Assetto Corsa Competizione: Porsche 991 GT3-R and McLaren Shadow E-Sports Affiliation

[Chris]

Kunos Simulazioni have continued with the previews for their 2019 content update coming soon, and coming for free, this time previewing the freshly revised Volkswag-... er... Porsche 991! But that's not the only goody they have in their cookie jar.

The 2018 Porsche was somewhat less competitive than the German outfit had hoped it would be, largely suffering from an ageing design concept and balance of performance restrictions. Porsche would enter the 2019 Blancpain GT Championship with a new title contender, and one that would prove to be a strong competitor by winning the opening race of the season in Monza, and taking a 1-3 for the manufacturer at the all-important Total Spa 24 Hours. Quite frankly, we cannot wait to drive the new beast!

Said Kunos:
"The Porsche 911 GT3-R was suffering from a lack of competitiveness for a long time. Modern GT3 cars make good use of rear diffusers. Unfortunately that’s where the engine sits in a 911, occupying the space for a deep diffuser, resulting in a deficit of downforce and high drag from the rear wing.

Weight balance of the rear engine Porsche doesn’t help either. But if there’s one thing you can trust Porsche for, it's that sooner or later it will be competitive again.

The 2019 Porsche 991ii GT3-R is greatly evolved. The engine got moved forward "somehow", making space for a still small but more efficient diffuser. The front aerodynamics are also much better. The front suspension now consists of a double wishbone instead of the old McPherson strut.

Yes the car is still hard to drive and still has a small operational window, but it can now fight and win! Definitely amongst the surprises of 2019 season."

But wait! There's more!

Kunos have also announced a new partnership with the McLaren Shadow E-Sports project through the addition of the McLaren 720S GT3 which will be coming to the simulator as a bonus addition to the 2019 season update... free of charge.

"Assetto Corsa Competizione v1.1 is coming soon to Steam, together with a BONUS Car! The McLaren 720S GT3 will be a FREE for all users. But that's not all...

The McLaren Shadow Project will feature #ACC for the first time in its history! Players all around the globe will compete in a Hotstint Special Event, featuring the McLaren 720S GT3 at Silverstone circuit. The top player will be invited as a finalist to the McLaren Technology Center to challenge other winners for a professional eSports seat at the McLaren Shadow team.

Head over to the leaderboard at https://leaderboard.mclarenshadow.com/ for pre-registration. Can't wait to see you on track from Oct. 27th, and remember..."

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[TheReaper GT]

We've got some EVO - Endurance Pack

 

[Isaac Chavira]

Oh that Porsche is so damn sexy!!!! I cannot wait to drive her!!!!

 

[TheReaper GT]

We've got some NSX GT3 EVO also

 

[dud]

Why are they telling us the engine forward thing as if it is new?

AC1's Porsche pack modeled the 911 with engine and transmission swapped ("mid-engine"-ish I guess) and front double wishbones just fine.

(Apart from Kunos talking gibberish to us here it also kinda invalidates the entire 911 concept when it comes to speed in racing. You can't have the engine in the rear, and you don't get away with a simple strut in the front.)

 

[Alex Townsend]

We've got some NSX GT3 EVO also

Hope it can keep up with the rest of the field now. Such a nice looking motor.

 

[DrRob]

Why are they telling us the engine forward thing as if it is new?

AC1's Porsche pack modeled the 911 with engine and transmission swapped ("mid-engine"-ish I guess) and front double wishbones just fine.

(Apart from Kunos talking gibberish to us here it also kinda invalidates the entire 911 concept when it comes to speed in racing. You can't have the engine in the rear, and you don't get away with a simple strut in the front.)

I don't get your point. It's just the introduction for the Gen2 911GT3, right?
For the current GTE / GTLM RSR the flipped the rear engine 180°.
For the GT3 they just moved the engine about 5 cm to have more space for a larger diffuser.

 

[Terry Rock]

It's depending to your hardware. ACC can look astonishing at high end PC's. On the other hand it will look really bad at lower end PC's.
The recommended specs of ACC "Intel Core i5-8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB, Radeon RX 580 8GB" are by far not enough to run the game fully maxed out.

I9-9900K/GTX1070OC here and in combination with Reshade ACC is looking good and runs fine at a single screen.
But not as good as at the official screenshots and videos.

Greets After_Midnight

More is always better but ACC...(if a system is configured right)...will run and look fine on Ryzen 2600X with that GTX1070.
I know this, because those were my specs before moving to the current setup.
A lot of the performance is left on the table by guys not tweaking the Nvidia CP or optimising controller speeds.
I did a few wet, night races with full grids on that setup and it was smooth and quite fun.
The only reason I went to the 3600X was because I started doing more video transcoding..

 

[NDG]

Am I missing something? I can read clearly that it was an update. I like the update a lot! Thanks! But the old Porsche is gone? I hope it was added not updated because I like the old ones too! Wasted in the history books! I'm sure they still have the old files somewhere and wish that they can still bring them back.

 

[DrRob]

Am I missing something? I can read clearly that it was an update. I like the update a lot! Thanks! But the old Porsche is gone? I hope it was added not updated because I like the old ones too! Wasted in the history books! I'm sure they still have the old files somewhere and wish that they can still bring them back.

None of the old cars are gone. You have to select 2018 season in the overview track/cars. With the update season 2019 should be preselected.
You cannot mix both seasons AFAIK, since they have different BoP.