Assetto Corsa EVO To Feature Huge 1600km2 Of Lidar Scanned German Open World Paradise

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Eifel will officially be the location for Assetto Corsa EVO's free-roaming experience. Image: Kunos Simulazioni
The first big Assetto Corsa EVO open world news has dropped like a bomb on the sim racing world. Upon release, the upcoming title will include over 1600km2 of Lidar-scanned terrain from the Eifel region in Germany.

Available for players to experience as early as the Summer of 2025, Assetto Corsa EVO is expanding sim racers' horizons with a mighty free-roaming experience that faithfully recreates one of the world's most legendary and infamous sections of roads surrounding the Nürburgring. The vast expanse will be added In stages, so do not expect everything all at once.

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A sneaky Chevrolet Camaro is hiding in the background! Image: Misha Charoudin

Complete challenges and races around the roads of the Green Hell to unlock modifications, upgrades and new parts for your cars. Not only will you be able to drive and complete challenges on the roads in Eifel, but you will also be able to interact with local businesses that are actively trading in real life in this section of Germany.

From renting accurately liveried track cars like the Hyundai i30N to kitting out your daily driver with all the best track-focused equipment, this could undoubtedly be one of the most revolutionary free-roaming experiences ever debuted in sim racing.

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RSRNürburg will be accurately depicted. Image: Misha Charoudin

With famous companies Rent4Ring and RSRNürburg in the game, the player will be brought into an ultra-realistic setting that perfectly replicates the roads surrounding the Nürburgring's surrounding roads. Kunos offers local brands and companies the option to include their store in the title. This level of commitment to recreation is fantastic, especially at such a crucial pre-release stage.

Assetto Corsa EVO is scheduled to be released in 2025. However, the early access period on January 16th will come first. This date has been reaffirmed within this first big release and is still progressing as planned.

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The second and third cars in the queue are new to the Assetto Corsa franchise, the Audi RS3 and the BMW M2 Competition! Image: Misha Charoudin

What do you think about this massive free-roaming promise? Will it be as great as Kunos promises? Let us know in the comments below!
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And kart racing pre teens know what the best physics are, ask starting out Lewis Hamilton. Age is not the metric. never is.. Far more experience than most arm chair types.

Oh and ladies, put on your shock proof panties, and get ready for this. Back in 1987, Accolade released a free roam highly simulated driving game, it happened. This is absolutely nothing new, it is just with improved technology and a different set of decision makers making the priority to add an economy.

Chasing the fidelity rabbit of realism is roughly half a century into it at this point.

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Test Drive - my first racing sim, on my first home computer, the legendary Commodore 64 ❤️
 
Ah popularity contests...

Always shows you that fine art doesn't really make as much as shiny simple things...
 
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Ah popularity contests...

Always shows you that fine art doesn't really make as much as shiny simple things...
and it ensures the most mediocre committee like result of mundane non innovative or fun features, but just add more roads, cars and tracks. Passion is not something that comes from a poll.
 
I'm just gonna leave this here :whistling:

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Why would it take dev time away from physics? The person who designs tracks is not the same person who does physics. Ridiculous arguments. Some gamers are just kooky! That list of most played racing games on Steam, ACC is 7th. AC is 4th, behind three open world driving/racing titles. That speaks volumes. I could understand players being upset if AC EVO was open world only with no closed circuits although that isn't the case. Nothing to complain or get upset about here, shrug.

BeamNG has a mode titled Mixed Circuit which routes you to different road surfaces from tarmac to gravel, challenging and quite fun.
 
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Both pointless in what is supposed to be a racing sim
Assetto Corsa has had free roam in it since its inception; what in Gods name are you talking about???? The game mode where you can just hop in any race car or street car by yourself with zero AI and speed around Monza 1966 for hours isn't free roam? Do you know what free roam means? Jesus Christ, you people are unhinged.
 
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Assetto Corsa has had free roam in it since its inception; what in Gods name are you talking about???? The game mode where you can just hop in any race car or street car by yourself with zero AI and speed around Monza 1966 for hours isn't free roam? Do you know what free roam means? Jesus Christ, you people are unhinged.
Nope, that's hot-lapping.

No need for Jesus.
 
I'd suggest that everyone's AC by this point is different. Mine has no car or track newer than 1976 on it.

Hope for your sake, that EVO evolves into something more like you'd enjoy. I guess with your preference for pre-1977 this may be unrealistic on my part. We know they plan to include old race cars and expand each class. It should open the door to older tracks too, especially with the life of the game being so long. I guess it would boil down to quantity.

It does make me wonder how they'll approach packs. Will they offer 100% purely classic packs, where every car/track is old, which would be popular. Or will they do variety, and put old with new again like AC. Completely understand your disappointment. With the physics system enhancements, I think the classic content will be even more challenging to master. Which I guess would be right up your alley.
 
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