AC: Update Speculation

[Laurent Boutinaud]

Hey ! Can't see this thread anymore so... What do you guys think the new build will bring up to the table?

Because these days its photos and future content, but I'd myself rather enjoy a 1.0 release ! With proper collisions etc... Anyone got news?

 

[David Dominguez]

Agreed. I'm also of the opinion that night/rain is surplus to requirments. No-one races them.
any game that has had these with an online element i have tried - you never, ever race them online. People don't take too well to not being able to run at full pelt for 10 laps. They just don't have the patience for tip-toeing around in the rain/dark.

It's in my opinion a cock measuring feature. Tire models and other things are vastly more important.

Indeed. Everybody wants rain, night racing etc etc, but truth is that 99,5% of the time everybody is racing on day light + dry conditions in games that have those features.

 

[Rui Santos]

Weather for me is far more important than night racing, because rain is very common in day races, it's a random factor that influences directly the racing itself. Like Aris said, there are very few people using rain in simulators, well, i assume that main reason is because few simulators have this feature and (talking by myself) i don' t use it on rFactor2 because it's not finished yet and it's like driving on ice, once it's ready it'll be used for sure...

 

[Tomaz Selcan]

I think and just think, that i read about implementing rain in ac is not soo difficult. I think that was from stefano's twitter post somewhere in comments.
Well you just need some graphic effects and lowering grip on track and thats all

 

[Qazdar Karim]

Indeed. Everybody wants rain, night racing etc etc, but truth is that 99,5% of the time everybody is racing on day light + dry conditions in games that have those features.

And more importantly 90% (if not more) are spending their time playing the game instead of camping forums which makes all this discussion (maybe) irrelevant

 

[Sebastian Wolff]

Weather for me is far more important than night racing, because rain is very common in day races, it's a random factor that influences directly the racing itself. Like Aris said, there are very few people using rain in simulators, well, i assume that main reason is because few simulators have this feature and (talking by myself) i don' t use it on rFactor2 because it's not finished yet and it's like driving on ice, once it's ready it'll be used for sure...

Fully agree, i also loved the rain in netkar Pro...

 

[Andre Marques]

Career GUI

 

[Rui Santos]

Well, despite career mode was not important to me at all, i was hoping for something with story, changing teams in same category as you do well and deciding your moves as competitive teams offer you a good car to progress to higher and difficult championships. As far as i see it's all about points, so, i'll pass this, or maybe i'll give it a go sometimes just to burn some dead time...

 

[Turk]

Well, despite career mode was not important to me at all, i was hoping for something with story, changing teams in same category as you do well and deciding your moves as competitive teams offer you a good car to progress to higher and difficult championships.

something like in Grid? I wasn't really expecting anything like that. I was wondering how they were going to implement a single player in a sim that went beyond setting up a race weekend.

What you're describing would have been a lot of work, I think if they were doing something like that it would be a very different game.

 

[Leonardo Chaves]

I like dynamic weather, not simply setting the conditions to rain, it's a good change of pace...
If the game is to have a single player championship mode i think it's an important feature.

Night racing is more about looks than function however.

 

[Rui Santos]

something like in Grid? I wasn't really expecting anything like that. I was wondering how they were going to implement a single player in a sim that went beyond setting up a race weekend.

What you're describing would have been a lot of work, I think if they were doing something like that it would be a very different game.

Career mode is not important to me aswell as for most simracers, i understand Kunos move but it's understandable it's not so complex like arcade games...

 

[Lawndart]

Id love a car/racing game made that followed a championship season simulate to the F1 games, but with a team management mode where you build facilities, hire mechanics and crew, test setup cars, secure sponsors, some kind of meta game that helps tie everything together, simular to ETS2... Something that gives more meaning and depth to all the activities you do in the game.

Ironically that is 90% of the racing scene... The actual racing is the easiest part in real life...

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

You should probably lobby for that in the pcars section; they are the only dev team I can think of that has the manpower to pull something like that off.

 

[Sele1981]

Career mode is the most important feature for me. This is why I am so hyped for Pcars. I expect a damn good career mode there. Than I can even forgive if the physics are not as good as in AC.

That in the AC screenshots looks ok to kill some free time but it looks not like a real career mode. Looks like it is similair to Gran Turismo.

 

[TassyDevil]

Agreed. I'm also of the opinion that night/rain is surplus to requirments.

I can't see in the foreseeable future all that everyone has on their wish list getting up and going for some time yet.
Let's just get V1.0 done and dusted and see what else will be on offer.
Going by what as been leaked it should keep us all happy, well most of us anyway

 

[Sebastian Wolff]

Career is a big selling point and it's awesome that they decided to do it
I also like that it is with points and not virtual money.
Besides I don't get what's not to like: a real simulation with career mode for a change (i'm sure someone will lecture me about that

 

[Sebastian Wolff]

What is a little sad though is that the element of surprise is gone, we were given all the cars one for one in EA, now playing free content is not so exciting anymore... Guess I should have passed EA...jk ;-)

 

[Sele1981]

What is a little sad though is that the element of surprise is gone, we were given all the cars one for one in EA, now playing free content is not so exciting anymore... Guess I should have passed EA...jk ;-)

Yes I agree, same goes for Gran Turismo or Forza. Lets see what the motivating factor will be in AC or Pcars to play the career mode.

 

[sti228]

1.0 is coming!

1.0 or news about 1.0 ?

Hello AC followers,
important updates and news about Assetto Corsa 1.0 incoming next week. Thanks for your patience and passion, stay tuned.

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

It plainly says NEWS about Assetto Corsa 1.0......

 

[Ghoults]

Yes I agree, same goes for Gran Turismo or Forza. Lets see what the motivating factor will be in AC or Pcars to play the career mode.

Probably just steam achievements. Which is just fine by me as long as I can create my own races and championships with all the cars I want. I'd imagine that it is not the career mode some of the most career mode focused people are waiting though... For that kind of thing I'd imagine forzas or pcars do it better. Gran turismos are all about dull grinding though so hopefully it is not like that at all though...