Assetto Corsa is a racing simulator built around realistic driving. You drive licensed cars, reproduced with a high level of accuracy, on real-world circuits. The physics model is detailed enough that each car handles in its own way and rewards smooth driving. Every session follows the same simple loop: you pick a car and a track, start a practice run or event, then drive laps (one trip around the track) to work on your pace, control, or race result.
Practice is a good place to start, since you can learn one car on one layout without a race result at stake. When you want something closer to a real event, Race Weekend runs free practice, qualifying and the race in order, so you can learn a circuit before you compete on it. Single races, custom championships, drift challenges, drag racing and online multiplayer give you other ways to play once you feel comfortable behind the wheel.
Career groups different kinds of racing and events into a progression route, so you move through a set order instead of choosing every event yourself. Special Events add challenges across different cars and driving formats.
- Developer
- Kunos Simulazioni
- Publisher
- 505 Games
- Release
- PC (Steam): 2014-12-19
- Platforms
- Windows PC (Steam)
Game data
Cars
Assetto Corsa's cars cover road sports cars and SUVs, historic classics, GT race cars, drift machines, endurance prototypes and open-wheel single-seaters. Each one is built from manufacturer track data and telemetry, so each car handles and sounds like itself. The base game includes many of them, and more arrive through free updates and themed DLC packs such as the Porsche, Ready To Race and Japanese packs.
Tracks
The tracks in Assetto Corsa are the venues where you drive, ranging from real circuits to fictional drag, drift and road venues. Some come with the base game, some arrived as free updates, and others come in the Dream Packs or the Red Pack. Many venues offer several layouts, so the same venue can give you different routes, including historic versions of Monza and Silverstone.
Assetto Corsa gameplay tips
- Drive at about 70 to 80 percent of your speed at first. Learn the track and its braking zones, then push harder, since speed comes from consistency.
- Finish braking before you start turning. Braking in the middle of a corner loads the front tires and can make the car spin.
- Apply the throttle gradually as you unwind the steering. Pressing it down hard in the middle of a corner can spin the car, especially in rear-wheel-drive cars.
- Pick the assist profile that fits your experience. Gamer, Racer, Pro and a fully customizable profile each change how much help the car gives, so you can match the help to where your skills are.
- Check your telemetry after a run. The driving data shows where you're losing time, so you can focus on that part of the lap instead of guessing.
- Build your racecraft offline before joining online races. Practicing on your own lets you learn the car and track without ruining other people's races or getting kicked from a server.