EARLY ACCESS 0.9

About the Game

EARLY ACCESS 0.9

Assetto Corsa EVO 0.9 focuses on competition. Special Events introduce worldwide online leaderboards across hotlap and hotstint formats, mandatory pitstop requirements restore tactical depth to online racing, and a new tyre model for racing slicks raises handling fidelity across GT racing cars from Mazda MX5 Cup to Ferrari F40. Alongside these, 0.9 delivers a broad force feedback reliability pass, continued renderer optimisation, and three new cars.

This release provides many reasons to come back in game after summer time: a global leaderboard to climb, a race strategy to plan, and a car that behaves more faithfully underneath you.

SPECIAL EVENTS — WORLDWIDE ONLINE LEADERBOARDS – Special Events are pre-determined scenarios — fixed car, track, conditions and time of day — that every player attempts under identical terms, ranked on a worldwide leaderboard. Two event types are available: Hotlap, for a single definitive lap, and Hotstint, which tracks total gaps to nearby drivers at every sector line across a sustained run. Both support an optional Limited Attempts setting, reintroducing the pressure of a session that counts.

MANDATORY PITSTOPS — STRATEGY ENTERS THE RACE – Mandatory pitstop requirements are now available in timed online races above twenty minutes, with a configurable pit window set by the server administrator. Drivers plan their strategy through the MFD: stop lap, tyre choice, pressures, and fuel load.

NEW RACING SLICK TYRE MODEL – An updated tyre model for racing slicks is deployed across GT racing cars from Mazda MX5 Cup to Ferrari F40, raising the consistency and fidelity of the platform's core handling across the competition roster.

FORCE FEEDBACK AND INPUT – Force feedback devices now recover automatically after a disconnection or alt-tab across DirectInput, Fanatec, Logitech and Thrustmaster hardware. FFB output shaping is now available via a linearisation LUT. Haptic audio has been reworked, with FullForce DSP operating on the filtered signal and Logitech TrueForce gaining a 350 Hz low-pass filter and DSP reinitialisation on wheel handle change.

About Assetto Corsa EVO

Assetto Corsa EVO raises the bar of realism that has made the franchise one of the most popular driving simulations of the last decade even higher.

As with its predecessor, Assetto Corsa EVO will include cars from different classes spanning across years of motoring history. From road cars, classics, hypercars, and race cars. The most iconic representation of the automotive and motorsport world. Each vehicle is reproduced through Kunos in-house physics and graphic engine simulating mechanical, electronic, and aerodynamic performance, combined with the fidelity of the circuits created using Laserscan technology.

Throughout Early Access, you will experience a continuously expanding range of vehicles, tracks, and game modes, evolving towards our full 1.0 launch.

With the launch of a new KUNOS Simulazioni proprietary, high-performance photorealistic engine, VR and triple screen support have become first-class features and the new mathematical model meticulously simulates asphalt performance in different dynamic weather conditions that guarantees an authentic and realistic experience which will redefine the standards that have made Assetto Corsa globally renowned.

EARLY ACCESS 0.9 CONTENT

NEW CONTENT

• Audi R8 LMS GT2

• Audi R8 V10 performance quattro

• Mazda RX-7 FD Spirit R (Type A)

PHYSICS / HANDLING

• Updated racing slick tyre model across GT racing cars (From Mazda MX5 Cup to Ferrari F40)

FORCE FEEDBACK / INPUT

• FFB device recovery on disconnect and alt-tab (DirectInput, Fanatec, Logitech, Thrustmaster)

• TrueForce and FullForce rework: filtered DSP signal, 350 Hz low-pass, DSP reinitialisation on wheel handle change

• FFB output shaping via linearisation LUT (ffb.lut in SavedGame folder)

• Input system revision: multifunctional button logic and code optimisation

• Fanatec reconnection recognition fix

• Automatic shifter fix when H-shifter inputs are mapped

RENDERER / GRAPHICS

• Shadow receiver culling optimisation (mono view)

• Additional view render budget for vehicle, cockpit and mirrors via credit accumulator

• Windshield FX optimisation using rain-free permutation

• Temporal dithering improved for DLSS and FSR

• Graphical representation of wind

• Screen-space shadow factor restored on windshield effects

• View Settings: Exposure, exposure fusion and post-processing presets with live preview

GAMEPLAY

• Special Events with worldwide online leaderboards (hotlap / hotstint), MFD-based opponent selection, optional Limited Attempts

• Mandatory pitstop requirements with selectable pit window in timed races above 20 minutes (Multiplayer)

• Return-to-pit penalty when already in the pitlane

• Damage rate added to assist settings (Single Player)

• MFD defaults to leaderboard page in Special Events

• Suspension repair no longer repairs car body damage

• Custom external livery fix on customised and saved user cars

• Windshield raindrop persistence fix after exiting a rainy session

• HUD dash display fix

MULTIPLAYER

• Server disconnection crash fix

• Admin commands no longer sent twice to the server

• Duplicated race number fix when rejoining with a custom number

PERFORMANCE / GENERAL

• Global CPU-side optimisation

• Further gameplay code refactoring

EARLY ACCESS 0.8 CONTENTS

NEW CONTENT

Cars

• KTM X-Bow GT2.

• KTM X-Bow GT4.

• Volkswagen Golf 8 R.

Track

• Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit.

Headline features

• User Generated Content in Multiplayer: server launcher support for community car content with SHA verification.

• External livery creation support.

• Major VR overhaul: foveated rendering (incl. eye-tracked variant), pixel-density slider, world scale, supersampling and dedicated VR settings profile.

CORE IMPROVEMENTS AND ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

Renderer / Graphics

• Dynamically resizable texture and mesh streaming pools with real-time VRAM budget.

• Enhanced VRAM reporting and broad VRAM optimisations.

• Supersampling support.

• Enhanced windshield rendering with updated wiper refraction and raindrop splash effect.

• Panini projection update.

• HiZ occlusion reprojection to mitigate flickering of trees and objects at culling edges.

• Mirror culling fix on ultra setting.

• Cloud levels remapped and wet tarmac shader aligned to new physics ranges.

Physics / Handling

• Road temperature model reworked.

• Dynamic track maps rebaked with revised logic for more consistent grip evolution.

• Weather and dynamic track behaviour fixes; calibration still ongoing.

• Camber now derived through geometrical calculation.

• Brake temperatures respond to electronic brake intervention.

• Rear-wheel steering corrected.

• Excessive smoke generation fixed.

• Particle behaviour for wet grass addressed.

Gameplay

• Hotstint timing, results and lap-counter corrections.

• Pitstop fuel logic fix when refuel exceeds tank capacity.

• Popup headlights synced with gameplay logic.

Multiplayer

• Community car content support in Multiplayer with SHA verification.

• Entry-list defined starting order for organisers and league operators.

• Multiple join, connection and session-switch crash fixes.

• Input-spamming freeze during session join resolved.

• Admin command feedback in server and MP chat.

• Pause-menu-while-driving fix.

• Shared-box spawn damage fix.

Audio

• Collision-event filter fix removing spurious bottoming sound.

• Ferrari Daytona SP3 updated gearbox sounds.

UI / General / Stability

• Numberplate selector in the paintshop; digit cap on numberplate entry.

• Freecam widget fix with showroom scene selector active.

• Crash fix on car setup change during session restart or change.

• Network drive launch crash fix.

• Empty showroom pre-splash removal.

• Localisation updates.

EARLY ACCESS 0.7 CONTENTS

NEW CONTENT

Cars

• Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II

• Datsun 240Z (S30)

• Porsche 935 (2019)

• Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport Evo (991II)

Headline features

• Release of Assetto Corsa EVO Editor Tools

• Brand-new particle system: smoke, dirt, dust, spray and impact effects

CORE IMPROVEMENTS AND ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

Renderer / Graphics

• New GPU-feedback texture streaming pipeline

• Texture quality video setting

• Improved vegetation streaming stability

• Reduced streaming-induced stutter

• Indirect specular lighting improvements

• Cloud shadow improvements

• Fog and reflection rendering refinements

• Improved volumetric rendering behaviour

• Additional shading and subsurface scattering fixes

Audio

• Lotus Exige V6 new interior sounds

• Toyota Supra RZ full sound overhaul:

  • Interior

  • Exterior

  • Turbo

  • Backfires

• Toyota Supra drift variant engine rework

• FMOD project update

• Refreshed horn sounds

Physics / Handling

• Caster adjustment fix on certain suspension configurations

• BMW M3 E46 engine inertia tweaks

• Toyota GR86 refreshed default setup

• VW Golf 8 GTI adjusted power figures

• BMW M3 E30 and Mercedes-Benz 190E balancing pass

• Dynamic Track and Dynamic Weather calibration improvements

Multiplayer

• Mechanical variant and Performance Index added to results dump

• Tuning filter added

• Restart-session command now repairs all cars

UI / Controls

• Car specs sheet on mechanical variant selection screen

• Customization category improvements

• Missing material edit box fix

• On-the-fly H-shifter disable binding

• Functional player number plates

General / Stability

• Gameplay logic and architectural code revision

• Delta time handling improvements while paused

• Replay movable object interpolation fixes

• Session exit crash fixes

• Exit-to-desktop stats handling fixes

• General stability and backend improvements

EARLY ACCESS 6 CONTENT

New Cars

GT

• Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo

• Ferrari 296 GT3

• Ferrari 288 GTO

• Ford Mustang GT3

• Porsche 911 GT3 R rennsport

Road

• Lamborghini Countach

New Track

• Sebring International Raceway

Core Improvements and Ongoing Development

Gameplay / Physics / Ongoing development

• Improved suspension modelling, including multilink, coilover and bumpstop behaviour updates.

• Improved multiplayer collisions through updated timing and prediction logic.

• Official MoTeC telemetry support and updated shared memory output.

• Further tyre, damper, telemetry and setup work across the car roster.

• Updated AI track modelling and ongoing CPU performance optimisation.

• Pit stop, penalty, weather and track-limits-related improvements.

Multiplayer

• Release of self-hostable game servers.

• Introducing a downloadable server executable via Steam.

• Allowing users to host their own game servers with basic configuration options.

Audio

• Improved reverb behaviour, especially in underpasses and enclosed spaces.

• More distinctive sound treatment for selected cars.

• Advanced multichannel management and additional startup / vehicle-specific sounds.

UI

• Revised car selection page applied consistently across key menus.

• Updated controls page organised by input type.

• Additional usability improvements for setup, replay and customization flows.

EARLY ACCESS 5 CONTENT

New Cars

Road

• Audi Sport quattro ( 1983 )

• BMW M2

• Caterham Seven 485 CSR Final Edition

• Toyota AE86 + Tuned

• Volkswagen Golf MK1

GT

• Porsche 911 GT3 RS (992)

Racing

• Dallara EXP

New Tracks (reproduced with laser scan technology)

• Watkins Glen International - with 4 layouts

• Circuit Paul Ricard - with 4 layouts

• Free Camera Mode (Early Version)

Version 0.5 introduces Free Camera mode, letting players explore the car, environment, and action from new angles. It enables capturing replays and screenshots or videos using external tools. The mode is still in development and more features, such as photo-mode features, will follow at a later stage based on community feedback.

Graphics & Technology Updates – DLSS 4.5

0.5 includes an update to DLSS 4.5, continuing the work on performance scalability and image quality across a wider range of hardware configurations. The aim remains consistent: make steps towards the best quality to performance ratio.

Gameplay Improvements and Ongoing Development

UI: Car Selection Flow & Multiplayer Player Car, Controls Page

Thanks to an improved car selection UI and backend multiplayer updates, server admins and the Daily Racing Portal can now define eligible cars more precisely—down to version and visuals—allowing players to join Daily Races using their own tuned cars and body colours.

Track Limits and Blue Flags

Track limit penalties can feel harsh or unpredictable, so in 0.5 we’re continuing work on a time-gain evaluation system to better match penalties with actual advantage. This feature is still being tested and will roll out fully once it meets competitive standards. Blue flag logic has also been introduced to help drivers better read race conditions.

Shared Memory improvements

Shared memory issues have been fixed to match previous titles, prevent hardware shaking during loading, and restore full data quality for motion rigs and related devices.

Dynamic Track: rework underway

Dynamic Track is being reworked to improve rubber buildup, water behaviour, multiplayer support, and server sync. Version 0.5 brings rubbering visual shader upgrades, while core improvements will arrive later—consider this an essential infrastructure update with more visible results coming soon.

EARLY ACCESS 4 CONTENT (INCLUDING DAILY RACING PORTAL)

New Cars (available in N variants)

Racing Class

• Ferrari SF-25

GT

• Ferrari F40 LM

• Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 RS (including the Weissbach kit version)

Road

• BMW M3 (E46) CSL

• BMW M8 Competition Coupé (F92)

• Ferrari Daytona SP3

• Mini John Cooper S (Mk VI) (including a performance variant with B16 engine)

• Peugeot 205 T16

• Renault 5 GT Turbo

• Toyota Supra Turbo RZ (MK IV) — including a dedicated Drift variant.

New Tracks

• Autodromo Nazionale di Monza

• Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

• Nürburgring (2 layouts)

• Nordschleife (3 layouts including Touristenfahrten)

• Oulton Park Circuit (2 layouts)

This is the largest circuit expansion added during the Early Access program so far, all laser-scanned and built with signature KUNOS Simulazioni detail.

All Formula 1 circuits have also been updated with DRS zones to support the Ferrari SF-25.

Daily Racing Portal (acevo.gg)

With the 0.4 release, KUNOS Simulazioni introduces acevo.gg, the Daily Racing Portal, allowing players to join scheduled online races every day, with automatic splits based on their GridRating, placing drivers of similar skill levels together.

Players can:

• Browse daily races from the online portal.

• Register without needing to launch the game.

• Automatically join the correct server when the event starts.

• Access their GridRating, which carries over from SimGrid for existing drivers.

This first step brings competitive, structured online racing to Assetto Corsa EVO and will expand with league features, advanced statistics and deeper in-game integration over time.

Improvements and Physics Upgrade

Performance, gameplay and graphics have all been refined further for the 0.4 release, with a significant evolution of the physics model focusing on tyres, drivetrain, hybrid systems and force feedback.

Physics Update Info

• New tyre damping method delivers higher compliance and grip consistency, improving confidence across all cars.

• Refined tyre inertia and slip ratio ensure more natural traction behaviour under braking and acceleration.

• New grip model balances higher baseline adhesion with progressive combined-slip limits, rewarding precision and car control.

• Advanced tyre thermal and wear behaviour simulates temperature, degradation and compound lifecycles in greater detail.

• Unified hybrid and KERS/ERS systems for authentic power deployment and recovery logic.

• Enhanced drivetrain wobble model introduces mechanical elasticity and nonlinear stiffness for richer force feedback.

• Electronic brake bias, turbo, damper and differential controls are now fully adjustable from the cockpit.

• Improved DCT and solid axle behaviour, plus realistic rolling resistance for truer top speeds.

Major Audio Improvements

The audio system receives extensive upgrades to enhance engine clarity, transmission feel, turbo behaviour and environmental detail.

• Turbo pitch linked to boost and RPM.

• Reworked transmission sound sets.

• More detailed VTEC crossover cues.

• Completely rebuilt drivetrain wobble model.

• Improved backfires and turbo hiss.

• New scraping and raindrop ambience.

• Updated sound samples for multiple vehicles.

These additions result in a more immersive and mechanical soundscape across all cars.

Graphics – Main Improvements

Update 0.4 brings another step forward in visual fidelity, with improvements focused on materials, optimization and cockpit clarity.

• Revised car paint materials throughout.

• Better post-processing and motion rendering.

• Reduced VRAM usage and improved memory efficiency.

• Fixes for dashboard displays and material issues.

• Visual updates for MX 5 Cup ND1 and ND2 variants, Lamborghini Huracán ST EVO2, Porsche GT4 Clubsport MR.

• Updated instrument clusters on various models.

Players will especially notice smoother performance in crowded scenes, such as online and multi-car races.

UI – New Additions and Enhancements

The user interface continues to evolve with improvements aimed at clarity, race awareness and electronic system management.

• Expanded HUD notifications.

• Updated server list with clearer player and server counts.

• Reworked client-side leaderboard.

• Track maps added to HUD and pitlane screens.

• Multiplayer chat widget introduced.

• MFD expanded to support new vehicle electronics.

• Improved speedometer, gear and tyre widgets.

• Odometers added for owned vehicles.

These updates continue the refinement of the UI, improving race usability for all driver types.

EARLY ACCESS 3 CONTENT (INCLUDING MULTIPLAYER)

New Cars

• GT class

• BMW M4 GT3 EVO

• Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2

• Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 

Special

• Caterham Seven Academy Racer

• Dallara Stradale

• Ferrari F2004 

Classic/Road Class

• Audi RS 6 Avant

• BMW M3 Sport Evo (E30)

• Mercedes-Benz 190E AMG 2.5-16 Evo II 

New Tracks

• Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

• Red Bull Ring

Multiplayer Mode

With this first multiplayer release, KUNOS Simulazioni introduces the possibility for all players worldwide to race each other in online races, for the first time in Assetto Corsa EVO.

This first step features 16 maximum slots servers and this number will increase progressively up to track capacity and beyond. 

Improvements and tyre model upgrade

Alongside further performance optimizations and graphics improvements, the tyre and physics development have been pushed even more in Early Access 3.

Physics Update Info

• Augmented Damping: Damping is now resolved at 1000 Hz.

• New proprietary Suspension Algorithm: Allowing for more accurate suspension simulation.

• Tyre Model EVO-lved - step 1: Calibrated and significantly improved various parameters influencing tyre behaviour, allowing for more accurate simulation. "

Major Audio Improvements

Implemented a comprehensive overhaul of audio systems, particularly on engine sounds, to deliver a more immersive and realistic driving experience.

• Revamped Ignition and Startup Sounds

• Unique Engine Timbre Per Vehicle

• Calibration of Engine Inertia

• Enhanced Driveline Damping and Stiffness Modelling

• Throttle Lag and Torque Response Accuracy

• Realistic Backfire Implementation 

Graphics - Main Improvements

Alongside a further hardware optimization step and overall improvements, these aspects of the graphics engine have been the focus for Update 3 of the Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access program:

• Improved Dynamic Global Illumination.

• Optimization of GPU and CPU performance, with most noticeable improvements being in crowded scenes, like multiplayer races.

• Drastic reduction of VRAM usage, which was causing most of the low framerate corner cases.

• General enhancement of post processing effects, like motion blur. 

UI - new additions and improvements focused on racing ability

Besides various quality of life improvements in, the user interface of Assetto Corsa EVO’s 3rd Early Access release is bringing the MFD (Multi-Function-Display) to the next step. Now all players can assign the buttons they prefer for the MFD page cycling, and benefit from:

• The real-time leaderboard view, particularly useful for observing live gaps

• The official leaderboard, which returns valid best laps and per lap-based gaps

• Input settings page, which allows players to set their FFB, wheel or gamepad settings

• The Multi-Function Display will be enriched over time, during the Early Access development.

Also, the speedometer, tyre and gear widgets have received attention, with the addition of useful information such as the Pit Limiter indication.

EARLY ACCESS 2 CONTENT

New Cars

• Alfa Romeo 75 1.8 Turbo Evoluzione

• Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA

• Honda NSX-R

• Lotus Exige V6 Cup

• Maserati GT2

• Mazda MX-5 NA

• Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 (964)

New Tracks

• Circuit of the Americas

• Donington Park

New Game Mode

• Custom Race Weekend: this new mode will allow players to design their own complete race event including Practice, Qualifying and Warm Up laps before the Race event itself.

• Replay Gallery: the brand-new Replay Gallery allows players to save replay files and revisit their gameplay sessions to review their performances, study racing dynamics, or simply record highlights to share with others.

New Features

• AI enhancement with a new custom AI opponents generation page and with AI-controlled drivers which will display different behaviors depending on the difficulty level.

Improvements

Release 0.2 will feature a long list of improvements focused on ensuring greater stability and smoother gameplay.

• Optimization of all configurations, VR and triple screen setups.

• Stability and performance improvements to UI, Rendering and physics.

• Gameplay & AI Improvements

• And more.

Early Access 1 – Vehicle Content

• Abarth 695 Biposto

• Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm

• Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica Veloce

• Alpine A110 S

• Alpine A290_β Concept

• Audi RS 3 Sportback

• BMW M2 CS Racing

• BMW M4 CSL

• Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Ferrari 296 GTB

• Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO

• Ford Escort RS Cosworth

• Honda S2000

• Hyundai i30 N Hatchback

• Lancia Delta HF Integrale "Evoluzione 2" (1993)

• Lamborghini Huracàn STO (2021)

• Lotus Emira

• Mazda MX-5 ND Cup

• Mercedes-AMG GT2

• Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)

• Toyota GR86

• Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI Clubsport

Early Access 1 – Track Content

• Brands Hatch Motor Racing Circuit

• Fuji International Speedway

• Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit

• Suzuka International Racing Course

• Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari - Imola

• WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

Early Access 1 – Game Modes

• Single Player

  • Practice

  • Quick Race

  • Driving Academy

• Special Events:

  • Hotstint

  • Test Drive