Rennsport To Feature AUDI R8 LMS GT3 Evo II in Closed Alpha

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GT3 sim fans across the world rejoice once again as the new-kid-on-the-block Rennsport announced the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II to be featured in its Closed Alpha from now on.

On October 31st 2022 Rennsport announced on Twitter that they would feature the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II from now on in their closed alpha.

This seems to not be the end of the cooperation, however, as Rennsport mentioned in their tweet: "We are very proud to welcome @AudiOfficial to the #RENNSPORT family."

While this welcoming message may seem to be just that, a friendly welcome, it seems to imply the licensing contract goes beyond just this one GT3 model.

We do have to await, however, in which direction Rennsport will go as a simulation as in featured content. Currently, the main focus lies on GT3s as seen by the included Porsche 911 GT3 and BMW M4 GT3. However, with the inclusion of the Porsche Mission R, a concept more akin to RaceRoom or rFactor 2 with many different classes of cars seems likely as well.

The main direction right now seems to be Grand Tourers though. With this in mind, it is not far-fetched to assume the inclusion of GT2s sooner or later. This would allow both Porsche and Audi to include their homologized GT2 vehicles in the German simulator. Keep in mind this is only speculation, however.

A clear direction for at least the alpha and beta states of Rennsport seems to form, however. With this manufacturer being the third to be featured in the sim as well as the third German car builder, it seems like the Munich-based studio incorporates a strategy of involving their local economy first and foremost. Whether this is just a pre-release flair of the simulator remains to be seen.

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Yes i know very well these ACC videos, but i am only judging what i saw with my own eyes running the very first build of the early access in ACC and it was a blurry mess while i had everything maxed out with the 2080ti back then. Obviously none of us can properly judge Rennsport because we have not seen it with our own eyes maxed out on our own screens, but just judging from videos and what content creators said (for example Ermin H. said when he was at that one public event that the visuals are easily the best he has ever seen from a racing sim) to me Rennsport looks at this stage better than what i had in my hands with the early access in ACC. You won't convince me otherwise. And i don't try to convince you, i just state what i see for myself.
 
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th3orist said:
Yes i know very well these ACC videos, but i am only judging what i saw with my own eyes running the very first build of the early access in ACC and it was a blurry mess while i had everything maxed out with the 2080ti back then. Obviously none of us can properly judge Rennsport because we have not seen it with our own eyes maxed out on our own screens, but just judging from videos and what content creators said (for example Ermin H. said when he was at that one public event that the visuals are easily the best he has ever seen from a racing sim) to me Rennsport looks at this stage better than what i had in my hands with the early access in ACC. You won't convince me otherwise. And i don't try to convince you, i just state what i see for myself.
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Of course it was a blurry mess back then. ACC was ahead of it's time for sure. It required way more GPU power then was available at that time. So there was a reason for that. You're indeed talking about an 2080TI.

Now in 2022 with having the 4090, I'm finally able to get ACC sharp enough to play it(even in VR). You forget that Dan Suzuki ran Rennsport on EPIC with above native resolution with a 4090+13th gen CPU and it's still a blurry mess.

ACC hasn't changed so much performance wise, maybe by a small margin, but if you play it now on a 2080TI then it's still a blurry mess. But the difference is: Rennsport is a blurry mess filled with artifacts on the 4090(and the level of detail pop in is even way worse). This while ACC looks absolutely amazing on the 4090 and even very sharp these days.

2080TI is not comparable to a 4090. I don't see your point for that reason.
 
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TurboT said:
2080TI is not comparable to a 4090. I don't see your point for that reason.
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It was not meant to be any point when i mentioned the 2080ti, it was just information that i was running it on this card back then. It was not meant to say anything about todays performance of ACC or RS.

From the videos i see i find RS way less blurry than what i see in the ACC videos from the early access.

I am currently running ACC maxed out with DLSS on Quality in 4k on a 3090 and am very pleased with the visuals, but i can definitely see room for improvement, most of all rain and atmospheric effects.

hope we can see a proper step up with Assetto Corsa 2.
 
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TurboT said:
Of course it was a blurry mess back then. ACC was ahead of it's time for sure. It required way more GPU power then was available at that time. So there was a reason for that. You're indeed talking about an 2080TI.

Now in 2022 with having the 4090, I'm finally able to get ACC sharp enough to play it(even in VR). You forget that Dan Suzuki ran Rennsport on EPIC with above native resolution with a 4090+13th gen CPU and it's still a blurry mess.

ACC hasn't changed so much performance wise, maybe by a small margin, but if you play it now on a 2080TI then it's still a blurry mess. But the difference is: Rennsport is a blurry mess filled with artifacts on the 4090(and the level of detail pop in is even way worse). This while ACC looks absolutely amazing on the 4090 and even very sharp these days.

2080TI is not comparable to a 4090. I don't see your point for that reason.
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It's very sad that these new technologies in video game graphics require 2000+€ GPUs to not be a blurry mess at decent framerate...
 
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after watching Dan suzukis video i'm not massively impressed, sound is very poor, the way the cars moved looked very odd (obviously though a video can't tell how something feels)

plus i heard this will be subscription based, if so it has to be very very good for me to even consider a subscription, i hope i'm wrong but this just looks like a worse acc which you rent instead of buy
 
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Very sad to see what this forum has turned into. Maybe you should introduce a "be nice" policy.
Not to mention people having prejudice over a game they didn't play... it's that bad.

We still have to see how things will work out but UE5 is something I don't really like for performance reasons, in this regard my hopes are much higher for AC2 with a custom engine, seeing how efficient AC1 was.
My hopes are that this game will bring a breath of fresh air in how people approach races. I am tired of 30 min. races where people lap with premade setups or brake always at the same exact point lap after lap. Too many things that can predicted ahead of time or are too sensitive (ACC is the perfect example).
Edit: I would also like to see races playing out differently; I'm thinking of the "lack of fear factor" problem, ignored yellow flags, GT3 racing doing grid starts, authenticity in general.
 
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DirkW
Nice! I hope for superior graphics and VR performance, then for me this will be a priority over Acc.
 
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Pepper606
ANY class of cars other than GT3! The main reason people play GT3 is because they did a great job at making a racing sim featuring that class. It doesn't mean you have to shove them in every game!
But they've licensed different cars!?!? I literally couldn't care less. The new exclusively licensed car will be their interpretation of said car, just like all of them. Whoopee.

How about something different, dare I use the word 'fresh'? I'm not asking for anything specific, I don't have a burning desire for something. But you'll do a damn sight better being different.
 
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TurboT said:
That video was almost the first thing that Kunos released to the public, it was about a year before the Early Access was released from what I remember. It was before it was playable by the public. I remember that I was all hyped for it at that time.

Rennsport already released an playable version locally ~4 months ago. The current "pre alpha" of Rennsport isn't even their first playable release, they already come with a closed beta in a few days from what I understood and an open beta in 2 to 5 months.

It won't be an 90% different game by then. The basics are chosen wrongly. I also think that Kunos shouldn't have went for the UE4 engine. Rennsport developers could have learned from Kunos but they didn't and they implemented the Unreal Engine until now even way worse then Kunos did, it's clearly visible in the video. This while Kunos already moved on with AC2 with a different engine. I simply don't get it.
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The ACC video was recorded in June 2018. The game was released on Steam in September 2018.

It will obviously take a lot longer than 2.5 months before Rennsport is officially released to the public. They are targeting a release in December 2023 according to their website.
 
hampa032
Enagee said:
it's too early to have any kind of criticism but after me having to quit acc due to the bad VR experience using a Reverb G2 am not 100% confident how smooth this will run unless you have an RTX4090.

ACC was an instant buy because of AC, lesson learnt.
I hope they come correct with VR.

The first car in AC was a Lotus Elise SC so not much to complain about.

GT3 wouldn't be my first choice but it's the natural choice.

Still, very hopeful and excited about this title.....
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what do you mean acc is an instant buy because of ac? ac is like x10 better game, and it even looks better. (unless you mean something else and I am wrongly understanding your massage)
 
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Pepper606 said:
ANY class of cars other than GT3! The main reason people play GT3 is because they did a great job at making a racing sim featuring that class.
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pCars 1-2 predate ACC and all lobbies were GT3s. Lots of lobbies in rF2 had GT3. AC too. ACC capitalized on the already established popularity. GT3 got popular in the days of the 458, Z4, 997 911, MP4-12C, etc.
 
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Trebor901 said:
Even sadder that people choose to spend 2k on a gpu.
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i dont know man, but if people have the means because they work hard for their money then why should anyone be judgemental about it?
those are premium cards just like there are premium cars that cost more than a regular BMW.
 
Boby Kim
Dont know...i have the Ian Bell feeling with this title and that is NOT a good feeling at all...
 
AlbertGeorge
Peter Kerényi said:
It's very sad that these new technologies in video game graphics require 2000+€ GPUs to not be a blurry mess at decent framerate...
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This is not true, I'm running ACC on a 1050 Ti and it looks and runs great, definitely wouldn't call it a blurry mess.
 
Peter Kerényi
AlbertGeorge said:
This is not true, I'm running ACC on a 1050 Ti and it looks and runs great, definitely wouldn't call it a blurry mess.
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I am running it on a 5700 XT and it's... managable with some supersampling, but still with the introduction of TAA (even though it has clear advantages in some aspects) everything is blurry by default even at native resolution. ACC feels sharp if I don't play e. g. AC for a long time and get used to ACC.

What I have learned is that "looks great" and "runs great" are two very (VERY) subjective terms.
 
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Enagee said:
i meant I bought ACC instantly because of AC....
ACC never turned out to be anything close to AC for me.
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What were your expectations? ACC was never meant to be AC2, it was a different kind of sim. Are you disappointed by the content, the physics, the game play...?

I really like ACC, but my go-to right now is AMS2.
 
Enagee
Kingkoenig said:
What were your expectations? ACC was never meant to be AC2, it was a different kind of sim. Are you disappointed by the content, the physics, the game play...?

I really like ACC, but my go-to right now is AMS2.
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Never expected ACC to be a sequel to AC, but I did expect the VR experience to be better. AMS 2 is my go-to, hopeful on Ams2 multiplayer.
Haven't touched iracing in months.

Am hoping Rennsport turns out to be a suitable alternative
 
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