Assetto Corsa PC Mods General DiscussionPC

[X90]

Agreed. So much focus on GT3 or F1, there is so much more to motorsport than just F1, GT3, Indy, Nascar or Aussies Stuporcars. A decent Formula Atlantic mod with the Ralt RT4, Swifts and Reynards would be will appreciated, heck even a good F5000 mod with all the chassis, not just the single generic car like RSS have done with their single seaters

Yep. I am "younger" (heavy quotes emphasis) than most here, and I prefer Prototypes of every era to other classes.

These are still woefully underrepresented - both in the newest LMDh classifications and in the lower classes like LMP2 and LMP3. There's a ton of trash out there in these categories, and it's a shame that it's yet to get a definitive mod. It's an easy crown to claim. I guess they're just not popular enough.

I guess the "F1 car every year and GT3" plan is for Twitch or YouTube or some other form of social media I don't understand. It's a shame.

RSS did the community a huge service with the GT1 Pack when it released. It was a unique and amazing mod that brought the best of GTR to a modern (ish) sim, and the results were excellent, especially with their later revisions. While there's been a few other historic releases since, the overwhelming majority of their releases have been F1 or open wheel cars of some variety. I see it as a missed opportunity, but I'm sure their financials say differently.

 

[RacingManiac]

Random usual rants about Mods not to people's taste aside....

Formula Alpha 1.2, when you put the car in "Low Downforce" package, does the front flaps just disappear for anyone else?

 

[Gregz0r]

Generational conflict: I'm old and most likely want older cars, younger customers want ultra-modern, huge plastic Transformers with bright colors and noble sourdough and just don't want to make anything themselves.

Our generation (born 1970-1990) of gamers is getting older and older and has completely different demands, everything is now so time-consuming and expensive. Just creating a single vehicle, rendering, programming, sound design, textures, driving behavior, it's extremely time consuming for just one car.

This always reminds me of the Nissan Skyline R34, which is featured in almost every racing game, I can't see this car anymore.

Yeah. As a fan of the late-80s early 90s F1, I’d be lost without the full season of 1991 and 1992 (and other 90s seasons) cars from ASR and 1994 from ACFL.
There’s not a lot of 86-90 cars floating about, which saddens me, but I can understand it.
Those kinds of things tend to be pure passion projects, rather than filling a massive demand.

 

[Daniel Graf]

Let us bring Zoffty's awesome exception to the table. The Porsche 964 Carrera 2 Cup 1992 coming very soon.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Never, Assetto Corsa 2 will have copy protection for 3D models, sound, textures, etc. Plus, they're not stupid at Kunos, they see what potential there is in mods in Assetto Corsa and will want to fill their own pockets.

Assetto Corsa 2 will be even less interesting than ACC when it comes to modding.

Ilja's Encryption is already almost perfect and there will be one in AC2 that is even more perfect, maybe by him too, who knows.

It will be that way because you can make money with it and that's when the friendship always ends.

They'll get RSS and co on board, at least that's what I would do.

It will stay with AC1 and for a very long time.
The one year thing is nonsense, the requirements for AC2 will be enormously higher and only very few people have such a powerful PC, most have medium and low end PCs, which is why there are so many active mod communities for old games.

A platform as open as AC1, which also looks good, will never die and will never exist again.

Come on, you really need to be that cynical like Kunos is some large corporation that has hundreds of employees and is fiercely protective of their work? They're a team of only a handful.

First, it can't be much more demanding than ACC, I can guarantee. PC sims released even the past year or two like AMS2 aren't that demanding. It's not going to be Gran Turismo 7 levels of graphical fidelity.

Second, Kunos is aware the reason AC is so popular is because they enabled the modding scene. There's the old Kunos pipeline, the KN5 editor, etc. that enables us to even do half of the stuff we do. They are aware and have supported the modding community in the past (even working with URD for some official content). They aren't going to kill the modding community in AC2 because they know it's what makes the game what it is, it's their competitive advantage over the rest of the space.

Sure, making mods for AC2 might be harder if there is weather included in the base game, it might not be as simple as the "drag n drop" system we have right now, but I'm sure modding will carry on into AC2 and we'll see RSS, URD, VRC and all those names continuing to model and release cars for the game.

If you think it's smart for Kunos to encrypt the game and get their hands into the modding scene's pot, I'd wholeheartedly disagree. That's possibly the most stupid thing they could do when they know the reason AC has such a high concurrent player-count is precisely because of the mod support.

 

[Masscot]

Come on, you really need to be that cynical like Kunos is some large corporation that has hundreds of employees and is fiercely protective of their work? They're a team of only a handful.

First, it can't be much more demanding than ACC, I can guarantee. PC sims released even the past year or two like AMS2 aren't that demanding. It's not going to be Gran Turismo 7 levels of graphical fidelity.

Second, Kunos is aware the reason AC is so popular is because they enabled the modding scene. There's the old Kunos pipeline, the KN5 editor, etc. that enables us to even do half of the stuff we do. They are aware and have supported the modding community in the past (even working with URD for some official content). They aren't going to kill the modding community in AC2 because they know it's what makes the game what it is, it's their competitive advantage over the rest of the space.

Sure, making mods for AC2 might be harder if there is weather included in the base game, it might not be as simple as the "drag n drop" system we have right now, but I'm sure modding will carry on into AC2 and we'll see RSS, URD, VRC and all those names continuing to model and release cars for the game.

If you think it's smart for Kunos to encrypt the game and get their hands into the modding scene's pot, I'd wholeheartedly disagree. That's possibly the most stupid thing they could possibly do when they know the reason AC has such a high concurrent player-count is precisely because of the mod support.

Modding isn't easy in ACC though, is it?
Kunos locked that one down for a reason.
What did Kunos gain by making AC so mod-friendly?
After initial official DLC runs, and as free community mods increased, any potential ongoing revenue stream from official Kunos add-ons obviously wasn't deemed cost effective.
The last thing a dev wants is for a previous game to last 8+ years... they want people to buy their new one.
There's no doubt potential ACC sales were hit hard by AC's continuing popularity, and that popularity is all down to AC's growth and refinement in the hands of modders... for which Kunos earn nothing but goodwill.
Time will tell if AC2 will facilitate easy modding and provide the necessary tools, but I have my doubts.

Hasn't Ian Bell said that his next sim will be the most moddable ever?

 

[MisterWaffles]

Modding isn't easy in ACC though, is it?
Kunos locked that one down for a reason.
What did Kunos gain by making AC so mod-friendly?
After initial official DLC runs, and as free community mods increased, any potential ongoing revenue stream from official Kunos add-ons obviously wasn't deemed cost effective.
The last thing a dev wants is for a previous game to last 8+ years... they want people to buy their new one.
There's no doubt potential ACC sales were hit hard by AC's continuing popularity, and that popularity is all down to AC's growth and refinement in the hands of modders... for which Kunos earn nothing but goodwill.
Time will tell if AC2 will facilitate easy modding and provide the necessary tools, but I have my doubts.

Hasn't Ian Bell said that his next sim will be the most moddable ever?

People keep referencing ACC as the reason AC2 won't be moddable and frankly I think that's a bad point. ACC has the Blancpain series license attached to it, and it was marketed as the official game for it. The mainline AC entries are meant to be general simulators featuring a wide range of content, not existing solely to replicate a single series as accurately as they possibly can. It's very likely Kunos just made the game hard to mod to keep an offiicial appearance up for the SRO Group.

If Kunos was smart (which they are) and they want people to buy their new game, they will keep AC2 moddable. They're aware just how massive the original game is, and all they need to do is keep the game relatively open and provide the tools necessary for the same to happen in the sequel.

Also... what did Kunos have to gain? Really lol? How about a huge amount of positive PR, great word of mouth amongst the community, having their game paraded around as an example of a truly modular and open platform for doing whatever your motoring mind can come up with? No doubt that generated thousands of copies worth of sales alone. People are still buying the game now even a few years after ACC and many years after it came out, all because of the mod support. It's the best way to keep long-term interest in the game alive and it's in the best interest of Kunos to keep modding open, so why wouldn't they?

...and I think we as a community have learnt to never trust a single word Ian Bell says. It's way more likely his GTR revival never comes out than releases even with no mod support.

In the end I'm going off of blind faith as those who say AC2 can not possibly have any mod support. But although Ilja and others have done most of the work, Kunos has been kind to us as a community by providing the tools. ACC was an outlier due to that game's official licensing status and the corporate mandates/politics that come with it.

 

[Quikslvr]

Where can I find this track?

The links are in Breathe's track list, "Fictive" tab, lines 594 and 595. The original is from https://celletson.wixsite.com/acclassics; the in-progress RMi version is from the RMi Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/rmi/posts.

F1 1992 Track Pack v1.0...

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Curratum]

The simple truth of the matter is, AC 2014 will always be a unique artifact - there has never been and there never will be a platform that has such a library of vehicle and track content. The sheer amount of newly made things for it, plus the endless conversions and beautifications of content from GTR/GTL/RF/etc will always be a unique thing - the most extensive collection of virtual cars and race track virtual tourism you could ever have - now, or in any point in time later, when modding will get increasingly more complex and demanding, if possible at all, and so much content will never accumulate ever again, all on a single platform for you to enjoy.

 

[RMi_wood]

The links are in Breathe's track list, "Fictive" tab, lines 594 and 595. The original is from https://celletson.wixsite.com/acclassics; the in-progress RMi version is from the RMi Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/rmi/posts.

At least you didnt share the link directly, it is a Patreon member early wip, not finished nor release quality... but thanks for the rain.

Also, I converted it directly from the game, not another site etc.

 

[RicME85]

Got an issue I am having with some cars in Content Manager when generating new previews.

Before:

After:

Why are meshes hidden? All I am doing is using the same preset as with other cars that come out fine but some are doing this.Any ideas?

 

[Short_Circut]

Got an issue I am having with some cars in Content Manager when generating new previews.

Before:
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Why are meshes hidden? All I am doing is using the same preset as with other cars that come out fine but some are doing this.Any ideas?

It's probably using model replacement which doesnt work with normal previews (would have to use CSP previews)

 

[BruceD]

Yeah. As a fan of the late-80s early 90s F1, I’d be lost without the full season of 1991 and 1992 (and other 90s seasons) cars from ASR and 1994 from ACFL.
There’s not a lot of 86-90 cars floating about, which saddens me, but I can understand it.
Those kinds of things tend to be pure passion projects, rather than filling a massive demand.

Something I've never understood is why the 1987 F1 season seems to be avoided by so many modders. It took ages for it to arrive in GP4 and rF1 and not seen besides 1 or 2 standalone cars in AC. 1968 is another season like that.

Also old Indycar / Cart / USAC years. Hardly a thing in AC, a few in rf1.

 

[TonyBarracuda]

Never, Assetto Corsa 2 will have copy protection for 3D models, sound, textures, etc. Plus, they're not stupid at Kunos, they see what potential there is in mods in Assetto Corsa and will want to fill their own pockets.

Assetto Corsa 2 will be even less interesting than ACC when it comes to modding.

Ilja's Encryption is already almost perfect and there will be one in AC2 that is even more perfect, maybe by him too, who knows.

It will be that way because you can make money with it and that's when the friendship always ends.

They'll get RSS and co on board, at least that's what I would do.

It will stay with AC1 and for a very long time.
The one year thing is nonsense, the requirements for AC2 will be enormously higher and only very few people have such a powerful PC, most have medium and low end PCs, which is why there are so many active mod communities for old games.

A platform as open as AC1, which also looks good, will never die and will never exist again.

So AC2 will be closed for public modding?

 

[RicME85]

It's probably using model replacement which doesnt work with normal previews (would have to use CSP previews)

Cheers 👍

 

[Ararelyracer]

Hi All, I have a question regarding UV unwrapping seam. Please refer to snap shots below, first one shows the UV seam in the object in 3ds Max, all vertices were welded along the seam so it was not because of unwelded vertices. Second screen shot is the same object in content manager with AO diffuse and tx Maps applied. AO was generated by content manager. You can see that the seam is creating an unwanted seam in the final 3D object. Can anyone shed me some light on this? If I remove the UV seam, the problem goes away. related 3Ds Max file attached as well. Many thanks in advance!

 

[Masscot]

Also... what did Kunos have to gain? Really lol? How about a huge amount of positive PR, great word of mouth amongst the community, having their game paraded around as an example of a truly modular and open platform for doing whatever your motoring mind can come up with?

You lost me at "Really lol?".
You dismiss my opinion, and then go on to agree with me.
I literally said "...and that popularity is all down to AC's growth and refinement in the hands of modders... for which Kunos earn nothing but goodwill."
You even quoted it.

 

[jac0]

Got an issue I am having with some cars in Content Manager when generating new previews.

Before:
View attachment 1291918After:View attachment 1291919

Why are meshes hidden? All I am doing is using the same preset as with other cars that come out fine but some are doing this.Any ideas?

when you restart CM , and then regenerate first for this car , does it give you a good preview?
(I sometimes have hidden parts - or all car is hidden - after making alot of previews. Simple restart of CM then fixes that.)
I hope it's as simple as that for you...

 

[GIBBONS]

The simple truth of the matter is, AC 2014 will always be a unique artifact - there has never been and there never will be a platform that has such a library of vehicle and track content. The sheer amount of newly made things for it, plus the endless conversions and beautifications of content from GTR/GTL/RF/etc will always be a unique thing - the most extensive collection of virtual cars and race track virtual tourism you could ever have - now, or in any point in time later, when modding will get increasingly more complex and demanding, if possible at all, and so much content will never accumulate ever again, all on a single platform for you to enjoy.

Very well put, even if AC2 is fully open to modding in the same way as AC1, I still can't see me migrating over. The amount of time and effort I've sunk into this game is absurd and at the end of the day I'm happy with it, my track list is ridiculous and my car list is only a few conversions away from pretty much how I've always imagined my perfect car game, plus I can edit any of the content to my liking at any time.

Personally I see AC2 having a Steam Workshop style modding scene where RSS et al can release semi official and pre-approved content for free/purchase. While a massive advantage over something like Forza/GT, I expect it will be nothing like as comprehensive or open as the current game with only a handful of locked down, quality releases each year. Anyone expecting to be sorting through literally thousands of car/track converts from other games is living in a dream world in my opinion. There's simply no way in the current age that Kunos will be allowed to release a direct competitor to Turn 10/Polyphony/Reiza etc. and include the possibility for owners of this game to simply steal any and all assets from their competitors without any issue. Frankly it's probable that only the age of AC1, it's relatively small user base (at least compared with the big names on Xbox/PS) and the 'end of life' status bestowed upon it are the only things that allow it to get away with what it's become in the meantime. I also suspect there will be significant pressure bestowed upon Kunos by the car manufacturers.

 

[RicME85]

when you restart CM , and then regenerate first for this car , does it give you a good preview?
(I sometimes have hidden parts - or all car is hidden - after making alot of previews. Simple restart of CM then fixes that.)
I hope it's as simple as that for you...

Unfortunately not, I have had to use the 'use CSP for final previews render' option to get the whole car to render

 

[Quikslvr]

At least you didnt share the link directly, it is a Patreon member early wip, not finished nor release quality...

I shared only what appears on Breathe's public list. If it's there, I consider it a valid track. I intended that the RainFX could be used by anyone with this track in its current form, as well as for the earlier version by Gilles75.

Also, I converted it directly from the game, not another site etc.

By "original track," I meant only to indicate that Gilles75's version was available for AC first, not that you adapted it -- sorry if that was misleading.

 

[Curratum]

Dropping this here. I don't have real modding skills but I do have a lot of free time and I wanted to give something back to this great place. Hope you find it useful!

22 brand / series / class badges, 256x256 transparent PNGs

Preview:

 

[sab001]

My quick hack job (4 hours, I'm slow) to RSSs' skin, so we have one until the real ones arrive: (I'll do an update soon, and add a #12 GTD... I also did a power BOP to 594hp, I'll throw that in with the update)
(Updated already - 6:30pdt - missed the molex on the right side) (Please note the lower-case "skinname" in the ui_skin.json. I also name the skin folder the same as that .json-skinname so I can tell at a glance that it's correct. If you don't know why you should use lower case, aaargh.)

 

[racinjoe013]

I'm not very good when it comes to car skinning, but I made this quick file for the grille and trunk logo on the new RSS Lux mod. Just drop the files in to all the skins folders. Should be good enough until someone makes a better version.

 

[jobyone]

I think the talk about AC2 is interesting. It is hard to see how AC2 will be as open as AC but that does not mean that there will not be some form of modding. From my perspective as one of the probably older group is that I want quality not quantity and to some degree money is not a big factor. If AC was still getting monthly DLC I would most likely buy it all. But with mods (and I know there are great mods out there) it is harder for me to justify spending money on them as I just don't know to what standard they are made. i am not saying Kunos is perfect but I at least believe they are adhering to the same set of criteria.

Will I get AC2 when it comes out? Yes for sure? Do I own ACC? No and the reason is that it just does not offer anything that AC does that I value enough to want to use it. The variety of AC is the draw. Being able to Race GT3s one day, drive LA canyons the next, then drive like an idiot on SRP followed by Classic race cars at tracks that do not exist anymore followed by....

Well I think we all get the point

Long Live AC but I do hope AC2 is better!

 

[porsche 919]

does someone have a very good, close to real sound mod for the e30 m3 dtm or for the 320i stw?

 

[martin786]

can someone help me , i don't know why the diff on the 997.2 gt3 dose not work , only one tyre is spinning , it was the same data as BZ 997.2 4.0

 

[Short_Circut]

Hi All, I have a question regarding UV unwrapping seam. Please refer to snap shots below, first one shows the UV seam in the object in 3ds Max, all vertices were welded along the seam so it was not because of unwelded vertices. Second screen shot is the same object in content manager with AO diffuse and tx Maps applied. AO was generated by content manager. You can see that the seam is creating an unwanted seam in the final 3D object. Can anyone shed me some light on this? If I remove the UV seam, the problem goes away. related 3Ds Max file attached as well. Many thanks in advance!
View attachment 1291932View attachment 1291931

(you should probably paste files as a universe format like .fbx rather than just a max file)

CM ao baking will show seams like if you tried baking a forza rip it will be completely visible. If you bake with something like substance painter you can get a nice bake without the visible seams (unless you're texturing)

 

[MrHunt]

Come on, you really need to be that cynical like Kunos is some large corporation that has hundreds of employees and is fiercely protective of their work? They're a team of only a handful.

First, it can't be much more demanding than ACC, I can guarantee. PC sims released even the past year or two like AMS2 aren't that demanding. It's not going to be Gran Turismo 7 levels of graphical fidelity.

Second, Kunos is aware the reason AC is so popular is because they enabled the modding scene. There's the old Kunos pipeline, the KN5 editor, etc. that enables us to even do half of the stuff we do. They are aware and have supported the modding community in the past (even working with URD for some official content). They aren't going to kill the modding community in AC2 because they know it's what makes the game what it is, it's their competitive advantage over the rest of the space.

Sure, making mods for AC2 might be harder if there is weather included in the base game, it might not be as simple as the "drag n drop" system we have right now, but I'm sure modding will carry on into AC2 and we'll see RSS, URD, VRC and all those names continuing to model and release cars for the game.

If you think it's smart for Kunos to encrypt the game and get their hands into the modding scene's pot, I'd wholeheartedly disagree. That's possibly the most stupid thing they could do when they know the reason AC has such a high concurrent player-count is precisely because of the mod support.

If you now controlled this mod market and handled everything via one platform, with certain restrictions, then it would definitely work with AC2, but we will see what the future brings and not to forget the system req.
My PC is 9 years old and iam never be able to play AC2 i bet

 

[Curratum]

I was always wondering, is there a one-size-fits-all solution for cars that have the exact same bug / issue - the car gets into 2nd gear, and then starts bogging down and constantly switching between 3rd and down to 2nd, then 3rd then 2nd again. If I manually shift it to 3rd, it starts doing the same between 3rd and 4th, constantly sputtering.

I use automatic gearing, since I've been on controller for a while, no room for the T300 at the moment.

Is there a "this one simple trick" kind of fix that sorts out this issue? I've had this on a good number of cars, especially rally cars, that I really like otherwise and in videos where they don't do this.