Too many problems and a lot of work for the developers.

[yorunosora]

The emotions are strange, yes, I understand that the game is in early access, but there are too many problems.
It's nice to drive, ok, I play on a gamepad, but I consider myself pretty fast. There is not enough visual soft lock, so that it would be possible to drive more comfortably from the cockpit or add some smoothing for the input, because visually everything looks too sharp. Okay, that's half the trouble, I turn on the camera from the dashboard and enjoy.
But what next? The game barely gives out almost stable 75 fps on the lowest settings in full HD with my configuration: Ryzen 5 3600, rtx 2060 super 8 GB, 16 GB RAM. Judging by the system requirements, my configuration should give out the coveted 75 fps, probably on high with DLSS, but even on medium I have 30-75, which is very sad.
The game interface feels very slow and lagging, and it is not very intuitive. For some reason, the HUD works at about 20 fps during the race, it looks very laggy.
The brakes also feel very strange, it is difficult to explain, but something similar seems to be in FM7, somehow unpleasant and imperceptible. I was also very surprised by the lack of ABS and TCS settings in the pits.
Well, and finally, I can add that the bots seem to have become dumber than in the first AC. They are very stupid at the start, they drive in a train of 5+ cars on one line and brake very strangely when turning.
In general, we can summarize that, in principle, if all of the above is fixed (except for the brakes, maybe I'm not used to it yet), then with the support of mods and future content from the developers, the game will live for quite a long time and it will be pleasant to play. Well, I can add that it would be cool to see the possibility of filling the online lobby with bots (but smart ones), like in the same AMS2.
Of course, it's sad that the optimization is really poorl. The same first AC can be played by absolutely different people on different devices and PC configurations, even on low-end, even on top-end, and get a lot of pleasure. But ACE seems to be created for people with a fat wallet and RTX 5090. Phew...

[Quick☢420™]

No, you have a five year old cpu, borderline decent gpu and the norm 16gb ram, probably ddr4. Those specs are for 1080p/60fps at high, or medium. If you have a 60hz monitor, just vsync and use adaptive, 60 fps is plenty. You are the very first I've heard mention the 'convented' 75 fps, where all gamers know it's actually 60fps, because anything below 60fps becomes uncomfortable and not conducive to smooth gameplay, but I digress. Update your cpu will get your system the largest gains m8.

[Bendingo]

Just give them some time, mate. Kunos are a pretty small team and ACE is an ambitious project.

The bones are all there and in 6 months things will be looking much better.

[yorunosora]

Originally posted by Quick☢420™:

No, you have a five year old cpu, borderline decent gpu and the norm 16gb ram, probably ddr4. Those specs are for 1080p/60fps at high, or medium. If you have a 60hz monitor, just vsync and use adaptive, 60 fps is plenty. You are the very first I've heard mention the 'convented' 75 fps, where all gamers know it's actually 60fps, because anything below 60fps becomes uncomfortable and not conducive to smooth gameplay, but I digress. Update your cpu will get your system the largest gains m8.

I understand what you're saying, but I think, and I'm not the only one, that the problem here is not the processor. Considering that it's 30% faster than the 2600x indicated in the recommended requirements. The funny thing is that there is no stable 60 fps even in medium)
Your words "You are the very first I've heard mention the 'convented' 75 fps, where all gamers know it's actually 60fps", I will say about this that I probably have a strange monitor/cable, that any fps below 70 feels very laggy. Yes, my monitor is 75 Hz.

[yorunosora]

Originally posted by Bendingo:

Just give them some time, mate. Kunos are a pretty small team and ACE is an ambitious project.

The bones are all there and in 6 months things will be looking much better.

I know mate, they need time, I'm not chasing everything to be right now. I just expressed my opinion about the game at the moment. Let's wait for the release and hope that it will be cool)

[Emmazzzz]

they have to fix the optimization, i have a rx6600 and a i5-12400F and the game goes lag in the race or practice

[lukwtwz]

Originally posted by Lando Norris:

I can add that the bots seem to have become dumber than in the first AC. They are very stupid at the start, they drive in a train of 5+ cars on one line and brake very strangely when turning.

I seem to recall there not having been any AI opponents at all in the original Assetto Corsa when I bought it in early 2014 for 40 bucks. I could be wrong but I think you are comparing ACE AI to that of an AC version pretty far from, or far into, early access. Granted, the general consensus does seem to be that current ACE AI is atrocious. I'd still rather have the option of racing against extremely bad AI than no AI.

[Dark Lord]

I got your system but with a 2070 Super and here's what I did to get rid of almost all stutters.

1. Create a desktop shortcut to AC Evo following this guide. Use this shortcut to start the game everytime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWPNnzyDnXU
2. Use medium preset in settings (your 2060 Super may need to drop to low)
3. Set "Texture pool size" to medium
4. Do not go above 9 AIs in races

Optional : Update your DLSS dll to the latest "DLSS 4" v310.10

I ran the game with RTSS on and what I found is when the game stutters, the fps drops to 38fps everytime fixed. Neither my R5 3600 and 2070 Super are stressed or maxed out whenever that happens so its probably the game is loading or caching something leading to the stutters.

Attached screenshots as proof, 10 car race at Suzuka

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415533857
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415533923

[Mattmattmatt]

I noticed that watching streams too.

[melsy]

The issue here is that hardware wanting to run this game at higher specs.
Do you run system monitors, what caps first. I am betting you are 100% on that CPU and the GPU is choking. Even still thou, that gpu was not that great in 2019, was just so so.
Yes it can run AC, my son's computer has one, but even this 10 year old game has to run at low/medium, but I would not expect it to do ACE at all.

Bottom line, PC hardware does work forever. This game is a new engine, and it is going to be more demanding.

If we keep pushing dev's to make games work on > 6 year old hardware, then we are going to get worse and worse games. PC gaming has always been about upgrading and chasing frames. Not making a system last forever.

Install a hardware monitor, like HWInfo, setup some graphs, play the game, and watch what maxes out. If your CPU is at 100%, then the GPU is bottlenecked and changing it wont help.
If the GPU is at 100%, then change that first.
If you max that 16GB RAM, then you need RAM, but I would look into a complete rebuild at that point, or upgrade with two new 16GB sticks to give you 32, but you wont be able to use it on a new build.

Granted, I still run DDR4, but I have been due for an upgrade for awhile. Geforce Now has just been a great tool to help me put it off.

[Lens007888]

Originally posted by Lando Norris:

But ACE seems to be created for people with a fat wallet and RTX 5090. Phew...

I skipped the eye bleed and saw this at the end. Not correct, running a 3950x with a 4070TI Super and runs fine. Time to invest in some new gear before posting next time... or again

[Brains-39]

Time for a upgrade

[yorunosora]

Originally posted by melsy:

The issue here is that hardware wanting to run this game at higher specs.
Do you run system monitors, what caps first. I am betting you are 100% on that CPU and the GPU is choking. Even still thou, that gpu was not that great in 2019, was just so so.
Yes it can run AC, my son's computer has one, but even this 10 year old game has to run at low/medium, but I would not expect it to do ACE at all.

Bottom line, PC hardware does work forever. This game is a new engine, and it is going to be more demanding.

If we keep pushing dev's to make games work on > 6 year old hardware, then we are going to get worse and worse games. PC gaming has always been about upgrading and chasing frames. Not making a system last forever.

Install a hardware monitor, like HWInfo, setup some graphs, play the game, and watch what maxes out. If your CPU is at 100%, then the GPU is bottlenecked and changing it wont help.
If the GPU is at 100%, then change that first.
If you max that 16GB RAM, then you need RAM, but I would look into a complete rebuild at that point, or upgrade with two new 16GB sticks to give you 32, but you wont be able to use it on a new build.

Granted, I still run DDR4, but I have been due for an upgrade for awhile. Geforce Now has just been a great tool to help me put it off.

i dont think so.. I can run any simulator at the moment on ultra settings with stable high fps. And this game is simply not optimized. Neither GPU, no CPU, no RAM are loaded. Load on high settings: GPU ~85%, CPU ~25%, RAM 10 GB. In practice, there are my 75 fps, but there are also fps drops to ~30, and in the race from 19 AI fps to 38, but the system load does not change.

[BRT Cobra]

ouch those specs need upgrading. no wonder it runs badly.

[arsenalfanrichi]

Originally posted by Quick☢420™:

No, you have a five year old cpu, borderline decent gpu and the norm 16gb ram, probably ddr4. Those specs are for 1080p/60fps at high, or medium. If you have a 60hz monitor, just vsync and use adaptive, 60 fps is plenty. You are the very first I've heard mention the 'convented' 75 fps, where all gamers know it's actually 60fps, because anything below 60fps becomes uncomfortable and not conducive to smooth gameplay, but I digress. Update your cpu will get your system the largest gains m8.

The higher the resolution you play at, the less of a bottleneck the cpu is. Playing at 1440p allows you to get away with an older gen cpu than playing at 1080p as counter intuitive as that sounds.

[arsenalfanrichi]

Originally posted by BRT Cobra:

ouch those specs need upgrading. no wonder it runs badly.

Most likely culprit is Vram on the gpu I'd wager