The newest Assetto Corsa EVO replace added seven new automobiles and promised PC VR efficiency enhancements.
Following an early entry launch in January, Assetto Corsa EVO shortly got here beneath hearth for poor efficiency with its official however non-compulsory PC VR help. Whereas short-term workarounds have been supplied, developer Kunos Simulazioni launched an early entry roadmap which confirmed that the second main replace would characteristic efficiency enhancements on PC VR.
That patch has now gone reside. Merely titled Replace 0.2, this marks what Kunos Simulazioni calls the second step in its optimization roadmap. That notably mentions “quite a few enhancements to boost stability and efficiency throughout all configurations, together with VR setups and triple-screen help.”
Whereas we have but to check this new replace ourselves, you’ll find a comparability video beneath from HYPEVR TV, and that is operating on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090.
Elsewhere, different important modifications embody seven new automobiles; Alfa Romeo Giulia Dash GTA, Lotus Exige V6 Cup, Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 [964], Mazda MX-5 NA, Honda NSX-R, Maserati GT2, and the Alfa Romeo 75 1.8 Turbo Evoluzione. Austin’s Circuit of the Americas and the UK’s Donington Park are the 2 new circuits, and now you can create customized race weekends.
Notably, a brand new gameplay construction has additionally been launched that is break up between ‘Open Mode’ and ‘Profession Mode’. Each are playable offline and the previous choices supplies entry to all automobiles and customization choices instantly. Profession Mode makes use of a development system with an in-game economic system and driver’s academy for unlocking new choices. Lastly, replace 0.2 added a ‘Replay Gallery’ the place it can save you your race footage, and new instruments for adjusting AI efficiency.
As for what’s subsequent, ‘Step 3’ for VR help can also be talked about within the roadmap’s third main replace, although what particularly that can embody is unclear and a launch date hasn’t been confirmed. Tyre fashions, a multiplayer mode and two new circuits – the Purple Bull Ring circuit and Spa-Francorchamps – are additionally deliberate. You may see that in full beneath.
Assetto Corsa EVO is offered now on Steam Early Entry, and the Steam FAQ confirms it is nonetheless aiming for full launch “inside lower than one yr from the beginning of Early Entry.”
