Assetto Corsa Version 1.8 and Tripl3 DLC Released

[Paul Jeffrey]

Kunos Simulazioni have released the new Tripl3 DLC package and the latest update for the PC version of Assetto Corsa, bringing the sim to version 1.8 and adding a free car and historic circuit to the game.

Update wise, version 1.8 includes many fixes and optimisations for Assetto Corsa, most noticeable of which is the work that has gone on under the hood of the software to increase performance of the title while at the same time adding significant improvements to the reflections and shadows in game. Version 10 tyres have also been added to the LaFerrari, McLaren P1, Pagani Huayra, BMW M3 GT2, Ferrari 458 GT2, Corvette C7R, Ferrari 599XX, Ferrari FXXK and Pagani Zonda R. Initially it was hoped the GT3 class would receive Version 10 tyres to compliment the Red Pack DLC cars already running the new technology, however it appears the change in the new tyre model for GT3's hasn’t quite made it into this update.

Players should also find the Artificial Intelligence in game now respond better to contact between each other and the player, as Kunos have worked on the collision logic between AI and player, resulting in "slower reaction after an impact, for more realistic collisions".

Other highlights of todays update include:

Free Content
Assetto Corsa version 1.8 comes with a couple of pieces on new content in the shape of the sports variant to the Audi A1, the Audi S1. Lighter, faster and meaner than its tamer brother, the S1 is the latest little pocket rocket from the German manufacturer. Alongside the S1, Kunos have also released Monza's 1960 10km Sopraelevata circuit, laserscanned to be the most accurate representation of the legendary Italian circuit ever found in a racing simulation, and the first time ever for this track on gaming consoles. Sopraelevata comes in two configurations, Monza 1966 Full Course (Sopraelevata) and Monza 1966 Junior Course. Both the S1 and Sopraelevata come free as part of the version 1.8 update for Assetto Corsa.

Tripl3 DLC
Containing three brand new cars for Assetto Corsa is the new Tripl3 DLC from Kunos. Priced at a reasonable $2.99, the new DLC brings two new cars from the legendary Prancing Horse and a rank outside in the shape of the little know Praga R1. Although always nice to have more Ferrari's, the Praga R1 could well be one of the more interesting items within the Tripl3 DLC. Designed as a "Lightweight, Extreme downforce, Full-carbon, High safety, Low running cost" sports car by Czech car manufacturer Praga Racing, the R1 kicks out 210bhp from a Renault Sport Formula 2010 2.0 engine. At only 592kg, the Praga R1 is a full-carbon track car designed around a composite monocoque and loosely based on WEC LMP1 prototype style vehicle. This should make for a very interesting addition to the sim, and is personally one I am very much looking forward to trying out on track.

The Tripl3 DLC is available to purchase now via Steam for $2.99 and contains:

• Praga R1
• Ferrari FXXK
• Ferrari 488 GTB

Read the full changelog for Assetto Corsa version 1.8 below:

• New Ferrari FXXK (Tripl3 Pack DLC)
• New Ferrari 488 GTB (Tripl3 Pack DLC)
• New Praga R1 (Tripl3 Pack DLC)
• New Audi S1 (A1)
• New Monza 66 Full Course (sopraelevata)
• New Monza 66 Junior Course
• Improved reflection quality
• Improved shadow stability
• Improved graphics performances
• Fixed Tyre Model 10 not updating Dx and Dy value in telemetry app
• AI improvements on slower reaction after an impact, for more realistic collisions
• Overlay Leaderboard now shows correct positions on the grid at race start
• Fixed Laps app showing 0 as first lap
• Fixed Race Control UI for the low resolution screens
• Wrong direction penalty gets also time penalty
• Added float clutch to SPageFilePhysics
• Fixed turbolevel digital item showing a wrong value
• Fixed various problems/timing on ghost cars
• Fixed typo on sound distance attenuation for Lotus Evora GTC/GX
• Fixed sample attack for BMW M3 e30 GrA/DTM limiters
• Replay files will not reset anymore at session start (no need to rush out of the server anymore to save a replay)
• Fixed remote cars head movements in multiplayer and multiplayer replays
• Fixed typo on LaFerrari active differential lock in coast and small bumpstop stiffness changes
• General improvements on V10 tyres for rolling resistance, flex, pressures and more.
• Improved Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 suspension, should improve braking without ABS
• V10 tyres for Hypercars LaFerrari, McLaren P1, Pagani Huayra
• V10 tyres for GT2 cars BMW M3 GT2, Ferrari 458 GT2, Corvette C7R
• V10 tyres for Racing Hypercars Ferrari 599XX, Ferrari FXXK, Pagani Zonda R
• Fixed ERS power output when battery is close to 0 and MGU-H is set to battery
• Removed ERS cockpit controls for MGU-H and Recover in McLaren P1
• Improvement in performance for collision detection and physic solver
• Fixed clouds when switching sessions
• Returning to pit during a time penalty results in a greater time penalty
• Fixed possible drive through cheat
• Fixed blurred objects not working if speed was negative
• Fixed hotlap mode: now valid laps will be correctly registered
• Removed white flag: a new message will appear the moment the race leader starts his last lap
• Modding: extra animations now binded to three channels NUM 4, 5 and 6 (group animations to make them play simultaneously, otherwise each clip will be played separately)
• Modding: rotating object support for cooling fans [ROTATING_OBJECT_0] in extra_animations
• Modding: series scripts added for digital speed bars [SPEED_SERIE_0] in digital_instruments

Assetto Corsa is available via the Steam network for Windows PC right now. Console gamers in Europe can purchase AC from today for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, whilst players in NA will have access from 30th Tuesday 30th August.


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Have you downloaded the new update? What are your first impressions? Do you like the Tripl3 DLC package? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Noel Spence]

+constant crashing of pc for me ,deleted my documents twice and verified game cache ,says it is fine , wish i could try the new content ,was fine before the update

 

[RC45]

+constant crashing of pc for me ,deleted my documents twice and verified game cache ,says it is fine , wish i could try the new content ,was fine before the update

Have had 2 PC crashes on my backup PC since update - never had a PC crash with AC before this.

Restored old AC folder and no crash, reinstalled updated AC and a crash on the second race.

 

[Noel Spence]

i seem

Have had 2 PC crashes on my backup PC since update - never had a PC crash with AC before this.

Restored old AC folder and no crash, reinstalled updated AC and a crash on the second race.

i seemed too have fixed it turned down world detail too high instead of full , just tried a full field of ktm at magione and am getting 173fps ,so big jump in fps for me ,now too try new cars ,good look with it sir

 

[Rob_]

I expected the FXX K to handle better,understeers like crazy

 

[Fanapryde]

I expected the FXX K to handle better,understeers like crazy

I have not changed any settings, but gave the three cars a quick spin last night:
The FXX K is very fast and has less understeer than the 588 imo.
The Praga is really fun to drive, but I expected (have to check the specs) a bit more speed.

The free Audi S1 on the other hand is faster than I expected.
Mixed feelings about the Monza layout. I don't really like the bankings. Probably because I don't like ovals either...

 

[traediras]

Praga R1 is 592kgs with a 210bhp/220Nm 2.0L 4-cylinder engine, so it's not going to have a lot of top speed, but boy is it nice to drive.

 

[Fanapryde]

Praga R1 is 592kgs with a 210bhp/220Nm 2.0L 4-cylinder engine, so it's not going to have a lot of top speed, but boy is it nice to drive.

That would explain my feelings, thanks.
And yes, it is really fun to drive !

 

[Jack Vos]

Had to sell a kidney for it but now I can buy the Tripl3 pack

 

[tejo.hr]

I must admin I'm disappointed with no career changes for console release. Last time I played it, I did races in order. After one race with specific car on specific track (was one of BMW but not sure about track, Mugello maybe?) the same car waited for me on the same track just 2 or 3 races after (I think only top AI car was different and that was it). Game has a nice diversity by now and I don't think this kind of career can put up with it's competitors on consoles which always had a big focus on well made career. I know, I know, the game is focused on simulation and not 900 cars on 50 tracks, but still, as with now decent AI, I don't think that just having a better arranged career is that hard to be made.

 

[Blimey]

Better get my wallet to pay 1 eur for every single car in the game lol

 

[Bokonon]

Have had 2 PC crashes on my backup PC since update - never had a PC crash with AC before this.

Restored old AC folder and no crash, reinstalled updated AC and a crash on the second race.

I had similar issues on last update, havr you tried unticking 'full screen rendering', that worked for me.

 

[FishPapp]

Sounds weird. We all have had improvement to performance thanks to the sim now utilizing much more of the hardware. Its not a small optimization that is done. Try reinstalling completely fresh alt. delete the AC folder in documents&settings plus verify game cache in steam. Would be weird if you lost FPS. For me it was raised a lot.

To all: Reinstall your game completely even by deleting the Assetto Corsa folder in Documents & Settings if you see no FPS improvement at all. Kunos didnt do a small optimization bandaid they changed how AC make use of the hardware (to get more juice out of them). I could for the first time in years turn on adaptive vsync and i tested with full AI grid which never was 60FPS for me before. Now its completely smooth.

New cars are great. Love the Praga and 488GTB. And to people being somehow let down by 3 quality cars for 3 bucks... Lol. There are A LOT of cars coming. No need to be sad guys.

@Prithvi R Shankar Tire model 10 should be closer to where Kunos want them. i.e. closer to the real deal (better and more realistic).

Tried a total reinstall and the frame rate jumped by one. The move to 64 bit a while back gave me an increase against AI as I'm running an i-7 but my gfx card, and maybe driver, just can't pump out any more frames of loveliness. As Clarkey might say, where have the horses gone?

Maybe I'll have a new PC by the time AC 2 rolls around but for now I'm exiling myself to the ps4 version where I can weep a little every time I think to pop open an in-car app or try and change the seat height etc, and remember I can't 'cause consoles are for stoopid subhumans not deserving of Kunos love (at least not yet anyway).

 

[Stereo]

Doesn't really surprise me some people see no difference in framerate, optimizations can only help if they improve the thing that happens to be worst on your system. Just like there's 100 different benchmarks, there are 100 different things that can cap your framerate.

To get my triple screens rendered is a lot of pixels, I'm pretty sure that dominates the load on my GPU and thus framerate. Don't know exactly what got improved but apparently this wasn't it, so I'm capped around the same amount. Maybe there are fewer situations that'll cause a framerate drop, hard to judge that. Lower CPU usage is a good thing for sure, means I can run more AI. But I didn't used to try for the most AI possible so I don't know what my old/new limits are.

 

[Mitja Bonca]

Is 1.8 for PC version too (didn`t deteced, sorry, no time to read all) with all the tracks and cars?
And another question, will from now on, all the updates come for all platforms (pc, ps4 and xbox)?

 

[FishPapp]

1.8 is for PC, not sure where the console versions are; updates will be slower though due to MS and Sony having more patch hurdles than steam.

 

[Andreas Knöpke]

Apparently some mod cars are broken.
Not many but a few are.

 

[Blimey]

Is 1.8 for PC version too (didn`t deteced, sorry, no time to read all) with all the tracks and cars?
And another question, will from now on, all the updates come for all platforms (pc, ps4 and xbox)?

Stefano said consoles are months behind when it comes to patches

 

[Reiche]

Had to sell a kidney for it but now I can buy the Tripl3 pack

I'm so happy payday is near

 

[Reik Major]

You finally did it Kunos. A DLC that doesn't interest me at all. First one I definitely won't even look at.

Is it really worth blowing up threads with such posts every time a DLC gets released? I mean would you go to a bakery just to tell them "Hey, you finally baked one sort of a bread I definitely won't buy from you!"

I'm here to read helpful opinions from those, who tried the DLC already, to help me making my decision and get some appetizer until I get my hands on it...

 

[Peter Stokman]

+constant crashing of pc for me ,deleted my documents twice and verified game cache ,says it is fine , wish i could try the new content ,was fine before the update

go to options / video and adjust screen resolution . AC happens to change your screen setting after a update , happened to me already 4 times but not after this update and also not the one before but my friend had it the one before , so check that .