Assetto Corsa developer Kunos Simulazioni has mentioned that the following recreation within the sim racing franchise won’t be a spin-off like Assetto Corsa Competizione, and can as a substitute be a correct sequel.
In an interview with racing recreation publication OverTake, studio govt Marco Massarutto spoke spoke about the identical, saying that AC2 was not an correct codename for Assetto Corsa Competizione, and that the following instalment, not like the final one, goes to be a full-fledged sequel. For context, a number of information in Competizione use AC2 as a descriptor for the sport.
“To be temporary, the codename [‘AC2‘] that was given to Competizione was unsuitable,” mentioned Massarutto. “The brand new Assetto Corsa goes to observe what we did with Assetto Corsa 1. It’s not only a sequel, it’s a lot, a lot, extra. It’s positively not a spin-off like Competizione.”
Massarutto spets fairly a little bit of the interview speaking about an upcoming DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione that may add the well-known Nürburgring Nordschleife as a racetrack. He talked about how the choice to deliver the observe to the sport solely occurred due to a partnership with SRO Motorsports Group for the Intercontinental GT Problem sequence, which might deliver 24 Hours of Nürburgring to the sport.
“My response was ‘Oh my god, not now, not now,’” mentioned Massarutto, because it primarily threw the studio’s improvement schedule into disarray. “This was our preliminary response as a result of our workflow is on a schedule, and we didn’t know something concerning the announcement. It was even a shock to us, though we’ve labored with the SRO for a few years. They needed to make a shock, they usually did!”
The discharge of the brand new DLC is acknowledged to be one of many causes for the sequel’s lack of a launch date at the moment. Digital Bros—mum or dad firm of writer 505 Video games—revealed in a fiscal report final yr, nonetheless, that the corporate is concentrating on a Spring 2024 launch window for Assetto Corsa 2.
