How excited are you for AC EVO? And did I miss anything in this video? Thanks so much for watchting! Edit: An official summary of what we can expect from EVO just dropped: th-cam.com/video/4ZlW9vYZbFI/w-d-xo.html I wish you Happy Holidays and great start into 2025!
vr? edity: just had a look on Steam. Says it will be a VR title. Count me in. I have let my iRacing subscription lapse, because I am fed up with their scheduling, and the insane costs because of the currency conversion to Australian dollars. So this game will be very welcome. Hope there is some AI traffic to drive with on the open road!
@@billbaggins1688 Yes, VR will be there. And Kunos even said the move back to their own game engine allows them to make it a better experience. And yes, there will be traffic in the open world.
Not too excited. Same lack of variety of cars and tracks that the original suffered from. Single make/model racing on a small number of tracks is as boring as NASCAR. YAWN. 1 Chevy? 1 Ford? And that one Ford is a Festiva? Considering the long and storied history of both makes in auto racing that is laughable and a total deal breaker. There are plenty of open world “racing” games on the market. They are ALL stupidly unrealistic and completely suck. I would rather have a bigger variety of performance cars and tracks than a stupid rip off of The Crew or some other ridiculously unrealistic open world driving game.
This game is promising to do, seriously, 90% of all the things I've been wanting from my dream racing game. I've been dreaming about a car sim where: - you could spec the car from the factory like in real life - where you could drive around the world's coolest real life driving roads(the nordschleife and the roads around it meet that requirement IMO) - the interiors were fully interactive(AC Evo's not quite there, but it's not that far off) ...And AC Evo does stuff I didn't even dare to dream about, like being able to customise the cars with real life customisation parts, and tune the cars as you can in the real world. Amazing, if they deliver.
This game goes more in depth than both forza and gran turismo combined, crazy to think about given kunos only have around 30-35 people while forza and gt has like 200 each
Every time I see an interview with any of the Kunos staff, I see someone really passionate about cars and the racing sim they are making. They also know what they are good at, with for example saying their trailers are in-game footage because they can't to CGI, or that they won't do a career mode, because they are not really good at that. All of this has me very optimistic.
@@HDeeRacingand the career mode thing will be in ac evo with much more depth than ever before, This is not just a simulator it will be love letter for cars to, witch we have not seen being Done ever in a sim racer before.
@@Yadeeyadeeyadaaof course it matter if you have more people you can slow down the work load, and get the game out faster, it also,possibly mean you will have a higher budget as well, Kunos dosent have near the budget of either turn 10 playground games or polyphony digital, Witch means they wont be able to have as many cars, but the fact that they do more than both with a much smaller budget and team should really tell you something
As someone whos been playing SRP for a year now, the open world aspect of AC Evo sounds to me that it should have an even greater modding potential in terms of open world street maps. 1600 square KMs should cover all of the Wangan and Shutoko areas, although there are far more assets to be made(many more buildings in urban Tokyo), that does not seem to be an impossible task given how many are made into SRP now. And just imagine that you will be able to roam from Tokyo to Yokohama at 300+ kph, then arrive at Daikoku PA, off to the streets and drive into a HKS or RE Amemiya tuning shop, that just sounds like the most possibly wet dream for a car enthusiast.
Doubt there will be need for mods we have license vehicles, upgradable body/performance, large map, sounds like kunos will reward livery builders and tuners to me kinda like forza
Its kunos it will never be a simcade. Its a track focused title with the ability to free roam. Its made for track racing though and as kunos explained why would they ever leave there physics or what made them. His words. They will only improve on them but the whole sincade stuff needs to stop. Has kunos yet to fail on delivery of feeling? No lol. So why would they now?still blows my mind, I get when people judge due to past experience but they have never failed. He explained nobody has to worry about it not being a sim its a aim and even used the words race and or real physics while driving in the open world. He wants people who are long days just want to jump on without the stress of competing in a race to be able to get on relax and get a realistic experience but be able to just drive and enjoy. Again his words lol. Idk about yall but I trust kunos both titles have been amazing and I gauruntee this one will be also. Enough of this narrative from none ac users who want to keep on trying to spread hate and then content creators using it as bait. Not you I'm talking about others.
I've seen the concern flying around a lot recently that AC EVO will go away from the heavy focus on realistic simulation because of the open world. Maybe because open world racers typically are more arcady (Forza Horizon, The Crew, Test Drive, etc.). As you said, even Kunos felt the need to reassure everyone that this would not be the case and Assetto will always be a simulation first.
I was kind of surprised when Marco Massarutto said that you can "of course" drive off-road anywhere in the open world. I wonder how deep they are going with off-road physics though and then maybe even specific off-road/rally vehicles. One can hope. 😊
Me too bro, i used to make some vids about dirt 2 but theres not really been any games too play too upload, wrc was a bit crap imo, this could potentially be the ticket 🎫🔥😂
Racing modified road cars is my jam. I am personally hoping for the ability to modify and race mundane cars- (Ie lupo, accord, octavias etc). I know you don't think they're fun on track, but I personally love making vehicles do things that never once entered the minds on the engineers building them ( I used to race an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera in SCCA, so...). My hopes for this title is that it is everything that Forza was supposed to be. I want a sim that allows me to upgrade and race absolute nuggets, and I hop EVO gives me the opportunity.
This literally is THE perfect dream of everyone who loves racing sims.. This honestly sounds too good to be true, but we know those promises ARE possible. They will take their time to really make everything work out perfectly which is amazing. Tho I hope my pc will be fine with all of this.. Should definitely be enough for the early access tho
I'm definatly keeping my eye on AC EVO after hearing about the open world being a legitimate feature. With everything slowly being revealed, i don't think this is just the sim racing game everyone is waiting for, but the racing game we *ALL* have been waiting for. The fact this is coming to consoles at some point should definatly be a warning both gran Turismo and Forza. Yes, AC never competes directly with two being an accesible racer for everyone while the other is a simulator. However, both do cater to the same target audience : car guys and racing enthousiasts. All 3 will compete for the same players and i fear for Forza and GT having to catch up to what could become the next standard for racing games. Curious to see where it's going to go! As for me, i'll probably stick it out in Motorsport (obviously my loyalities lie there) for as long as the lobbies stay as full as possible and if we keep getting more content. The NASCAR lobbies on release of the previous update did bring back those Launch day vibes of how many players we had then. The current set of content ft. Bathurst has taken some wind out of the sails but that might be coming back for update 16 wich is focussed on BMW... Do i smell an M4 GT3 mayhaps? 👀 If we do get it, rest assured that i already have plans for it! Good to see you upload again! Must have been a very busy scheduele you had.
FM and GT will in my mind always be the perfect gateway to the sim racing world. The accessibility for people maybe being completely new to racing or coming from arcade titles is just right, I think. I wonder how AC EVO is gonna do in that regard, both in terms of controls (how easy is it to play with controller) and teaching people the basics of racing. Time will tell. And yes, finding free to was a challenge the past couple of weeks. 😅 Hopefully better for a while now.
I am so excited for this game! I drive around Mexico in FH5 almost every night with one of my buddies. And now that I've gotten a moza r5 it makes me even more excited for ACE!
Progression system sounds nice. Buying your own car and then upgrading and customizing will be amazing, but I hope there still will be something like "sandbox" where you can pick every car and drive it.
Grand Turismo player, here. The license tests are what you think they are. They cover fundamentals like accelerating, braking, how to take apexes properly, etc. They're divisive because some players just want to get on and race, and because it's a Simcade, the vast majority of players coming to the game know how to "drive" already. However, they can also be a good source of in-game credits because they often have different tiers of challenges in the tests e.g. Score all Gold, and you're rewarded a car, or credits. And they aren't easy challenges, either. The main thing is they're optional (beyond the basics for each class), so they aren't as bad as some make them out to be. They also have very little bearing on MP because that's beyond the basics and a whole other driving style compared to single player. Thanks, for the summary of AC Evo!
Really wish they are not like GT licenses. I don't want rewards, opposite, I want to pay for the license like a normal person. I want some stakes and realism. Also a written test with race regulations would be cool.
I love the business integration. They could also easily take this further by having a driver training building somewhere allowing people access within the gme to basic level video content (maybe Driver 61 or other creators could have a presence) or help in finding a real-life coach (free or paid). It all almost sounds too good to be true, but if anyone can do it, Kunos will. Just remember the road is going to be rocky for a while. Encourage, don't bash. This is a huge undertaking.
Fully agree on your last statement. The beginning of early access might be very rough, but hopefully a lot of people will help make this a great finished product.
After feeling let down on recent titles, I know Kunos will deliver and can see from the driving footage it's in a decent position already. 3 more weeks thankfully!!
Hi HD, this looks like a very interesting game, just hope it’s released in a high readiness state. I look forward to viewing your associated vids in the new year. As a XBox Game Pass player I have been enjoying the newly released cloud based Microsoft Flight Sim 2024. I bought the latest WRC Rally game that you have provided a few demonstrations and I literally haven’t touched it yet because of time constraints. There are literally too many great games to choose from today. I wish you a Merry Christmas!
From the plans of Kunos I think the eventual full release at the end of next year should be ready. Early access might be tough in places, but I'm okay with that. I feel you with the time constraints. It's just now that I finally have some more time. Happy holidays to you as well!
Thanks for an informative and well done overview. I look forward to getting it on January 16, but am rather disappointed that it doesn't seem to have any older cars, at least not yet (my favourites are from the 1920s - 1970s).
If ANYTHING I think it may have a rough start, then get better much like of how ACC did. Hoping it’s great at launch with the typical bugs and whatever other typical launch issues there would be from even in the earlier days. But I have a feeling this will be the best out there and that’s what I’m hoping for! Can’t wait for this!
For me the more amazing thing is the CAPABILITY of open world being 1600km^2, so modders can put in their own dream locations. This game will be the single greatest sim racer yet to release.
The gt7 License tests are license tests at first, but become challenges later on. They just put them both under license tests. I think from the start you can drive all kinds of classes. I dont think you are restricted to the classes you have a license for. At least i dont recall.
If they're not then I just won't get Evo. All I do in AC is drift - Tsukuba Fruits in the WDT cars, Drift Paradise, Ebisu in the Gravy Garage/Swarm pack, even some VDC stuff when I feel like making a fool of myself. Trying to get doors in Brooklyn. I loved just drifting Happogahara in the base game's AE86 - such technical drifting and such a difficult car because of the crap FFB. If the modding doesn't allow players to recreate Japanese touges, or if Kunos don't add their own touges into the game, then I'll probably just go back to AC for my multiplayer drifting and play AC Evo for the open world and car customisation. Which would be a shame - I'd like Evo to be a proper replacement for AC but I get the feeling the modding is going to be nerfed so much that the two games will end up coexisting uneasily.
I've been hooked on iracing lately, nothing compares in terms of actual online competition. Hopefully they go in a similar direction with the multiplayer it could be the sim to rule them all
I don't think Kunos want to initial compete with iRacing. The level of variety in cars and tracks and the online competition are hard to match when starting with a new game. But maybe it'll get there eventually.
I haven't really been hyped about evo's release as ac has all the mods I thought I'd ever need until he's just explained how fackin HUGE the free roam map is now I'm very exited
If it's anything like the original, but just improved for modern systems with modders in mind, it'll be the best racing sim we will get for a LONG time guaranteed. Original AC is still in my rotation because of mods.
While listening to this I can only think of the modding scene, what would that look like? Would there be a risk of a ban if you were to say use a console command mod to get unlimited money to buy all the cars?
also a risky moment. going beyond circuits… what challenges remain? Why not go into rally, for long tracks. Or model a known long street circuit like Mille Miglia? but of course, huge fan I will definetely enjoy it and the Gruhne Hell is the GOAT
I absolutely love the idea to driving on open roads and take your favorite car for a true experience hopefully the race cars are able to run on these roads Lambo Ferrari Porsche sound Amazing
I'm pretty confident that ACE will be a mechanically excellent driving experience that will at some point exceed AC1 (which to me is the bar for FFB & Haptic/Motion API). They already have a track record (pun intended) here. With ACC they also have good experience with building a decent UI and know what works with an online ranking system. - I'm much more interested in how they move forward with optimization (ACC wasn't great, albeit mostly a VR problem due to UE) and with AI & career. As much as I enjoy racing online, open world driving, etc... convincing AI & career modes will make the title much more appealing to everyone, casual & enthusiast sim racers alike. Being able to fire up a full grid of any chosen class, at any time, in the best feeling sim is what makes AC1 the G.O.A.T, but the AI sucks & there is little/no gameplay loop beyond each race.
Has there been any news on what the traffic is going to be like in this open map? I’d rather have dense traffic to drive through rather than a really big map.
@@HDeeRacing That's what I'm expecting them to do; like BeamNG. I'd be really surprised if Kunos don't add either some kind of Shutoko style open world map, or some Japanese drift touges, at some point much later on.
In the ADAC sim raxing expo interview, a dev hinted that they could bring other countries later (much later). At first they will be expanding the Eifel region piece by piece, until it hits 1600 km2. Personally I think Italy is a strong contender, since the devs are from there... and who doesn't love Italy. Home of many supercars. Also a dev said that making open world mods is possible. So perhaps modders create another countries completely. These would be big mods however, would need to be a collaboration of many modders
Hopefully the freeroam has enough things to do, variety of missions and challenge types. Including 1v1 (or more) point-to-point, drifting, top speed challenges, delivery, hitch hikers, drag racing (on some straight) and such. Just driving around aimlessly will get old. That worries me a bit, the physics they can handle but they are not famous for creating engaging gameplay content. Edit: Lol, just realized you have the Automobilista menu music looping on the background
This is also something I'm very curious about. I feel like it's going to be quite basic with the first release in summer, but hopefully they have some plans to add a lot of things to do. And actually no, this is the menu music from ACC. They sound pretty similar though. 😅
Great review!! I know what I don't want to see it's the most irritating feature that Gran Turismo has. I call it the reverse physics model incorporated to punish the wall riders. while I see it's purpose, it's to keep unscrupulous players from exploiting the game, but it also punishes good drivers who aren't trying to exploit the game. When those good drivers make a mistake and find themselves skirting a wall for a moment it would be nice to not have to deal with reverse physics. It should only react as in the real world to make realistic corrections and return to the racing line. Fighting the reverse physics in those types of situations is most irritating/frustrating. At least they should offer the feature to be turned off. That way if you are playing with a group that you know are honest and have integrity these things won't get in the way.
That's not quite clear yet. They said that AC EVO will not be the official GTWC game. There's also a clip floating around, saying they're just finishing up some details to be able to port everything from ACC over. We'll have to wait and see.
There wont be another ac titles for many years ahead, ac evo will be supported for many years, their is no reasons for another acc any more that their no reason for another gt sport 2 for the gran turismo series.
It might be. Perfection is hard to achieve, especially because everyone will have another definition of that. But I do think it will be a very good open world racing game. We'll see next year how good exactly.
For this im upgrading from Series X and G920 to the recommended PC specs and Moza R5 + shifter etc. My calculations i will be enjoying it late 2025 🚘🏁👍
Just recently got introduce to NOHESI. So I think this is a fantastic idea. Sometimes I want a break from the competition and just want to cruise around. Sounds like a Forza meets Gran Turismo. I cant wait. I only recently started playing AC for the first time. What a great time to be a sim racer.
I own all the games (minus GT) and they all have their problems. If AC Evo will have the physics like RaceRoom and rF2, it would be nice to drive--AMS2 and ACC aren't very friendly to drive, unless one has engineering skils to set up the cars, it can be frustrating. Thanks for the video. Best
@@aprosimracing good point. I only play ACC and I’m an Engineer as well and even I struggle to understand some of the setup settings. They should do it much more user friendly. Agree
Revolution and evolution are two different things by the way. A revolution is another iteration of the same thing. An evolution is something new entirely, which is what AC is going for. So let’s hope it’s not a revolution but the full on Evolution they are aiming for.
I think you're mixing up the two, but you're right. AC EVO is for sure an evolution of both AC and ACC. But I feel like the open world aspect is a revolution for the sim racing genre.
Do you guys know if a gaming laptop can handle this game or should it be a bulit pc? The requirements look pretty fair 16gm ram Intel i78700k/amd 1500x and gtx 1070, rx 580 I want to be able to add mods and overall have a smooth experience with the game using a steering wheel im just aftraid that the laptop will struggle with it overheating or something like that I was considering as laptop an Asus with a Ryzen 5, RTX 4050/16GB RAM/512GB
That's fair. ACC will be the go-to GT sim for a while for a lot of people, which is fine I think. Until everything gets maybe ported over, who knows. 🤷♂️
Je ne suis pas parfaitement bilingue et j'ai pas bien compris le moment ou vous parliez du lancement sur Xbox. Est-ce que le jeu sortira aussi sur Xbox le 16 janvier 2025?
Total speculation on my part, but I'd guess 20-30€ for the first early access version and rising to maybe 40-50€ for the full release. Watch me be completely off though. 😅
Its not a gt3 sim. A good thing in my opinion, glad a full sim racer finally focus on road cars for once, Ac evo will be an evolution to the hole racing game genre
How exactly do they plan on stopping us from making "licensed content" as mods? lol That's worrying because real world locations and tracks were the best mods followed closely by real world cars not in the game. That statement makes this a wait and see for me now, original AC is still a perfectly fine game with a deep catalog of mods.
The original AC is not going anywhere, so anyone on the fence can still wait. I can however understand their angle, we'll have to wait and see what their implementation will be.
I'm hoping for a more serious Forza Horizon open world with things to do, because they gone full Fortnite Horizon experience 🙈 . Hopefully it'll be playable with a controller 😬🎮 . Can't carry a steering wheel around with me. AC and ACC both already where quite nice with a controller so I have hope 😅 . The new AI sounded a bit like drivatars from the ground up 😬
I am going to be one of those to benefit from the academy/licence tests, recently went from controller to g923 and it gave me a reality check 😂 made me realise I need an actual cockpit as the stiffness of the brake pedal and angle my foot sits at using a gaming desk & gaming chair is absolutely brutal 😂
Yeah, switching to a wheel can be challenging. I started on my desk as well, worked okay but was really annoying to always set-up and put away again. This is why I bought some wood and build myself a scrappy little rig. Not pretty, but it works like a charm. 😅
Could u define simcade? Iracing simcade? I've heard there are huge flaws in the physics, very unrealistic, so does it make iracing simcade? If there is a fleshed out economy, career mode and open world it would also be classified a simcade... Not? @@markusfredriksen771
@andreasmoller9798 what makes them a full simulator though? U can race a cat around a race track in AC, and you can race gt cars with no TC for fastest lap times in acc, sounds rather arcade don't you think?
@@neilbezuidenhout9284you proably dont understand what the word simulator means, It means it will have very realistic physics model, witch is the case for both ac1 and acc and ac evo as well, Driving a cat as a mod in ac1 has nothing to,do,with the main physics.
Buying your car with in-game money, racing it (on and off track), fixing it and racing it more sounds great. I hope they will make fixing expensive, like real life, so you are forced to actually look after the car and not ram T1 like morons.
How excited are you for AC EVO? And did I miss anything in this video? Thanks so much for watchting!
Edit: An official summary of what we can expect from EVO just dropped: th-cam.com/video/4ZlW9vYZbFI/w-d-xo.html
I wish you Happy Holidays and great start into 2025!
vr?
edity: just had a look on Steam. Says it will be a VR title. Count me in. I have let my iRacing subscription lapse, because I am fed up with their scheduling, and the insane costs because of the currency conversion to Australian dollars. So this game will be very welcome. Hope there is some AI traffic to drive with on the open road!
@@billbaggins1688 Yes, VR will be there. And Kunos even said the move back to their own game engine allows them to make it a better experience.
And yes, there will be traffic in the open world.
Over the top. 12/10
Super excited😍 my most wanted game for 2025
Not too excited.
Same lack of variety of cars and tracks that the original suffered from.
Single make/model racing on a small number of tracks is as boring as NASCAR.
YAWN.
1 Chevy? 1 Ford? And that one Ford is a Festiva?
Considering the long and storied history of both makes in auto racing that is laughable and a total deal breaker.
There are plenty of open world “racing” games on the market. They are ALL stupidly unrealistic and completely suck.
I would rather have a bigger variety of performance cars and tracks than a stupid rip off of The Crew or some other ridiculously unrealistic open world driving game.
I've been wishing for an open world sim racing game for years now. I can't freakin wait to get this game.
This game is promising to do, seriously, 90% of all the things I've been wanting from my dream racing game. I've been dreaming about a car sim where:
- you could spec the car from the factory like in real life
- where you could drive around the world's coolest real life driving roads(the nordschleife and the roads around it meet that requirement IMO)
- the interiors were fully interactive(AC Evo's not quite there, but it's not that far off)
...And AC Evo does stuff I didn't even dare to dream about, like being able to customise the cars with real life customisation parts, and tune the cars as you can in the real world.
Amazing, if they deliver.
test drive unlimited solar crown failed us, let’s hope this won’t disappoint us
This game goes more in depth than both forza and gran turismo combined, crazy to think about given kunos only have around 30-35 people while forza and gt has like 200 each
I pray it lives up to the hype tho
Every time I see an interview with any of the Kunos staff, I see someone really passionate about cars and the racing sim they are making.
They also know what they are good at, with for example saying their trailers are in-game footage because they can't to CGI, or that they won't do a career mode, because they are not really good at that.
All of this has me very optimistic.
@@HDeeRacingand the career mode thing will be in ac evo with much more depth than ever before,
This is not just a simulator it will be love letter for cars to, witch we have not seen being Done ever in a sim racer before.
Doesn't matter how many people work at a studio - that just changes the timeline. It's about who's at the top and what their priorities are.
@@Yadeeyadeeyadaaof course it matter if you have more people you can slow down the work load, and get the game out faster, it also,possibly mean you will have a higher budget as well,
Kunos dosent have near the budget of either turn 10 playground games or polyphony digital,
Witch means they wont be able to have as many cars, but the fact that they do more than both with a much smaller budget and team should really tell you something
As someone whos been playing SRP for a year now, the open world aspect of AC Evo sounds to me that it should have an even greater modding potential in terms of open world street maps. 1600 square KMs should cover all of the Wangan and Shutoko areas, although there are far more assets to be made(many more buildings in urban Tokyo), that does not seem to be an impossible task given how many are made into SRP now. And just imagine that you will be able to roam from Tokyo to Yokohama at 300+ kph, then arrive at Daikoku PA, off to the streets and drive into a HKS or RE Amemiya tuning shop, that just sounds like the most possibly wet dream for a car enthusiast.
they have said that they got the lidar data from the german government, so its not that simple to get hold of that data.
I see no reason why this couldn't happen in the future, especially if AC EVO is going to successful. 😊
Doubt there will be need for mods we have license vehicles, upgradable body/performance, large map, sounds like kunos will reward livery builders and tuners to me kinda like forza
@@gnutscha Lidar data isn't hard to get, at least for the US Gov. information request would work for the US maps. Hopefully for JAP too
Its kunos it will never be a simcade. Its a track focused title with the ability to free roam. Its made for track racing though and as kunos explained why would they ever leave there physics or what made them. His words. They will only improve on them but the whole sincade stuff needs to stop. Has kunos yet to fail on delivery of feeling? No lol. So why would they now?still blows my mind, I get when people judge due to past experience but they have never failed. He explained nobody has to worry about it not being a sim its a aim and even used the words race and or real physics while driving in the open world. He wants people who are long days just want to jump on without the stress of competing in a race to be able to get on relax and get a realistic experience but be able to just drive and enjoy. Again his words lol. Idk about yall but I trust kunos both titles have been amazing and I gauruntee this one will be also. Enough of this narrative from none ac users who want to keep on trying to spread hate and then content creators using it as bait.
Not you I'm talking about others.
I've seen the concern flying around a lot recently that AC EVO will go away from the heavy focus on realistic simulation because of the open world. Maybe because open world racers typically are more arcady (Forza Horizon, The Crew, Test Drive, etc.). As you said, even Kunos felt the need to reassure everyone that this would not be the case and Assetto will always be a simulation first.
Hopefully it will have ACC physics but little better
AC must, and more importantly needs deeper mod support! Sim Drifting changed forever with the original AC and the modding community!
We'll see what their plans are once we get closer to release.
The one thing you do not have to worry about is mods with the assetto Corsa community
As a rally guy, I'm stoked for this cause obviously there will be tons of potential given the features, for rally mods!
I was kind of surprised when Marco Massarutto said that you can "of course" drive off-road anywhere in the open world. I wonder how deep they are going with off-road physics though and then maybe even specific off-road/rally vehicles. One can hope. 😊
Me too bro, i used to make some vids about dirt 2 but theres not really been any games too play too upload, wrc was a bit crap imo, this could potentially be the ticket 🎫🔥😂
Racing modified road cars is my jam. I am personally hoping for the ability to modify and race mundane cars- (Ie lupo, accord, octavias etc).
I know you don't think they're fun on track, but I personally love making vehicles do things that never once entered the minds on the engineers building them ( I used to race an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera in SCCA, so...).
My hopes for this title is that it is everything that Forza was supposed to be.
I want a sim that allows me to upgrade and race absolute nuggets, and I hop EVO gives me the opportunity.
I can totally get behind that. 😅
Ac evo will have upgrade and customize options for the cars its confirmed
in Gran Tourismo 2 there was a feature where you could turn any road car into a racing car, that was awesome!
@@gnutschai still remembered it. we have to max out weight reduction then we can turn road car to racing car. damn i was 7 years old that time 🥹
This literally is THE perfect dream of everyone who loves racing sims.. This honestly sounds too good to be true, but we know those promises ARE possible. They will take their time to really make everything work out perfectly which is amazing. Tho I hope my pc will be fine with all of this.. Should definitely be enough for the early access tho
In gran turismo, I accidentally gronded the racing licences for 3 hours, not realising you could complete them over time 🤣🤣
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I'm definatly keeping my eye on AC EVO after hearing about the open world being a legitimate feature. With everything slowly being revealed, i don't think this is just the sim racing game everyone is waiting for, but the racing game we *ALL* have been waiting for. The fact this is coming to consoles at some point should definatly be a warning both gran Turismo and Forza. Yes, AC never competes directly with two being an accesible racer for everyone while the other is a simulator. However, both do cater to the same target audience : car guys and racing enthousiasts. All 3 will compete for the same players and i fear for Forza and GT having to catch up to what could become the next standard for racing games. Curious to see where it's going to go!
As for me, i'll probably stick it out in Motorsport (obviously my loyalities lie there) for as long as the lobbies stay as full as possible and if we keep getting more content. The NASCAR lobbies on release of the previous update did bring back those Launch day vibes of how many players we had then. The current set of content ft. Bathurst has taken some wind out of the sails but that might be coming back for update 16 wich is focussed on BMW... Do i smell an M4 GT3 mayhaps? 👀 If we do get it, rest assured that i already have plans for it!
Good to see you upload again! Must have been a very busy scheduele you had.
FM and GT will in my mind always be the perfect gateway to the sim racing world. The accessibility for people maybe being completely new to racing or coming from arcade titles is just right, I think. I wonder how AC EVO is gonna do in that regard, both in terms of controls (how easy is it to play with controller) and teaching people the basics of racing. Time will tell.
And yes, finding free to was a challenge the past couple of weeks. 😅 Hopefully better for a while now.
Definitely ! 😊
I am so excited for this game! I drive around Mexico in FH5 almost every night with one of my buddies. And now that I've gotten a moza r5 it makes me even more excited for ACE!
For me it's still a different experience, as I play FH5 at my desk with a controller, instead of in the rig with a wheel. But it'll be fun anyway. 😊
Progression system sounds nice. Buying your own car and then upgrading and customizing will be amazing, but I hope there still will be something like "sandbox" where you can pick every car and drive it.
There will be something like that I think with car rentals, but we will see very soon.
Grand Turismo player, here. The license tests are what you think they are. They cover fundamentals like accelerating, braking, how to take apexes properly, etc. They're divisive because some players just want to get on and race, and because it's a Simcade, the vast majority of players coming to the game know how to "drive" already. However, they can also be a good source of in-game credits because they often have different tiers of challenges in the tests e.g. Score all Gold, and you're rewarded a car, or credits. And they aren't easy challenges, either. The main thing is they're optional (beyond the basics for each class), so they aren't as bad as some make them out to be. They also have very little bearing on MP because that's beyond the basics and a whole other driving style compared to single player. Thanks, for the summary of AC Evo!
Thanks for the info! It'll be interesting to see how AC EVO will handle the licenses.
Really wish they are not like GT licenses. I don't want rewards, opposite, I want to pay for the license like a normal person. I want some stakes and realism. Also a written test with race regulations would be cool.
Man I miss Gt... Gt4 was simply brilliant! I never owned a console again after the ps2, and GT kinda makes me want to get one just to play it
you had to say your a grand turismo player
not to mention that GT license tests might actually be made by Satan himself
well made video, keep it up mate
I love the business integration. They could also easily take this further by having a driver training building somewhere allowing people access within the gme to basic level video content (maybe Driver 61 or other creators could have a presence) or help in finding a real-life coach (free or paid).
It all almost sounds too good to be true, but if anyone can do it, Kunos will. Just remember the road is going to be rocky for a while. Encourage, don't bash. This is a huge undertaking.
Fully agree on your last statement. The beginning of early access might be very rough, but hopefully a lot of people will help make this a great finished product.
After feeling let down on recent titles, I know Kunos will deliver and can see from the driving footage it's in a decent position already. 3 more weeks thankfully!!
Hi HD, this looks like a very interesting game, just hope it’s released in a high readiness state. I look forward to viewing your associated vids in the new year. As a XBox Game Pass player I have been enjoying the newly released cloud based Microsoft Flight Sim 2024. I bought the latest WRC Rally game that you have provided a few demonstrations and I literally haven’t touched it yet because of time constraints. There are literally too many great games to choose from today.
I wish you a Merry Christmas!
From the plans of Kunos I think the eventual full release at the end of next year should be ready. Early access might be tough in places, but I'm okay with that.
I feel you with the time constraints. It's just now that I finally have some more time. Happy holidays to you as well!
Thanks for an informative and well done overview. I look forward to getting it on January 16, but am rather disappointed that it doesn't seem to have any older cars, at least not yet (my favourites are from the 1920s - 1970s).
Hopefully we'll get some classics in as well. 👍
If ANYTHING I think it may have a rough start, then get better much like of how ACC did. Hoping it’s great at launch with the typical bugs and whatever other typical launch issues there would be from even in the earlier days. But I have a feeling this will be the best out there and that’s what I’m hoping for! Can’t wait for this!
This game definitely has my attention.
Good video, nice summary!
For me the more amazing thing is the CAPABILITY of open world being 1600km^2, so modders can put in their own dream locations. This game will be the single greatest sim racer yet to release.
VR LETS GOOO
*0:14** is that the lancia delta < i could be wrong but i havent seen that car in a game for years or i have and just notcied until now*
That should be the Lancia Delta Integrale HF, yes. 👍
The gt7 License tests are license tests at first, but become challenges later on. They just put them both under license tests. I think from the start you can drive all kinds of classes. I dont think you are restricted to the classes you have a license for. At least i dont recall.
I hope multi-player drift lobbies are as good (or better) in evo. Excited for 3d trees and such in vr!
If they're not then I just won't get Evo. All I do in AC is drift - Tsukuba Fruits in the WDT cars, Drift Paradise, Ebisu in the Gravy Garage/Swarm pack, even some VDC stuff when I feel like making a fool of myself. Trying to get doors in Brooklyn. I loved just drifting Happogahara in the base game's AE86 - such technical drifting and such a difficult car because of the crap FFB.
If the modding doesn't allow players to recreate Japanese touges, or if Kunos don't add their own touges into the game, then I'll probably just go back to AC for my multiplayer drifting and play AC Evo for the open world and car customisation. Which would be a shame - I'd like Evo to be a proper replacement for AC but I get the feeling the modding is going to be nerfed so much that the two games will end up coexisting uneasily.
I would love the have delivery trucks or something like that
I've been hooked on iracing lately, nothing compares in terms of actual online competition. Hopefully they go in a similar direction with the multiplayer it could be the sim to rule them all
I don't think Kunos want to initial compete with iRacing. The level of variety in cars and tracks and the online competition are hard to match when starting with a new game. But maybe it'll get there eventually.
Just imagine someone making an need for speed most wanted style races and pursuits in the free roaming map.
That would be awsome
I haven't really been hyped about evo's release as ac has all the mods I thought I'd ever need until he's just explained how fackin HUGE the free roam map is now I'm very exited
It's massive. And the amount of roads and towns/villages you can see on google maps in that area... just jaw dropping.
The only thing I'm waiting for is an open world sim racing game that supports VR and it's finally here
Open world racing on a sim title with vr in Germany! This is just perfect.
If it's anything like the original, but just improved for modern systems with modders in mind, it'll be the best racing sim we will get for a LONG time guaranteed. Original AC is still in my rotation because of mods.
While listening to this I can only think of the modding scene, what would that look like? Would there be a risk of a ban if you were to say use a console command mod to get unlimited money to buy all the cars?
Way too early to say.
Hope they get the graphics right and mods can come in.
This may take the title as my favorite racing sim🙏
also a risky moment. going beyond circuits… what challenges remain? Why not go into rally, for long tracks. Or model a known long street circuit like Mille Miglia? but of course, huge fan I will definetely enjoy it and the Gruhne Hell is the GOAT
I absolutely love the idea to driving on open roads and take your favorite car for a true experience hopefully the race cars are able to run on these roads Lambo Ferrari Porsche sound Amazing
I definitely will be getting this just for the open world map
i hope can adjust gearbox's ratio even with BOP rules
I'm pretty confident that ACE will be a mechanically excellent driving experience that will at some point exceed AC1 (which to me is the bar for FFB & Haptic/Motion API). They already have a track record (pun intended) here. With ACC they also have good experience with building a decent UI and know what works with an online ranking system.
- I'm much more interested in how they move forward with optimization (ACC wasn't great, albeit mostly a VR problem due to UE) and with AI & career.
As much as I enjoy racing online, open world driving, etc... convincing AI & career modes will make the title much more appealing to everyone, casual & enthusiast sim racers alike.
Being able to fire up a full grid of any chosen class, at any time, in the best feeling sim is what makes AC1 the G.O.A.T, but the AI sucks & there is little/no gameplay loop beyond each race.
It's getting better and better.
Has there been any news on what the traffic is going to be like in this open map? I’d rather have dense traffic to drive through rather than a really big map.
Traffic is confirmed, don’t know how dense tho
Nothing I've seen or heard so far. It's also something I would like to know. Same with how many people could be in the open world at the same time.
@@HDeeRacing traffic is confirmed to use the same physics as the players. the only thing thats not possible is to race with AI in multiplayer lobbies
The scale of the open world seems unreal!
@HDeeRacing fair enough lol... Happy Christmas mate 👍🏻
great video man
Imagine if they add map expansions in this game, going up north to the city of Bonn will be breathtaking
Or even completely new maps in different areas of the world. 🙏
@@HDeeRacing That's what I'm expecting them to do; like BeamNG. I'd be really surprised if Kunos don't add either some kind of Shutoko style open world map, or some Japanese drift touges, at some point much later on.
In the ADAC sim raxing expo interview, a dev hinted that they could bring other countries later (much later). At first they will be expanding the Eifel region piece by piece, until it hits 1600 km2. Personally I think Italy is a strong contender, since the devs are from there... and who doesn't love Italy. Home of many supercars.
Also a dev said that making open world mods is possible. So perhaps modders create another countries completely. These would be big mods however, would need to be a collaboration of many modders
If only this game was out when I was 10 years old.
Hopefully the freeroam has enough things to do, variety of missions and challenge types. Including 1v1 (or more) point-to-point, drifting, top speed challenges, delivery, hitch hikers, drag racing (on some straight) and such. Just driving around aimlessly will get old. That worries me a bit, the physics they can handle but they are not famous for creating engaging gameplay content. Edit: Lol, just realized you have the Automobilista menu music looping on the background
This is also something I'm very curious about. I feel like it's going to be quite basic with the first release in summer, but hopefully they have some plans to add a lot of things to do.
And actually no, this is the menu music from ACC. They sound pretty similar though. 😅
@@HDeeRacing Oh right... ACC music makes more sense. I think I silenced it so I haven't heard it in a while :D
Great review!! I know what I don't want to see it's the most irritating feature that Gran Turismo has. I call it the reverse physics model incorporated to punish the wall riders. while I see it's purpose, it's to keep unscrupulous players from exploiting the game, but it also punishes good drivers who aren't trying to exploit the game. When those good drivers make a mistake and find themselves skirting a wall for a moment it would be nice to not have to deal with reverse physics. It should only react as in the real world to make realistic corrections and return to the racing line. Fighting the reverse physics in those types of situations is most irritating/frustrating. At least they should offer the feature to be turned off. That way if you are playing with a group that you know are honest and have integrity these things won't get in the way.
You can turn it down a little but it still messes you up
I had no idea GT did something like this. I doubt this is gonna happen in AC EVO.
@@HDeeRacing yep, if you touch the wall and hit the accelerator it turns you into the wall until you let off the accelerator.
i hope there are racing leagues for roadcars i love racing roadcars competitiv
I'm hyped for the open world for free roam! 😍
Do you know if you’ll be able to hide the steering wheel and hands?
We don't know yet, but I would be very surprised if it wasn't in.
Will they do another assetto corsa competizione or will they combine the two together into the one game?
That's not quite clear yet. They said that AC EVO will not be the official GTWC game. There's also a clip floating around, saying they're just finishing up some details to be able to port everything from ACC over. We'll have to wait and see.
There wont be another ac titles for many years ahead, ac evo will be supported for many years, their is no reasons for another acc any more that their no reason for another gt sport 2 for the gran turismo series.
Will this finally be the perfect open world racing game we been needing? No game has ever been perfect.
It might be. Perfection is hard to achieve, especially because everyone will have another definition of that. But I do think it will be a very good open world racing game. We'll see next year how good exactly.
@ I hope it comes to console, Im willing to spend money on this game, it seems like it’s gonna be great
If before you could happily crash into the barriers of the circuit, from now on you will be able to crash into trees, rocks and houses!
EXCELLENT!
Luckily all my cars will come with the convenient tree magnet pre-installed. Had the same in Forza Horizon, so I know it already. 🤣
For this im upgrading from Series X and G920 to the recommended PC specs and Moza R5 + shifter etc.
My calculations i will be enjoying it late 2025 🚘🏁👍
Awesome, sounds great! 😊
Moza wheels are garbage...lol
for me most important physics and ffb
Agree, it's the basis of an enjoyable driving experience. First reports have me hopeful, but I'm curious what I will actually experience myself.
@@HDeeRacing if they combine good things from AC and ACC and ffb on the level of rf2 then should be good
I hope they will have RHD version for Japanese cars, at least the GR86.
Super excited to play this - especially with the open world map. Hoping they bring more BMW models 😀
Same here!
The main things lacking in AC currently is car sounds and physics.
If you're talking original AC maybe (though both can be quite good with mods). ACC I feel like is very good with both.
Just recently got introduce to NOHESI. So I think this is a fantastic idea. Sometimes I want a break from the competition and just want to cruise around. Sounds like a Forza meets Gran Turismo. I cant wait. I only recently started playing AC for the first time. What a great time to be a sim racer.
True, there are so many options for sim racing right now. And yeah, it's kind of like a little bit of Forza or GT in a sim. 😅
if we buy the early access do we need to pay for the full release ? or its just one time paying ? (i never bought an early access game😁 )
You only pay once. And from what Kunos has said, you also pay less if you opt to help get the game ready for release by getting into early access.
Those tracks!
I own all the games (minus GT) and they all have their problems. If AC Evo will have the physics like RaceRoom and rF2, it would be nice to drive--AMS2 and ACC aren't very friendly to drive, unless one has engineering skils to set up the cars, it can be frustrating. Thanks for the video. Best
We'll see in just a few weeks. Also curious how setups are gonna behave in AC EVO.
@@aprosimracing good point. I only play ACC and I’m an Engineer as well and even I struggle to understand some of the setup settings. They should do it much more user friendly. Agree
@aprosimracing. There are plenty of tutorials around the internet, 2 explain a setup, if you want a good base setup, i can recommend Friedolf 👍
@@kevind4330 I will check it out! Thank you.
Revolution and evolution are two different things by the way. A revolution is another iteration of the same thing. An evolution is something new entirely, which is what AC is going for. So let’s hope it’s not a revolution but the full on Evolution they are aiming for.
I think you're mixing up the two, but you're right. AC EVO is for sure an evolution of both AC and ACC. But I feel like the open world aspect is a revolution for the sim racing genre.
looks awesome
Just take my money KUNOS, I need this ASAPP
VR was confirmed days 1.
Do you guys know if a gaming laptop can handle this game or should it be a bulit pc?
The requirements look pretty fair
16gm ram Intel i78700k/amd 1500x and gtx 1070, rx 580
I want to be able to add mods and overall have a smooth experience with the game using a steering wheel
im just aftraid that the laptop will struggle with it overheating or something like that
I was considering as laptop an Asus with a Ryzen 5, RTX 4050/16GB RAM/512GB
It should probably be fine. But you can always wait a bit and wait for reports from early access to be sure.
Can you cruise with your friends in free roam mode ?
I haven't seen any confirmation sadly, but would be surprised if this wasn't a thing.
Not to fussed about Evo as still loving ACC. Tracks are more interesting to me than roads to drive on.
That's fair. ACC will be the go-to GT sim for a while for a lot of people, which is fine I think. Until everything gets maybe ported over, who knows. 🤷♂️
Will it need minimum 16gb ram?
That seems to be the minimum specs, yes.
Je ne suis pas parfaitement bilingue et j'ai pas bien compris le moment ou vous parliez du lancement sur Xbox. Est-ce que le jeu sortira aussi sur Xbox le 16 janvier 2025?
No, early access is only on PC. Console releases will not be before the end of 2025, maybe later.
price prediction?
Total speculation on my part, but I'd guess 20-30€ for the first early access version and rising to maybe 40-50€ for the full release. Watch me be completely off though. 😅
Is the game going to be on PS5 and XBOX Se X ?
As I said in the video: Yes, eventually.
If this comes to psvr I will spend thousands of hours
imagine if they allow mp in free roam
I have to be honest, I would be disappointed if they didn't. 🤞
imagine if they dont...
good recap
I hope we keep the GT3 focus, but as far as I’ve seen the GT3 focus will remain in ACC, which sucks. But I’m excited about the open world.
There's some conflicting information at the moment. We'll have to wait until they clear this up.
Its not a gt3 sim. A good thing in my opinion, glad a full sim racer finally focus on road cars for once,
Ac evo will be an evolution to the hole racing game genre
Personally, one day I'd like to see Initial D car&track dlc pack 😅
But I now it won't happend soon
I wonder if you’re gonna be able to drive race cars on roads
I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to. No need to worry about if the car is road legal in a virtual world. 😅
How exactly do they plan on stopping us from making "licensed content" as mods? lol That's worrying because real world locations and tracks were the best mods followed closely by real world cars not in the game. That statement makes this a wait and see for me now, original AC is still a perfectly fine game with a deep catalog of mods.
The original AC is not going anywhere, so anyone on the fence can still wait. I can however understand their angle, we'll have to wait and see what their implementation will be.
how do i buy the car? a real micro transaction? So i need to pay real money?
No, you don't. Cars are bought with in-game currency, not exchangeable with real life money.
I'm hoping for a more serious Forza Horizon open world with things to do, because they gone full Fortnite Horizon experience 🙈 .
Hopefully it'll be playable with a controller 😬🎮 . Can't carry a steering wheel around with me. AC and ACC both already where quite nice with a controller so I have hope 😅 .
The new AI sounded a bit like drivatars from the ground up 😬
Am I going crazy or do I hear the Le Mans Ultimate menu music?
That's actually the ACC menu music. 😉
i wonder how much early access will cost
We should find out soon. Kunos said that in the beginning, when early access has the least features, it will also be the cheapest.
Anyone else tryed to use the QR codes i did and they work gave me info on the garage.
I am going to be one of those to benefit from the academy/licence tests, recently went from controller to g923 and it gave me a reality check 😂 made me realise I need an actual cockpit as the stiffness of the brake pedal and angle my foot sits at using a gaming desk & gaming chair is absolutely brutal 😂
Yeah, switching to a wheel can be challenging. I started on my desk as well, worked okay but was really annoying to always set-up and put away again. This is why I bought some wood and build myself a scrappy little rig. Not pretty, but it works like a charm. 😅
Cautiously optimistic about the ai..its really lets AC down
@6:29
Davide Brivio? As in the championship winning motogp team manager?
Nope, different guy, same name. 😂
Okay this all sounds awesome, but seriously? No visual damage when you crash??? Come on
Not what I said. There is damage, but not to the degree of parts flying off the car.
Simcade?
Thought the same, like wtf 😅. Have never been a simcade and will never be 🤦♂️
Could u define simcade? Iracing simcade? I've heard there are huge flaws in the physics, very unrealistic, so does it make iracing simcade? If there is a fleshed out economy, career mode and open world it would also be classified a simcade... Not? @@markusfredriksen771
No full simulator like acc and ac, just because it has an open world dosent mean it wont be a simulator. I domt get what people get that from
@andreasmoller9798 what makes them a full simulator though? U can race a cat around a race track in AC, and you can race gt cars with no TC for fastest lap times in acc, sounds rather arcade don't you think?
@@neilbezuidenhout9284you proably dont understand what the word simulator means,
It means it will have very realistic physics model, witch is the case for both ac1 and acc and ac evo as well,
Driving a cat as a mod in ac1 has nothing to,do,with the main physics.
PS5 pro/ps5? When
As I said, not until after release on PC, so probably earliest at the end of 2025.
They need Ai traffic on these open roads... then it will be fun.
It will be there. 👍
This is what happen when you dont let some guys in suit to tell you how to make your own game
True.
Buying your car with in-game money, racing it (on and off track), fixing it and racing it more sounds great. I hope they will make fixing expensive, like real life, so you are forced to actually look after the car and not ram T1 like morons.
I'd rather have a good and working safety rating for that, but I see what you mean.
VR mode?.
Will be there.
I think Gran tusimo does license as well.. are you serious? GT has had license test since GT1 back in 1998 stop acting like your doing something new.
I'm serious, I never played any GT game. And who is acting like they're doing something new? 😕