Assetto Corsa Press Event (Live Blog)

[Bram Hengeveld]

RaceDepartment is present today in Bella Italia to witness the Assetto Corsa press event. With a live blog we'll do our best to inform our readers what's going on at the Vallelunga Circuit, where the top gaming magazines and websites are attending.

For RaceDepartment @Marco Bijl and @Ole Marius Myrvold are visiting the headquarters of Kunos Simulazioni and will return loaded with stunning photographs, (on board) footage of exclusive racing cars and of course the latest about the game it self.

Timeline:

16:40 CEST: Live blog closed for now. Time to get into the real racing cars, strap that GoPro camera where it should be and do some recording for our YouTube audience. After the racing its time for a (goatee?) party at the circuit!

16:32 CEST: Toyota GT86 confirmed for the game.

16:31 CEST: Pit Stops will be multiplayer only so far.

16:30 CEST: There will be a completely new sound engine, for exterior sounds especially. To include a lot more of the sounds that Assetto Corsa lacks at the moment.

16:05 CEST: Spotted in the on site Assetto Corsa Beta Build and on the racing circuit, the mighty Toyota GT86. Click here for the image.

15:50 CEST: Facepalm of the Day. Going out on track to drive the McLaren MP4-12C and then you set the engine on fire! Click here for the images. It wasn't us we swear

15:23 CEST: We are making (on board) video footage at the event as well. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to not miss out when the videos are released.

15:00 CEST: Kunos are weighing between two different career modes. 1) A more forced. That you have to score a certain amount of points to progress. 2) Or another that's more free. So you can choose between events to progress. With the second way they can include long races and drifting more easily.

14:56 CEST: Confirmed: "The LaFerrari is using KERS as Traction Control. When the car notices wheelspin. The KERS will brake to reduce wheelspin. And by doing that. It will also recharge when doing that. That's working ingame!"

14:54 CEST: Stefano Casillo starts his lecture about "Simulation" and why its different in Assetto Corsa. Click here for the images

14:38 CEST: Drooling over the Ferrari. Can we take her for a spin today?

14:26 CEST: Official Oculus Rift support confirmed

14:21 CEST: Flatspotting is coming!

14:16 CEST: Press conference is starting....in Italian Noi parliamo italiano Kunos! click here for the images

14:12 CEST: The Nissan GTR will come to Assetto Corsa in two versions. A free for all Nissan GTR Road Car and a paid Nissan GTR Race Car as DLC.

14:07 CEST: Confirmed on paper, the new Nissan GT-R, now laserscanned in the game in real life on the track. click here for the images

13:55 CEST: How the simulator developed over time.

13:30 CEST: First pictures are in!

For more on Assetto Corsa make sure to visit the forums, up- and download your favorite mods and share your videos and photos with the rest of the community.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Please take a photo or better shot a video including the cockpit with motion and Oculus DK2.

We don't get to see the screen though, but as long as it's still used I can do (if it's not used I'm jumping in... )

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Hopefully after they've pulled the enormous grins back from stretching ear to ear these journalists will act like journalists and get some news on when all this announced stuff is likely to appear .

We share what we are allowed to share Trust me, I've never digged around this much in my life.

 

[Sebastien Masset]

"There will be a completely new sound engine, for exterior sounds especially"

Isn't the cockpit view the most used one in simulations? Kinda weird to say/do that.
Could you be more specific on it or is it just the way they annonced it?

Great cover and great pics so far, keep them coming!

 

[1Karl1]

Thanks for your efforts it's fully appreciated . Will second the request for a photo of somebody using DK2 if you would be so kind . Can't describe how happy that will make a lot of people including me
Edit i've just seen this posted on the forum via noseybook

 

[poet]

External sounds are missing effects like Reverb, which I'm sure I read Kunos say would be added. Probably that.

 

[Denis Mitchell]

Outside sounds will improve your cockpit sounds too, sounds of other cars around you!

 

[Tr3voRR]

When you say pit stops confirmed, it would be nice to mention animated or not please !

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

According to @Ole Marius Myrvold some information is still under embargo so we can only share what we are allowed to share (for now).

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

When you say pit stops confirmed, it would be nice to mention animated or not please !

Animated

 

[Roger Ferrer]

Thanks for your efforts it's fully appreciated . Will second the request for a photo of somebody using DK2 if you would be so kind . Can't describe how happy that will make a lot of people including me
Edit i've just seen this posted on the forum via noseybook

Thanks.

 

[poet]

Thanks for the coverage guys, made for some fun reading during a slow work Monday.

 

[J.D.]

According to @Ole Marius Myrvold some information is still under embargo so we can only share what we are allowed to share (for now).

Please share everything your allowed to!

 

[Alberto Caessa]

Thank you for the fantastic news. Keep 'em coming!

Don't burn anymore engines.

 

[Alvaro de la Orden]

Thanks a lot for updating this live blog!

 

[Ischemica]

Great news, thank you.

 

[Olivier Boissel]

Yes, thanks for this blog

 

[GamerMuscle]

Thanks for your efforts it's fully appreciated . Will second the request for a photo of somebody using DK2 if you would be so kind . Can't describe how happy that will make a lot of people including me
Edit i've just seen this posted on the forum via noseybook

What a fool pretending to drive whilst nothing is on the screen !

Good job on the coverage and thanks for the photographs !

 

[1Karl1]

What a fool pretending to drive whilst nothing is on the screen !

Good job on the coverage and thanks for the photographs !

Night racing that mate......no headlights yet

 

[GamerMuscle]

Night racing that mate......no headlights yet

I can clearly see this man is trying to fool the sim-racing community. Kunos are such a reckless company, they think they are rock stars pulling stunts like this along with setting fire to super cars.

mod-edit: no need to get personal, keep it calm

 

[1Karl1]

That man is clearly blind it's just the ffb is so good he's 8th @ Imola on RSR via the power of brail ;p