ACC: First Preview of Paul Ricard Revealed

Paul Jeffrey · Oct 29, 2018

Marco Massarutto has teased a first image of a soaking wet Paul Ricard circuit in Assetto Corsa Competizione - demonstrating a frighteningly lifelike looking image.

Now let us all be honest here, Paul Ricard in its modern configuration isn't exactly everyone's cup of tea when it comes to racing circuits of choice, the once legendary track having had something of a makeover in recent years to become instantly recognisable from the TV screen, but practically impossible to tell where one is driving when out on the circuit.

Thanks to the wonders of modern asphalt technology, the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track is something rather unique in the racing world - but man is it difficult to pick out where those corners are!

Coming very soon as part of the Steam Early Access release programme for Assetto Corsa Competizione, Kunos Simulazioni own Marco Massarutto couldn't help but spread some of the excitement by pushing out an early preview of the track under wet conditions - an image that really does showcase what is an incredible graphics engine in play with this already very impressive feeling racing simulation.

So there you go folks - Paul Ricard is ACC first look. Looks pretty good doesn't it? - even if the track is awful!

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Excited for Paul Ricard coming to ACC? Enjoying the title so far? Let us know below!

mantasisg · Oct 30, 2018

ACC looks best in stills.

I wonder what will happen with handling in this next build.

And rather excited about Multiplayer, might be a reason to launch it. Leaderboards and multiplayer with the rating system thats what ACC is about.

Ole Andreasen · Oct 30, 2018

The name Paul Ricard never ceases to confuse me. In Denmark we had an actor named Paul Richard - one of the biggest national actors of all time, and seeing a race track called the same (minus the "h") is just weird.

natedogg1867 · Oct 30, 2018

Xela1 said:
EA, best excuse for this crap at the moment. I really regret spending my bucks to this. Most controllers doesn‘t work proper and hardware challenges are out of space. IMHO Kunos is a nvidia marketing store (hope temporary). I‘m on i7 and 1060/6gb

Why in the world would you even consider buying ACC when you have done nothing but slam AC for the past few years saying how bad it is...

You even got to the point about 2 yrs ago where you came up with this crazy conspiracy that Microsoft and Turn 10 bought AC and that Kunos was the spawn of the devil for selling AC. Yeah... I remember those unsolicited PM's you sent me on here...

How does that idiom go about a fool soon being parted with his money? Sounds like you played yourself by buying something that you hate, on top of ACC being far from a finished product.

mantasisg said:
I wonder what will happen with handling in this next build.

The farther we get from 0.1, the less you will like it obviously

Deleted member 241736 · Oct 30, 2018

natedogg1867 said:
Why in the world would you even consider buying ACC when you have done nothing but slam AC for the past few years saying how bad it is...

You even got to the point about 2 yrs ago where you came up with this crazy conspiracy that Microsoft and Turn 10 bought AC and that Kunos was the spawn of the devil for selling AC. Yeah... I remember those unsolicited PM's you sent me on here...

How does that idiom go about a fool soon being parted with his money? Sounds like you played yourself by buying something that you hate, on top of ACC being far from a finished product.

oh, wrong adress I don‘t know you. Also I don‘t like dog(g) but children.

E304LIFE · Oct 30, 2018

Terry Rock said:
Screenshot looks so darn real.
I too, can never figure where to go next on PR.
It is very confusing with all the painted lines.
I'll take it though.

+1

E304LIFE · Oct 30, 2018

natedogg1867 said:
How does that idiom go about a fool soon being parted with his money?

Oh I know this one! Umm, does it rhyme with RaceRoom?

Kidding aside, I agree with your post

(He was being mean and grumpy)

Ernie · Oct 30, 2018

erba72 said:
I hope they did the abrasive asphalt on the outside of the track (red and blues stripes are abrasive)

I wonder if ACC is simulating the abrasiveness of the asphalt.

Some racetracks have surfaces which are more aggressive to the tires than others. It would be a nice feature.

Cristian Haba · Oct 30, 2018

One of the most technical tracks out there, lots of places to pass and areas where mistakes are punished. I do like the tarmac off racing line since it reduces the chance of physical dmaged. Very enjoyable to race on, will be extra fun to do long distance races on it.

Wish we also got the Z4 gt3, I think it would have been amazing in acc especially the sound. Hopefully M6 won't be too terrible.

Eckhart von Glan · Oct 30, 2018

wonder how many of the more than a dozen configurations of PRicard will be available in the game.

OzzyNeil · Oct 30, 2018

This looks fine and dandy but makes me feel like VR, 20+ AI, night and rain at 90 FPS just ain't gonna work. I hope I'm wrong.

Zoltan76 · Oct 30, 2018

Eckhart von Glan said:
wonder how many of the more than a dozen configurations of PRicard will be available in the game.

I think that only that very one which is used in the series.

Richard Wilks · Oct 30, 2018

Frank Lehmann said:
I wonder if ACC is simulating the abrasiveness of the asphalt. Some racetracks have surfaces which are more aggressive to the tires than others. It would be a nice feature.

That has been done in other seems already, automobilista for example.

Adrian5601 · Oct 30, 2018

Why deleted Nurb dry race ? an alternative to wet in the game for two tracks is too big ?

clemencaman · Oct 30, 2018

I hope Kunos brings with the Novemeber update synonymous VR improvements, what was previously seen, can only be described as a bad joke. Currently, ACC is the worst I have seen in the VR sector and miles away from RF2, AC and Dirt Rally

Epistolarius · Oct 30, 2018

Butzemann said:
The Paul Richard track is definitly not one of my favorites, but I take it as a part of the blanc pain story.

But I am really suprised by the statement "already very impressive feeling racing simulation". The current implementation of controls is nothing less than a joke. Take a deep dive in the corresponding support forum. A lot of users complain about twitchy steering and the missing of basic control setup parameters. That is far away from being impressive. That is poor.

Cheers

In case you have missed it (and you should check back some of the dev posts and interviews if you have) ACC is a fresh start almost from the ground up for Kunos with a new approach to almost every part of the sim compared to AC - which is why it's in Early Access again. If you don't know what Early Access is I can't help you. Check Steam's support website before buying...

Xela1 said:
EA, best excuse for this crap at the moment. I really regret spending my bucks to this. Most controllers doesn‘t work proper and hardware challenges are out of space. IMHO Kunos is a nvidia marketing store (hope temporary). I‘m on i7 and 1060/6gb

Man, I really hope you just get a Steam refund and carry on doing something else you actually like because I can't see your whining anymore, especially after I saw someone with your nickname talking **** about ACC in the California 8H chat.
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Personally I find it really, really low complaining and trash-talking a game in Early Access like this ("nothing less than a joke", "this crap", "Kunos is a nvidia marketing store") when you know full well what Early Access is and that it's not a released game. The devs clearly laid out a roadmap to release. If someone bought it in Early Access intending to play before release then I would expect them to help reporting bugs and wait with judgement until release.

michelforest · Oct 30, 2018

Emery said:
"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got three screens".

LOL! Nice to see a reference to Duke Ellington on this board!

Eric Rowland · Oct 30, 2018

Paul Ricard

Butzemann · Oct 30, 2018

Epistolarius said:
In case you have missed it (and you should check back some of the dev posts and interviews if you have) ACC is a fresh start almost from the ground up for Kunos with a new approach to almost every part of the sim compared to AC - which is why it's in Early Access again. If you don't know what Early Access is I can't help you. Check Steam's support website before buying....

And who are you? Did you read my post properly? Don´t think so. Apart from the Early Access status my point is the following and obvious contradiction:

Paul wrote:
"...with this already very impressive feeling racing simulation."

In fact a lot of people can not feel anything due to poor implementation of controls.
How do you solve this, you wise guy.

Cheers

P.S.
Study this: https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?forums/acc-controls-peripherals.79/

Montag_RSR · Oct 30, 2018

Cristian Haba said:
One of the most technical tracks out there, lots of places to pass and areas where mistakes are punished. I do like the tarmac off racing line since it reduces the chance of physical dmaged. Very enjoyable to race on, will be extra fun to do long distance races on it.

Wish we also got the Z4 gt3, I think it would have been amazing in acc especially the sound. Hopefully M6 won't be too terrible.

I'm on the same page man. I used to hate this track more than I could describe (even though I was glad to get there for the WEC prologue a few years back). However when it was announced as the next French F1 Grand Prix I went bonkers. "FORMULA ONE Y U NO MAGNY COURS???"

But only morons don't change their mind right. I watched a few races and it's suuch a technical track, it seems like a real challenge to get right. Now I can't wait for its release, tons of practice ahead.

And I too miss the Z4 GT3 man...

*sigh*

Epistolarius · Oct 30, 2018

Butzemann said:
And who are you? Did you read my post properly? Don´t think so. Apart from the Early Access status my point is the following and obvious contradiction:

Paul wrote:
"...with this already very impressive feeling racing simulation."

In fact a lot of people can not feel anything due to poor implementation of controls.
How do you solve this, you wise guy.

Cheers

P.S.
Study this: https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?forums/acc-controls-peripherals.79/

And who the **** are you? Trash talking the sim because of issues with controls that not everyone experiences and are issues that are to be expected in Early Access. Did you ever actually take a look at the forum you linked yourself? Then you'd know that Kunos are working on it. Clearly not the "wise guy" you make yourself out apparently.

Edit: If "Disagree" is your response then I really can't help you. Have a reality check and correct your expectations for games in pre-release state.