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[Stereo]

If you don't want to, you simple don't have to pick the fastest cars straight away. Who would say that you have to do it, I wonder? Take it a step back and start with a slow car, learn the basics and move on when you feel good enough. There is nothing a sim racing newbie could be afraid of.

Of course the counterpart is, if you're an experienced sim racer, you'll blow through any license tests anyway, and it'll let you get a feel for a wider variety of cars than if you just jumped into the formula cars. It's not like you're gonna be so bad at driving a Lotus Elise that you never unlock the cars you want to drive. If there is a career mode it'll let everyone advance, even the ones driving on a controller with full assists, not "post a 1:22:00 lap at Magione or the AI wins".

 

[mapu13]

there you have it - unlocking cars

gives me the shivers

 

[Bakkster]

I think when you get a ton of options, sometimes it's nice to just let the game give you only 3 choices and make your decision easier. If you don't have a personal preference, that gives you the suggestion so you don't spend all your time trying to decide what to race.

I liked that aspect of the Forza 4 World Tour. One track, three options for events, something like ten tracks per 'season'. The only thing I didn't like was it scaled the AI automatically and the beginner AI was terrible and would park on the apexes instead of just braking earlier and accelerating later. So long as there isn't a lock out, it'll keep the game fresh for a lot of people.

 

[William Levesque]

Even on PRO Forza 4 was piss easy and the A.I. brake checked every apexes...

 

[InsaneOzzie]

I see a lot of comments here speculating and comparing AC's career mode with other titles, just because Forza 4 or Shift's career mode was designed in a particular way I see no reason to stereotype AC with the same brush at this time.

As I stated in a previous comment, I doubt very much Kunos will deliberately mimic other career designs, as they have embarked on a ground braking path with AC and have more than likely spent many hours discussing the aspects of the career mode, with the idea to design it so it is challenging to all simracer skill levels.

For example maybe the career mode they have in mind is one that enables you "the driver" to take on a career based on your driver skill level from the onset of the game which will cater to the experienced Simracer and that will engage a far more competitive and challenging AI based on your driver skill level, EG: Beginner, Rookie, Experienced, Pro. Maybe it will be based on what series you prefer, Open Wheelers or Tin-Top's.

The fact is that most games have made career modes based around starting at the bottom (Karts, Formula Ford etc.) and regardless of driver skill, working up to the top (F1), Grid was a good example of a typical "career mode", and only provided a small degree of variation in what races you participated in. Shift had little to no variation other than the series chosen, neither did Dirt2. Most games are based on the principle of start here, do all these races, end here, game over.

I don't believe Kunos will follow the stereotypical path of the genre, I am positive that we will all be surprised by what Stefano and the team have in mind for AC's career mode. We have to remember that Kunos is not building AC for the same reasons most software companies build their games...... Profits for shareholders.
AC is a passion for Stefano and the Kunos team, the fact they put all the finances from NKPro into licenses for AC is testament to that, the fact they released the tech preview so we could all trial the game core with our PC's is a first and then they updated it to fix issues, how many devs do this?

The Kunos team are passionate Simracers just like the rest of us and their desire to produce the best Racing Simulator is why their career mode will be different to what we have seen in the past.

Cheers!

 

[BanjoMaster]

Here goes a long shot:

Aristotelis is there any chance at all you could furnish us with a bit more info on any of the points raised above? We're going mental down here!

 

[Juise]

Here goes a long shot:

Aristotelis is there any chance at all you could furnish us with a bit more info on any of the points raised above? We're going mental down here!

As Marco said in the original info that there will be more comprehensive update on how things are, next week..

 

[BanjoMaster]

As Marco said in the original info that there will be more comprehensive update on how things are, next week..

Yes, but that was posted last Friday; 'next week' is this week.

 

[GamerMuscle]

Lol , people that are desperate for AC just play some other games for a bit AC will come out when it comes out.

I know its hard to have to wait as the TD is so promising and we are all desperate for a game with cars that actually handle and feel like real cars on the limit, which is missing from almost every current simulator aside from a couple of cars in varouse games and NKP.

But demanding information wont make it come out any faster and with the way game development is its often imposable to set a defined date and a defined feature set until the product is essentially finished.

Also the more you build up expectations or hypothesize which features the game will or wont have the more disapionted you will likely be when it comes out. How many socks do you need from grandma to realise that you should keep expectations low when it comes to Christmas then that occasional time you get something fantastic totally left field its all the better.

If you need something to do make some pizza !

 

[BanjoMaster]

Lol , people that are desperate for AC just play some other games for a bit AC will come out when it comes out.

I know its hard to have to wait as the TD is so promising and we are all desperate for a game with cars that actually handle and feel like real cars on the limit, which is missing from almost every current simulator aside from a couple of cars in varouse games and NKP.

But demanding information wont make it come out any faster and with the way game development is its often imposable to set a defined date and a defined feature set until the product is essentially finished.

Also the more you build up expectations or hypothesize which features the game will or wont have the more disapionted you will likely be when it comes out. How many socks do you need from grandma to realise that you should keep expectations low when it comes to Christmas then that occasional time you get something fantastic totally left field its all the better.

If you need something to do make some pizza !

All good points, well made, but the very last thing I need to do is make some pizza. Diet ahoy!

Personally I'm almost comically bad at waiting in circumstances like these where the unknown is exactly how long I'll be waiting for! I start a new job in 2 weeks, and I'm more excited about AC than that! I must drive the people around me crazy...

Secondly, there is absolutely nothing else (other games, movies, activities, job stuff, etc.) that has even come close to capturing my attention like Assetto Corsa has. It's almost too good to be true, and I don't seem to be the only one.

Thirdly, Marco has said outright that they have already decided on a specific date for release and will let us know 'soon'. Even knowing if 'soon' meant days, weeks, months, etc. would be good at the moment.

 

[GamerMuscle]

All good points, well made, but the very last thing I need to do is make some pizza. Diet ahoy!

Personally I'm almost comically bad at waiting in circumstances like these where the unknown is exactly how long I'll be waiting for! I start a new job in 2 weeks, and I'm more excited about AC than that! I must drive the people around me crazy...

Secondly, there is absolutely nothing else (other games, movies, activities, job stuff, etc.) that has even come close to capturing my attention like Assetto Corsa has. It's almost too good to be true, and I don't seem to be the only one.

Thirdly, Marco has said outright that they have already decided on a specific date for release and will let us know 'soon'. Even knowing if 'soon' meant days, weeks, months, etc. would be good at the moment.

You can make relatively low calorie pizza by making a thinner base and then use toppings like onions, chillies, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, olives, asparagus, pineapple, tuna, prawns, chicken and sweetcorn. Still use a small amount of mozzarella but you can can get low fat versions.

I have found making the tomato source extra spicy and allowing the dough to slow rise in the fridge for a day or two massively adds to the flavour , cold dough is also easer to shape and get a thinner crust with.

Half of a "14 thin crust pizza is enough for a meal and works out between 250-400 calories depending on amount of cheese thickness of dough and other toppings.

You can also make a dough from Quinoa-flax seed which is fantastic for people that are gluten intolerant or on a specific diet also Replacing mozzarella for goat cheese and doing a salad topping can also work well.

So no excuse diet or not

 

[nijeat]

I think....

 

[BanjoMaster]

You can make relatively low calorie pizza by making a thinner base and then use toppings like onions, chillies, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, olives, asparagus, pineapple, tuna, prawns, chicken and sweetcorn. Still use a small amount of mozzarella but you can can get low fat versions.

I have found making the tomato source extra spicy and allowing the dough to slow rise in the fridge for a day or two massively adds to the flavour , cold dough is also easer to shape and get a thinner crust with.

Half of a "14 thin crust pizza is enough for a meal and works out between 250-400 calories depending on amount of cheese thickness of dough and other toppings.

You can also make a dough from Quinoa-flax seed which is fantastic for people that are gluten intolerant or on a specific diet also Replacing mozzarella for goat cheese and doing a salad topping can also work well.

So no excuse diet or not

Okay, okay, I'll go and make pizza! :-D

 

[Damien Wintz]

Week is over and still no news

 

[Juise]

The English version of the post was this Wednesday (24.04) and it said "...next week". Next week starts in 57 minutes.. so 7 days and 57 minutes left for waiting

 

[MarcG]

The English version of the post was this Wednesday (24.04) and it said "...next week". Next week starts in 57 minutes.. so 7 days and 57 minutes left for waiting

Does'nt matter when the English version was posted, Marco posted on FB on 19th April (a Friday) that there would be "news next week" and then last week (24th) we got the update with the info about Career and other stuff nothing News this week unless they surprise us with more information!

 

[Juise]

Ah, missed that first one. They´re getting cryptic

 

[MarcG]

Ah, missed that first one. They´re getting cryptic

they get any more cryptic and slower they'll end up like ISI...and we dont want that! (when it comes to communication!)

 

[Olivier Boissel]

Hi all,

Last day of Q1 2013 today, I hope we will have soon some news or why not the big surprise

 

[Radek Zukowski]

Hi all,

Last day of Q1 2013 today, I hope we will have soon some news or why not the big surprise

Last day of Q1 was one month ago.