Sadly I don't have a monitor worth using. I've only got wmr working on my sim and this has never worked right. Going to triple monitors soon just because support sucks for VR on so many games.
Same here, good game for the price i paid when it went into early access, not worth the price it is right now and honestly i doubt it will ever be worth that price. Don't get me wrong the driving is good, i like it but north worth that much money.
I wouldn't say I feel ripped off, but I'm definitely disappointed. I only do sim racing in VR these days, I don't have the monitors to do triple screen, and single screen is just not fun for me. I got AC:C as soon as it went available on early access, but I didn't try it out til VR was first added. It was pretty rough, so I shelved the game feeling confident the VR would be improved in time... and the opposite has happened. I'm still happy that I bought in to the game at the start and I'm still confident that it will improve, I just didn't really expect this sort of trajectory.
No it isn't. The question is worth the money, if a single series with minimal content is deserving of a $40 price tag then I'm the pope. It's a good game, but there is no way in hell it is worth what they are asking, especially with the god awful VR support. This game is worth $20, just like the original. (which mind you has 45 tracks and hundreds of cars for the deluxe edition price which is ACC's full price)
@@TINYHEAD69 The narrow content scope allows for a much deeper and correct simulation. This was a design decision from the start and they were clear about it. Complaing now about lack of content, while it was clear from the start what cars and tracks would be available? How does that work? It is not supposed to be an AC2 and they never said it would be. Give it some time and polish, this will be a great great sim. No matter the content.
I bought in part of a pack where I got this, acc, rfactor, rfactor2 I believe, nascar heat 5, I racing, and like five others as well as a huge discount for a few racing wheel setups but didn’t buy those. All for 13.99, very much worth it.
I'm trying to get to the bottom of the 'thic soupy' cornering. However upon further investigation I have to admit defeat as I couldn't find any real life corners named campbells knorr Heinz.
Should it be better by now? Yes. But I remember Assetto Corsa in 2014, and it was shite compared to what it is today, and I'm not factoring in mods. ACC will improve a lot I'm sure, but releasing unfinished games is par for the course unfortunately.
So 8 months in early access and now they release the game as complete but it is not complete. Just another company taking advantage of the consumer in my opinion.
To understand ACC, one has to understand the Kunos development stages, and what they actually mean: Early Access = Tech Demo to raise money Version 1.0 = Alpha release Version 1.5 = Beta release Version 1.924 (4 years later) = Version 1.0 (some bugs are left that will never be fixed)
It's really one of the most annoying things about gaming in general to me. There's been plenty of games that I've started up and played 2 or 3 hours and then stopped because I wasn't having fun, or games that I've stopped after less than an hour because they were more than not fun. Then I get friends and such like "oh man you didn't give it enough time! you gotta play at least X hours before you judge!" Umm... no. Games are a hobby and I do it for fun. A game that I've paid money to entertain me should not require me to then invest X hours of boredom/shit before I'm rewarded with fun. Sim racing is a little different though. Like the text said in Jimmers video, he found the career passable. It was the career mode he was saying wasn't "fun" but since the actual racing is done so well, I think one would still be having fun. What turned me off is the unskippable practice/"testing" sessions. That would be not fun for me. On tracks I am familiar with, and in a sim where there are only 10 tracks and only 1 class of car... I don't think I'd need to do constant practices. In a career mode I'd want to be able to progress as quickly as possible, going from one race to the next asap. If the practice/test sessions provided some benefit mechanically like the "development points" he mentions from F1 then that would be a different story, there'd be a reason to do them, and then they'd be fun because there's a goal. Not just burnt time.
@@gitrekt-gudson Reminds me of modern open-world games like RDR2, Yakuza etc. Too much filler/unrelated content that you have to spend too many hours on before you can "have fun" with the games' main focus, and not just in the prologue. I've felt the same way about ACC, except that I had to do all three practice sessions TWICE because I had to change career options to suit me better.
I think when the multiplayer is working and you have fair people on your level, it is the best "gt3 simulator" and will give us so much fun and great racing❤️
Was probably just gonna wait until steam had it reduced anyway and this video confirmed that's probably the right thing, cheers Jimmy and good luck for the weekend
I agree to most of what you said. I didn't expect much of the Career mode, but for me it is the nicest way of experiencing singleplayer racing in ACC- I also don't like those practice sessions, though. What I experienced was, that because I am not extremely fast, I actually couldn't choose the Audi or the Huracan for my team. The kerbs seem to have that friction, but I'm not too sure, if that is okay how it is. But what I experienced was, that you can actually lose the car when getting onto the kerbs with too much power- there is a difference in grip, which should be accurate. I got the game with EA Build 1 and for those 20€ or so it is absolutely awesome. For the 45€ I wouldn't be sure either, but I guess I would have bought it as well. :D
When I first played it I could barely complete a lap without sliding off but the more I play the more I love it. Thanks for the video Jimmy always the go to resource for anything racing SIM related
I know this is very unlikely, but I would really like if they made a dlc with WEC cars and tracks, and some classic endurance cars just to spice up the game a bit
They already have Barcelona, Spa & Silverstone. They can add Fuji & Shanghai if they add the Blancpain GT Asia series www.gt-world-challenge-asia.com/calendar . So easily 5 of 8 are very possible. We won't get the rest of the WEC tracks, but there's also Blancpain GT America www.gt-world-challenge-america.com/calendar & Intercontinental GT www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/calendar tracks that are also possible additions.
I already spent my Taiwanese dollars on it. But I have to say I love it although I am a gamepad plebs. I love the variety of the cars and all of them are fun to drive. But something I would like to change are the career mode and I can not change the gamepad button settings but it is a decent game and I like it.
I just had a very smooth 24 car race against AI at Silverstone in the rain in VR without any problems. Clearly some people are having issues at the moment but for some it is working great in VR. I only have an i7 6700k and a gtx 1070. I think the release was complicated by the simultaneous release of a Game Ready driver from nvidia. Until I optimized using Geforce Experience I had stuttering issues but as I said it is fine now. I agree about the disappointing career mode but for me the driving feel is second to none and is by far the best FFB I've used.
This is definitely the best sim racing channel by a hell of a long way other people are boring been searching for other channels for a few months now everyone I've found bores me Jimmy always keeps me entertained
If you are a bad driver trying to get good this game has been a godsend...i have made more progress in 2 weeks with acc than 4 months with rfactor 2, iracing, ac and raceroom..it walks you through getting better...love it. Long term it's not gonna be fun though unless it gets a ton more content,, IMO if your bad and really want to get better this game is for you
The game has potential, but my journey so far: okay let's check it out in VR .. oh ... what .... that's terrible! Okay okay, maybe they just need some time to adjust it, let's make use of the tripple screen instead - oh no wait, it's not supported ... Despite the VR problems, I enjoyed it because of the good physics, awesome sounding GT3 cars and I have to say, I've never seen so much details on a GT3 in any other game/sim before. I hope they'll fix all the problems in a not too distant future.
Birki gts I remember when games weren't expected to have vr support. It's crazy how much things have progressed. Still, I find it annoying how people behave about it, saying they won't buy a game just because no vr. It is strange that it was working before though, and now in the full release it's having issues.
@@jamesshives5679 How is it annoying? I only do sim racing (and drifting) in VR these days. 100% exclusively VR. My other option would be a 35" single screen.... there's absolutely no contest between sim racing in a HTC Vive Pro and sim racing on a single monitor. VR is better. I will not support racing titles that do not support VR. At this point, in my opinion, VR is such a benefit in sim racing that a racing title without VR is just as bad as a racing title that doesn't support FFB wheels. I don't think anyone would be annoyed by people avoiding a title that didn't allow them to use their wheels.
Though I will say I have not actually reinstalled the game to check it out, so the VR in AC:C may work fine in my case. Other people report VR works fine for them, so it seems to be a hit or miss kind of thing. It's been at least 3 months since I've touched AC:C, I bought into early access fully planning on just waiting for final release before really playing. I knew there was no VR when I bought into EA, but Kunos said it would be added, and I knew it worked fine in AC so there was no reason for me to distrust them. I am still confident the kinks will be ironed out, too. The F1 20xx series games though for example, I won't touch them. I'd LOVE to, but I won't... they don't support VR and Codemasters have said they do not plan on supporting it. Until that changes I won't buy their stuff.
PandemonicTV I'm sorry but I don't think there is any comparison between a bonus peripheral and a necessary part of simulation. To me, if you're going to do actual sim racing, a wheel is basically a necessity. VR is not, and there are more people with wheels without vr than there are with vr. Even if you took that stand that ffb wheels aren't necessary either, I argue that vr is even less so. The problem I have with this is that people feel like you feel so strongly that if a game doesn't cater to your exact wants, it is not worth supporting. Plenty of good games are ruined or die off either by lack of support, or, by the developers trying so hard to please everyone that they don't nail any part of it. It really is all about your viewpoint, but to me, vr is not a necessity, and for you it is, so obviously this is where we fundamentally disagree. I think if a game is good enough, not having a (in my mind) superfluous feature, is not a reason to not buy it and enjoy it for what it is, which in this case, is a good racing sim. That being said I do understand the frustration, I understand that vr is a transformative experience and it is hard for people to go back to a monitor if they are exclusively vr (which I dare say is still a minority), I just question whether it is at a reasonable level or not, because I don't think one can say vr is as necessary as a wheel and pedals.
PandemonicTV And it is annoying because certain games, whenever any gameplay is uploaded of them, you always have those people in the comments saying "shame it has no vr" and "no vr no buy." So it's not just that I have a problem with the mentality, it's also just really annoying to see all the time. And listen, I'm not trying to criticize you as a person, I'm sure vr is great and you can be upset about the game not having it if you want to; you are of course not alone in that, and may have a valid point. I just don't think it is at the point yet where it should be expected in the way that it is.
Not defending this kind of culture, but it is pretty much the norm nowadays... see destiny, anthem they release an incomplete game, see if it pays off and then work on it or abandon it.
@@tuna_6548 GTR3 is definitely in development. Rumour is though that`ll be a simcade title, which Raceroom was supposed to be until Sector 3 ripped it apart and made it more of a sim. Raceroom is still hampered by that early code to a degree, but is still my favourite driving game.
Regarding online experience it will get better with your SA rating and also you can join competition servers where you gain CP that is the equivalent of irating (competition servers have 1h races and punish you if you leave the server after qualy has started)
Something that needs to be addressed is the lack of ability to use a mouse in VR. IMO, that alone makes it totally NOT worth it for people with VR-only rigs, such as myself. I know it sounds like a minor thing, but being forced to map menu-navigation buttons to my wheel genuinely sucks away all of my desire to even try setting this game up for a quick race.
BUYER BEWARE! I've read a couple of reviews on Steam and the biggest complaint is that you can't save your progress of a race weekend halfway through. So if you start a weekend, you have to do all the practice sessions, qualifying and the race itself in one sitting.
It’s such a shame because the cars and racing and physics all feel phenomenal, and the game looks and sounds amazing. Unfortunately I have to admit that the rest of the game just isn’t there yet. I think Kunos knew that the game has problems, and that is reflected in the discounted launch price. I believe that they will do their best to fix what issues they can and it will get better, but I worry that the problems with the multiplayer system and Unreal engine integration are so hard wired into the game that there may only be so much that they can do to fix them. I really hope they can turn thing so around though, as a lot of the core elements of the game are very promising and this could be a great sim. Excellent review!
Completely agree. The driving itself is very very enjoyable, but there are so many things that need tweaking. Another point that many users have issues - The crashes! This game all-out crashes to desktop, all the time. The funny part is, just like VR going missing, the crashing has gotten a lot worse after going out of early access. During my first evening of checking out the full release, the game hard-locked or outright crashed 5 times during within about 2 hours. It is simply not in a state yet that is worthy of being called "version 1.0"
I totally agree on this review Jimmy. Been trying to get a solid start in the career mode for the last 2 days but no luck so far. Completed the Lamborghini event pretty fast but the first real race at Zolder is really crap imo. Firstly , there could be more information given to the player: Why are there 2 qualifying sessions and how does this affect the starting grid? I'm pretty sure lots of people don't know. Also the lack of a pause and resume in between session events is a real letdown. Once started, you have to complete the full weekend: FP, Q and 2x Race. I takes 2 hours at least. If you quit in between one of them you have to redo it all. Then there is the AI, the slow corner issue you described is annoying as hell, when on a smaller track like Brands Hatch or Zolder it really ruins the experience for me. With only a handful of overtaking opportunities, one can really be stuck for the whole race because they park on the apex and you have to avoid them like all the time with sometimes safety penalty points as a result because contact is unavoidable at times. Mulitplayer isn't much better atm either. Lots of game crashes, and a quick web search shows I am not the only one experiencing this. I was looking forward to the full release, but after 2 full days of trying single and multiplayer i feel pretty disappointed.
For me it’s a great driving sim but very narrow in scope. Having said that, every car feels different and little touches like the track rubbering in are fantastic. If you play through career, and get your ratings higher you’ll get some great racing...if anyone is still playing online that is. It is going to struggle against the likes of iRacing, which is expensive but superb. One thing I find funny is sim racers who are always going about paying huge sums for kit but are unsure about whether to spend £35 (about the price of the Clubsport 3 performance braking kit)
i think alot of people where expecting AC2 tbh. i was happy to pay the early access price, but i wouldnt pay for full release price, not yet any way, give it a year when its half price on humble bundle, that way the new gen2 gt3's wouldve been added too.
@8:40 ACC is not moddable BUT GTR2 was highly moddable. Ive been racing in GTR2 from 2010 to 2015 online and thanks to the racing community Ive joined I had every car and track known to sim racers. disappointed that jimmy didnt do his research right on this one.
Going from Forza 7 and F1 2018 to this game is a huge jump. No rewind is hard to get over when you're not the best driver, but I will have to get over that an git gud. I've played 8 hours of the game since buying it and only just got enough practice to slog my way through Zolder in the career mode in a boatley. Honestly, I've driven the bentley, Lambo, and one of the BMWs and they all feel incredibly different. The sounds, the cockpits, even the camera and mirror views out of the cockpits are all unique. Visually the game is stunning and I've had friends ask if it was even a game. Admittedly the career mode is really lackluster, but it's better than Forza 7 honestly, the driving experience as a whole makes it better. I just wish there were ways to view championship points outside of your races so you can keep track of the teams and the... Not quite politics but the events outside of the track like... You know the championship. If you want to get into Sim Racing from arcade I made the jump in 3 days on controller, so if that helps you decide. Allaround I love the game and will put many hours into it as they update it and make it better.
Driving experience is a new level. Worth it for just that. Here to race. Drives amazing , ffb is good, visual good, sound good, setup deep, races intense. The rest is all decoration which I don't need.
The released main game should have been AC 2 , similar to AC 1 but with the new graphic/weather/physic and ACC gt3 should have been a DLC even with the same price. Kunos didn't listen to the community that is the problem.
I bought the game before rewatching this video and Jimmy was right all through out the video. He really nails it. If you really expect an elevated version of the previous AC, it's not what you expected. Like Jimmy said, you get what you see. You have a set number of cars and it's all GT. You don't have that wide range of slow vs fast cars, vintage, etc...
Kunos scammed the “No VR No buy” hold outs. The VR support is absolutely atrocious...horrible. They launched the first early access version and a ton of people said “No Vr, No buy. When the second version came out they put in the change log. “Fixed a bug called No VR No Buy” What it meant was they added the ability to use a VR headset with the game. In turn causing all the VR holdouts to run out and buy the game to try it. This was a dirty move by Kunos. As it sits I’d say they had no plan or no capability to make the VR experience good, or as good as AC which is playable. In the end they got their money from the holdouts, including myself. I don’t remember them saying “we’ll add the ability to use a VR headset with the game but it will always look and perform like sh*t. As well as be a total pain in the butt to use in game” Did they say that somewhere? If they did I never heard it or read about it. If your like me I figured if they added any support they would eventually polish the hell out of as not to start any controversy or have a half finished sh*t game on their hands. Nope! I have multiple VR games that run on the same engine as ACC. I suppose maybe not the same version but none the less the same engine. Shame on you Kunos. You need to offer a refund or figure out how to make it right.
Tuna_ Dude, they didn’t go into this project not knowing what they could and couldn’t do with the engine. If it were Unreals problem they’d be pointing the finger at them. But that doesn’t work anymore. Like we’ve seen before with Kunos. “Sorry, our engine for AC doesn’t support day to nigh transitions so we can’t do it.” Tell that to Sol. For god sake, they disable comments on their You Tube channel cause people might criticism their work and they can’t handle it. Kunos takes the easy route, little content at launch, bunch of DLC then let the modders finish the game. I’m sure ACC would have mod support if Blancpain would allow it. Modders are what made AC a good title. That’s why it’s not a smash hit on consoles....that and I hear its performance is awful. Bunch or over arrogant assholes like Enzo Ferrari.
I think I prefer Kunos' continuous delivery approach to releases to something like Codemasters' hit and run development. ACC might not be perfect on "release", but it's more than a minimum viable product, and if AC is anything to go by, this sim will also improve with time.
Szilárd Hompoth 100% agree with that, however they need to do a better job of managing expectations and communicating what consumers are getting with an accurate time frame.
I think its brilliant and worth it. The immersion and the sounds are epic! Racing is great. The intro is a bit boring but eh can get over that. They just need to sort the Anti Aliasing out. I have an RTX 2080 and at 4K ultra (Temopral AA set to epic)you can see the jaggies quite badly which really shouldn't happen at 4K Ultra.
Interesting to hear that people are having trouble with VR?? For me it’s working fine. Although it’s still very GPU intensive. What I find frustrating and I have pointed this out in one of my ACC videos is that you have to set the scaling to 101% so that you can adjust the super sampling scale to stop it being blurry. The caveat though it screws the menus up in VR and they blend into the car and can not be seen clearly. Should have been fixed by now!
The things this game gets right make it one of the best sims on the market in each respective category, and they are the things that you cannot fix with a flip of the switch. The things this game gets a lot of simple things wrong however like AI driving 100 mph around the track and cars not passing it It being impossible to stop exactly in your pit stop without having to correct Continue vs Quit on career mode Car not starting on Qualifying 2 Getting penalized for someone punting you going 120 mph faster The game has great potential and i am excites to see what it becomes, but as of now I will just say I'm glad i bought early access instead of full price
Also, in Qualy 2 / Race in VR, the pit settings box appears blocking out all the race position info - haven't found a way to close it yet so have no idea whats happening ! It is an awesome game though - looking forward to some updates !
@Jimmy Broadbent ACC with last update 1.0.10 really is a big improve from 1.0 from now it´s very playable with new physics The list of new features is huge, there are some interesting changes like new aerodynmic simulations
So basically... ACC: - One class of cars - 10 tracks - No mod-support - Probably only expandable through ridiculously priced DLCs - 45 fucking euros AC Original: - Tons of classes in the stock game - 19 Tracks in the base game + configurations - Full mod support so literally forget everything I said and add another 400 tracks and another 1.000 possible cars - Has optional DLCs at a reasonable price point - Doesn't even cost 20 bucks on sale I think you made the purchase decision easier, thank you Jimmer.
Fair review and I agree 100%. I'm pretty disappointed, especially when it comes to multiplayer. 😒 Expected a somewhat finished product, but again - only in your dreams mate!
VR works perfect for me, no stutters and full 'epic' graphics as for the online, i won't really use it, i think it has one of the better A.I's i have raced against
@@Mansell5Senna8 yeah i think so, it has ray tracing and as far as i can tell it only turns off on low graphics, ray tracing has a huge impact on frame rate, you can tweek settings on vr, the slider in my steam vr is on 100% i cant remember the name of the setting but when i load a game it boost up, i dont run with the smooth running option as that makes vr stutter, ill have to have a look at my settings, i cant remember the names of the tabs but i know vr pixle density i managed to get up to 200% to over write the 100 % in steam vr settings
You are right on about everything, but one thing I can say is that I feel kerbs are fine, if you tune the car to handle it. Stock tunes are hit and miss and can seriously compromise one thing for another, I have been working on the AMG GT3 and now kerbs feel acceptable to use.
@@Cam_Wight Hmm, giving an absolute answer on this one is quite tricky. It's definitely accessible (PS4/PS5/PC) and more immersive with a wheel-pedal set plus the AI isn't half bad. That being said, the single series nature of the game may be unappealing to some, plus its minimum requirements on PC are no joke. For someone who has been in sim racing for some time, ACC is king. For those who are graduating from Need for Speed and other arcade racers, it may be a tad discouraging
@@anomynousanonymous1694 Forza 4 is full on arcade 'open world' racing, if you like that then by all means go for it. But it's not for sim racing. Get Forza Motorsport 7 if you want some substance.
Thanks for an honest review, plus I agree with almost everything you said. I bought it in early access to support Devs get it done well, and was super disappointed -being a VR enthusiast- that VR feature got canceled :S :S
Actually they promised a rating system where you would have a ranking, and depending on who you race againts will affect your rating. defending a higher ranking players will boots your own ranking and vice versa, and race perfomance overall. they can say know they did not promised. I remember reading an official webpace with all those informative hexagons with al ranking system features
For the price of 5 to 6 pints its a great sim. Today (18 sept ‘19) its even better. Kunos still has to fix the shadows of the cars in the mirrors. They are still floating ufo’s to watch. Thanks for the vid ✌🏼 The Netherlands 🚦🏁
Gaming in 2019: Developers promise the world. Run out of money trying to deliver. Release an incomplete game. Use that money to improve/develop as it "grows". By then the damage is done and half the people stop playing.
fair take. I was really excited for this game. was looking forward to the career mode, expected something along the lines like what F1 does, and thought it would live long because of the online rating system. Me being a fan of GT3 it would have been something i would get into. Now the end product is not quite fullfilling its potential. Its not a bad game, it just could have used a little bit of polishing. Kunos falsely advertising the rating system and working VR on the other hand makes me sad, because i was one of the guys who bought it right at the beginning because of good faith in Kunos. I think the rewriting of the Multiplayerbackend really fucked their Roadmap/Timing, because they proprably had some sort of Deadline to hit.
My personal opinion on this game is that I love it, I'm not the fastest driver in the world but the immersion for me is really good, For the multiplayer I don't really care too much for it I come from the days where games where about single player it seems that everyone nowadays expects multiplayer to be the main part of the game and that's a big problem now with alot of games.
so bummed about the multiplayer. I totally agree with you with having the backing of the Blancpain series and the name Competizione that this would be the essential GT3 racing game with leagues and ranks and progression and everything about being in a real racing series but all it seems is that its going to forever be just a licensed GT3 billboard and nothing more. My only saving grace with it is I bought it week one of early access when it was $25. Theres really nothing over what some good AC1 mods could offer.
I bought the early access as soon as it was released back in august for 22eur or so. It was not so good back then, but the newly released 1.0 improves a lot especially the force feedback and the feeling of the cars, game also runs much better than previously. I think the biggest update was this 1.0. Its still not perfect but at least its enjoyable now.
@@xuimod I wouldn't say it's trash. If you're talking about the graphics, you're not supposed to look at textures, trees and shit while you're driving pretty fast. It's a racing simulator, so it's focused on physics and those are pretty good imo. It's also got a pretty good variety of cars. Still considered one of the best racing simulators ever.
Im not really an F1 fan but F1 2018 came to Game Pass and I gave it a try. The Career mode SO DAMN GOOD its now the benchmark for how a racing career mode should be done in terms of depth. Im still not really a fan of F1 but its my favorite racing game right now. PC2 is a very close second. I agree completely. A solid career mode is a major selling point for me. So now I wait for the new GRID.
Honestly, I'm glad I bought this when it was still $25 during EA. I've played it a bit since release, and while I'm okay with what content we have, I'm considerably less than okay with how Kunos chose to handle the matchmaking issue a majority of the community had upon learning we'd get not much more than the server list of AC1. When you advertise your product having a "revolutionary matchmaking system" only to turn around and say "That's not what we promised, you're just misinformed," one would think they'd realize their problem stemmed from their advertisements, not those of us who were apparently given false hope to something akin to iRacing. I will give them some credit in getting someone who isn't very interested in GT3 (I prefer DTM, rally, and open wheelers) to buy the game in the first place, however. Even if it's just sitting on my desktop at the moment while I play anything else, like R3E.
At current state i believe 30 euros is decent price for this however for 40-45 i think it definitely needs more polishing, i got my money worth when i got it for 20 euros at the begining of EA with 90h played in total. Kunos said they will stick with this tittle for a while so im not worried of this game future because you can get good results when devs dedicate themselves for fixing/improving their game. Look at csgo for example at early stages everyone hated it and look at it now its still popular as ever and is considered the best cs version of them all. It depends on your expectations as jimmy said, for authentic realistic gt3 this is good pick however forget heavy moding community with this game so it will be very concentrated around racing, definitely not drifting, track day etc.
Man... The thing i was most looking forward was the SimRacingSystem-like safety rating, because i really like SRS but its a pain to use a third party site to go racing, i want to be able to do all i do in SRS in the game itself, i really hope they'll add that, they could've won people over with that honestly, because iracing is expensive.
I would recommed it if you are doing league racing. The ranking online is the "CP" ranking where you enter Competition servers but that still needs a lot of work to improve
You are correct about career mode but it was never touted to be like F1 2018 with RnD and upgrades. I also agree there are features missing which should be in the final game. For example, how do you do a 3hr or 6hr endurance race without a save session function. OK, PC2 doesn't have it but F1 games have had them for years. The other thing to note is that Kunos has a very small team. Only 30 if you believe Wikipedia. That explains a lot.
I got it very early during the initial beta access. For it's price it was great, but buying in now not as much. I do very much enjoy the tuning, and all that can be easily done while on track. Especially the ECU when on a wet track going to and down depending on track location.
IMO the sound design in this game is completely next level, there's nothing that comes close to it. But that's also unfortunately the best thing about it, the rest of the game is a pretty rote sim, nothing really stands out. The physics are great, but there's little bits like the curbs as you mentioned that just don't feel right. I was driving on monza and going through the chicane at the end of the lap, and just brushing the curb on the left apex spat me out straight into a wall. I ended up having to modify my line so that I didn't touch the curb at all, which is kind of absurd.
Good review, and i am one of those people who really enjoyed GTR2 so i really might pick this up. But yes it might still need some tweaks. And as a GT racing fanboy, this does tickle my jibblits.
Everything you said in this video is fair and accurate in my opinion. Seems we have picked up the same 'issues' and 'loves,' especially with the online stuff. I love GT3's so I'm biased but I too feel it's still in early access in places and it really shouldn't be. You should do more reviews, very fair in my opinion.
Glad you didn't hold back, good review IMO
Sadly I don't have a monitor worth using. I've only got wmr working on my sim and this has never worked right. Going to triple monitors soon just because support sucks for VR on so many games.
I don't feel ripped off because I bought during Early Access with reduced price, but there's no way it's worth the full price in its current state.
Same here, good game for the price i paid when it went into early access, not worth the price it is right now and honestly i doubt it will ever be worth that price.
Don't get me wrong the driving is good, i like it but north worth that much money.
agreed
I wouldn't say I feel ripped off, but I'm definitely disappointed. I only do sim racing in VR these days, I don't have the monitors to do triple screen, and single screen is just not fun for me. I got AC:C as soon as it went available on early access, but I didn't try it out til VR was first added. It was pretty rough, so I shelved the game feeling confident the VR would be improved in time... and the opposite has happened. I'm still happy that I bought in to the game at the start and I'm still confident that it will improve, I just didn't really expect this sort of trajectory.
Me too, but when I saw at the release that there are only gt3 cars, I was dissapointed..
Agreed
Couldn't agree more with the car feel, going from the boatley to the porsche and using the same driving technique is suicide
I sure love ''boatley''
@@jaguar123987x Well, Bentley really does handle like a boat
thats my new favorite term for the bentley gt car
223frankthetank I would love me some Boatley.
A solid multiplayer system would have been a major selling point of this title. I'll hold back on the purchase until the issues are addressed.
"Game is still in early access" ... spot on!
yes it is, AC was a mess on release too, but Kunos will keep working. The base game/driving model is already awesome
No it isn't. The question is worth the money, if a single series with minimal content is deserving of a $40 price tag then I'm the pope. It's a good game, but there is no way in hell it is worth what they are asking, especially with the god awful VR support. This game is worth $20, just like the original. (which mind you has 45 tracks and hundreds of cars for the deluxe edition price which is ACC's full price)
This shouldn’t be a base game, it should be sorted.
They should have learnt from the first time around.
@@TINYHEAD69 The narrow content scope allows for a much deeper and correct simulation. This was a design decision from the start and they were clear about it. Complaing now about lack of content, while it was clear from the start what cars and tracks would be available? How does that work? It is not supposed to be an AC2 and they never said it would be. Give it some time and polish, this will be a great great sim. No matter the content.
Driving as Nicky Thiim
He would've gotten a Top 5 at least if he'd driven as Thicky Nhiim.
yeah noticed the same thing haha
@@speedydb55 Thicki*
Adds Nicky Thiic boi joke here
Wonder if Nicky Thiim drives AS Nicky Thiim..
Crazy to see how far this sim has come. from not being worth the money to one of the best sims available. LFM definitely plays a big part in this.
I bought in part of a pack where I got this, acc, rfactor, rfactor2 I believe, nascar heat 5, I racing, and like five others as well as a huge discount for a few racing wheel setups but didn’t buy those. All for 13.99, very much worth it.
do me a favor jimmy: say "competizione" one more time :3
kompitetsiyoni
stop bullying
@@elwhyify i am not bullying i just like the way he is saying that
As Italian his pronunciation is sexy
@@lyon666 actually "kompitetsiyoni" is almost the right pronunciation
I'm trying to get to the bottom of the 'thic soupy' cornering. However upon further investigation I have to admit defeat as I couldn't find any real life corners named campbells knorr Heinz.
good pronunciation of the Italian name "competizione" (I am Italian)
I fkn love the positivity
Why?
Should it be better by now? Yes. But I remember Assetto Corsa in 2014, and it was shite compared to what it is today, and I'm not factoring in mods. ACC will improve a lot I'm sure, but releasing unfinished games is par for the course unfortunately.
@TheGschultz to be fair he didn't say being shite is justified. Just that it's on par with the last and can(and should) be expected to improve.
Don't buy games that are pre maturely released
this is why people need to stop buying pre-orders and make developers work to deliver a full game.
Early access release 1 or 2 was the time to buy in. £20, a bargin.
I'm quite the opposite, I'll pay whenever it's in a good state and no earlier.
spot on u want a game bit dont have the money for the end release buy it early .and wait hahahahaha
Great video, I was thinking about getting the game but I'd wait a bit. I'm confident the devs will unleash the potential of this game later on.
So 8 months in early access and now they release the game as complete but it is not complete. Just another company taking advantage of the consumer in my opinion.
WHAT ABOUT 8 YEARS WAITING FOR CYBERPUNK AND GETTING A AWFUL GAME??????
@@MatPlayer0291 if a company promise big things it’s your own fault for believing them
@@TinyBearTim that is the dumbest thing I've heard this week. Congrats.
@@van5395 m8 when company’s promises big things it usually goes horribe
A brilliant, thorough and uncensored review Jimmy.
To understand ACC, one has to understand the Kunos development stages, and what they actually mean:
Early Access = Tech Demo to raise money
Version 1.0 = Alpha release
Version 1.5 = Beta release
Version 1.924 (4 years later) = Version 1.0 (some bugs are left that will never be fixed)
And unmoddable.. (For now)
@@ArnoldTriyudho That's more because of the Blancpain licence, I would say.
"3 hours is a long time to not have fun"
It's really one of the most annoying things about gaming in general to me. There's been plenty of games that I've started up and played 2 or 3 hours and then stopped because I wasn't having fun, or games that I've stopped after less than an hour because they were more than not fun. Then I get friends and such like "oh man you didn't give it enough time! you gotta play at least X hours before you judge!"
Umm... no. Games are a hobby and I do it for fun. A game that I've paid money to entertain me should not require me to then invest X hours of boredom/shit before I'm rewarded with fun. Sim racing is a little different though. Like the text said in Jimmers video, he found the career passable. It was the career mode he was saying wasn't "fun" but since the actual racing is done so well, I think one would still be having fun. What turned me off is the unskippable practice/"testing" sessions. That would be not fun for me. On tracks I am familiar with, and in a sim where there are only 10 tracks and only 1 class of car... I don't think I'd need to do constant practices. In a career mode I'd want to be able to progress as quickly as possible, going from one race to the next asap. If the practice/test sessions provided some benefit mechanically like the "development points" he mentions from F1 then that would be a different story, there'd be a reason to do them, and then they'd be fun because there's a goal. Not just burnt time.
@@gitrekt-gudson Reminds me of modern open-world games like RDR2, Yakuza etc. Too much filler/unrelated content that you have to spend too many hours on before you can "have fun" with the games' main focus, and not just in the prologue.
I've felt the same way about ACC, except that I had to do all three practice sessions TWICE because I had to change career options to suit me better.
I think when the multiplayer is working and you have fair people on your level, it is the best "gt3 simulator" and will give us so much fun and great racing❤️
Was probably just gonna wait until steam had it reduced anyway and this video confirmed that's probably the right thing, cheers Jimmy and good luck for the weekend
I agree to most of what you said. I didn't expect much of the Career mode, but for me it is the nicest way of experiencing singleplayer racing in ACC- I also don't like those practice sessions, though. What I experienced was, that because I am not extremely fast, I actually couldn't choose the Audi or the Huracan for my team. The kerbs seem to have that friction, but I'm not too sure, if that is okay how it is. But what I experienced was, that you can actually lose the car when getting onto the kerbs with too much power- there is a difference in grip, which should be accurate. I got the game with EA Build 1 and for those 20€ or so it is absolutely awesome. For the 45€ I wouldn't be sure either, but I guess I would have bought it as well. :D
We need better career mode
When I first played it I could barely complete a lap without sliding off but the more I play the more I love it. Thanks for the video Jimmy always the go to resource for anything racing SIM related
This could have been the ranked multiplayer sim for PC that everyone wanted.
I know this is very unlikely, but I would really like if they made a dlc with WEC cars and tracks, and some classic endurance cars just to spice up the game a bit
They already have Barcelona, Spa & Silverstone. They can add Fuji & Shanghai if they add the Blancpain GT Asia series www.gt-world-challenge-asia.com/calendar . So easily 5 of 8 are very possible. We won't get the rest of the WEC tracks, but there's also Blancpain GT America www.gt-world-challenge-america.com/calendar & Intercontinental GT www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/calendar tracks that are also possible additions.
I already spent my Taiwanese dollars on it. But I have to say I love it although I am a gamepad plebs. I love the variety of the cars and all of them are fun to drive. But something I would like to change are the career mode and I can not change the gamepad button settings but it is a decent game and I like it.
I just had a very smooth 24 car race against AI at Silverstone in the rain in VR without any problems. Clearly some people are having issues at the moment but for some it is working great in VR. I only have an i7 6700k and a gtx 1070. I think the release was complicated by the simultaneous release of a Game Ready driver from nvidia. Until I optimized using Geforce Experience I had stuttering issues but as I said it is fine now. I agree about the disappointing career mode but for me the driving feel is second to none and is by far the best FFB I've used.
I have a feeling 505 Games forced them to release this "full version".
Wouldn't be the first time a publisher forced a studio to put a game out before it was ready
@@K4R3N bruh
This is definitely the best sim racing channel by a hell of a long way other people are boring been searching for other channels for a few months now everyone I've found bores me Jimmy always keeps me entertained
its the only racing sim that feels realistic to me, so yes it is imo. Its already pretty good and can only get better from now on.
We need better career mode
If you are a bad driver trying to get good this game has been a godsend...i have made more progress in 2 weeks with acc than 4 months with rfactor 2, iracing, ac and raceroom..it walks you through getting better...love it. Long term it's not gonna be fun though unless it gets a ton more content,, IMO if your bad and really want to get better this game is for you
The game has potential, but my journey so far: okay let's check it out in VR .. oh ... what .... that's terrible! Okay okay, maybe they just need some time to adjust it, let's make use of the tripple screen instead - oh no wait, it's not supported ... Despite the VR problems, I enjoyed it because of the good physics, awesome sounding GT3 cars and I have to say, I've never seen so much details on a GT3 in any other game/sim before. I hope they'll fix all the problems in a not too distant future.
Fix the multiplayer, and fix VR. Then i will buy it. Its an unpolished gem at the moment.
Birki gts I remember when games weren't expected to have vr support. It's crazy how much things have progressed. Still, I find it annoying how people behave about it, saying they won't buy a game just because no vr. It is strange that it was working before though, and now in the full release it's having issues.
@@jamesshives5679 How is it annoying? I only do sim racing (and drifting) in VR these days. 100% exclusively VR. My other option would be a 35" single screen.... there's absolutely no contest between sim racing in a HTC Vive Pro and sim racing on a single monitor. VR is better. I will not support racing titles that do not support VR. At this point, in my opinion, VR is such a benefit in sim racing that a racing title without VR is just as bad as a racing title that doesn't support FFB wheels. I don't think anyone would be annoyed by people avoiding a title that didn't allow them to use their wheels.
Though I will say I have not actually reinstalled the game to check it out, so the VR in AC:C may work fine in my case. Other people report VR works fine for them, so it seems to be a hit or miss kind of thing. It's been at least 3 months since I've touched AC:C, I bought into early access fully planning on just waiting for final release before really playing. I knew there was no VR when I bought into EA, but Kunos said it would be added, and I knew it worked fine in AC so there was no reason for me to distrust them. I am still confident the kinks will be ironed out, too.
The F1 20xx series games though for example, I won't touch them. I'd LOVE to, but I won't... they don't support VR and Codemasters have said they do not plan on supporting it. Until that changes I won't buy their stuff.
PandemonicTV I'm sorry but I don't think there is any comparison between a bonus peripheral and a necessary part of simulation. To me, if you're going to do actual sim racing, a wheel is basically a necessity. VR is not, and there are more people with wheels without vr than there are with vr. Even if you took that stand that ffb wheels aren't necessary either, I argue that vr is even less so. The problem I have with this is that people feel like you feel so strongly that if a game doesn't cater to your exact wants, it is not worth supporting. Plenty of good games are ruined or die off either by lack of support, or, by the developers trying so hard to please everyone that they don't nail any part of it. It really is all about your viewpoint, but to me, vr is not a necessity, and for you it is, so obviously this is where we fundamentally disagree. I think if a game is good enough, not having a (in my mind) superfluous feature, is not a reason to not buy it and enjoy it for what it is, which in this case, is a good racing sim. That being said I do understand the frustration, I understand that vr is a transformative experience and it is hard for people to go back to a monitor if they are exclusively vr (which I dare say is still a minority), I just question whether it is at a reasonable level or not, because I don't think one can say vr is as necessary as a wheel and pedals.
PandemonicTV And it is annoying because certain games, whenever any gameplay is uploaded of them, you always have those people in the comments saying "shame it has no vr" and "no vr no buy." So it's not just that I have a problem with the mentality, it's also just really annoying to see all the time. And listen, I'm not trying to criticize you as a person, I'm sure vr is great and you can be upset about the game not having it if you want to; you are of course not alone in that, and may have a valid point. I just don't think it is at the point yet where it should be expected in the way that it is.
Fully with you. Early access is the place to develop the game, not after it's release.
Not defending this kind of culture, but it is pretty much the norm nowadays... see destiny, anthem they release an incomplete game, see if it pays off and then work on it or abandon it.
I am still playing the original AC. It's still such a good open source racing sim.
Automobilista 2 was just announced, save up for now.
vr support...YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GTR 3 incoming ... :D
@@Baris1892 isn't that vapourware?
@@tuna_6548 GTR3 is definitely in development. Rumour is though that`ll be a simcade title, which Raceroom was supposed to be until Sector 3 ripped it apart and made it more of a sim. Raceroom is still hampered by that early code to a degree, but is still my favourite driving game.
Regarding online experience it will get better with your SA rating and also you can join competition servers where you gain CP that is the equivalent of irating (competition servers have 1h races and punish you if you leave the server after qualy has started)
Something that needs to be addressed is the lack of ability to use a mouse in VR. IMO, that alone makes it totally NOT worth it for people with VR-only rigs, such as myself.
I know it sounds like a minor thing, but being forced to map menu-navigation buttons to my wheel genuinely sucks away all of my desire to even try setting this game up for a quick race.
YES!
BUYER BEWARE! I've read a couple of reviews on Steam and the biggest complaint is that you can't save your progress of a race weekend halfway through. So if you start a weekend, you have to do all the practice sessions, qualifying and the race itself in one sitting.
It’s such a shame because the cars and racing and physics all feel phenomenal, and the game looks and sounds amazing. Unfortunately I have to admit that the rest of the game just isn’t there yet.
I think Kunos knew that the game has problems, and that is reflected in the discounted launch price. I believe that they will do their best to fix what issues they can and it will get better, but I worry that the problems with the multiplayer system and Unreal engine integration are so hard wired into the game that there may only be so much that they can do to fix them.
I really hope they can turn thing so around though, as a lot of the core elements of the game are very promising and this could be a great sim.
Excellent review!
Better career mode
incredibly helpful review! get well soon Jimmer!
Completely agree. The driving itself is very very enjoyable, but there are so many things that need tweaking.
Another point that many users have issues - The crashes! This game all-out crashes to desktop, all the time. The funny part is, just like VR going missing, the crashing has gotten a lot worse after going out of early access. During my first evening of checking out the full release, the game hard-locked or outright crashed 5 times during within about 2 hours. It is simply not in a state yet that is worthy of being called "version 1.0"
Nice double overtake at the end!
I totally agree on this review Jimmy. Been trying to get a solid start in the career mode for the last 2 days but no luck so far. Completed the Lamborghini event pretty fast but the first real race at Zolder is really crap imo. Firstly , there could be more information given to the player: Why are there 2 qualifying sessions and how does this affect the starting grid? I'm pretty sure lots of people don't know. Also the lack of a pause and resume in between session events is a real letdown. Once started, you have to complete the full weekend: FP, Q and 2x Race. I takes 2 hours at least. If you quit in between one of them you have to redo it all.
Then there is the AI, the slow corner issue you described is annoying as hell, when on a smaller track like Brands Hatch or Zolder it really ruins the experience for me. With only a handful of overtaking opportunities, one can really be stuck for the whole race because they park on the apex and you have to avoid them like all the time with sometimes safety penalty points as a result because contact is unavoidable at times.
Mulitplayer isn't much better atm either. Lots of game crashes, and a quick web search shows I am not the only one experiencing this.
I was looking forward to the full release, but after 2 full days of trying single and multiplayer i feel pretty disappointed.
Spot on Jimmy! Anyone else suffer with multiplayer Fatal Errors?
yup
For me it’s a great driving sim but very narrow in scope. Having said that, every car feels different and little touches like the track rubbering in are fantastic. If you play through career, and get your ratings higher you’ll get some great racing...if anyone is still playing online that is. It is going to struggle against the likes of iRacing, which is expensive but superb.
One thing I find funny is sim racers who are always going about paying huge sums for kit but are unsure about whether to spend £35 (about the price of the Clubsport 3 performance braking kit)
i think alot of people where expecting AC2 tbh.
i was happy to pay the early access price, but i wouldnt pay for full release price, not yet any way, give it a year when its half price on humble bundle, that way the new gen2 gt3's wouldve been added too.
Down here in Australia, mate, this, bloody drongo, game is almost full price! Maccas!
you might have to eat less vegemite mate!
@@socratese5 strewth
@8:40 ACC is not moddable BUT GTR2 was highly moddable. Ive been racing in GTR2 from 2010 to 2015 online and thanks to the racing community Ive joined I had every car and track known to sim racers. disappointed that jimmy didnt do his research right on this one.
Going from Forza 7 and F1 2018 to this game is a huge jump. No rewind is hard to get over when you're not the best driver, but I will have to get over that an git gud. I've played 8 hours of the game since buying it and only just got enough practice to slog my way through Zolder in the career mode in a boatley. Honestly, I've driven the bentley, Lambo, and one of the BMWs and they all feel incredibly different. The sounds, the cockpits, even the camera and mirror views out of the cockpits are all unique. Visually the game is stunning and I've had friends ask if it was even a game. Admittedly the career mode is really lackluster, but it's better than Forza 7 honestly, the driving experience as a whole makes it better. I just wish there were ways to view championship points outside of your races so you can keep track of the teams and the... Not quite politics but the events outside of the track like... You know the championship. If you want to get into Sim Racing from arcade I made the jump in 3 days on controller, so if that helps you decide. Allaround I love the game and will put many hours into it as they update it and make it better.
GREAT review Jimmy. Really enjoy your videos brother. Keep kicking ass!!!
Love your videos Jimmy! Keep up the good work!
Buying ACC made me truly appreciate how great of a game rFactor 2 is, and that I shouldn't take it for granted.
Driving experience is a new level. Worth it for just that. Here to race. Drives amazing , ffb is good, visual good, sound good, setup deep, races intense. The rest is all decoration which I don't need.
The released main game should have been AC 2 , similar to AC 1 but with the new graphic/weather/physic and ACC gt3 should have been a DLC even with the same price. Kunos didn't listen to the community that is the problem.
100% agree with what you said. Mostly the multiplayer aspect. If we had a proper competitive multiplayer the career mode wouldn't be that important
I bought the game before rewatching this video and Jimmy was right all through out the video. He really nails it. If you really expect an elevated version of the previous AC, it's not what you expected. Like Jimmy said, you get what you see. You have a set number of cars and it's all GT. You don't have that wide range of slow vs fast cars, vintage, etc...
Kunos scammed the “No VR No buy” hold outs. The VR support is absolutely atrocious...horrible.
They launched the first early access version and a ton of people said “No Vr, No buy. When the second version came out they put in the change log. “Fixed a bug called No VR No Buy” What it meant was they added the ability to use a VR headset with the game. In turn causing all the VR holdouts to run out and buy the game to try it. This was a dirty move by Kunos.
As it sits I’d say they had no plan or no capability to make the VR experience good, or as good as AC which is playable. In the end they got their money from the holdouts, including myself.
I don’t remember them saying “we’ll add the ability to use a VR headset with the game but it will always look and perform like sh*t. As well as be a total pain in the butt to use in game”
Did they say that somewhere? If they did I never heard it or read about it.
If your like me I figured if they added any support they would eventually polish the hell out of as not to start any controversy or have a half finished sh*t game on their hands. Nope!
I have multiple VR games that run on the same engine as ACC. I suppose maybe not the same version but none the less the same engine.
Shame on you Kunos. You need to offer a refund or figure out how to make it right.
WR make you blind, Not develops yet
@@viktorpowers118 Wrong.
They didn't scam, Unreal 4 just sucks balls and it hadn't been tested in simracing yet
@@lt.reacharound2048 Could have just left that at UE4 sucks balls.
Tuna_ Dude, they didn’t go into this project not knowing what they could and couldn’t do with the engine. If it were Unreals problem they’d be pointing the finger at them. But that doesn’t work anymore.
Like we’ve seen before with Kunos. “Sorry, our engine for AC doesn’t support day to nigh transitions so we can’t do it.” Tell that to Sol.
For god sake, they disable comments on their You Tube channel cause people might criticism their work and they can’t handle it.
Kunos takes the easy route, little content at launch, bunch of DLC then let the modders finish the game. I’m sure ACC would have mod support if Blancpain would allow it. Modders are what made AC a good title. That’s why it’s not a smash hit on consoles....that and I hear its performance is awful.
Bunch or over arrogant assholes like Enzo Ferrari.
I think I prefer Kunos' continuous delivery approach to releases to something like Codemasters' hit and run development. ACC might not be perfect on "release", but it's more than a minimum viable product, and if AC is anything to go by, this sim will also improve with time.
Szilárd Hompoth 100% agree with that, however they need to do a better job of managing expectations and communicating what consumers are getting with an accurate time frame.
I think its brilliant and worth it. The immersion and the sounds are epic! Racing is great. The intro is a bit boring but eh can get over that. They just need to sort the Anti Aliasing out. I have an RTX 2080 and at 4K ultra (Temopral AA set to epic)you can see the jaggies quite badly which really shouldn't happen at 4K Ultra.
The drivetrain sounds in AC are really good IMO. The straight cut gears, whiplash, engine noise, etc.
Interesting to hear that people are having trouble with VR?? For me it’s working fine. Although it’s still very GPU intensive. What I find frustrating and I have pointed this out in one of my ACC videos is that you have to set the scaling to 101% so that you can adjust the super sampling scale to stop it being blurry. The caveat though it screws the menus up in VR and they blend into the car and can not be seen clearly. Should have been fixed by now!
The things this game gets right make it one of the best sims on the market in each respective category, and they are the things that you cannot fix with a flip of the switch. The things this game gets a lot of simple things wrong however like
AI driving 100 mph around the track and cars not passing it
It being impossible to stop exactly in your pit stop without having to correct
Continue vs Quit on career mode
Car not starting on Qualifying 2
Getting penalized for someone punting you going 120 mph faster
The game has great potential and i am excites to see what it becomes, but as of now I will just say I'm glad i bought early access instead of full price
Also, in Qualy 2 / Race in VR, the pit settings box appears blocking out all the race position info - haven't found a way to close it yet so have no idea whats happening !
It is an awesome game though - looking forward to some updates !
@Jimmy Broadbent ACC with last update 1.0.10 really is a big improve from 1.0 from now it´s very playable with new physics
The list of new features is huge, there are some interesting changes like new aerodynmic simulations
So basically...
ACC:
- One class of cars
- 10 tracks
- No mod-support
- Probably only expandable through ridiculously priced DLCs
- 45 fucking euros
AC Original:
- Tons of classes in the stock game
- 19 Tracks in the base game + configurations
- Full mod support so literally forget everything I said and add another 400 tracks and another 1.000 possible cars
- Has optional DLCs at a reasonable price point
- Doesn't even cost 20 bucks on sale
I think you made the purchase decision easier, thank you Jimmer.
Fair review and I agree 100%. I'm pretty disappointed, especially when it comes to multiplayer. 😒 Expected a somewhat finished product, but again - only in your dreams mate!
the not-at-all-RARE brutally honest boi. love a straight-forward review!
Honest and well thought out personal summary
I know you said you don't do reviews, Jimmy, but you really should consider doing more. You're better at them than the so called mainstream.
VR works perfect for me, no stutters and full 'epic' graphics as for the online, i won't really use it, i think it has one of the better A.I's i have raced against
@@Mansell5Senna8 i am on over 200%
I have 16gb ram and i have a rtx2070 and i7 9900k
@@Mansell5Senna8 im not sure, i know people have problems, i built mine for vr as i didnt want to turn graphics down on games for vr
@@Mansell5Senna8 as it stand i only have 4 games on my ssd and everything else is on my d drive
@@Mansell5Senna8 yeah i think so, it has ray tracing and as far as i can tell it only turns off on low graphics, ray tracing has a huge impact on frame rate, you can tweek settings on vr, the slider in my steam vr is on 100% i cant remember the name of the setting but when i load a game it boost up, i dont run with the smooth running option as that makes vr stutter, ill have to have a look at my settings, i cant remember the names of the tabs but i know vr pixle density i managed to get up to 200% to over write the 100 % in steam vr settings
Good job Jimmy
You are right on about everything, but one thing I can say is that I feel kerbs are fine, if you tune the car to handle it. Stock tunes are hit and miss and can seriously compromise one thing for another, I have been working on the AMG GT3 and now kerbs feel acceptable to use.
2 years later, this is the best racing simulator on the planet😊😊😊
Would you recommend this over other sims?
@@Cam_Wight Hmm, giving an absolute answer on this one is quite tricky. It's definitely accessible (PS4/PS5/PC) and more immersive with a wheel-pedal set plus the AI isn't half bad. That being said, the single series nature of the game may be unappealing to some, plus its minimum requirements on PC are no joke. For someone who has been in sim racing for some time, ACC is king. For those who are graduating from Need for Speed and other arcade racers, it may be a tad discouraging
@@alsheatonism so in your opinion which ones better forza 4 or assetto corsa comp?
@@anomynousanonymous1694 Forza 4 is full on arcade 'open world' racing, if you like that then by all means go for it. But it's not for sim racing. Get Forza Motorsport 7 if you want some substance.
@@makaveli316 ohh ok 👌
*"I'm a nerd, I love that kind of shit."* 😂😂
Thanks for an honest review, plus I agree with almost everything you said.
I bought it in early access to support Devs get it done well, and was super disappointed -being a VR enthusiast- that VR feature got canceled :S :S
Actually they promised a rating system where you would have a ranking, and depending on who you race againts will affect your rating. defending a higher ranking players will boots your own ranking and vice versa, and race perfomance overall. they can say know they did not promised. I remember reading an official webpace with all those informative hexagons with al ranking system features
For the price of 5 to 6 pints its a great sim. Today (18 sept ‘19) its even better. Kunos still has to fix the shadows of the cars in the mirrors. They are still floating ufo’s to watch.
Thanks for the vid ✌🏼 The Netherlands 🚦🏁
Glad i bought it at early access price
Gaming in 2019: Developers promise the world. Run out of money trying to deliver. Release an incomplete game. Use that money to improve/develop as it "grows". By then the damage is done and half the people stop playing.
fair take. I was really excited for this game. was looking forward to the career mode, expected something along the lines like what F1 does, and thought it would live long because of the online rating system. Me being a fan of GT3 it would have been something i would get into. Now the end product is not quite fullfilling its potential. Its not a bad game, it just could have used a little bit of polishing. Kunos falsely advertising the rating system and working VR on the other hand makes me sad, because i was one of the guys who bought it right at the beginning because of good faith in Kunos. I think the rewriting of the Multiplayerbackend really fucked their Roadmap/Timing, because they proprably had some sort of Deadline to hit.
My personal opinion on this game is that I love it, I'm not the fastest driver in the world but the immersion for me is really good, For the multiplayer I don't really care too much for it I come from the days where games where about single player it seems that everyone nowadays expects multiplayer to be the main part of the game and that's a big problem now with alot of games.
so bummed about the multiplayer. I totally agree with you with having the backing of the Blancpain series and the name Competizione that this would be the essential GT3 racing game with leagues and ranks and progression and everything about being in a real racing series but all it seems is that its going to forever be just a licensed GT3 billboard and nothing more. My only saving grace with it is I bought it week one of early access when it was $25. Theres really nothing over what some good AC1 mods could offer.
I bought the early access as soon as it was released back in august for 22eur or so. It was not so good back then, but the newly released 1.0 improves a lot especially the force feedback and the feeling of the cars, game also runs much better than previously. I think the biggest update was this 1.0. Its still not perfect but at least its enjoyable now.
We need a legitimate sequel to ac 1.
AC1 was only good because of modders. Without modding AC1 is trash.
@@xuimod I wouldn't say it's trash. If you're talking about the graphics, you're not supposed to look at textures, trees and shit while you're driving pretty fast. It's a racing simulator, so it's focused on physics and those are pretty good imo. It's also got a pretty good variety of cars. Still considered one of the best racing simulators ever.
Yes! I’m loving this game so far! Though I don’t think they should call the game “full release”. It’s close, but not there yet.
Im not really an F1 fan but F1 2018 came to Game Pass and I gave it a try. The Career mode SO DAMN GOOD its now the benchmark for how a racing career mode should be done in terms of depth. Im still not really a fan of F1 but its my favorite racing game right now. PC2 is a very close second.
I agree completely. A solid career mode is a major selling point for me. So now I wait for the new GRID.
Honestly, I'm glad I bought this when it was still $25 during EA. I've played it a bit since release, and while I'm okay with what content we have, I'm considerably less than okay with how Kunos chose to handle the matchmaking issue a majority of the community had upon learning we'd get not much more than the server list of AC1. When you advertise your product having a "revolutionary matchmaking system" only to turn around and say "That's not what we promised, you're just misinformed," one would think they'd realize their problem stemmed from their advertisements, not those of us who were apparently given false hope to something akin to iRacing. I will give them some credit in getting someone who isn't very interested in GT3 (I prefer DTM, rally, and open wheelers) to buy the game in the first place, however. Even if it's just sitting on my desktop at the moment while I play anything else, like R3E.
At current state i believe 30 euros is decent price for this however for 40-45 i think it definitely needs more polishing, i got my money worth when i got it for 20 euros at the begining of EA with 90h played in total. Kunos said they will stick with this tittle for a while so im not worried of this game future because you can get good results when devs dedicate themselves for fixing/improving their game. Look at csgo for example at early stages everyone hated it and look at it now its still popular as ever and is considered the best cs version of them all. It depends on your expectations as jimmy said, for authentic realistic gt3 this is good pick however forget heavy moding community with this game so it will be very concentrated around racing, definitely not drifting, track day etc.
Man... The thing i was most looking forward was the SimRacingSystem-like safety rating, because i really like SRS but its a pain to use a third party site to go racing, i want to be able to do all i do in SRS in the game itself, i really hope they'll add that, they could've won people over with that honestly, because iracing is expensive.
Amazing graphics, physics and astonishing sound. I really like this game..
Really ? Looks average to me.
Yes, just bought it today for 14 bucks. Will get the x box series x upgrade release in February with the purchase. Great deal.
I would recommed it if you are doing league racing.
The ranking online is the "CP" ranking where you enter Competition servers but that still needs a lot of work to improve
You are correct about career mode but it was never touted to be like F1 2018 with RnD and upgrades. I also agree there are features missing which should be in the final game. For example, how do you do a 3hr or 6hr endurance race without a save session function. OK, PC2 doesn't have it but F1 games have had them for years. The other thing to note is that Kunos has a very small team. Only 30 if you believe Wikipedia. That explains a lot.
I wasn't saying it should be like F1 2018, more just an example for people who maybe don't know what a decent career mode looks like.
Fair comment. Always a balanced view from Mr. Broadbent. Here's hoping the updates improve it.
How much it cost for 2 hours at the cinema now? 35 pounds seems pretty good.
Nope bad deal. Can get 2 months of Netflix and Disney+ for that.
I got it very early during the initial beta access. For it's price it was great, but buying in now not as much. I do very much enjoy the tuning, and all that can be easily done while on track. Especially the ECU when on a wet track going to and down depending on track location.
ACC is an advert for Blancpain. Expect a larger multi cars and tracks release in the future from Kunos Simulazioni.
IMO the sound design in this game is completely next level, there's nothing that comes close to it. But that's also unfortunately the best thing about it, the rest of the game is a pretty rote sim, nothing really stands out. The physics are great, but there's little bits like the curbs as you mentioned that just don't feel right. I was driving on monza and going through the chicane at the end of the lap, and just brushing the curb on the left apex spat me out straight into a wall. I ended up having to modify my line so that I didn't touch the curb at all, which is kind of absurd.
Hey jimmer good luck in the 24hr lemans race
Good review, and i am one of those people who really enjoyed GTR2 so i really might pick this up.
But yes it might still need some tweaks.
And as a GT racing fanboy, this does tickle my jibblits.
Of course it's worth the money. Blancpain run by SRO gives the opportunity for them to add more gt3 content from other SRO series like British GT
Everything you said in this video is fair and accurate in my opinion. Seems we have picked up the same 'issues' and 'loves,' especially with the online stuff. I love GT3's so I'm biased but I too feel it's still in early access in places and it really shouldn't be. You should do more reviews, very fair in my opinion.