VR is Coming to Assetto Corsa Competizione this October..

[Paul Jeffrey]

Launching to Early Access this September 12th, Kunos Simulazioni have laid down their development release schedule for ACC over the coming months...

So that's it then, VR confirmed! With the initial release of ACC on Steam Early Access scheduled for September 12th set to contain a limited selection of content and features, Kunos have confirmed the following months will see a gradual monthly update to the simulation, adding more cars, tracks, features and content to the sim until it reaches an eventual version 1 launch sometime around the first quarter of 2019.

So back to VR then... well many people have questioned if ACC will follow on from the original Assetto Corsa and come with VR support in the new title, functionality that is natively supported in Unreal 4, and it now looks like the answer is yes.. but not for initial launch in September.. VR coming as part of the second patch on October 10th... which is good news indeed for Virtual Reality fans...

You can check out the initial release calendar below:

Assetto Corsa Competizione will release on Steam Early Access this September 12th.

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Happy to see the proposed progress of ACC? Pleased VR will be coming sooner rather than later? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!
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[M D Gourley]

Happy to see the proposed progress of ACC? Pleased VR will be coming sooner rather than later?

Yes, good communication from Kunos and VR coming sooner may influence sales for those who have VR...unfortunately I have not invested in VR as yet as my old GTX690 is not compatible, but more than happy with my triple screen set up until I can afford a better PC and VR at a later date....but also hoping that my GTX690 will cope running ACC in triples

 

[Tomcul]

Will buy in September but most likely wont try until VR works!

 

[FeltHat]

i expected it on arrival hopefully price will be lower before patches so i have excuse to invest faster

 

[Tberg]

I've been driving AC in VR for 2 years now, but I'll still get ACC on Sep 12th and play it on my single monitor.

 

[Sicario Del Toro]

Vr is good news indeed .

 

[Frank van der Heide]

Yeah, VR all the way!! BTW, does anyone know if there will ben F1 mods coming for ACC? I'm running the RSS Formula Hybrid 2018 in AC, but I'm hoping RSS will bring this car also to ACC. Is it to be expected?

 

[Andrew Harper]

Yeah, VR all the way!! BTW, does anyone know if there will ben F1 mods coming for ACC? I'm running the RSS Formula Hybrid 2018 in AC, but I'm hoping RSS will bring this car also to ACC. Is it to be expected?

Sorry my friend. It's been mentioned on here a few times already but the files for the game will be encrypted. Similar sort of deal to Raceroom I would imagine.

So modding is not possible with ACC, possibly at the request of the SRO licensing agreement, not sure. Even skinning has not been mentioned as a possibility (not from what I've read anyway).

However there are always seems to be some clever people around who figure things out. We'll see.

On the bright side I can almost see AC1 becoming the RF1 of sim racing. It will still be used for years I reckon.

 

[Mr Latte]

Having the title (inc menus) fully working in VR will be much less tedious than the current AC experience. Lets hope when it arrives it is working well.

 

[ArkanHell]

Yes, good communication from Kunos and VR coming sooner may influence sales for those who have VR...unfortunately I have not invested in VR as yet as my old GTX690 is not compatible, but more than happy with my triple screen set up until I can afford a better PC and VR at a later date....but also hoping that my GTX690 will cope running ACC in triples

In my secondary really old rig i have a phenom 1055t@3200, 8gb ram, GTX 660, rift DK2 and windows 7 ( not supported cpu-gpu-OS-headset) but AC performs pretty good, and with this specs i cant activate asincronous reproyection, so i must keep 75fps, with a rift cv1 and ASR active, you can play at 45 fps without any issues.
I tried same rig with my triple screen setup... and surprisingly (or not so much really) performs better in vr than in triples .
Maybe with ACC you need more power to play in VR but for AC you have enough .

 

[Deleted member 197115]

And what is VR?

 

[FeltHat]

And what is VR?

its short for vroom vroom

 

[Ayem22]

gimmick.

 

[Tom Blackett]

Its a shame VR is not implemented from the start.... But great things are coming for all of us with a little patience.

 

[Fanapryde]

Any word about proper triple screen support from the start ?

Edit: nvrmnd...
I saw some pictures from Spa where ACC was running on triples, so we're good...

 

[2stains]

Great stuff with adding VR soon after release !

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

As a big VR fan I'm a little disappointed that it won't be included on launch, however I'm also realistic to know that an ambitious project such as this, the first for Kunos on Unreal 4 is asking a lot, and as such although its a shame for me personally not to have VR from the off, I'm happy to see it will be coming sooner rather than later...

Really looking forward to this one, I hope it ends up being as good as it appears. With Kunos behind it, I'm pretty confident the results will be spectacular

 

[Terry Rock]

It was a 'no-brainer' that Kunos would include VR in this title.
I had little doubt about that happening....mentioned or not.
Only CM would dare release a new title and leave this feature out.
They already know the usual crowd would purchase it as is, just to have a pretty game...no questions asked.

 

[Chris Down]

gimmick.

Just my personal experience, but I went from triple monitor to using my Rift for races and find it an order of magnitude better. Being able to look into the corners properly and be able to more easily get a feel for where people are around you is really helpful come race time.

It's certainly not essential (and is certainly not perfect), but I find it does improve the experience by a significant margin and bring a different level of immersion.

 

[mrbungle83]

gimmick.

I feel sorry for people who don't like it, honestly i have no intention of ever returning to a screen unless my wife carries on appearing in my racecar making me jump out of my skin (does anyone else find it terrifying getting disturbed in a race) to ask if i know where the sellotape is. But in general i love it, AC has the best VR imo.