Assetto Corsa EVO

EARLY ACCESS 0.9

Assetto Corsa EVO 0.9 focuses on competition. Special Events introduce worldwide online leaderboards across hotlap and hotstint formats, mandatory pitstop requirements restore tactical depth to online racing, and a new tyre model for racing slicks raises handling fidelity across GT racing cars from Mazda MX5 Cup to Ferrari F40. Alongside these, 0.9 delivers a broad force feedback reliability pass, continued renderer optimisation, and three new cars.

This release provides many reasons to come back in game after summer time: a global leaderboard to climb, a race strategy to plan, and a car that behaves more faithfully underneath you.

SPECIAL EVENTS — WORLDWIDE ONLINE LEADERBOARDS – Special Events are pre-determined scenarios — fixed car, track, conditions and time of day — that every player attempts under identical terms, ranked on a worldwide leaderboard. Two event types are available: Hotlap, for a single definitive lap, and Hotstint, which tracks total gaps to nearby drivers at every sector line across a sustained run. Both support an optional Limited Attempts setting, reintroducing the pressure of a session that counts.

MANDATORY PITSTOPS — STRATEGY ENTERS THE RACE – Mandatory pitstop requirements are now available in timed online races above twenty minutes, with a configurable pit window set by the server administrator. Drivers plan their strategy through the MFD: stop lap, tyre choice, pressures, and fuel load.

NEW RACING SLICK TYRE MODEL – An updated tyre model for racing slicks is deployed across GT racing cars from Mazda MX5 Cup to Ferrari F40, raising the consistency and fidelity of the platform's core handling across the competition roster.

FORCE FEEDBACK AND INPUT – Force feedback devices now recover automatically after a disconnection or alt-tab across DirectInput, Fanatec, Logitech and Thrustmaster hardware. FFB output shaping is now available via a linearisation LUT. Haptic audio has been reworked, with FullForce DSP operating on the filtered signal and Logitech TrueForce gaining a 350 Hz low-pass filter and DSP reinitialisation on wheel handle change.

NEW CONTENT

• Audi R8 LMS GT2
• Audi R8 V10 performance quattro
• Mazda RX-7 FD Spirit R (Type A)

PHYSICS / HANDLING

• Updated racing slick tyre model across GT racing cars (From Mazda MX5 Cup to Ferrari F40)

FORCE FEEDBACK / INPUT

• FFB device recovery on disconnect and alt-tab (DirectInput, Fanatec, Logitech, Thrustmaster)
• TrueForce and FullForce rework: filtered DSP signal, 350 Hz low-pass, DSP reinitialisation on wheel handle change
• FFB output shaping via linearisation LUT (ffb.lut in SavedGame folder)
• Input system revision: multifunctional button logic and code optimisation
• Fanatec reconnection recognition fix
• Automatic shifter fix when H-shifter inputs are mapped

RENDERER / GRAPHICS

• Shadow receiver culling optimisation (mono view)
• Additional view render budget for vehicle, cockpit and mirrors via credit accumulator
• Windshield FX optimisation using rain-free permutation
• Temporal dithering improved for DLSS and FSR
• Graphical representation of wind
• Screen-space shadow factor restored on windshield effects
• View Settings: Exposure, exposure fusion and post-processing presets with live preview

GAMEPLAY

• Special Events with worldwide online leaderboards (hotlap / hotstint), MFD-based opponent selection, optional Limited Attempts
• Mandatory pitstop requirements with selectable pit window in timed races above 20 minutes (Multiplayer)
• Return-to-pit penalty when already in the pitlane
• Damage rate added to assist settings (Single Player)
• MFD defaults to leaderboard page in Special Events
• Suspension repair no longer repairs car body damage
• Custom external livery fix on customised and saved user cars
• Windshield raindrop persistence fix after exiting a rainy session
• HUD dash display fix

MULTIPLAYER

• Server disconnection crash fix
• Admin commands no longer sent twice to the server
• Duplicated race number fix when rejoining with a custom number

PERFORMANCE / GENERAL

• Global CPU-side optimisation
• Further gameplay code refactoring