Stefano on ACC modability
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If you want to be less pessimistic, consider it an engine demo for AC2. I would imagine they sat down & said "what are most people driving in AC?" and got GT3s, and hey, there's a convenient big name brand which only covers GT3s to hang a tight project off. Tight focus & time limitations do not lend themselves to writing robust mod support with all possible cheating vectors plugged - if you want real money involved in racing ( the FIA is doing some simracing thing at the N24, aren't they? ) via the product it needs to be airtight, and that is a giant mass of verification for an open API which is meant to actively encourage changing the game internals.
The UE4 side is extremely well known, anyway. Noone knows how much survived unaltered yet though.
The UE4 side is extremely well known, anyway. Noone knows how much survived unaltered yet though.
It's the easiest way to get into a new engine that supports night and rain. They have to learn a whole new engine so locking it down to a fixed series and not building mod tools is a smart way to get out of their AC engine and not spend 5 years building the next sim. AC had run its course and that is all there is to it. To move forward a new engine was needed. Moving AC as it is to a new engine with all its unknowns would have been financial suicide. This lets them work on a limited car set, figure out everything they need to know about the new engine, then they can maybe look to a proper AC sequel. There is little reason to get upset with the choices they made on this. If after ACC they still do not go for a proper AC2 then I would maybe see a reason to get upset. The team is still small so they have to bite off small chunks to move forward. Bite off too much and you choke and die.
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Ski ... you have given me so much joy with your mods and they were ONLY possible because of the way AC was built to support modding to keep it going and growing. Kunos has moved on and is no longer independent or even in the sim business ... they work for people who make games now. Might as well put them in cartridges.
You will never see Bridgehampton in ACC and I doubt very much it will make AC2, unless they buy it out. After ACC comes AC-F1, or whatever hole 505 Games wants to fill. Just watch.
How would Bridgehampton fit into ACC? You still don't understand that they won't forbid modding, but there will not be any mod tools. It's a huge step for them to move into Unreal Engine 4. Modding is not the first priority and creating modding tools requires huge resources that can go into making ACC better as a sim.
ACC will be a complete package of a racing series of two seasons so far with all the cars and tracks. The way I see modding is that it's good for filling up missing content. ACC will not have missing content. ACC will not be a large scale unfocused sim like AC, rF2, PC2 are where any piece of content finds its place. And it's very welcome from my end.
Modding does not make sims...
But they are OWNED by 505 Games.
That's exactly what I've been saying, you make my point for me.
ACC is only ONE series ... one type of cars, of COURSE there is no place in it for Bridgehampton, or
Watkins Glen or Riverside. AC is and could be all sports car racing ... ALL tracks ... ALL cars.
You guys want arcade games ... fine with me. I'm not going to buy them.
As far as I was aware 505 games own the rights to the consoles and sales, I still have the original agreement on my PC search its not hard to find.
reads pretty clear to me Ted.
http://www.digitalbros.com/wp-conte...ulazioni-partners-for-Assetto-Corsa_final.pdf
Your definition of arcade games is quite strange... Many series and modding = sim? Correct rules, weather, no missing content, development and feedback with real racing teams, improved physics of a current sim = arcade?
And one series and a limited number of tracks. No F1, No Indy, No Can-Am, No Trans Am ... ONE series. THIS equals Arcade.
And then ... pony up more money for another series ... and more money for computer gear. This is EXACTLY Arcade.
AC did the whole thing, EXCEPT night and rain.
No thank you, I'm not buying into it. You can have my share.
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Mario Kart is arcade. Need for Speed is arcade. It's based on how true to life the experience is. Based on physics. Say that you don't like GT3s and therefore have no interest in ACC, I will understand. Say that you don't like the business model ACC implies and you don't want to support them. But what you are saying is pure nonsense. How can one become a member of the staff on RD with these opinions? I thought this was a serious website...
But... This was my last post to you. There is no point in this conversation. Have a nice day and enjoy simracing the way you see it.
It's shocking that you are staff here with this $!#@ attitude.
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This too.
@natedogg1867 @Peter Kerényi
RD staff are also members with their own opinions often differing, but they surely should be allowed to express them as freely as non staffers.
RD staff are also members with their own opinions often differing, but they surely should be allowed to express them as freely as non staffers.
Certainly, but at the same time they represent the website in their interactions with the community. Should be allowed to express their opinions, but should keep in mind the image they create...
