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Assetto Corsa Rally & RBR vs EA WRC (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by harrybo93@lemmy.world to c/simrallyracing@lemmy.world

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So, I indulged in a spot of rally last night, having not done any in a long while. I started in Assetto Corsa Rally, and then moved over to EA WRC. I can't believe how much I was baffled by how janky the physics in EA WRC felt. I guess I've just been playing it for so long that I got used what the physics in EA WRC did and how to work around them. Safe to say, ACR is lightyears ahead in terms of car handling. Whilst it isn't perfect by any means and still has a lot of work to do (it is still early access I guess), they are very much on the realistic end and you feel as though you can actually tell what the car is going to do/trying to do.

So this got me thinking, I installed the OG: Richard Burns Rally. I was absolutely blown away by the car physics and how the force feedback feels in that game. I really need to do a video about it. I played it a year or so ago, but since then there has been a major graphical update and extras to the game that it really continues to be a worthwhile contender.

My only gripes with RBR is the lack of realistic car sounds and a realistic damage mod, with the occasional weird flat look appearance of the graphics.

If you're into rally games or sim racing, you really, really need to install this game and try it. After all, it is **completely free.**

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[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

ACR is a moving target at the moment for evaluation. They released 0.5 recently, but today they released 0.5.1 and it's a big enough change in physics that they wiped all the leaderboards again like 2 weeks after the last wipe. People are saying that tarmac times are a lot faster, but gravel times are a lot slower thanks to the change, which is interesting (I think it is down to them changing coefficients for rolling resistance and the ratio of traction to bulldozing effect?)

At any rate, it's great to see them continue to refine and tweak further! Also—and in my mind this is almost more important than all that other stuff—they added filtering for online races! So now you can search by stage name, country, or host name instead of just randomly scrolling down the list trying to find one that fits your current desires.

Having said all that, yes RBR could potentially be king for years to come still. It all depends on if ACR allows 3rd part stages and cars or not. If so, then people will start publishing and converting stages for ACR instead of RBR most likely whereas if not… well, it is hard to argue with literally hundreds of stages like RBR has, not to mention a price of free (or donationware if you want to support the stage makers) if you really want to drive a lot of rally…