Assetto Corsa – BsimRacing @ GAMESCOM 2012. [HD VIDEO]

Assetto Corsa – BsimRacing @ GAMESCOM 2012.

Today i visited the GAMESCOM 2012 Media day.

I traveled to Germany for mainly two reasons…  SimBin & Kunos Simulazioni.
The video footage of Assetto Corsa i have uploaded is what i call a rather rough edit because of the limited amount of time i had after coming home from a long trip.

That said.

Assetto Corsa exceeded all of my expectations. My first impression when just looking at the overall graphical style got me really exited.
It just looks the works. Overall external car physics (Movement) seemed to have the correct speed and sense of weight.
Shadings and Dept of field where spot on.

When i finaly stept into the rig, and got to do a few laps with the BMW Z4 GT3 i did not know what to expect of the actual physics of the game.
It very soon became clear that this must be one of the best compromises between Sim and Fun i came across in a long time. The car behaves as you would expect, and you really feel connected to the track. Details like braking feel, oversteer and understeer seemed so natural. even after a few minutes in a noisy environment with a wheel and pedals i never used.  I might ad i was pleasantly surprised by the Fanatec GT wheel used on the rig. Great wheel.

I could go on for a few more pages about how it fulfilled my expectations, but sadly my holiday ends today and  so i will have to cut the post short for today.

Most importantly i would like to thank the Kunos team for the great hospitality and the detailed explanations of their view regarding the long term strategy of Assetto Corsa.
Its very clear that  Stefano, Aristotelis and Marco are very passionate about the sim and are keeping future user wishes in mind.
All in all i must have talked to them for more then an hour, and they answered all my questions.  Even the Modding related ones…

Also a Big thanks to Bram and Yoeri from Racedepartment.com.  It was a pleasant meet.

I ended my day as a happy man… 
(My apologies for a rather rough video edit, but time is an issue at the moment, and i did want to share the footage with all the fans.)

Wim,

About:

Assetto Corsa is a new PC-based racing game for Windows, expected to be released in 2012.
Assetto Corsa is being designed to provide a very realistic driving experience,

with single player and multiplayer options, officially licensed cars and tracks developed using Laser scan technology, and the highest level of accuracy possible in reproducing real world motor racing environments.

Official Webpage – http://www.assettocorsa.info     –    http://www.kunos-simulazioni.com