Assetto Corsa Competizione | V1.5 and GT4 DLC Released

Paul Jeffrey

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Kunos Simulazioni have launched their V1.5 update of Assetto Corsa Competizione alongside the exceptional GT4 Pack DLC.
  • New DLC contains 11 GT4 cars.
  • DLC priced at £17.99.
  • Multi-class online racing now available.

Assetto Corsa Competizione GT4 | Check out our DLC review: Click Here

Yes, at long last release date is here and a brand spanking new update for Assetto Corsa Competizione has been released! Packed with features, fixes, improvements and changes, as well as the small matter of a new 11 car DLC replicating the 2019 European GT4 Series championship, this is one of the biggest update / DLC drops released for Assetto Corsa Competizione to date.

We shall get on to the subject of GT4 in a moment, but before we do, let's take a look at the V1.5 update change log that comes with this brand new build.

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Assetto Corsa Competizione GT4 | Introducing Greatness: Click Here.

GENERAL:
GT4 European Series DLC (2019 season) now available for purchase with:
  • Alpine A110 GT4
  • Aston Martin Vantage V8 GT4
  • Audi R8 LMS GT4
  • BMW M4 GT4
  • Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R
  • Ginetta G55 GT4
  • KTM X-Bow GT4
  • Maserati Granturismo MC GT4
  • McLaren 570S GT4
  • Mercedes-AMG GT4
  • Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport
  • Official 2019 GT4 European Series liveries and bonus presentation liveries for select models.
  • Additional bonus GT World Challenge Europe 2020 liveries.

Assetto Corsa Competizione GT4 | Gameplay Videos: Click Here.

GAMEPLAY:
  • Added GT4 Season menu (DLC).
  • Added GT4 Sprint Race game mode: 1-hour race duration, mandatory driver swap in pit window, no tyre change or refueling allowed (DLC).
  • Added GT4 2019 championship season and custom championship season (DLC).
  • Fixed a bug where saving the game while the car was facing the wrong way would DQ the player when loading the session.
  • Changed references in the penalty system to allow different track limit thresholds for different car groups in mixed races
  • Potential fix to the pit exit trigger fail and subsequent issue with pit limiter getting stuck and stint times not restarting properly when the player had the first box.
  • Fixed an inconsistency in the lower threshold of the automatic wiper assist.

UI:
  • Dash display opacity slider added in View Settings.
  • Short name (abbreviation shown on Lumirank display) now editable in driver UI menu.
  • Car classes marked on RT and leaderboard items on the HUD in mixed races.
  • Class indicator added to Broadcast HUD.
  • Broadcast MFD now contains split GT3/GT4 standings in mixed races (long press Insert hides & re-evaluates if race is multiclass or not during the race).
  • Class indicator added to MP timetables.
  • GT4 cars grouped in MP car selection.
  • "Sticky" HUD layer remains visible when hiding HUD via long press.
  • Updated realtime leaderboard widget time gap logic to support mixed classes.
  • Fixed controller navigation for the colour selector in the driver editor page.
  • Fixed a bug with control-hijacking by hidden widgets.
  • Dash widget size now respects low aspect ratio resolutions.
  • Showroom widgets to not consume mouse events while camera is being controlled.
  • Fixed temporary mouse pointer invisibility when intro session is set to skip.
  • Pit rule summary widget added to the garage screen.
  • Server statistics widget added to the garage screen.
  • Driver swap widget added to the garage screen (when applicable).
  • "Drive" button now pulsates on the garage screen during countdown.
  • Updated track map widget and interactive track map widget added to the garage screen.
  • Clicking on the markers changes focused car, clicking outside changes marker between position and racing number.
  • Indicates cars triggering yellow flag.
  • Indicates cars on invalid lap in Qualifying sessions (cyan marker).
  • Full track map widget now available on the Broadcast HUD and the Replay HUD.
  • HUD track map now has zoomed-in and full map option in HUD settings.
  • Added track map HUD page (cycle F2) as a secondary broadcast page with focus on track map.
  • Fix to only one car model being available for custom cars after adding the first one.
  • Server name is now shown for saved replays.
  • Fixed weather widget timing out on Broadcast HUD.
  • Weather forecast now shows current weather.
  • Weather forecast rainfall icons now show indication of increasing/decreasing rainfall (+/-) when both forecast stages prompt the same icon.
  • Fixed missing mouse pointer with Cinema HUD open.
  • Fixed erroneously exposed tyre set selector for wet tyres when switching between compounds and when loading a setup after session transition.
  • Fixed an issue with the setup strategy selector that would jump to the end of the list of strategies after session transition.

CONTROLLERS:
  • Change in the management of controller devices, to use instance IDs instead of on product ID.
  • Allows the use of multiple instances of the same controller device model, such as button boxes.
  • Fixed Frequency setting not loading correctly after being set in the UI.
  • Disconnected devices will no longer be deleted from controls.json but will be marked as disconnected (red-coloured device name in configuration screen).
  • Controls configuration can now be reloaded to detect re-connected devices without need to restart the game.
  • Refresh/reload and undo buttons added to the controls page.
  • Default keyboard binding for "downshift" reassigned to "X" in order to avoid clash with basic Windows function hotkeys.
  • Fixed FFB controller order dependency, now the steering device automatically gets FFB assigned.
  • Potential fix to lack of FFB for certain devices upon first install or control settings reset.
  • Controller presets for Simucube and Simucube 2 wheel bases.
  • Added new rumble effects and adjusted existing ones for XInput gamepads.

MULTIPLAYER:
  • Server: added server-side car group restrictions: GT3, ST, Cup, GT4, FreeForAll.
  • Client: server car group displayed in server list.
  • MP car selection page automatically pre-selects car based on eligibility.
  • NOTE: DLC ownership is not required to join mixed-class servers and see opponent cars.
  • Quickjoin always respects the car group that is currently selected.
  • CP servers are in Mixed mode, and use the Primary car.
  • Client: server list now will not refresh upon returning from car selection/advanced menu.
  • Client: fixed an issue with failed race starts when clients entering an invalid state would not be re-evaluated as valid even after regaining position.
  • Client: fixed a crash that would occur when the client joined during the start of the formation phase.
  • Client: fixed an issue where clients joining during the preparation/countdown phase would be sent up to the top of the grid by the formation widget and erroneously start from pole.
  • Client: fixed a potential client crash when using maximum tyre set rule in driver swap scenarios
  • Client: fixed unreliable grain/blister/flatspot data transfer in swap scenarios when reusing old tyresets while also swapping driver.
  • Server: client reject during post-qualifying phase now made global to prevent erroneous spawning.
  • In an open-race server, clients may still join after the post-qualifying phase, either during the race countdown phase, during the formation lap or after the race start.
  • Server: fixed a rare server issue that would skip to the end of the race session when all clients entered into an invalid state at the same time during the formation phase.
  • Server: added "isLockedPrepPhase" setting (settings.json) to prevent clients who did not take part in qualifying from joining during the preparation/countdown phase.
  • CP: fixed client rejection with "server full" message with successful registration.

PHYSICS:
  • Fixed tyre pressure reset on used tyres when pitting without tyre change.
  • Motec control channels frequency upped to 60Hz.
  • Fixed Motec channel drift when comparing laptimes.
  • Kerb, slip, G-force and ABS vibrations added to physics API.
  • EBB (active electronic brake bias) feature activated and implemented.
  • Torque vectoring differential activated and implemented.
  • Pirelli DH and DW tyre model implementation, all dimensions required and used for GT4 European Series cars.
  • Updated and improved implementation of caster physics (also affects visual appearance).
  • Porsche 991II GT3 Cup tyre model update and fine-tuning.
  • Porsche 991II GT3 Cup updated spring rates and bumpstops as per endurance homologation.

GRAPHICS:
  • Sparks performance optimization and probability filtering tweaks.
  • Backfire performance optimization.
  • Optimization of light emitters at Nurburgring to help reduce stutters.
  • Fixed car dirt visuals getting reset after certain periods in Multiplayer sessions.
  • Various car LOD fixes.

AUDIO:
  • Tweaked curbs and astroturf volume in onboard cameras.
  • Better organization in sample reference structure.
  • Better audio feedback for brake temperature and wear level.
  • General fine-tuning.



Also new for today is the GT4 Pack DLC - adding 11 new GT4 cars from the 2019 European GT4 Series to the simulation. I've already talked to death about these cars, so if you want a quick summary again, check out these two videos:



Enjoy the racing folks!

Assetto Corsa Competizione is available now on PC, Xbox One and PS4.

Got questions? Head over to the Assetto Corsa Competizione sub forum here at RaceDepartment and let the community be your guide!

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So, someone contacted 505 about regional pricing on ACC and they got the following answer

Hi,

Thank you for contacting 505 Games support. I'm sorry that you're having this issue.

Unfortunately, we don't have any way to assist you with this since we don't have influence over regional releases or their pricing.


It seems the previous message from Marco Massarutto about regional pricing problem was just damage control. Kunos says it's on the publisher, 505 games says it's not on them.

So, nothing will change, and nobody has any intention to change it as well.
 
It looks like not much left to talk about GT4 cars on the forum.

Is it because not much new players buying or just it isn't fun anymore?
I don't see too many leagues run GT4s regularly. Sometimes as a mini-championship or mixed class. My personal feeling is not overly popular, similar to GT3cup or the Huracan ST.
No idea why that is. Personally I would like to do a fun-championship with GT4. Will see if I can find such thing.
But overall I prefer the driving experience in GT3s, but GT4s can be fun (I'm not very fast with them though).

Haven't tried the impact of the new tyre physics on GT4 tyres yet. For GT3 I'm not liking it too much tbh.
 
Still makes me laugh everyone complaining over 11 scratch made cars for 18 euros but 1 imported track from AC1 and 2 cosmetic updates to cars is a bargain for 8 euros :confused: :D How odd people see things.
cosmetic updates? not really, the 2020 Merc and Ferrari are two completely new cars.
track imported? as Aris said, the only thing they imported - and not even completely - was the laser scan data, everything else has been redone, and it is quite visible.
in the dlc you also got all 2020 liveries + the new 2020 Pirelli tyres model for 2020 cars + updated tyre model for all cars + new AI by Stefano.
so yes, I'd say it's a hell of a bargain for 8euro given that it is the usual price for an AMS2 or Rf2 track.
 
cosmetic updates? not really, the 2020 Merc and Ferrari are two completely new cars.
track imported? as Aris said, the only thing they imported - and not even completely - was the laser scan data, everything else has been redone, and it is quite visible.
in the dlc you also got all 2020 liveries + the new 2020 Pirelli tyres model for 2020 cars + updated tyre model for all cars + new AI by Stefano.
so yes, I'd say it's a hell of a bargain for 8euro given that it is the usual price for an AMS2 or Rf2 track.
I thought some corners seemed different yesterday I drive AC/ACC Imola the 1st right apex after the start finish straight seems totally different thought I was imagining it :D Does look twice nice in ACC that track.
 
I agree that the 2020 DLC is a bit "slim" as a proper 2020 season should include Magny-Cours and a revised Zandvoort, plus the Toyota Supra GT4. On the other hand, 2020 being 2020 i prefer this to nothing. I hope those tracks will make it in a future update.
 
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So, someone contacted 505 about regional pricing on ACC and they got the following answer

Hi,

Thank you for contacting 505 Games support. I'm sorry that you're having this issue.

Unfortunately, we don't have any way to assist you with this since we don't have influence over regional releases or their pricing.


It seems the previous message from Marco Massarutto about regional pricing problem was just damage control. Kunos says it's on the publisher, 505 games says it's not on them.

So, nothing will change, and nobody has any intention to change it as well.
massaruto posted in his facebook we are looking into the issue, fix soon, after that he look to the other side and say deal with it, then block me so pretty sure they decide remove and rise the price for the base game
 
It looks like not much left to talk about GT4 cars on the forum.

Is it because not much new players buying or just it isn't fun anymore?
I actually prefer the GT4 cars. They just aren't as popular in the multiplayer races and I don't chat alot about them either. But I find them easier to tame than the GT3s, and for me, better control is a more enjoyable experience.
 
I was planning t
I actually prefer the GT4 cars. They just aren't as popular in the multiplayer races and I don't chat alot about them either. But I find them easier to tame than the GT3s, and for me, better control is a more enjoyable experience.

I'm trying to make up my mind about buying as well but there isn't much discussion about them.

I'm afraid they are only less powered versions of GT3 cars, which on my setup lacks force feedback to my taste. Also the discount was less than I was expecting considering game price discount. Inclusion of GT4 cars from 2020 update made it worse as well.

The price is not that much for sim world but buying sth which I won't enjoy will be waste of money. As their focus on GT3, maybe getting 2020 DLC in future will be better.
 
I'm afraid they are only less powered versions of GT3 cars, which on my setup lacks force feedback to my taste.

No not just less power, but also less downforce, higher ride heights, so quite a different driving experience, they slide around a fair bit more and you can really attack the curbs in them. I find the FFB really good but you know...subjective and all that
 
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No not just less power, but also less downforce, higher ride heights, so quite a different driving experience, they slide around a fair bit more and you can really attack the curbs in them. I find the FFB really good but you know...subjective and all that

I hope you are right. I bought it on sale, half for experiencing by myself, half for putting a brick on sim world :D
 
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