Assetto Corsa: First Porsche Render Revealed

[Paul Jeffrey]

Following the recent announcement by Kunos Simulazioni confirming the acquisition of the Porsche licence for Assetto Corsa, the team over in Italy have already been hard at working bringing the first fruits of the new deal into digital form.

Kunos have revealed a mouth watering teaser image of a 1970s era Porsche 935/78 "Moby Dick" as made famous by such legendary drivers as Jacky Ickx and Bob Wollek, coming second only to the works Renault team in the 1978 round the clock classic at Le Mans in June 1978. Capable of an incredible 0-60 in just 2.6 seconds, the legendary 935/78 was one of the most iconic and formidable machines that took part under the Group 5 regulations and went on to secure a number of race victories for the German marque.

Kunos have yet to reveal the full range of cars that will be made available as part of the licencing deal with Porsche, however with such an impressive back catalogue of stunning road and race cars, whatever finds its way in game will no doubt prove to be an exceptionally fun experience for players of Assetto Corsa to enjoy.

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Looking forward to the arrival of Porsche in AC? What model's do you want to see in game? Like the look of this early preview? Let us know in the discussion section below!

 

[Klaas de Haan]

I was sceptical about the Porsche pack, as I am not a big fan fan of them, but then this came.... Porsche pack is insta buy for me now

 

[LeSunTzu]

Although not overly successful that season, the car maintains legendary status due to its iconic looks (and sounds ) and purely by the fact that anyone who's seen one driven in anger can testify to it being one of the greatest sights in all of moto racing history

To be a legend doesn't always mean armfuls of victories and championships, plus the 935/78 was the natural progression of several years versions of Porsche 935 that did win a few in their time...

I think of it much like the Jordan 191. Not a successful car as such, but still a legend for both what it achieved at the time, its looks and the fact it launched Jordan Grand Prix (and a certain German fella)...

I agree, even if the car was definitely a low point in the 935 filiation between the 935/77 and the mighty K3 and K4. It entered the Porsche museum in 79 after all. ^^

 

[Glaurung]

I do not remember, but the legendary 917 long tail was also teased in the video announcement?

 

[xnorb]

Don't know how those Porsches handle, if they all drive like the GT3 Cup car then it's a pass for me

 

[Alex72]

Don't know how those Porsches handle, if they all drive like the GT3 Cup car then it's a pass for me

A pass on a Porsche pack? Check the temp mate cause i think you might have a fever and dont know what you're saying.

To get these licensed cars in a proper sim after so long time is a done deal for moi. Never seen this car in real life but it looks amazing in vids.

 

[fortyfivekev]

Don't know how those Porsches handle, if they all drive like the GT3 Cup car then it's a pass for me

Don't think you have anything to worry about @xnorb as no way are the 917/935 et al going to drive anything like a modern Cup car.

 

[Asterix]

Awesome stuff.

Now all we need is an official Le Mans track to celebrate Porche's 18 wins.

 

[P*Funk]

Is a 70s Porsche going to drive like a 21st century GT3 car?

Is that a real question?

 

[xnorb]

Is a 70s Porsche going to drive like a 21st century GT3 car?

Is that a real question?

Handling depends a lot on weight distribution and Porsche isn't known for building cars and engines that follow the trend of the automobile industry
I have a distant clue how most cars would drive but when it comes to Porsche it's always different than expected.

 

[P*Funk]

Handling depends a lot on weight distribution and Porsche isn't known for building cars and engines that follow the trend of the automobile industry

Porsche being so good at what it does, such as winning races against those who do conform to such meritorious standards, clearly will have done something between the 1970s and now which has seen such development in car handling via technology as to make comparisons between the eras incomprehensible, including between 70s porsches and today's porsches.

Like really oh wow... the engine is in the back... must be a real dinosaur of a car....

 

[xnorb]

Glad i can contribute to your enjoyment but so far you weren't able to contribute any informations so your posts are pretty useless to me. Obviously 40 years of automobile evolution do leave a big footprint and very obviously it will not drive like a 2015 GT3 car, but that doesn't mean that the main characteristics couldn't be similar.

 

[fortyfivekev]

Massive progress in tyre development and aero over the last 50 years has contributed way more to improvements in car handling than fiddling with weight distribution. Porsche are supposedly moving the engine forwards in the upcoming GT3 car so they can improve the rear aero not to alter the weight distribution.

 

[Reik Major]

I hope the Porsche 962 C will make its way into the sim.

It's one of my all time favorite cars and always makes me sadly think of Stefan Bellof, one of the most talented drivers Germany ever had. What a joy it would've been to see him battle with the young, quickly improving Schumacher. No doubt Stefan would've been at the height of his career at this time... (There's nice stuff on YouTube to get to know more about him)

There's also a great vid about the 962 here.

 

[0threshold0]

I love these drms from rfactor 1 and raceroom. Hope kunos can make one on par!

 

[fortyfivekev]

It's one of my all time favorite cars and always makes me sadly think of Stefan Bellof, one of the most talented drivers Germany ever had...

I was also a big fan of Stefan and had the pleasure to watch him race in the 956 a few times back in the day. I don't suppose I will be the only one reliving some memories of those times with the 962 when it comes to AC.

 

[Blimey]

please, just please tease the 911 GT3 R already it must be in the 1st Porsche DLC.

 

[Terra21]

please, just please tease the 911 GT3 R already it must be in the 1st Porsche DLC.

Yes hell yes! this and the LMP1 are the main porsche draw cards for me.and maybe any other race cars they bring with the packs

 

[Torcano]

Yes hell yes! this and the LMP1 are the main porsche draw cards for me.and maybe any other race cars they bring with the packs

I'm pretty sure they will release the LMP cars in one pack, AFAIK the Toyota and Porsche LMP1s are in the works... not sure about Audi's offering, but given the one thing Kunos is undoubtedly good at being acquiring licenses I'm pretty certain that they'd just grab it as well and release the three at once.

 

[Terra21]

I'm pretty sure they will release the LMP cars in one pack, AFAIK the Toyota and Porsche LMP1s are in the works... not sure about Audi's offering, but given the one thing Kunos is undoubtedly good at being acquiring licenses I'm pretty certain that they'd just grab it as well and release the three at once.

Nah i don't think kunos will go that route of a lemans dlc pack. It would not make sense as the game features cant really back up a pack like that. especially with no le mans track in the game it would also surely bring a lot of negativity from the haters about those set backs. So i think the le mans type cars will be/should be sifted out with other mixed content packs apart from maybe the porsche LMP1 which will be in the porsche dlc's. which is probably a better way for kunos to distribute their packs as with mixed dlc packs their is something in them for everyone to enjoy as opposed to certain theme type packs which would cater for a certain type of enthusiast.which overall will drop dlc sales for kunos imo

 

[Torcano]

@Terra21 Trying to satisfy everyone is a pointless venture. Proven by the red pack, consisting primarily of race cars and F1 cars yet it topped steam sales charts considering the amount of soapbox moaning that ensued from people proclaiming how much they didn't care for F1 cars and how the red pack is bad for not catering to everyone's desires. Kunos has such a huge momentum right now with their extremely aggressive pricing method that eventually everyone ends up getting all the packs because they are so cheap. What we have now is people buying the packs and simply going "hurr they are making me buy a whole pack for one car/track that I like durr", which is a side effect of doing it your way where Kunos is trying to satisfy everyone only to still end up getting turds flung at them. They'd have much more goodwill from the community (for whatever it's worth) if they made focused and specialized packs because those things remove the whole "got nothing to race against" issue that keeps popping up a lot in regards to AC and people will buy those packs anyway because of the aforementioned good pricing scheme. Separating three rivals by a factor of months is possibly the worst thing that they could do IMO. And before you say "but releasing only road cars in a pack will drop it's value and nobody will buy it" I'd point out the japanese pack, everyone has it even though people moaned about how they don't care about japanese cars simply due to the fact that the pack is so cheap. And given that AC is going on consoles now, where majority of the player base consists of casual folks who tend to love street cars I'd say that releasing specialized packs be it race/street oriented will have 0 effect on overall sales if they keep up their fair pricing scheme.