Assetto Corsa: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and Nurburgring Sprint released

[Herbie]

Kunos Simulazioni have released a new version of Assetto Corsa. The popular PC racing simulator now includes the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG car and the Nürburgring Sprint Layout circuit.

The dev team have been working on the delivering next release which is available for free right now with all the announcements and changelog listed below.

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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
The new version includes the most wanted Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: even if the release of the first Mercedes-Benz model licensed for Assetto Corsa was previously scheduled to be included in Assetto Corsa 1.0, we have decided to reward all our fans for the terrific support they gave us during this year, including this content in the current release.

Nurburgring Sprint Layout
The Sprint layout of Nurburgring GP circuit, ideal for quick races and events, is also available as free update. This version includes also some features under the hood that will allow our development team to test the overall compatibility with the aim to release a candidate beta version of Assetto Corsa within some weeks. More details will come soon
Changelog

• In-game apps must now be enabled in the game's launcher under Options > General
• Added new car Mercedes SLS
• Added new track Nurburgring Sprint
• Tyre model modifications, more direct and "alive" FFB on all cars. We advice less FF "effects"
• AI modifications for Mercedes SLS AMG & McLaren MP4 12C street
• fixed drag race
• all cars with H pattern manual gearbox, when used with paddles, can now enable autocut-off autoblip assist properly. The timings are slower than what you can achieve with an H shifter hardware.
• Fixed multiplayer leaderboard logic
• Fixeg bugs in multiplayer GUI
• Overlay leaderboard implemented (Press F9 to cycle between 4 different modes)
• Fixed horn & lights in multiplayer
• Graphics & CPU Performance improvements
• Multiplayer Blacklist system improved
• Intro video at first launch, possible to disable it from options
• Replay Size reduced
• Replay frame interpolation improved
• Time Attack : fixed crash when trying to load open tracks & lap estimation formula improved
• Setup Force Feedback setting page improved
• ksEditor : notify when skinned mesh is imported with a wrong scale
• ksEditor : fixed IN/OUT camera normalized start-end position not rendering on spline during camera editing
• Fixed small random flashes during gameplay
• Added dedicated leaderboard APP
• Updated TAB key ingame leaderboard with a new look and functions
• Skidmarks start shape fixed and rendering is now faster
• Python apps can be enabled / disabled from the launcher
• Fixed bug "return to pits and lap counting in some special cases"
• Added Python camera control
• Fixed tyres jittering at low speeds
• Fixed missing wheels when AI car brake its engine and goes to pits
• Physics related rules : now cars must respect their defined set of rules in order to run on the track
• Track cameras now place the car in the middle of the screen
• Post Process App selector : fixed loading of default ppEffects.ini
• AI improvements
• Improved Drag AI
• Skidmarks are now disabled when setting World Detail to minimum
• - Dynamic track randomness now less pronounced

 

[Jan-Olov Johansson]

Are you trying to use an H-pattern on a semi-auto car?

No, it's the same for all cars I tested on.

 

[Georg Siebert]

0.22.7
- Pause on/off is now in sync with physics thread

 

[Galin Dimov]

After the latest "fixes" the game is pretty much unplayable for me...the performance in general is a lot worse the game freezes every 5 minutes or so.
Someone else experiencing the same?

edit: might be related to the installed apps and specifically to OV1 info app. Will test tomorrow

 

[SunBro]

I was out of town for the weekend, back in action, started with the 0.22.7 update. Really feeling the "understeer at entrance, oversteer at exit" comment. It really is just like that and it's also really agile at the exits.

I was hella bummed for not getting the gt3 but the road version turned out much better than i expected.

 

[Martymcfly]

Do you have the latest update 0.22.3 ? supposed to be fixed with that!

I have the latest updates and the Nürb. Short map is still out of alignment or something. Anyone else having same problem??

 

[Georg Siebert]

After the latest "fixes" the game is pretty much unplayable for me...the performance in general is a lot worse the game freezes every 5 minutes or so.
Someone else experiencing the same?

edit: might be related to the installed apps and specifically to OV1 info app. Will test tomorrow

Galin, delete the OV1 and the F1 HUD, they cause micro stutter and write big log files that cost performance.

for more info:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...son-0-3-1-released.11921/page-222#post-242040

 

[Chris]

0.22.8
- Changed Vertex and Index Buffer handling


... whatever that means.

 

[Chris]

0.22.9
- Allow the user to disable Python support changing ENABLE_PYTHON inside gameplay.ini

 

[SunBro]

I guess i'm a really lucky person because i never got the "my game is messed up after X update" issues in my entire life. Ov1 info is working just fine without cpu overload (i5 4460) or micro stutter (gtx 750 ti). Damn app does take away some fps though.

Sls is beginning to lose its charm for me by the way....

Oh well, back to gt3 as usual.

 

[Galin Dimov]

Galin, delete the OV1 and the F1 HUD, they cause micro stutter and write big log files that cost performance.

for more info:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...son-0-3-1-released.11921/page-222#post-242040

So I removed all 3rd party Apps and set the reply size to 10MB and the game is running fine again

 

[Georg Siebert]

So I removed all 3rd party Apps and set the reply size to 10MB and the game is running fine again

don't change two or more things at once, you wont know the cause then. the replay file size has nothing to do with your performance problems

 

[Ashley Cowan]

don't change two or more things at once, you wont know the cause then.

Straight outta your setup guide book

 

[Georg Siebert]

Straight outta your setup guide book

This does not only apply to the specific topic of car setups, but is a basic principle of science that I as a Physics student advocate to adhere to.

 

[Galin Dimov]

don't change two or more things at once, you wont know the cause then. the replay file size has nothing to do with your performance problems

Actually it does Georg...I've noticed it in the past as well. Increasing the reply size was resulting in worse performance. In any case, I can race once more so pretty happy.

 

[Marian Zelenka]

The SLS is much better than I expected. I just can't stop driving it! Can't wait for LaFerrari and P1, that will be mega sick. Huayra is somewhat weird so I hope these two will be epic cars to drive.