Assetto Corsa EVO launched earlier this 12 months in early entry, serving up a PC VR mode that wasn’t precisely a success attributable to some fairly questionable general optimization. Now, developer KUNOS Simulazioni have launched the sport’s 0.2 replace, which additionally consists of some a lot wanted VR efficiency tweaks.
The 0.2 simply dropped for Assetto Corsa EVO, which features a heap of latest content material, together with seven new automobiles: Maserati GT2, Lotus Exige V6 Cup, Alfa Romeo Giulia Dash GTA, Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione, Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6, Mazda MX-5, and Honda NSX-R. There are additionally two new tracks: Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and Donington Park.
General, the sport now boasts each single participant ‘Open Mode’ as a approach to entry all recreation automobiles with out limitations, and a single participant ‘Profession Mode’, providing recreation economic system and development mechanics.
The 0.2 replace additionally marks what the studio calls “step two” of VR help, which appears to be making the sport extra playable on PC VR headsets. Graphics updates for VR customers embody:
- VR TV digital camera set
- mirror seize mode now defaults to “dynamic” in VR
- runtime modifications of video settings
- enhanced reflections
- added DLSS
- new grass sort (world)
- mounted black glitch at horizon
- idle-screensaver sequence disabled in VR
Moreover, 0.2 patch notes preserve that “switching to VR or triple display screen mode not disables DLSS,” making it rather less fiddly when transferring from flatscreen to VR.
Whereas PC VR Assetto Corsa EVO racers require a critical rig to run the sport, issues seems to be transferring in the precise path, a minimum of with regards to efficiency. Take a look at the graphics comparability above, which reveals off the earlier 0.16 model and the newest 0.2 construct, courtesy of ‘HYPEVR TV’.
KUNOS Simulazioni signifies the sport will obtain six early entry updates coming previous to the launch of its 1.0 launch, coming in Fall 2025. That mentioned, we’re hoping these updates can additional tighten issues as much as make VR price the $32 price ticket.
