Assetto Corsa Competizione - 2021-2022-2023-2024 Generic discussion

Also, Marco is asking for some modders to create the cars from "Wacky Racers". He said he'll get the license for those. Anyone?

Joking aside, I totally agree that AC is about the pleasure of driving, and it's great to hear they want to go back to road cars. I am personally addicted to driving the Ferrari 458 Italia at LA Canyons, I think it's just the most enjoyable thing to do in a driving sim.

 

My takeaway from the Interview wie Marco is that a part of the team is still working and improving ACC but that they are also already exploring their options for the next AC title.
Though it also depends on their ongoing talks with SRO. If there will be the chance for more DLC for ACC with the Asia and US part of the series, then thats also a possibility. So its basically "Lets wait and see", does not sound as if anything is set in stone yet. Not the ongoing development for ACC and also not a next AC game. It can swing to either side.

 

I hope the next game from Kunos will be on something other than UE4. You don't have to worry about the rest.

 

i guess depending on what engine they use, the game will take more or less time.
if they decide for example after evaluating that UE5 might be a good fit for their needs then why not go with that
on the other hand developing their own engine takes considerable amount of time but they can ofc tailor it to their very specific needs (and also create technology based on it).
guess everything here has pluses and minuses, just depends on the invidual needs of Kunos as a developer. i can imagine it's not an easy task to decide a direction.
gotta be smart about it as you commit your studio to a 5-6 yrs direction and especially a small studio needs to plan its steps much more careful than some giant who can also just simply decide to cancel a game after years and years of development if they feel like it.

 

At least the SRO licence gave Kunos access to those tracks like Suzuka and Bathurst that were licence unobtainable for AC.

For AC2 I’d like to see road cars and Horizons type driving sandbox with maps representing different parts of the world. It wouldn’t require hugely expensive licences either. Alongside that I’m hoping ACC development continues for the race GT element, there are plenty of tracks to include still. US and Asia particularly. Even Zandvoort and Barcelona are worthy of updates now, Barcelona T10 is totally different for 2021.

 

I would not expect any open world sim any time soon from Kunos. Playground Games are well over 200 people, Kunos has 25. How could they achieve smth like this?
No, i think as far as an AC2 goes the "more of the same" formula of AC1 can apply here very well. If i get basically a bigger and better AC1 with shiny new graphics i am totally happy with it.

 

I have never tried any of these open racing games.. Are the ffb/ physics as bad as some suggest..?

If some how a developer manages to mix car mechanic sim with maps similar to euro/us truck sim and there is good ffb and physics with something worth while to achieve that would kill it. Hopefully one day..

 

Physics are good for that type of game: Arcade racing games. And should never be played with a wheel/pedals or be approached from a sim racers perspective. You would do yourself and the game a disservice.
Also we should not forget that creating an open world sim racing game would not only be about having a huge number of cars (and all to a top notch level of physics etc) and also not only about creating that huge world and make it appealing, full of life etc, but you also need to fill that world with things to do, different mechanics, some kind of story, something that makes you excited to progress through the game. And thats a huge thing to get right and even AAA studios struggle with it.
Even creating the game world there are 100 or more people sitting at it for years probably. So yeah. Theres that.

 

If compared to proper sims, then definitely yes. No point in even trying with a wheel imo..

But then again their aim is propably to have fun driving experience with a game pad.

 

The level of F1 2020 physics and ffb would be extremely good enough for me.


@th3o - I thought PC3 might go down that path but no.. I reckon Rockstar could do it. I just got into RDR2 a few weeks ago. That thing is a masterpiece! Horse physics are better than iR, ACC, AMS2 put together..

 

It wouldn't have to be a full on open world. But a large map of roads for road cars. So they could have a generic Italian map, or a generic America map. As long as they can allow mods the modders could fill in the gaps.

I have said before it might be cool to have ACC for racing and AC for road cars. But I guess the issue is if you take the serious racing out of AC what are you left with for a game?

 

Ai multi class confirmed for British GT season.

 

anything about AI pace in 1.7?

 

...and it's brilliantly done.

 

I'm curious about Stefano's work with the AI. I've been away from ACC for a few months, so can anyone clarify if there have already been some updates based on that or it's all still to come?

 

Yes, there was major AI update already. If there be another, who knows

 

Is that the clattering of F5 keys I hear this morning?

 

You have very good hearing, considering my distance from you.

 

wow seeing the McL 650S GT3 on the video brought a lot of memories, one of my favourite cars!

 

So nice to see that Kunos is doing well. Marco laughs so much, there is beautiful new content coming our way.