"pro" assists

So I've been driving around in AC for a while now, and sometimes I see things like "the 458 has traction control built in" or something to that effect.

When I set pro difficulty, on any car, none of these "built in" assists become activiated.

Not that I mind, I'm just curious.

Whats more if I turn TCS off, and it "should" be on(according to the above), am I driving at a disadvantage?

 

Assetto Corsa has two types of assists, 'in game' and 'in car.' In game means you set them in the menu before you started the race, and in car means you set them once you're already on track in a car.

If the real life car has TC and/or ABS they are activated by default in game, even when you have in game assists turned off. The game-set assists are there to allow you to have ABS/TC on cars that don't have it irl, or to replace the built in ones in cars that do. If you turn them off in the pre-race settings you'll only be left with whatever assists the car has irl, which you can then turn off manually once you're on track with ctrl+t for tcs and ctrl+a for abs. Keep in mind some cars have different levels of assists so you might have to scroll though a few options to find the setting you want. So no, by default you're not at a disadvantage, unless you count some of the cars' tcs systems being too intrusive by default like I do. That's nothing wrong with AC, just some cars irl think they know better than you do a little too often imo.

 

Excellent Thank YOU!

 

Also, remember that the lower the number, the higher the assist has. For example; a TCS setting of 1 will allow very little wheel sleep, but a setting of 12 will still allow you to play with the rear end.

 

Don't know about you guys, but if I press break pedal one forth in and I lockup, I use ABS on that car.

I don't think I have seen any car with TCS as far as I have noticed...

 

Good to know, I've never really tested that out since I apparently like pain and failure and accordingly turn off all assists both in-game and in-car.

Pretty much all the street cars have tcs I think. The Basics app and the Electronics app will have icons light up when either tcs or abs kick in, so you can tell when the car is taking over.

And if you don't want to use either of those, just slam the brakes at 100+mph and keep your foot down until you stop, it should be pretty easy to tell if abs is on or not then.

 

Almost all of the street cars have TCS. About half of the race cars do. I usually don't like traction control on the street cars myself as I like steering with the throttle. On race cars I use the minimum.

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LOL now it sounds like I may be at a disadvantage. I guess I should tweak it for each car and find what comfortably suits me and my driving style. I had just taken the 458 out on pro settings. Didn't feel like TCS or ABS....I definitely locked those brakes up regularly. Once I'm home and on my desktop, I'll let you guys know what I find. Thanks for the helpful info!!

 

It really does depend on the car and your driving style. Could I be faster with TCS? Probably. I just prefer to drive without it. I do use the lowest abs I can on race cars. I've found that with high ABS the car can take longer to come to a stop then with less aggressive ABS (read: I prefer a higher number.)

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But I think you're wrong here, the wheel lockup will happen differently depending on the speed you're carrying. At over 100km/h you can maybe apply braking until a 75%, or 85% on the pedal before you exceed the grip and it starts locking (tyre sliding on the road). At lower speed you can notice in an open wheeler like the formula abarth that the you need to apply less threshold braking before it locks.

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Threshold_braking

 

That's the trick. Learning how much you can break and when. Go play with the T125 s1 and you can really see this in action. In fourth gear and up you can use all the breaks, but in lower gears you really have to be careful.

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If you have enabled 'Pro' mode the only assist that will automatically be on is ABS in cars that have it. TCS is still defaulted to off.

 

I'm with smiler there, ABS on(adjusted per car before leaving pits), TCS off (again depending on the car. I think I used a little in an open wheeler but cannot remember which). It's good to use a good blast of throttle to get the backend to step out around hairpins or because of misjudged braking and the other benefit is it give you better acceleration out of corners and through chicanes.

P.S. I'll check that TCS is off, as grinning boy has said, but I am sure I have had to turn it off in certain cars and I have never used anything but full pro settings. Will report back later.

 

Thanks for the clarification, Michael. I was getting worried there!

 

Micheal, is correct the TCS is turned off but ABS is on. I'm sure it was not like that a while ago, but hey I ain't going to moan as I would have press two keys every time I jumped in a car otherwise. Nice find MH.