My Open Letter For ACC

So, it took me until today to remember this hint of yours, and I cannot thank you enough - this is exactly what I needed. Also, not only the MFD stays visible, the radar works as well. Sweet!

 

Sorry, which F2 button is this in-game?

 

For me, it's the same button on the wheel I assigned to "Cycle HUD up".

 

Oh ok, was wondering what the F2 was in-game.

So it works also by 'holding' it for it to disappear, didn't know that. Thanks.

 

Hi everyone. it would be very nice if the second driver could act as manager. That is, modify the pit strategy in order to make realistic what happens in the pits when there are two or more drivers on the same car. Change tyres, pressures, fuel, damage etc.... Thank you
Giovanni Pasolini

 

I thought I might share my thoughts as someone who plays ACC purely as a single player experience. I am not a fan of multiplayer games in general, and much prefer to play offline with AI opponents, with the exception of local co-op (my brother and I often get together and do an offline endurance race, swapping with each pit stop).

As a single player game, ACC is very good, the AI are fun to race against and on higher difficulties can put up a very good challenge, I like the little quality of life features that have been added over the years too, like multiclass racing and the ability to customise a race weekend with specific ratios of AI cars.

For me the 2 biggest features I would like to see implemented before ACC is inevitably abandoned, is safety cars and AI driver swaps. Longer races feel a little weird without the occasional intervention of a safety car to bunch up the field, often large gaps can build up and become nearly impossible to overcome. Look no further than this years Bathurst 1000 to see why long green flag periods can lead to dull outcomes. As for the 2nd point, I think it would be really cool to be able to swap out of the car and let the AI take over for a stint, it makes running a longer offline endurance race in one sitting more feasible, and also provides a chance to watch the race from the outside, see how the overall race is unfolding, and look back over replays and analyse telemetry. Older sim racing titles like GTR2 allowed for this, and I always really liked it! You could even give the player various ways to coach the AI, like the B-Spec mode in the old Gran Turismo games; tell them when to push, when to conserve fuel/tires, and when to come into the pits. As someone who spends all their time racing offline, this would be an absolute game-changer for endurance races.

As for future content, I am really hoping (although I accept it is likely not going to happen) to see GT World Challenge Australia content added to the game. I live on Phillip Island in Australia, just 5 minutes down the road from the track, and have been to every GT World Challenge event held here in the last few years, it feels weird seeing the cars racing with ACC stickers on them, despite not actually appearing in the game. It would be amazing to see Phillip Island, as well as some of the other tracks, added to ACC, along with say 20 or so liveries (like the America DLC). I am obviously biased, but I know these tracks would be popular with non-Australians, I could see a DLC pack that includes Phillip Island, Adelaide, and Sandown, 3 very popular Aussie tracks. I am doubtful anything like this would ever happen, but I figure it's worth voicing my interest in it.

 

We are mid november 2023 and your post is from end of january 2023. Will this roadmap going to see the light one day ?

 

the roadmap is huge

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