Assetto Corsa Round 1 Vallelunga - Wed Nov 3, 2021

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Welcome to round 1 Vallelunga


Showcasing the track

 

Qual: 20:00 GMT 15 minutes
Race: 20:20 GMT 45 minutes

Schedule

 

It's not a race car but a tuned normal street car. The mod developer has the same Subaru street car in real life and has tried to his best - and very successfully - to program the physics into Assetto Corsa. Actually, it's in the top 5 car mods ratings over at RaceDepartment. The challenge is to race a tuned street car with very good physics.

I've copied over his comments on developing the Subaru mod to the info thread:

Notes from the developer:

Self-promotion really isn't my strong suit but I can't post this car without bringing to light just how much attention to realism and detail we've put into it. Starting with the most obvious bit, Dan built the entire thing on a full 3d photo scan I took of the real car in my driveway. From there I spent about a week playing photo monkey, dodging rainstorms & getting detail shots of anything that needed it. I then spent a solid week playing the "well actually" game with any and every detail I noticed that wasn't spot-on. It wasn't practical in a game model to perfect literally everything, but I genuinely doubt there's a more 3d-accurate sim mod around. Dan is a wizard. This thing is flat-out fantastic.

On the physics side the car is built from the most accurate and specific data I've ever had for a project. (Unsurprising, I know.) I've logged and matched as many things as can possibly be tracked with my OBD-II datalogger. The entire suspension was measured on a lift and rechecked at static height on the alignment rack. It matches plotted curves to within a couple hundredths of a degree throughout its full travel. The aero data is from a Prodrive wind tunnel session at MIRA & the brake calculations are based on excellent data from the forum autocross community. We ran my dampers on a dyno before installing them and the weight of every modded part, deleted system & lightened bit is taken from real life. To the best of my driving & translation ability & within the constraints of the sim, it's a match for the real thing.

And finally, the sounds. Davide is a generous man and a literal pro - this outcome went far beyond any of my expectations. He was not only kind enough to give us permission to use the soundbank he originally made for the Rally Legends 22B, but he then sent us a modernized update, then a second update customized to more closely fit the mechanical setup of my car. I have to say, allowing for the unavoidable difference between reality and sim when it comes to audio, these sounds are pretty much spot on. It's a mild (sounding) setup with a substantial turbo, so it's civilized enough (and 50-state noise legal) but there's that sinister hiss from the turbo when you step on it.

Just like the real thing.

 

Tried it a Horsma or Charade long. Every lap is an adventure. Driving the Subaru there made me decide to do a small series.

 

Server race password has been set on the event page: password

 

See you next time

 

How to find the server for new members:

First type sro in the server chat box. Server name is SRO Vallelunga