The cars and tracks from the series are all here and offer a solid variety, but that’s all you get. The content in the game is bare bones even though being able to do a 24-hour race or a Sprint Race is nice. Competizione is all about the racing and that is what it does best. The car visuals, and more importantly the audio, provides the closest thing to being on a track.
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There’s more than just an endurance racing licence to distinguish Assetto Corsa Competizione from its predecessor. It’s more polished, more precise, and offers more scope for long-term single-player satisfaction.
When going toe-to-toe with some evenly matched AI as the sun sets through the trees, Assetto Corsa Competizione’s console version settles into a pretty satisfying groove. There’s a very positive emphasis on consistency and racecraft here, and the deep driver rating system is very granular and appraises every move you make. The spotter functionality that calls out opponents within close proximity is also worth a late mention and contributes to some good, clean racing.
The cars and tracks from the series are all here and offer a solid variety, but that’s all you get. The content in the game is bare bones even though being able to do a 24-hour race or a Sprint Race is nice. Competizione is all about the racing and that is what it does best. The car visuals, and more importantly the audio, provides the closest thing to being on a track.
If you’re happy with doing time trials and making online lobbies with friends, then Competizione is fantastic. If, however, you want a strong single player campaign, super-intelligent AI and a solid multiplayer platform, look elsewhere.
If crawling around a track on your outlap as you gingerly get heat into the tires and brakes before really committing, or trawling forums for ideal force feedback settings or camber rates for certain tracks doesn't sound like your idea of fun, you might want to steer clear. Assetto Corsa Competizione is a proper sim, for better and for worse - and for its many faults, it may well be the finest sim that's ever found its way to a home console.
Ultimately, though, Assetto Corsa Competizione doesn't quite practice what it preaches, and in its current state doesn't have that level of consistency to be able to unreservedly recommend it. A missed opportunity, sadly, but one that hopefully Kunos can still make good on in the near future.