Details about the engine of Assetto Corsa

Lee Ross · Jul 12, 2012

Have Kunos revealed any details about their engine? It seems a very nice engine. What sort of polycount are they using for the models? They look very similar to pCARS models, very detailed and smooth. Lighting seems very natural and clean. Looks like a PC version of GT5 too me. Really can't wait

Scott Webber · Jul 19, 2012

gre up with it? i lived with it, day in and day out, got all the videos of the series

(yes videos not dvd's ) Best TV show to this day imo.

Hampus Andersson · Jul 20, 2012

Not sure if this has been asked before but what type of tire model would Kunoz say they have?
You hear so much about games like "that one has this tire model and that one has that one etc"
NKPro we knew was awesome, we know AC will be as well but what type of tire model is being used?
How much does it simulate? would be great if there was some small techincal pieces one could read up on regarding the tire model.

Pablo Lopez · Jul 20, 2012

the type of tyre model which blows away Aris

https://twitter.com/Aristotelis/status/191587024233431041

follow him, if you dont already, he tweet some good hints sometimes

Pablo Lopez · Jul 20, 2012

theoretical model? pacejka model? muppet model? XD

i think its theoretical IIRC

Hampus Andersson · Jul 20, 2012

Pablo Lopez said:
theoretical model? pacejka model? muppet model? XD

i think its theoretical IIRC

Yea i seem to remember in the early days they ran pacejka but then moved away from that.
Theoretical, nice same as iracing and lfs i believe.

Aristotelis · Jul 20, 2012

The tyre model is something Stefano has created ad hoc. It's based on "single slip profile" with flex, relaxation length, speed sensitive, and everything else you can immagine calculated dynamically and not in steady state.

It's a bit difficult to analyze with graphs and curves because everything is dynamic, but on the other hand it is extremely easy to tweak with relatively a small amount of variables and it is also difficult to do "stupid" things with it. As a result, even modders with low experience, will be able to do very good tyres for their cars, without messing around too much.

So the things you don't see, are difficult and already made by Stefano and to some extend me. The rest is easier to handle.

Most importantly, it gives an amazing feeling of being connected with the road, while at the same time staying always predictable without any moments of "wtf"

This is not our "NTM" that I mentioned in that tweet you've posted. That's an even more advanced tyre model that we are not going to use on v1.0. That one theoretically has some even more impressive potential, but we haven't even driven it, it's just equations and graphs for now (but very impressive hehe).

Lee Ross · Jul 20, 2012

I would think it's gonna be similar to rF2's model. It should be a fully dynamic brush model and support real carcass modeling. NetKar had the most amazing model so i'm really excited to see how the new one feels. rF2's is really nice, so i'm intrigued to see how the Kunos guys have done it this time

Lee Ross · Jul 20, 2012

Ninja'd

Hampus Andersson · Jul 20, 2012

great read thanks!

Vaggelis Theodoridis · Jul 20, 2012

Im in love with Isaac Newton Aristotelis and Stefano

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 23, 2012

Aristotelis said:
without any moments of "wtf"

krazyrider · Sep 26, 2012

Not sure if this question belongs in this thread.

As this sim is being designed to attract all levels of racing fanatics, from novice to experts, I am eager to see what it has to offer in terms of telemetry. To assist novices and juniors in seeting up the car, can AC add some form of assistance or guidanace in the telemetry to help interpret the results and provide suggestions as to what could be changed in the setup? This could encourage other racers to try out this sim.

Im not expecting to have the perfect setup but I am cetain that even today's pros use AI and simulations to optimize their car setups. A little bit of help can go a long way.

Thanks