Assetto Corsa EVO: Steam Page & System Specs Available

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Kunos Simulazioni have kept very quiet regarding Assetto Corsa EVO - but now, the most-anticipated racing simulation of 2024 has a Steam page including screenshots and the first bits of info.

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When it comes to eagerly anticipated racing sims set to launch in 2024, there is no way around Assetto Corsa EVO. Information on the successor to Assetto Corsa and Assetto Corsa Competizione has been sparse thus far, as Kunos Simulazioni had only revealed the name of the upcoming game alongside the release of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife for ACC.

Now, sim racers finally get some more nuggets of information, as well as a number of screenshots: The Assetto Corsa EVO page in the Steam store is live, and it is not just there for fans to wishlist the game. Instead, several screenshots as well as the system requirements for the PC version can be found there as well, allowing fans to draw the first conclusions about the sim.

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Circuits & Cars in AC EVO​

Many had been wondering about whether or not AC EVO would be purely focused on racing cars, or if it would be a return to the broad spectrum of content available in the original Assetto Corsa. The new Steam page answers this question somewhat, with most of the cars that are shown (in part, anyway) being road-going vehicles. The only exception is a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992), while manufacturers show include Hyundai, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and Alpine.

In addition to the first batch of vehicles, a few racing circuits can also be spotted among the screenshots. The most obvious - and possibly most important for many sim racers - is the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Alongside the infamous Green Hell, the Autodromo di Imola with its characteristic kerbs at Variante Alta is visible. Other shots are harder to make out - we have a feeling that they could show Oulton Park or Brands Hatch, but be sure to let us know your guesses in the comments!

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Aside from the screenshots, more info on AC Evo itself is included in the short description text. Kunos state that the sim will inlcude "different classes spanning across yeas of motoring history. From road cars, classics, hypercars, and race cars. The most iconic representation of the automotive and motorsport world."

"Proprietary, high-performance engine"​

This is achieved via a new, "proprietary, high-performance photorealistic engine", which will also support VR and triple screens from the get-go, confirming Kunos Founder Marco Massarutto's statement from a few weeks ago. Players can also look forward to a "new mathematical model" that "meticulously simulates asphalt performacnce in different dynamic weather conditions that guarantees an authentic and realistic experience which will redefine the standards that have made Assetto Corsa globally renowned."

A lot of superlatives, then, but sim racers would likely be underwhelmed by anything but new technology aimed at being the industry leader. To run this tech, it does not appear that a NASA-style supercomputer will be necessary, however, as the system requirements on the Steam page indicate.

Assetto Corsa EVO System Requirements​

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel I5 8700k / AMD 1500X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1070, RX 580
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 100 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Integrated
  • VR Support: SteamVR, Oculus VR, OpenXR
  • Additional Notes: SSD required

Recommended:

  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit​

  • Processor: Intel I5 10700k / AMD 2600X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5600
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 100 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Integrated
  • VR Support: SteamVR, Oculus VR, OpenXR
  • Additional Notes: SSD required

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Unfortunately, the Steam page does not indicate anything other than '2024' as for the release date - but with this first real bunch of information, sim racers will be all the more eager - and probably impatient - to find out more about Assetto Corsa EVO.

What are your first impressions of the first batch of information on Assetto Corsa EVO? Let us know on Twitter @OverTake_gg or in the comments below!

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From the Steam page: "In-game purchases". Hmmm. I hope there's modding. And I hope they don't lose their minds with DLC prices like Reiza with Automobilista 2. Otherwise, just as I'm still playing the original Automobilista with the ISI-derived engine, I shall still be playing the original Assetto Corsa if they screw things up. We'll see.
 
From the Steam page: "In-game purchases". Hmmm. I hope there's modding. And I hope they don't lose their minds with DLC prices like Reiza with Automobilista 2. Otherwise, just as I'm still playing the original Automobilista with the ISI-derived engine, I shall still be playing the original Assetto Corsa if they screw things up. We'll see.
"lose their minds with DLC prices like Reiza with Automobilista 2"?

How do you expect that these developers are funded? It's are a philanthropical institutions. Of course AC Evo will have DLC's. ACC also had them, so don't expect anything different.

And it's only fair, otherwise zero development will happen in the future, they need to make money.
 
Who cares? It's a driving sim, and people are driving. Who says that you gotta be racing all the time? Still even counting only racing or qualifying servers, AC is the most popular if not one of the most popular sims.

Do we "blame" iRacing users for not actually racing, but really just grinding for some arbitrary numbers on the screen?
Now dont take my post the wrong way. Im very much in favor of free roam maps. SRP and LAC are my two favorite maps. In AC, Id much rather have a map than a track even though a large portion of my driving IS racing on circuits. I would hate to see either of the choices excluded.
 
"lose their minds with DLC prices like Reiza with Automobilista 2"?

How do you expect that these developers are funded? It's are a philanthropical institutions. Of course AC Evo will have DLC's. ACC also had them, so don't expect anything different.

And it's only fair, otherwise zero development will happen in the future, they need to make money.

I don't mind DLC as long as it's reasonably priced. But $456 USD for the Automobilista 2 DLC if you click, "Add All DLC to Cart" on Steam is a bit much, especially when AMS1 is still available, with better physics, and especially when Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition is available, which includes all AC DLC. I don't desire to participate in a developer's GreedFest when there are much better options available, far cheaper.

Try to understand a post before posting a reply. It was not about DLC. It was about DLC pricing. But you're in luck! You can get ALL DLC for AMS2 for 50% off right now, since you don't seem to mind being gouged. :rolleyes:
 
I don't mind DLC as long as it's reasonably priced. But $456 USD for the Automobilista 2 DLC if you click, "Add All DLC to Cart" on Steam is a bit much, especially when AMS1 is still available, with better physics, and especially when Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition is available, which includes all AC DLC. I don't desire to participate in a developer's GreedFest when there are much better options available, far cheaper.

Try to understand a post before posting a reply. It was not about DLC. It was about DLC pricing. But you're in luck! You can get ALL DLC for AMS2 for 50% off right now, since you don't seem to mind being gouged. :rolleyes:
You have no idea what you're talking about. Reiza sells season passes, those include all the DLC's.

So by clicking on "Add All DLC to Cart" you're increasing the price by ~factor 3.

And then you are to tell me "Try to understand a post before posting a reply." :roflmao:

Besides that: the prices of the DLC's are all reasonable. It's a small team, development cost money. If you consider what good hardware costs, then the price of the race sim games and it's DLC's are almost nothing.

If you don't have money, go to work. An DLC cost as much as a cheap meal.
 
You have no idea what you're talking about. Reiza sells season passes, those include all the DLC's.

So by clicking on "Add All DLC to Cart" you're increasing the price by ~factor 3.

And then you are to tell me "Try to understand a post before posting a reply." :roflmao:

Besides that: the prices of the DLC's are all reasonable. It's a small team, development cost money. If you consider what good hardware costs, then the price of the race sim games and it's DLC's are almost nothing.

If you don't have money, go to work. An DLC cost as much as a cheap meal.
So $99 for all the DLC. It still exceeds the original cost of the game itself. Too much. And the personal circumstances of the developers are of zero concern to me.

I can't wait for conscription. And it's coming. All the ego and emotion will be too busy squaring off with a peer-level adversary on the battlefields of WW3 to pester people on Internet racing forums. Remember me when the shells are flying. :roflmao:
 
So $99 for all the DLC. It still exceeds the original cost of the game itself. Too much. And the personal circumstances of the developers are of zero concern to me.

I can't wait for conscription. And it's coming. All the ego and emotion will be too busy squaring off with a peer-level adversary on the battlefields of WW3 to pester people on Internet racing forums. Remember me when the shells are flying. :roflmao:
"And the personal circumstances of the developers are of zero concern to me."

Well your "personal circumstances" are also "of zero concern" of the developers. Nobody cares if you buy it or not, you're part of a very small minority.

Normal people have no issues with 10/15 bucks for a nice track/car pack, and if it's too much; they will always get discounted after a couple of months to 7/11 bucks or something.

So where's the issue? I don't see it.

That people have problems with iRacing's pricing model is something that I can understand. But what you're stating here is just a waste of space. Just keep playing your old stuff, enjoy.
 
From the Steam page: "In-game purchases". Hmmm. I hope there's modding. And I hope they don't lose their minds with DLC prices like Reiza with Automobilista 2. Otherwise, just as I'm still playing the original Automobilista with the ISI-derived engine, I shall still be playing the original Assetto Corsa if they screw things up. We'll see.

Pricing is indeed a concern, but it's not my biggest concern even if it's going to be ACE's biggest hurdle because AC is just so dirt cheap now...

AC was already a very accessible title... With physics that outside of suspension left a lot to be desired...

ACC made things even more accessible... With a magical tyre pressure number to aim at on all tracks and suspensions that don't offer the proper negatives of changes made...

ACE could end up even more accessible as a result... Even after the uproar over S397 and Reiza doing similar things to rF2 and AMS2 over the years...

That is my biggest concern with ACE... I don't need another title where by lap 4 I'm thinking about what else I had to do that day...
 
So $99 for all the DLC. It still exceeds the original cost of the game itself. Too much. And the personal circumstances of the developers are of zero concern to me.

I can't wait for conscription. And it's coming. All the ego and emotion will be too busy squaring off with a peer-level adversary on the battlefields of WW3 to pester people on Internet racing forums. Remember me when the shells are flying. :roflmao:
And who are you to determine if DLC costs for a game has to be lower or higher than the price of the game itself? Who makes up these rules? How are you going to judge a product like Raceroom in that case? Or a product like rF2 that shipped with allmost zero lisenced content and got extended over the years, luckily? Be glad that you don't have to work with software that costs 25k per lisence.

The entitlement by some people here in this comment section is asthonishing. Especialy the people who claim to know what "We" want. I can speak for myself, thanks. :rolleyes:
 
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I really hope that this petty and to be frank embarrassing bickering isn't going to be something of the ACE forum going forward.
I've always felt that this site had more adult conversations from it's gamers that could 'let it go' before the it became a playground farce.
 
Only a tiny, miniscule part of the mod community care about free roaming, just look through the mods on overtake. I very much doubt they have any interest in doing that.
Shutoko Revival Project seems to be the most popular and is not downloadable in Overtake.

And if we count just popularity, the new AC could be released just with GT3 content and Spa... maybe later Nords as a paid DLC. After this content, that feels like 99.9999999999999999% of what is played with AC, I really believe that free roaming is not that far down the list.
 
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Shutoko Revival Project seems to be the most popular and is not downloadable in Overtake.

And if we count just popularity, the new AC could be released just with GT3 content and Spa... maybe later Nords as a paid DLC. After this content, that feels like 99.9999999999999999% of what is played with AC, I really believe that free roaming is not that far down the list.
But you are assuming that everyone only plays online.

I'm guessing that a decent part of the current AC user base plays online, but that doesn't mean that it was always that way.

When AC Evo launches they are going to want to a wider user base than just the ones still playing it online. If single player/AI racing is very low on Kunos' list of priorities I doubt I'll be hurrying to buy it.
 
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In the interview with SPA, Marco Massarutto confirmed that A.C.EVO will contain all types of cars, road, historic, racing, confirming that for the latter there will be the possibility of customizing race rules and championships.
Development of EVO started already in 2019, full support for visors with the new engine without the problems of ACC with UR4.
Release that seems confirmed for the summer.
Support for ACC will also continue.
 
Among top 4 most downloaded track mods on this site, 3 are open road, though. 1st LA Canyons, 2nd Pacific Coast, and 4th Union Island.
Good point, even dough, a lot of the circuit we use in AC are not available for download on OT, for various reason.
Open roads and road cars are very popular in AC.
It does not mean that there is less people racing race cars on circuit in AC, as the poll of players is just gigantic compare to other SIM,
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It definitely means that there is more to do in AC, which is a good thing.
Until someone has real data, verifiable facts, we do not know exactly who is doing what, so we can extrapolate all we want, it is all just supposing.
One fact remains, a **** load of people enjoy AC in its diversity, and the number of happy user just keep getting bigger. The formula works and does not take anything away from those who prefer other titles.
 
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Whilst it's obvious there's popularity in free roaming mods in AC...

It was never part of AC's original plan... Nordschleife was the longest track and it was still a circuit...

And with Aris leaving to focus on a free roaming open world driving game...

It's going to be safe to say that free roaming will be left largely to the modding community... We just have to hope that modding is easy so that conversions don't take that long...
 
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They would be leaving a boatload of cash on the table of they didn't expand on the drift component, and incorporate some element of free roaming into ACE.
 

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