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Assetto Corsa
This is not just a game. This is real sim racing. In collaboration with the most prestigious car manufacturers, Assetto Corsa ups the simulation stakes with a focus on pure driving realism, with pin-point accuracy across every aspect of the game.
Includes over 90 dream cars from Ferrari, Lotus, Mclaren, Pagani, Alfa Romeo, Toyota, Maserati, BMW, Audi, Lamborghini, Ford, Mercedes Benz, and Shelby, all rendered to an obsessive level of detail, each with bespoke handling and performance modelling taken from manufacturer’s real-life data and telemetry.
Using laser scanning technology to deliver complete accuracy, Assetto Corsa boasts 24 configurations from 15 legendary circuits, including Silverstone, Nordschleife, Imola, Monza, Barcelona, Spa Francorchamps and Brands Hatch.
Includes an advanced physics engine with features never seen on any other racing simulator, such as tyre flat spots, heat cycles, graining and blistering
fosiho 1
Unless you're looking for e-sports quality competitive online multiplayer leagues, this is the BEST sim out there for force feedback wheels; it detects different wheels, pedals, shifters, handbrakes (on different USB devices!) seamlessly; with the must have community-made Content Manager, changing settings for switching out wheels (F1 vs Drift) or accessories (H Shifter Vs Paddles) is easier than in any other game.
Steam User 242
Base game itself doesn't offer too much.
1. Install Content Manager
- Custom Launcher/Management/Graphics app (Install in Root folder)
2. Get some custom Tracks/Cars (Drag Zip/Rar into Content Manager, Install)
Site
Content Type
Drift
Mixed
Mixed
Mixed
Mixed
3. Select Track/Car & Drive
Content manager is nice because it skips the loading screens/credits getting you in game quicker.
Steam User 271
No one will ever read this but I recommend this game
Steam User 127
The base game of assetto corsa isn't the reason many players love this game. For sure, it has a lot of good content and you could be content with just playing the game stock, but the real experience comes in mods. Do you want a picture-perfect recreation of the tokyo highway system? A full set of 70s touring cars? A realistic rally mode? You can get all of those on the internet. This game has essentialy unlimited content, and that is what makes it great.
Steam User 130
Assetto Corsa. In short, buy this game if you have a wheel, and if it's on sale, but only buy the ultimate edition. The base game itself is very lacking in content. So I recommend you get Content Manager too. It makes downloading mods much easier. You probably also want a lot of mods, since the number of cars are limited in the base game. Here's some sites I recommend:
Race Department
AC Drifting Pro
AC Mods
Assetto Corsa Club
Assetto Corsa Mods
Sim Traxx
These are just what I recommend. There's lots of more websites.
Steam User 81
(There will be a TLDR at the bottom, but I'd recommend reading through if you're seriously considering this game.)
First off, the number of hours here is exclusively actual driving, as I use a different launcher which doesn't track the huge number of hours modding or setting up.
In short, Assetto Corsa is in my opinion the best overall racing simulator on PC right now. It's worth waiting for a sale and getting the version with all of the DLC. However, it is nowhere near its full potential right out of the box.
Assetto Corsa as it is from Kunos (the developers) is a good simulator with a decent selection of cars and arguably limited number of tracks. It doesn't have night and it doesn't have weather, and the graphics are pretty good but nothing amazing. Its greatest strengths are the force feedback for steering wheels and the very realistic physics of the cars, especially the tyres.
However, boy oh boy can it get so much better. Like we're talking a 7/10 to a 9 or 9.5/10 kind of a difference.
See, to truly get the most out of Assetto Corsa you will need to mod it a bit. I promise even if you're not that technical or good with computers, it is one of the easiest games to mod I have ever encountered.
Here's what you'll need to do:
1. Most Important: Google 'Assetto Corsa Content Manager' and download it. This is a replacement launcher that adds an amazing amount of new content to the game, all for free.
2. Within Content Manager, install the Custom Shaders Patch under settings. This adds a whole stack of stuff to the game, including dynamic lighting, 24 hr days (so it literally adds night driving to a game that was never intended to have it) and more physics features, all configurable
3. Google 'Race Department' and search for 'Sol' within the website. RaceDepartment has an enormous number of mods for Assetto Corsa that add literally thousands of new tracks and cars to the game. But Sol is a mod that adds weather to the game as well as a bunch of visual improvements.
4. Go to RaceDepartment and download whatever cars and tracks you want, there are thousands.
If you ever need help, look at the r/asssettocorsa subreddit, or go on the RaceDepartment forums. It's pretty amazing that just with mods, the community has greatly improved graphics, added night driving and added a detailed weather system, as well as a stack of cars and tracks.
The VR support is also 10/10, so immersive. You will definitely need a wheel to play this game, controller support is terrible to the point where I can't recommend it for keyboard or controller. I use a Logitech G920 wheel.
TLDR: Wait for a sale, then buy the version with all the DLC. You need a wheel, controller support is rubbish. VR support is great. The game is massively improved with mods, specifically Content Manager (with Custom Shaders Patch) and Sol. They add night, weather, better physics and better graphics. Great game, my favourite racing simulator.
Steam User 236
buy japanese car pack
instal togue map
haha tires go skree
Steam User 104
Realistic racing with endless possibilities and great community...
This is Assetto Corsa and it's one of the greatest racing sims out there. First I'm going to show you it's quirks and features and then I'm going to give it a Dapper Dan-score.
Why did I buy it?
Racing games were always a guilty pleasure of mine. As a kid, I've loved Mario Kart 64 and Pole Position 64 in the N64-days. Then NFS came to the PC and we've played that on my friends machine, later M3-Challenge with my dad on our own PCs. As a adolescent I got into Go-Karting and racing never really left me, so I do still race as an adult (4x4s that is).
When I got back into PC gaming I've seen a buddy play Assetto Corsa in my STEAM friends list. This had me intrigued and I took a look at it. Since it was in sale at the time and it's got the Nordschleife, I thought, it couldn't be much of a loss, right?
Fast forward a few weeks...
I have to admit that the base game, while being entertaining, does live from it's official addons and 3rd party mods. I've had my fun with mod cars (like FIA racing trucks), mod tracks and later of course witch the official bought DLCs like the Nordschleife Touristenfahrten (public driving on the Nordschleife as it functions as a toll road when not in racing use), Ferraris, Porsches and Japanese pack.
While it's a lot of fun, it's also got a steep learning curve. A very steep that is. You'll buy it, you'll download it, you'll start it. You'll pick a supercar and your favourite track. And you'll destroy said car in Tourn1 because you can't get your four wheeled dream to turn that corner. Then you'll start researching... and you'll get better, since you'll begin to understand basic driving physics first, advanced driving techniques later. And you'll corner that car from then on. Not always, but most of the time. And you'll start overtaking other drivers online...
Positive
- Great original content (including DLCs), laser scanned tracks, licensed cars
- Good driving physics (people who race other sims like RRE, PC2 etc. say it's the best of all, I don't know that)
- Good 3rd party content (paid or free mods like cars, tracks, liverys, addons)
- Great online community (public servers or closed races), since most people play fair and drive safe
- Endless possibilities in customizing your setups (tire pressure, dampers, etc, etc, etc)
- Customizable experience from beginner to sim racing pro (from track tipps to tire management)
Negative
- Steep learning curve (but if you master it, the reward is huge
- A good wheel is almost a must, playing with a controller is frowned upon
- Your wife might not be happy for you to sit in front of your PC for hours just to be a quarter second faster on the Nordschleife
So, on the weekend category...
- The racing experience is great. Please keep in mind that it's not an arcade racer like NFS but a racing simulator that needs some time to get used to, so it gets a 9/10
- There are endless possibilities for cars and tracks you can race. Racing old Maseratis on the 1966 Monza banked turns? Going on the Nordschleife with an F1-Car? Truck Racing on the transfarragan? You've got it. So this gets a 10/10
- The online community is filled with mostly good people (US / EU servers, don't know for other regions) who won't flame you for pushing them off the track by accident, apologize and be sincere and you'll be golden, so this gets a 10/10.
All in all I'd rank Assetto Corsa a solid 9/10 and recommend it to everybody who'd like to race a good simulator and isn't into arcade style racing.
Add-ons to get
I'd recommend the following addons for AC:
Paid:
- All of the DLCs
Free:
- Heli Corsa (a little ingame radar that shows cars near you, so you'll be able to decide wether to let another car pass or if you have the right to keep your lane)
- Side kick (ingame app that shows your speed, pedal position, lap time, shift spots, etc.)
- Content manager (a tool that allows to start AC directly with the selcted options (car, track, etc.), installs custom shaders etc.)
Have fun and race safe!