These are the patch notes for Update 0.7.7.0 for F1 Online: The Game, which was applied on 31st July 2012.

• Several loading screens have been updated to include hints and tips for the game
  
• The loading screen for races has been adjusted to display the correct text when you are downloading the circuit files
  
• Boosts that expire part way through a race will now stay in effect until the end of the race
  
• Currency ($) rewards for races now scale according to the CPI of the car used in the race
  
• Currency ($) costs for components have been adjusted to maintain balance with the change in rewarded currency from races
  

Il sito di Seloc ha pubblicato una breve ma interessante intervista fatta a Marco Massarutto della Kunos Simulazioni, in merito ovviamente al prossimo ed attesissimo Assetto Corsa.

Will the title be purely multiplayer focused, or will there be AI included for offline racing?

Marco: Assetto Corsa can be considered a ‘standard’ video-game for what is related to the game-play (AI, single races, race weekends, practice, and so on), with a very advanced physics model, plus Laserscan tracks and officially licensed cars. Of course, it will also support multiplayer. Anyway, this time we want to give to sim-racing enthusiasts a product they can play as they prefer, instead of limiting it to online racing only.

Una seconda intervista, sempre a Marco Massarutto, è stata inoltre pubblicata dal sito di SimNewsDaily, eccovene un estratto.

When Assetto Corsa was released you mentioned it would feature an open architecture allowing the title to be easier to access for modders. What features and tools can modders expect with the open architecture of Assetto Corsa

We think community input is very important for a niche market product. Nevertheless watching forums and blog comments is not always enough, because you can’t be sure as to how many people will eventually use a feature, a car or a track, everybody talks about. Modding gives the power to the community to express its creativity but also its preferences to whatever they like best. It makes a product more interesting to everybody and it gives developers the time to work on core features while the modders take care of “content”.

Stando a quel che è scritto nel documento, il gioco sarebbe “un gioc di guida con le moto che combina la giocabilità classica di titoli come Road Rash /Motorstorm con le moderne meccaniche di combattimento di uno Street Fighter IV/Fight Night, il tutto con una grafica adeguata al 21° secolo, elementi social… e un prezzo da contenuto scaricabile”.

Il gioco sembra includere un multiplayer in LAN, split-screen e online, con una buona lista di opzioni, ambientazioni, potenziamenti e una non meglio identificata modalità “grabbing and lock-on”. Infine, è presente anche una barra che indica la quantità di “rabbia” accumulata dal giocatore. Il gioco comunque non è stato ancora annunciato, e potrebbe essere considerato più che altro come un concept su cui lo studio sta lavorando.

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The release notes for the 2012 Season 3 build are as follows:

Hosted Sessions

- Gridding – In a multi-class event you can now select a third gridding option “One class per car – grid all cars in a class together”.

- Weight Penalty – You can now specify a weight penalty in kg for each car class independently. The value must be positive and currently the highest the penalty can be set is 250kg. The value can be set in either lbs or kg. If you click on the label “KG Penalty” it will switch to “LBS Penalty” and vice versa. Please note, it always stores the value as kg in the database, so there will be some loss of precision when switching back and forth between lbs and kg...

Leagues

- You can now create or join a League through a new built-in League section of the iRacing member site. Leagues provide a place for racers to get together with a group of like-minded iRacers and custom tailor their racing activities to what interests them, as well as a social hub for discussion and organization. Within each league, competition on many levels can occur: “Race Seasons” can be set up where League admins create a schedule of races with or without Championship standings, or more casual one-off races can be set up at any time for fun.

This area is accessible via the new “LEAGUES” link that is located in the primary navigation links area.

When you arrive in this area, you are first presented with a Directory of all of the Leagues in iRacing. Some leagues may be openly recruiting members (indicated by a “Join” button in their row) while others will be closed for private competition. To join a league, click on that Join button to send the league admin an application for membership. If your interest is rather to create a league, click on the large “CREATE A LEAGUE” button in the upper right corner of the screen. This will bring up a dialog where you enter your desired League name and save it (there is a charge for this). Upon league creation, a league management wizard will appear which allows immediate access to adding members, creating race seasons, or personalizing your new League section....