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52-506: Heavily based on the previous season's F2003-GA , the F2004 continued the run of success the team had enjoyed since 1999, winning the team's 6th straight Constructors' Championship and 5th straight Drivers' Championship for Michael Schumacher , his 7th, and final, world drivers' title in 2004. It is one of the most dominant cars in the history of Formula One. The car also brought a close to Ferrari's and Michael Schumacher's five-year domination of

104-488: A feature complete version of the game, was released on 15 October 2014. The final version, following general bugfixing and performance optimizations, was released on 19 December 2014. The game continues to receive free updates, new features and paid DLC with additional content such as new cars and tracks. In May 2015, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version of the game was announced. It is published by 505 Games and

156-468: A full weekend in accordance with the FIA's technical regulations for the season. As a result, the gearbox also had to be redesigned to be more resilient. The rear end aerodynamics were improved and the car featured a shorter wheelbase. Launch control and fully-automatic gearboxes were also banned for 2004 , meaning the driver had to start using the paddle-shifters, and find the effective bite point and release

208-531: A multiplayer community that could really benefit from more clean racers. The mods available for the sim, however, take it to the next level", concluding: "If you're looking for a good sim to enter the sim-racing community with, Assetto Corsa is a fantastic choice that will provide an incredible number of cars and tracks for a one-time payment." On 15 May 2015 Rock, Paper, Shotgun 's Tim Stone put Assetto Corsa on place five of its "The 25 Best Simulation Games Ever Made" list. The game has been regularly featured in

260-528: A partnership with RSeat Ltd. and France Simulateur SARL and the release of an Assetto Corsa -branded full simulation rig named RSeat RS1 Assetto Corsa Special Edition , supporting a wide range of peripherals and capable of being upgraded with full motion systems. The Steam version of Assetto Corsa is included in this package. Assetto Corsa (PC) received mostly positive reviews. It received "generally positive" reviews from critics. The PC version received an aggregated score of 85/100 rating on Metacritic , with

312-518: A realistic racing experience with support for extensive customization and moddability . The game was first released through the Steam Early Access program on 8 November 2016, and officially left Early Access as final release version on 19 December 2014. Publisher 505 Games in partnership with Kunos Simulazioni announced on 3 June 2015 that they would bring the game to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2016 and on 20 January 2016 revealed

364-467: A record breaking seventh World Championship (since equaled by Lewis Hamilton in 2020), while Ferrari was a clear winner in the Constructors' Championship. The F2004 was also extremely reliable, retiring from just two races and both of these were via collisions. In France, Schumacher won, beating Fernando Alonso 's Renault after an innovative four stop pit strategy. After the 2004 season the car

416-528: A release date of 22 April 2016. On 24 February 2016 it was announced that the console release was delayed to 3 June 2016. 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni announced another delay and a new release date for the console versions on 6 May 2016, the game was released on consoles on 26 and 30 August 2016 in Europe and North America respectively. A second game, Assetto Corsa Competizione , was released in May 2019, while

468-554: A setup interface. Depending on the car this includes gear ratios, tyre compounds, tyre pressures, fuel, suspension settings like anti-roll bars, wheel rates, ride height, packer rates, travel range, damper settings like bump stops and rebounds, heave dampers, alignment setting, drivetrain settings for differential lock and pre-load, hybrid settings, adjustments to the wings, brake bias , brake power, engine limiter, etc. Assists like traction control and ABS , turbo boost, KERS , ERS and engine brake settings and brake bias can be adjusted on

520-543: A world record price of CHF14,630,000 (US$ 14,873,327). ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap) * 32 points scored with the F2002B Assetto Corsa Assetto Corsa ( Italian for "Race Setup") is a sim racing video game developed by the Italian video game developer Kunos Simulazioni . It is designed with an emphasis on

572-410: Is a list of all 15 official race tracks; 4 DLCs are marked with (*). Some of these tracks are available in different layouts (45 layouts in total). Kunos Simulazioni built Assetto Corsa on the experience acquired with the development of netKar Pro and Ferrari Virtual Academy . The studio acquired practical knowledge working closely to real motorsport as their R&D office was located at

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624-609: Is coded in multiple programming languages. C++ is used for the simulation part and Go for the multiplayer server. The user interface and launcher core is coded in C# , but the interface frontend in HTML to allow users to create interface modifications. Python can be used for developing plugins for retrieving simulation data in real time. APIs used are DirectX 11 for graphics, FMOD for sound and ODE for collision detection and rigid body physics . The Assetto Corsa Technology Preview

676-532: The 1999 Formula One season . The F2004 was used as the basis for the 2008 "Powered by Ferrari" A1 Grand Prix car . The livery are almost similar to the previous season with numerous retaining sponsors including Vodafone and Olympus . Ferrari used the Marlboro logos, except at the Canadian, French, British and United States Grands Prix. The fastest race laps at Magny-Cours , Monza and Shanghai remain

728-404: The 2003 Formula One World Championship . The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne , Ignazio Lunetta , Aldo Costa , Marco Fainello , Nikolas Tombazis and James Allison with Ross Brawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Technical Director and Paolo Martinelli assisted by Giles Simon leading the engine design and operations. Its development was based on

780-596: The 250 GTO , 288 GTO , 312/67 , 330 P4 , 812 Superfast and the F2004 , as well as a community-voted seventh car from Ferrari's history. After receiving over 30000 votes in total the result of the poll to be included in the DLC is the 2017 Ferrari SF70H with 15.39% of the votes. Preliminary VR support for the Oculus Rift Development Kit 1 was first added in 2013 and support was updated throughout

832-836: The Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 . The introduction of modern Formula 1 extends the simulated hybrid systems in the game with the complex Energy Recovery Systems (ERS) utilised in modern F1 . On 25 October 2016 Kunos released the Porsche Pack Volume 1 DLC. It introduces the Porsche brand to the game together with seven new cars: the 718 Cayman S , the 1974 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 , the 2015 911 Carrera S , 917/30 Spyder , 918 Spyder Weissach , 935/78 "Moby Dick" and Cayman GT4 Clubsport . The Ferrari 70th Anniversary Celebration Pack DLC, released on 19 September 2017, added seven new Ferrari cars:

884-533: The PS4 version receiving 73/100. Eurogamer.net , in its January 2015 PC review, writes that "Kunos' solution is simple, elegant and—if there's any common sense knocking around other developers—surely a standard for all driving games that follow in its wake" and concludes that " Assetto Corsa' s laser focus on the driving experience works wonders—and when it comes to replicating that simple, brilliant pleasure, there's no other game right now that does it better"; it awarded

936-674: The Ruf brand to the game in form of the 1987 CTR Yellowbird . Patch 1.2 on 31 July 2015 saw the introduction of Circuit Park Zandvoort , and added the Alfa Romeo MiTo QV , Audi Sport Quattro , Lamborghini Miura P400 SV , Nissan R35 GT-R NISMO and Toyota GT86 to the game. With patch 1.5 on 31 March 2016 a major free update was released for the game, bringing a new fictional USA-themed location named Black Cat County, available in 3 layouts, two additional Nürburgring layouts, an additional Nürburgring Nordschleife endurance layout,

988-723: The Vallelunga classic layout, new drag strip distances, a graphical rework of most existing circuits in the game, as well as the introduction of the Abarth 595 SS (including variants), Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray and the 2015 Ford Mustang . The Dream Pack 1 downloadable content (DLC) was released on 11 March 2015, adding a number of new car licences to the game: Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti , Alfa Romeo 4C , Alfa Romeo GTA , BMW M235i Racing , Chevrolet Corvette C7.R , McLaren F1 GTR , McLaren P1 , Mercedes 190E Evo II , Sauber-Mercedes C9 and Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 . It also introduces

1040-460: The F2003-GA was developed further. The car was fast and competitive as it won 3 out its first 4 races, but had a tendency to overuse its tyres, which led to several late race tyre problems in mid seasons, causing a slight drop in form during the unusually hot European summer . As a result, Williams and McLaren were able to mount a consistent challenge to Ferrari and push Michael Schumacher for

1092-529: The RPM. Assetto Corsa started development in 2010 with a driving school project for Automobile Club d'Italia . In 2011, Kunos moved to developing the game in Unity engine , however, due to constraints of external integrability i.e. not being modding friendly, and due to long loading times, they decided to leave it be and at the end of 2011 built a new engine completely in-house from the ground up instead. The game

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1144-505: The Xbox One "matching the PS4 as closely as possible". The console version of the game received an entirely new UI optimised for use with a gamepad. On February 14, 2018, a new release called Ultimate Edition , containing all previously available DLC, was announced for consoles. This edition was then released on April 20, 2018. In August 2021, a mobile port of the game was announced. It

1196-455: The benchmark that Gran Turismo Sport , Project CARS 2 and Forza 7 will have to beat." In contrast, GamesMaster said that it is "lacking in most areas compared to its rivals." As of May 2016 the game is ranked among the most played racing sims on the Steam platform. There are more than 900 active multiplayer servers for Assetto Corsa and the game is used by several leagues around

1248-632: The championship. After Bridgestone engineers discovered Michelin were using tyres which changed construction, causing the French tyre maker to provide remoulded tyres late in the season. Ferrari became competitive again as it won the final 3 races of the season, and were able to hold off both Williams and McLaren for the Constructors' Championship, whilst Schumacher snatched his sixth Drivers' title, breaking Juan Manuel Fangio 's record which had stood for 46 years. The car won seven races, five pole positions, and five fastest laps before being replaced with

1300-486: The clutch manually, again. These electronic driver aids had been used by the team for the previous three seasons, since the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix . The car was as successful as the equally dominant F2002, winning 15 out of 18 races, and scoring 12 pole positions including many lap records. Michael Schumacher won 13 races, setting a single-season record ( Sebastian Vettel equaled this number in 2013) which lasted until 2022 when Max Verstappen won 15 races, and gained

1352-517: The current lap records, despite Monza remaining on the F1 calendar through the 2023 season , showing the competitiveness of the F2004 against modern cars some twenty years younger. Michael Schumacher's son Mick drove the car at the 2019 German Grand Prix , honouring 15 years since his father's final world championship. Mick also drove the car around the track before the start of the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix to celebrate Ferrari's 1000th Grand Prix. The car

1404-540: The dominant F2004 in 2004, a car which was almost identical to its predecessor. Ferrari used ' Marlboro ' logos, except at the French, British and United States Grands Prix. Vodafone continued to sponsor the team for second year with a new sponsorship from Olympus . On 11 December 2003, after the season had finished, Michael Schumacher raced the car against a Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force over several measured distances to determine which

1456-515: The experience of the player, ranging from artificial to "factory" or entirely disabled assists. A variety of session modes and session settings are available for offline and online play. Offline campaign, special events, custom championships, hotlap, quick race, drift, drag and race weekend sessions can be played alone or against AI. A server manager tool allows to create servers for online sessions, LAN sessions are also supported. When joining an offline/online session players can adjust their car through

1508-506: The fly through hot-keys. The in-game HUD consists of multiple "virtual desktops" that allow to manually place a wide variety of "apps" anywhere on screen, and the selection can be expanded through custom apps written in the Python language. The API allows access to the session and simulation data through external LCDs or phone apps and the simulation exports telemetry data in a compatible format for professional data analysis software. This

1560-465: The game a score of 9/10 and a silver 'Recommended' label. Eurogamer.net's Italian sister-website Eurogamer.it reviewed the game earlier on 16 October 2014 and awarded it the same score of 9/10. Justin Sutton of American automobile news site Motorsport.com , writes that " Assetto Corsa is a beautiful game, the result of laser-scanning accuracy and precision, with good sound, AI that needs improving, and

1612-619: The game does deliver in terms of graphics, but he reckons its physics engine "lacks seriousness". As of May 2016, various updates to the game solved or improve upon many of the listed issues like AI, netcode, physics and single player AI pitstops, and the game continues being updated in all areas with regular cadence. The game reached number 8 in the UK sales chart. It got to number 3 in Australia and number 5 in New Zealand. The game has sold

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1664-426: The game for the upcoming console release RedBull.com 's, Curtis Moldrich states that "although we didn't get a chance to play the game with a controller, with a steering wheel at least, Assetto Corsa is a revolution. By embracing reality and modelling it perfectly, Assetto Corsa actually makes for a more entertaining game. Throw in super-realistic sound, solid AI and smooth graphics, and Assetto Corsa could well be

1716-514: The game's Early Access period. Work on Oculus support ceased after support for Development Kit 2, with Kunos Simulazioni citing increased difficulty in keeping the latest Oculus SDK's supported while production priorities are focused on updates for the PC version and preparation for the console release, promising "to support VR—and not necessarily only the Oculus Rift—when we will be able to take

1768-626: The laserscanned Nürburgring Nordschleife in three different layouts that took over two years to make. The Red Pack DLC was released on 14 July 2016, introducing the Maserati brand and the laserscanned Red Bull Ring in GP and National layouts to the game, containing seven cars like the Ferrari 488 GT3 , Ferrari F138 , Ferrari SF15-T , Lamborghini LP 750-4 Aventador SV , the classic GP six-/twelve-cylinder Maserati 250F and 250F T2 monoposto and

1820-464: The previous Ferrari F2002 , but featured new bulbous sidepods and a lengthened wheelbase to aid aerodynamics. The engine and gearbox were developed versions of the previous model. The car was designated "GA" as a mark of respect to Gianni Agnelli , the recently deceased head of Fiat . The car was introduced just before mid season in 2003, as the F2002 was seen as good enough to be competitive whilst

1872-622: The racing game", British automobile magazine TopGear 's Mike Channell writes: "Released at the tail end of 2014, Assetto Corsa is a spectacularly tactile PC sim that offers up a garage full of cars that will tug at your very loins". In a preview of the upcoming console version in January 2016, TopGear writes that " Assetto Corsa might not have the same storied history as Forza or Gran Turismo , but it's established its brilliance on PC already and as with just about everything built by Italians it's forged with all-consuming passion." Previewing

1924-470: The racing simulation game market, and also developers’ different interpretations of the term ‘simulation’. [...] While lacking in vehicle and circuits right now, Assetto Corsa is one of the best simulations we’ve tried". However, in September 2016, The PlayStation Official Magazine said "as an actual racing game, it's rather sedate, feature-light and often unfairly difficult." Declaring 2015 as "Year of

1976-632: The sequel, Assetto Corsa EVO is set to be released in 2025. Assetto Corsa is a racing simulation that attempts to offer a realistic driving experience with a variety of road and race cars through detailed physics and tyre simulation on race tracks recreated through laser-scanning technology. It supports a range of peripherals like mouse, keyboard, wheels, gamepads, triple-displays, TrackIR head tracking and VR head-mounted displays as well as Nvidia 3D Vision and professional motion systems. The software can be extended through modded third-party content. The game allows to adjust realism settings fitting

2028-515: The software ReVive this version of the simulator also works with the HTC Vive —official support for the device was confirmed to release at a later date. On 22 March 2017 patch 1.13 added the beta implementation of Vive support through OpenVR . Assetto Corsa supports many different VR headsets utilizing Oculus runtime or Open VR. Including but not limited to Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, HTC Vive, Valve Index and many more. The game

2080-507: The sport, leaving the door open for Renault and Fernando Alonso . The car was based on the same design principles pioneered in the F2002 but taken a step further. The periscope exhausts were smaller and mounted closer to the car's centre line, the rear wing was enlarged and the rear suspension redesigned to reduce tyre wear, a major problem in the F2003-GA . The engine was designed to last

2132-544: The time and resources required." In an official community poll on the official support forums, open from 2 to 9 April 2016, "VR support" reached first place with 25% of a total of 4801 votes. With the 1.6 update released on 18 May 2016 the development studio implemented pre-Alpha support for the Oculus Rift SDK 1.3, enabling support for the consumer version of the Oculus VR HMD. Thanks to a workaround using

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2184-420: The time on Vallelunga Circuit , Italy. The game includes renditions of international circuits (surveyed using both traditional and laser scanning technology) as well as many cars from global car brands, ranging from everyday road cars to racing prototypes and historic vehicles. As in case of most car simulators, the car performance is one of the most important factor, including the torque and power in function of

2236-412: The website's simulation and wargame-focused The Flare Path section. In its 2015 review of the PC version, British automobile magazine Evo highlights Assetto Corsa' s physics, writing that "some aspects that other games barely touch on, such as tyre deformation and accurate friction models, are impressively accurate", and concludes: "What Assetto Corsa neatly demonstrates is the variety available in

2288-428: The world. On racedepartment.com, more than 9000 modifications have been published for the title until October 2018. Kunos Simulazioni has stated since game release that, due to engine limitations and due to the small size of the software developer, the game would not support features such as wet weather conditions, rain, night racing, or multi-class racing compatible AI. According to simulation engineer James Dover,

2340-471: Was a playable benchmark that was released on 22 February 2013. It offered one car, Lotus Elise SC , and one track, Autodromo dell'Umbria in Magione , Italy, as well as two playing modes, free practice and time attack. The preview's main purpose was to allow users to get their first taste of the engine, test it, and report feedback. The preview required the player to own a netKar Pro license. Assetto Corsa

2392-706: Was designed to support extensive modification and creation of additional cars and tracks by users themselves. A special WYSIWYG editor, bundled with the game, enables importing of 3D models (in FBX file format) and allows artists to assign properties and material shaders to objects, with an emphasis on ease of use. The editor exports a single game model file and does not allow opening of, or addition of objects to, an already exported file. The game also supports addition of third party widgets and plugins written in Python , C++ and C# , for uses such as telemetry or interface enhancements. On 10 April 2015 Kunos Simulazioni announced

2444-616: Was developed further as a testbed for 2005. A revised version, the F2004M was used in the first two races. Despite a podium finish in the 2005 Australian Grand Prix , the car was retired to make way for its successor, the F2005 , at the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix . In all, the car scored 272 championship points in its career, but its championship in 2004 also marked the end of Ferrari's Constructors' Championship winning streak, beginning with

2496-656: Was faster, the aircraft or the car. The German won the first run, over the distance of 600 metres, thanks to the weight advantage of his car over the jet, but the Typhoon won the two remaining runs over the longer distances of 900 and 1200 metres, winning the overall race. In November 2022, chassis number 229, which Schumacher used to win 5 Grands Prix during the 2003 season, was sold at auction by RM Sotheby's during Sotheby’s Luxury Week in Geneva , Switzerland . The car, complete with engine and in full running condition, sold for

2548-776: Was featured in Assetto Corsa in the Ferrari 70th Anniversary Pack, Formula One 04 and like the Ferrari F2007 , it was also featured in F1 2017 , F1 2018 , F1 2019 and F1 2020 games. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap) * 10 points scored with the F2004M Ferrari F2003-GA The Ferrari F2003-GA was a highly successful car used by Scuderia Ferrari in

2600-584: Was greenlit on Steam Greenlight on 13 June 2013. The game was released through Steam 's Early Access program on 8 November 2013. This service allows developers to release a functional but yet incomplete product, such as beta versions , to allow users to buy the title and help provide funding, testing and feedback towards the final production. Through the Early Access programme the game received updates roughly every two weeks, adding new and improving existing content and features. The Release Candidate ,

2652-493: Was officially released for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) on August 31 and it was entrusted to Digital Tales. Since release out of the Steam Early Access program the game content of the PC version has been expanded with several free updates. The later released console versions receive the same content with a slightly different release schedule. On 24 December 2014, shortly after the game's release, patch 1.0.1 brought

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2704-472: Was released after delays on 26 and 30 August 2016 in Europe and North America respectively. Marco Massarutto, co-founder and executive manager of Kunos Simulazioni, states that the physics model of the console version is identical to the PC version and the rendering and physics engines had to be rebuilt to better utilise multi-threading—the performance targets for the PlayStation 4 are 1080p, 60FPS, with

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