The most interesting part of this work is the overlap of the telemetry of the car and the one obtained in the simulation and see how, for the same lap times (if these are effectively aligned), the curves of acceleration, braking, steering and transmission of intervention are similar.

The simulation can then effectively reproduce the behavior of the car, and return the player to the same information, but the more difficult the same feelings, because of acceleration G in which the pilot is subjected in reality, which are a valuable source of information as the view, and that the simulation does not return in the same way, even on the most advanced simulators.

Eurogamer: After all, any performance car, you drive before the sit ...

Marco Massarutto: Exactly: for example, some time ago I tested the track in a Lotus Evora S passing from real circuit simulation, to verify in real time the similarities and differences. Driving in the same way in both the simulator and on the track, or pushing the car to the limit while maintaining a minimum safety margin, the feeling "skin" was that the car was faster in real life than on the simulator. When we superimposed telemetry mounted on self checking speed, time and work on the graphics commands were aligned, with a gap on the virtual tour in favor of the latter to 4/10 of a second. In many years of experience we have found that the human feedback is definitely interesting and valuable, but if we have to choose between a chat with a pilot or a race engineer with data in hand, we tend to choose the second.




Assetto Corsa. Because it rules!

[Skybird]

And a new car porn teaser.

[Skybird]

Back in early 2014 they annou7nced a month of preordering time for the Nord dream DLC. That has now been confirmed to be cut short to just one week. Maybe it gets cancelled completely.

It has also been reiterated that the release will be soon. Hope is for February, else it must be March - for a release in 1st quarter 2015 has been confirmed now.

As usual, many mod tracks have seen updates in recent days and weeks. Worth your time for checking it out is the new addition to the track list, Grobnik Automotodrome, a fine and dirty province track almost unknown, but well done in depicting it. Good racing there!

Grobnik Automotodrom 1.4 (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...-grobnik.4835/

I also want to direct attention to some of the stages from RBR rally mods that since months get released in constantly updated versions, from the website project "Simtraxx". The quality of all what they offer, varies widely, but four tracks are now offered in a state where I enjoy to drive them, both by looks and physics quality:

Peyregrosse-Mandagout 12,8km 0.6 beta
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/2015/01/d...-track-ss.html

Rally Poland: Shakedown (gravel or snow) 0.4 beta
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/p/assetto-corsa_3.html

La Mussara (Rally Catalunya) 0.4 beta
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/p/assetto-corsa_3.html

Sorica (Slovenia Rally) 0.195 beta
http://actraxx.blogspot.ie/p/assetto-corsa_3.html

They all are rally stages, mind you, and point-to-point racing. No AI races possible therefore.There are more stages like this, but I do not like them all.

[Skybird]

Monte Carlo Stage 3 brings a point-to point race of 13 km - in SNOW. The author managed to do a reasonable well job on the snow, and the stage in the snow-covered mountain forest looks pretty cool. Up to four cars on track.

Monte Carlo Stage 3 TTM 1.0 - (authorized conversion)
http://www.racedepartment.com/downlo...ge-3-ttm.5155/

Set track condition to a lower value (below "green" at least), and temperature also to lowest value of 10°C !

[Mud]

Aston Martin DB1

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

I liked the second screenshot so much I attempted to make an old school advert for it. Enjoy!

[Skybird]

It seems a non-public 2+ GB update for AC has been uploaded on Steam, and rumours tell that the Betatesters have begun with the final testing of the DLC pack.

With a little luck we will get announcement and news on the DLC sales conditions by the end of next week, I dare to hope.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

The Dream Pack DLC is available for pre-order on the Steam store and will be out on the 11th, it's 33% off the regular price so it's $9.99 (€9.02) until the 11th.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

[Skybird]

Its been a long time.

Sim racing has taken over my gaming completely, since years, my two main titles used are Assetto Corsa, and Raceroom. Two very different business models, and two very different strategies to approach the future.

I have been with AC from all beginning on, since rlease of the tech demo, and then thorugh the Early Access program, and then the full living time of the title. And now, actually already some months ago, the active development on Ac has come to an end. Not to my surprise, since they said they would support it until 2018 from all begining on, already said so in 2014, I think even 2013 - but to the surprise and disappointment of quite some people.

To me it remains to be the one racing simulator which provides me with the greatest, most realistic driving experience and most sublime physics handling. It is not all perfect, it has its a bit weaker sides as well, but regarding physicsa and driving, exterior and interior car modelling, Kunos is at the top.

I use it all in VR now (Oculus), and sinc elast posting have chnaged my contorls as well, now using Fanatec Club Sports Pedals v3 and Fanatec CSL Elite PS4, and both devices make a very huge difference, I can full-heartly reocmmend them.

Anyway, Kunos has announced they secured the license for the Blancpain series for this and next year, and that serie sis what they focus on. The Early Access will be launched htis summer, and yes, there will be night racing, dynamic time of day, endurance racing, and dynamic weather inclduing rain. The released screenshots using the Unreal 4 engine look mouthwatering, in parts can hardly be differentiated from real photos. I think it all is in good hands. Even the AI .

Thought that now that modding - AC is the most activately modded racing title on the market currently, and since years) slowly seems to ebb down a bit, too, and no more official development is being done, I check which mod tracks, additional to the always great official DLCs, now have formed up to be the most used by me, considering them to be the best there are in looks, physics, realism. Lets see my track folder:

Aspertsham
Aviano
Barbagallo
Bilsterberg
Bridgehampton
Grobnik
Karelia
Lilski's Watkins Glen
Luccaring
Midohio
Mills Motorpark
Oschersleben
Pau
Riverside
Road America
Road Atlanta
Sebring
Transfagarasan Pass
Virginia

These track mods are all looking good and provide great driving environments and realistic physics. I left out some former chmapions of mine, which I did not use thta much any more over time, or prefer in their incarnations in Raceroom. One of the pro arguments for Raceroom is its official track poll, no other sims delivers so many so great and visually masterfully "painted" tracks, like Raceroom.

If you are late to the AC party, don't worry to nevertheless jopin this late in time, the communitxy is sitll very much alive, the online environment is tezcncially very fit and solid, modders still breath life into the sim, and I would sday it still has many years of life ahead of it, even with Assetto corsa Competizione being aorudn the door. Weaknesses of the sim, for exmaple the AI, has long since been healed out, Kunos left the title in a techncially very good condition, and left no major holes untreated.

BTW, the track Bilsterberg is no longer available for download anywhere, since the auhtor sold it long time ago to the real world Bilsterberg owners. If you meet somebody who can provide you a copy, keep that copy holy and precious, the track drives fanastical, and the AI handles it well, too. Its one of my most driven tracks ever, I just love it, even if the author broke off the work a little bit before all and everythign got finished. He left in anger, when Kunos closed its official modding forums in I think 2016.

And Aviano is a relatively new track mod, which I inbclude again for one reason only: it provides a fantastic flow experience on track. It is a conversion from its ancestor for Kunos' old net Kart. And in that old sim I considered it to be th ebest track available.

Finally, Aspertsham, which is a photorealstic recreastion of a real world roudncoruse around a Bavarian village. Not so much to be used for racing, it provides a visually stunning driving experience in a world that looks and feels almost real. Think of it as a hotlapper or demonstrator - but one that is so good that I included in in this list of actual racing tracks.

I excluded tracks that are popular but illegal/unethical (pirated stuff, unauthorised conversions).

Happy racing! Next stop Assetto Corsa Competizione - The official Blancpain Series Game.

[Pandur]

if anyone is up for it, a steam friend of mine and myself, we want to play some assetto.
i wanted to host a dedicated server for 2 persons on my own PC but right now it fails cause of port forwarding. i am about to call my provider about that today.
anyway, we speak both german, and i speak decent english, not sure bout my friend.
if you want to join us(once i hopefully get the forarding fixed) just sent me a friend request on steam. my nickname "Actionjackson". if you have problem to find me, write me here maybe.

[Skybird]

A great and often overlooked gem of a track, already present in AC via an older mod, but now redone: and boy, is it good! One of my favourites, I would describe Sachsenring as a mix of Bilsterberg and Brands Hatch. Best driven in not the fastest and non-open-wheeler cars. Streetcars, GT4, GT3: things of this range (and comparable) work best in this place. The short length adds to the chance for some "compressed" door-to-door and bumper-to-bumper racing.