![]() ![]() No comparison to GTR-2, the last driving sim I have used - it feels like a Matchbox toy-car, compared to AC. I cannot compare to reality, I never have driven any of these cars, I do not even own a car - but to me the driving physics just feel so very damn right. The cars handle differently from each other, and the handling in general is very believable, very convincing when considering each car's class and size. The sound inside and outside the cockpit is splendid, the visual realism of the cockpits unbelievable. Lovely, simply lovely! The models are superb, the best in car modelling I have seen so far, and that means both the exterior and interior. The cars - well, seeing AND HEARING is believing. Driven in a fluid, soft line, it is great pleasure. Vallelunga is another nice track that swings and sways and allows for surprisingly high speeds nevertheless. I also have th impression that it has been visually upgraded, compared to the tech demo. The tarmac's layout imo is nothing special, imo, but the hwol location again is given a treatment with great love to detail and general atmosphere of the place. Magione is the track I already knew from the tech demo. ![]() ![]() The visuals are nice, and very convincing to the eyes - something that is true for colour palette and the light conditions in general. The track and location again are very well done. I simply have a soft spot for Imola, it has been the first place I have ever driven a computer race in - on the Amiga, with grand Prix 1 by Geoff Crammond, must have been 1990. Then there is Imola, the one track in this beginning of the AC saga that without doubt I will drive most. The track itself I still do not like, nevertheless I at least now like the location. However, whiloe this difficulty in seeing the track is present - it is one of the best representations of a racing location I have seen, meaning that the surrounding, the perimeter with all the buildings and objects beside the track, the feeling of actually being part of all what is going on there, is very convincing. I never liked Silverstone in sims, not by the flow of the track, and not by the location which is flat and make sit very difficult to see the corners. Silverstone also is not the F1 GP version, but another track setting, more simple than the GP version. Doiung that track in the open-cockpit Lotus 49 is - stylish. Monza 60s is a simple highspeed track, and the viosual presentation is indeed somehow sending you back in time a bit, you really get transported into a different racing culture and surrounding. I think a racing simulation without wheel is like a flight simulation without flying things.įiurst impression is: very impressive, very good.įive tracks are included. Implementing an AI that convinces and does not look like pearls lined up of a rubber-line, is a first for them, and one can only hope that they are doing a good job there. netKart was a simulation with superior physics, but no AI, that's why it never became really widespread and well-known. The only thing that I am concerned about is how they do with their AI. It has that special something, convincing you of being subjected to correct physical handling, while featuring a tremendously joyful experience to drive. ![]() I played the technical demo earlier this year, and imediately realised that the driving sensation here is different to other racing games I have played. But AC probably becomes the second exception from my rule, after Skyrim. The dfownload will kill me, no doubt, blockig my computer for 20 hours or so. Gems on wheels : AC Showroom () (they do a n outstanding job in recreating the looks ands views of the cars they include). It is optimised for multicore-processing. The sim comes with nVidia 3D vision support. Among the so far confirmed tracks are Imola, Monza, Silverstone, Nurburg GP and Nurburg Nordschleife (!), Magione, Mugello, Spa Francorchamps (DLC), Vallelunga. Also, once the game has been released in full 1.0, there will be (payware) expansion packs.īeside that, community mods can be expected - AC has been designed with heavy modding friendliness in mind.Ĭar brands incldued are BMW, Ferrari, Abarth, Lotus, McLaren, KTM, Pagan i and Tatuu :). Damage model, multiplayer and AI as well as other content will be added in updates that they plan to release every two weeks. This will be an early access beta, featuring the main architecture of the program and including 8 of the planned 16 vehicle classes and 11 of the planned 35 cars, so far there are 11 tracks, but I do not know if they will all be featured in the beta already. You have access to all later updates and the final version. That is a 20 or 25% money saving compared to the final price. It seems we are close to release of the beta, which will be available form Steam for 35 Euros, I forgot. Beside X Rebirth, AC is the one of only two titles I am waiting for this christmas season. ![]()
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