RENNSPORT Revealed: New Sim To Start Closed Beta This Summer

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Esports on an entirely new level? This is what RENNSPORT is aiming for – the upcoming sim project promises a completely different approach compared to most other racing simulators. Focusing on competition first and foremost, a completely fresh start wants to achieve maximum realism.

Munich-based Competition Company has been working quietly on the upcoming sim since 2020 and now made its efforts public. According to the RENNSPORT website, an entirely different approach is meant to lead the sim to success: “Starting from scratch, technological advancement and modern software architecture enables us to take the next step in virtual racing experiences.”

Esports​

This is supposed to have its roots in the approach to esports already: A competition system is supposed to reward sportsmanlike behavior and competition spirit. Also, RENNSPORT is going to feature a base for broadcasts, including tools for interaction with the audience and streaming.

Mod Support​

Additionally, the community is going to be another focal point – “Real Digital Ownership” is one of the core principles in this regard, encouraging modders to use RENNSPORT as a platform. “Your assets will be owned by you. And you can trade them through the marketplace of your choice.” Individual tracks and vehicles are mentioned specifically, another toolkit to promote community creations is planned as well.

BMW and Porsche​

Speaking of vehicles: In BMW and Porsche, two famous manufacturers that have increasingly active in esports are already on board with the sim, meaning they have a leg up on marques like Mercedes-AMG who are absent thus far. The RENNSPORT website displays screenshots of the Porsche 991 II GT3 and the BMW M4 GT3 at the Hockenheimring.

RENNSPORT is set to use the Unreal Engine 5. Regarding the physics model, experts from the automotive industry will be consulted to create a realistic representation.

Closed Beta​

While the announcement came seemingly out of nowhere, RENNSPORT is not far from a playable state: Already in summer of 2022, a closed beta is supposed to start to prepare the sim for an open beta phase in early 2023. The sim is being developed exclusively for the PC.

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Geleous said:
So far, it feels like they just downloaded the m4 model and didn't shoot it very skillfully. Since the picture is very noisy and blur jumps. YouTube is full of auto videos from ordinary users, where cars on UE 5 look very realistic.

Also, the job listing hints that they want to sell a video picture, and not develop a game. It cannot be that all programmers, modelers, 3D animators are not required by them.

I want to be wrong, but most likely we are waiting for some kind of deception.
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I thought that too, my conclusion was outsourced development but perhaps I should be more cynical (that’s not meant as a negative, cynicism can be healthy when processing marketing blurb!).

That said, as Stefano is too modest to say, sometimes all you need is a crazy genius!
 
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İ think Ian bell teased this game saying, rf2 physics with unreal engine. This game maybe what he is mentioning in tweeter
 
StefanoCasillo
After watching the vids and reading the comments on Twitter I am now pretty sure this is NFTs.
If you had a project that is NOT nfts and so many people approached you with a disgusted face asking "hey... is this NFTs?" you'd be super fast in answering.. "no way". The fact that they dance so much around the questions makes it pretty obvious to me this is either an nfts project or just a marketing "exploration" for a possible nft project.
 
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guidofoc said:
To my knowledge Kunos have already stated they are working on AC2.
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They've done interviews and their publisher confirmed the game after it was in a company-wide presentation that included announcements to previously unannounced projects. Assetto Corsa 2 and a sequel to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night were announced in this presentation, leading the company to issue statements on both a few days later, confirming that they're both in pre-production.

AC2 is planned for a 2024 release.
 
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StefanoCasillo said:
I am good.. :) hopefully the sailing game goes well and I can keep enjoy working on it in the foreseable future, I am having a lot of fun with it.
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If you can squeeze laser scanned water into the new project, You will be onto a winner.
 
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Pepper606 said:
I interpreted “Real Digital Ownership” as in DLC. You dictate where your mod as a DLC is available.
That way it can't be ripped. It's a tighter and more secure way than the workshop. I guess the modder can charge actual money but who's to say if people would buy.

Interesting idea.
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There are some molders who charge for Assetto Corsa content they built.
It doesnt go over well with the community but they have some support. If modding is part of the model, I wonder about the whole thing.
Of course official AC mods show up in steam workshop but not in official AC launcher but CM...hmm looking at you Skyline
 
azaralamouri
Georg Ortner said prepare for a big announcement.
Ian Bell said something big is coming.
Not a long time ago I saw a big article by James Jeffrey detailed revolutionary ideas about an open source sim.
 
toncey
Right off the bat it already sounds like they're planning on having an inferior physics/car detail to iRacing, so its a no for me.
 
StefanoCasillo
TBH if you want to generate hype right now saying "best evah physics + UE5" is the most obvious and easy thing to do.. especially if you don't really have a competent team behind you can kick off the hype machine and hope to grab funds just by dragging and dropping a couple of cars in UE5 for some screenshots with nothing really going on at the back.. it's not that we haven't seen this movie before.
 
larre90
I do not believe this at all. First of all: It is German-based company. ALL of the talented and well-informed IT-guys left this country long ago. Seriously, we have a litteral wasteland here in terms of programming and other IT-related sh*t.
 
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larre90 said:
I do not believe this at all. First of all: It is German-based company. ALL of the talented and well-informed IT-guys left this country long ago. Seriously, we have a litteral wasteland here in terms of programming and other IT-related sh*t.
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Where did the It guys have gone?
 
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larre90 said:
I do not believe this at all. First of all: It is German-based company. ALL of the talented and well-informed IT-guys left this country long ago. Seriously, we have a litteral wasteland here in terms of programming and other IT-related sh*t.
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This is absolute nonsense. @lele_player : good question, his statement is based on nothing.

Besides that, Reiza for example is started in Brazil, and works with IT people from all over the world. That's how modern companies/game developers are run often, they hire talent from everywhere and they work also from everywhere.
 

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