Navigating RD's Massive Collection of Mods for Assetto Corsa

RaceDepartment is home to more than 17,000 downloads for Assetto Corsa on PC. Below are some tips to help you find your way through with this huge collection of mods.

7 years after the release of Assetto Corsa for PC, Kunos Simulazioni’s fan-favourite racing sim is more popular than ever. An impressive modding community has formed around AC, allowing owners to race almost any car at almost any track they can imagine. Plus, apps, sounds and other enhancements can be found here as well.

To take advantage of the plethora of mods on offer for Assetto Corsa on PC, here are some tips to maximize your AC experience.

Browse the Cars and Tracks ​

Assetto Corsa is, of course, a racing simulator. So the huge selection of cars and tracks that can be found here at RaceDepartment are a great starting point. Community members have shared all cars with us, spanning 100 years and including road cars, race cars, and even imaginative fantasy vehicles. And the same can be said for tracks, as the talented modding community has brought us tracks from around the world old and new. The combination of these cars and tracks are nearly endless, so take a few minutes to browse AC Cars and AC Tracks resources to find something (or many things) that piques your interest.

Get them Installed ​

A common question in the sim community is “how do I install mods for Assetto Corsa?” Thankfully, Paul has us covered. Installing mods for Assetto Corsa is usually a drag-and-drop exercise, but in case you do you have questions, refer to Paul’s popular tutorial video here:

Expand AC with Apps, Sounds, Liveries and More ​

There’s so much more to the mods here at RaceDepartment than just cars and tracks. The sim can be enhanced with apps that provide more onscreen data, better sounds for your favourite cars, car skins to match legendary race cars of any era, improvements to the AI, full seasons of the best real world race series, and much more. Be sure to check out our AC Apps, AC Career, AC Skins, AC Sounds, and AC Misc resources to find these amazing addons.

Better Call Sol ​

One of the most popular mods ever on RD is Sol by Peter Boese. Sol is a weather enhancement tool for Assetto Corsa. Whereas the basic version of AC limited your weather scenarios, Sol gives you more options and more control over your weather settings while driving. Peter's Sol download page provides both a link to Peter’s installation guide PDF and an embedded video with step-by-step instructions on how to install it.

Subscribe to Your Favourite Resources and Creators​

A cool and sometimes overlooked feature of the RaceDepartment website is the “Subscribe” button found at the top of each page on our community website. If you want to stay up to date on the latest cars, tracks or any other aspect of Assetto Corsa, all you need to do is click the Subscribe button. You can choose whether you want to be notified for new downloads and updates or just new downloads, and whether you prefer to be notified with only the bell icon at the top of your RD page or via email. And you can keep up with the activities of your favourite creators and personalities here as well by simply clicking on their username and choosing the “follow” option. And don’t worry, both can be undone if you wish by simply clicking unsubscribe or unfollow.

Assetto Corsa is a truly comprehensive racing simulator with an almost inexhaustible number of ways to expand what, where and how you drive it. But if all this change has you feeling in over your head, or can’t find a specific setting, or have any other questions relating to Assetto Corsa, there’s a large, active and friendly Assetto Corsa community here at RaceDepartment that can probably help you resolve whatever issues you’re facing.

Be sure to let us know in the comments below which mods you’ve found here at RaceDepartment that you’re enjoying most for Assetto Corsa.