Assetto Corsa EVO Restores Online Servers In Update 0.1.5

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MX-5 Cup, Laguna Seca. Image: Kunos Simulazioni
The latest Assetto Corsa EVO update has restored all online functionalities, including the progression system, car customization, the driving academy and special events.

Assetto Corsa EVO had a bumpy start to its early access journey. Still, with this new update bringing back the online features, the simulator's future looks bright if Kunos and 505 Games can keep up this pace with updates, fixes, and new content throughout early access.

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"This is just the first step for the game economy and customization features but it's a journey that we'll look to enjoy with support from all of your feedback." - Kunos & 505 Games
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The patch notes for this 0.1.5 update cover a wide range of features, from the in-game economy to individual car changes and adjustments. The real headliners are the re-addition of the driving academy and the new special events. Anything more than single races and practice sessions is a welcome addition for Assetto Corsa EVO fans.

Finally, the ability to own the cars rather than just choosing the exact spec and colour each time is available. In addition to the online features, VR has undergone a few changes, most notably in how the water spray is shown. The Laguna Seca and Suzuka circuits have also received much-needed collision physics updates.

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Full 0.1.5 patch notes for Assetto Corsa EVO

What do you think about Assetto Corsa EVO's 0.1.5 update? Is something vital for your experience still missing? Let us know in the comments down below!
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NLMichel said:
Not really related to AC Evo specific, but simrace titles in general: Why is the entire world doing the most amazing things with Ai at the moment, but in simracing we're still stuck in the If This Than That kind of Ai. I assume Kunos could extract tons and tons of real people's driving data from ACC and use that to train an Ai on and make a super realistic Ai we can do offline races against.
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One can only dream. As a 99.9% offline player, Amen.
 
Slapped
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Tigerteeth said:
Not venting. I'm part of an early access title. I understand and appreciate that the game is in development and I accept that. I'm cool with it so far and have enjoyed what is available.

I do think the article OT published was misleading people. I'm sorry if you're upset, but I though a bit of due diligence could have been exercised here especially considering Evo's inconsistent online status.

Thank you to everyone that posted suggesting a fix, I will try that now. Enjoy your day folks!
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It's not that your opinion of the article that's the problem. It's the way you replied to a comment that had little to do with the articles content, and I quote:-

Tigerteeth said:
Great. Does that magically fix my offline status?

Go fix your misleading headline.
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You don't just bark orders at people like that - doing so is only going make you come across as a self entitled brat. Secondly OT is a sim racing news site, not a sim racing technical support site, and nobody here, neither the staff or the members here have any obligation to help you, although we'll often try - if you ask nicely and politely.
 
protocolgeorge
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I often find it very amusing that a game is released to "Early Access" aka "Paying to be a Beta Tester" and so many expect every feature to work and AI to be perfect. This game is not complete and far from it. I went into this eye wide open knowing it will be a long time before its a final product. I have faith in Kunos and have no doubt that it will be great when its done. Its simply unreasonable to expect there not to be many issues and missing features during this "Early Access" period.
 
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Tigerteeth said:
Great. Does that magically fix my offline status?

Go fix your misleading headline.
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Tigerteeth said:
I do think the article OT published was misleading people. I'm sorry if you're upset, but I though a bit of due diligence could have been exercised here especially considering Evo's inconsistent online status.
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What exactly was misleading about it?

You should rather focus on getting familiar with the Game's navigation before aggressively commenting like a spoilt child. There is really no need for it. Chill out man
 
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Tried it briefly. Car renting seemed to be broken, and the AI was psychotic. I couldn't make it past the first corner on Brands. Not mad or anything, but it's not worth playing just yet IMO. I'm sure they will improve it soon. Graphics looked pretty.
 
TomLehockySVK
depapier said:
Nothing on Ai?
I get that it's early stages for ironing out the live service game, but the lack of any comms on that topic just seems to confirm we'll be stuck with Ac1 ai, which is pretty much unraceable. So, no reason to download this.
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At this point and with so many advancements in tech i refuse to see terrible AI as "early access so of course it is terrible" excuse. AMS2 is out for 4 years now and the AI is still awful, AC 2014 AI has never ever been improved, i doubt AC Evo will ever have good AI given what happened with the previous one or any other current sim.
 
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Validamar said:
why all these updates? cannot be played in VR, do optimization
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Forget VR, right now it STILL can't be properly played on anything because it's artificially gated behind an online server and even the "We've totally fixed it honest" patch doesn't work if you have ipv6.
 
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TomLehockySVK said:
At this point and with so many advancements in tech i refuse to see terrible AI as "early access so of course it is terrible" excuse. AMS2 is out for 4 years now and the AI is still awful, AC 2014 AI has never ever been improved, i doubt AC Evo will ever have good AI given what happened with the previous one or any other current sim.
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Since there's no racing game with better AI than AMS2, I'm not sure I'd agree. Sure, there's more I'd like to see from it, but it's basically the best there is. With recent fixes to pitting strategies, I basically have no complaints, just a wishlist for additional things related to ai on ai overtaking.
 
MPortnoy
I'm pretty sure AI will get to at least ACC standards. It won't be ground breaking but it will be improved from what it is right now for sure. I still remember how terrible Monza was in ACC at first (and all tracks in general during EA).
With the whole servers issue now out of the way, hopefully we can start seeing improvements in other things, including AI.
 
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MPortnoy said:
I'm pretty sure AI will get to at least ACC standards. It won't be ground breaking but it will be improved from what it is right now for sure. I still remember how terrible Monza was in ACC at first (and all tracks in general during EA).
With the whole servers issue now out of the way, hopefully we can start seeing improvements in other things, including AI.
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I hope ACC itself gets some last big patch, after the Nords update the AI is so unreliable. GT2 jumping around after higher kerbs at Oulton, Snetterton Air Show with GT4s, AI hitting the wall in the Watkins esses every damn lap, Nurburgring T1 issues, damaged AI not able to take corners but keeps going and torpedoing/impeding other AI. Whatever I try, I find problems that weren't there until the last DLC. Really makes me sad and stopped me from using ACC altogether. It would be a great shame if that was its legacy & final form. ACC AI was never groundbreaking but I always knew that I can have a reliable race there without too many eccentricities.
 
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Peter Kerényi said:
I hope ACC itself gets some last big patch, after the Nords update the AI is so unreliable. GT2 jumping around after higher kerbs at Oulton, Snetterton Air Show with GT4s, AI hitting the wall in the Watkins esses every damn lap, Nurburgring T1 issues, damaged AI not able to take corners but keeps going and torpedoing/impeding other AI. Whatever I try, I find problems that weren't there until the last DLC. Really makes me sad and stopped me from using ACC altogether. It would be a great shame if that was its legacy & final form. ACC AI was never groundbreaking but I always knew that I can have a reliable race there without too many eccentricities.
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Ohh that sucks. Haven't raced AI myself in ACC in a while but what I remember of it is exactly what you mention from before the Nords update....it being reliable and consistent. Hope it does get patched then.
 
Nitro McClean
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Let's get straight to the point, the current state of Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access (v0.1.5) is very frustrating. All the "improvements" of the latest update are not interesting at all if the basics are not in order yet.
To start with, the response time of the user interface is unacceptably slow. The user interface itself looks quite nice. With a new interface it always takes some time to get used to where everything is, and this one is no exception. With AC EVO I even find the layout quite logical, but the wait after every mouse click is just very frustrating. It is so bad that when I have closed AC EVO, I am still waiting for something to happen......
The support for triples is still below par. Without nVidia Surround I cannot get the triples to work.
And actually the most important thing, the driving itself, is still disappointing. The FFB is really less than I am used to from AC. I managed to get On Line in AC EVO for a while. Long enough to enter the user details (name etc.), but not long enough to buy a car. My AC EVO is now back to "Off Line".

I now wonder if Overtake.gg is wise to pay so much attention to AC EVO. In my experience, and if I read the reactions here I am not the only one, Kunos does not deliver the best performance. A game company that delivers such a bad performance does not deserve all that attention. On the other hand, it does make clear how the reception is with a user group, so that everyone can make their own decision to invest time in it.
 
Peter Kerényi
Nitro McClean said:
Let's get straight to the point, the current state of Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access (v0.1.5) is very frustrating. All the "improvements" of the latest update are not interesting at all if the basics are not in order yet.
To start with, the response time of the user interface is unacceptably slow. The user interface itself looks quite nice. With a new interface it always takes some time to get used to where everything is, and this one is no exception. With AC EVO I even find the layout quite logical, but the wait after every mouse click is just very frustrating. It is so bad that when I have closed AC EVO, I am still waiting for something to happen......
The support for triples is still below par. Without nVidia Surround I cannot get the triples to work.
And actually the most important thing, the driving itself, is still disappointing. The FFB is really less than I am used to from AC. I managed to get On Line in AC EVO for a while. Long enough to enter the user details (name etc.), but not long enough to buy a car. My AC EVO is now back to "Off Line".

I now wonder if Overtake.gg is wise to pay so much attention to AC EVO. In my experience, and if I read the reactions here I am not the only one, Kunos does not deliver the best performance. A game company that delivers such a bad performance does not deserve all that attention. On the other hand, it does make clear how the reception is with a user group, so that everyone can make their own decision to invest time in it.
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I agree that Evo is rough, rougher than I expected and I am disappointed in the rate of development, engagement of devs on the Kunos forums.

But OT is here to report news, and this article has its place. I do agree that they are starting to go a bit overboard with non-news articles though - and that included ACE pieces as well, especially around the release.
 
Nitro McClean
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Tigerteeth said:
Patched to 0.1.5. Online is still offline. Academy licenses and special events are not available.

Could someone at OT please first fire up the game to check facts before posting an article - cheers!
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Could you please first fire up the game and set it to online before posting this reaction?
 
protocolgeorge
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TomLehockySVK said:
At this point and with so many advancements in tech i refuse to see terrible AI as "early access so of course it is terrible" excuse. AMS2 is out for 4 years now and the AI is still awful, AC 2014 AI has never ever been improved, i doubt AC Evo will ever have good AI given what happened with the previous one or any other current sim.
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Nitro McClean said:
Let's get straight to the point, the current state of Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access (v0.1.5) is very frustrating. All the "improvements" of the latest update are not interesting at all if the basics are not in order yet.
To start with, the response time of the user interface is unacceptably slow. The user interface itself looks quite nice. With a new interface it always takes some time to get used to where everything is, and this one is no exception. With AC EVO I even find the layout quite logical, but the wait after every mouse click is just very frustrating. It is so bad that when I have closed AC EVO, I am still waiting for something to happen......
The support for triples is still below par. Without nVidia Surround I cannot get the triples to work.
And actually the most important thing, the driving itself, is still disappointing. The FFB is really less than I am used to from AC. I managed to get On Line in AC EVO for a while. Long enough to enter the user details (name etc.), but not long enough to buy a car. My AC EVO is now back to "Off Line".

I now wonder if Overtake.gg is wise to pay so much attention to AC EVO. In my experience, and if I read the reactions here I am not the only one, Kunos does not deliver the best performance. A game company that delivers such a bad performance does not deserve all that attention. On the other hand, it does make clear how the reception is with a user group, so that everyone can make their own decision to invest time in it.
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Regarding your issues with triples. I have it working without Nvidia Surround using "Resize Racoon" as I have too for almost all sims. I get about 80-90fps on triple 4K (med-high settings) using a 7950X3D and RTX 4090.
 
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It's quite interesting to see how all the people who claimed that ACE would whipe the floor and people complaining about the state of the EA of LMU have become very silent now. I can only hope that this is a reminder for the people who prefer one developer and allways meassure with different standards according to their preference that the world isn't black and white and that most studios face the same challenges. The web based UI is a prime example for this and should also answer why LMU's UI has been quite clunky. Webbased UIs will allways feel less snappy, no surpise there. For the moment I will not touch ACE because there isn't much of interest in the title and I am generaly not the cruising type of person or into the selection of cars that are available. The track selection is very good for EA though and I would recommend everyone to inform yourself before you buy the title. All the information is there right now that people need to make a well informed desicion. If people get overly upset it's still well worth to remind yourself how the EA programm for AC and ACC progressed and where those titles are now.
 
Nitro McClean
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protocolgeorge said:
Regarding your issues with triples. I have it working without Nvidia Surround using "Resize Racoon" as I have too for almost all sims. I get about 80-90fps on triple 4K (med-high settings) using a 7950X3D and RTX 4090.
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Ok, that is nice, but you still need something extra (such as "Resize Racoon") to get it working. For comparison, in rFactor 2 and LMU it works without extra's needed directly on 3 monitors (well, some manual editing of ini files needed) and in AC 1 it worked on 3 monitors within 10 seconds ... (without the time to get the settings to the best values). So still some work to do for Kunos for AC EVO.
 

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