Asseto Corsa first thoughts.
Just gonna say it right off, I don't think we will be using this for league racing! From what I could tell, there is very little you can set up for a race, it seems you pick car and track and take the default settings, I couldn't even find a way to set amount of laps or qualy time. Hopefully I missed something. About the only thing the same as pc is you can invite friends, rm number is the same at 16. No private setting though.
I played for about 2 1/2 hrs just now. As the reviews have noted, I agree that the driving experience itself is the best so far. The physics are really good. I actually found the cars I tried to be easier to drive than in pcars, but more realistic. They are very easy to control with the factory standard TC and ABS on, but way more realistic feeling with all aids off. Sounds are good, and thank god you can turn the tire noise down. The track itself is very good as well, the surface and immediate surroundings are more realistic than pcars. Other than that the graphics are not nearly as good though. AI is the best yet, even in easy mode it was a good fight.
The menu is very easy to navigate but I only tried the race menu, the other two were events and career modes, but I didn't have time to check them out. Tuning section is about the same level as pcars with a very easy setup menu. Car selection is ok, same with tracks, but both don't have as much as pcars. The biggest complaint I have, other than online settings, is your wheel set up, as in there isn't any, you get what you get, two options for your controls, thats it, nowhere near the freedom of choice we get with pcars. Will wait to hear from different wheel users to see if it's the same.
I realize I was only on for 2 1/2 hours, but I think it gave me a good feel for what to expect. At this point, and until I can get online with a couple of friends, I think I might have wasted my money. I hope I feel differently after some more sessions.
If PCars2 makes good improvements in their weaker areas, then I don't see AC being very successful, and now that we have no idea when GTSport is being released (other than 2017) I don't think we have much choice for now. With yet another delay from PD, GTSport had better be the best darn sim we've seen yet!!
