Automobilista 2 | Early Access and Pricing Explained

[UMC 22]

Greetings all,

@Renato Simioni has made an informative post here in which he explains the various purchasing options available for AMS 2. I thought I would repost that information here, to help people find it after it inevitably get's buried in that thread. Here is the post, quoted directly:

Just further clarification as there is undertandably a bit of confusion as to what´s on offer and what will be on offer from next week onwards.

There are 3 types of Automobilista 2 purchases you can make:

1- Automobilista 2: this is what´s being released next week in Early Access, it´s the base game without DLCs. The full price from Steam is US$ 49.99 / €44.99, but if you buy it during Early Access you´ll get 40% off on that full price. Buying this grants you:

1) All the content listed here​

2) All the content that will still be added for free to the base game - this includes so far the Historic GP Cars, two 90s DTM cars, the GT3/GT4 pack and Bathurst - keep in mind this is only part of what´s coming until July, plenty more not yet announced.​

2- Automobilista 2 Season Pass: this includes all DLCs we will release during 2020-2021 this will cost US$ 99.99 / €89.99 and it will include:

1) Hockenheim Pack featuring 1975, 1988, 2001, 2019 versions (individually this will sell for US$ 9.99 /€8.99)​

2) Silverstone Pack featuring 1975, 1991, 2001, 2019 versions (individually this will sell for US$ 9.99 / €8.99)​

3) At least three more Track DLCs in the same mould of the two above ( US$ 9.99 / €8.99 each)​

4) At least three Expansion Packs featuring both cars and tracks of a certain theme (prices ranging from US$19.99 to US$ 29.99)​

3- Automobilista 2 Pack from our Forum Store: This includes AMS2 + Season Pass as described above, plus access to AMS2 Beta as described in the opening post.


The value on the latter two packs are naturally a little more abstract as we haven´t disclosed details for all DLCs planned for 2020-2021. Some people have thus been understandably surprised by the price difference between the base game and the Season Pass - it will make more sense when you know them It´s a far bigger project than one can see at the moment.

But we certainy don´t expect options 2 and 3 to cater to most people with the info that´s currently available, and you should definitely not buy into it if you have limited disposable income or if you don´t feel comfortable buying packages before you know all that it includes.

The base game is a far more sensible purchase in that case: it packs plenty of content which will be constantly expanded, and with 40% off during Early Access should be perfectly affordable to any sim racer.

If you have any pricing questions, please post them here and hopefully Renato or another helpful Reiza dev can answer them for you.

 

[UMC 22]

So games 20 years ago were $50 and didn't have DLC...

If you don't mind me asking, what country are you in? A brand new AAA game would cost you around £25-£30 over here at most 20 years ago, and now they go for £45-£60 and often have half the content. An increase of £15-£30 (50-100%) over 20 years is not inflation, it's a price hike. It started on consoles and has slowly made it's way onto PC in more recent years.

Whether the new price tags are worth it is very much dependent on the game though. I paid £25 for stock AMS 2 with all the cars and tracks it currently has to offer, and with base game content on the way. I'm up to 101 hours playing time. I'd say that's pretty damn good value before even considering the extra time I'll get out of the few DLCs I'm interested in. (I won't be buying all of them.)

 

[GOV47]

If you don't mind me asking, what country are you in? A brand new AAA game would cost you around £25-£30 over here at most 20 years ago, and now they go for £45-£60 and often have half the content. An increase of £15-£30 (50-100%) over 20 years is not inflation, it's a price hike. It started on consoles and has slowly made it's way onto PC in more recent years.

Whether the new price tags are worth it is very much dependent on the game though. I paid £25 for stock AMS 2 with all the cars and tracks it currently has to offer, and with base game content on the way. I'm up to 101 hours playing time. I'd say that's pretty damn good value before even considering the extra time I'll get out of the few DLCs I'm interested in. (I won't be buying all of them.)

USA. I paid $50 for an NES game in 1988. New games have been $40-60 for as long as I can remember.

 

[Hitman65]

Will you be able to play career mode in early access when the final build Ver 1 is released?

 

[UMC 22]

Will you be able to play career mode in early access when the final build Ver 1 is released?

Custom championships will probably be in by the release, though that's just me guessing, not something I read. The only thing I've heard about an actual "Career mode" is that it might come as a DLC in the future.

 

[Hitman65]

Thank you.