i ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up my game and i don't know how to fix it.... desperate for help!

[Destiny]

Uhm.. so i barely have any space on my pc so i moved some files to my SSD. i moved all my documents there which is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid but i didn't realize untill i noticed my assetto corsa started acting up.. It took me a long time to realize and even redownloaded Assetto. It didn't work and i realized it is because of the documents that i moved. I tried moving assetto corsa back to the disc it used to be on but the game still acted up ( only getting to use 1 track and 1 car lotus elise no matter what track or car i selected) i verified my assetto corsa files and it also didn't work.. so i now deleted all the assetto files that i could find and i am now downloading it again.. i hope it works but what if it doesn't??? i regret everything and i hope someone can help :(

[ling.speed]

1) Cool your head
2) make sure you have a backup of the assetto folder that was in documents
3) restoring the documents folder you moved might be tricky... i'd restart the PC, move the CONTENTS of documetns folder you moved to the one created by windows automatically upon restart, (if there is none, forget AC for a moment and google this specific problem)

4) you can try moving the saved AC folder back to now working documents folder.
5) If it does not work correctly, remove the AC documents folder and let the game re-create it.
6) Run Ac, it will most likely be wiped of progress/settings, then you can try mearging the new AC folder with the old one to gain some stuff back.

Anyways, always remember to do backups when doing things like that. Doublecheck any decision and if things start going bad stop and start writing whats happening step by step into a text file so you or anyone that will end up helping you have easy time reversing the damage.

[Destiny]

so basically i moved the ENTIRE document map that was made by windows automatically. Assetto Corsa doesnt make a new folder in that documents map anymore. I moved the entire folder back and deleted and downloaded assetto corsa again and it still doesnt work.. im just really stressed about it since i don't really know how to fix this and i don't know if anyone does know how to haha
But my main issue is
1. its stuck on the lotus car which i can't change
2. Its stuck on a specific track which i can't change

[Sassanid]

Looks like you messed something up by moving the documents folder in the beginning, as that folder holds all the custom settings etc. My advice would be to uninstall everything, AC, CM, make sure the default AC directory is gone after the uninstall too, leave nothing behind, including the documents folder as well.

Then re-install AC from scratch but not to the default steam location, instead either install it to a different drive, or a different directory, like C:\Assetto corsa.

Then run the game vanilla without adding any mods or CM or anything, just start and see if you can get in to a race with any cars/tracks

[Destiny]

thanks! i will try to do so.

[ling.speed]

Delete everything related to AC, then reinstall.

If it still has issues, then either the documents folder destination got messed up or there is leftovers of old AC in the registry that got messed up.

ps: i dont think installing AC to different library (different drive) would help as Fret suggests. At least it *should* not make any difference. If it does, that woud mean you did a poor cleanup job :P.

[Destiny]

i tried deleting EVERY single file that has anything to do with AC and CM but so far no succes... i deleted CM but i could still change the weather in AC which make it seems like CM didn't fully uninstall... any tips to clean up???

[ling.speed]

CM settings are in %userprofile%\AppData\Local\AcTools Content Manager
But in theory they should not cause the 1car1track bug.

Over the years it was rare but reoccuring issue caused by many different hiccups related to OS, you can google it up, or join AC forums and search there, you will get more info than here.

Also in theory the issue is that AC is prevented from accessing the documents, so you can google non AC related issues like that and possibly find a solution, because its likely something broken on the OS side rather than AC.

[Destiny]

thanks a lot <3

[Destiny]

i decided to reset my pc. Not only for assetto corsa but also to use my storage more efficiently. Thanks a lot for the comments!