Assetto Corsa: Ferrari SF15-T 'Red Pack' Trailer

[Chris]

Kunos Simulazioni have just dropped a bombshell of an announcement with the news that the 2015 Scuderia Ferrari Formula One car will be included in the soon-to-be-released 'Red Pack' on the 14th of July.

The Italian developer becomes only the second SimRacing company to acquire an officially licensed modern era Formula One car after iRacing obtained the rights to reproduce the 2014 McLaren-Honda. The 2015 title challenger from the Prancing Horse was the first car of the Vettel-Ferrari era and won three Grands Prix over the course of the 2015 season.

Fans of open wheel content will rejoice at the prospect of a new car being added to the game, let alone such a spectacular addition as that of a current-spec V6 Turbo Hybrid F1 car. The SF15-T announcement comes hot off the heels of the introduction of the Lamborghini Aventador SV and the Maserati 250F as the cars to feature in the upcoming DLC pack along with a laser scanned version of the Austrian Grand Prix circuit: The RedBull Ring.



Are you excited for the release of the Red Pack? Will you be purchasing it on day one given the news of this latest inclusion?

 

[Rodent]

That won't be happening without mods though Meta, in AC or elsewhere without the F1 license. Having a licenced F1 car in a sim at all is pretty amazing, that it's a good one this time and not the...less then stellar McLaren makes it all the sweeter.

For what you want there's an answer though, Automobilista and it's mod scene, check it out. It's fun as hell.

 

[Reik Major]

Nice, but what are you meant to race this against? A grid full of other Ferraris?

As long as some painters make some skins for it (2016 season would be great) it would feel to me like racing the whole F1 field. Then I don't care they all use the same shape.

 

[Dan ONeill]

It would be nice to see any info on how the ERS is modelled, I really hope it comes close to the iracing mclaren in terms of harvesting and deployment options in car, it just adds a further dimension to the realism. Just like a good flight sim, I want ALL the buttons to do something...

 

[Stelios]

Guys, dont expect iRacing level of simulation of all the shenaningans this model has, previous record makes me believe we will only get basic stuff of the car.
I would love to be proven wrong.

 

[Andrew Harper]

Yeah I agree @Reik Major

The fact that a modern F1 car is official content in any game apart from the Codeys version is a small miracle in my view.

Everything these days is very "legal" oriented otherwise any games manufacturer will find themselves in very hot water very quickly (look at Reiza). Same for cars as well as tracks, everything has to be licenced, approved and signed in triplicate

The Formula Extreme in AMS is superb, it's the same type of scenario with multiple liveries if you want to try and simulate a F1 season grid (which looks nothing like the real thing obviously ). This car will eventually be the same once the skilled modding group start flexing their Photoshop muscles on it.

What will be interesting will be how the physics side works, I would imagine a hybrid style power plant must take some work to simulate.

Apart from that a fantastic piece of modelling and the detail looks superb. Looking forward to trying this one.

One other small bonus. With some of the F1 cars I have installed, with each AC update the original authors have not updated the car so they have now become silent (sound update) or they don't use the latest tyre model, etc. With this car at least it will be kept up to date

 

[GianmarcoFiduci]

Guys, dont expect iRacing level of simulation of all the shenaningans this model has, previous record makes me believe we will only get basic stuff of the car.
I would love to be proven wrong.

mmm, i feel like there will be an ERS management to do, because in the steering wheel screen you can see the ERS bar just above the 10%.. so it makes me think that you have to manage it

 

[burrito]

mmm, i feel like there will be an ERS management to do, because in the steering wheel screen you can see the ERS bar just above the 10%.. so it makes me think that you have to manage it

Thats already possible in AC. That could be just a simple KERS battery setup.

What people are talking about is having multiple automatic modes (or strats as they are called in F1) that control harvesting, charging and discharging.

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

Maybe this is relevant?
Marco Massarutto
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Definetely the Remus Curve doesn't like me
(not a [so] bad line - I'm just spinning already)

Aristotelis Vasilakos Hmmm change the kers recharge level to avoid too much engine brake from MGU-K at low gears...

 

[Moxley6969]

ninja'd by mike..

 

[Andrew Harper]

Slightly different subject but this may help the likes of URD.

They've modelled the Hybrid LMP1 cars so if the AC design team have made physics files or "plugins" to simulate this more realistically then that can only help other developers. Assuming they don't mind sharing the information!

Admittedly it works in a slightly different way to the F1 car but it's useful nonetheless.

 

[Moxley6969]

Johann has been waiting for this for a while now.

 

[burrito]

Interesting. Will wait to see how it's implemented once released.

 

[José Javier Buisán]

From what I've seen so far in the previews the SF15-T is always using the soft (yellow) tyre. I hope that the different compounds used in F1 are marked accordingly (Super Soft = red, Soft = yellow, Medium = white, Orange = hard), it really adds a lot of immersion to the gameplay.

 

[Brownninja97]

Interesting. Will wait to see how it's implemented once released.

same hoping it goes well with the lmp1Hs coming and likely rivals for the sf15-t either official or mods. would be a pretty nice feature especially if they want the cars reflected properly.

 

[BoogerMac]

I wonder how long it will take for me to break a suspension arm at the Red Bull Ring...

 

[Chris]

Maybe this is relevant?
Marco Massarutto
·
Definetely the Remus Curve doesn't like me
(not a [so] bad line - I'm just spinning already)

Aristotelis Vasilakos Hmmm change the kers recharge level to avoid too much engine brake from MGU-K at low gears...

That's mightly impressive if we can now change the harvesting rates. Now I'm REALLY looking forward to this! Great to see it's more complex than just 'brake applied = more battery'.

Could make the racing much more strategic!

 

[Qazdar Karim]

That's mightly impressive if we can now change the harvesting rates. Now I'm REALLY looking forward to this! Great to see it's more complex than just 'brake applied = more battery'.

Could make the racing much more strategic!

Since 2014, the difference between a high downforce package and a low downforce package has been really small, but ERS mapping is what changes most of the times from a track to another

 

[Chris]

/Updated OP with a few of the beautiful screenshots that have been going around.

 

[Leonardo Chaves]

Thats already possible in AC. That could be just a simple KERS battery setup.

What people are talking about is having multiple automatic modes (or strats as they are called in F1) that control harvesting, charging and discharging.

I didn't watch it because "2 hour stream", but... I've read that Kunos was promising that Turbos, ABS and TC will become bindable controls and i'm hoping engine modes is just a natural extension to that.

Plus the competition has already thrown down the gauntlet with how wondefully complex that Mclaren is.
I'm hoping Kunos will follow suit.

 

[Galin Dimov]

For me, this is easily the most anticipated car in AC. I was impatiently waiting for the F138 but this announcement is very impressive and totally unexpected. With the LMP1s also coming up, it's good times ahead if downforce is your favorite kind of force