Potete ammirare qui sotto una lunga video intervista (oltre 30 minuti) fatta a Stefano Casillo della Kunos Simulazioni, realizzata da Inside Simracing alla recente presentazione ufficiale di Assetto Corsa fatta lunedi scorso a Vallelunga.

Il team di iRacing ci mostra un primo video di anteprima della nuova Holden VF Commodore V8 Supercar in pista, praticamente ultimata e prossima novità in arrivo per il simulatore americano.

Alcune delle novità presenti nel comparto grafico sono state inserite nella build di gioco rilasciata la scorsa estate, e gli screenshot e video da voi pubblicati hanno mostrato il vostro apprezzamento, ma il meglio deve arrivare. La versione 1.0 di Assetto Corsa includerà effetti di calore, lens flare, Godrays, oltre a migliorare depth of field, FXAA, tone mapping e altro ancora. Tutti gli effetti di post processing possono essere disabilitati singolarmente, sia per incontrare i gusti personali che per garantire prestazioni adeguate su quei PC che rispettano i requisiti minimi previsti da Assetto Corsa.

La nuova release introduce anche il supporto per 4K, riflessi statici per i PC meno performanti, effetti di polvere, sporco, fumo e detriti migliorati, un nuovo modello 3D per il pilota, più dettagliato e realistico e gli oggetti collidibili nei circuiti.

La Release Candidate introdurrà anche il sistema dei danni, che coinvolge la carrozzeria, le appendici aerodinamiche, le sospensioni, il motore, il cambio e gli pneumatici, soggetti a blistering, spiattellamenti e forature. Questa novità ne richiedeva un'altra, richiesta a gran voce: i pitstop! L'intervento dei meccanici in pitlane è stato implementato, con tanto di pitcrew e animazioni: la versione 1.0 supporterà i pitstop in multiplayer, e la gestione in single player verrà integrata in un prossimo aggiornamento gratuito, dato che comporta la definizione e implementazione delle strategie di gara per l'intelligenza artificiale.

Le novità in arrivo sono tante, e ve le illustreremo nei prossimi giorni, in contemporanea col rilascio della Release Candidate: chiudiamo questo aggiornamento con i contenuti che troverete nella prossima release: le attesissime Ferrari 458 GT2 e Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3, LaFerrari, che introduce in Assetto Corsa la gestione avanzata del Kers, Silverstone National, il leggendario circuito di SPA-Francorchamps, riprodotto in Laserscan fin nei minimi dettagli, e una new-entry, che vuole simboleggiare il rapporto tra il team di sviluppo di Assetto Corsa e la community: siamo lieti di annunciare ufficialmente la Carroll-Shelby Cobra 427SC! Nei nostri piani, quest'auto doveva far parte del garage di Assetto Corsa, ma furono sconvolti da un bravissimo modellatore che pubblicò su internet alcune immagini davvero notevoli di un mod che stava creando proprio sulla base della 427. Il suo mod, pubblicato recentemente, ha davvero appassionato il pubblico e ci ha convinto a fare qualcosa in merito: abbiamo contattato la Carroll-Shelby per acquisirne la licenza, e l'autore del modello: siamo pertanto lieti di offrirvi la Shelby Cobra 427SC come contenuto bonus gratuito in Assetto Corsa 1.0! La fisica è stata reimplementata, e gli asset grafici e sonori resi perfettamente compatibili con l'engine di gioco, perfezionando se possibile il lavoro eccellente del suo autore. Ci è sembrato il giusto tributo al suo lavoro e a quello di centinaia di modder che stanno già sfruttando Assetto Corsa in un modo che non ci saremmo immaginati.

Vi lasciamo con alcune immagini ingame della Release Candidate che pubblicheremo non appena possibile.

Il nostro più sentito grazie.

ENGLISH:

Dear Assetto Corsa fans

We know that in the last few weeks we have been very silent, but there was a valid reason; all our resources and everybody in the dev team have been working real hard in order to finish Assetto Corsa and to prepare a preview Release Candidate version to journalists from all around the world. On September 29, we organized an exclusive event at Kunos Simulazioni headquarters inside "Autodromo di Vallelunga". Over 130 journalists have participated in our event, organized with the precious collaboration of Fanatec, NVIDIA, rSEAT, RSR-Nurburg, Media consultants and Ibuz.com. At the end of the scheduled press conference, during which we illustrated all Assetto Corsa features and the complex development process, our guests got the opportunity to try the release candidate preview of Assetto Corsa in 4 simulators with the latest Fanatec Clubsport Wheel V.2. Additionally, guests could try an amazing rSEAT RS1 M4A Full motion simulator, Fanatec Clubsport Wheel V.2 and pedals and Oculus Rift DK2 . So yes, we know you've been waiting for it, Assetto Corsa supports Oculus DK2!

We could have ended the day there and it would have been a cool typical videogame presentation, but you know we breath motorsport and so we wanted a much more immersive experience for our guests. At the Vallelunga circuit pitlane, 15 real Sportcars that are also included in Assetto Corsa, were available for test drive! We wanted to demonstrate and let our guests compare the fidelity of our simulator with a direct comparison to reality. We will soon post footage, photos and more info about the event, but first let us share with you the info about Assetto Corsa.

First of all, let us thank you for the incredible support we got to this amazing project and to our software house, by participating in the Early Access program. Lot's of you have been following this project and our work for a little bit less than a year and probably do not know that when we decided to create and announce Assetto Corsa in 2011, we were thinking to include in version 1.0, a total amount of 15 cars and 3 to 4 italian circuits. Today, Assetto Corsa 1.0 includes circuits like Monza, NurburgringGP, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps and more. All of them created with the use of Laserscan technology. It also includes incredible cars, produced by the likes of Ferrari, McLaren, Pagani, Mercedes, BMW, Alfa Romeo and much more.

Even more circuits and cars are under development and will be released after version1.0 of Assetto Corsa. Lot's of those new contents will be free add-ons! This is our way to say thank you for the support you have given us.

Grazie!

Assetto Corsa Release Candidate will be published in the following days. We're working with the feedback of our internal beta-testing team, in order to iron out bugs and improve features. The Release Candidate version has substantial differences from the current Steam Early Access version. New features and improvements to the graphics engine, a brand new sound engine based on FMOD Studio that guarantees more immersion, reverb effects and the ability to control a whole new series of additional effects. A complete remake of all the sounds of every single car has been necessary; an incredible amount of work for our sound engineer.

Some of the features of the new graphics engine, have been already included in the early access build release at the end of the summer. The fantastic videos and screenshots released by the community have shown the a great appreciation of the new engine, but the best is yet to come. Assetto Corsa v1.0 will include heat shimmering, lens flare, God-rays, depth of field improvements, FXAA, tone mapping and more. Every single post processing effect can be activated from the graphics options in order to give you the freedom to configure Assetto Corsa to your specific needs, both in terms of visual quality and performance scalability. Assetto Corsa guarantees adequate frame rate performances, from the most powerful PCs, to the minimum requested hardware configuration. As a matter of fact, the new release also includes support for 4K resolution, static reflections for low performance PCs, dust and dirt on cars, improved smoke and particles, new pilot 3D model that is more detailed and realistic, and collidable objects on circuits.

Assetto Corsa Release Candidate also includes damage to the car bodies, wings, suspensions, engine, gearbox and tyres. Tyres in particular can now simulate blistering, graining, flat spots and blow ups. Because of all these simulated damages and your always important requests, we work hard to include a feature that we are sure will make everybody excited. Pitstops! We have implemented pitstops with animated cinematic pitcrew. Assetto Corsa v1.0 pitstops implementation will support only multiplayer races, but we're working hard to include single player pitstops in one of our next free updates. The delay on the single player implementation, is caused by the need to define and balance the AI pitstop strategy during races.

Assetto Corsa v1.0 is not the end of the journey. More contents and features are being developed and we will inform you about them in the following days. In the mean time, here is the list of the new contents that you will find in Assetto Corsa Release Candidate:

The Lotus 2-11 GT4 and Lotus Exige S, as well as a unique version of the Evora GTE featuring all body panels made entirely of carbonfibre and substantial weight savings.

The much anticipated Ferrari 458 GT2 and Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3.

Ferrari LaFerrari which includes in Assetto Corsa a very advanced simulation of hybrid systems.

Silverstone National and the legendary SPA-Francorchamps recreated in extreme detail using Laserscan technology.

A surprise new entry that also showcases the close connection of Assetto Corsa dev team with the community. We're extremely happy to announce the Carroll-Shelby Cobra 427SC as an official licensed content.

We had plans to include this car in our officially licensed content, but we were surprised and impressed by the work of a great modder that published some amazing screenshots of his work. His mod has took the community by storm and has been highly appraised by everybody. This convinced us that we had to do something about it. We contacted Carrol-Shelby and got the official license and at the same time we worked with the modder and acquired his work. So here it is, the Shelby Cobra 427SC as a free bonus content for Assetto Corsa 1.0. Obviously the already graet physics have been re-implemented, the graphics and sound assets have been updated and are now completely compatible with Assetto Corsa new graphics and sound engine.

We think this is a great tribute to the modder's outstanding work and a compliment and appreciation to the work of the hundreds of modders that are actively supporting Assetto Corsa.

Please enjoy some in-game screenshots directly from the Release Candidate that will be published as soon as possible.

Again, thank you for the great support!

Il team ISI, dopo il rilascio dell'ultima build 860, non riposa certamente sugli allori: ecco quindi che ci mostra oggi un primo video di anteprima del nuovo circuito di São Paulo (v0.80), attualmente in fase di sviluppo.

Version 1.0 CARS:

Abarth 500 EsseEsse

Abarth 500 EsseEsse S1 (upgrade*)

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde

BMW 1 Series M Coupè

BMW 1 Series M Coupè S3 (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution

BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution S1 (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E30 Sport Evolution Drift (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E30 Group A

BMW M3 E30 Group A 1992 version

(upgrade*)

BMW M3 E92

BMW M3 E92 S1 (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E92 Drift (upgrade*)

BMW M3 E92 GT2

BMW Z4 E89 35is

BMW Z4 E89 35is S1 (upgrade*)

BMW Z4 E89 35is Drift (upgrade*)

BMW Z4 GT3

Classic Team Lotus Type 49

Classic Team Lotus Type 98T

Ferrari F1 312T

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari 458 Italia S3 (upgrade*)

Ferrari 458 GT2

Ferrari 599XX Evo

Ferrari F40

Ferrari F40 S3 (upgrade*)

Ferrari LaFerrari

KTM X-BOW R

Lotus Elise SC

Lotus Elise SC S1 (upgrade*)

Lotus Elise SC S2 (upgrade*)

Lotus Evora GTC

Lotus Evora GTE

Lotus Evora GTE Carbon

Lotus Evora GX

Lotus Evora S

Lotus Evora S S2 (upgrade*)

Lotus Evora SR

Lotus Exige 240R

Lotus Exige 240R S3 (upgrade*)

Lotus Exige S

Lotus Exige S Roadster

Lotus Exige Scura

Lotus Exos 125

Lotus Exos 125 S1 (upgrade**)

McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren MP4-12C GT3

Mercedes AMG SLS

Mercedes AMG SLS GT3

Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione

Pagani Huayra

Pagani Zonda R

AC Shelby Cobra 427S/C

Tatuus Formula Abarth

Version 1.0 Tracks:

Drag strip

Drift test circuit

Nurburgring GP

Nurburgring Sprint

Imola “Enzo & Dino Ferrari”

Magione

Autodromo di Monza

Monza historic 1966

Mugello

Silverstone

Silverstone International

Silverstone National

Spa Francorchamps

Trento Bondone hill climb

Vallelunga

Vallelunga Club

FREE CONTENT AFTER 1.0 Release!

Zandvoort

Ruf Yellowbird

Nissan GTR

Corvette stingray C7

Silverstone historical 60s

Monza 1962

Abarth 595ss vintage

Abarth 500 Assetto Corse (race car)

Toyota GT86

Alfa Romeo Mito Quadrifoglio Verde

Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5

Audi R8 Plus (2014)

Audi S1 Quattro

Lotus Exige R-Cup

Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione

2012 Hybrid

DREAM PACK DLC:

Nurburgring Nordschleife

Sauber Mercedes C9

Corvette C7R GTE

Nissan GTR GT3

Alfa Romeo 4C

Alfa Romeo GTA

Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI

McLaren P1

McLaren F1 GTR

Ruf RT 35 S

Mercedes 190 E 2.6-16 Evolution 2

PC Patch:

• Oculus Rift – Added code support to enable Oculus Rift compatibility, coupled with minor optimisations for the virtual reality experience.
  
• Drag mode addition – Additional code for the new “Drag” race mode.
  
• Community Requested Fix – Repair costs of high mileage vehicles get progressively too high, this has been resolved.
  
• Community Requested Fix – Increased variety of tracks found within playlist events.
  
• Online Fix – To improve the online experience, player impact ratings are now enabled by default.
  
• Community Requested Fix – Vehicle upgrades were fully functional even when vehicle tuning is disabled, this has been resolved.
  
• DLC Support – Various fixes to ensure full compatibility of the Drag DLC, which contain new tracks, cars and game modes.
  
• Online Fix – Resolved sporadic instances of network games loading into the race with just your team mate, despite having more players in the lobby.
  
• Stability Improvement – Improved stability of the game under certain strained scenarios within the track select screen.
  
• Stability Improvement – Improved stability for multi event sessions when using the checkpoint game mode.
  
• Community Gift – We will be rewarding all players with 500,000 in-game cash when the patch is applied. This is a small thank you to all who have supported the GRID series and the active community who have given us their constructive feedback.
  

Consoles Patch:

• Drag mode addition – Additional code for the new “Drag” race mode. This mode is activated via the purchase of the upcoming “Drag” DLC pack (the DLC pack also contains new track data and vehicle data specifically for this mode).
  
• Community Requested Fix – Repair costs of high mileage vehicles get progressively too high, this has been resolved.
  
• Community Requested Fix – Increased variety of tracks found within playlist events.
  
• Online Fix – To improve the online experience, player impact ratings are now enabled by default.
  
• Community Requested Fix – Vehicle upgrades were fully functional even when vehicle tuning is disabled, this has been resolved.
  
• DLC Support – Various fixes to ensure full compatibility of the Drag DLC, which contain new tracks, cars and game modes.
  
• Online Fix – Resolved sporadic instances of network games loading into the race with just your team mate, despite having more players in the lobby.
  
• Stability Improvement – Improved stability of the game under certain strained scenarios within the track select screen.
  
• Stability Improvement – Improved stability for multi event sessions when using the checkpoint game mode.
  
• Stability Improvement – Improved the stability of the game when using content from DLC packages.
  
• Save Fix – Fix save game corruption issues caused by launching the latest DLC packages on older versions of the game.
  
• Save Fix – Added preventative measures within the save system to avoid corrupt or invalid data with certain controller configurations
  
• Community Gift – Rewarding all players an additional 500,000 in-game cash when the patch is applied. This is a small thank you to all who have supported the GRID series and the active community who have given us their constructive feedback.
  

New Features

- Test Drive. Test any car for free.

- Time of Day. Choose different time of day settings from sunrise to sunset to change the mood of your session.

- Wheel Range in Car Setup. The game now automatically detects and sets the ideal wheel range for a car based on your wheel and its settings in the driver. This can also be manually changed in car setup.

New Content:

- WTCC Seat Leon

- WTCC Chevrolet Cruze

- WTCC Lada Granta

- WTCC BMW E90 320

- WTCC Honda Civic

Game

- Fixed an issue where the grid positions were not based on qualifying performance of the drivers when doing Single Race without Qualifying.

- Fixed an issue where the player would get stuck with an “Already in a competition” message when entering a competition, backing out of it from car/livery selection menu and then trying to enter another competition.

- Fixed an issue where user could not change the value in brake vibration under FFB settings.

- Fixed an issue where during rolling start on Zandvoort, AI would finish their first lap when crossing the start line.

- Added code to automatically set wheel range and steering lock if the steering wheel supports it.

- Added steering setup screen under Car setup.

- Added so the user can override default wheel range and steering lock on a per car basis.

- Enabled Car setup for everyone (goes directly to steering setup if in novice or amateur)

- Removed steering lock from Control Set (Since it's now stored per car if the user override the default value).

- Decreased font size on car setup steeppers if the text doesn't fit

- Fixed issue with timing screen scroll position

- Fixed issue with steering wheel spinning by itself in race monitor.

- Updated localisation.

- Fixed so that the default control sets now show up in the menus if 1 of the devices that it's using have been connected.

Multiplayer

- Added livery id checks when clients join MP servers as opposed to just checking whether the user owns the content or not.

AI & Audio & Physics & Controllers & Camera

- Increased AI type grip on all cars.

- Tweaked AI speed in Hungaroring.

- Tweaked Suzuka Get Real AI speed.

- Corrected front right spring strength and spring rates of Audi R8 Lms Ultra GTM.

Art

- Updated Monza with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.

- Updated Hungaroring with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.

- Updated Suzuka with new road shader, optimizations for performance and ffb.

Portal

- Removed Dashboard.

- Newsfeed is now under My Profile.

- Changed the look and feel of the portal store page and portal menus.

- Added News & deals section.

- Implemented Test Drive.

- Implemented Time of day support.

- Various optimizations in the backend.

- Fixed so that the big livery image is properly centered.

- Made the default livery clickable again for a larger image.

- Fixed a scaling issue on images that appeared in favourite cars.

- Fixed alignment issues on popups about required content to join an event.

- Added Resend Activation Email Functionality when user tries to login with an account that is not yet activated.

Quando mancano ormai 9 giorni al rilascio del gioco, la Codemasters ci mostra un nuovo video di anteprima del suo F1 2014: protagonista del trailer è la Mercedes di Hamilton sul tracciato tedesco di Hockenheim.

Quando mancano ormai pochi giorni al rilascio del gioco, il team di Inside Simracing ci propone questa video anteprima dell'imminente F1 2014 della Codemasters.