Things are looking to kick off on the right foot for console players this month, that is, if you’re currently playing Assetto Corsa on the PlayStation 4.
Ending September on a high note, Kunos released an update that addressed a number of issues, also adding the Maserati Levante S and Black Cat County circuit to the game. While Xbox One owners are still patiently awaiting, that tally increases as players on the other side of the fence are being set up for two additional pieces of content later this week, as confirmed on PlayStation Europe’s blog page.
First up is a little number confirmed by Kunos not long ago: the Prestige Pack. Releasing this Thursday, October 6th, the Prestige Pack brings with it an additional 9 rides previously available to those opting for the pricier variant of the game. It goes without saying there’s going to be plenty of metal to keep racers occupied, and those cars are as follows:
- Audi A1 S1
- Audi R8 V10 Plus
- BMW M4 Coupe
- Corvette C7 Stingray
- Ferrari 488 GTB
- Ford Mustang 2015
- Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
- Nissan GT-R Nismo 2015
- Toyota GT86
Next up is the Japanese Car Pack. Originally released earlier this year for PC users, the pack formally introduces the rotary-wielding Mazda brand to the fold, all while expanding the existing lineup for Toyota and Nissan. With 7 (12 total with model variations) new rides to experience and compete in, there’s going to be even more to keep players busy when this releases just a day later on October 7th.
- Mazda MX-5 2015
- Mazda MX-5 CUP
- Mazda RX-7 Spirit R (Tuned variant also included)
- Toyota Supra MK IV (Time Attack and Drift variants included)
- Toyota AE86 Trueno (Tuned and Drift variants included)
- Nissan 370Z NISMO
- Nissan GT-R R34 Skyline V-Spec
Rounding out the offerings is the Performance Pack also releasing on October 7th, making three pre-order bonuses available to everyone: the Ferrari 488 GTB, Audi R8 V10 Plus, and Corvette C7 Stingray.
Thanks to our own Scaff for bringing this to our attention!
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What a shame! Nice cars but only for offline use! Waste if money if you ask me.
Hope they update the servers.
The cars are nice although I would have preferred the Red Pack (488 GT3).
But these cars even the road cars will provide most with a suitable diversion.
But the truth is nothing can make up for the lack of on-line lobby’s and appropriate private/public owner options for them.
I think a new track (Real Life) would also hold of the belly aching over on-line.
But all n all, Kunos is working it. Looking forward to more fixes/upgrades in the area of button configuration, intra player communication, rain and maybe day/night transition racing.
Niice… there’s some vehicles coming that will definitely provide awesome racing. Particularly the 370Z on the JapPack.
Way to go Kunos.
More cars? Great! But priority no.1 is private lobby where I could use these cars with my simracing community. Using it in unbalanced carreer is boring and predefined lobbies are full of kids playing destruction derby :/
Still hoping the game will be finished by the end of 2016 :)
Even as a PC player, I am on your side and think Kunos needs to get you guys the online private lobbies you should have had on Day One. However, to say “More Cars?” like they’re wasting time working on cars when they could be designing and coding the Online private lobby features you crave is a bit ignorant. Every car mentioned in this news article already exists. While I’m sure there are probably some tweaks and changes that need to be applied for each vehicle to work on their respective console, the people who are responsible for designing & coding Assetto Corsa and it’s features are not the same people who “work on the cars”.
So, I’m certain that their top priorities ARE fixing things or figuring out HOW to incorporate new things, like Online Lobbies & Globa/Friends/Personall Leaderboards and then coding them into the game. I understand your frustration, but I think you should actually be optimistic. When Kunos says they’re going to address an issue, they always do — at least in all of my experiences with the company. They’re too small to make changes happen overnight, but they do come. Cheers! :-)
I hope everyone who feels this way is posting about it on the official forum. Posting here is great, but if you really want to effect change you have to let them know directly.
I updated AC today and noticed that the “Japanese Car Pack” cars are already in thw game.
The pictures are there I think but they should have the cloud/download icon in them, and when I tried to click on it the message said ‘This content is not available’. They are probably ready, but as @Scuderia Paul said below, they likely won’t be made live until the 1.03 update goes out to Xbox One users as well.
I hope the list of online events will be updated so we can make the most of these new cars.
Photo shows a 2016 model (ND) MX-5, but 2015 (NC) is listed.
The MX-5 ND launched in 2015 and as has been mentioned before Kunos is a European developer so they don’t use the American system.
In Europe we don’t get ahead of ourselves with the model years.
Satisfy my pedantry and teach me something new – thanks PD4WG and Scheer!
Japanese pack, that is going to make a lot of ex GT6 gamer very happy
Don’t know how many years I begged for a premium Supra (RZ) in Gran Turismo.
I would like to see Kunos develop the Nurburgring edition of the Lexus LFA.
That’s one car I lusted after that Polyphony Digital actually made.
“Rounding out the offerings is the Performance Pack also releasing on October 7th, making three pre-order bonuses available to everyone: the Ferrari 488 GTB, Audi R8 V10 Plus, and Corvette C7 Stingray.”
No, Sony metions a Perfomance Pack Upgrade DLC, so more likely is a Upgrade to the Prestige Pack for the Perfomance Pack owners.
That’s… a clusterf–that’s mildly confusing, but thanks for pointing that out!
Got to say one of the biggest turn-offs for me is mixed release packs – that being that in the PS4 pre-order I got some of the Prestige Pack, but now do I have to pay full rack rate to get the remaining few cars. It seems a thing now to make some cars available across various packs etc, so very confusing and not limited to Assetto. Race Room Experience, Drive Club, The Crew and pretty much every other game seems to have this thing of releasing packs and cars that cross over, and whilst I get that it’s a great marketing strategy to get folks to buy the lot I can’t help feeling that there’s no benefit in buying a game until at least 6 months plus when either the GOTY edition (PCars etc) or a full retrospective season pass is released – as was with DriveClub.
TLDR: Assetto, I like your game, I’ll buy the DLC but if you’re going to give a pre-order bonus don’t take the piss by making us buy it again within a couple of months…
Wait… You pre-ordered the edition that came with the 9 additional cars (or whatever it was), so that means you paid more money than people who ordered only the base or Performance edition, right? And now you have to pay again to get the cars that were said to be included in that Prestige Pack pre-order? If that’s true, that’s f’ed up!
@ALB123 – I pre-ordered the physical game from Gamestop. It came with the Prestige Pack and cost the same amount as the game did on the day of release. I have had all of these cars since day one and do not have to pay any additional cost.
I think that if you preordered the digital version from the PS Store it only included the 3-car performance pack and that you would now have to pay extra for upgrading to the Prestige Pack. I do not know if the digital preorder cost more than the standard game upon release.
I don’t know if this clears up any confusion or is inline with others’ experiences, but this is how it went for me.
Yep – bought the digital version and got bonus cars.
I can understand that I got “early access to future cars” as a bonus for my pre-order. But there is in fact no value in pre-ordering and essentially a whole load of risk (No Mans Sky for example). I don’t think I paid a premium, but I see your comments GrumpyGrumps and (good on you mind) it pisses me off that I don’t get a full pack like you did because I wanted a digital version.
Lesson learnt, no digital pre-ordering, there’s no value in doing so whatsoever.
I thought that the Japanese Pack was going to be released at the same time as the patch, what happened to that?
The XboxOne patch is not yet available. Develops / Publishers tend to want multiformat games receive DLC simultaneously so as not to be accused of favouritism.