{"id":85461,"date":"2016-01-21T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=85461"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T09:49:42","slug":"hardcore-racing-sim-assetto-corsa-speeds-onto-consoles-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/85461-hardcore-racing-sim-assetto-corsa-speeds-onto-consoles-soon","title":{"rendered":"Hardcore racing-sim Assetto Corsa speeds onto consoles soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The racing-sim genre has evolved quite substantially in the last couple years.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the second-rate (if we can call them that) entries onto the track always seem to be pushed aside by the far superior <em>Gran Turismo<\/em> and <em>Forza<\/em> series, with each holding a solid grip\u00a0on their exclusive platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s not stopping\u00a0505 Games from releasing their true-to-form racing sim, <em>Assetto Corsa<\/em>, onto the world.<\/p>\n<p>The hardcore racer\u00a0made its debut on PC back in December 2014, where it developed a name for itself amongst the racing community for its realistic handling and graphics, and now it&#8217;s finally getting a full release\u00a0on Xbox One and PS4.<\/p>\n<p>The console versions will include over 90 high-performance cars, including the Ferrari LaFerrari, Pagani Zonda R and Mercedes C9.<\/p>\n<p>As for the tarmac needed to burn rubber, 20 different track &#8220;configurations&#8221; are featured in <em>Assetto Corsa<\/em>, including Silverstone, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Autodromo Nazionale Monza and Nurburgring-Nordschleife.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-ordering the game, meanwhile, will offer access to three bonus cars: the Ferrari 488 GTB, Audi R8V10 Plus and Corvette C7 Stingray.<\/p>\n<p>Both versions will run at 60fps, but &#8220;like any other game&#8221;, Kunos Simulazioni co-founder Marco Massarutto tells <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2016-01-20-assetto-corsa-is-about-to-bring-one-of-the-finest-handling-models-to-console\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eurogamer<\/a>, the PS4 version runs at 1080p, with the Xbox One version coming in at 900p.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We fought a lot to have full HD also on Xbox One, but there&#8217;s no way for us to do it,<\/em>&#8221; Massarutto said. &#8220;<em>Forza did a very good job &#8211; but they have dedicated libraries. Regardless, they did a really good job. When I played the game, I thought &#8216;wow&#8217;. They&#8217;ve done such a good job with the visuals.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Assetto Corsa<\/em> will release on PS4 and Xbox One on April 22, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ql6ERnlKPss?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article\u00a0originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>You might also be interested in<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Permalink to All the Civilization and XCOM you could ask for: the Humble Firaxis Bundle\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/85421-all-the-civilization-and-xcom-you-could-ask-for-the-humble-firaxis-bundle.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">All the Civilization and XCOM you could ask for: the Humble Firaxis Bundle<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Permalink to Screenshots emerge for Platinum Games\u2019 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/85383-screenshots-emerge-for-platinum-games-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-game.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Screenshots emerge for Platinum Games\u2019 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/85177-cliche-battle-mechanics-were-tired-of.html\">Cliche battle mechanics we\u2019re tired of<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardcore racer Assetto Corsa made its debut on PC, developing a positive name for itself, and now it&#8217;s finally getting a full release on Xbox One and PS4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":85463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3371,16991,9985,16989,1966,2664,7013,16993,1157],"class_list":["post-85461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-505-games","tag-assetto-corsa","tag-cars","tag-fora","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-gran-turismo","tag-racing-sim","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85471,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85461\/revisions\/85471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}