Assetto Corsa EVO’s “Eifel” Open-World Map Revealed, Will Expand to Over 600 Square Miles

[Famine]

This is the discussion thread for an article on GTPlanet:

Assetto Corsa EVO’s “Eifel” Open-World Map Revealed, Will Expand to Over 600 Square Miles​

In a little bit of a surprise announcement, Kunos Simulazioni has confirmed details about the open-world map that will feature in Assetto Corsa EVO — and it’s quite something from the sound of it...

 

[Fezzik]

Ok, who wants to help me pick a PC? I need this in my life.

 

[05XR8]

What the heck, man? That's awesome.

 

[PaMu1337]

This was already looking good but wow

 

[A_Higher_Place]

This sounds incredible. I'm not easily swayed from GT but this raised some brows. Wonder how long it takes them to model environments like this.

 

[Nacho Libre]

Ok, who wants to help me pick a PC? I need this in my life.

That open world map is going to need a strong CPU to begin with... start researching!

 

[doblocruiser]

I really just don't care about the open world stuff. It's bloody tiring that everything needs to have open world these days. As long as Kunos delivers on the track and cars departement I'll stop complaining but I find it a huge waiste of resources

 

[05XR8]

It's good to get away from a circuit and just drive in a game. Don't have to be ten tenths all the time.
Nice to row through the gears and not be on a clock or laps. Small low powered cars on back roads are more enjoyable than being on a permanent circuit. It's an actual change of pace than always having to be on a racing circuit. I still welcome racing circuits though.

 

[Ande3200]

I really just don't care about the open world stuff. It's bloody tiring that everything needs to have open world these days. As long as Kunos delivers on the track and cars departement I'll stop complaining but I find it a huge waiste of resources

Kunos put resources on this simple because it was one of the most popular mods in ac1, it will sell, the amount of depth kunos go here is just insane, specially even more so for a dev much smaller than turn 10, playground games or polyphony digital, not even those giants has killer features like those.

I much more excited for ac evo than i ever was for ac1, its the first sim racing title that could put some serious pressure on both gran turismo and forza,

 

[Jepadante]

Most open world games are arcadey with horrible physics. I look forward to going off track in a real simulation.

 

[cjsrt4]

I like the fact that they are treating this like any of their race tracks. A real location that is scanned and not something made up. It will be cool to see some of the local businesses in the game.

I'm also still in denial that this map will eventually reach 1600 kilometers. Just for comparison, FH5's map is 108.

 

[kjb]

Can you play this on keyboard? I have a little laptop I could use for this maybe. Anyway this sounds great. Have to see how they can pull it though

 

[Touring Mars]

It'll be great fun virtually driving around the roads it took me hours to walk in real life.

 

[Mirai]

The idea of an open-world racing simulator is actually groundbreaking stuff
Most open-world racing games are naturally arcade in nature, so to see a studio make their own fully-interactive open-world with simulation gameplay and physics is huge

 

[doblocruiser]

Kunos put resources on this simple because it was one of the most popular mods in ac1, it will sell, the amount of depth kunos go here is just insane, specially even more so for a dev much smaller than turn 10, playground games or polyphony digital, not even those giants has killer features like those.

I much more excited for ac evo than i ever was for ac1, its the first sim racing title that could put some serious pressure on both gran turismo and forza,

So let modders do that kind of stuff. Again, I think it is a waiste of Time and ressources.

If something open worldish should be attempted, it's the route of Mille Miglia and not the Eifel région. But hey, that's personal opinion and I know I am a minority hère 🤣

 

[Coquico]

This game get bettter and better. Wow. They really make true their promises. The game will have very unique and new features. But still have to wait!

 

[Terronium-12]

 

[fortbo]

I’ll be at PRI this weekend if anyone wants some driving impressions!

 

[Auditore]

What are the chances of modders getting into this and releasing mods of the Eifel area before Kunos does?

 

[evldave333]

Excited for this, sounds like heaven having a huge varied map.

 

[Beezer215]

What are the chances of modders getting into this and releasing mods of the Eifel area before Kunos does?

None. And it should be none. Why would somebody feel the need to be that disrespectful and to undermine the company that is putting the work into bringing this to us and gave the best modding platform 10 years ago? Why would someone do that?

 

[cjsrt4]

So let modders do that kind of stuff.

Mods are the #1 reason this is in the new game to begin with. The amount of open world maps in AC that are top quality is insane. Why not put that in the game so it actually gets full support and updates with patches? Why not try to expand your current player base?

I think it is a waiste of Time and ressources

How do you know they didn't have a specific team just for this mode? The game has been in development for a while now. This is something that no other game has included. I'm glad they are setting the bar higher for some of these extremely lazy developers.

 

[MPortnoy]

I knew upgrading to a new PC a couple of months ago exclusively for AC Evo (and AC) was gonna be worth it.

 

[Krakenous]

Incredible! To chime in on the open world subject, the problem with games like FH is the open worlds are soulless and lifeless and "too big" that the majority of the environment is just dull. I realise this is a huge area but...a huge area 1:1 scale with DETAIL, and LIFE and ATMOSPHERE and hopefully TRAFFIC among other things, is really exciting. I'd be curious how they plan to bring it to life as there is no point having a massive open world area if it's just empty nothingness. I hope the love they put in echoes the tracks and cars . If they are working with IRL companies then wow...you'd hope they are on it!

 

[Scaff]

Day 1 on early access for me on this, can't wait to see how it develops from day 1.

If something open worldish should be attempted, it's the route of Mille Miglia and not the Eifel région. But hey, that's personal opinion and I know I am a minority hère

IIRC it's already rumoured that it will not be the only open world location.

What are the chances of modders getting into this and releasing mods of the Eifel area before Kunos does?

Very low, given that it will not support mods until after early access has finished.

Ok, who wants to help me pick a PC? I need this in my life.

Here's what you need.

Happy to say I can more than meet the recommended build already.

 

[Quakebass]

Hmmm, and I just got a 4K editing PC 3 weeks ago…

 

[o000o]

Wonder if the open world would be just said business and shops, as this isn't an open world racer like Horizon despite the vibe of the map setting being like it (taking a real life place). No looking for race events throughout the map due to the races taking place on parts of the map.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Holy cow, it'll be weird to have roads so close to my actual hometown in the game. I mean, I most likely were on some of these last month.

 

[phillgt2002]

As long as they don't stray too far away from their circuit focus, I'm for it. It's funny to see all of the things I was asking for when playing Forza Motorsport 2 and 3 coming to racing games nowadays.

I am wondering about what specs will be required to run the game. Hopefully the optimization comes along.

 

[Majorlazer]

This is just sounding better and better day by day.