I predict: Many of us are going to become close friends...

...And even closer competitors! Over the next several years as this title evolves, many of us will get to know each other on a first name basis. Even though we could be worlds apart geographically, Assetto Corsa will be our hangout, and our place to show our stuff. For now, we help each other in the forums and post our hot laps. Soon it will be "See you on the track!" This is gonna be good

 

first names, no.

i will keep calling you cooknn.

 

That works too!

 

I hope it turns out that way. Some of my what i would call good friends are people i've never even met before, but played and chat with every night during my forza days. I just got into PC sims and i'm looking for that same type of feeling.

 

In my experience with PC sims it should. I remember back in the day when it was Grand Prix Legends on-line through VROC (Virtual Racers' Online Connection). We had some great times. Some of the names I remember were Greger Huttu, Alison Hine, Uwe Schuerkamp, Tim Wheatley, and even David Kaemmer was known to hop into a race from time to time. Was great fun.

 

Yeah this is my first PC racing sim. I have played many xbox "sims" but was never fully satisfied. I got tired of paying Microsoft a monthly fee over two years ago. I love close racing and D class FF or FR street cars are my favorite. I was even imagining school bus, mini van, truck, and other random non-race car races. Looking forward to fast clean racing with everyone.


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I too came from console racing, and this is my first try at PC racing Got to know some of the guys from Forza pretty well. That sense of community is for me one of the best outcomes of online racing. The driving experience with AC is so much better and I feel like I'm finally learning some of the techniques needed to keep a car on the track...
Seems like a good group of guys on here. The future looks bright.

 

I too, come from console racing as well. Used to be part of a club on Forza 4 which was great fun while it lasted. Hopefully AC can be the start of something new for me.

 

Very encouraging to see many ex console racer being interested in PC SIM because of AC, for me it was NetKar that ignited my interest in PC SIM, but I will never forget that Gran Turismo is the one that started my journey.
I hope many more will follow the path, the more the merrier

 

It was Gran Turismo that started my journey as well. But as time has moved on console sim racing has become quite restricted.

 

All of my best and closest bros come from simming and gaming, no joke. I'm in AC for the longterm, and I can't wait to see what the coming years bring. I've known certain gaming communities last for a decade plus, and I really hope the same thing happens here.

 

Memories. Hold on t'yer butt! Wait who are you btw?

 

I`ve also started with Gran Turismo (2) and it seams that AC will cause that i have to buy a race seat with wheel, pedals, shifter... And then we`ll see on the track

 

the need for a cool rig, definitely! I built mine out of wood, but I can see going for the bright and shiny. Yeah, I have high hopes for this community and appreciate the opportunity to b e involved in the beginning.

 

Well, this ex-console racer certainly hopes so. I never did the online play before, because I never considered myself good enough in Forza and F1, but am looking forward to it now. In a way, AC has been perfect for me getting into sim racing. Beyond finally getting the idea I am really driving a car, rather than directing a computer-generated thing on the screen with a console stick, with only really hotlapping available - which, beyond practice in F1 I always completely ignored before - it has given me the time to really finally focus on controlling the vehicle, getting the racing line right, reading up on real racing and how to properly brake and shift and handle weight displacement, now that I bought a wheel (yeah, AC did that).

In the console games those things make you definitely better, but are not really necessary to play the game, decently. In AC, if I don't do this, I lap 10 secs slower, might not finish the lap, and would be a danger on the road during online play. Luckily, so many of the cars are such a joy to drive that doing this practice is hardly "work". I love to take out the Z4 or Elise and before you know it you've done 20 laps and run out of gas...

So, I am not really in a hurry, yet, for MP. I'll need a few more weeks to get more comfortable... I am already 3-5 secs faster than I was a week ago! At that rate, I might be able to run with the pack once we get to 1.0.

 

I've gone by Cooknn since the days of NASCAR 2 on TEN (Total Entertainment Network). Was raising a family back then though, so I only jumped into a few races a week. Definitely looking forward to the multiplayer scene with Assetto Corsa.

 

Am I the only one that didn't come from consoles? Former NFS/GRID/test drive/burnout/flatout player here; started wanting more realism and less artificial difficulty from racing games. Never played online; social anxiety, for me it seems, includes people represented by 1's and 0's potentially thousands of miles away. Hopefully having a common interest or even passion will help with that.

 

I only played GT5 on ps3. It sucked, so i sold it altogether. Other than that nonsense, it was all PC for me. It was always more casual and offline, until this years AC tech preview and because the release got delayed, i tried iracing 6$ subscription. What got me hooked was the simplicity of the thing. Click join race, wait 10-15 minutes doing some practice and then start with all quite competent players on full grid. AC needs this kind of MMO multiplayer, hopefully the playerbase will always be large enough to fill the grid on every race.

 

SCREW YOU GUYS!!! I DON'T WANT TO BE NONE OF YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!
lol. Yeah getting in on the "ground floor" of a new game will bring a little closeness, especially as the "regulars" start to make themselves known as that.
For a little over the last year I've been PC racing like crazy, before that it was Forza for me. 1,2,3 and 4 although I can honestly say I only got hardcore with it somewhere between 2 and 3. Also played GT5 on my PS3 but that didn't hold my interest long at all. One bridge title on the xbox 360 was Race Pro. That gave a taste of what PC physics are all about. It was over for me then. I needed more.
On the PC side I've been trying to make up for lost time. In the past year I've put time on iRacing (booo), rfactor 1 and 2 and every mod imaginable for them, the Race 07 series and all the add-ons and expansions, pCars, Raceroom Experience, DTM (which is basically Raceroom with DTM content), Simraceway and probably some others I'm forgetting. I had to add AC to the mix and I see nothing but great things for this. I hate hotlapping but something about this one makes it something really fun to do.

 

Race Pro really was an eye-opener....It was buggy as hell but when it worked it was amazing...Not really sure why a couple years later when I built a gaming PC I went straight t0 iracing and wasted time and money there before discovering (rediscovering almost) the Race On series. And GTR2...and glorious Netkar Pro
I tried the initial Demo for Raceroom and was not impressed in the least bit; no money spent there whatsoever.

I look forward to meeting and making laps with many of the posters on here; I look forward to booting a few of them too