Generic Laserscanned Laguna Seca + 6 bonus cars will be free!

Maybe they be.to arrive to 8

 

Kunos doesn't have to spend the next few years fixing ****ty physics and FFB though, just to get "some" cars feeling good. They don't even have to touch that side of it if they don't feel like it. But I'm sure they will, and who knows, by the time Kunos next project is out maybe Pcars4 will have some more cars that feel good.

I just hope that AC2 keeps its clean looks because it may not have the flashiest graphics but they are the cleanest I have seen on console.

 

If I was a betting man, I would bet everything I have that AC2 will be PC only.

 

Why?

 

Because they would need to hire an entire separate team to handle just the console port, with most of the team being specialists in dealing with MS. Not sure that the market is actually large enough to justify it. They obviously can't repeat the process that they have used thus far.

 

Do you think the company that bought Assetto Corsa's IP feels the same? Kunos' heart is with pc but the console market is a big one and I doubt the new owners will not pursue it.

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If they pursuit it they will have to hire a specialized team to port it; it all depends on if they think the market is big enough to justify the cost.

 

It's definitely harder to develop both for consoles and PC, that's true, but I suspect most trouble with porting Assetto Corsa came from the fact that Kunos didn't initially plan the port at all. If they start developing AC2 with consoles in mind from the first day, I think a lot of the porting and maintaining parity with PC version could be done much more easily. And while I personally don't care about the consoles, I really don't see Kunos not supporting consoles for their next title, it's the reality of the industry. Since Kunos already made this decision for AC, I don't see what would change their mind about the next title.

 

Stefano pretty much confirmed this already. He said "Won't make the same mistake again" in regards to consoles/PC's different GUI, one of their biggest issues.

 

Was gonna say that. Also, If I remember well, in a chat in italian one of the devs said that they encountered so many problems when developing the console version that they didn't previse.

 

But they are hiring developers. It is posted also on the top of this forum, in facebook etc.
For this a signal that the response they got from console market was sufficiently positive and make sense to invest some money to further develope it. If it was only for PC market they probably did not need to hire further. Obviously the mine is only an opinion. Only Lord Kunos knows the truth about their plans.

 

They are hiring two people, that isn't a team.

 

Maybe it is what Kunos think to need. They are used to work with little team.

 

Console has much larger sales. The company (Digital Bros) that bought Kunos might not settle with PC-only release, or buy Kunos unless they had console market in mind. But if next Kunos game is 4-year science project like AC was, it's not even possible to release on the same time. AC1 was 1-year Early Access originally with just handful of cars and no AI, barely any tracks, early adopters were already praising it for the handling. But it was far from a full game. And even 1.0 was really barebones. Console games aren't released like that, they need to be full product on day 1. For AC2 to reach that, it could take years

Just guessing of course, what do I know

 

This one?
https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/i...evelopment-conference-video-transcript.44497/

 

I see possible that they launch the game only in PC. I don't think it's the most probable thing at all, but it could happen. PC has brought plently of benefits to kunos (although the console version has sold more and probably ahs brought more benefits).

But, yeah, all the evidences tell me that they are gonna launch the game on console too (I hope).

That's the one.

 

This would not make financial sense for Kunos of the company that bought them out. They now have a well known brand, why would they not build on it? Also I don't see why they would need an entire team to port it, I mean not that I don't see it but where is the issue with that? They have a team to port the current AC.

Any how Stefano explained the issues they had with porting AC and its main difficulties stemmed from not developing the game with porting in mind and that the porters are a different branch. Next time they will be able to port it alongside development.

I agree with what you say, except for taking years. 3 years, 4 tops ( PS5 will be out in sure). Pcars2 just released in the state you say it should be, but it has a lot of issues and looks like crap on the standard PS4.
All AC2 needs is more focus, leaderboards etc. More fleshed out grids, a licensed series or 2, current basic features such as photomode nd whatnot. Most who loved AC on console will surely buy it, but it obviously needs to attract casual buyers too. Look what Kunos have on consoles right now, that from a small team with a tiny starting budget is impressive. I've no doubt this team can release an impressive title in 3 or 4 years, hopefully less time though.

GTS on launch will have less than AC, but people are going to lap it up.

I thought it was 3?


Anyway, I hope Kunos stick to some things that are just as they are in AC. I'm watching my mate play Pcars2 right now and there's 2 things I really don't like: in cockpit view I don't like the way the camera moves in relation to bumps and curves, and I absolutely hate the god rays, far too over dine for the wow factor. Both of these are spot on in AC.

 

That's such awesome news. Laguna seca is really a great track. AC is the racing simulator king. Long live the king.

 

I think Assetto Corsa 2 will initially be a PC-only title but consoles will see it later. Wouldn't it be a great launch title for next generation consoles?

PS5 + AC2 =

 

Yup Sony and MS are why it's slow for consoles. One of the reasons I don't use them anymore