Assetto Corsa Competizione: V1.0.7 Hotfix Beta Released

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Kunos Simulazioni have released a new 'preview' hotfix build for their Assetto Corsa Competizione racing simulation.


Moving the sim to version 1.0.7, the new build is available now under the 'beta' tab of the game within Steam, with the main public build release expected to drop in the next few days if no significant issues are detected by early adopters of the latest version.

Build 1.0.7 update notes:

GENERAL
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  • CPU optimization on the game thread resulting in less CPU usage with AI.
  • Added all cars' locations to shared memory.
  • Added electronics channels to shared memory, in particular TC, TC Cut, ABS, fuel cons, engine map, exhaust temps, lights and wipers stages.
  • Added initial TrackIR plugin implementation.
    NOTE: a specific profile is required to be set up, please follow our forums for more information.
GAMEPLAY:
  • Mid-session saving is re-enabled.
  • Added ability to save multiple games and load then individually.
  • NOTE: Championship and Career can still only have a single saved instance.
  • Now save games correctly handle car damage.
  • NOTE: it will only work with new saved games.
  • Fixed a bug where restarting the engine was not possible in certain cameras.
  • Fixed a bug with championship status when starting a new championship with another season in progress.
  • Fixed wrong blue flag when only one car remains on the track.
  • Reworked driver stint logic in Endurance game modes.
  • Added driving time limit per driver in Endurance game modes.
  • Added driver stint requirements per different Endurance modes as per real-life regualtions.
  • Improved AI strategy in stint-based game modes.
AUDIO:
  • Disabled possibility to trigger the Helicam audio during intro sequence.
  • Stop&Go penalty engineer audio message.
CONTROLLERS:
  • Mouse steering overhaul.
  • Steering linearity added to controller settings.
  • Race commands will not longer be intercepted for UI commands other than the directional pad (up, down, left and right).
  • Fixed clutch limit bug when using maximum deadzone.
UI/HUD:
  • Added Save Game window in the main menu to load saved games.
  • Fixed chat window auto pop-in bug when receiving messages.
  • Electronics and pitstop MFD page made more compact.
  • HUD and car dash delta relinked to same source.
  • Adjusted button alignment in the Replay menu.
  • Fixed a bug where saving a setup with "/" in the file name would create a new folder.
  • Fixed a bug where controller input was lost on the leaderboard page of the career and championship.
  • Car previews now reliably load high-res textures in preview screens.
  • Small car previews now reliably load on the Special Event pages.
  • Added replay leaderboard and 'Toggle HUD' button in the replay HUD.
  • Removed redundant "Driver" button on Player page.
  • Updated UI background images and logos.
  • Championship end-page logic review.
  • Restyling of the championship and career pages.
  • Added option to scale race HUD widgets.
  • NOTE: in this implementation it allows the player to resize the elements of the race HUD overall.
  • Added "Continue" button for championship weather page.
  • Added Save Replay and Save Highlights as configurable controls (the saving will have a 1-minute cooldown before allowing it again).
  • Replay HUD now allows camera cycling during free camera.
  • Disabled ideal line during replay.
  • More reliable 'stop the engine' message during pitstops.
  • Improved lapped information for realtime leaderboard when the cars are on the same lap.
  • Improved filter for gap information in the realtime leaderboard.
  • Added driver stint and remaining driving time information in the pit strategy page of the MFD.
  • MFD now displays mandatory pit stop requirements in relevant game modes on the pit strategy page.
  • NOTE: it also displays whether the selected options meet the requirements and thus count towards a valid mandatory pit stop.
  • NOTE: maximum driving time is the key information to follow in endurance races
  • Added pit limiter popup display when entering the pit entry zone.
  • Added helicam and onboard cameras to the broadcasting app.
GRAPHICS:
  • LOD adjustments on various models.
  • Wheel rim material adjustments for various cars.
  • Update to Black Falcon team liveries.
  • Potential fix for the random open-close car door animations during gameplay.
  • Fix for brake lights of hidden cars visible when limited opponents visibility is used.
PHYSICS:
  • New 5 collision points tyre model. Tyres now "climb gradually" over kerbs, sausages, bumps both in lateral and longitudinal motion.
  • Completely eliminates the "rail kerb" effect. Greatly improved behaviour over all kind of kerbs, improved precision, improved bumps absorption.
  • Tyre model improvements to better handle high load peak situations and high rolling resistance peaks.
  • Tyre model now simulates lowering of profile while the tyre flexes. Ride heights will be lower during turns.
  • Tweaks to tyre model rolling resistance model. (Fixed and speed sensitive RR variations).
  • New Traction Control operation. TC now simulates a two step operation, acting on the engine ignition timing (lowering power) and if that is not enough, cutting ignition all together as before.
    This permits the TC to have a smoother operation at the start of a slide, permitting the driver to use the slide to turn the car without extreme vibrations or engine cut.
  • New Traction Control logic. TC now takes into account the yaw acceleration, simulating gyroscope sensors as the real cars.
  • As a result, even if the slide or slip of the tyres is not enough, a sudden yaw acceleration (a fast rotation of the car) will activate the TC to save the car from spinning. It also works intelligently so that it can check if the yaw rotation is under control by the driver, allow him to use the power at will.
  • Tweaks on the tyre pressure loss on rough surfaces (kerbs, off road etc).
  • Car collider tweaks for various models.
  • Fixed tyre core temps not properly saved and loaded.
  • Fixed incorrect tyre wear when restarting race after loading a saved game.
  • Tweaks to weather temperatures and sun phase.
  • Tweaks to water dissipation rates.
  • Fixed a setup bug with wet/dry setups on session changes.
  • Fixed bugs related to setup naming.
  • Fixed a bug with speed limiter status in neutral gear.
MULTIPLAYER & RATINGS:
  • Automatic engines will start when the Pit Menu closes, so all engines should be on at the start of a formation lap.
  • Rejoining a server while disqualified is now detected in all situations, locking down the car in the pitlane (instead of doing so on the straight after the first lap).
  • Speed up to 50kph" message will not trigger when starting in the pitlane.
  • Pit menu selections now are more adaptive, also removing the "Setup" button as spectator.
  • Entering an empty server as spectator will now properly start with the pitlane camera.
  • Slightly increased the ping limit for CP servers.
  • Fixed long formation lap to not allow waiting in the first sector. Doing so will ignore the first lap.
  • Added server health diagonistics, usable in the UI for further client updates and as admin command.
  • Added UI element (next to the tyre app) indicating server health stats, and colorful warnings for overloaded servers.
  • Replaced "result" json outputs by a new structure containing more information like track, session data, all laps and all penalties
  • Json outputs now are also written when the session is advanced via /next command, or when the last player leaves and the server resets.
  • Fixed the "rain" and "ambient" conditions setting having little to no influence on the dynamic weather
  • Reduced the rate of weather changes for high randomness settings
  • Activated the entryList setting "defaultGridPosition", allowing to resume a race any time (any Q session will overwrite the positions, but P->R would not).
  • Added "dumpEntryList" flag, usable on non-public servers.
  • It will save all connected cars and drivers to a entrylist.json when a Q session is finished.
  • Added admin command "/manual entrylist" to save an entrylist of the currently connected cars and drivers (on a non-public server).
  • Fixed total race time having an offset in result jsons
  • Fixed playerIds not filled in the json results when defined by entry list.
  • Fixed car category not being configurable in every scenario (using the entry list).
  • Collisions during the race wait time won't affect the SA rating.
  • Removed randomization from "wrong tyre" warnings.
TrackIR is now implemented, and requires the following:
A basic TrackIR user profile that has all the relevant settings and some basic, neutral curves applied so you can have a good starting point with a functional profile (you can finetune the curves for different responses or use a different center key mapping, etc...) is included in the attachment of this post.

The profile needs to be copied into this folder: C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\NaturalPoint\TrackIR 5\Profiles

The profile needs to be selected via:

ACC Track IR.png


Opening image credit: D. Jankorvic

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Yes. Thanks. We get that. But it's the equivalent to saying "Enjoy the new update. All of your stuff has been deleted, so start over." Not a very good plan to say the least.
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Sorry, I do not agree. Midrace savegame was included in a beta version, so what they did was just to delete savegames introduced in a beta version not compatible to another beta version.
I would understand your disappointment if that happened in the production branch of the game.
 
Sorry, I do not agree. Midrace savegame was included in a beta version, so what they did was just to delete savegames introduced in a beta version not compatible to another beta version.
I would understand your disappointment if that happened in the production branch of the game.
I like the game and what we have so far. Wish I didn't lose my game saves, but oh well. I like the way things are headed. Going from dry to wet during a race and having to pit and battle for traction is nicely simulated. Coming together. Thanks Kunos
 
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I fully get that as beta users one should not be surprised that there is a bit of rough and tumble, still, it was a kick in the crotch to lose the savegames only a couple of days after you got them.

Do i read this "The feature will require saving in the most recent game version to function currently." (source: changelog 1.07) correctly: from now on, everytime you save a game, it is lost once there is an update? Just asking.
 
I think I finally understand what is so special about this v1.07 upgrade, wet night racing is transformed. Try it for yourself in wet conditions and see. For me it's now fantastic, I can feel where the grip is on the track and confidence in that level of grip builds as the tyres get hot and the cars create a running line. The first couple of laps are tricky on the cold tyres (the 911 behind is all over me in the video) but once everything is up to temperature the new level of grip and feel from the tyres in the wheel makes pushing with confidence possible. There is enough detailed feedback even in the TX458 wheel to know what is going on and develop the confidence to push.

This was midnight, medium wet conditions, 29 AI cars plus me starting last to see how the AI race and behave. Brands Hatch in 650S, with Chris Harris at the wheel.
I was even able to save a big slide in Paddock at about 7m10s where normally I'd have been in the gravel.

Not many games make finishing 20th feel heroic but ACC does, it takes effort and planning to pass with the fastest AI set a bit faster than my usual pace.

On a dry track in the Huracan, I found the kerbs easier but the car tricky on the limit. Turned out that was just a one-off with that car and me, I find it spikey on the edge of grip with snap oversteer. The 650S is a handling gem by comparison. I can see I'm going to have to try each car out once again to see what has changed.

Coupled with the superb rock-solid 45fps and much improved graphics in Oculus VR this is by far the best night, wet racing experience yet. Everything is right, the feel of the car, the sounds, the way light illuminates the car in front, the reflections of the brake lights, the distorted vision through the rain and occasion clouds of spray. The kerbs can now be used with relative ease, though high kerbs still upset my player car more than they seem to impact the AI.

In terms of wet weather handling ACC is now the closest I've experienced to the real thing in these medium rain conditions. The car handling is once again genius as are the hotstints. If in time the career mode grows to be as innovative and detailed this will be a truly special game.
 
Is there no need to be using the beta branch now that the public 1.0.7 has been released, as in there will be no difference between them?

No difference between the 1.0.7 preview 3 beta and the new live 1.0.7 as mentioned by Pankykapus at ACC forum:
"The update is now live, thank you very much for your feedback. The Public Beta and Live versions are now one and the same."

So .. if you keep the beta branch it will be useful for the next 1.0.8 beta versions which will surely follow in a surely near future.
 
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No difference between the 1.0.7 preview 3 beta and the new live 1.0.7 as mentioned by Pankykapus at ACC forum:
"The update is now live, thank you very much for your feedback. The Public Beta and Live versions are now one and the same."

So .. if you keep the beta branch it will be useful for the next 1.0.8 beta versions which will surely follow in a surely near future.

Great explanation. Thank you :)
 
Without wishing to jump on the VR bashing bandwagon, i've been one of the quiet ones smugly content courtesy of an 2080Ti and i9. Having just returned to ACC after 4 weeks sabbatical, i downloaded the 1.0.7 update, (great!) and the latest Nvidia driver to find FPS have plummeted from a consistent 70+ to 45/50?
 
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