Version 0.8 Update

Kunos hat heute ein neues, größeres Update für Assetto Corsa EVO veröffentlicht. Neben neuem Content, wie dem Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, dem KTM X-Bow GT2 und GT4 sowie dem Volkswagen Golf 8 R, nimmt es sich vor allem den Themen VR-Performance und User-Mods an. Letztere sollen nun auch Multiplayer-fähig werden.

Content

• KTM X-Bow GT2
• KTM X-Bow GT4
• Volkswagen Golf 8 R
• Kyalami

General

• External livery creation support
• Fix for crash when player is changing car setup while the session changes or restarts
• Added protection for controls listening while the session changes or restarts
• Fixed a crash when starting the game from a mapped network drive
• Fixed empty showroom showing briefly after launch before the splash screens
• Added numberplate selector in the paintshop for relevant cars

Multiplayer (MP)

• Possible crash fix when joining an MP server
• Server/MP chat: feedback after using admin commands
• Fix for a startup crash
• Fix for crash when failing to connect a server
• Fixed a crash when session switching while player is still loading the previous session
• Updated Ferrari SP3 gearbox sounds
• MP: entrylist to allow defining starting order
• MP: server launcher support for modded car content
• MP: reject modified cars or incorrect mod version with SHA check
• Fix for players being able to call the pause menu in MP while driving
• Fixed car receiving damage when spawning on shared box in MP
• Fixed freeze and crash when the player is spamming input during session join

Gameplay

• Fixed Hotstint game mode bugs with timing and results
• Fixed Hotstint lap counter
• Fixed fuel still influencing pitstop time even if refuel amount exceeded tank capacity
• Fixed popup headlights not being synced with the gameplay logic

Physics/Handling

• Removed rev limiter choking
• Telemetry laps enabled in Datsun default setup
• DCT – added min filter throttle cut
• Ferrari Daytona SP3 – restored launch control
• Rebaked dynamic track maps using revised logic

Renderer

• Add projection correction
• Introduced supersampling
• Dynamic resizable texture pool and mesh streaming pool with real-time budget (this is used to keep VRAM within the available VRAM budget)
• Mesh streamer new logic
• Particles VRAM optimization
• Instanced skeleton optimization
• Enhanced VRAM reporting
• Add new VRAM usage category to keep track of the resources of the cars that are not streamed
• Clouds VRAM optimization
• Material aggregate heap VRAM optimization
• Readback passes VRAM optimization
• ESM VRAM optimization
• Buddy allocator peak stats
• Enhanced windshield rendering
• Update wipers refraction effect
• Added windshield raindrop splash effect
• Improved F+ tiled culling algorithm
• HiZ occlusion now uses reprojected view – this should mitigate flickering of trees and other objects that were cull-glitching
• Fix for early culling in mirrors when ultra setting is selected
• Fix tree popping in cockpit view on certain camera conditions
• Fix 9070XT and RX7600 recurring crashes

VR

• Hidden mask optimization
• Single pass stereo VR rendering
• Foveated rendering
• Pixel density slider (50% up to 150%)
• Custom VR resolve for MSAA (reduced aliasing with spatial resolve with depth reprojection – do not use velocity or flags buffers)
• World scale option
• Spectator window off by default and add an option to turn it on
• Prefer FPS over latency option (similar to turbo mode of the OpenXR toolkit)
• Dedicated video settings file from VR – split video settings: VR uses VR.videosettings while the rest of the game uses video.videosettings
• Optimized VR pass by skipping passes if upscalers are not used
• Renderer draws straight into the OpenXR swapchain image (avoid copy opt)
• Added VR settings in the UI – the other non-VR settings are yet to be added
• More aggressive foveating presets
• Eye tracked foveated rendering
• Fixed a few IQ problems
• VR sunglasses option

Graphics

• Race cars with plain liveries and material setup for external liveries
• Remapped cloud levels and aligned the graphics to the new physics ranges
• Aligned tarmac wet shader to new physics ranges

Audio

• Added timestamp comparison to collision event filter (fixes bottoming sound)

UI

• Fixed freecam widget not showing data when having the scene selector active in the showroom
• Numberplates – number type now includes cap to max digits
• Localization updates