Sim racers are ready. Anyone who’s been playing PC racing sims for a while has likely played Assetto Corsa or its spinoff AC Competizione. Many people would have plugged in something like a Quest or Pimax Crystal and taken to a “real” track to play in PCVR.
I’d argue that after playing a racing game in VR you’ll never run flat again. Flight and racing games are perfect for VR, so there’s news that Assetto Corsa 2 or Evo should get VR support. First day.
We don’t know much about the game yet. We’re expecting an announcement and early access at some point mid-year, but here’s a translation from an interview with Traxion, Kunos co-founder and general manager of Assetto Corsa. “We aim to enable VR from day one,” says Evo. (We) would like to provide more dedicated VR support. Because Competizione has had many difficulties in this regard. We worked with Epic (Games) engineers and Nvidia, and they came to work with us in Formello (office) for a while. “In the end, we found the best compromise.”
“Let’s just say VR fans are at ease.”
Even though VR racing makes up a relatively small percentage of players, those who use VR tend to create a lot of custom racing cockpits and add specialized equipment like Moza Racing to their loadout lists.
The Italian site, which conducted the interview in video format, claims that Kunos originally sent over the first screenshots of the Assetto Corsa Evo, and if so, we can tell by looking at the car’s interior. In the image we can see another amazing game.
We’ll keep you posted as we hear more news about the launch.
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