Assetto Corsa Competizione | (Yet Another) New Hotfix Update Released

Paul Jeffrey · Nov 29, 2020

Kunos Simulazioni remain busy bees back at base with yet another new hotfix update for Assetto Corsa Competizione - available now on PC.

Hotfix 1.6.3 available.
AI Improvements.
Graphical tweaks.

Yes, if you fancy yourself some Assetto Corsa Competizione action over the last day or two you'll have needed to download yet another hotfix for the official GT World Challenge simulation as the ever busy team over at Kunos Simulazioni have deployed another new build over the last couple of days.

Again aimed at addressing a few outstanding issues within the title, plus some further AI tweaks and changes, the new build is available on Steam now.

Update Notes:

Graphics:

Fixed excessive exhaust flame probability of the Porsche Cup car.
Fixed proximity-based auto-hiding of netcars in the pitlane in all sessions and car visibility settings.

Gameplay:

AI: increased AI qualifying pace in traffic scenarios.
AI: improved ability to attack lapped cars.
AI: reinstated and improved logic to facilitate lapping.
AI: better ability to recover from spins that don’t fully block movement.
Fixed player-filtered highlights focus.

UI:

Fixed savegame mixed content detection.

Original Source: Assetto Corsa Competizione Steam

Assetto Corsa Competizione is available now on PC and console.

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Fatalist88 · Nov 29, 2020

I'd just like to say the Porsche Cup Car is one of the finest cars in the sim.

antonn · Nov 29, 2020

Thank you Kunos, the TOP !!

bgil66 · Nov 29, 2020

Stefano workin hard on the boat for us

Wolfzz · Nov 29, 2020

Love your work Kunos keep the hot fixes coming as it will just make this sim better and better.
Looking forward to the British GT Pack DLC

JPL083 · Nov 29, 2020

i wish they could also change the AI how they act in pits also. Just raced a bit, and main issues was that the AI is stupidly faster than you when entering the pits. The ghost thing is like... aarrgghh, you drive from cockpit and other car is blocking your visibility. Then they still have that teleport thing when entering their garage spot. They are also faster than you under the speed limiter.. Pits needs quite an overhaul. Otherwise AI is now quite good, like it was in the early days, very competitive etc. But they dont make much mistakes still.

BP · Nov 29, 2020

Paul Jeffrey said:
Fixed proximity-based auto-hiding of netcars in the pitlane in all sessions and car visibility settings.

I'm wondering if this is related to the issue I had in a race 2 weeks ago at Barcelona: after starting from the pits due to a glitch (didn't get the drive button), I joined around lap 2 and right after the first chicane I got hit by a car rejoining from the runoff. Both of us were invisible to each other from cockpit and chase cams but the TV cameras could see us. Was a very weird bug.

roky · Nov 29, 2020

Do something with VR finally!

Kurvz · Nov 29, 2020

roky said:
Do something with VR finally!

VR is never gone be any better I'm sorry to say, you're seeing the final version methinks

rallysmo · Nov 29, 2020

that patch was a block they miss after imola dlc, where you can join in multiplayer without own lastest dlc, codemaster style, but they somehow dicover now you cant use, shame kunos

MPortnoy · Nov 29, 2020

JPL083 said:
i wish they could also change the AI how they act in pits also. Just raced a bit, and main issues was that the AI is stupidly faster than you when entering the pits. The ghost thing is like... aarrgghh, you drive from cockpit and other car is blocking your visibility. Then they still have that teleport thing when entering their garage spot. They are also faster than you under the speed limiter.. Pits needs quite an overhaul. Otherwise AI is now quite good, like it was in the early days, very competitive etc. But they dont make much mistakes still.

Even when what you're saying is true (the garage teleport and AI being slightly faster under speed limiter) they spend more time stationary during the pitstop so the player can actually gain about 1 second from pit entry to pit exit if doing manual engine start/stop. With automatic engine start/stop you lose about 2-3 seconds so doing it manually is the way to go.
More often than not I gain 1-2 places rather than lose places.

tlsmikey · Nov 30, 2020

AI is much better now about passing lapped cars and battling with the user. The main problem is still that they AI don't fight amongst themselves, but I think they are still working on that piece of it.

Adrian Herrera · Nov 30, 2020

Hehe I tried the Porsches a few days ago and really liked them but was a bit annoyed by the excessive flames.. great to see how that should be fixed now.

Tarmac Terrorist · Nov 30, 2020

Just bought the whole thing, been trying it out for a while, v impressed now!

Schnemat · Nov 30, 2020

It seems to me that the AI is still slower at Imola compared to other tracks on the same AI level. Prior to 1.6.0 I usually ran ACC on AI 95 / Aggr 100 and qualified Top10 and often gained a few positions in the race. At Imola I qualify easily on pole with about 1 sec lead on AI 100 / Aggr 100 and also in the race my best lap is at least > 0.7s faster than the best AI, which makes it not very fun. I haven't played a lot on other tracks since 1.6., but did a quick race on Nurburgring and the AI seemed to be more competitive there (or i was not that well trained...). Anybody had similar experiences?

prceurope · Nov 30, 2020

bgil66 said:
Stefano workin hard on the boat for us

Stefano left Kunos/505 a while ago. He founded this: https://jaxxvane.com/

Ah yeah I get it now - yeah he's on the boat

)

After_Midnight · Nov 30, 2020

prceurope said:
Stefano left Kunos/505 a while ago. He founded this: https://jaxxvane.com/

Ah yeah I get it now - yeah he's on the boat )

He's stilll working at the AI for ACC

Edit: Ninja'd by yourself

Tarmac Terrorist · Nov 30, 2020

WOW! I am blown away!!! Wow! This sim is a whole new world!!!

JPL083 · Nov 30, 2020

MPortnoy said:
Even when what you're saying is true (the garage teleport and AI being slightly faster under speed limiter) they spend more time stationary during the pitstop so the player can actually gain about 1 second from pit entry to pit exit if doing manual engine start/stop. With automatic engine start/stop you lose about 2-3 seconds so doing it manually is the way to go.
More often than not I gain 1-2 places rather than lose places.

I know what you are saying. but still it looks very stupid when they teleport. And that they are faster than you under the limiter, well... I dont like it, if i am entering pits and they go thru me, or they catch me and drive "inside" my car, or... i leave from the pits like example in Spa, ai comes just behind slowly catching me, and then i start to see him bit by bit inside my car and i need to change my wiev to actually see something. And no, just drive side by side isnt the answer etc. I can be equally faster with ai in the pits, rarely even a bit faster! But still these issues are there. The pitting thingy feels like a totally another world when comparing your time on the track, you kinda like dont even want to go there, and again.. Drive without pitting isnt the answer, it belongs there. But it needs a work... AND A LOT!