Is Assetto Corsa Competizione worth it?

[Soren Arica]

Hello. I've never played a racing simulator before. I am familiar with arcade racing games such as NFS World Soapbox Race World, Drift City Remastered and Midnight Club II... That being said I did play ACC for a few minutes with keyboard. I once went into the Discord and they told me there was a player who played with an Xbox Controller and he was racing faster than the ones with wheel.

Is it possible to play ACC with an Xbox Controller and do well with the right settings? Is the game worth it? Also should I disregard Assetto Corsa and only play AC Competizione because I don't really care about mods? I always thought there was no reason to play AC rather than Competizione unless you use mods and do photo shootings.

Is there some kind of grind or progress in AC Competizione or is it all just for fun? If you win a race what do you get? What is the driving factor of playing AC Competizione for you? What can you achieve in Assetto Corsa Competizione?

[r33fermadness]

I would advise to learn more what racing sims are compared to the types of racing games you have already played. I don't want to discourage you but these games are not for everyone.

[Naindurth]

For me simracing is like learning a new music instrument. What I get is those moments where it clicks and suddenly you can play an entire song, in this case, you can finish the race. Gaining control of the car takes time, but it's rewarding.
Also you get to compete, and overtake, be overtaken, win, lose, crash. It's racing.

I'm on controller too so there's an extra hoop because you have to dial the settings correctly, if not the car it's impossible to drive. Or if you can you're too slow.
A nice soul here in this forum helped me set my controller up correctly and from that day I've put 200 hours and I don't think I'm stopping anytime soon

[Soren Arica]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Naindurth:

For me simracing is like learning a new music instrument. What I get is those moments where it clicks and suddenly you can play an entire song, in this case, you can finish the race. Gaining control of the car takes time, but it's rewarding.
Also you get to compete, and overtake, be overtaken, win, lose, crash. It's racing.

I'm on controller too so there's an extra hoop because you have to dial the settings correctly, if not the car it's impossible to drive. Or if you can you're too slow.
A nice soul here in this forum helped me set my controller up correctly and from that day I've put 200 hours and I don't think I'm stopping anytime soon

Is there any reward for playing, any progression system? Anything stored online? Because if I can just download a savegame and have everything done then it's not worth of a grind.

[Frey]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av Naindurth:

For me simracing is like learning a new music instrument. What I get is those moments where it clicks and suddenly you can play an entire song, in this case, you can finish the race. Gaining control of the car takes time, but it's rewarding.
Also you get to compete, and overtake, be overtaken, win, lose, crash. It's racing.

I'm on controller too so there's an extra hoop because you have to dial the settings correctly, if not the car it's impossible to drive. Or if you can you're too slow.
A nice soul here in this forum helped me set my controller up correctly and from that day I've put 200 hours and I don't think I'm stopping anytime soon

Is there any reward for playing, any progression system? Anything stored online? Because if I can just download a savegame and have everything done then it's not worth of a grind.

No, there is no career or story mode, it's a sim, you train, you drive. You should play with The crew motorfest, it's awesome.

[Soren Arica]

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Ursprungligen skrivet av SorenV.C:

Is there any reward for playing, any progression system? Anything stored online? Because if I can just download a savegame and have everything done then it's not worth of a grind.

No, there is no career or story mode, it's a sim, you train, you drive. You should play with The crew motorfest, it's awesome.

Oh okay I'll take a look at it! Am also waiting for Forza Horizon 6 and TDU Solar Crown. I guess no simulator game is for me. It's too much work dedication, that's why I don't play Tekken.

[goblueteam]

well ACC is a good game but expect the progress to be self improvement and not some story line or career mode its just getting better and getting to the point where you can compete in online lobbys and eventually be able to fight for podiums and possibly win....you dont win credits or points to buy cars lol...

there is a career mode but idk i guess it would be up to you if you want to complete it but it gets kind of boring after a few races.

also learning to play a game with wheel and pedals probably would take just as long to adapt to as learning to use the controller well so idk if there is really an advantage other than its just more fun and more immersive to play on a wheel and pedals so that keeps you in the game practicing a little more...i think many people use the controller as an excuse there are some super faster people out there on controllers

[Naindurth]

It's no excuse, but you're always 1 millimeter away from spinning lol
my left thumb gets cramped after a few intense laps, the precision you need to trail brake in some sections with a small analog trigger is ridiculous for me.
I do enjoy it a lot though, 20 minutes sprint is my limit. The LFM 25 minute sprint is 5 minutes too long for my hand =P
And yes you can be fast and consistent if your hand can take it. I've been consistently dropping my times in Spa and now my pace is 2.18. Depends on BOP and temps of course, but I started playing 2 months ago.

but If you have the money, buy yourself a wheel.

[Herr Pietrus]

Wheel is a must for such games, without it you won't be able to play longer races comfortably or practice intensively. Even while playing F1 from Codemataers I found it impossible to run longer races while on wheel half of the distance + quali in one session is a peace of cake.

I would point out another problem that I discovered myself. AI semms to be hard (why it starts from 80?! it's 80% of the fastest time?) and for a rather weak driver like me it looks like there will be no good balanced level.
I've recently started playing, played a quick race + 5 minutes quali and even though I won quali and a race, in the next single race without quali, when I've started 10, I was not able to gain more than 2-3 positions...

Now I not sure whether it really is a decent single player experience, even though graphic is great, helmet cam is outstanding and driving is really pleasant.

[Herr Pietrus]

The major problem with game-pads is your fingers fatigue and lack of steering precision because of only 45 degrees of stick movement in each direction. As a result you either turn wheels too fast and loose grip or must rely on linearity adjustment which can affect your reaction time. Also speed sensitivity tweaking, however it can be very helpful, isn't perfect - analog is simply not enough precise.

And of course FF - it can be very useful, at times even crucial in situations of loosing grip.

Enjoyment is also significantly increased, but of course in many arcade and sim-cade games, with proper driving model, playing with gamepad can be also very, very pleasant too.

Overall, ACC still seems to be very accessible on gamepads. However, in such a game you will still lose a lot by not using the steering wheel.

[Soren Arica]

Alright, I would rather buy The Crew Motorfest or Forza Horizon 6 or Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.

[goblueteam]

well i mean im sure those games are fun but they are a completely different category of racing games lol...i do think if those are the types of games your into a simulator is probably not for you especially with a wheel those games just dont have any kind of real life type of physics or even really an attempt at them

is the new forza horizon even coming out soon? honestly forza motorsport the new one was pretty disappointing and is actually pretty terrible to play on a wheel at least many people have said its good with a controller though maybe that would be something to try...

also maybe just get xbox game pass for pc? it has all the forza stuff first day release a few other idk arcade racers like grid legends dirt 5 some need for speed games and also 150 other games and many newer titles come to game pass pretty fast or even on release starfield idk some other stuff remnant 2 far cry 6 lies of p

sadly the closest thing to a driving simulation on gamepass is probably wreckfest some how lol the new forza is pretty arcadey i mean it may be even worse than forza horizon 5 lol its hard to tell... but again none of these games are really made for a wheel use or really made to be a simulation.

[Simon Boyle]

Try the demo of Automobilista 2 its free to play and will give you an idea of what sim racing is all about ;o/)

[Frey]

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Alright, I would rather buy The Crew Motorfest or Forza Horizon 6 or Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.

Motorfest is so cool, Horizon 5 too, why just wait for next games, can't you enjoy what we have now ? for TDU Solar crown, it's kyloton, and all the games they have made are mediocre with an outdated engine with fixed framerate, like Motorfest.

[shadow82]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Herr Pietrus:

The major problem with game-pads is your fingers fatigue and lack of steering precision because of only 45 degrees of stick movement in each direction. As a result you either turn wheels too fast and loose grip or must rely on linearity adjustment which can affect your reaction time. Also speed sensitivity tweaking, however it can be very helpful, isn't perfect - analog is simply not enough precise.

And of course FF - it can be very useful, at times even crucial in situations of loosing grip.

Enjoyment is also significantly increased, but of course in many arcade and sim-cade games, with proper driving model, playing with gamepad can be also very, very pleasant too.

Overall, ACC still seems to be very accessible on gamepads. However, in such a game you will still lose a lot by not using the steering wheel.

I get that you are probably the perfect target for those people of marketing at fanatec and moza, but please do not spread misiniformation. You can be as quick with a gamepad as with a wheel, same in regards to endurance, it is all about proper training of your muscles and understanding of the game physics. Yeah if you try a gamepad now you will tell me it's all crap and you cannot do that for more than 10 minutes. I would probably tell you the same if I were forced to use a wheel after spending over 2000h on gamepad on this game alone.

To the author of the post, I would 1000% recommend ACC as your first sim. It has very good controller support, GT3s are easy to pick up and drive due to their assists and more than anything else, the game is very focused on one category, which will help you a lot getting used to play a sim. Something like original AC or AMS2 will just distract you with the mountain of different content expressing completly different behavior and of inequal quality.

[goblueteam]

RaceRoom is free i think it comes with like 5-6 cars and tracks to start for free also if you use there VRP points...and wait for a sale you can get all content for like 60$ i think 100+cars and idk 30-40 tracks or something with all the content a bit older and not as popular now.

i think they just released a new tire model and physics update though maybe even earlier this month. Raceroom is pretty legit sometimes they also have all content for a free weekend
heres a video of jardier trying out the new update a couple weeks ago or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzrap_d5Jgo

Copa Petrobras de Marcas is a free older sim racer by rieza (ams2) i think based on the rfactor engine or something no multiplayer working but idk something to try out for free lol i could not get it working super great with my csl DD only spent like 10 mins but it seems like it might be pretty cool honestly to mess with in a few single player races. i would not expect so much with this one until you spend some time getting your wheel FFB configured but if your bored and just want to mess around its something lol.

anyways i would also agree that ACC seems to be pretty playable on controller and is probably one of the best sim racing games to start with due to ease of use compared to most other sims and the menu system is just pretty easy to navigate and figure everything out.