Assetto Corsa has had a tough start on consoles. Whilst bringing a fantastic experience in relation to it’s wheel force feedback and physics, the lack of options and features have bugged some of the fans who want to do more than just hot lap. That looks set to change however, as a recent post over on the official Assetto Corsa community forum has highlighted that private lobbies for online play are being worked on as we speak.
Private lobbies were a largely noticeable omission when the game released in August. Of all features asked for, being able to play easily with friends without archaic methods (like joining public lobbies at the same time) is key to enjoying a game such as Assetto Corsa. The true joy comes from driving and not being able to do this privately was a large omission.
As it stands, the release date isn’t available, but Kunos ensure fans that when the features are ready, they’ll be able to deploy it. Patience, as ever, is key.
Hopefully this comes sooner rather than later: it would go a long way to giving the game more legs compared to the current gameplay options. The introduction of private lobbies will also allow players to use purchased DLC packs for racing online — once again, something that isn’t possible at the current time.
On the topic of DLC, a certain digitally-elusive German manufacturer by the name of Porsche will soon make it’s way to consoles. Released on PC at the tail end of October, the inaugural content pack gave players access to seven incredible cars that ranged from road-going to Group 5, the latter represented by the inclusion of the beautiful 935 Moby Dick.
The pack has something for every Porsche fan and certainly brings some nice drives to AC. As it stands, there is no proposed release date for the pack but the assurance is there that Kunos are working at getting it into the hands of eager sim racers.
In case you need a refresher, the content of Volume 1 is as follows:
- 911 Carrera S
- 935 Moby Dick
- 918 Spyder
- Cayman GT4 Clubsport
- 718 Cayman S
- 917/30
- 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 1974
It isn’t just premium DLC on the horizon too, the next major update’s (1.09) bonus content has been detailed and players can expect the Porsche Panamera G2 Turbo and historic Silverstone free of charge. There’s definitely a lot to be excited about in the coming months for Assetto Corsa on console.
The glaring omissions in the console version of Assetto Corsa were highlighted extensively in our review of the game, so it’s good to see one of the more requested features for online play is finally being addressed. The discrepancy in scheduling for content between PC and console is unfortunate but largely unavoidable as both are treated individually in terms of version build. Here’s hoping that future updates continue to close the quality gap between the two platforms.
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Seriously?? How long do we have to wait for the console release of the Porsche DLC pack?
I haven’t touched the game on PS$ since first trying it out..
the lack of Private lobbies with No control over what car, or cars get used..
Makes it pointless..
yeah you can enter a premade lobby, then Invite friends, but the List of cars are not evenly matched, so to try and run a fair race, forget it…
waiting on the Private, configurable lobbies.. Then we’ll have another go with it.
To what purpose. They need to do some real promotion, there’s no players! Don’t make me go back to PC. It’s so annoying.
I’m terribly excited for the Porsche DLC. It feels like a wall is coming down and we’re finally getting our hands on something that was completely out of reach.
Regarding the on line features… oh boy! What to say?
Re-design the whole thing from scratch as everything is just wrong in Assetto Corsa.
They should take a look into GT6 and PCars to understand how we want the on line rooms to work. We want to be able to choose class, number of laps, technical restrictions and most importantly, who we want and don’t want in that room. Pretty standard normal stuff, I guess.
If Assetto Corsa can have Porsche, PD, what the hell are you doing, get them in your games
Remember, Porsche approached Kunos…not the other way around. Porsche wanted Kunos to license Assetto Corsa Pro for all of their simulators – not for team racers, but for trade shows and other exhibits where they like putting out some simulations so you can “try the real thing” on a race track.
Still can’t get over what a feather in the cap this must be for Kunos. To gain access to both the internal simulators at Porsche and such a huge part of their historic car lineup must have them smiling every day!
I remember Ian Bell said that Porsche DLC will come to the project cars this fall.
So every studios can use this brand in their games if they licensed it.
I can’t play this game for more then 20 min without getting bored and not one person was online! Not one! Yes the force feedback feels great but I don’t want to hot lap all the time. This should be call the driving sim not a race sim.
Glad to see this addition is coming! Well overdue, but I know the team is hard at work on supporting the game and listening to the community, which is very much respected!
I just hope they can ramp up the content so it doesn’t get lost on PS4 if GTS comes out early next year.
The Red pack is still missing from consoles as well, I would assume they work on that first before the Porsche packs. I got the season pass though so will have both anyway. :)
But good times ahead for sure! And free content is always great!
Yes, the red pack is much needed here, together with the redbull ring! Once online lobbies come so should many more players online