Assetto Corsa: First Release Available on Steam Soon

[Bram Hengeveld]

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Assetto Corsa: First Release Available on Steam Soon

Kunos Simulazioni just revealed a press release containing information that a release of Assetto Corsa is imminent. Because of some issues the company had to change their strategy but the job will be completed soon.

Assetto Corsa will be available on Steam Early Access very, very soon. The game will cost 34,99 Eur (allowing to save 22% of the retail price!) and will give you access to the beta version, including its updates, plus the final version.

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[Dinca Andrei]

When.when.when

Soon

No no no no no..its Soon™

 

[Gray Fox]

I could not go wrong ... I was tired of pictures, I wanted to see the online, AI, game modes, damage ...
This was not in AC, and have not been able to speak until the last day. Very disappointed, I'll buy it, but they have played with us.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

I think some of you don't understand what "early access" means. I'd hardly call that "played with us" to be honest.

Be glad that you can have an early access before the release of the fully finalized version.

 

[Radek Zukowski]

Be glad that you can have an early access before the release of the fully finalized version.

And when will it be? I was led to believe it will be "soon TM".
Will it be 2014, 2015? Nobody knows. Probably not very "soon TM".

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Don´t you think that if they had a final date in mind they would share that with us? Hence the use of "soon" as that is probably the best fitting description for now.

 

[Vinicius Matheus]

Can't help but feel a little disappointed too. Still buying. Here's hoping that they have all those features ready and are only looking for us to test the features for them one at a time.

 

[betterstranger]

Can't wait to get my hands on the this early access version

 

[baloche]

@ thoose wo tell there is no multiplayer

Marco Massarutto xxx xxx You should read again the statement: Multiplayer will be part of the beta, at the right moment: Assetto Corsa early access will be updated EVERY-TWO-WEEKS, with new contents and features (including the multiplayer). Each update will include features and contents that are candidate to be released and intended as completed (with the exception of unknown bugs, of course).

 

[Radek Zukowski]

@ thoose wo tell there is no multiplayer

Marco Massarutto xxx xxx You should read again the statement: Multiplayer will be part of the beta, at the right moment

So there will be no multiplayer when beta starts, it will be added later (who knows when). I think most of us understands it that way.

 

[Von Butters]

I think I just shat myself with excitement

 

[James Callahan]

Without AI nor Multiplayer not much one can do, and of that I had enough in RaceRoom, the better the physics are, doing only laps after laps for me at least is really boring. When rf2 went out it had both, so I doubt even this is "beta". Won't buy it for now.

 

[Grzesiek Zabielski]

Beta avalaible only at Steam?

 

[Turk]

So it's basically going to be like Netkar pro with better graphics and less online? I'm ok with that for now. Just gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme!!

 

[Marco Boemi]

@ thoose wo tell there is no multiplayer

Marco Massarutto xxx xxx You should read again the statement: Multiplayer will be part of the beta, at the right moment

So there will be no multiplayer when beta starts, it will be added later (who knows when). I think most of us understands it that way.

Radek wrote: "So there will be no multiplayer when beta starts, it will be added later (who knows when). I think most of us understands it that way."

This.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

good news.
rF2, last season's epic disappointment, should have taught me to keep my eager fingers off unfinished produce, but I suppose curiosity will not only kill the cat but also get the better of me.

 

[Marco Boemi]

good news.
rF2, last season's epic disappointment, should have taught me to keep my eager fingers off unfinished produce, but I suppose curiosity will not only kill the cat but also get the better of me.

I've done the same mistake, I'll try to not do it again with AC...

 

[Sebastian Wolff]

I'd rather have early access than a limited demo with waiting period. I see this move as a positive thing. Plus the huge price drop make this a no-brainer.
I don't feel "played" at all...that's the job of others.

 

[Hannes-Joshua Thor Barthel]

well you get a discount with the early acces buy... you can buy it now... but that does not mean you also must play it now.. you can buy it.. and just wait till 1.0 to play it...

see it more like you can play part of it within a preorder phase.. where usually you can't play it at all...

 

[betterstranger]

well you get a discount with the early acces buy... you can buy it now... but that does not mean you also must play it now.. you can buy it.. and just wait till 1.0 to play it...

see it more like you can play part of it within a preorder phase.. where usually you can't play it at all...

I wanted to write exactly the same! But you were faster than my thoughts!

 

[James Woods]

Can't say I'm happy with this announcement. It's easy to gloss over things stated by Kunos over the months and simply see this as positive news. But it really is not. Until today, Kunos has been strongly suggesting the full launch was coming, even suggesting the only thing currently delaying this launch was Italian red tape (the pre-order problems). But now, announced out of the blue is a beta missing far too much to be overlooked. And no multiplayer on beta launch is hugely worrying to me.

Don't get me wrong though, i get as giddy for AC as the next guy, i just hope they move things forward and keep the community informed now, because i have some worrying feelings about when we may see a league ready version of AC. And then i think about when we were all expecting a fullly ready version of AC because of the Kunos claims and confidence, and the potential disparity here has me a bit miffed