Assetto Corsa EVO Early Access (PC) Preview

The sim racing community is a funny one, with almost everyone having their opinion on what is the best title, what is a true simulator and not just arcade (or sim-cade if it’s further to the sim side). The Assetto Corsa series has carved out a nice section of the genre for itself with titles like Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione, and now, the upcoming Assetto Corsa EVO, with the latter looking to be the biggest yet. I got to take a look at the game during its early access period, and this is what I was able to take away from the time.

Having spent most of my sim-racing career playing Gran Turismo 7 and the F1 series of games, I was very keen to jump into a PC-based sim to see how things are different and how similar they are. However, my experience came to a grinding halt when I booted up the game and found that, while the game recognized my wheel and pedals, I needed to map every single button to a command.

There were no button presets, which is both good and bad,... Read more