Lap count.

[Emmcee]

Is there a way to reduce the amount of laps in career mode? I am up to the advanced open wheeler championship and have gone from 6 laps to 20 now. I have a spinal issue and I can't sit there for 20 odd laps with ffb wheel. If it can't be changed Iam afraid Iam going to have to replace it in my console with PC again as the pain is to much to endure for a game I like to play. I know it's a sim and Iam really enjoying it but the laps are getting to much now.

 

[RoccoTTS]

Is there a way to reduce the amount of laps in career mode? I am up to the advanced open wheeler championship and have gone from 6 laps to 20 now. I have a spinal issue and I can't sit there for 20 odd laps with ffb wheel. If it can't be changed Iam afraid Iam going to have to replace it in my console with PC again as the pain is to much to endure for a game I like to play. I know it's a sim and Iam really enjoying it but the laps are getting to much now.

In quick race you set up your own race by how many laps you want

 

[Emmcee]

Yeah true but I don't get the same sense of achieving anything from that. I'd be happy if you could create your own championship like that, but just a "free" race, never does it for me on any car game.

 

[Sturdy]

Pause, relax for a bit, 'jump' back in?

The issue must impact on real driving too, sounds like a real nuisance for you

 

[Emmcee]

Yeah it is. Since my accident I've had to sell my kart,trailer and all the bits as I can't psyically drive it without enduring crippling pain. Yeah same on the road, it really depends what my back wants to do. Sometimes I can drive straight for an hr or two or sometimes only a few minutes. Constantly wearing a magnetic lumbar support along with pain meds that literally distroy your appetite and sleeping.

 

[mister dog]

Yeah true but I don't get the same sense of achieving anything from that. I'd be happy if you could create your own championship like that, but just a "free" race, never does it for me on any car game.

I think AC must have the worst sense of achievement in its career mode of any current racing game
Cross the line, teleport to pits, win generic medal, enter next event

 

[TT92]

Is there a way to reduce the amount of laps in career mode? I am up to the advanced open wheeler championship and have gone from 6 laps to 20 now. I have a spinal issue and I can't sit there for 20 odd laps with ffb wheel. If it can't be changed Iam afraid Iam going to have to replace it in my console with PC again as the pain is to much to endure for a game I like to play. I know it's a sim and Iam really enjoying it but the laps are getting to much now.

I have some very bad news for you. I have just started the last bit of the career mode where there are endurance races of 30laps. So at Nurburgring GP, Mugello etc that means around one hour of racing, not mention the pre-race practice (20min) and qualifying (also 20min). Do you want to know there is also one at Spa?! Sigh :-(

I am with you, I want to knock the laps down too or least not have 6 30 lap races in a row! Proviso is that you win each one and get your 10 points to win the championship at 60. Otherwise you could end up doing all 8!!!! Or failing that having to restart and repeat all of them.

 

[Emmcee]

I have some very bad news for you. I have just started the last bit of the career mode where there are endurance races of 30laps. So at Nurburgring GP, Mugello etc that means around one hour of racing, not mention the pre-race practice (20min) and qualifying (also 20min). Do you want to know there is also one at Spa?! Sigh :-(

I am with you, I want to knock the laps down too or least not have 6 30 lap races in a row! Proviso is that you win each one and get your 10 points to win the championship at 60. Otherwise you could end up doing all 8!!!! Or failing that having to restart and repeat all of them.

Well that bites, if would love to do them but psyically can't so limiting the game to those who can psyically play it, sucks. I've put PC back into ps4 now anyway. Waiting ages and believed all the hype around it but it doesn't do it like PC IMHO. I'll still play it from time to time as I like the selection of cars but once GTS comes out, I fear I won't touch it again.

 

[TT92]

Well that bites, if would love to do them but psyically can't so limiting the game to those who can psyically play it, sucks. I've put PC back into ps4 now anyway. Waiting ages and believed all the hype around it but it doesn't do it like PC IMHO. I'll still play it from time to time as I like the selection of cars but once GTS comes out, I fear I won't touch it again.

I do feel for you. Literally the base of my spine starts to get very uncomfortable with these long races.

Also don't hold tyour breath on GTS either, sometime in 2017 doesn't bode well for me :-( I actually believed it would release this November. Yes, silly me. The way PD has ****** around in the past I should have known better.

IMHO AC is going to be the best thing we can have for quite a while.

 

[bleeder]

I get random lower back problems as well. In fact today I've been in a lot of pain. Had to sleep downstairs sitting up on my sofa last night as I couldn't physically lie down in bed in any position without the stupid pain that started yesterday morning (probably due to doing a couple of hours gardening the day before). Too many painkillers today have monged me out as well.

Will have to not race until it's better, although I tried lowering the FFB which didn't help as I still tense my lower back way too much whilst I'm driving. Back pain sucks.

 

[Emmcee]

Yeah a absolutely, That's why I think it sucks that they only think of people with the ability to do the long lapped races.

 

[BrandonW77]

Yeah a absolutely, That's why I think it sucks that they only think of people with the ability to do the long lapped races.

Well, to be fair, and in no way making light of your condition, there are probably a small minority of players that can't race for 30-60 minutes at a time It would be pretty crappy if they watered down the game just for a handful of people and in the meantime forced everyone else to only be able to do five lap races. I mean, Gran Turismo has races ranging from 5 laps to 24 hours, long races are a standard part of racing games and aren't just there to screw over people with disabilities.

 

[Jabbar993]

I´m sure that adding option to modify length of career races wouldn´t hurt Kunos :-)

 

[Emmcee]

Exactly my point, project cars did this the best with the lap slider and difficulty slider. Gives everyone a chance to play and to enjoy the game on there own level of skill and psyical ability. There would be a small minority of die hard sim players to your average arcade type driver. Yet most games today boast about catering for the "unskilled" driver.

 

[BrandonW77]

In career mode you can adjust laps? I didn't think that would be an option since the point of the career is to accomplish a set challenge. Well, I think I can safely say this probably isn't likely to get added to AC any time soon, if at all. I've never seen it mentioned or discussed anywhere.

 

[bleeder]

In career mode you can adjust laps? I didn't think that would be an option since the point of the career is to accomplish a set challenge. Well, I think I can safely say this probably isn't likely to get added to AC any time soon, if at all. I've never seen it mentioned or discussed anywhere.

Yeah you could in pCARS. Was a handy feature if you didn't have the time or liked the car you were given. You could even do practise and qualifying and then still change the race distance. I used to do low-lap career races whenever my mate came over as we didn't want to watch each other race for ages at a time lol

 

[TT92]

For those wanting to know what is to come in career the last GT X series with the Ferrari 458GT2 the endurance races are 20 min practice, 20 min qualifying and between 35 and 45 laps depending on track. Nurburgring GP was 35 and Vallaluna was 45. The good news is you can hit the skip button for practice and qualifying sessions. But once you do that the AI always goes faster and pushes you down the grid. I have noticed they can do up 10 sec a lap faster than their current times or what they will race at.

 

[Emmcee]

In career mode you can adjust laps? I didn't think that would be an option since the point of the career is to accomplish a set challenge. Well, I think I can safely say this probably isn't likely to get added to AC any time soon, if at all. I've never seen it mentioned or discussed anywhere.

Yep PC can adjust career laps as stated and even F1 2016 you can choose laps to an extent in career mode. So I don understand what the big deal is, you could still do full lap races if you like but this system benifits people like myself. Had to sell my race kart and now I can't even play games I like? What a joke IMO, been through enough. Should be able to enjoy some decent racing games at home since I can't race for real anymore.

 

[ALB123]

Why don't you just create your own races? I'm not talking about Career Mode. It's not like Career Mode in AC is anything great anyway. Doesn't the console version allow you to create races with the car classes you choose, the track you choose, the number of laps you choose?

 

[Jabbar993]

I still think the easiest solution will be to add the option into the game. The more options, the better for me. I wish there were more in the FFB settings as I simply cannot get the feel I want, which is possible with both F1 2016 and pCars, as you can tune almost everything there (esp. pCars).

 

[Emmcee]

just be better if done like PC and that's why I still play PC way more than AC.

 

[BrandonW77]

and now I can't even play games I like? What a joke IMO, been through enough. Should be able to enjoy some decent racing games at home since I can't race for real anymore.

Well it could be a useful feature but there's still other modes in AC that will provide racing that fits your situation, you just choose not to use them and then act like the devs did you a horrible injustice by not making their product exactly fit your needs. Enjoy PCars.

 

[Emmcee]

Not exactly, I want a sense of achievment by completing a career. Not just being quick in one race, but over a multiple.

 

[ALB123]

Well it could be a useful feature but there's still other modes in AC that will provide racing that fits your situation, you just choose not to use them and then act like the devs did you a horrible injustice by not making their product exactly fit your needs. Enjoy PCars.

Okay. I wanted to make sure I wasn't the only person thinking exactly that.

"Man, I really would love to compete in this GT3 race at Silverstone, but do to health issues I can't do the 10 laps Kunos assigned to it..."

"Hey, I totally get that. I often can't last that long either, I hate it... So, instead of clicking on Kunos's 10 lap GT3 race at Silverstone, why not just individually select Silverstone, GT3 class cars, but set it for only 5 laps or whatever you feel comfortable with?"

"Nah...Kunos is a joke...Even though I can do exactly what I want to do, since it isn't a pre-defined race that Kunos just randomly threw together into their joke of a Career Mode I'm going to throw this game away. How dare Kunos let me do exactly what I want to do by clicking a few extra buttons?! They can burn for this injustice!!"

 

[Animera]

And this solution that you're ridiculing the user about lets you progress in your career mode how?

 

[BrandonW77]

And this solution that you're ridiculing the user about lets you progress in your career mode how?

Ridiculing his presentation, not the problem. The whole "This one feature I specifically want isn't exactly the way I want it, therefore the whole game is a joke" is a bit silly, don't you think? The solution to the problem is not to bother with career mode, it's a bit useless anyway and there's no real reward for doing it. The real fun is in creating your own races or the special events or just hotlapping and getting to know the cars/tracks but the OP refuses to do that, so I guess that means the whole game is a joke.

 

[Animera]

While I agree that saying the game is a joke because of his issue is silly, the proposed solution doesn't meet his needs. He wants to play the career and he can't because of personal reasons.

The proposed solution is a solution to being able to have shorter races, not progress in career.

 

[ALB123]

When Assetto Corsa was announced to be coming to consoles, all the PC guys and many websites were warning people - this isn't like your typical GT or Forza game. No car collecting. Extremely bare bones in Career Mode. Very limited car & track count compared to the typical console games. They're a tiny studio and their philosophy, while not for everyone, is to provide the most realistic driving experience they can.

Whether you're cruising along at rookie Track Day pace in an F40 or all-out racing a GT2/GT3 car at Spa Kunos has tried to make it so there are no compromises in those departments because usually one style is better than the other (street car vs. race car). That's one of the main reasons why they have such limited content. The cars are way more complex than you'll find in your typical console game.

Everything comes with a price, a trade off. Especially so on the console platform we are learning. Much less customization players might be used to. Much less everything, but it IS still there. GT6 loved to spout that "1200+ cars" comment. Assetto Kunos like to brag about ridiculously detailed cars with highly complex data behind the physics from working with the manufacturers directly on pretty much each car & they also feature laser scanned tracks.

I'm not necessarily saying that the OP is completely doing this, but he is to an extent: Why can't Assetto Corsa be more like GT or Foza or PCars with... (insert issue here), or "Assetto Corsa should do (insert thing here). All the games have that..." Some PC sims don't even have a Career Mode at all. I know for a fact, many PC players of Assetto Corsa have never, ever done a single Career Mode event. Maybe Assetto Corsa is doomed for failure on the console because those features/options aren't available to them. I'm not saying wanting those things in AC is foolish, or AC is 'too good' for those things. Not at all. It just doesn't seem to be in line with their philosophy.

Having said all that, the OP could still run the exact type of race he prefers, down to the exact number of laps. It doesn't have a screen that pops up and says "Boy...You're really making progress now! Let's see if you can handle the Ferrari FXX-K on Vallelunga in a Time Trial next!!!" No fireworks will go off to celebrate the completion of Career Mode. I have a huge question for console users, "If Career Mode is so important, what do you plan to do with AC when you finish Career Mode? Uninstall it?"

 

[BrandonW77]

While I agree that saying the game is a joke because of his issue is silly, the proposed solution doesn't meet his needs. He wants to play the career and he can't because of personal reasons.

The proposed solution is a solution to being able to have shorter races, not progress in career.

Yes, and I agreed that it would be useful if they added the option to adjust lap count in career mode. Only the devs can provide that solution, the other solution is to branch out a bit because the game has a lot more fun to offer than the career mode. It may require a new approach and looking at things differently but the OP is unwilling to do that so he has to wait for the devs to add the option or go play PCars.

 

[Emmcee]

Let me clear one thing up, the game is awesome And I called it a "joke" out of frustration for waiting so long for the game only to not be able to play career mode basically like every other racing game available. I can't just select a free race, I can never do that, not in f1 or nothing as I feel time spent playing should go towards some completion of the game. That's how I feel, just another angle a consumer is coming from that's all. Choosing laps would just add the ability for more people to play with some "sense of achievement". Also while catering for die hards to get the whole racing experience by completing full lap races. What's the harm in just incorporating this feature for other people? Maybe you want to play so bad but don't have a spare 1hr, this function would allow a quick go before you have to duck out somewhere. All I just do now when I want to play it is just the challenges, but I feel more satisfaction in PC. Was totally enjoying the crap out of it up until I hit 20/30 lap races.