Assetto Corsa Competizione to add GT2 Pack

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The 2022 SRO Motorsport Annual Press Conference saw some special information released for sim racers. President of SRO Stephané Ratel surprisingly announced an upcoming GT2 expansion for ACC, which was later confirmed by Marco Massarutto, Executive Manager at Kunos Simulazioni.

Confirmed Content for ACC in 2023​

Not only was the GT2 pack teased, but it was also announced that the 2023 update will include all the new GT3 vehicles in 2023, namely:
  • Ferrari 296 GT3
  • Lamborghini Huracán Evo (Evo Evo)
  • Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
The exclusion of not mentioning any new race tracks doesn't mean no new tracks would be included, however, just like the 2020 pack included Imola.

The Surprising Announcement of the GT2 Pack​

In all his excitement, shortly after the Fanatec presentation, Ratel announced: "... and I'm very happy because I heard, maybe now you are (going to) do the GT2..."

In Kunos' own presentation, just a few minutes later, Massarutto confirmed this surprising announcement. He exclaimed: "The decision to produce also the GT2 pack, actually, has been taken yesterday so it was not a story to be told today."

With this, it's now officially confirmed that the decision has been made to work on the GT2 pack.

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ACC's Future Beyond the GT2 Pack​

Massarutto further said: "The final decision to include also the GT2 pack has been also inspired by Maserati with a new car that is beautiful. So we believe that will be a great pack for Assetto Corsa Competizione, maybe to say goodbye, we don't know, but just wait."

This means that Kunos' don't even know if ACC will keep being developed alongside the long-awaited Assetto Corsa 2. Judging by the size of Kunos' development team, it would be a tough job to develop 2 AAA games side by side.

So what do you think about this announcement? Let us know in the comments down below!
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chumley001 said:
Please finish the series that we have now. The gt4 could really use a Toyota and a mustang. It would have been nice to see the ADAC series.
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For the 1000 time, ADAC is not affliated with SRO. SRO determines all the content for ACC which is the OFFICAL simulator of GT World Challenge which is an SRO organization. If you want the Ring and ADAC events your only hope lies in other simulators. (possibly AC2) but not ACC.
 
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James Cook said:
This feels like an unpopular opinion in elitist sim-racing circles but I really like the GT3 class. The cars look cool, sound great and are fast enough but not too fast. They are comfortable to drive which means I can lap consistently and push hard rather than having to wrestle the car through every corner. They work for me; a very average sim racer. I guess I'm like the 'AM' driver in a PRO-AM car.
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I personally prefer other cars (e.g. stock cars, Indycar, V8 Supercars, Group A touring cars) to watch IRL and race in sim, but I can appreciate your perspective, and think you've hit the nail on the head about what makes modern GT cars with TC and ABS special – GT3 and also GT4 (and probably GT2).

The cars look and sound cool and quite different from each other. Aids mean sim amateurs or IRL gentle(wo)man drivers can hop in, and are not disasters as long as they have some racing knowledge. BUT... for experienced drivers, the cars 'get of your way' and let you focus on pure technique: using ALL the width of the track, hugging as close to the apex as possible, using the throttle and brake as early or late as possible (and not being afraid to shove them to the floor), taking advantage of (or taming) the car's unique handling characteristics, side-by-side racing, overtaking manoeuvres (slipstreaming, outbraking, cutbacks), and so on. You can focus on the hard work while (mostly) not being afraid of the car.

This is why I think GT3 at Bathurst is special. Even though I love V8 Supercars. Because GT3s let you fully experience the raw, bumpy, technical, unforgiving nature of the track at high speeds while enabling you to push harder than you thought you could. Super rewarding to experience in sim. Can only dream of doing it in real life. :D
 
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BabyGotBackmarker
If this is the end, what a fitting goodbye. ACC was the first serious sim I ever picked up, and it has been a wonderfully dysfunctional relationship. I still remember booting it up, immediately getting in the Merc and going full beans out of the pits at Spa only to bin it forthwith. I have had tiny personal triumphs with this sim, rage-quit this sim, made friends through the worst year of my life with this sim and gone for late "calm the hell down" drives because of this sim.

The small band of cats at Kunos made a lion that roared and turned GT3 into the unofficial car of sim racing. I'd love for them to keep going, but asking more out of something that has given me so much seems obscene. If the GT2s are the curtain call, the standing ovation should be long and loud.
 
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BabyGotBackmarker said:
If this is the end, what a fitting goodbye. ACC was the first serious sim I ever picked up, and it has been a wonderfully dysfunctional relationship. I still remember booting it up, immediately getting in the Merc and going full beans out of the pits at Spa only to bin it forthwith. I have had tiny personal triumphs with this sim, rage-quit this sim, made friends through the worst year of my life with this sim and gone for late "calm the hell down" drives because of this sim.

The small band of cats at Kunos made a lion that roared and turned GT3 into the unofficial car of sim racing. I'd love for them to keep going, but asking more out of something that has given me so much seems obscene. If the GT2s are the curtain call, the standing ovation should be long and loud.
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Great reply. To be fair. its an OFFICIAL GT3 sim :)
 
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James Cook said:
This feels like an unpopular opinion in elitist sim-racing circles but I really like the GT3 class. The cars look cool, sound great and are fast enough but not too fast. They are comfortable to drive which means I can lap consistently and push hard rather than having to wrestle the car through every corner. They work for me; a very average sim racer. I guess I'm like the 'AM' driver in a PRO-AM car.
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GT3 is the most raced category online, so your opinion seems, on the contrary popular.

I personnally don't like these cars but I had to use them to be able to race online. After some time, I got used to them. Imo they won't ever replace the good old GT1s and GT2s and the older GTOs, but one must adapt to modern times ;). I assume my opinion is unpopular :D
 
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Nikolaki07 said:
its really useful for endurance and league races on websites like "SimGrid". For open lobby there is noone driving the DLC cars, but who drives open lobbies anyways :)
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There are virtually no people on Simgrid and LFM driving these cars either. Both GT4 and Porsche 992 cup etc were fun for a week for me then it was hard to find races, even scheduled ones.

If i understand correctly this will be like that Ferrari in one of these last track packs, bit higher top speed and less df and maybe less abs/tc. That car was not very popular...

I wish they would just do tracks, these really add to the longevity of the sim.
 
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To all the people whining about no GT4 races I laugh with a 70 racers GT4 summer championship league I'm into right now (2 splits, we are way too many to be in a single race all toghter) in preparation for an even bigger GT4 league coming up in the fall organized by ACI, italian real automobile club which has the most professional, important and various championships in esport, at least on national side.
 
Pepper606
It's the same argument repeated over and over: nobody will drive them...online.
So let's ignore the majority who will drive them...offline.
Simply because people don't conform to your way doesn't make them wrong. Nobody is taking anything away from you, you will survive.
I'm dreaming of the Brabham, at a fast track, no other cars there. Just myself, my skill and a clock.
 
Guido Trampe
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Well also its not true at all. If you start a server with GT4 of any of the cupcars with a few friends on any given evening, it will be filled with other drivers fast enough.
 
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Not thrilled about GT2s, mostly due to the series' image IRL. Not professional at all and way more expensive than GT4 so no young guns either. The new GT3s will be interesting. Maybe they'll add tracks like Portimao, Valencia or Hockenheim.
 
Deicide The Light Bearer
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xavivg said:
I'm guessing they do it because they take profit(?). But it only takes a couple of minuts in the server list to find out that no one is using GT4 for example (a DLC that was quite expensive back in time), or the new tracks added. You won't find more than 1 server full with a no DLC track).
So why would someone keep buying packs that you're unable to use online for the lack of players?
Maybe I'm missing something here.
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I never play online.. ever.. I own every single DLC for ACC and as well a lot of paid mods for AC. I look forward to this DLC as well. I personally only do hotlap and practices. Rarely do I race even against AI. Certainly never online.
 
Fonsvinkunas
Seeing how successful ACC had become over the past few years, I'm starting to wonder if it's worth stopping the development of ACC to make AC2. If AC2 won't have any real series licenses, therefore no esports events, it could have the same fate as AMS2 or PC2. AC1 itself is carried by modders and would have died ages ago without them, but will AC2 be so modder friendly? ACC on the other hand is very detailed with the physics of every car, giving out very in-depth experience, thus making up for the lack of other cars and mods.
 
BrunoDSL
I wonder when Kunos will start adding bugfixes and things people that play the game are actually asking for instead of just popcorning content nobody uses.
 
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