First Sight of New Assetto Corsa Cars Coming 2017

[Paul Jeffrey]

Kunos Simulazioni, via Licencing Manager Marco Massarutto, have revealed several exciting renders showing off several new cars to be added to Assetto Corsa in the next year.

With several exciting licences due to deliver a raft of new cars to Assetto Corsa during 2017, Marco Massarutto has taken to Facebook to show off a range of renders from the work in progress machines.

With some cars such as the Audi Quattro and Mazda 787B already well known and anticipated by fans of the sim, it is perhaps the more surprising early sight of the legendary Toyota and Audi LPM 1 machines plus the iconic Toyota Celica World Rally Championship car that will draw most attention from the recent post by Massarutto. All the renders revealed on Facebook show the usual Assetto Corsa attention to detail, and each machine should make an incredible addition to the simulation.

At this stage no release date is known for any of the content show with the exception of the 2017 Porsche 911 RSR, with should be included as a free item for owners of the third Porsche DLC instalment some time during February.


The cars revealed so far include:

• Mazda 787B
• Toyota TS040 Hybrid
• Audi R18 eTron
• Porsche 991 GT3 RSR
• Audi R8 LMS
• Audi Quattro Group B car
• Audi Sport TT RS
• Mazda Miata
• Lotus 3-11
• Toyota Celica WRC

With this unexpected reveal from Massarutto it looks like fans of Assetto Corsa have plenty to look forward to in the coming months.

Assetto Corsa is a racing simulation available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC. Additional DLC can be downloaded across all platforms adding a variety of additional cars and tracks.

The Assetto Corsa sub forum is a great place to get involved with your fellow community members and discuss the game. Here at RaceDepartment we have a wonderful Racing Club that hosts regular races and league events, plus you can add a wealth of additional content via our modding downloads archive and catch up on the latest news with regards to the sim.



Looking forward to the new content coming to Assetto Corsa? Which car do you most look forward to getting behind the wheel of? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Epistolarius]

legendary Toyota and Audi LPM 1 machines

Basically, the list is:

• 2016- Audi R8 LMS
  
• 2014 Audi R18 E-Tron quattro RP4
  
• 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2
  
• 2014 Audi Sport TT-RS VLN
  
• 2016 Lotus 3-Eleven
  
• 1990 Mazda 787B
  
• 1989- Mazda MX-5 NA Miata
  
• 2017 Porsche 911 RSR (991.2)
  
• 1992- Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 (Rally)
• 2014 Toyota TS040 Hybrid

 

[John Oliver]

they need to start adding track packs

 

[mclarenf1papa]

By the amount of LMP cars that Kunos has launched and still to launch, should seriously consider scanning La Sarthe, it becomes a sin as many LMP cars and not having Lemans

Especially considering they're all in LM aero configs...which are pretty useless at most tracks....still beyond me as to why Kunos chooses to license and model those versions.

 

[rico schembri]

will there be more ferraris and alfas

 

[Brownninja97]

will there be more ferraris and alfas

yeah

 

[Andreas Knöpke]

they need to start adding track packs

No, they don't.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IWhrDNJcrwXqS5FDH8p4NycLmQZHcNIXT9J26wr3Nx0/edit#gid=0

 

[Dave_6]

Especially considering they're all in LM aero configs...which are pretty useless at most tracks....still beyond me as to why Kunos chooses to license and model those versions.

I believe the manufacturers tell them which versions to use. IIRC Aris said that at some point.

 

[rico schembri]

yeah

ok thanks

 

[Gergo Panker]

Especially considering they're all in LM aero configs...which are pretty useless at most tracks....still beyond me as to why Kunos chooses to license and model those versions.

Come on, surely it's deliberate and not something beyond our control.
Also "useless" in my book would be if they were released without wheels, but that's hardly the case. Yes, it is not necessarily the ideal scenario but it doesn't prevent anyone from enjoying LMP1 cars with our current line of content, I don't know why you like to suggest that.

 

[Epistolarius]

Especially considering they're all in LM aero configs...which are pretty useless at most tracks....

With Le Mans aero package all those prototypes still all have amounts of downforce between the GT3/E and modern F1 cars. "Pretty useless at most tracks" isn't true at all.

 

[Brownninja97]

Come on, surely it's deliberate and not something beyond our control.
Also "useless" in my book would be if they were released without wheels, but that's hardly the case. Yes, it is not necessarily the ideal scenario but it doesn't prevent anyone from enjoying LMP1 cars with our current line of content, I don't know why you like to suggest that.

i guess a better way of wording it would be immersion breaking, not the end of the world well a bit for me because i prefer this

the lights look way better even if they are less functional

Its just the nature of this community wanting it all to be perfect which is a tall order whichever way you look at it.

this being said glad the license for the R18 2016 wasnt taken because the le mans bodykit for that was outright ghastly.

 

[Shaun Clarke]

More power hungry and fuel consuming cars, what about grass roots stuff, the lower end of the market, not everybody is super / hyper power fans

Some people like where it all starts, not where it ends

 

[Blimey]

I hope I don't have to pay for those Toyotas, Mazdas and the Lotus.

 

[Vincent.C]

As read before, GTE + Porsche 911 RSR, 919 HYBRID + TS040 and R18 e-Tron = circuit de la Sarthe. Please Kunos... I have bucks ready for that....

 

[Blimey]

As read before, GTE + Porsche 911 RSR, 919 HYBRID + TS040 and R18 e-Tron = circuit de la Sarthe. Please Kunos... I have bucks ready for that....

500k $ ready?

 

[tlsmikey]

Great selection of cars...but man...tracks...we need tracks. Lots of em and badly.

 

[Mapu]

the exciting part of this post is that at least the car models are done

 

[Leonardo Chaves]

Yep, but it is a pretty boring track, isn't it ?

It's great for multiclass racing, not the best for hotlapping or underpowered cars.

 

[Terra21]

Wheres the BMW M6

 

[Radu Oros]

Especially considering they're all in LM aero configs...which are pretty useless at most tracks....still beyond me as to why Kunos chooses to license and model those versions.

The Porsche 919 2015 in AC does the same laptimes at Spa, Silverstone, Nurburgring as in the 2015 WEC season. (The other tracks are le mans, cota, fuji, shangai, bahrain).
For the 2016 car, in RSR Livetiming at Spa it was a bit faster than real life and at Silverstone, also according to RSR leaderboards, this time real lap time was a bit faster than in sim. And still same season, for Nurburgring GP (GT) does the same lap times as in real life (The additional track in '16 season is Mexico).