Ac is a brilliant forza/gt race sim as well. tips for controllers.

I bought AC aiming to play it like a Forza/Gran Turismo kind of race sim game, where you sit on the couch close to the screen, grab your high precision controller (DS4 in my case) and get your mind and soul lost among racing machines, asphalt and fierce opponents. Hopefully, there would even be a well designed, well paced career mode to help with that.

I found out it does the job, brilliantly. Even if it doesn´t have a hundred cars to choose from, IMO, Assetto Corsa is the best in this class, as judged against GT6, Forza 4, Grid Autosport, PCars and iRacing, which are the best I can say I've played.

Some tips I can give for newcomers with a controller + TV combo:
-> Before loading, change desktop resolution to 1360x768 for proper menu appearance, if you have a 1080p TV. In-game, set it at 1920x1080@59,94hz as it should be.

-> The X360 default config is pretty bad. Change:
- Steering speed to 100% (range 90%-100%) - the higher the value, the faster it steers as you move the left stick;
- Filter to 0,80 (range 0,76 to 0,85) - the higher the value, the more it "smoothens" steering, but make it less responsive;
- Speed sensitivity to 0,78 (range 0,75 to 0,85) - the higher the value, the less responsive and twitchy it gets with higher speed;
- Gamma to 2,7 (range 2,5 to 2,9) - the higher the value, the slower, more linear, and less twitchy the steering;
- Deadzone to 0,05 - this is for a DualShock4, maybe higher values for a 360 controlle, which has less precise sticks than the DS4;
- Wheel range in cockpit to 60 degrees (feels a lot better than higher values when played with a controller).


I have a few more tips, but those are probably the best ones. The devs should have released it with better default controller settings. It's so damn brilliant with proper configs, and I know for certain there is a LOT of people out there hungry for a game like this played with a controller + TV combo.

Thank you Kunos, and keep up the good work!

 

Its a full-blown simulator, nothing arcade here like everything else you mentioned in your post. Doesn't require proper controller configs.

 

Good to hear you are enjoying AC. You are using it slightly different to me as you are using a gamepad, I hope at some point you have a go with a wheel as it really makes AC come alive. Keep enjoying AC and you will in the end get a wheel, it's kind of like using chopsticks to eat soup otherwise.

 

I would say it´s more like eating sushi with sticks (the right, more precise way) vs. eating it with your hands. No one will deny the guilty pleasure to be had in taking a fresh plate out from the fridge and devouring it with your bare hands when you're hungry at home.

I have a Logitech DFGT by the way, with which I've spent many many hours playing iRacing and GT6 in front of a 52' LG IPS LCD screen + 5.1 HT sound system, so it´s not like I've never eaten sushi with sticks (or soup with a spoon) before.
Unfortunately, I moved temporarily to a small apt during medical residence in another city, so my cockpit doesn´t fit in my home right now. Things will change, and a T300RS might meet my hands sooner rather than later, but for now I´m content with the DS4 and having fun.

Drive and let drive... or, whatever...