Assetto Corsa Scheduled to Arrive in 2016 on Xbox One & PS4 - Watch the Launch Teaser

[Steve_OS]

505 Games has just announced Assetto Corsa is scheduled to arrive on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2016, check out the launch teaser here, along with some new screenshots here. Assetto Corsa is already available for PC users on Steam with new content coming soon, showcased at E3 later this month.

Here are some of the new features the console version will have.

• Over one hundred high-performance cars, including the Team Lotus 98T, the Pagani Zonda R, the Ferrari LaFerrari, the Mercedes C9 and the McLaren MP4-12C GT3
• Over twenty different track configurations, including famed courses such as Silverstone Circuit, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, and Nürburgring-Nordschleife
• Single and Multiplayer racing modes, with customizable Race Weekends, preset Challenges or full-scale Career Mode
• Refined race-craft AI, with up to twenty-four cars competing for the podium places in the PC version of the game

Read the full press release below.

505 GAMES AND KUNOS SIMULAZIONI LINE UP ON THE GRID WITH ASSETTO CORSA

Fan-Favorite Racing Simulator to Make Its E3 Debut With All New PC Content

505 Games today announced a partnership with Italian developer Kunos Simulazioni to publish the current generation console versions of Assetto Corsa, the highly acclaimed racing game. Currently available on Steam, Assetto Corsa is regarded as one of the most authentic racing simulators on the market.

Aptly branded “Your Racing Simulator,” Assetto Corsa ups the simulation stakes by emphasizing and focusing on pure physics realism, with precision accuracy across every aspect from the meticulousness car handling to the laser-measured tracks.

The standout stars of the game are of course the cars themselves; Assetto Corsa has partnered with the most prestigious automotive manufacturers to license life-like models of the genre’s biggest stars, from Ferrari to Fiat, from McLaren to Mercedes, and Lamborghini to Lotus.

Players are able to further deepen their playing experience by adjusting the handling and race set-up of each and every car in-game, whereby cars can be individually tuned to cater for your personal racing style. The overall racing experience can be further modified by adjusting everything from driver attributes to collision damage, to deliver a thrilling and true racing experience. All of these features together breed the realism that Assetto Corsa is known and celebrated for.

Making its console debut in 2016, Assetto Corsa will bring specific features such as

• Over one hundred high-performance cars, including the Team Lotus 98T, the Pagani Zonda R, the Ferrari LaFerrari, the Mercedes C9 and the McLaren MP4-12C GT3
• Over twenty different track configurations, including famed courses such as Silverstone Circuit, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, and Nürburgring-Nordschleife
• Single and Multiplayer racing modes, with customizable Race Weekends, preset Challenges or full-scale Career Mode
• Refined race-craft AI, with up to twenty-four cars competing for the podium places in the PC version of the game

Based in Rome, Kunos Simulazioni is a development studio specializing in the creation of business simulators for the most influential Italian automotive companies – including Ferrari. This collaboration diversifies 505 Games’ product portfolio with the addition of a high-octane adrenaline pumping racing title.

Asseto Corsa will be making its E3 debut this year showcasing brand new PC content, and will be released on PS4 and XBOX One in 2016. Assetto Corsa is available now for PC download via STEAM.

[Sausage]

I am pleasantly surprised to read this; in a pretty short time span we have or will have the following racing/driving simulations/simcades on PS4 and Xbox One:

DriveClub
Project Cars
Forza 5
Forza Horizon 2
Assetto Corsa
Need for Speed Reboot

Wow racing/driving games are back with a passion, unless they never left, lol

[Dazraz]

I'll be interested to see if this much lauded PC game can have the same impact on consoles.

[SinisterAlex]

It sure is a great time to be a video game racing fan.

[jb12780]

Wow. All sorts of options for racers.

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[canes21]

I own it on PC and it seems like a great title, but really, iRacing has destroyed my need for other racing games at the moment. Still, it's a great time to be a fan of racing games.

[R9NALD9]

Fantastic news! The more sim racers we have to choose from the better!

[fearwhatnow]

The driving model in AC is very sim-like but the AI is laughable. They talk about "refined AI" but I doubt they can fix it. PCars AI is like 1000x better and it's not the best either. AC it's good for some hot laps though.