One of the most action-packed and controversial Formula One seasons of the twenty-first century, the 2008 season saw Lewis Hamilton take the first of his seven World Championships on the final corner in Brazil in the infamous 'Is That Glock?' moment. The complete car and driver list has been brought to Assetto Corsa as 2024 comes to a close.
After fourteen years, MAK-Corp's 2008 Formula One season has finally seen the light of day, but not how it was originally planned. Initially created and destined for rFactor 2, this complete Formula One grid has found its way to Assetto Corsa under the control of mod creator Cimmerian_Iter.
Timo Glock, #12 Toyota
With full permission and assets, Cimmerian_Iter has finalised and filled in all of the gaps in the grid and produced one of the highest quality full grids of Formula One cars available for free within Assetto Corsa. From the Super Aguri Team right up to the McLaren and Ferrari outfits, each team has a fantastic amount of detail. Along with the standard liveries, there are also unique one-offs from the likes of Red Bull and Super Aguri.
As well as liveries, all of the cars have multiple variations, with fins and front wings evolving throughout the season. For cars such as the BMW Sauber, there are four different variations of the car available to drive. With a mod this thorough, you would hope that the driving experience matches it. Well, you are in luck.
Sebastian Vettel, #15 Toro Rosso (Spec-2)
The force feedback is sharp and accurate when compared to paid alternatives of similar-era Formula One cars; the most impressive feature is just how good the soundtrack is. With the volume cranked up, the HUD turned off, and the open track in front of you, it truly is a fantastic driving experience.
Silverstone final chicane incident
As mentioned in the comments of the mod, there are people having issues with the car's performance that can be fixed by simply changing some basic settings within Assetto Corsa. Make sure to turn traction control and stability control OFF in the game's settings. These 2008 cars had neither of these assists and, therefore, confuse and slow the car down exponentially.
To improve upon in the future, there are some textures that have not transferred particularly well. The carbon fibre texture is the main culprit, but in the grand scheme of things, it is not a deal breaker, and the creator has acknowledged there are aspects of the mod that will be charged and updated as we hit 2025.
Takuma Sato, #18 Super Aguri
To install the mod, as mentioned by the creator, do not just drag and drop it into your game; make sure to manually extract the .7zip to your 'assettocorsa' folder. This can be found wherever your game is installed. If you decide to install normally through Assetto Corsa, then expect your tyre textures to be completely broken.
There are plenty of tutorials on how to manually install mods to Assetto Corsa online, so do not let this extra step keep you away from these cars! CSP also needs to be installed and up to date for these cars to work properly, but once you have these settings dialled in and set, then you are good to go!
Lewis Hamilton, #22 McLaren
Overall, this mod pack has an excellent spread of detailed, well-equipped and accurate car models that allow players to transport themselves back to 2008 and relive one of the final years of the V8 in Formula One within Assetto Corsa. With varying car performance and multiple track liveries from this era also available here on OverTake.gg, there are plenty of reasons to try out an entire season with these brilliant pieces of Formula One history.
What do you think about this full-season mod pack for Assetto Corsa? Do you remember watching the 2008 season live? Let us know in the comments down below!
After fourteen years, MAK-Corp's 2008 Formula One season has finally seen the light of day, but not how it was originally planned. Initially created and destined for rFactor 2, this complete Formula One grid has found its way to Assetto Corsa under the control of mod creator Cimmerian_Iter.
Timo Glock, #12 Toyota
With full permission and assets, Cimmerian_Iter has finalised and filled in all of the gaps in the grid and produced one of the highest quality full grids of Formula One cars available for free within Assetto Corsa. From the Super Aguri Team right up to the McLaren and Ferrari outfits, each team has a fantastic amount of detail. Along with the standard liveries, there are also unique one-offs from the likes of Red Bull and Super Aguri.
As well as liveries, all of the cars have multiple variations, with fins and front wings evolving throughout the season. For cars such as the BMW Sauber, there are four different variations of the car available to drive. With a mod this thorough, you would hope that the driving experience matches it. Well, you are in luck.
Sebastian Vettel, #15 Toro Rosso (Spec-2)
The 2008 driving experience
With the cars having realistic performance characteristics, each team's car will handle differently and require some driving style adjustments; the McLaren, for example, has much more oversteer in its base setup than the slower and more understeer-infected Super Aguri.The force feedback is sharp and accurate when compared to paid alternatives of similar-era Formula One cars; the most impressive feature is just how good the soundtrack is. With the volume cranked up, the HUD turned off, and the open track in front of you, it truly is a fantastic driving experience.
Silverstone final chicane incident
As mentioned in the comments of the mod, there are people having issues with the car's performance that can be fixed by simply changing some basic settings within Assetto Corsa. Make sure to turn traction control and stability control OFF in the game's settings. These 2008 cars had neither of these assists and, therefore, confuse and slow the car down exponentially.
To improve upon in the future, there are some textures that have not transferred particularly well. The carbon fibre texture is the main culprit, but in the grand scheme of things, it is not a deal breaker, and the creator has acknowledged there are aspects of the mod that will be charged and updated as we hit 2025.
Takuma Sato, #18 Super Aguri
To install the mod, as mentioned by the creator, do not just drag and drop it into your game; make sure to manually extract the .7zip to your 'assettocorsa' folder. This can be found wherever your game is installed. If you decide to install normally through Assetto Corsa, then expect your tyre textures to be completely broken.
There are plenty of tutorials on how to manually install mods to Assetto Corsa online, so do not let this extra step keep you away from these cars! CSP also needs to be installed and up to date for these cars to work properly, but once you have these settings dialled in and set, then you are good to go!
Lewis Hamilton, #22 McLaren
Overall, this mod pack has an excellent spread of detailed, well-equipped and accurate car models that allow players to transport themselves back to 2008 and relive one of the final years of the V8 in Formula One within Assetto Corsa. With varying car performance and multiple track liveries from this era also available here on OverTake.gg, there are plenty of reasons to try out an entire season with these brilliant pieces of Formula One history.
What do you think about this full-season mod pack for Assetto Corsa? Do you remember watching the 2008 season live? Let us know in the comments down below!
