Assetto Corsa Competizione New Screenshot, Misano Launch Tomorrow

[Paul Jeffrey]

Assetto Corsa Competizione will get its first public airing after E3 at Misano tomorrow, as Kunos Simulazioni take the upcoming title to the Blancpain GT Series for the first time...

Much anticipated since the game was first revealed as in the works by successful Italian development team Kunos back in February, ACC, the official videogame of the Blancpain GT Series, will be on site at the upcoming Misano round of the real world series this coming weekend for the public to try, marking another milestone in the development of the title prior to releasing on Steam Early Access later this summer.

Utilising the Unreal 4 graphics engine, an official licence for the epic Blancpain GT Series and featuring time of day and weather conditions for the first time in a simulation developed by Kunos, ACC isn't strictly the successor to the hugely popular Assetto Corsa, but more of a branching out by Kunos as they investigate new technologies such as the Unreal engine. The end result, a rather exceptional looking new title that features a full simulation of the most exciting GT3 racing championship anywhere in the world...

With the Misano round this weekend, and a promise of plenty of access to the title for members of the public, it wouldn't be a stretch to expect ACC isn't all that far away from coming to Steam Early Access, then we'll all get the chance to give it a try for ourselves...

Assetto Corsa Competizione should be available on Steam Early Access Summer 2018.

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Looking forward to ACC? Do you think the new title will be a success? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[thepharcyde]

Do Blancpain race in the dark i.e post 5pm?

 

[Celestiale]

Do Blancpain race in the dark i.e post 5pm?

yes

 

[Tberg]

Do Blancpain race in the dark i.e post 5pm?

Yes, a lot of the races either begin late afternoon and pass 5pm during the race, or even start late in the evening post 5pm. Obviously the 24hour Spa is at night too.

 

[gdifino71]

I'll be there to see the race and to try AC !!!

 

[felippekiss]

Really looking forward to this.
I haven't seen any mention of the missing manufacturers yet. Obviously the cars in-game are the ones they already had licensed in AC and I'm sure the others are in the works, but have Kunos officially mentioned the others yet? Bentley, Aston, Jaguar and the Gallardo REX?
All they've said is "official licensed teams, cars and drivers".

Hoping someone proves me wrong.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SfUx3tJ6f5FXd1Y88

 

[homecalendar]

The problem with modern games is that they are all very beautiful in the screenshots. And in real - problems with antialiasing, shadows and shaders.

 

[thepharcyde]

The problem with modern games is that they are all very beautiful in the screenshots. And in real - problems with antialiasing, shadows and shaders.

Pcars 2 suffers from this in a massive way

 

[yetisaj]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SfUx3tJ6f5FXd1Y88

Ok, sounds like they may be still trying to secure licenses. Hope they get them.

 

[f1superracer]

The problem with modern games is that they are all very beautiful in the screenshots. And in real - problems with antialiasing, shadows and shaders.

And it's a big problem with UE4 (The engine that ACC uses). As we're seeing with MotoGP 18...

 

[ShredatorFIN]

The problem with modern games is that they are all very beautiful in the screenshots. And in real - problems with antialiasing, shadows and shaders.

Well, we've seen 4 videos already, with full day/night cycle. Imo everything looks better/more cohesive/real than pCars 2 on videos, except some shadow/tree LOD popping. Was only really noticeable in Monza where trees come close to track.

 

[b)b]

And it's a big problem with UE4 (The engine that ACC uses). As we're seeing with MotoGP 18...

UE4 has user modifiable sharpening settings to tone done the blurryness introduced by temporal antiasing. I tested it on Gravel (another Miletstone game using UE4) and it did wonders.

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

https://twitter.com/KelvinvdLinde/status/1010127914430619648?s=17

 

[Zoltan76]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SfUx3tJ6f5FXd1Y88

Honda NSX? Not even in the roster. Only in Asia.

 

[Stanislav Minakov]

Kunos promised that ACC will have a ranking system, so will it represent this system as it made in Blancpain, like Silver, ProAm etc? And the main curiosity for me: will Kunos stop at Blancpain or go further to other Endurance series? I heard some rumors about further expansions to other series.

 

[Turk]

Kunos promised that ACC will have a ranking system, so will it represent this system as it made in Blancpain, like Silver, ProAm etc? And the main curiosity for me: will Kunos stop at Blancpain or go further to other Endurance series? I heard some rumors about further expansions to other series.

There's most certainly going to be DLC, that's just part and parcel of gaming these days. They could certainly introduce more GT series into the game along with the extra tracks and cars needed, fairly easily. I just wonder how the Blancpain license would affect introducing other series and cars. The other series may be seen as competitors to Blancpain so that might restrict the possibilities a bit.

 

[Jason Mullin]

I've never played an early access title.
So we buy the game, get early access but what does that include usually?

Will it be a few cars/tracks and they gradually add more over time or is it a semi full release that serves to identify bugs and do fine tuning?

 

[Michael Hornbuckle]

Day one of EA could be as little as one car at one track at a static time of day. Or it could be much, much more. Updates should be frequent (AC had weekly updates for a couple months and then went bi-weekly). Bug reporting is encouraged, but not mandatory.

 

[felippekiss]

N

Honda NSX? Not even in the roster. Only in Asia.

Not, the honda NSX will be present in 24hs Spa this year, confirmed by Blancpain on Twitter https://twitter.com/BlancpainGT/status/997498430686683136?s=19

 

[Richard Dastardly]

And the main curiosity for me: will Kunos stop at Blancpain or go further to other Endurance series? I heard some rumors about further expansions to other series.

I also heared something about other SRO series - that'd be nice, BP Asia & British GT have a tidy bunch of GT4 cars too, and of course SRO handles the international GT4 also.

Of course none of that brings the Nurburgring, which there's going to be huge noise for a VLN sim would be pushing some limits with all those cars, though...

 

[Turk]

I've never played an early access title.
So we buy the game, get early access but what does that include usually?

Will it be a few cars/tracks and they gradually add more over time or is it a semi full release that serves to identify bugs and do fine tuning?

I can't remember now what we got with the EA for AC, but it was 3 or 4 tracks I think, and a handful of cars. Basically we'll get what's working so far. I think that all the content is from scratch so I don't think we can even use what's already in AC as a guide.

It was actually kind of exciting waiting for new content to come out. But AC was a different game, a new car could bring new features IE: Aero, or hybrid systems, or solid axles, etc.. Which isn't going to be as much of an issue because they're all GT cars this time around. So It could go something like just introducing hot lapping, to introducing multiplayer, to AI, to ranking system.