2018 Realistic Wish List

BenCollins · Dec 20, 2017

What has the new year in store for Assetto Corsa? AC2 maybe?

What are your dream content wishes, mods or otherwise?

Mine are:

Goodwood Hillclimb (in progress, cannot wait)
Gran Turismo Tracks, specifically Seattle, Citti D'Aria and Deep Forest...please someone make it happen!!

Opel-King · Dec 20, 2017

TCR and V8 Supercars licence

Giovaneveterano · Dec 20, 2017

I never understood all the hope behind a new Assetto Corsa.
It's a title that came out in 2013 and it's way way better now than then, like it's almost a 2.0 version.
To do a comparison, iRacing is around since 2008 and keeps improving.
Personally my hope is that Kunos will continue support AC, adding more official content and race options.

David Wright · Dec 20, 2017

BenCollins said:
What has the new year in store for Assetto Corsa? AC2 maybe?

I suspect 2018 will be a very quiet year in terms of official releases for AC. I'm not expecting any further DLC or significant features to be added. While I'm sure work has already started on AC2 I wouldn't expect it to be released next year even if an early access program was adopted..

In terms of mods I'm hoping the DTM Revival mod will be released.

Turk · Dec 20, 2017

Giovaneveterano said:
I never understood all the hope behind a new Assetto Corsa.
It's a title that came out in 2013 and it's way way better now than then, like it's almost a 2.0 version.
To do a comparison, iRacing is around since 2008 and keeps improving.

iRacing have money coming in the whole time though, they have a clear way to fund those regular updates. The simple fact of the matter is Kunos need to be making money or they won't have a business. Maybe the DLC is enough to allow them to keep funding updates on AC, but even with the most die hard fans it's likely DLC purchases would fall off over time.

They've also clearly defined the limitations of the current AC engine when it comes to features like night and rain (which everyone still wants even though we more than likely won't use it that often). I think the AC user base has got wild expectations of Kunos that they'll probably never be able to satisfy (not without some form of monthly payment) but some of the race features should be implemented at some stage and if they are planning to do AC2 it's a bit of a waste of time working on them for AC1.

Kunos have an active user base hungry for more products, them being tight lipped about future content and products makes me hopeful they do have something in the works, whether it's maintaining AC, or a new version doesn't really bother me, as long as we get more, bigger, better AC.

Manfredk2 · Dec 20, 2017

My wish is that our glorious modding scene presents us some of the "missing cars" like the Ferrari 512M or the BMW M6 GT3

Giovaneveterano · Dec 20, 2017

Turk said:
iRacing have money coming in the whole time though

Of course Kunos should put a price on the 2.0 update.
They could even change the current engine, if possible, and add new content, but they shoud keep the current AC as a base and all the awesome stuff they made in these years.
Throw everything away just to create a separate game sounds bad to me.

Jacco van der Zaag · Dec 20, 2017

Manfredk2 said:
My wish is that our glorious modding scene presents us some of the "missing cars" like the Ferrari 512M or the BMW M6 GT3

Manfred, the M6 GT3 is out there. From AGU. It's a rip, but it's quite good.

Manfredk2 · Dec 20, 2017

I know, but i am dreaming of a high quality RSS M6 GT3

Shap · Dec 20, 2017

UE 4 version, more detailed sound engine and a different approach of multiplayer car selection. To name a few.

AccAkut · Dec 20, 2017

Giovaneveterano said:
I never understood all the hope behind a new Assetto Corsa.
It's a title that came out in 2013 and it's way way better now than then, like it's almost a 2.0 version.
To do a comparison, iRacing is around since 2008 and keeps improving.
Personally my hope is that Kunos will continue support AC, adding more official content and race options.

On the contrary, Kunos is aware of AC missing a bunch of core features that aren't possible to integrate without redoing the main engine, mainly graphics engine, multiplayer, general handling of assets (like having to leave a server for car changes etc). I doubt the physics engine Stefano build all those years will be redone, rather implemented into whatever the future brings, same with the existing cars and tracks. Kunos is not looking for a C++ programmer for no reason

Giovaneveterano · Dec 20, 2017

Guys, don't get me wrong, I'll be the first person who'll preorder AC 2.
I'm just saying I love AC right now like I loved rFactor and GP4 for so many years before AC have caught my heart, It'll be difficult to repeat such a masterpiece.

3ller · Dec 21, 2017

My wish is if assetto corsa 2 happens at some time, please maintain the easy modability to the game even if possible the posibility to upgrade ac1 mods to ac2, that would be a huge win.

paracletus · Dec 21, 2017

Haven't seen any word about planned AC2. Plenty of life in AC1 yet maybe?
Always thought the in-game credits page is an indication for the development lifespan of AC1... "2010-2020", but who knows how things are planned/change.

Metla · Dec 21, 2017

Best they wait for AC1 to fade away before they do an AC2, This would also let enough time pass for their to be significant upgrades in the engine.

Otherwise the player base would probably stay with all the content in AC. (just look at the failure of rFactor 2)

Still putting my money on a historical race sim, The old time cars and tracks in AC are stunning and I'd love to see this expanded upon.

AccAkut · Dec 21, 2017

Metla said:
The old time cars and tracks in AC are stunning and I'd love to see this expanded upon.

Aris commented on this in the Twitch stream when talking aout the Alfa 33. He said while they all love historics more than modern cars, the general user base does not, its the new flagship cars that pull in your run of the mill customer.

AND old stuff requires a lot more work to create. For the new stuff they often enough get manufacturer CAD models and a binder full of data to work of, which you just don't have for veterans. And after the Zandvoort reactions and the mediocre appreciation of old Monza and Silverstone historic tracks are probably not high on the priority list.

Tom · Dec 21, 2017

A full WEC grid.

Giovaneveterano · Dec 21, 2017

Personally, talking about contents:

Offline timed races
Driver swap
Proper online (on Kunos servers with minorating!)
Blancpain, WEC and Porsche SC licenses
My latest wet dream: laserscanned Suzuka!

Michael Hornbuckle · Dec 21, 2017

I hope that Kunos spends 2018 and most of 2019 creating a worthy successor. Hopefully it will not only have everything that everybody wants, but will be the undisputed 'best' at all of it. Not very likely, but this is a wishlist thread.

Here are the things that I realistically look forward to in 2018:
Lilski's Watkins Glen mod, the DRM mod, the second half of the RSS GT1 mod, a slew of v1.0 Sim Trax mods, along with promised/announced improvements to several already released mods.

garyjpaterson · Dec 21, 2017

I don't really have any expectations or hopes between now and whatever Kunos's next project entails, so long as the modding support continues I'm happy.