Assetto Corsa Competizione: Audi R8 LMS EVO Preview

[Paul Jeffrey]

Continuing the Assetto Corsa Competizione 2019 season update previews, next up we have the rather striking Audi R8 LMS EVO...

Before getting into the article, I want to go ever so slightly off topic for a moment or two and talk in general terms about GT3 racing cars. I'm a fan of closed top GT racing, have been since the good old GT1 / LG Super Racing Weekend days of the early to mid 2000's.

Thanks to the ever increasing exposure of GT3 and series like the Blancpain GT Series, both trackside viewing and various news outlets and TV / internet broadcasts, it is easy for one to become a little blase about the sheer variety and style of the current generation of GT3 specification machinery.

Seeing them regularly but never really noticing them properly, I've found it rather cool indeed to study these latest Assetto Corsa Competizione preview images from the impending 2019 season update - and realising all over again just how thoroughly stunning the new cars actually look.

Aggressive, sturdy, racy, dramatic.. whatever you want to use to describe them, it's probably fair to say that many of the racing public find these exceptional cars as beautiful to behold as much as the drivers enjoy racing them throughout the world.

Take the Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO previewed at the head of this article for example. The road going R8 is a nice machine for sure, but just look how sweet the racing version looks! Folks, take a moment to savour what we have here.. GT3 racing is awesome.

Assetto Corsa Competizione is available now on PC.

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[Chris]

My heart

 

[Dobermann92]

No word on either, they don’t tend to comment on anything they aren’t certain on even if they are trying to get it done. Bigger grid sizes would be limited by CPU power hugely so probably not something you could enable until there’s a heap more of that.

To be honest, it should be an option for those who has more expensive hardware. Without it we cannot simulate a proper Spa 24H grid.

 

[Alex Townsend]

Looking forward to these new cars. Plus the new track, and all for free too!

All in all I'm really happy with ACC as it is now, so new cars and track is a bonus.

 

[Serge.M]

To be honest, it should be an option for those who has more expensive hardware. Without it we cannot simulate a proper Spa 24H grid.

It’s not about cost though, there’s nothing you could buy no matter how much $ you had that could do it. Maybe next year with the next gen CPU’s and GPU’s that will improve but right now there’s nothing

 

[Augusto Dufloth]

Are we finally going to the real 1.0?

 

[Esox71]

It's already out all you need is Assetto Corsa + Shaders Patch + SOL Mod = AC2

And a new tyre model.

 

[Dobermann92]

It’s not about cost though, there’s nothing you could buy no matter how much $ you had that could do it. Maybe next year with the next gen CPU’s and GPU’s that will improve but right now there’s nothing

It is the fault of the engine they choose, not the CPU though.

 

[Serge.M]

It is the fault of the engine they choose, not the CPU though.

Everything has pros and cons.
What engine could run a full 24hour grid? I’m assuming you mean 60 odd cars?

 

[TheReaper GT]

Amazing, so freaking pumped, hopefully we will see the Porsche 911 RSR if that's possible

The newer gt3r is certainly coming... The rsr is a gte/gtlm car, so not elegible for SRO sanctioned single class events.

 

[stickdeath1980]

lets hope my career doesn't delete itself again after last couple of updates i've given up lol

 

[Stig_F1]

The newer gt3r is certainly coming... The rsr is a gte/gtlm car, so not elegible for SRO sanctioned single class events.

Damn, absolutely love the sound of that car

 

[Brendan24]

Everything has pros and cons.
What engine could run a full 24hour grid? I’m assuming you mean 60 odd cars?

rFactor 2 and Raceroom have no issues running 60ish cars on my PC, and I don't have anything crazy high end. As someone who mainly races offline the small grids is one of the main reasons I don't drive ACC much anymore

 

[Serge.M]

rFactor 2 and Raceroom have no issues running 60ish cars on my PC, and I don't have anything crazy high end. As someone who mainly races offline the small grids is one of the main reasons I don't drive ACC much anymore

Haven’t run rF2 for a while now but when I did I don’t remember it running well at all. Both are very old though (2013 for rF2) and have nowhere near the graphics detail of ACC, also this is both in MP I’m assuming where your PC doesn’t need to worry about physics on the other cars?

I’m sure in time we will be able to run full Spa grid, the pit boxes are there after all, just need more power

 

[Ryann]

rFactor 2 and Raceroom have no issues running 60ish cars on my PC, and I don't have anything crazy high end. As someone who mainly races offline the small grids is one of the main reasons I don't drive ACC much anymore

Neither is running full player physics for AI cars, so they are much less demanding on CPU power, which is currently primary limiting factor for ACC in this regard.

 

[RichardHessels]

AND STILL FOR FREE!!
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Nope, we already payed for it.

 

[manu68]

I am happy to see again beautiful New car coming to the game.
But i must be honest. I just dont even have scratched the potential offered by only the AMG. I will take me years to discover all cars.
Also i personally dont care much about new cars. I prefer tracks and of course a finished game.

 

[MPortnoy]

As someone who mainly races offline the small grids is one of the main reasons I don't drive ACC much anymore

I wouldn't particularly call a 30 car grid small.
I don't understand tho how not having a 60 car grid is a make it or break it kinda thing.
I mean, I do understand the appeal of doing a very long offline race at Spa every once in a while with 60 cars but that's not all ACC is about.
I'd say most people do 1hr races tops most of the time. If you're able to pass 30 cars in 1hr then there's something wrong with your AI difficulty level
In rF2 you can do multiclass races, in which case I can justify bigger grids.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Fully agree, Portnoy. However, I ran a 6h event at Spa and once the field spreads out the challenge really is staying focussed, a bit more traffic would go a long way. But developers have been so adamant about not being able to go significantly beyond what we have now (29+player), I suppose this will never happen. It's a pity, because without a full grid, the endurance really is not what it should be.

 

[Andrew Harper]

I wouldn't particularly call a 30 car grid small.
I don't understand tho how not having a 60 car grid is a make it or break it kinda thing.
I mean, I do understand the appeal of doing a very long offline race at Spa every once in a while with 60 cars but that's not all ACC is about.
I'd say most people do 1hr races tops most of the time. If you're able to pass 30 cars in 1hr then there's something wrong with your AI difficulty level
In rF2 you can do multiclass races, in which case I can justify bigger grids.

I think it’s purely a question of realism. All the endurance races had 40-60 cars on the grid. The sprint races about 30-35 if I remember.

Yes I would prefer a say 45 car grid as in real life but if the limitation is the game/hardware/etc then so be it but until it it’s able to produce a full endurance grid then sorry it’s not a proper representation of the Blancpain GT Endurance series. Not for me anyway.

I do still race on it, that’s just my opinion

 

[mr Sw1tchblade]

Rf2 doesn't have proper Spa. And with 60 cars grid ai will destroy you sooner or later. Actually rf2 have so many issues now as acc never had.