10 mods for Assetto Corsa

This is a guide on what I think are a couple of the best free mods you can download for Assetto Corsa right now! This guide will include 5 essential cars and 5 essential tracks, some of which will be packs so it will probably a bit over that. I have tried keeping quality high and quantity low, remember these are still free mods, I think these mods are good enough as they are free. That being said this is MY personal list of mods I think you should download, that means not all of these mods will be suited for all of you. You might be into GT3 cars while others might be into 1992 DTM cars, it's just the way it is. I at least hope you will dig a couple of these mods, that is the point of this guide after all! I got the idea off of CrannyKart so some credits has to go to him, here is the link to his guide on the top 10 Assetto Corsa mods, don't worry I will make my list different. With that out of the way lets get into it! :D

Top 5 must have cars

5. The NFS Tournament Class A Pack[www.racedepartment.com]

Video of the NFS Tournament mod by The Extra Mile

This car pack features 2 different cars, the Ferrari 512 Testa Rossa and the Lamborghini Diablo VT. These 2 cars should have just been in the game when buying it, every retro supercar fan knows these 2 icons. The creators (Alberto Daniel Russo who made the 3d models and Jason Coates who did the physics part of the mod) tried to replicate these cars from the Need for Speed series and did a pretty good job in my opinion, the visuals are spot on and they sound suprisingly good for a mod, all and all I think you should at least try these 2 out, and I think they're a great addition to the game.



4. The Assetto Corsa Legends Mod Part 1 and 2

Video of the Assetto Corsa Legends Mod Part 1 mady by Chris Haye

Video of the Assetto Corsa legends Mod Part 2 made by TheRealPaulaD

The first pack contains 9 legendary sports prototypes mods for Assetto Corsa. Including the Chaparral 2E, Ferrari 312PB, Ferrari 33P4, Ford GT40 MK4, Lola T70 MK3, Lola T290, Mclaren M1B & M8C Can-Am cars and the Porsche 917K. The prototypes pack is part of the wider AC Legends Assetto Corsa mod, with the other pack containing a collection of GT and Touring cars. The second pack contains cars such as the Ferrari 365GTB Daytona, Ford Capri RS3100 ,Nissan Skyline GTR, Porsche 906 ,Porsche 911 RSR '74 and the Shelby Daytona Coupe just to name a few. The quality you get for free is amazing and it's as if Kunos made these cars, unfortunately in some cars the interior might be a bit lacking but that's just being a bit too picky. Again, simply another fantastic mod.

For your information the links are in the 2 video's discription section of the video steam wouldn't let me link mediafire links!



3. The Seat Leon TCR UK car 2018 mod[www.racedepartment.com]

Video of the Seat Leon TCR UK car 2018 mod by AK1504

This is undoubtably one of the best mods ever created for Assetto Corsa, this is the latest edition of an already great mod, the Seat Leon Eurocup 2014. This one has been further improved though it has updated features such as new preview pictures, new headlights, fixed brake light and lots more. The 2014 cup version had previously been used as a car in league races and other cometitions because of it's amazing physics co-developed by one of the actual Leon TCR drivers.



2. The IER Oreca LMPC and Daytona Prototype mod [www.racedepartment.com]

Video of the IER Oreca LMPC & Daytona Prototype mod by Chris Haye

The IER Daytona Prototype mod is a pretty unique mod since there really aren't that much Daytona and Indycar mods for Assetto Corsa. Though I really am not a huge fan of Daytona and Indycars, this mod is so well crafted that I kind of got into it. If you are creative you can do a multi-class race which is something you probably haven't done in Assetto Corsa, these are just a couple of reasons on why I think this mod is an essential for hardcore Assetto Corsa fans.


1. The Ginetta G55 GT4 2017 car mod[www.racedepartment.com]

Video of the Ginetta G55 GT4 2017 car mod by GamerMuscleVideos

I think this mod deserves it's spot on the list because there is a relatively small GT4 car section in Assetto Corsa. Despite being a relatively slow GT4 car the mod packs a nice punch with grip loss on the rear being progressive within the first few degrees of slip but brutal there after. It's probably one of the best GT4 cars there is in Assetto and the qualtity of the mod is at Kunos's level on development. The interior looks great, the oudside of the car is finely detailed and the preview pictures in the menu look great, this one is a definate must have!

Top 5 must have tracks

5. Hockenheimring[www.racedepartment.com]

Test lap by CinnamonTV

Hockenheim is one of my favorite circuits to drive because it suits my favorite class best, 92' DTM cars. This mod tracks comes with all 4 different lay-outs, the GP lay-out, the National lay-out, the Short1 lay-out and last but not least the Short2 lay-out. The track has 27 pitboxes so you can fit tons of cars on the grid, it has 3d grass and the road surface looks good, with tire marks and cerbs you can feel through your force-feedback steeringwheel.



4. Zolder Racetrack [www.racedepartment.com]

Test lap by TheRealPaulaD

Again this is one of those classic DTM circuits, but I think it's just a well suited track for lower powered racecars. Think of GT4, GT3 or the DTM cars when I say this, again the track surface tooks real and feels great and it has 43 pitboxes which is overkill. I have spent a lot of hours lapping this track in my mercedes-benz 190 Evo II, and I think it's kind of an underrated track too. Pascalwb did an awesome job on this track in my opinion and I think it doesn't get the recognition it deserves.



3. Donington Park [www.racedepartment.com]

Test lap by Marcel Pfister

This track has really been expanding into racinggames the last couple of years. Donington Park is an oldschool formula 1 track back in the days of Ayrton Senna, I remember watching him flying past everyone in the first lap and taking pole. This track also is real high in quality, it has 2 different lay-outs featuring it's GP circuit and it's nationals circuit, the track has been looked after for over 2 1/2 years now, so they have gotten rid of the big bugs and glitches. It feels like a real Kunos track, I think this track is an absolute must have.



2. Okayama International Circuit. [www.racedepartment.com]

Test lap by amstudio

Okayama international Circuit is probably one of the best tracks to drive GT cars on, the shorter Okayama Piper Circuit is probably best suited for lower powered cars, such as the Seat Leon TCR or the Ginetta G55. There is nothing bad to say about this track, the creator back in 2016 couldn't find a good Okayama mod himself so he decided it was up to him to make this track happen and this is definately one of the higher tier mod tracks, elevation changes have been taken careful thought through and the track mesh is great. This track should be in any sim-racers arsenal.



1. Feldberg Ring [www.racedepartment.com]

Test lap by Chris Haye

Feldberg Ring is a really unique track, it's meant to represent one of those old school pre war tracks that didn't care about safety, practicality or sanity get in the way of their racing asperation. It takes place in Germany and it runs through a small village, if you have somewhat of a good force-feedback steeringwheel you can feel the slipperyness of the cobblestone pavement. The rest of the tracks feels like an older brother of the Nürburgring, it's amazing to run true classic cars through this rollercoaster of a track. This track has been amazingly refreshing, I have nothing else to say about this masterpiece of a mod. Thanks to the hard work of Fat-Alfie, we can now enjoy Feldbegring for Assetto Corsa. Sim racing at it's finest.

Assetto Corsa Content Manager

One mod I think you really should go and download right now is the Assetto Corsa Content Manager. Assetto Corsa Content Manager is a mod that replaces the entire Assetto Corsa UI (User Interface) with one that is much sleeker, faster and easier to navigate. It packs a lot of cool and new features the biggest of all is probably the feature to save presets. This could be saving presets of your settings and races. There is so much to say about content manager it will take me ages to type this out, instead watch this video from Chris Haye on it!

Here is a video that shows you how to download it and here is the link to Assetto Corsa Content Manager's site.[assettocorsa.club]

Other great mods

In this section I'll be giving you guys some links to mods that I think everyone would enjoy. There are some of the later mods included to keep this guide up to date, you should see them as a quick bonus to the list, I’ve had a great time driving them.

I'm gonna start with car mods and further down I will mention some track mods, so as for the cars
1. Drift workshop street pack 1 and 2[assettocorsa.club]
2. BMW Super Touring Car Mod[www.racedepartment.com]
3. Honda Lawnmower Mod[www.racedepartment.com]
4. Skip Barber F2000 Mod[www.racedepartment.com]
5. Opel Calibra Touring Car '96 [www.racedepartment.com]

As for the tracks
1. 90s Golden drift spot, Otarumi[www.racedepartment.com]
2. Shomaru touge[assettocorsa.club]
3. Motorland Gran Turismo 4 track [www.racedepartment.com]
4. Oulton park[assettocorsa.club]
5. Ebisu Higashi Circuit[assettocorsa.club]

Places to find your Assetto mods

Finding guides is fun and all but if you really want to step up your Assetto Corsa mod arsenal, you have to know where to look. In this short section I will link you a couple of sites and influencers that consistently publish great community mods and don't forget to give the mod creator some credit as well.

Links to some Assetto Corsa sites and Assetto Corsa community hubs

1. Race department Assetto Corsa hub [www.racedepartment.com]
This hub is the most well known and trusted there is, Race Department has been out there for years supplying sim-racers with all kinds of mods for all kinds of racing games. The only downside is that anyone can post mods on here, some might not be as high quality as others. However there are a lot of great mods on this hub, I really suggest to take a look if you have the time.

2. Assetto Corsa Club [assettocorsa.club]
I've been using Assetto Corsa Club ever since I started adding mods to my game files. The only critique I'd have is that the quality of some tracks are lacking, the cars are fine however.

As for influencers

1. Chris Haye
I've been watching Chris Haye as he was coming up and I really love his content, he runs a sim-racing dedicated channel where he publishes all kinds of sim-racing related stuff on. I suggest you take a look at some of his videos.

2. Random Callsign
Random Callsign posts a lot of videos on Assetto Corsa and considering it's community mods, enough said. Great source of finding new mods and exploring FreeWare

3. Sim Racing Paddock
Sim Racing Paddock is also a great source of finding mods and other kind of content, they also make entertaining videos.

4. Sim Racing Garage
Now, I haven't seen a lot of mod reviews from Sim Racing Garage, but he does do some great reviews on sim-racing gear. If you are thinking of getting a new wheelbase or whatever it is, I highly suggest you check Barry Rolands videos out.

5. Sim Racing Source
These guys have a channel very much like Barry's, pointed towards more of the sim-racing hardwear side of things. All and all, another great source.

Final words

So that's it I hope you found some new mods to use, if possible you can donate the creators a small amount of money to show the community's appreciation of their hard work. I also want to thank a couple of people that kind of encouraged me to make this guide, first of all I've got to give it to Chris Haye. I watch a lot of Chris's videos on his YouTube channel, I've wanted to do reviews on Assetto Corsa mods or other sims's new DLC's, he does these kinds of things on his YouTube so if you liked this I strongly suggest to check him out, he posts content like this every now and again. And last but not least I've gotta give it to CrannyKart. A couple of days back I saw his post in the Assetto Corsa guide's tab and he kind of got me to do the same, he has a lot of cool content on his guide that he probably worked just as hard on as I worked on mine. Thanks for taking your time to view this guide, have a great day everyone! :D

[Count Jackyouoff]

RxR626, Apart of content manager they add a couple of free cam options. Like a drone that follows the car, or a free cam that you can use in the replay function. Not entirely a mod like you are looking for but good alternatives.

[minipennis]

Not to my knowledge man, I haven't played AC in a very long time too.

[RUN.RPHASIANIDAE]

i hate the camera any mod that gives the gta / forza cam ? i hate sim racers or racers with fixed cams ._.

[minipennis]

Not really sure, usually servers don't use a lot of mods. If there would be one, I'd say the Seat Leon TCR, that's really about it.

[Nuno]

Can you tell which mods are a MUST for Online gameplay ? Just bought the game today and Online is soo fun xD

[Jheem Congar™]

Content Manager should be the first mod you mention in this list, it's phenomenal. Besides that great list!

[danil kvyat f1 driver ⛧]

im so happy my gramps has been recognized in a video game <3

[Lord_Lexz0r]

Shout out to the not mentioned here but excellent Formula Easter cars wich can be found on Race Department

[Nikfloydo]

Thank you for putting this article together! Mods make this game a lot of fun, but testing out each one to find out whether it is quality or not can be time consuming.

[Joe]

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