Assetto Corsa V1.9 & Porsche Vol.1 DLC Deployed

[Paul Jeffrey]

Assetto Corsa has received a substantial updated today, bringing the simulation to version 1.9 and adding the new Porsche Panamera G2 Turbo as a free car, alongside the Porsche Volume One DLC package, the first of three such DLC's due to be added to the game before the end of the year.

Today's update is more than just simply adding the first Porsche DLC however, as can be seen by the sizable changelog listed below. Version 1.9 contains considerable updates to the audio environment in Assetto Corsa, with several lines of the changelog dedicated to improvements and optimizations regarding the usage of FMOD sounds within the sim. Luca Sodano, Kunos Sound Designer and one of the men responsible for the audio improvements in the new update, released this teaser video a few days ago to give players an idea of what is in store for them in the new update, and the improvements are considerable. Due to the sound update potentially breaking some third party mods, Kunos released the FMOD development kit last week, so keep an eye out in our downloads section for updates to current mods when they become available.

Other items contained within the change log that may prove interesting to online drivers is the Anti-Wrecker protection line, confirmed by Kunos to mean "it's a simple (optional, settable by the server) system that punishes users with a high ratio of collision/km during a race with a sequence of penalties up to server ban. It's designed to fight against obvious wreckers in public servers." It is very pleasing to see Kunos have acknowledged the issue around deliberate wreckers in public server environments, and it will be interesting to see how this first pass at automated policing of the issue fairs in a real server environment.

Other notable items from today's update include the update to GT3 cars, as now all vehicles in that classification benefit from the latest version 10 tyre technology and the PC debut of the official "Sparco" license in game, shown by the use of Sparco gloves when wheel and hands are enabled in game.

Version 1.9 Change Log:

• New Porsche 991 Carrera S (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche 918 Spyder (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche 718 Cayman S (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche 917/30 CanAm 1973 (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 1974 (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche 935/78 Moby Dick 1978 (Porsche Pack #1 DLC)
• New Porsche Panamera G2 Turbo
• Added session time/laps on the top of the screen (laps are the leader ones)
• Now race is over when the car complete its lap and the leader has finished his last one
• Added dynamic ARB
• Fixed possible collision still active on race restart
• Added ERS recharge digital display
• Improved precision on all digital leds
• GT3 cars use tire model v10.
• Fixed TC sound distortion when triggered for the first time
• New camber grip variation formula (Thank You Nao!)
• Simplified DirectX 11 initialization
• Added official "Sparco" license to Assetto Corsa
• Added Ballast system through Ballast App (single player only)
• Added new F9 vertical layouts
• Added new driver + crew texture system
• Added new personal driver texture
• Fixed virtual mirrors rendered when not necessary
• Fixed Kers and ERS able to rev in neutral and reverse gear and overrev the engine
• Improved FFB App UI, so label is readable by VR users
• Added multiplayer splits
• Added Time Table leaderboard mode: this includes realtime splits and delta
• Added Fmod optimizations
• Added Anti-Wrecker protection
• Fixed AI "flapping" DRS in traffic
• Improved autoshifter
• Improved laptimes board by adding splits and tyre compound
• Fixed backfire animation freezing after session change
• Fixed leaderboard history in multiplayer
• Added voting spam protection
• horizon locked view removed from Bumper camera
• Delta App reviewed
• Fixed possible flickering in case of engine stall
• Added backfire animation to Zonda R
• python new functions and members
• getCarTyreCompound(carid)
• Tyre blister and grain are now tied to the "Wear" settings and not "Damage". Wear=0 will turn off graining and blistering simulation
• Fmod updated to 1.08.12
• Updated SDK for modders
• Removed reverb snapshot in the Fmod project
• General audio engine code cleaning and bug fixing
• Vastly improved Fmod resource usage
• Voice stealing is now properly managed by code, so the sound mods will follow the same behaviour of the original sound banks
• Fixed listener priority for cars in pits. They don't steal the priority anymore
• Amount of events instances are now properly limited in order to keep proper volume range and overall performace improvement
• Overall volume balance
• 7.1 surround should now work as expected (on all platforms
• Fixed audio initialization pop when the session starts
• Stereo imaging now works as expected
• Fixed ambience sound affected by reverb zone
• Reworked reverb logic: when triggered onboard, the reverb is given by the exterior engine
• Reworked distance attenuations for enhanced experience (e.g. engine_int raised to 350 meters)
• Reworked wind curves: now the wind volume is related to the air pressure (i.e. player car will hear turbulence when in draft and AP value goes below 1.00)
• Reworked surfaces audio curves
• Reworked skids logic
• Fixed skids positional soun
• New exterior skids sound
• Set tyre skid entry point to 100 in audio.ini (set what you prefer in the audio options)
• Reworked code management for traction control and limiter events
• Tweaked wind and limiter sound emitter position in dashboard camera
• Audio compressor on engine_ext event now works as expected when many cars are involved
• Surfaces, crashes and skids are now properly audible in chase and track cameras
• Opponents volume now honours F1 cameras. For track/free cameras it is set to max (optimum for replays, broadcasting etc.)
• Fixed load/coast smooth for AIs and multiplayer
• Fixed transmission smooth and pitch for multiplayer opponents
• Engine volume setting is now related to the player/focused car
• When driving, some opponents events are now audible (e.g. skids, surfaces and gear shifts if available)
• Surfaces events are now properly cached. This fixes stuttering when a surface event is triggered for the first time and should limit "digital clicks"
• Fixed multiplayer opponent surfaces sound when it leaves instantly (e.g acs proces kill/crash) while driving on sand/kerb/etc...
• New dirt sound effects
• New brake squeal for some "old" cars
• Added audio fade when track camera changes
• Added [VERSION] section in audio.ini
• Removed [LATENCY] section in audio.ini (managed by FMod itself now) and from the GU
• Slightly modified gear grind sound
• Fixed wrong listener position for track and car cameras in some situations
• added DRL on LaFerrari, Mclaren P1, Nissan 370Z Nismo, Nissan GTR and Ford Mustang
• added templates for Porche Vol. 1 cars
• fixed excessive brake light brightness on Ford Mustang
• minor graphics fixes on Triple Pack cars
• [Modding] added harvest series function in digital_instruments [KERS_RECHARGE_SERIE]
• [Modding] added 918 Spyder-style full power usage series function in digital_instruments [POWER_918]

The Porsche Volume One DLC package contains seven new Porsche vehicles and retails for £5.99 via the Steam Store. All three Porsche DLC packages can be bundled together as part of the Porsche DLC Season Pass, offering a 28% saving over purchasing the three packs as seperate transactions.

Porsche Volume One DLC Contents

• 911 Carrera S,
• 935 Moby Dick
• 918 Spyder
• Cayman GT4 Clubsport
• 718 Cayman S
• 917/30
• 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 1974

Assetto Corsa is available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC now. Porsche Volume One DLC is available for PC with console to follow.

For more details on the upcoming Porsche DLC packs, check out our articles covering Volume Two and Volume Three.

The Assetto Corsa sub forum here at RaceDepartment is the place to go for the latest news and discussion regarding the simulation. We hold regular club and league racing events on our servers, open to premium members and suitable for all experience levels. Our downloads section hosts a number of mods for the game, and of course we have our Modding Discussion forum, a place where modders can discuss their W.I.P. projects and share modding advice. Head over to the Assetto Corsa sub forum and take a look!



Have you tried out the new Assetto Corsa update? What do you think of the changes? Have you got the new Porsche pack? What are your first impressions? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Celestiale]

Cayman 4-cylinder burning more fuel then the Aventador V12.
Seems all this downsizing makes really sense from an environmental perspective

 

[Grand Tourist]

Cayman 4-cylinder burning more fuel then the Aventador V12.
Seems all this downsizing makes really sense from an environmental perspective

Seriously? Can you back this up with some statistics?

 

[2112]

I was in travel yesterday, so I will have the 'unboxing' pleasure tonight.

Anyone can recommend in what order to taste these cars to have best cummulation of enjoyment

Which one is apperitife, which is a starter meal and first dish, main meal and which one a dessert?

Is any of them after dinner vodka shots that will get me hangover for the day after? ;-)

I got it last night. I was late because I was doing an Xfinity race at Charlotte on AMS, (loads of fun BTW. I do not like watching NASCAR but "driving" it is different...).

I could have spent all night going through the Porsche lineup. IMO there is no aperitif, starter meal or whatever, just a huge serving of Porsche on one big plate.

I started with the 917 "for a few minutes" and 17 laps on the modern Silverstone ( A good test track) later I realized that I needed to get to another car. 935 was next and I had to force myself to keep it to 10 laps.

I could have spent all night with just that car.

The RSR Turbo was next. Great drive, another car I could have spent all night with. I should have done a few laps at the Ring.

Look, I have PCars, Raceroom, AC, and AMS. All have their strengths and weaknesses and I am happy to race in any of them and be overall satisfied. If I am a shill it is that I am a shill for driving simulators, not one in particular.

That being said this DLC is the best that has come out in any sim I have. Of course that is merely one opinion of one person. Others may think differently, and I agree that there are flaws. They are overcome by the pure feeling of joy when hitting 200 mph on Kemmel in the 917 then having to stand on the brakes nearly half-way down Kemmel (think about that for a moment) just to be able to enter Les Combes in a fashion that does not "kill" you and any bystander.

Just open that b@#%h up, forget about the real world and have a sim smorgasbord.

I could be wrong...

 

[Grand Tourist]

As with any massive update in AC, it's needed to reconfigure the graphics and sounds settings, not only ingame but also of your pc. The Porsche pack is a bless for simracing in AC, and eventually with some necessary patches the update quality will prove its worth . My sounds are actually worse now but I just found out Windows 10 erased Beats Audio Program from my drive. So before any complaints about this (fmod) update, check all of your system settings and reset them if needed.
I need to:
-update my graphics settings as they are outdated from several versions ago
-reinstall a sound manager program
-look for driver updates
-configure pc settings and AC settings to optimize the result
....looks like a day of exciting and enjoying configuration edits

 

[Vincent.C]

AC updated version 1.9.1. Do you have a changelog ?

 

[Brandon Wright]

As with any massive update in AC, it's needed to reconfigure the graphics and sounds settings, not only ingame but also of your pc. The Porsche pack is a bless for simracing in AC, and eventually with some necessary patches the update quality will prove its worth . My sounds are actually worse now but I just found out Windows 10 erased Beats Audio Program from my drive. So before any complaints about this (fmod) update, check all of your system settings and reset them if needed.
I need to:
-update my graphics settings as they are outdated from several versions ago
-reinstall a sound manager program
-look for driver updates
-configure pc settings and AC settings to optimize the result
....looks like a day of exciting and enjoying configuration edits

That's odd, I've never had to do any of that after an AC update. Same with 1.9, I didn't have to alter anything and it all worked great. Weird how different people can have such different results.

 

[Alex72]

Some people that had FPS issues after the big update deleted the "assetto corsa" folder in "documents" and then made a steam integrity check. And after that got the FPS back. Might be worth a try if you notice a big change.

 

[Tim Meuris]

my god the game sounds loud now!
nice big update though
this really shows how kunos is still improving the game and not solely releases dlc's

maybe i'll give the gt4 a go when participating in a league or so
but it's another paddle shifter

the old porsches look cool, more from a nostalgic point of view
than a 'I wanna drive this beast' point of view

those new roadporsches really make me yawn
not much interesting left after all this endless recycling the vwautomobilgruppe is so fond of
don't care how much it has evolved under the hood
even this brand fell victim to 'das Deutsche Einheidswürstsyndrom' imo

but can't deny being mightily impressed KS überhaupt obtained the license

 

[Dave Robinson]

AC updated version 1.9.1. Do you have a changelog ?

Here you go.

1.9.1
- Fixed crash with Porsche 918 when tyres are not on the tarmac in 32 bit mode
- Fixed crash with Tyre Tester App
- Fixed inactive ers controller on Porsche 918
- Fixed clicking gear shift on the Porsche 918
- Tweaked backfire volume on the Porsche 917/30
- Slightly tweaked volume curve (speed related) for the new brake squeal sound
- New Session info can be customized in [SteamLibrary]\steamapps\common\assettocorsa\system\cfg\session_info.ini
- Personal driver skin can be customized adding "driverskin.ini" into Documents\Assetto Corsa\cfg folder. The script must be similar to the one in "skin.ini" (skins folder of any official car) and can contain more driver models.
- Fixed Ferrari 488 GT3 setup ride height visualization. (physics on front splitter was fine)

 

[Esteve Massot]

And the 959?

 

[Deleted member 130869]

What does this have to do with Reiza? Did someone from Reiza kill your father and now you need to bad mouth them on every sim website? Give it up already.

 

[tlsmikey]

Hmm...my graphics are a mess with latest Nvidia driver. Down to 8FPS from ~100FPS.

Not sure what's going on, but if I roll back driver it works fine.

 

[Andreas Ericson]

Anyone else experiencing the GT3 cars a bit slower now with Tyre version 10, especially the 488 GT3?
The Porsches are great btw!

 

[Grand Tourist]

Anyone else experiencing the GT3 cars a bit slower now with Tyre version 10, especially the 488 GT3?

I hoped they would be faster? !

 

[Alex72]

They are a bit slower but the tire model is updated so you prolly have to adapt to the change and do a bunch of laps before getting comfy. Aris also said right now real life GT3 cars have even grippier tires but since its late 2016 changes (in real life) they havent gotten there yet in AC since its... well, very current change.

 

[Deleted member 130869]

2- ????

 

[Brandon Wright]

maybe i'll give the gt4 a go when participating in a league or so
but it's another paddle shifter

I was driving mine with my sequential shifter last night?

Anyone else experiencing the GT3 cars a bit slower now with Tyre version 10, especially the 488 GT3? And what happened to Nordschleife Tourist layout?
The Porsches are great btw!

Yes, Aris said they are all a bit slower on V10s for whatever reason, but it's across the board so it shouldn't be an issue.

What do you mean about the Tourist layout? I drove around it last night, seemed fine.

 

[Andreas Ericson]

What do you mean about the Tourist layout? I drove around it last night, seemed fine.

Yeah got it now, was at the race weekend folder I didn't found it.

 

[RaceNut]

Driving the 917/30 reminds me of this phrase: Adapt or Die!

 

[Tim Meuris]

I was driving mine with my sequential shifter last night?



Yes, Aris said they are all a bit slower on V10s for whatever reason, but it's across the board so it shouldn't be an issue.

What do you mean about the Tourist layout? I drove around it last night, seemed fine.

But it's a paddleshifter right? I know your approach is possible but i want to drive it as it was meant to be. i take simracing maybe a bit too serious...