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for "Race Setup") is a
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developed by the
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. It is designed with an emphasis on a realistic racing experience with support for extensive customization and moddability. The game was first released through the
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program on 8 November 2013, and officially left Early Access as final release version on 19 December 2014. Publisher
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in partnership with Kunos Simulazioni announced on 3 June 2015 that they would bring the game to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2016 and on 20 January 2016 revealed a release date of 22 April 2016. On 24 February 2016 it was announced that the console release was delayed to 3 June 2016. 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni announced another delay and a new release date for the console versions on 6 May 2016, the game was released on consoles on 26 and 30 August 2016 in Europe and North America respectively. A second title, ''
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'' was released on 29 May 2019.


Gameplay

''Assetto Corsa'' is a racing simulation that attempts to offer a realistic driving experience with a variety of road and race cars through detailed physics and tyre simulation on race tracks recreated through laser-scanning technology. It supports a range of peripherals like mouse, keyboard, wheels, gamepads, triple-displays,
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and VR head-mounted displays as well as
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and professional motion systems. The software can be extended through modded third-party content. The game allows to adjust realism settings fitting the experience of the player, ranging from artificial to "factory" or entirely disabled assists. A variety of session modes and session settings are available for offline and online play. Offline campaign, special events, custom championships, hotlap, quick race, drift, drag and race weekend sessions can be played alone or against AI. A server manager tool allows to create servers for online sessions, LAN sessions are also supported. When joining an offline/online session players can adjust their car through a setup interface. Depending on the car this includes gear ratios, tyre compounds, tyre pressures, fuel, suspension settings like anti-roll bars, wheel rates, ride height, packer rates, travel range, damper settings like bump stops and rebounds, heave dampers, alignment setting, drivetrain settings for differential lock and pre-load, hybrid settings, adjustments to the wings,
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, brake power, engine limiter, etc. Assists like
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and ABS, turbo boost, KERS, ERS and engine brake settings and brake bias can be adjusted on the fly through hot-keys. The in-game
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consists of multiple "virtual desktops" that allow to manually place a wide variety of "apps" anywhere on screen, and the selection can be expanded through custom apps written in the
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language. The API allows access to the session and simulation data through external LCDs or phone apps and the simulation exports telemetry data in a compatible format for professional data analysis software.


Official tracks

This is a list of all official race tracks; DLCs are marked with (*). Some of these tracks are available in different layouts (45 layouts in total).


Development

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built ''Assetto Corsa'' on the experience acquired with the development of ''
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'' and ''
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''. The studio acquired practical knowledge working closely to real
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as their R&D office is located on
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, Italy. The game includes renditions of international circuits (surveyed using both traditional and
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technology) as well as many cars from global car brands, ranging from everyday road cars to racing prototypes and historic vehicles. ''Assetto Corsa'' started development in 2010 with a driving school project for
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. In 2011, Kunos moved to developing the game in
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, however, due to constraints of external integrability i.e. not being modding friendly, and due to long loading times, they decided to leave it be and at the end of 2011 built a new engine completely in-house from the ground up instead. The game is coded in multiple programming languages.
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is used for the simulation part and Go for the multiplayer server. The user interface and launcher core is coded in C#, but the interface frontend in
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to allow users to create interface modifications.
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can be used for developing plugins for retrieving simulation data in real time.
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s used are
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for graphics, FMOD for sound and
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for
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and rigid body physics.


PC demo

The ''Assetto Corsa Technology Preview'' was a playable benchmark that was released on 22 February 2013. It offered one car, Lotus Elise SC, and one track,
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in
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, Italy, as well as two playing modes, free practice and time attack. The preview's main purpose was to allow users to get their first taste of the engine, test it, and report feedback. The preview required the player to own a ''netKar Pro'' license.


PC early access

Assetto Corsa was greenlit on
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on 13 June 2013. The game was released through
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's
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program on 8 November 2013. This service allows developers to release a functional but yet incomplete product, such as
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s, to allow users to buy the title and help provide funding, testing and feedback towards the final production. Through the Early Access programme the game received updates roughly every two weeks, adding new and improving existing content and features.


PC release

The
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, a feature complete version of the game, was released on 15 October 2014. The final version, following general bugfixing and performance optimizations, was released on 19 December 2014. The game continues to receive free updates, new features and paid DLC with additional content such as new cars and tracks.


Console release

In May 2015, the
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and
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version of the game was announced. It is published by
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and was released after delays on 26 and 30 August 2016 in Europe and North America respectively. Marco Massarutto, co-founder and executive manager of Kunos Simulazioni, states that the physics model of the console version is identical to the PC version and the rendering and physics engines had to be rebuilt to better utilise multi-threading—the performance targets for the PlayStation 4 are 1080p, 60FPS, with the Xbox One "matching the PS4 as closely as possible". The console version of the game received an entirely new UI optimised for use with a gamepad. On February 14, 2018, a new release called Ultimate Edition, containing all previously available DLC, was announced for consoles. This edition was then released on April 20, 2018.


Mobile release

In August 2021, a mobile port of the game was announced. It was officially released for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) on August 31 and it was entrusted to Digital Tales.


Free content updates

Since release out of the
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Early Access program the game content of the PC version has been expanded with several free updates. The later released console versions receive the same content with a slightly different release schedule. On 24 December 2014, shortly after the game's release, patch 1.0.1 brought the Ruf brand to the game in form of the 1987 CTR Yellowbird. Patch 1.2 on 31 July 2015 saw the introduction of
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, and added the Alfa Romeo MiTo QV,
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, Lamborghini Miura P400 SV, Nissan R35 GT-R NISMO and
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to the game. With patch 1.5 on 31 March 2016 a major free update was released for the game, bringing a new fictional USA-themed location named Black Cat County, available in 3 layouts, two additional
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layouts, an additional
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endurance layout, the
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classic layout, new drag strip distances, a graphical rework of most existing circuits in the game, as well as the introduction of the Abarth 595 SS (including variants), Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray and the 2015
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.


Downloadable content

The ''Dream Pack 1''
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(DLC) was released on 11 March 2015, adding a number of new car licences to the game: Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti,
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,
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, BMW M235i Racing,
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,
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,
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, Mercedes 190E Evo II, Sauber-Mercedes C9 and
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. It also introduces the laserscanned
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in three different layouts that took over two years to make. The ''Red Pack'' DLC was released on 14 July 2016, introducing the
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brand and the laserscanned
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in GP and National layouts to the game, containing seven cars like the
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,
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,
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, Lamborghini LP 750-4 Aventador SV, the classic GP six-/twelve-cylinder Maserati 250F and 250F T2
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and the Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4. The introduction of modern
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extends the simulated
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in the game with the complex Energy Recovery Systems (ERS) utilised in modern F1. On 25 October 2016 Kunos released the ''Porsche Pack Volume 1'' DLC. It introduces the
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brand to the game together with seven new cars: the 718 Cayman S, the 1974 911 Carrera RSR 3.0, the 2015 911 Carrera S, 917/30 Spyder, 918 Spyder Weissach, 935/78 "Moby Dick" and Cayman GT4 Clubsport. The ''
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Celebration Pack'' DLC, released on 19 September 2017, added seven new Ferrari cars: the 250 GTO,
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, 312/67, 330 P4, 812 Superfast and the F2004, as well as a community-voted seventh car from Ferrari's history. After receiving over 30000 votes in total the result of the poll to be included in the DLC is the 2017
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with 15.39% of the votes.


Virtual reality support

Preliminary VR support for the
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Development Kit 1 was first added in 2013 and support was updated throughout the game's Early Access period. Work on Oculus support ceased after support for Development Kit 2, with
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citing increased difficulty in keeping the latest Oculus SDK's supported while production priorities are focused on updates for the PC version and preparation for the console release, promising "to support VR—and not necessarily only the Oculus Rift—when we will be able to take the time and resources required." In an official community poll on the official support forums (registration required), open from 2 to 9 April 2016, "VR support" reached first place with 25% of a total of 4801 votes. With the 1.6 update released on 18 May 2016 the development studio implemented pre-Alpha support for the Oculus Rift SDK 1.3, enabling support for the consumer version of the Oculus VR HMD. Thanks to a workaround using the software ''ReVive'' this version of the simulator also works with the
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—official support for the device was confirmed to release at a later date. On 22 March 2017 patch 1.13 added the beta implementation of Vive support through OpenVR. Assetto Corsa supports many different VR headsets utilizing Oculus runtime or Open VR. Including but not limited to Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, HTC Vive, Valve Index and many more.


Modding

The game was designed to support extensive modification and creation of additional cars and tracks by users themselves. A special
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editor, bundled with the game, enables importing of
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(in
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file format) and allows artists to assign properties and material shaders to objects, with an emphasis on ease of use. The editor exports a single game model file and does not allow opening of, or addition of objects to, an already exported file. The game also supports addition of third party widgets and plugins written in
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and C#, for uses such as telemetry or interface enhancements. Thanks to these features and to the success of the game, a vast and ever-growing library of mods is available. The developers Kunos Simulazioni decided to recognize the quality work and dedication of the modding community by implementing a number of mods as officially released content and hire its creators on commission or full-time basis.


Hardware

On 10 April 2015 Kunos Simulazioni announced a partnership with RSeat Ltd. and France Simulateur SARL and the release of an ''Assetto Corsa''-branded full simulation rig named ''RSeat RS1 Assetto Corsa Special Edition'', supporting a wide range of peripherals and capable of being upgraded with full motion systems. The Steam version of Assetto Corsa is included in this package.


Reception

''Assetto Corsa'' (PC) received mostly positive reviews. It received "generally positive" reviews from critics. The PC version received an aggregated score of 85/100 rating on
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, with the
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version receiving 73/100.
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, in its January 2015 PC review, writes that "Kunos' solution is simple, elegant and—if there's any common sense knocking around other developers—surely a standard for all driving games that follow in its wake" and concludes that "''Assetto Corsas laser focus on the driving experience works wonders—and when it comes to replicating that simple, brilliant pleasure, there's no other game right now that does it better"; it awarded the game a score of 9/10 and a silver 'Recommended' label. Eurogamer.net's Italian sister-website Eurogamer.it reviewed the game earlier on 16 October 2014 and awarded it the same score of 9/10.
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's Justin Sutton writes that "''Assetto Corsa'' is a beautiful game, the result of laser-scanning accuracy and precision, with good sound, AI that needs improving, and a multiplayer community that could really benefit from more clean racers. The mods available for the sim, however, take it to the next level", concluding: "If you're looking for a good sim to enter the sim-racing community with, ''Assetto Corsa'' is a fantastic choice that will provide an incredible number of cars and tracks for a one-time payment." On 15 May 2015
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's Tim Stone put ''Assetto Corsa'' on place five of its "The 25 Best Simulation Games Ever Made" list. The game has been regularly featured in the website's simulation and wargame-focused The Flare Path section. In its 2015 review of the PC version, British automobile magazine ''
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'' highlights ''Assetto Corsas physics, writing that "some aspects that other games barely touch on, such as tyre deformation and accurate friction models, are impressively accurate", and concludes: "What ''Assetto Corsa'' neatly demonstrates is the variety available in the racing simulation game market, and also developers’ different interpretations of the term ‘simulation’. ..While lacking in vehicle and circuits right now, Assetto Corsa is one of the best simulations we’ve tried". However, in September 2016, ''The PlayStation Official Magazine'' said "as an actual racing game, it's rather sedate, feature-light and often unfairly difficult." Declaring 2015 as "Year of the racing game", British automobile magazine TopGear's Mike Channell writes: "Released at the tail end of 2014, ''Assetto Corsa'' is a spectacularly tactile PC sim that offers up a garage full of cars that will tug at your very loins". In a preview of the upcoming console version in January 2016, TopGear writes that "''Assetto Corsa'' might not have the same storied history as ''Forza'' or ''Gran Turismo'', but it's established its brilliance on PC already and as with just about everything built by Italians it's forged with all-consuming passion." Previewing the game for the upcoming console release
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's, Curtis Moldrich states that "although we didn't get a chance to play the game with a controller, with a steering wheel at least, ''Assetto Corsa'' is a revolution. By embracing reality and modelling it perfectly, ''Assetto Corsa'' actually makes for a more entertaining game. Throw in super-realistic sound, solid AI and smooth graphics, and ''Assetto Corsa'' could well be the benchmark that ''
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said that it is "lacking in most areas compared to its rivals." As of May 2016 the game is ranked among the most played racing sims on the Steam platform. There are more than 900 active multiplayer servers for ''Assetto Corsa'' and the game is used by several leagues around the world. On racedepartment.com, more than 9000 modifications have been published for the title until October 2018. Kunos Simulazioni has stated since game release that, due to engine limitations and due to the small size of the software developer, the game would not support features such as wet weather conditions, rain, night racing, or multi-class racing compatible AI. According to simulation engineer James Dover, the game does deliver in terms of graphics, but he reckons its physics engine "lacks seriousness". As of May 2016, various updates to the game solved or improve upon many of the listed issues like AI, netcode, physics and single player AI pitstops, and the game continues being updated in all areas with regular cadence. The game reached number 8 in the UK sales chart. It got to number 3 in Australia and number 5 in New Zealand. The game has sold a total of 1.4 million copies.


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