Assetto Corsa Technology Preview Released

Damien Wintz · Feb 22, 2013

The long awaited moment is here. Kunos Simulazioni released the Technology Preview of Assetto Corsa for current owners of netKar Pro. Grab your paycode, read the instructions below and go nuts!

What is the AC Technology Preview?
It is a playable, no-time limited benchmark that allow gamers to get their first taste of Assetto Corsa engine. This version includes one car, one track, different difficulty levels and two play modes: free practice and time attack. Playing this version and reporting back feedback, benchmarks and bugs, players allow the development team to fix issues and improve the final version of Assetto Corsa, before its release.

Who can access this AC Technology Preview?
Who has purchased a copy of netKar PRO since 2006 can use his netKar Pro activation code to activate the AC Tech Preview.
All gamers who will purchase a copy of netKar PRO until March 1 will receive the link to download the AC Tech Preview for free: until March, 1, they will be able to buy a copy of netKar PRO for just 4,99 Eur, saving 70% of the full price.

Game features
This software allow gamers to drive the Lotus Elise SC on the italian track of Magione, reproduced using the advanced Laserscan Technology. This version is compatible with keyboard, Xpad 360, joysticks, steering wheels and any kind of customizable game devices.

Minimum PC requirements
Windows Vista / 7 / 8 Operative System
CPU: Intel Celeron
RAM: 2 Gigabytes
DirectX 11 graphics card (ex: Nvidia GTS 450 / AMD Radeon HD5770) NOTE: AC graphics engine supports also DirectX 10.1 compatible graphic cards (ATI 4800 HD / Nvidia 8600 GT)
Click here to download the AC Tech Preview (mirror 2, mirror 3, mirror 4)
Click here to visit the Assetto Corsa forums for any feedback, support and other questions you might have.
Enjoy!

Please put your feedback in the comments below

Justin Swan · Mar 3, 2013

I think I wont bother updating by what you're all saying.

William Levesque · Mar 3, 2013

Justin Swan said:
I think I wont bother updating by what you're all saying.

Works perfect for me, people with issues are probably doing things wrong.

Make a clean install (You can keep your profil in your Documents if you installed on C: ) and you're good to go...

Justin Swan · Mar 3, 2013

When you s

William Levesque said:
Works perfect for me, people with issues are probably doing things wrong.

Make a clean install (You can keep your profil in your Documents if you installed on C: ) and you're good to go...

When you say clean install do you mean uninstall 096 before installing this one?

William Levesque · Mar 3, 2013

Justin Swan said:
When you s

When you say clean install do you mean uninstall 096 before installing this one?

Yup

betterstranger · Mar 3, 2013

William Levesque

sorry mate but there are way to many people with slowdowns - just look at AC forum.
I know how too use my computer - I've been using them for 20 years and sadly Kunos messed up a little bit with this update. Some people have better performance (regarding ffb/graphics) some worse.
But hey! It's TP and that's what it's for - to test AC on many configs and it's our task to provide Kunos as much feedback as we can.

I'm sure they'll do their best to make it properly working on as many configs as they can.

William Levesque · Mar 4, 2013

betterstranger said:
William Levesque

sorry mate but there are way to many people with slowdowns - just look at AC forum.
I know how too use my computer - I've been using them for 20 years and sadly Kunos messed up a little bit with this update. Some people have better performance (regarding ffb/graphics) some worse.
But hey! It's TP and that's what it's for - to test AC on many configs and it's our task to provide Kunos as much feedback as we can.

I'm sure they'll do their best to make it properly working on as many configs as they can.

Regarding slow-downs I could imagine, but what has to do with controller issues and graphics glitches is most likely on the user's side

betterstranger · Mar 4, 2013

William Levesque said:
Regarding slow-downs I could imagine, but what has to do with controller issues and graphics glitches is most likely on the user's side

Don't think so mate - 20FPS down and from 3-4% spikes to 25% from 0.9.6 to 0.9.8. Actually in 0.9.6 I didn't have any problems at all either with ffb or graphics.
Check it out:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/stutter-and-spiking-with-0-9-8-update.641/

I guess Stefano is testing some new solutions. AC is a game changer in simracing genre imo and I hope that Stefano&crew will find way to make every user happy.

William Levesque · Mar 4, 2013

betterstranger said:
Don't think so mate - 20FPS down and from 3-4% spikes to 25% from 0.9.6 to 0.9.8. Actually in 0.9.6 I didn't have any problems at all either with ffb or graphics.
Check it out:
http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/stutter-and-spiking-with-0-9-8-update.641/

I guess Stefano is testing some new solutions. AC is a game changer in simracing genre imo and I hope that Stefano&crew will find way to make every user happy.

Did you read my post ?

Slow-downs ARE POSSIBLY INDEED RELATED TO THE NEW UPDATE, controller issues and graphic glitches are on user's part.

Hampus Andersson · Mar 4, 2013

William Levesque said:
controller issues and graphic glitches are on user's part.

Not if they arised with the new build. Or works brilliant in every other game except TP.

betterstranger · Mar 4, 2013

William Levesque said:
Did you read my post ?

Slow-downs ARE POSSIBLY INDEED RELATED TO THE NEW UPDATE, controller issues and graphic glitches are on user's part.

Don't think so - graphic glitches (in case of supported hardware) are often connected to how software co-works with graphic drivers. Users cannot be responsible for this in case if earlier version of software worked well with their hardware, actually responsibility to make software be compatibile with most of hardware is on software producer side.
Same with controller - how user can be responsible for the fact that his controller is not working well with software? See T500RS problems.

Aristotelis · Mar 4, 2013

I can confirm that we are having issues with spikes, especially on ATI cards. There are some workarounds, like different monitor refresh Hz, launching AC in windowed mode, using sync, capping etc. Either one workaround at a time or all together, can solve the spikes problem a bit, but the problem is real and we are working hard to nail it and eliminate it.

Sorry for that and thank you for your support and feedback

Mr Whippy · Mar 4, 2013

ATI haha. Cheap for a reason

betterstranger · Mar 4, 2013

Aristotelis said:
I can confirm that we are having issues with spikes, especially on ATI cards. There are some workarounds, like different monitor refresh Hz, launching AC in windowed mode, using sync, capping etc. Either one workaround at a time or all together, can solve the spikes problem a bit, but the problem is real and we are working hard to nail it and eliminate it.

Sorry for that and thank you for your support and feedback

I'm sure everyone in the community will gladly help you guys solving problems, just tell us how we can help.
Some difficulties don't change the fact that AC is a stunning masterpiece especially when you take into consideration fact we've been playing TP only.

F2KSel · Mar 4, 2013

I had a few more strange things happen in the latest build.
After around 20 mins the screen brightness reduced by around 25%, even resetting the session made no difference.

I had another issue after about 30 mins I noticed my average FPS had dropped from 110 to 60.
I tried to exit to the menu and the game became very slow to the point I thought it had froze.
I went to Task manager and deleted one of the references to AC and the game came back to life and FPS were restored.

MarcG · Mar 4, 2013

running an HD7850 here and just ran my first laps with the latest update (fresh install as instructed), no Spikes as of yet after a few laps which I did get in the first version. Running to my desktops resolution and everythings smooth with most details medium/high, will run more laps tonight and see if I get any Spikes at all.

Requiem84 · Mar 4, 2013

F2KSel said:
I had a few more strange things happen in the latest build.
After around 20 mins the screen brightness reduced by around 25%, even resetting the session made no difference.

I had another issue after about 30 mins I noticed my average FPS had dropped from 110 to 60.
I tried to exit to the menu and the game became very slow to the point I thought it had froze.
I went to Task manager and deleted one of the references to AC and the game came back to life and FPS were restored.

Please report this on the official forum, as the devs don't catch all the posts on this forum. I haven't read about your problem yet, could be something related to your configuration.

Stefan Mizzi · Mar 4, 2013

Mr Whippy said:
ATI haha. Cheap for a reason

No issues here at all and I'm running an ATI

Antonio Crinò · Mar 4, 2013

Aris, if you guys can add an option in game to cap fps, it will be much appreciated

Aristotelis · Mar 4, 2013

Yes, will do on the final version, but it wasn't useful for us for the TP... we need raw fps data

Majnu · Mar 4, 2013

Aristotelis said:
Yes, will do on the final version, but it wasn't useful for us for the TP... we need raw fps data

quick question if I change the various graphical settings, run a lap and upload data to you - will you capture all the fps/data etc related to the video setting as well as capturing my hardware info?