AC v1.5 Dev Diary - Part 1/3

Im not interesting int the console-version of AC, but with all the fun I had with Lake Louis, Coste, Joux Plane and other tracks I think it will make many happy who don't have the opportunity to use these mods and I believe it will make AC more popular. And I would appericate more tracks like it.

There is a lack of games with realistic physics not focussed on circuitracing, I think. I remeber that I - playing Forza 3 - was dissapointed as I read that the Forza Horizon's physics were made easier.

 

i don't see any speed limit sign there, can't be an american road

 

We do have some roads without posted speed limits.

 

In EU we mostly don`t .. resp. if it is not posted, every state has "default" speeds for different types of roads (130 highways, 90 out of city, 50 in city ...) and you just automatically use those .. but with some highways in Germay I don`t think there are roads with no top speed limit ...

 

yes good for testing out the tops speed of your car can be sailing along at 150mph and still some guy in an audi/bmw/VW will breeze past you

 

yep but oposite to countries like France, Italy or Spain in Germany I accualy feel like people can drive and having no limit is somehow safe and not causing everybody going bananas and flooring the throttle no ofense to fellow french, italian or spanish drivers here

 

Clearly aimed at the American market, and why not, hopefully they will make a tonne of cash to laser scan a load more of the world's greatest race tracks.

 

Or Irish, I guess.

 

which kind of makes sense now

 

etymology which derives from the greek ετοιμολογια.

 

I am hopeful that we will see some circuits from this side of the Atlantic officially in the sim at some point.
We have several very good road racing tracks here in the US that would be wonderful to see and challenging to drive. My home track, Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, is very challenging, and has hosted all the major road racing series the we have over here. I'm partial to it because most of my real world track experience is there, and I have seen many great pro and amateur races there over the decades.

Laguna Seca is a given, to the point of being boring. Yeah, the corkscrew turn is amazing, but the rest of the track... meh...

Circuit Of The Americas, in Texas should be a shoe in as it is an F1 track.

Toss in Road America and Road Atlanta, and Mosport in Canada (terrifyingly fast, even in small cars) and you would really please the North American customers, and I think anyone that appreciates a good, challenging track.

 

That was basically my brothers teen years, except he had a Pontiac Bonneville. I like how many cars they had to have gone through on that show. Every landing makes me cringe as you watch the suspension collapse, framework bend, and steering axles shatter. On a side note, Yoshida Brothers national Anthem works with that surprisingly well.

 

So, backish on topic...ish... I'm pretty hyped for the new track. I get bored really quickly with most circuits so I only do things like hillclimb or Nurburgring. What would be cool though is if they found a road they liked and laser scanned it, so we still get all that accuracy. Also hoping they add in the ability to reset to track instead of magically teleporting back to the beginning. :|