This January '25 has already been FULL of community news here at OverTake! From Sim Formula Europe to the release of Assetto Corsa EVO, to our latest Sim-Lab giveaway, there's a lot to cover and chew on.
Greetings, Dear OverTake Community,
We're coming at you once again with a big ole community newsletter full of simracing bits and other simracing things.
Thankfully we're not short on topics to mull over this month, so let's dive right in!
First off, let's talk about Sim Formula Europe 2025 that went down last week in Maastricht, an open-to-the-public simracing-focused trade show that over four days hosted a colorful mix of new hardware debuts, software, and round table talks with industry leaders from both simulation and real-life motorsports. There was even a simracing competition on a not-yet released but highly anticipated new sim title by @Marcel Offermans of The Last Garage.
Here are Marcel's impressions of the event as a game/sim developer:
If you haven't already, make sure to check out the Sim Formula Europe Championship Final on YouTube:
Overall, Sim Formula Europe 2025 (SFE) was packed with experiences to enjoy. As you may already know, OverTake was the official media partner of SFE, and we as a team were elated to see many of you out there at our stand mixing in with the so-called real world. Events like these are always proving to be a meaningful experience, to put faces to forum names, shake hands, share feedback and ponderings, and jump in various rigs to do some laps of course! Sim Formula Europe highlights simracing at it's best from all angles, and we are proud to have been part of it again this year.
In the words of the OverTake team members who had the pleasure to attend in person:
@decapnz points out the good: running at 1080p on mid/high end hardware is acceptable, but severely lacking for VR, which as many of us know is not in a great state in this first release. Car customization, though, gets a thumbs up!
On the more critical side, community member @Mr. Beldin takes issue with Early Access and how it doesn't excuse every issue, citing the always online requirement as being prohibitively restrictive. A sentiment many agree with, it seems.
Community member @chrisracer has a more zen take, saying we should give it time, reminding us that the original AC took some time to develop. Wise words!
And @Michael Krone sees a bright future with AC original to tie us over
There are clearly too many takes to list them all here but if you want to continue the discussion check out these threads:
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Your opinion matters!
From then on all you need to do is click on an event of your liking in the side bar, and quickly sign up. This removes the need to dig in the forum to find an event that suits your availability. All session start times are displayed automatically in your timezone. As well as showing events in the sidebar, we will also be introducing a full dedicated page overview of events to scroll through.
For those of you who love jumping in casual races this should be a very useful addition.
Scott Deakin, who is responsible for the implementation, explains:
A big shout out to Scott aka @GeekyDeaks and his amazing work on this project!
In celebration of the new Race Event Selector, we will be allowing all registered users on the forum to access club races for the entire month of February for FREE! So get in there and sign up to your heart's content.
Additionally, we added a top menu item for all official guides. This menu now groups any guides we release for easy access. We will be expanding this feature to community guides as well in the near future. We feel this is an important area of the site to highlight as many of you come here for advice on a variety of issues. Hope that helps!
If you have any questions or feedback, please comment below. Your insights are always welcome.
Thank you, and hope to see you all on track in February
Best,
Chris
Greetings, Dear OverTake Community,
We're coming at you once again with a big ole community newsletter full of simracing bits and other simracing things.
Thankfully we're not short on topics to mull over this month, so let's dive right in!
Sim Formula Europe 2025
Here are Marcel's impressions of the event as a game/sim developer:
If you haven't already, make sure to check out the Sim Formula Europe Championship Final on YouTube:
Overall, Sim Formula Europe 2025 (SFE) was packed with experiences to enjoy. As you may already know, OverTake was the official media partner of SFE, and we as a team were elated to see many of you out there at our stand mixing in with the so-called real world. Events like these are always proving to be a meaningful experience, to put faces to forum names, shake hands, share feedback and ponderings, and jump in various rigs to do some laps of course! Sim Formula Europe highlights simracing at it's best from all angles, and we are proud to have been part of it again this year.
In the words of the OverTake team members who had the pleasure to attend in person:
Connor Minniss - Writer and Editor
Michel Wolk - Video Lead
Brendan Dong - Art and Video Editor
Rene Buttler - Head of Business & Product
Sebastian Hornung - Managing Director at OverTake
Asetto Corsa EVO Release Community Feedback and Impressions
Now for the sim-elephant in the room - the long anticipated Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access launch, a new potential heavyweight in the sim space landed with a bang on Thursday last week. One of the things that makes new titles particularly fun and rewarding is having a community to bounce things off of. Just being able to take part in the very first discussions and have a say adds flavor to the experience. It's all about that FOMO, as we all know. Your user feedback on the forum and in the comment sections of the articles has been incredibly insightful and at times highly detailed and informative, providing a balanced cross section of opinions from the most skeptical to the most enthusiastic.A sample of impressions of Asetto Corsa EVO from our community forum threads:
@SharkVA in response to our poll "How do you like Assetto Corsa EVO so far?" sees the potential and points out key aspects like headlights that feel "real".@decapnz points out the good: running at 1080p on mid/high end hardware is acceptable, but severely lacking for VR, which as many of us know is not in a great state in this first release. Car customization, though, gets a thumbs up!
On the more critical side, community member @Mr. Beldin takes issue with Early Access and how it doesn't excuse every issue, citing the always online requirement as being prohibitively restrictive. A sentiment many agree with, it seems.
Community member @chrisracer has a more zen take, saying we should give it time, reminding us that the original AC took some time to develop. Wise words!
And @Michael Krone sees a bright future with AC original to tie us over
There are clearly too many takes to list them all here but if you want to continue the discussion check out these threads:
Your very first thoughts on Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access
Exciting times not often we get a new sim, thought it would be good to collect some of your first impressions! So far I am loving it, has some quirks but the driving feels immense.
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How do you like Assetto Corsa EVO so far?
AC EVO IS OUT! And the opinions are heating up the simracing space. We want to know where you sit on the gauge, is it amazing, leaves much to be desired, or is there too much nuance to sum it up in a simple poll answer. Share all the details!
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Club Racing: The All-new Race Event Selector
In every Community Letter, we like to mention how we're constantly working on improvements to the overall experience for you. And one of the newest editions we can share is the Race Event Selector Widget. You might have already seen how easy it is to join events, but, starting in February, we will be rolling out the full beta version.From then on all you need to do is click on an event of your liking in the side bar, and quickly sign up. This removes the need to dig in the forum to find an event that suits your availability. All session start times are displayed automatically in your timezone. As well as showing events in the sidebar, we will also be introducing a full dedicated page overview of events to scroll through.
For those of you who love jumping in casual races this should be a very useful addition.
Scott Deakin, who is responsible for the implementation, explains:
A big shout out to Scott aka @GeekyDeaks and his amazing work on this project!
In celebration of the new Race Event Selector, we will be allowing all registered users on the forum to access club races for the entire month of February for FREE! So get in there and sign up to your heart's content.
Some minor but needed changes...
On top of the headline announcements comes a smaller change worthy of a mention: We have increased the file upload limit so that bigger uploads won't be rejected, getting rid of an annoying hiccup we hope will no longer hinder your amazing mod uploads.Additionally, we added a top menu item for all official guides. This menu now groups any guides we release for easy access. We will be expanding this feature to community guides as well in the near future. We feel this is an important area of the site to highlight as many of you come here for advice on a variety of issues. Hope that helps!
OverTake Official Race Events
In the coming months, we're excited to be organizing some official OverTake events for you to race in. These events will be part of a live broadcast with full race commentary, possibly featuring some familiar names from the simracing YouTube space. These events will be open to all premium members. To add to the excitement, some of these events will be scheduled close to real life races. So keep on the lookout for announcements.
Sim-Lab Pedal Set Giveaway #2
Finally, we have another exciting monthly giveaway as promised: We're giving a random premium member the chance to win yes another amazing set of Sim Lab XP1 pedals as our way to give something back to you, the community, for all your dedication and support. Thank you for taking part and contributing here at OverTake.gg!What ? Not a Premium member yet?
For just €1 a month - ONE euro! - you get to experience OverTake in all its ad-free glory, unlock access to special deals on hardware, and join daily races on a variety of sims with real members just like yourself. And the best part, you also help support us in continuing our quest to bring you the latest news in simracing, provide you with an ever-improving Racing Club ecosystem, and help with the significant running costs of the site. Your support matters. Please consider becoming a premium member today.If you have any questions or feedback, please comment below. Your insights are always welcome.
Thank you, and hope to see you all on track in February
Best,
Chris
