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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 208.0 hrs on record (128.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 27 Apr, 2021 @ 3:37pm
Updated: 27 Apr, 2021 @ 3:38pm

Assetto Corsa has been a key component in keeping the sim racing community active throughout the last 7 years. Although similar games within the genre may have been more appealing and user-friendly compared to Assetto. This has to be the finest sim racer I've ever laid my hands on. Transitioning from the earlier days of Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport franchise. Assetto Corsa is one of the MOST community based sim racer on the market. By default, the vanilla version of the game contains a strong variety of vehicles and tracks for everyone to dabble in. Whether you're an open wheeler king, a GT class master, or a street car specialist. The provided contents will have those who loves cars, but don't have nearly enough money to own them in real life have a time of their lives. If you came from the days of modding rFactor, then this game has taken that aspect to a whole new level. Being the strong foundation the physics engine provides. There is unknown quantities of modded contents out there that are available for download. If you wanna drive around Monza with a Ford Transit? Go for it! If you wanna hot-lap Laguna Seca in a double decker bus? I'm sure someone crazy enough has made the mod for you to do so. The quality of the mods can vary depending on who it's made by, but popular cars and tracks should be at least 70% true to its real life counterpart.

Being a video game it will always have flaws. The game itself almost been 7 years old is starting to show its sign in the visual department. When it was first released, it did not provide the high end graphical fidelity as Forza and Gran Turismo of its time. The UI design is very backwards and doesn't provide much excitement to the average racing game enthusiast. The sounds in the game were OK but weren't the best. Day night cycle and weathers were not a feature that was implemented, which have made ways into similar games of the genre. If you were beginner into sim racing then it was certainly not easy to setup, as the game is not very gamepad or keyboard friendly. I must admit it took me a while to setup my wheel to how I want it to feel.

Having said all of that. A sim racing connoisseur like me has found no other games that is quite like AC on PC. With CSP, Sol and Content Manager installed. I have the option to go from the foggy morning track day at the Nordschleife to the sunny drift matsuri at Ebisu, finishing off the day with midnight high speed trials at Wangan. There is nothing more to say but a definite recommendation to those who owns a steering wheel and a powerful enough computer to run this
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5 Comments
Freya 13 Oct, 2024 @ 1:03pm 
Your review is lit! 🔥 It's like reading a mini novel, so much detail and passion. You're a pro at this, seriously!
lemon 20 Apr, 2022 @ 12:38pm 
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Bruno Gallo 7 May, 2021 @ 5:09pm 
Awesome Chuncle - thank you for replying and the information! I'll check it out for sure.... Cheers
chuncle 3 May, 2021 @ 9:42am 
Content Manager is quite self-explanatory. It's an application where you can manage all your AC mods as well as your game configs. CM can also directly replace the default AC launcher. Rather than launching the game from Steam, you can open CM and play the game from there. CSP is Custom Shaders Patch, which is included as an add-on in CM. It enables the ability to install certain mods as well as improve the graphics of the game. Sol is real-time weather mod that gives AC a completely different feel. If you have a powerful computer (I have 3700x with 2080 super) you can fine tune the settings to make the game look very photo realistic. It is a little bit tricky to install but the guide for installation is very helpful and SHOULD be followed along. There's a lot to be said for these application/mods so I'd check out their official pages :lunar2019grinningpig:
Bruno Gallo 3 May, 2021 @ 4:18am 
Great review! I have just re-installed it after many years away from PC gaming... Have been racing in ACC but wanted to go back to AC as well for the variety of cars, different classes, tracks, etc.

Also just wanted to ask you what is 'CSP, Sol and Content Manager'? I'm having to re-learn the basics here... the other day just to figure out the dev apps took me a bit haha. I'm downloading the ultimate edition.