PS4 New Assetto corsa player

Hi all and I'd like to start off by saying what a game Having been a long time GT player of past I'd been waiting for the new one to come out on ps4 but having saw Assetto I went and bought a G29 and Assetto. Can't say I'm disappointed in the least.

I'm a bit scared of joining an online race atm due to not wanting to be the guy that crashes into everyone as I'm just learning the tracks and car handling and of course I want to be competitive when I make the jump.

So for the moment any advice on getting a good start off the line and where to start tweaking the set up would be appreciated.

I've been trolling the forums and in all it looks like a good community to be part of and I hope that the pc/console elitism doesn't boil over to much as after all it's all about the Racing.

Sparkles.

 

I would probably start with TC and ABS set to Factory this way if the car has it in real life the car in AC will use it, reducing front and maybe rear tyre pressure slightly like 2 clicks will give a bit more traction once the tyres are heated up, Lowering the car try to keep around a 8-10mm rake > (rear slightly higher then the front) i tend to stiffen the front suspension by a click or 2 to make it more responsive on turn in, lowering the car will also generate more downforce so tweak aero if needed.

Use as little fuel as is needed to finish the race on PC if you run say a qualify do a couple of laps and go back to the setup screen / back to pits under fuel section it should say how many litres you will need to complete the race also less fuel makes the car lighter so you also get a bit more speed out of it.

If your brave reduce the aero / wings as low as possible if its available on the car as this will give you higher top speed and acceleration but will affect turning as will have less downforce.

Other then that Practice practice practice

Edit - Choose appropiate tyres semislicks mainly on road cars if available, race cars would say softs for a few qualifying laps and mediums to hards depending on length of race.

Street tyres for just having some fun and sliding around that always put a smile on my face

 

If you haven't seen this already, it's a good start at building your technique



Be smooth and have patience, and most importantly have fun.
Welcome to AC.

 

Good hints and interesting Video.

Regarding crash prevention in the online races. After I started going of the gas early before corners when somebody was directl in front of me I did not crash anymore. I am also not loosing space that way as I can breake a little later after seeing the brake lights of the front man. This brings me as near as I was before taking feet off the throttle.

For sure not switching lanes if someone is beside you is the other part. For this case I like the red arrows.

 

Thanks for the tips and I'll be sure to enjoy the trials and tribulations of excelling at this game. The physics are just amazing.

 

Putting more negative camber in street cars might be good. Meaning the tyres will lean like this //_____\\ when seen from behind/front of the car. Increases lateral traction and turn in traction. However you lose some longitudinal traction (acceleration/braking) and tyres heat up faster and less evenly, but anyway that's the way to control these cars better on track. For example in RUF Yellowbird makes huge difference, the default setup is very hard to drive. Street cars aren't really meant for track and default setup is not for track. Race cars have lot more of negative camber by default.