Assetto Corsa Hits New Peak Player Record

mcroshaw said:

Its not really down to Kunos though is it? Apart from the fact they made the game easy to mod. And some of the modders are probably making more out of it than they do. The CSP guy earns around 40k a month I believe...

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Almost 50K now...

RichardHessels said:

Content Manager with all his extra functions and features as icing on the cake.

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would love CM to be redone I find it such a horrid experience in both visual design and also control

F2020 said:

would love CM to be redone I find it such a horrid experience in both visual design and also control

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Could you explain further? I find it very easy to manage and change setting's also the visual design is solid to.

jonelsorel said:

All things being equal, if a 10 year old game is the most played sim out there, that says a lot about and to the more recent competition. Notes should definitely be taken, if somebody aims to have this kind of success.

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And that advice would be? Make it dog cheap and as easy as it get's with the least amount of features that a racing sim can have?

I am not trying to take away from the strong points of AC, but it's pretty obvious that AC isn't just the easiest sim to get into but also alot cheaper than most competing products, while it's also very easy on your hardware. The entry cost point is so low, that it's a nobrainer to give new people the advice to try it who want to get into sim racing with versatile content, a good presentation and fancy stuff like VR support. The other point is pretty similar to the situation when rF1 was the leading sim. It made it very difficult for new products to catch up with the ever growing amount of mods, especialy when people started ripping content left and right wich seems to be a very accepted thing now even by the contributors of this website.

I know people will crucify me for saying this, but in the grand scheme of things AC is a very good driving sim, but a very average racing sim, where I can't really point out something where it really excells compared to the other alternatives.

Insane

Peugeot905 said:

Could you explain further? I find it very easy to manage and change setting's also the visual design is solid to.

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Yeah of course. Dont get me wrong, i massively appreciate the work the guys put in to making it, its so cool people make these programs for us.

But...

I just would like something easier on the eye, with a slick and modern appearance, also that has a slimmed down level of options, like preset "ultra" "high" "low" for all the options in the graphics. I might be getting old but i find it quite overwhelming to use with all the options.

It would be great for it to have a full ux/ui overhaul IMO, it such a fantastic tool, just could be so much better i think, maybe i am over asking for a free mod, but i would happily pay for a new "improved" version.

AC is the best driving, best feeling and best looking sim on the market, having a beautiful front end would be the cherry on the top.

Also as a sidenote having an easier experience of setting up championships via CM would also be good.

F2020 said:

AC is the best driving, best feeling and best looking sim on the market

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Amen to that brother! I share your opinion, although I also understand some might prefer other offering that suits their taste and aspiration better, we are so lucky we can choose from so many great simulators.
What the modding community has done on Kunos great platform is astonishing!

F2020 said:

having a beautiful front end would be the cherry on the top.

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A better front end would be nice, but I am not sure what it would look like.
Yes, it is not totally intuitive, with so many additional option available with each development and with the rapid pace of those developments, faster than all the other SIM put together, it can't be daunting to keep up with the program. All the more the reason to not "waste" too much time away from AC, or one can loose the sight of the wonders available to us.

I discovered AMS2 in January and in VR. For 1 1/2 months, still in VR, I've been running on AC with the mods, continuing to optimize it regularly... yesterday (very late), I found AMS2 again and finally I tell myself that it shouldn't not too much that I go back to it straight away because I risk having ultimately lost a lot (too much) time for not much choice in the parameters and the meanders of AC... A certainty in AC online is a must ! I was there

Manix58 said:

J'ai découvert AMS2 en Janvier et en VR. Depuis 1 mois 1/2, toujours en VR, je roule sur AC avec les mods, en continuant régulièrement à l'optimiser... hier (très tard), j'ai retrouvé AMS2 et finalement je me dis qu'il ne devrait pas trop que je me remette dessus tout suite par ce que je risque d'avoir finalement perdu beaucoup (trop) de temps pour pas grand choix dans les paramètres et les méandres d'AC ... Une certitude en ligne AC est un must ! J'y étais

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We all have to translate this? Sorry but we do English over here.

I have most sims and I really enjoy driving in each and every one of them (ACC the exception, but thats only due to ropey VR, the game itself is excellent) but AC still remains king on my PC. It offers unique experiences that no other sim can, or will, ever match, it's that simple, no arguments.

I personally enjoy all Sims...although admittedly favor some more than others

...and when you find that perfect Mod that is truly awe-inspiring whether Track or car / vehicle in what ever Sim that has modding it makes the Sim Racing / Driving hobby a pleasure

I tip my hat to all modders that spend time to bring happiness to my life and others

One of my all time favorite cruzing Tracks below in the first 2 screenshots (beside Nordscheilfe) the 'Transfagarasan North' road in AC and tackling it in a V8 Supercar...because you can



Above 2 screens with the amazing RSS mods, Viper and Lister

My apologies... I didn't realize because I'm using automatic translation.

RichardHessels said:

Well, that 10 year old sim is still updated by the community on a daily basis.
So many people that are developing content.
Than Content Manager with all his extra functions and features as icing on the cake.
It will still go strong in another 5 years.

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Amazing what open source has done for AC. Amazes me why ppl go on about how old they are, IR RF1 RF2 AC ect all old. Just shows new sims and early release are not up to scratch, maybe a developer that will take time to release something new at 1.0 release might get a better response from the public & stick it to these older sims. Wishful thinking i believe.

F2020 said:

Yeah of course. Dont get me wrong, i massively appreciate the work the guys put in to making it, its so cool people make these programs for us.

But...

I just would like something easier on the eye, with a slick and modern appearance, also that has a slimmed down level of options, like preset "ultra" "high" "low" for all the options in the graphics. I might be getting old but i find it quite overwhelming to use with all the options.

It would be great for it to have a full ux/ui overhaul IMO, it such a fantastic tool, just could be so much better i think, maybe i am over asking for a free mod, but i would happily pay for a new "improved" version.

AC is the best driving, best feeling and best looking sim on the market, having a beautiful front end would be the cherry on the top.

Also as a sidenote having an easier experience of setting up championships via CM would also be good.

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I believe changing the UI of content manager is being worked on here at overtake. In theory their is no copyright law on mods so they can just copy Project Cars, ams2 or iracing's UI if they wanted to. Its possible you may be looking for a console port type of UI.

ozziecoops said:

Amazing what open source has done for AC. Amazes me why ppl go on about how old they are, IR RF1 RF2 AC ect all old. Just shows new sims and early release are not up to scratch, maybe a developer that will take time to release something new at 1.0 release might get a better response from the public & stick it to these older sims. Wishful thinking i believe.

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Not sure you are grasping the current economic climate for the smaller dev teams that make up the majority of sim racing teams. Iterative development is the only way they can make this sort of thing work, they just don't have a big stash of capital to fund a 1.0 release. If it was that simple, I'm sure they would have done it, they are not idiots. Kunos did the same with ACC I believe, and I suspect AC Eva won't be close to 1.0 when it releases either ( be nice if it was of course ).
If you compare the current sims with vanilla AC, without the mods, that is a much fairer comparison and then it doesn't look nearly as rosy for AC.

AC allows me freedom. Freedom to load up High Force in VR with a loads of 80s/90s hot hatches mixed with some regular period traffic and then drive like a complete nutter.

Mekonrider said:

AC allows me freedom. Freedom to load up High Force in VR with a loads of 80s/90s hot hatches mixed with some regular period traffic and then drive like a complete nutter.

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finally

no hesi: classics

TeddyBearx said:

I have never liked Assetto, I play iRacing, raceroom, ACC or rF2/LMU, far better.
The majority has old PC and cheap wheel base and uses AC not as the closest thing from reality. The minority like me with simucube 2+ 4090 prefers higher level simulation and AC is far from being the best.
But the F1 driving feeling in AC is very good.

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Well maybe you should try to speak for yourself as a minority. I'm currently in the 8th year of running an AC League which has 'fun' as top priority. Even beginners are welcome, and we try to get them up to par with the faster drivers.

We have people with a G27 faster than people with a DD and I think half of our drivers currently have a DD. I know you feel really good about your hardware but it doesn't mean a thing on track. Most people who drive with us also drive other sims but a lot tried iRacing and got fed up by the pretty toxic environment with loud mouth egos who think they are something special. In reality, what their mothers told them was a lie, get over it.

You state that the majority has an old PC who plays AC. Not sure how you get to that conclusion since you don't drive AC but AC does not that well on old PC's with old CPUs. Works with a small number of cars on track but you can forget to race an online league with a grid of 25-30.

I totally agree there's a lot of trash created for AC especially these Patreon days where quantity goes over quality it seems. In the end the community in AC is absolute best and they made AC into a totally different sim compared to 10 years ago.

The nice thing about iRacing is it's rating system but other than that it's especially good at making money for their owners without actually lifting the sim to a next level. It still looks like it's 2010 and you really don't need a 4090 for iRacing. I think ACC is fun but it's based on UE which I think is a terrible platform for a sim. I reckon that's also the reason there's so little variety of cars and they are basically just a difference of a few parameters instead of totally different suspension etc.

Each their own but your assumptions are based on very little.

I flit between AC, AMS1 and LMU. They are all rather tremendous titles. Powerful AC.

TeddyBearx said:

I have never liked Assetto, I play iRacing, raceroom, ACC or rF2/LMU, far better.
The majority has old PC and cheap wheel base and uses AC not as the closest thing from reality. The minority like me with simucube 2+ 4090 prefers higher level simulation and AC is far from being the best.
But the F1 driving feeling in AC is very good.

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