Summary
- Assetto Corsa Evo early access will begin on January 16, 2025.
- It will initially feature 20 cars and five licensed tracks.
- There will also be a single-player mode with a Driving Academy so gamers can learn the tracks.
Racings fans will be able to drive a diverse selection of vehicles on some of the world’s largest tracks in the early access build of Assetto Corsa Evo, which launches on January 16, 2025, the game’s developer has revealed. The 505 Games-published title is set to be released next fall.
Assetto Corsa Evo is the upcoming third entry in Kunos Simulazioni’s series of realistic racing games. Ahead of the title’s early access launch, more details regarding this preview build of the game have been unveiled to the public.
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When it launches on January 16, 2025, the initial early access build of Assetto Corsa Evo will feature 20 cars of varying performance and vehicle classes from a range of brands, Kunos Simulazioni co-founder and executive manager Marco Massarutto said in a recently released developer diary. While these automobiles were not identified, several manufacturers, many of which have appeared in other racing titles like the Forza Motorsport games, were referenced in the video, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Toyota, and Volkswagen.
When Is the Early Access Release of Assetto Corsa Evo?
Five licensed tracks will be available during the game’s early access period, namely the Laguna Seca Raceway (US), Brands Hatch (England), Imola Circuit (Italy), Mount Panorama Circuit (Australia), and Suzuka Circuit (Japan). This preview build will also feature the first part of Assetto Corsa Evo‘s single-player experience and its highly anticipated free-roam mode. Practice sessions, quick races, and the Driving Academy mode will be included in the single-player experience even in early access, according to Massarutto. He explained that players will be given the opportunity to study racetracks in Driving Academy, which is new to the franchise. They will also be able to obtain the required driver’s licenses for their dream vehicles from there when Assetto Corsa Evo‘s economy system goes live.
The free-roam mode, meanwhile, will allow players to drive across a re-creation of the mountainous Eifel region in Germany that surrounds the famous Nürburgring racing complex. In a recent blog post, the Assetto Corsa Evo dev team said that the upcoming racing game’s open-world area, when finished, should span 1,600 square kilometers (618 square miles), or roughly the same size as the total land area of Houston, Texas. Kunos Simulazioni plans to release Assetto Corsa Evo‘s open-world component in stages, with the first phase dropping in summer 2025.
The full version of Assetto Corsa Evo will have 100 cars and 15 officially licensed circuits, according to Massarutto. The executive noted that the feedback gathered from the game’s early access period will help with refining gameplay, optimizing performance, and providing polish.