Assetto Corsa 2: PC in Q2 2024, Console Release Confirmed

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The follow-up to the original Assetto Corsa will release in Q2 2024 – that, we already knew. But thanks to a new filing from Digital Bros, we know that a console release will soon follow.

Image credit: Kunos Simulazioni

The original Assetto Corsa is a beloved basically-open source PC sim racing platform, with modding capabilities meaning endless possibilities. But that does not mean that the game is not also popular on console, despite not being mod-compatible.

After the game released for PS4 and Xbox One, 40% of the game’s entire sales came from the console release. The next AC game was Assetto Corsa Competizione, a licenced side product which also released for console later on down the line. Many were wondering if the original game’s follow-up would get a release on PlayStation and Xbox.

It would appear that the answer to that is a firm yes.


Assetto Corsa 2 Console​

The estimated Spring 2024 release date from a previous Digital Bros filing seems to be backed up once again in their latest report. Digital Bros are the parent company of both AC developers Kunos Simulazioni and the game’s console publisher 505 Games.

In their yearly financial report from 27 September, they make mention of the release of ‘Assetto Corsa 2‘ before the next fiscal year, putting the game’s initial release on PC before July 2024. They go on to state that the console version of the game will also arrive in the ‘long-term’.

With the previous two titles, the console versions arrived a few years after the PC release. The original Assetto Corsa released in late-2014, and the console version arrived in mid-2016. As for Assetto Corsa Competizione, mid-2019 was when the title launched before being on console in mid-2020.


PlayStation and Xbox players have had to make do with official content updates also being late to the platform. Whether the console version will release a year or two after the initial release on PC, we do not know yet. But it is an inevitability now, the game will come to console eventually.

It is not confirmed whether the game will launch for Gen 8 or Gen 9 consoles, but it is perhaps a safe call to assume it will be on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. We cannot say for sure though, so watch this space as to whether players need to upgrade from their PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.

Will you be getting Assetto Corsa on console? Tell us on Twitter at @OverTake_gg or in the comments down below!

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Do you really wanna have the ""Modern Gaming Beta Experience""
i will buy the game ONCE IS FINISHED.

im very excited too, but i have integrity and i like to spend my money on things that ACTUALLY worth that money

you get me?
is not that i think that Kunos is not going to make a good Game.

But i prefer to Cover my Back, instead of Healing the damage, if you know what i mean
(GT7, Forza 8, Cyberpunk2077, Fallout 76, Sonic Frontiers, Pokemon Scarlet....)
So dont buy the early access and wait? Not sure why you need to rant about this...

Early access is a good way for developers to get some funding back.
 
Do you really wanna have the ""Modern Gaming Beta Experience""
i will buy the game ONCE IS FINISHED.

im very excited too, but i have integrity
I hope you do not mean to imply that because i am inclined to buy into the potential EA of AC2 that i do not have integrity.
I am willing to do so based on my experience with Kunos and Early Access in Assetto Corsa and ACCompetizione.
You should also not confuse A) actual Early Access at a reduced price with B) a buggy glitchy version of the full game that the developer fixes in the months and years after the actual release.
Early Access with Kunos has been: 1 Track 1 Car and they released during the EA period more content up until the full release where the 'rest' of the game came and that marked also the official launch of the game.

I agree with you when for example Turn10 is releasing FM and it is in the state that it is. People buying now into this game are essentially beta testers. That is what i understand under "modern gaming beta experience". But actual EA is something different.
 
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I am willing to do so based on my experience with Kunos and Early Access in Assetto Corsa and ACCompetizione.
Completely agree, I bought ea for AC on the basis of Netkar and ACC on AC.
I may not play them a lot but they should be in every collection if you like racing/driving games.
 
Someone commented that "it should have some Gran Turismo-like feature".

I don't want anything like Gran Turismo in the game. I mean if it's a simulator, it can't have all that idiotic "go to the cafe and drive this Lada 1500S challenge first before you get to real races".

GT7 is not a bad game, the driving is actually decent but boy do I hate that kind of game modes.

When I bought AC Ultimate Edition for Playstation4 back in the day the absolute BEST thing was that you had all the cars right away. No gimmicks.

Leave arcade gimmicks to arcade/simcades. Career modes and all that are nice EXTRAS but a real sim should never have any kind of mandatory challenges, imho. Only pure driving.
 
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I don't want anything like Gran Turismo in the game. I mean if it's a simulator, it can't have all that idiotic "go to the cafe and drive this Lada 1500S challenge first before you get to real races".


Leave arcade gimmicks to arcade/simcades. Career modes and all that are nice EXTRAS but a real sim should never have any kind of mandatory challenges, imho. Only pure driving.
While i agree with these points, we also can't deny the fact that the singleplayer experience in AC was not ideal. PCars1 and 2 managed pretty satisfying 'campaigns' for what they were worth, so i would expect something more creative from AC2 compared to 1.
 
Someone commented that "it should have some Gran Turismo-like feature".

I don't want anything like Gran Turismo in the game. I mean if it's a simulator, it can't have all that idiotic "go to the cafe and drive this Lada 1500S challenge first before you get to real races".

GT7 is not a bad game, the driving is actually decent but boy do I hate that kind of game modes.

When I bought AC Ultimate Edition for Playstation4 back in the day the absolute BEST thing was that you had all the cars right away. No gimmicks.

Leave arcade gimmicks to arcade/simcades. Career modes and all that are nice EXTRAS but a real sim should never have any kind of mandatory challenges, imho. Only pure driving.
I absolutelly agree with you.
 
While i can see all the work that was put in by the many modders of AC with the light, rain, effects, cars, tracks and whatnot, i am a person who can't be bothered with all this fiddling around to make stuff work. Thats why i gravitate more towards complete packages of games with mostly curated environments. When i am today playing AC i am playing the Steam installed version and nothing else. I tried several times to get into the whole Content Manager stuff but seriously, its not for me. Same reason why i don't gravitate towards rF2.
So i hope that AC2 will have a great base package with some nice DLCs coming just like AC1 had. I need stuff to just work and have the same level of quality everywhere.
I get ur point, but using Content Manager is literally just download and play, u will need to learn some things if u want to fine tune it but it makes the game so much better.
 
This is the plan, and unique game engine.


NetKarPro<AC1<ACC.... i think every version is better than previous....Only the rain is missing from the first AC.
Even so.... you get CSP preview v 218 and it should be ok?
 

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