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@@TheBrotherKane spa is 100 km away from nurburgring. 1600km sq means its 40 km across each side, so at most you can go 20km away from nurburging. Spa is too far away for this
@@doubletrouble786 would be pretty amazing if they offered a DLC later on, giving you the option to drive from Nürburgring to Spa via one of the most commonly used routes :D
@@spec10 Would be dope, the road is really nice actually. But it's just over a 100km depending on which route you take. So I don't see that happening. Or maybe a fake shorter version with the best parts?
an open world on assetto style handling model is all i ever wanted and now that its supported straight from the devs i couldn't be happier. guess its time to start building a sim setup.
@@RetroGamingUnited I had a CSL DD, V3 pedals, handbrake, shifter, frame... Mostly for drifting, but sold it when I moved. TBH I don't have room for it in my new place, But AC Evo honestly sounds iike the game I've been dreaming about for the last two or three years. I honestly daydreamed about going to some big publisher and trying to sell them on the following idea for a game: a sim with crazily detailed cars, all with fully interactive interiors, all speccable from the dealership. The cars would be mostly available only as individual DLC. There'd also be real driving roads, like the Amalfi Coast and the Tranfaragasen(?), and they'd be mostly available only as DLC. I thought it'd be a license to print money and you could sell individual cars for insane amounts as DLC. I was thinking that given how much people pay for individual plane/tank/etc model DLC in sims like MS Flight Sim and other games(some devs regularly charge up to a hundred quid for really detailed fighter jet DLCs in their games) that any clever publisher would be able to charge stupid money for a fully ineractive Bugatti Chiron, or a GT3 RS, speccable from the factory, with interactive-everything in the cabin. But it turns out Kunos wanted to do the same idea, only better; ie. without ripping the customer off with individual car DLCs(at least I hope they won't), AND you can customise the cars with bodykits, which I'd never dreamed any sim would ever let us do. AC Evo seems too good to be true, but at the same time seems like it will actually deliver. I just hope drifting is there form day one - ie. there's at least one car that's built for going sideways in the early access.
The thought of being able to open world cruise with my friends, and drive on to the ring, all with AC dynamics and handling models sounds like an absolute dream... cant wait
About the scale of the map, here in France, a public organism is scanning the entire country with LiDARs mounted on planes. I saw a video about it a few days ago and immediately thought about how cool it could be to make a racing game with these (freely accessible) datas. And i think if one day, we have a game on that scale with real map, it could be also fun to have the weather live, if it's sunny IRL, it's sunny in game, if it's raining IRL, it's raining in game.
I´m honestly really hyped to have a Open World recreation of the Region I live in. While I can drive on these roads every day whenever I want, being able to just safely ignore the rules of the road and have stupid fun on roads I know like the back of my hand just sounds so great already.
@@africanpenguin3104 Give it enough time and you'll also get to that point. I can imagine then it would feel weird though if you ever end up driving on those roads irl since you would already know them via sim
I really like that they focussed on ths Ring area. For an open world car game that might be not the best choice but as they couldn't put in a city, showing the "Eiffel" region is really nice for us germans because frankly, there will never be a game again showing the Eiffel hahaha
Well, let's be honest, no one ever hung around in the cities and built-up areas in Test Drive games, you spawn in and get the f out to the good roads. And no one really ever brings out mods focused around the streets of an urban grid pattern, grip drivers just aren't into that as much. I think they've made a great choice focusing their time on roads drivers will be on, rather than the details and space-waste of more complex urban environments.
@@saltesc Kinda true, the cities are to look at, countryside is to drive at. But I do hope they do their home country Italy one day. As DLC or extra content. For example Amalfi Coast area. Driving around a Ferrari there in VR, I would never leave the house unless forced Also kinda fun that you can go to Google Maps and already see how the map will look like (street view). It has some incredible looking towns (for example place called Adenau, Müllenbach or Kelberg) that if done even mostly right, will make look Forza Horizon map look like a joke. There will be insane amount of roads and places to go. Adenau alone looks absolutely incredible
I made a comment on misha's evo video when the trailer dropped saying something to the tune of "imagine if we could go to vulcan alpha in the game and put aero on our cars" absolutely nuts that we're getting that. I'm so ready for sim-oriented test drive unlimited.
I'm just wondering how many roads have been integrated in that 1600km2. I hope it has single lane country roads as well. The amount of possible rally stages you'd be able to create would be insane! Imagine being able to create your own rally stages using the vast amount of roads. Rally really needs some love in AC EVO in my personal opinion.
@purwantiallan5089 who knows... Although, that doesn't really exist in the real world. Rally cars are technically road legal so seeing them on public roads is possible.
@@KTONGAMES with the open world element, people should be able to create their own stages/events, perhaps even with liaison sections inbetween the stages where you drive through traffic. The area is sooo vast so plenty of opportunities. I have plenty of more things in my head when it comes to rallying in that open world area. Will be making a video myself on my channel discussing that.
@@KTONGAMES In the ADAC coverage, dev from Kunos said that they have no plans for rally content. But it doesn't mean there won't be gravel roads, maybe? Just that there won't be pace notes and co-driver system. In this video at 4:58 the car is on gravel. And I assume that to get there, you have to drive gravel roads? Can anyone confirm who has been to the real track? However, I don't think open world will have rain. The rain physics sound very complex (true dry line, true water physics and puddles, true rain clouds that may rain only in certain parts of the track). Sounds like maybe impossible to put into open world. They probably don't want to have 2 different rains
I wasn't really sold until i learned the location. This is a really solid idea. RL locations, sim physics and using real life businesses as even simple shops and upgrade hubs. Its an awesome way to advertise and its cool to have that much more realism added. This is dope. I can get behind this. Makes me wish they would do this for the yokohama area in japan around tsukuba. Or the same for leguna seca in the US. Its such a solid idea.
Personally I want something from Italy. It doesn't have to be around a race track, although there are plenty in Italy. They will have circuits separately anyway
The best bit will be if it works well without mods, I've never pulled the trigger on finally buying an expensive simulator setup because of all the config time it takes to actually play (don't have that many hours after work with no responsibilities!)
This is somthing I feel like the car and game community has wanted for a long time. I feel that the game industry was more about making money than a good game for a while. I’m glad to see devs who actually hear what the people want
As a BeamNG addict with 1000+ hours in it, thank you for translating it into terms I can understand lol. In fact I originally thought it would be about the size of beams Italy map so that's HUGE compared to my expectations.
Ngl as a wangan midnight player. If they somehow covered and even connected all the track with / without the public road but as a literal huge track you can just explore. Like for example going from Wangan Line Eastbound → C1 Inner Loop → New Belt Line clockwise → Shibuya/Shinjuku Area → Wangan Line Westbound → Yokohane Line upward → Hakone Inbound → Hakone Outbound → Tomei Expressway → Yokohane Line → Minato Mirai Line That literally forms into a super huge track area covering yokohama, tokyo, and hakone for example. Would be super fun to drive cause it has everything :3
This is gonna be huge. Having an experience like this FINALLY ON CONSOLE?? This makes me beyond excited. What a year for gaming in general 2025 is about to be.
I think they intriduced the new, stricter approach to modding specifically with consoles in mind. The first AC barely made an impact on console because modding was impossible. This new AC has a much more streamlined, strictly monitored approach which should mean that the modding scene can be curated officially, so that consoles can just access Kunos's selection, AND the worries about illegal asset grabs disappear, and Sony and MS are much more bothered by that kind of thing than PC makers. Whether this new approah to modding is a good thing or not? That's still an open question - but it'll definitely make AC Evo more of a console-friendly sim.
Unfortunately the fact that the game will be available for consoles means the game gets hold back massively in terms of innovation. I won’t be too hyped about it yet.
imagine if they let us have mod parts that we can install and put in the game, so we can mod our cars freely and have even more fun, hope they telemetry uses a lot of things for aero and stuff, really want to have fun with motec and customization
Sounds like more of a Forza Horizon or The Crew...but instead of emphasizing the (ar)cade, its focus is more on the sim. I quickly bore of simcade games like those, so my hopes aren't too high. Hope to be surprised though.
@@AdamsOlympia To me it seems that focus is not "more on the sim" it's 100% sim. Kunos have said that this open world content will NOT compromise in any way their trademark physics realism, which is absolute priority 1 for them in any situation. They specifically said in ADAC interviews, that it would be pointless for them to make a simcade, since their whole company and reputation was built on hardcore realism. That is what they are known for People have just this weird connection in their minds, like open world would automatically shift physics towards simcade (I understand where this sentiment is coming from, but when you look at it closely, it actually isn't logical). The gameplay elements of course may be a little "gamey" like "deliver this pizza under 3 minutes to earn 5000 credits" to give some reasons to drive fast (= dangerously, which isn't very realistic or responsible goal in real life, you would quickly get in trouble with the police, which I don't believe are part of EVO) among traffic. But it doesn't mean the driving physics will be simcade. Any more than current AC1 is, when you load up LA Canyons or Pacific Coast
I was already pretty excited for the new game, but the reveal of the open world and the features we can expect in it is really exciting! I really hope it plays well on controller though, because as much as I`d like to buy a wheel, I really don`t have the space for it...
I've been luckily enough to have been given the opportunity to drive around that area when I lived in Germany. Assetto Corsa has peaked my interest to revisit it again.
1600 square kilometers - that is more than Berlin and Hamburg (2 biggest German cities) put together. Bigger than the city of London. That is a huge area, even if it is just the Eifel country side. Definitely going on my wishlist now.
I used to play TDU1 as a kid on my G25. I loved free-roaming with windows down, driving 50km away to my next race, with the radio and a coffee in my hand, clocking up the kilometers on my odometer Forza Horizon and all the new TDU games are pure arcade and did not cut it for me. 18 years later, it sounds like I am actually getting what I have wanted.
This seems like just the beginning for the open world aspect of AC Evo. I've always wanted a game that combines a vast car selection like GT, the customization of something like NFS and the open world simulation of flight simulator. And especially if Kunos can get even remotely close to a weather simulation system like MSFS has, then having variable weather across a map will become a reality. AC Evo is already the most exciting driving game in a long time, even above Solar Crown. I cannot wait to see what it looks like a few years down the line with the care and quality Kunos has already shown.
😂And to this day, I still can't believe my two favourite Nürb characters are racing together. I'm glad you've made your dreams came through. Happy Holidays and cheers🍻
I also wonder how all this affects the guys over at the Shutoko Revival Project? SRP was already pushing what AC was made for and could do. The open world mechanics and gameplay of AC Evo fit right into their mod.
I'm almost certain that some Japanese locations will be added to AC Evo eventually. They can't ignore how popular touges are for drifting on and I'm sure Japan will be added in some form or other. I'd imagine the autobahn will get added(or the Japanese equivalent) for some No Hesi fun. They seem very switched on to what's been most popular among AC modders so I think a lot of the most popular modded stuff will come to AC Evo in some form or other.
This is why I'm kind of leaning on the idea that cross-compatibility between AC Evo and AC for tracks won't be too far-fetched of an idea. It's just that a lot of community-made AC tracks are now suuuper outdated-looking, but I bet there'll still be a way to import the Shutoko Revival Project and such into AC Evo even if the track details and such aren't going to be as good as what had already been prepared by Kunos. Otherwise it's no longer a sandbox if we can't import tracks. I mean in AC on its own you saw a wide variety of shitty tracks and suuuper high quality tracks by the community, so I imagine it might be fine for AC Evo to have a variety of tracks as well: the super good laser-scanned tracks from Kunos, then the outdated but still higher-quality tracks we have gotten in AC from the community.
@@KusiPaavoit being real world also makes it easier. I use google maps height data with procedural generation tools to make semi accurate real world landscapes in 3d programs. They can use other tools to sculpt the landscape to make the data more accurate the vegetation is definitely all procedural with areas probably manually defined
@@tarettime9392 Yes. Google Street View has also extensive mapping about this area, a little sneak peek at what the game will look like. Lots of beautiful scenery and multiple towns inside that 1600 square kilometer area. I read that they use neural network to train the AI drivers, maybe AI also helps with generating the landscape
@@thetruth5232 Yeah, and considering how long this must have been developing for, they've probably got enough time to develop a process that's good enough for small-region scans that are very detailed. When comparing to MS FS, 1600km^2 is actually pretty achievable. If they don't also have some amazing procedural process to re-generate details (like ETS2), then they've probably had enough time to just put them in manually as the years have gone by.
Having started my apprenticeship at the ring this year is already crazy, however I always saw this area as "home" as well, since I come from the region west of it. Seeing them drop such a bomb of a project is nothing but mindblowing. I don't know how to put it in words, the possibility of literally burning up and down my daily commute, visiting my actual house in Adenau and just cruising around my area with friends from around the world in AC is just completely unreal, I am still trying to wrap my head around the whole situation. Jesus christ. 🙃
Not bad..... you could put 4 maps together, and it would be about the size of The Crew 2 ! ....but seriously... any new open world game sounds very interesting ! Thank you for the video ✌️😎 🎄
i am super happy for this game. but If I may be greedy for just a little bit. i want to see more open world maps than just the eifel region. i wanna see tail of the dragon, oi wharf, mount haruna, California highway 1, pikes peak, osaka nanko, FDR in new york, shutoko in tokyo, autobhan, transfagarasan highway and other prominent areas of the world that are car culture cathedrals. again this is just me being greedy, big props to kunos. i am going to goon so hard once this game comes out.
Now this is something that i have waited for a long time, i love open world racing games, however to have an open world racing game that i can only assume would have a more simulation feel than the typical arcade style will be awesome, keeping my eye on this one.
This is dangerous. I'm actually excited for a game and everything in the last 10 years I've been disappointed so I hope evo smashes it when it comes out and isn't hyped up trash like we have been getting for years in the gaming market
It looks really cool, but is the entire game focused on the Nurburgring and the surrounding area? Like it seems almost stupid to ask, but no other tracks?
One other sim that has a 16 km2 open world map is BeamNG with Italy lol. Tho you could argue it has uneven coast, so some parts of it are just water, so technically the usable area is probably a bit less Edit: ok it's actually 1600, wow
@@vix121 admittedly I have misinterpreted that number, 1600 is insane, that's 40x40 km, tbh I'm still kinda debating if it's too much of an absurd number but I guess we will see in the final game lol
All I want to see is a game that, while not necessarily complete, functions as users expect. My micro transaction sense is tingling from hearing about “numerous local businesses” “offering their services in game”, and particularly “not enough in game currency”. I can appreciate a fast track option for those who want limited access features but don’t have the time to actually acquire them through gameplay; however, when it actively limits any real gameplay that’s a problem.
I totally understand your concerns, but that's only true for large publishers that you may have been traumatized by (EA, Microsoft, etc). I've seen players voice similar grievances about AAA shooter games, RPGs, etc. But it's not the only option in an era when technology is lowering barriers to game development so precipitously. It is entirely possible to sell a game with an open world experience with no microtransactions or even DLCs. I'm coming at this from having played the original AC and BeamNG. BeamNG has its own open world game element in early development, and doesn't have anything like the budget that a studio controlled by a big publisher would have, but for 10 years BeamNG has never sold DLC or in-game transactions. In the open world, you free roam, do missions, earn credits, and buy the cars and parts you want. The entire time, BeamNG's model has been "we'll keep developing the game for free for all owners, as long as people keep buying the game." One purchase ever, period. (caveat being that BeamNG was initially created as an obsessively detailed soft body physics simulator, not an open world game.) Like Beam, Kunos is similarly not a huge studio or publisher, but Kunos has previously used paid DLC marketing strategies. I think there's room to hope that AC Evo won't be nickel-and-dimed to death like a AAA studio game, but I think it's unlikely it'll be as pure as BeamNG is in pricing strategies. I've only played small to mid sized indie games for the past decade as part of my silent boycott of AAA business practices. I enjoy greater flexibility, dev responsiveness, loyal and active communities, supported modding, and no predatory pricing strats. YOu can too, if you find a small/mid indie game that suits your interests. :D
This is so cool. Me and one of my friends always talked about building a map manually of the small EKY town we grew up in centered around the lake road we used to hot lap around. Always seemed like too much of a burden but I might see if I can pull it off now.
Yes!!!🎉🎉 I actually hope that the menu system is inbedded in the open world, so lets say you wanna do online racing, you actually gotta drive your car to that building in the open world, another place for customization, another olace for garage and so on. If its done correctly, its gonna be amazing!
1600 square kms Jimmer is 40 kms long by 40 kms wide or possibly 20 kms wide by 80 kms long. I read that equals the largest area in a previous game. Still awesome to be able to drive to the track, maybe make a tire change or something and do a track day with your friends then drive home (so long as you live in the area. What would be additionally awesome is if modders can expand that area.
I wonder what the lobby maximum size will be. With this much open road, this would be AMAZING with a huge server. A genuine CARPG. Color me excited!!! Also, could you imagine police/hunt style chases on this map with proper physics?
love seeing the homies all hyped up and this is actually a super cool concept I hope we don't overhype this and it's actually gonna be surprisingly sick!
Real-world locations built 1:1 in driving - or any - games are my absolute jam. The TDU series came so close to delivering something great like that but fell short every time, especially because of the GaaS stuff. With this open world engine I wonder if it'll be possible to port those maps into evo and enjoy them properly? I wonder how long it'll be before we can get the whole world replicated to a level of detail that would allow us to drive through it?
This is the first I have seen for a new Assetto Corsa - I hope it has controller support like ACC, been wanting to play AC but it was a headache to try get it working (I dont have a wheel and dont plan to). An AC with traffic, open world? - ACC controller support and stuff, would be so good.
This is going to be awesome. I'm taking a vacation to Germany in the next couple years. Coming all the way from the states just to drive 2 or 3 laps around the ring, and explore the area.
Y'know what insignificant feature would actually get me hyped for this game? If the performance shop missions also include "go race in our Shop Car and we'll upgrade it as we go". I always loved the shop cars in Gran Turismo, so seeing those kinds of builds evolve in-game would be super cool to me.
I would love for this to spark a new form of racing games where we get the track and the real life area around it, buisnesses and all. Would love to see a game do something like this but with tracks that aren't as prominant or even ditch the tracks entirely and do something like The Baja 1000 and have an open world are in Baja California, Mexico that is just real things and places to go to before or during the race(could also include the traps as well)
Woop! The open-world mix gives Evo a helluva USP. As with FlightSim, a structure around which to motivate driving could make a huge difference. All looks great.
Now THIS is the news the entire racing community needed. It's so nice to be excited for a good racing game again!
Let’s hope it delivers. Kunos hasn’t disappointed, yet….
*Summer though 😣
We have good racing games. I'm happy we have a new driving game! Sometimes I want to experience cars without it being a competition
Yes finally I can be the door dasher I've onlyy dreamed of being next gen PC master race fancy sign Sim coming JAN PREORDER NOW $99.99 WITH $20 DLC Q1 AND 18.99 SUBSCRIPTION for all the cool liverys what a deal!😂
Jk I had high hopes for this until very recently 😂🎉😂🎉
P.S. Megi and I LOLd when you mentioned you have the IRL Tiramisu Time Trial record. Facts!
Would Spa also fall into the 1600sq km open world?
@@TheBrotherKanejust a guess, but I doubt it's accessible via the open world. Likely just selectable as a track.
@@TheBrotherKane spa is 100 km away from nurburgring. 1600km sq means its 40 km across each side, so at most you can go 20km away from nurburging. Spa is too far away for this
@@doubletrouble786 would be pretty amazing if they offered a DLC later on, giving you the option to drive from Nürburgring to Spa via one of the most commonly used routes :D
@@spec10 Would be dope, the road is really nice actually. But it's just over a 100km depending on which route you take. So I don't see that happening. Or maybe a fake shorter version with the best parts?
an open world on assetto style handling model is all i ever wanted and now that its supported straight from the devs i couldn't be happier. guess its time to start building a sim setup.
Same 😂
I SOLD my £3000 Fana sim rig.a month ago. I want to scream.
@@thesprawl2361 bro i been sat hsre reminiscing about my old fnatec porsche GT2 wheel /w clubsport pedals. I want it back 😭
@@RetroGamingUnited I had a CSL DD, V3 pedals, handbrake, shifter, frame...
Mostly for drifting, but sold it when I moved. TBH I don't have room for it in my new place,
But AC Evo honestly sounds iike the game I've been dreaming about for the last two or three years.
I honestly daydreamed about going to some big publisher and trying to sell them on the following idea for a game: a sim with crazily detailed cars, all with fully interactive interiors, all speccable from the dealership. The cars would be mostly available only as individual DLC. There'd also be real driving roads, like the Amalfi Coast and the Tranfaragasen(?), and they'd be mostly available only as DLC.
I thought it'd be a license to print money and you could sell individual cars for insane amounts as DLC. I was thinking that given how much people pay for individual plane/tank/etc model DLC in sims like MS Flight Sim and other games(some devs regularly charge up to a hundred quid for really detailed fighter jet DLCs in their games) that any clever publisher would be able to charge stupid money for a fully ineractive Bugatti Chiron, or a GT3 RS, speccable from the factory, with interactive-everything in the cabin.
But it turns out Kunos wanted to do the same idea, only better; ie. without ripping the customer off with individual car DLCs(at least I hope they won't), AND you can customise the cars with bodykits, which I'd never dreamed any sim would ever let us do.
AC Evo seems too good to be true, but at the same time seems like it will actually deliver. I just hope drifting is there form day one - ie. there's at least one car that's built for going sideways in the early access.
I sell mine if y want a have a lot wheels and pedals i dont use anymore
Great analysis bro🔥
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abruzzi glove upgrades at alpha vulcan summer 2025?
@mgcharoudin Facts!! Great vid Jimmy and thanks to you both!!
you think its possible kunos collabs with other car content creator/ drivers from the US or just icon in the community
The thought of being able to open world cruise with my friends, and drive on to the ring, all with AC dynamics and handling models sounds like an absolute dream... cant wait
AC EVO planned to add at least 50+ new features exclusively for AC EVO.
@ thats awesome. So much to be excited for 🙌🏻
It really does sound like THAT dream car game!
I swear!! And also if the surrounding map will have nice traffic and you can pull some skids with the lads and just chill around!
Now we can hotbox the ring safely ❤
About the scale of the map, here in France, a public organism is scanning the entire country with LiDARs mounted on planes. I saw a video about it a few days ago and immediately thought about how cool it could be to make a racing game with these (freely accessible) datas. And i think if one day, we have a game on that scale with real map, it could be also fun to have the weather live, if it's sunny IRL, it's sunny in game, if it's raining IRL, it's raining in game.
unfortunately what ever fun stuff we get from this tech is probably gonna be out weighed by the more sinister applications of this informational power
Weather would be easy. Flight Sims do it by downloading a METAR from airports (weather infos within a small text file).
I would just never go outside again lol
@@Lynkkdynamic weather?
@awakeandwatching953 it's more common than you think, countries do aerial lidar scans (even in my developing third world country)
Sounds like Nurburgring based TDU for sim nerds and I am all the way here for it.
Nothing has ever scratched that TDU itch post xbox 360, no matter how many $$$ thrown at my sRIG. I'm exited
I so hope it's gonna be the TDU we needed... I wouldn't mind buying some houses too, tbh :D
Let's hope isn't a flop like last tdu 10y or more of waiting for that pain we cannot stand no more
Dear TDU,
You snooze, you lose. :P
Sincerely,
Your biggest fans
I´m honestly really hyped to have a Open World recreation of the Region I live in. While I can drive on these roads every day whenever I want, being able to just safely ignore the rules of the road and have stupid fun on roads I know like the back of my hand just sounds so great already.
I’m jealous that you are just gonna know exactly where you are going lol
@@africanpenguin3104 Im to but in the same time it would be weird
@@africanpenguin3104 Give it enough time and you'll also get to that point. I can imagine then it would feel weird though if you ever end up driving on those roads irl since you would already know them via sim
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Lucky bas***d ahahahhaahhaahhahhaha enjoy mate, you are living the dream.
HOLY CRAP, ITS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!
And hopefully in a massive way.
Massive?
@@Sputif 500 Go massive xD
you know what else is massive ?
@@guccibuckethatbrrr bruh
I really like that they focussed on ths Ring area. For an open world car game that might be not the best choice but as they couldn't put in a city, showing the "Eiffel" region is really nice for us germans because frankly, there will never be a game again showing the Eiffel hahaha
Also, Eifel roads are great for spirited driving!
Well, let's be honest, no one ever hung around in the cities and built-up areas in Test Drive games, you spawn in and get the f out to the good roads. And no one really ever brings out mods focused around the streets of an urban grid pattern, grip drivers just aren't into that as much. I think they've made a great choice focusing their time on roads drivers will be on, rather than the details and space-waste of more complex urban environments.
@@saltesc Kinda true, the cities are to look at, countryside is to drive at. But I do hope they do their home country Italy one day. As DLC or extra content. For example Amalfi Coast area. Driving around a Ferrari there in VR, I would never leave the house unless forced
Also kinda fun that you can go to Google Maps and already see how the map will look like (street view). It has some incredible looking towns (for example place called Adenau, Müllenbach or Kelberg) that if done even mostly right, will make look Forza Horizon map look like a joke. There will be insane amount of roads and places to go. Adenau alone looks absolutely incredible
Gran Turismo 6's Track editor featured the Eiffel region to make your own tracks
Eifel wird mit einem f geschrieben, Eiffel ist der Typ der den Eiffelturm gebaut hat
omg this is HUGE, can't wait
Will there be a TH-cam office in the AC Evo map?
Ayooo official TH-cam!?
Can we get less adds thx
Wait a minute...
WHO ARE YOU?
WTF, official TH-cam account commenting?
I made a comment on misha's evo video when the trailer dropped saying something to the tune of "imagine if we could go to vulcan alpha in the game and put aero on our cars"
absolutely nuts that we're getting that. I'm so ready for sim-oriented test drive unlimited.
Sim Oriented Test Drive Unlimited might be the best description of this
I'm just wondering how many roads have been integrated in that 1600km2. I hope it has single lane country roads as well. The amount of possible rally stages you'd be able to create would be insane! Imagine being able to create your own rally stages using the vast amount of roads. Rally really needs some love in AC EVO in my personal opinion.
I hope LMP cars also added in AC EVO OPEN WORLD gameplay.
@purwantiallan5089 who knows... Although, that doesn't really exist in the real world. Rally cars are technically road legal so seeing them on public roads is possible.
Yes, rally is one of the big motorsports left out of ac 1. Would be cool to have a stage or two at the minimum
@@KTONGAMES with the open world element, people should be able to create their own stages/events, perhaps even with liaison sections inbetween the stages where you drive through traffic. The area is sooo vast so plenty of opportunities. I have plenty of more things in my head when it comes to rallying in that open world area. Will be making a video myself on my channel discussing that.
@@KTONGAMES In the ADAC coverage, dev from Kunos said that they have no plans for rally content. But it doesn't mean there won't be gravel roads, maybe? Just that there won't be pace notes and co-driver system. In this video at 4:58 the car is on gravel. And I assume that to get there, you have to drive gravel roads? Can anyone confirm who has been to the real track?
However, I don't think open world will have rain. The rain physics sound very complex (true dry line, true water physics and puddles, true rain clouds that may rain only in certain parts of the track). Sounds like maybe impossible to put into open world. They probably don't want to have 2 different rains
I wasn't really sold until i learned the location.
This is a really solid idea. RL locations, sim physics and using real life businesses as even simple shops and upgrade hubs. Its an awesome way to advertise and its cool to have that much more realism added.
This is dope. I can get behind this.
Makes me wish they would do this for the yokohama area in japan around tsukuba.
Or the same for leguna seca in the US.
Its such a solid idea.
Personally I want something from Italy. It doesn't have to be around a race track, although there are plenty in Italy. They will have circuits separately anyway
this game is gonna be the biggest racing game in modern racing games. cant wait
The thing is I want to see it succeed without mods at first
The best bit will be if it works well without mods, I've never pulled the trigger on finally buying an expensive simulator setup because of all the config time it takes to actually play (don't have that many hours after work with no responsibilities!)
@@R03333buying a rig is the best thing I’ve done
@@deanwannell6613why without mods btw?
@@purwantiallan5089consoles don’t get mods
This is somthing I feel like the car and game community has wanted for a long time. I feel that the game industry was more about making money than a good game for a while. I’m glad to see devs who actually hear what the people want
To compare, BeamNG's biggest vanilla map is Italy, which is 4km x 4km, so 16km^2. 1600km^2 means this is 10 times bigger, in both directions
and I'm still not bored of the Italy map
It is 40km x 40km
@@HarrySinanianYes, that is what "10 times bigger, in both directions" means. :)
As a BeamNG addict with 1000+ hours in it, thank you for translating it into terms I can understand lol. In fact I originally thought it would be about the size of beams Italy map so that's HUGE compared to my expectations.
@@HarrySinanian nope. One side of that square is 40km which equals 24.855miles. That makes it 24.885x24.885 = 619.26sqm
them servers be on fire already just thinking about this
Just see it as a digital traffic jam for ultimate realism
Love it, can't wait to just cruise the C1 loop with actual traffic. Fingers crossed.
Well, an actual new Tokyo Xtreme Racer game is coming out next year, so you’ll be covered anyway.
Thats already possible in current asseto corsa... Just Google Shutoko revival project they have server with traffic also you can setup your own.
I hope we can do it!
can't wait for the SRP to set its sights on this.
Ngl as a wangan midnight player.
If they somehow covered and even connected all the track with / without the public road but as a literal huge track you can just explore.
Like for example going from
Wangan Line Eastbound → C1 Inner Loop → New Belt Line clockwise → Shibuya/Shinjuku Area → Wangan Line Westbound → Yokohane Line upward → Hakone Inbound → Hakone Outbound → Tomei Expressway → Yokohane Line → Minato Mirai Line
That literally forms into a super huge track area covering yokohama, tokyo, and hakone for example.
Would be super fun to drive cause it has everything :3
Euro Asseto Corsa Simulator 🤩
The car sounds in AC EVO also is the main highlight.
This is gonna be huge. Having an experience like this FINALLY ON CONSOLE?? This makes me beyond excited. What a year for gaming in general 2025 is about to be.
Idk when it’s gonna come out on console tho, ACC came out late so idk about ACE
Agreed. But ACE will not come to console in 2025..
@@africanpenguin3104 yeah I forgot about all that lol
Bet the pc is still gonna be where it’s at though. 1600 sqkm? Sure thing, but it’s gonna either be potato or slideshow.
I think they intriduced the new, stricter approach to modding specifically with consoles in mind. The first AC barely made an impact on console because modding was impossible.
This new AC has a much more streamlined, strictly monitored approach which should mean that the modding scene can be curated officially, so that consoles can just access Kunos's selection, AND the worries about illegal asset grabs disappear, and Sony and MS are much more bothered by that kind of thing than PC makers.
Whether this new approah to modding is a good thing or not? That's still an open question - but it'll definitely make AC Evo more of a console-friendly sim.
OMG it's potentially everything I hoped for in a follow-up to Assetto Corsa!
online car meets at the ring are gonna be insane!!!!!
When is it coming to the game systems I hope it comes before the summer I'm not getting a PC just for this game lol
Unfortunately the fact that the game will be available for consoles means the game gets hold back massively in terms of innovation. I won’t be too hyped about it yet.
You and Assetto Corsa bought me into sim racing. and now you and Assetto Corsa are going to bring me back into sim racing.
11:06 cursed image potential
finally a crossover between NFS mucking about, modding cars in an open world with proper physics. Super super excited for this!
Me too. Hopefully it will be a fantastic game like NFS UNDERGROUND 2.
imagine if they let us have mod parts that we can install and put in the game, so we can mod our cars freely and have even more fun, hope they telemetry uses a lot of things for aero and stuff, really want to have fun with motec and customization
Sounds like more of a Forza Horizon or The Crew...but instead of emphasizing the (ar)cade, its focus is more on the sim. I quickly bore of simcade games like those, so my hopes aren't too high. Hope to be surprised though.
@@AdamsOlympia To me it seems that focus is not "more on the sim" it's 100% sim. Kunos have said that this open world content will NOT compromise in any way their trademark physics realism, which is absolute priority 1 for them in any situation. They specifically said in ADAC interviews, that it would be pointless for them to make a simcade, since their whole company and reputation was built on hardcore realism. That is what they are known for
People have just this weird connection in their minds, like open world would automatically shift physics towards simcade (I understand where this sentiment is coming from, but when you look at it closely, it actually isn't logical). The gameplay elements of course may be a little "gamey" like "deliver this pizza under 3 minutes to earn 5000 credits" to give some reasons to drive fast (= dangerously, which isn't very realistic or responsible goal in real life, you would quickly get in trouble with the police, which I don't believe are part of EVO) among traffic. But it doesn't mean the driving physics will be simcade. Any more than current AC1 is, when you load up LA Canyons or Pacific Coast
I was already pretty excited for the new game, but the reveal of the open world and the features we can expect in it is really exciting! I really hope it plays well on controller though, because as much as I`d like to buy a wheel, I really don`t have the space for it...
When they showed the garage to mod your car it says "Press A to open menu". Im sure this game will fully support controller players.
Can't wait. Just the surounding area a few kms around the ring would be amazing. Very excited for what's to come.
This gets my blood running. Absolute bomb of an announcement! I can not wait. EVO HERE WE COME!
I've been luckily enough to have been given the opportunity to drive around that area when I lived in Germany. Assetto Corsa has peaked my interest to revisit it again.
1600 square kilometers - that is more than Berlin and Hamburg (2 biggest German cities) put together. Bigger than the city of London. That is a huge area, even if it is just the Eifel country side. Definitely going on my wishlist now.
It's huge indeed. Forza Horizon 5 has only 108 square kilometers. But, when compared to London this will have a lot of undriveable forests and hills
I used to play TDU1 as a kid on my G25. I loved free-roaming with windows down, driving 50km away to my next race, with the radio and a coffee in my hand, clocking up the kilometers on my odometer Forza Horizon and all the new TDU games are pure arcade and did not cut it for me. 18 years later, it sounds like I am actually getting what I have wanted.
Misha freeze frames were hilarious!
Hell yeah, I've honestly spent so much time just driving and vibing on open world maps in ac
I'm so hyped for this videogame! Sim racing has been needing a brand new title, and I'm so glad it's being made by the one-and-only Kunos Simulizione!
This seems like just the beginning for the open world aspect of AC Evo. I've always wanted a game that combines a vast car selection like GT, the customization of something like NFS and the open world simulation of flight simulator. And especially if Kunos can get even remotely close to a weather simulation system like MSFS has, then having variable weather across a map will become a reality. AC Evo is already the most exciting driving game in a long time, even above Solar Crown. I cannot wait to see what it looks like a few years down the line with the care and quality Kunos has already shown.
Jimmy, I do care about your cool downstairs, looks like you have a comfortable place to live, good on you...
😂And to this day, I still can't believe my two favourite Nürb characters are racing together. I'm glad you've made your dreams came through. Happy Holidays and cheers🍻
Another Bajan sim racer!?
0:44 a huge SKID through this corner in a 812 Competizione... I cannot wait man!
Man, finally our dream since Test Drive on the AMIGA 500 could come true! Amazing news, thank you!
Now the wish is that the open world isn't tied to online servers. The potential for mods is insane if they don't block mod cars.
4:12 I absolutely love the Charlie Uniform November Tango sticker on the back of the roadsign 😁
For the first time in years we finally have a chance to get a game-changing product in simracing. All fingers crossed for this!
What i’ve been waiting horizon to do, Corsa is finally bringing to us ❤
I also wonder how all this affects the guys over at the Shutoko Revival Project? SRP was already pushing what AC was made for and could do. The open world mechanics and gameplay of AC Evo fit right into their mod.
they import all of hokkaido into ac evo
I'm almost certain that some Japanese locations will be added to AC Evo eventually. They can't ignore how popular touges are for drifting on and I'm sure Japan will be added in some form or other. I'd imagine the autobahn will get added(or the Japanese equivalent) for some No Hesi fun.
They seem very switched on to what's been most popular among AC modders so I think a lot of the most popular modded stuff will come to AC Evo in some form or other.
This is why I'm kind of leaning on the idea that cross-compatibility between AC Evo and AC for tracks won't be too far-fetched of an idea. It's just that a lot of community-made AC tracks are now suuuper outdated-looking, but I bet there'll still be a way to import the Shutoko Revival Project and such into AC Evo even if the track details and such aren't going to be as good as what had already been prepared by Kunos. Otherwise it's no longer a sandbox if we can't import tracks.
I mean in AC on its own you saw a wide variety of shitty tracks and suuuper high quality tracks by the community, so I imagine it might be fine for AC Evo to have a variety of tracks as well: the super good laser-scanned tracks from Kunos, then the outdated but still higher-quality tracks we have gotten in AC from the community.
i cant believe 1600km2 is actually real and not some ass pull, thats bigger than any goddamn Arma 3 map im aware of
@@KusiPaavoit being real world also makes it easier. I use google maps height data with procedural generation tools to make semi accurate real world landscapes in 3d programs. They can use other tools to sculpt the landscape to make the data more accurate the vegetation is definitely all procedural with areas probably manually defined
@@tarettime9392 Yes. Google Street View has also extensive mapping about this area, a little sneak peek at what the game will look like. Lots of beautiful scenery and multiple towns inside that 1600 square kilometer area. I read that they use neural network to train the AI drivers, maybe AI also helps with generating the landscape
@@KusiPaavo Probably some kind of mechanism similar to whatever MS Flight simulator uses.
@@thetruth5232 Yeah, and considering how long this must have been developing for, they've probably got enough time to develop a process that's good enough for small-region scans that are very detailed. When comparing to MS FS, 1600km^2 is actually pretty achievable.
If they don't also have some amazing procedural process to re-generate details (like ETS2), then they've probably had enough time to just put them in manually as the years have gone by.
And keep in mind the game has to run on console as well (unfortunately) so I fear that the game gets hold back massively
The idea of being able to customize your own open world car to a spec that is specific to only you, is a cool idea to me at least.
Having started my apprenticeship at the ring this year is already crazy, however I always saw this area as "home" as well, since I come from the region west of it. Seeing them drop such a bomb of a project is nothing but mindblowing. I don't know how to put it in words, the possibility of literally burning up and down my daily commute, visiting my actual house in Adenau and just cruising around my area with friends from around the world in AC is just completely unreal, I am still trying to wrap my head around the whole situation. Jesus christ. 🙃
8:21 Same here, jimmy, same here
I have not been this excited for a racing game/sim in a LONG time.. So pumped for AC EVO!!
I wish I could give this video more than one like! I am so damn excited about this reveal!
Damnn they need to do the Tokyo Highway, imagine going there and being able to rent JDM cars from those little car shops on japan
I assume there will be parts of the Autobahn available too 🤔🤷♂️
Would make sense but imagine police is in this game too
Not bad..... you could put 4 maps together, and it would be about the size of The Crew 2 !
....but seriously... any new open world game sounds very interesting !
Thank you for the video ✌️😎 🎄
This beats The Crew in every way possible
i am super happy for this game. but If I may be greedy for just a little bit. i want to see more open world maps than just the eifel region. i wanna see tail of the dragon, oi wharf, mount haruna, California highway 1, pikes peak, osaka nanko, FDR in new york, shutoko in tokyo, autobhan, transfagarasan highway and other prominent areas of the world that are car culture cathedrals.
again this is just me being greedy, big props to kunos. i am going to goon so hard once this game comes out.
Can‘t believe I get to say my home region is in a video game now, this is awesome
Forza Horizon is going to have to step it up times 10 to compete.
More like 10 times 100
Now this is something that i have waited for a long time, i love open world racing games, however to have an open world racing game that i can only assume would have a more simulation feel than the typical arcade style will be awesome, keeping my eye on this one.
1:13 a wild Micha has been spotted
This is dangerous. I'm actually excited for a game and everything in the last 10 years I've been disappointed so I hope evo smashes it when it comes out and isn't hyped up trash like we have been getting for years in the gaming market
It looks really cool, but is the entire game focused on the Nurburgring and the surrounding area? Like it seems almost stupid to ask, but no other tracks?
there obviously will be other tracks. Kudos is italian. A game without Monza is a sin for italian devs
Nordscleife, Bathurst, Fugi, Imola, Brands Hatch will be there at the Early accses in 16th of january
did you not watch the trailer for the game??
they announced the numbers of cars and tracks for the early access in an interview. 20 cars, 5 tracks in early access
this is awesome! I hope over time they add more of these phenomenal open world maps from around the world!
I just built my first ever PC after years of being console strapped (and living vicariously through Jimmy) just for AC Evo!! Can't wait🔥🔥
One other sim that has a 16 km2 open world map is BeamNG with Italy lol. Tho you could argue it has uneven coast, so some parts of it are just water, so technically the usable area is probably a bit less
Edit: ok it's actually 1600, wow
16 km2 vs EVO's 1600 km2 map...big difference bro
@@vix121 admittedly I have misinterpreted that number, 1600 is insane, that's 40x40 km, tbh I'm still kinda debating if it's too much of an absurd number but I guess we will see in the final game lol
With dynamic weather such as snow and rain as well as snowy roads will truly make it a game changer challenging forza tbh
All I want to see is a game that, while not necessarily complete, functions as users expect. My micro transaction sense is tingling from hearing about “numerous local businesses” “offering their services in game”, and particularly “not enough in game currency”. I can appreciate a fast track option for those who want limited access features but don’t have the time to actually acquire them through gameplay; however, when it actively limits any real gameplay that’s a problem.
they went out of their way to state in the very first interview they did that AC EVO "Will have absolutely NO MICROTRANSACTIONS"
I totally understand your concerns, but that's only true for large publishers that you may have been traumatized by (EA, Microsoft, etc). I've seen players voice similar grievances about AAA shooter games, RPGs, etc. But it's not the only option in an era when technology is lowering barriers to game development so precipitously.
It is entirely possible to sell a game with an open world experience with no microtransactions or even DLCs.
I'm coming at this from having played the original AC and BeamNG. BeamNG has its own open world game element in early development, and doesn't have anything like the budget that a studio controlled by a big publisher would have, but for 10 years BeamNG has never sold DLC or in-game transactions. In the open world, you free roam, do missions, earn credits, and buy the cars and parts you want. The entire time, BeamNG's model has been "we'll keep developing the game for free for all owners, as long as people keep buying the game." One purchase ever, period. (caveat being that BeamNG was initially created as an obsessively detailed soft body physics simulator, not an open world game.)
Like Beam, Kunos is similarly not a huge studio or publisher, but Kunos has previously used paid DLC marketing strategies. I think there's room to hope that AC Evo won't be nickel-and-dimed to death like a AAA studio game, but I think it's unlikely it'll be as pure as BeamNG is in pricing strategies.
I've only played small to mid sized indie games for the past decade as part of my silent boycott of AAA business practices. I enjoy greater flexibility, dev responsiveness, loyal and active communities, supported modding, and no predatory pricing strats. YOu can too, if you find a small/mid indie game that suits your interests. :D
I hope it functions in a pseudo granturismo 3 / underground 2 way, win money to spend on mods / cars .
@@thomasisready that will last until they need cash flow.
@@Larken42 whatever you say
Just picked up acc last night with my T300RS and its so fun, the audio design is top of the line.
Hello world
This is so cool. Me and one of my friends always talked about building a map manually of the small EKY town we grew up in centered around the lake road we used to hot lap around. Always seemed like too much of a burden but I might see if I can pull it off now.
I can already hear the screams of "Nooooooo simracing is supposed to be a joyless and sterile experience and they're making it into a gaaaaaaame"
Building a Sim rig this holiday season! Couldn’t be more hyped for this game!!
Yes!!!🎉🎉
I actually hope that the menu system is inbedded in the open world, so lets say you wanna do online racing, you actually gotta drive your car to that building in the open world, another place for customization, another olace for garage and so on. If its done correctly, its gonna be amazing!
i am so unbelievably hyped for evo... i wasn't this excited about a game for a long time now
9:30 What a great way of putting it, youre 100% correct Jimmmer
My sim rig has been sitting idle for months, but I'll bring it out again for Evo 100%
1600 square kms Jimmer is 40 kms long by 40 kms wide or possibly 20 kms wide by 80 kms long. I read that equals the largest area in a previous game. Still awesome to be able to drive to the track, maybe make a tire change or something and do a track day with your friends then drive home (so long as you live in the area.
What would be additionally awesome is if modders can expand that area.
I wonder what the lobby maximum size will be. With this much open road, this would be AMAZING with a huge server. A genuine CARPG. Color me excited!!! Also, could you imagine police/hunt style chases on this map with proper physics?
Finally something to ease the withdrawals between ring trips. Never been so excited for a game. Potential to be perfect!
I feel like this was the perfect time to get my first wheel. Pumped for this.
Thanks for the Gran Turismo 2 Home music in the background, memories
love seeing the homies all hyped up and this is actually a super cool concept I hope we don't overhype this and it's actually gonna be surprisingly sick!
Real-world locations built 1:1 in driving - or any - games are my absolute jam. The TDU series came so close to delivering something great like that but fell short every time, especially because of the GaaS stuff. With this open world engine I wonder if it'll be possible to port those maps into evo and enjoy them properly?
I wonder how long it'll be before we can get the whole world replicated to a level of detail that would allow us to drive through it?
I just seen Mischa's vid on Facebook of all things randomly right before this lol
This is the first I have seen for a new Assetto Corsa - I hope it has controller support like ACC, been wanting to play AC but it was a headache to try get it working (I dont have a wheel and dont plan to). An AC with traffic, open world? - ACC controller support and stuff, would be so good.
This has just revolutionised the racing sim market wow
2:05 "Oh God" - James May
This is going to be awesome. I'm taking a vacation to Germany in the next couple years. Coming all the way from the states just to drive 2 or 3 laps around the ring, and explore the area.
Damn i cant really belive that a game i dreamed about since a kid is going to finally happen extreamly excited
man this is insane! Super hyped to AC Evo
I could stop watching after the first "pause" and be happy knowing this will fucking rock! :)
Dit Kunos also team up with Giants software. Those bales in 2nd frame look ready to be harvested and sold.
Sounds awesome. So we're looking at 22.5 km radius around Nurburg then !!! WOW that looks awesome !!!!
Y'know what insignificant feature would actually get me hyped for this game? If the performance shop missions also include "go race in our Shop Car and we'll upgrade it as we go". I always loved the shop cars in Gran Turismo, so seeing those kinds of builds evolve in-game would be super cool to me.
Just last year i got my first sim set up and have since upgraded to a full simagic ecosystem. I can not wait for this game
I would love for this to spark a new form of racing games where we get the track and the real life area around it, buisnesses and all. Would love to see a game do something like this but with tracks that aren't as prominant or even ditch the tracks entirely and do something like The Baja 1000 and have an open world are in Baja California, Mexico that is just real things and places to go to before or during the race(could also include the traps as well)
omg and it's VR i have been waiting for something like this. the only other thing on my list is to be able to walk or noclip preferably walk or both.
This is shaping up to be the ultimate driving game for car and driving enthusiasts.
So excited for it.
I haven’t looked forward to a game since the btcc game was announced and then dropped😢 I CANT WAIT FOR THIS !!
I can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a game
Woop! The open-world mix gives Evo a helluva USP. As with FlightSim, a structure around which to motivate driving could make a huge difference. All looks great.