Comparing a $6 simulator to a $600 sim is totally fair ...

Sorry, I can only take a 6k driver's opinion seriously.

I drive in real life and honestly I can say the way the cars in AC “dance” on the tyres and the way you can feel and make adjustments feels very realistic. It feels mostly like you’re actually on tyres

Assetto Corsa has the Suzuki Alto and a drivable cat. Nothing else can compare.

That's the reason I love AC so much more over iracing. In iracing I am scared of the limit. In AC I am encouraged to go to the limit. And it's fun there.

Been playing AC for years. Hearing everything he feels through the wheel is astonishing. All I feel is steering wheel goes brrrrr

Thanks for racing on our MX5 server! Always welcome back. Glad you had fun! ❤

AC is a wild public school vs iracing's paid private school experience!

Yea I find it interesting that people say iRacing is more realistic, when in reality you don't just spin out of control the second you lose traction. And just by the feel, it seems many of the Kunos cars are characteristic to the real-life counterparts, just based on track times and reviews

Blows my mind that something like lfm hasn't taken off in AC. The cost, ease of modding and large playerbase should be a winning combo and allow it to thrive.

I hate myself for it, but I have to agree with GM. The way the throttle directly affects the car trajectory is so subtle and nuanced & natural than most other sims.

Let's not forget the following: Better graphics in AC. Better VR performance. Does not cost ANYTHING for new cars/tracks in AC. Great video. Bboy.

So true!!!! Nothing compares to the FFB in Assetto Corsa! Thanks for letting other people see how true this is......

My Asseto Corsa folder is 217 gb large. I don't believe any sim compares to the sheer amount of content it has covering every aspect of motosport you can imagine, with stuff ranging from arcadey to super realistic. It can trully do anything you want it to do. And it is super friendly towards peripherals, I bet if my hair dryer or washing machine came with usb connectors I could map those as input as well. I bet you could race using guitar hero guitar or a dancing mat if you tried hard enough. And it could run on a total potato while still looking like it released last year on a good machine. Kunos trully struck gold with this one! Oh and it costed me 90 cents for ultimate edition, it is very often for sale at 90% off. Absolute unit Chad performer right here.

AC is a blessing for all vr user. Sure iracing does a good job as well

Driving F4 in real life vs F4 in iRacing vs F4 in AC. AC is 10000 times better. the tires have grip, you can feel the difference a little on and off line with your grip, and its really good. the tires dont just randomly slip away like the can in iRacing and in iRacing the fall away without any sort of tell.

11:27 No surprise to hear him discuss how iRacing is often like "driving on snow" and how there is typically a point of no return where you can't bring the car back. That's legacy code from NR2003, which iR used as it base physics model, much of which remains within the code.

Of the two real life GT3 drivers I've asked it's been AC as best sim. Both have mentioned that their team sim setups are custom versions of AC.

For me the things that settle AC1 as my favourite sim is being able to drive whatever I want, wherever I want, with extremely dynamic feeling cars

Glad to see more people starting to enjoy assetto again!

and having LFM now in AC is just the BEST THING!

Thanks for this quality entertainment Mr Muscle , I always love watching you try hard not to be the greatest AC fanboy of all time (and failing)😆You can pick up AC complete with all DLC for £5 if you shop around, what a bargain ! iRacing costs a bit more . . .

Hey man! Looks like the MX-5 Brands Hatch server you joined is the one I help manage! Hope to see you around the public servers again soon!

My buddy got me into AC just yesterday - got me linked up with the Low Fuel Motorsport content. It blew me a way - I stick to ovals on iracing for the most part - but when I did road racing on iracing i always felt it was far too of a "calculated" feel. Like there was a formula you had to know to race a road track well. With AC I felt like I could actually feel the car and react to it. Definitely going to be spending some more time on it now.

I can't step away from iRacing, but you're completely right about tires sticking in the corner entry, the balance seems much better here with AC

Please give us decent Multiplayer! I would drive this every day if we had a ranking system.

"hold back driving" is the best description that i've heard about Iracing

Always hated the FFB in iRacing but just assumed it was because I suck. I mean I do suck but it's vindicating to hear someone like you explain why I don't like it 😂

Congrats on 5k I watched some of your streams it was very entertaining. I'm going to have to try AC looks like fun.

I have to get AC correctly setup on my DD1. It was by far the best feeling sim on the G27, the drifting is so satisfying

The iracing fanboy comments were so predictable, made me chuckle, great video, thanks

Atleast in AC my eyes are not in PAIN

Great video mate keep making great video 👏🏾

I picked up Assetto Corsa after learning about the mod Shutoko Revival Project where you drive high performance, low grip JDM's around the Tokyo Express way while traffic moves about you. It's so much fun, to just take a joy cruise on the highway, move to the side and let loose the engine hearing the turbo roar into work and moving through traffic, before letting off the throttle and settling in again. I got the Thrustmaster TX wheel and all though i don't have a drivers license, your comparison to go-karts struck right. In both AC and when driving Go-karts you do feel in the wheel where the limit of the tires are, and you can adjust as need be. Solid video mate. Cheers and all that, stay safe ye ? :)

I play iracing because of how competitive and large the playerbase is. every 2 hours there'll be at least 200 people in the vrs sprint, and the endurance races are ridiculously populated too. also chose it over acc because it actually has nordschleifer, and doesn't need a third-party to sort out their multiplayer

How i feel everything i boot up anything that's not rf2. Realism for some is king

Mfw I realized GM achieved 5k irating just to show how good Assetto Corsa is.

Thanks so much for this video. What overlays are you using? Racelab or Simhub?

I turn Kerb feel down to 2-3 makes a world of difference, glad to see how much you enjoyed the FFB after iR :). We now have Mumble app for proximity chat in AC.

Great video mate, level headed overview and I enjoyed watching you go through that process. All I read lately are mid 40's guys on sim racing facebook groups that swear by iRacing and call assetto a "game" etc. I'm trying to get into iRacing, really giving it every chance to like it, but finding it very difficult. I'm a fast IRL driver, fast driver in assetto with tons of wins on LFM, and hopped in the Miata on iracing to compare and its just mind boggling. Where is the feeling? The first time I drove assetto it was incredible, the way the weight transfers and the tires load up and how you can slide the car felt just like I was driving my car in real life. iRacing any little slide greases the tires, you can't control it. NO forcefeed back feel.. its insane

I loaded a very old mod of a jag prototype that would break the axle and collapse it, but the wheels would still spin. I slid into a wall sideways. Somehow, the rear wheels got pushed into the car and set at 90 degrees. I stepped on the gas and the car started to spin like a top, leaving circular skidmarks like doodles all over the road. The wheels really do propel the car.

I can't limit my driving to work within the confines of a physics engine, or rather keep it from going beyond the limits of the physics. Maybe there's good physics within those limits, but at the edge of grip and beyond, there's no realistic physics, if any at all. When I start performance driving a real car, I always push it into oversteer and understeer so I know its limits. I'm not really testing a car unless I'm making the tires chirp and squeal. Then in a competitive situation, I know if I can push the car outside of grip and if I can bring it back, as that may give me an advantage. in iRacing, you can't do that.

"Hold back driving" is the perfect description of iRacing.

James, this is all well and good. However could you please tell us which sim you prefer to drive, coz we really can't tell!

2023 Royal institute Christmas Lecture - tyre feel in simulators. Love it.

Thanks for the video

I just started playing total agree with this video

I see that you continue to annoy and alienate fans of IRacing. All I can say is well done and keep up the good work.

I even struggled with the FFord in iRacing, sure I can drive it, but it just never feels like I'm in control, and I spun a few times. And every year the story is the same. Try this car now, it is much better.. But I've never had a good connection with iRacing at all, I just don't understand it. Thankfully AC and AMS combined (when there is a sale) cost the same as one month of iRating.

I drive a Maserati Gransport in real life, and often hard. My experience is that reality is sometimes snappier than AC, but if you react quickly, easily caught. It feels nothing like iRacing, which feels like driving in the rain all the time Having said that, neither quite captures the sheer brutality of what many consider only a "moderately" quick car (0-100kmh in 4.7 seconds, 0-200kmh in circa 16.5 seconds, max speed 290 kmh) You'll hear many people rubbishing a Maserati granturismo (granted it was slower than my car, it's predecessor) or even the granturismo S (about equal to my car), but behind the wheel those cars are BRUTAL To summarise I would say in real life quick cars snap faster than in AC, but at the same time, because you feel everything much better, it's actually EASIER to drive fast iRacing's tyre model feels more inspired by grand prix legends than reality, which, granted, is where it mostly all began for serious PC simracing and was my first serious Sim (Indianapolis 500 doesn't count lol), but having had the benefit of much more experience of fast real cars, AC seems much more realistic to me (and I really liked it from when I think Kunos first released just the Ferrari 360 test demo that preceded AC)

So it's just as it's always had been: Tyre model AC>iR, Vehicle dynamics iR>AC, Tracks AC=iR (both laser-scanned), Kerbs iR>AC, Multiplayer iR>AC, Costs AC>iR

AC is far more fun than anal retentive iracing...AC is the wild west of sims! Just finished setting up my new Moza R5...Holy cow, DD is amazeballs!

the way ac feels through the feedback compared to most the other games on the market is wild actually. at one point i could nearly drift limerock with my vr off my head lol

GM, what is your HUD on the right hand side? Looks like otterhud but I thought that was exclusive to RR

God bless your heart, man. You're the only English-speaking simracer I can stomach. Wait, that came out wrong. I enjoy your content (and opinions) and cannot stomach pretty much anyone else! :D

Hey what are you toughs on racerroom about the driven feel or like you call it range on the edge

100% agree. On both ACC and AC I can feel the weight transfer and grip level better - as you say, it’s intuitive. In my experience the trick is to keep damping and/or minimum force low on mid range wheels so that this transition isn’t drowned out by the cornering force. When I put up damping it feels more like a real car but if it steps out I can’t feel it and generally spin, whereas with low damping the wheel feels a bit light in a straight line but I know the instant grip changes in the corners. Personal preference I guess

This is why I love assetto corsa and continue to play it most days even after 9 years since it was launched. The great forcefeedback combined with awesome track & car combos makes for endless fun. I just wish a bit more people played on xbox to fill up the servers more 😅

The biggest head scratcher for me is how Kunos went from AC FFB to ACC FFB and called that progress. I understand that ACC FFB may be "more like a real GT3 car", and that's fine, but I'm not actually driving a GT3 car in my simrig - I'm driving a simulator which is missing the fundamental G forces of a GT3 car - among other things! ACC FFB just feels baron to me compared to just about every other simulator's FFB. ACC just seemed to miss the point of what FFB is for. rF2 still has the best FFB. Pity it's a nightmare in almost every other aspect.

Glorious content.

Always fun to watch, great video. I have a quick n00b question, I don't own a direct drive wheel (T150), would you say that the FF is still better on AC? Is AC really teaching me something even with such a cheap wheel?

Good video and I'm glad you liked AC as its still my favourite sim after 5 years of driving it. I also have ACC, AMS1&2, Raceroom, Project Cars 2 and an updated GTR2 and also spent time with rFactor2, which I didn't get on with. It seems that SIMS are subjective and open to personal interpretation as well as conditioning. In 2023 I spent a couple of months driving Raceroom only and I enjoyed it. However, when I went back to AC, I was hopeless as it's just different. After a couple of weeks on AC, driving Raceroom feels odd and I'm slow again...... I don't have an idea about what's good or bad but suspect that when you find a SIM that you're comfortable with, then stick to it rather than jumping between several (which I'm guilty of). Be a master of one, rather than a tradesman of several!!

Hello, could you tell me what your configuration is? FOV, cockpit movement, height adjustment and clearances? Thank you very much.

Is this default settings in AC for your wheel? I struggle with finding the right settings for my g29

7:02 you cant fool us 👀. You are professional AC racer

So many mx5’s were harmed in the making of this is video

Which Steering Wheel we're you using in this Video?

Agree with everything here. GR86 is really good and a good step up from MX5. I gravitate to iRacing due to the league and endurance races I do. Why on earth can't iRacing sort the tyres and throttle mapping out. 😢

Best part about AC is the modding community. Always new cars and tracks to drive. Drifting in AC is hands down the best simdrifting out there for sure. And the drifting community is great

turns out.. turn 1 in monza is still deadly even if you switch sims :D a touch grass gets a whole new meaning in our world.

The guys at CSP already have multiple ray casting tyre models, the first iteration its on the lastest update, probably will be updated farder

Sorry i can only take a 5.1k rating driver seriously

Hi! What's the app/mod overlay for the leaderboard tower shown in the top right pls? Txs!

what you trying to say in last 20 min is that AC force feedback is better ?

I have a basic Thrustmaster T150 pro so I bought the game thinking that they were from the same era and my wheel would be listed. Unfortunately the wheel base is not in the setting listl. Is there a mod?

i hope for ac2 they have some way to make the mods from ac1 compatible

We should all support/join WorldSimSeries more, it's great. I agree totally about iR vs AC

Hi! How do I adjust my view and head motion like the one your using??

seems to me to compare them properly you should adjust the setting to what you look to have the best comparioson and for a $6 i think changing the settings is a pretty fair trade off lol. But i think these while similar are 2 different games for different people but both are amazing. Just wish they would both try to bring them more into the present

Which Delta, and player gap app is he using?

I came for an AC ffb promotional video. Not disappointed.

Average number of players: Assetto Corsa: 8100 😊 iRacing: 150 😟 Driving: Assetto Corsa: Like a real car 🙂 iRacing: Bobsled 🤣 Price: Assetto Corsa: $13 When in promotion for the Ultimate Edition (all cars and tracks) 😃 iRacing: ~$13 for a single car, ~$13 for a single track + an infinite subscription fee of $6 per month 😮

I racing for me feels nothing like pushing a car, the smallest infraction and there's no saving it. Honestly Iracing is harder than real driving.

I find your videos useful. I started sim racing just 1 year ago. I don't know iRacing as I totally disagree on the business model so it's not even an option. I barely know AC but when tested I preferred ACC FFB, and I possibly prefer RaceRoom / RFactor2 FFB. One thing though that I consider embarassing in iRacing is contact net code. Embarassing to see cars not even close one another take off in the air...With what you paty for iRacing you can get ACC, AC, RFactor 2, Race Room and if you like taking off in the air you can add Flight Simulator...

Oh the kerb, so many times i got taken out just because the edge of the tyre slightly bumps at the very end the kerb where it merges and flattens to the track..

Isn't iracing ffb still 60Hz? How is that acceptable for a service you pay for on a monthly basis

whats your rig? which cpu and gpu? thanks

Good to have you back. Your the only guy I can watch on track. Much like me, all over the place, complaining and drinking tea. (Coffee in my case). If your having this much fun on AC what were you doing on i-racing ?

Most people who play the OG a.c play it for the modding community. Absolutely anything you could want to do there is a server/ mod pack to do it. Traffic, F1, rally, off-road, drift, touge.. the list goes on, And the amount of car mods is mind boggling.

and after your video there is LFM in AC well done :D

Nice to finally see someone being honest about the Iracing/AC comparison. Yes AC is a great sim with a large driver base. The mod scene is insane too. Loads of free stuff of which some are very good. True, you need to find a good League, but even those are abundantly available.

I went from Assetto Corsa to iRacing for better competition and cleaner driving; however, I enjoyed the physics in AC just as much, and the force feedback was excellent!

Can you do a similar video with ACC and rFactor?

iRacing = spend a shit load of money over and over on a game running an engine from a 2003 Assetto Corsa = buy the game and you can play it and mod it for free

and this is why after 3 years (and almost 4k rating) i ditched iRacing for AC. the driving feel is on another level and if you look in the right place you can find the same level of comeptition of iRacing, i personally play on worldsimseries (wich is embended in ContentManager) at the level of drivers there is super high. don't get me wrong, i love iRacing, what that sim do is incredible in terms of graphic optimization, multiplayer and physics/crash physics. wasn't easy to move past it, but tbh not sure i will ever go back.

what is the penalty for racing with the brights on?

Good day Mate For me I find the far greatest component of Assetto corsa is the almost unlimited amount of modding support World wide.As a re-modder I have found it to be pure gold ! The ability to transform any vehicle into a dream come true for me far out shines online.The biggest downside I have found is the total lack of you and me racing as a team with AI cars as the rival teams.How can this be 2023 and that not being foundational ? Project Gotham Racing in 2002 had it ! And it was a total riot with my buddies on xbox live.Cheers to you.

Even better with LFM now

From what ive gathered AC really shines with with mod community

I'd like for you test a Lexus IS I'm working on and hopefully I can persuade you. CSP has come a long way since AC's initial debut